PART 6. WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS [12570. - 12949.5.]

Part 6 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 196.

§§ 12570–12949.5 · 522 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Investigation of Projects §§ 12570–12634.3 · 60 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Short Title § 12570 · 1 section

      • § 12570 Chapters 1 and 2 of this part shall be known and may be cited as “The State Water Resources Law of 1945.”
   2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 12571–12573 · 2 sections

      • § 12571 The definitions in this article govern the construction of this part.
      • § 12573 “Lands, easements and rights of way” includes lands and rights or interests in lands whereon channel improvements and channel rectifications are located;…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Declarations of Policy §§ 12578–12586 · 23 sections

      • § 12578 It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a primary interest in the control and conservation of flood waters, prevention of damage by flood…
      • § 12579 It is hereby declared that recurrent floods on streams and rivers, and other waterways of the State, causing loss of life and property, disruption of commerce,…
      • § 12580 It is further declared that the State should engage in the study and coordination of all water development projects, including flood control projects,…
      • § 12581 In studying water development projects, full consideration shall be given to all beneficial uses of the State’s water resources, including irrigation,…
      • § 12582 Fish and wildlife values, both economic and recreational, shall be given consideration in any flood control or water conservation program. In the design,…
      • § 12582.5 Recreational uses, such as walkways, pathways, access points and view areas, shall be given consideration in any flood control or water conservation program.…
      • § 12582.7 (a) A flood management project that receives financial assistance under this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800) shall meet all of the…
      • § 12583 It is the intention of the Legislature that it will be the policy of the State that the amount of financial assistance to be given by the State to each project…
      • § 12583.1 It is also declared to be the policy of the state that the state shall not provide financial assistance for relocation, reconstruction, or replacement of…
      • § 12584 Notwithstanding all other provisions of Chapters 1 and 2 of this part, appropriations will be made by the State, from time to time by law, to pay for the cost…
      • § 12585 In the event that the Congress after September 22, 1951, authorizes and approves projects, wherein financial assistance is required of local agencies of this…
      • § 12585.1 The costs of local co-operation shall include, as to projects specifically adopted and authorized by the Congress and the Legislature, costs hereafter incurred…
      • § 12585.2 Notwithstanding any other provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800) of this part, and this chapter,…
      • § 12585.3 The local agency may receive credit against its share of the costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way as determined in subdivisions (b) and (d) of Section…
      • § 12585.4 Whenever specifically authorized by the Legislature, the department or the board may lend the local agency the funds necessary to pay the local portion of the…
      • § 12585.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639), Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800), and this chapter, the following…
      • § 12585.6 For projects authorized by the Legislature prior to January 1, 1987, or for small flood control projects authorized by Section 12750 for which the department…
      • § 12585.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639), or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800), the following…
      • § 12585.8 For all projects funded in accordance with Section 12585.7, the local agency shall receive credit against its share for the value of the lands, easements, and…
      • § 12585.9 The department or the Reclamation Board shall review flood control projects prior to authorization for the purposes of determining whether the project’s…
      • § 12585.10 Section 161 does not apply to the adoption or revision of regulations, guidelines, or criteria to implement Section 12582.7 and 12585.7.
      • § 12585.12 The department and the board may participate with the federal government or local agencies in the design of environmental enhancements associated with a…
      • § 12586 It is the intention of the Legislature that nothing in Chapters 1 and 2 of this part shall be deemed to change the policy of the State respecting that certain…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Administrative Provisions §§ 12601–12612 · 11 sections

      • § 12601 The department shall establish general policies, prescribe rules and regulations for the general administration of Chapters 1 and 2 of this part, and may…
      • § 12602 The department, or a representative authorized by the department to do so, may call, conduct or attend conferences or hearings, official or unofficial, within…
      • § 12603 The department shall keep itself informed as to any activities, requirements or procedures of the United States, its departments or agencies affecting any…
      • § 12604 As to any matter involving the United States, its departments or agencies, which is within the scope of the powers and duties of the department, the department…
      • § 12604.3 In matters concerning the coordination of planning, construction, and operation of federal water development and flood control projects in the State of…
      • § 12606 The department may hold hearings and conduct investigations in any part of the State.
      • § 12608 At any hearing by or on behalf of the department any county, city, state agency, including the Department of Fish and Game, public district, association, or…
      • § 12609 As a further means of carrying out the policies defined in Sections 12578 to 12582, inclusive, the department shall have the following powers and duties: (a)…
      • § 12610 In performing the duties prescribed in Section 12609, the director, or his authorized representative, may travel either within or without the State and shall…
      • § 12611 The department may cooperate with any county, city, state agency or public district on flood control and other water problems and when requested by such…
      • § 12612 The department has no authority to undertake the construction of flood control or other water projects provided for under Chapters 1 and 2 of this part,…
   5. ARTICLE 5. Investigation of Water Development Projects §§ 12616–12634.3 · 23 sections

      • § 12616 The department may conduct investigations of the water resources of the State, formulate plans for the control, conservation, protection, and utilization of…
      • § 12617 The department, upon its own initiative, or when requested in writing by a county, city, state agency or public district, may investigate, conduct surveys and…
      • § 12617.1 The department, in making investigations and plans for water projects and for the solution of the water problems of the state pursuant to Sections 12616 and…
      • § 12618 The department may recommend the construction of any project, including the time for constructing it, and the amount of funds which should be allocated or…
      • § 12619 Reports and recommendations shall be submitted by the department to each county, city, state agency, or public district which has appeared at any hearing held…
      • § 12620 Within 90 days from the date of submission of the report and recommendations of the department, or within such extended period as the department may grant for…
      • § 12621 After the expiration of the period or extended period for the submission of written views and recommendations, or prior thereto in the event all those entitled…
      • § 12622 Investigations which form the basis of any reports and recommendations of the department shall be conducted to the extent deemed practicable by the department…
      • § 12623 Prior to adoption of any report and recommendations authorized pursuant to Sections 12616 to 12622, inclusive, and Section 12626, the department shall hold a…
      • § 12624 In making recommendation to the Legislature respecting the amount of financial assistance to be given by the State, as provided for in Sections 12616 to 12623,…
      • § 12625 In determining the cost of any project, damage to fish and wildlife that will probably result shall be included in the amount of the cost.
      • § 12626 Reports and recommendations made by the department shall be advisory only and the Legislature shall finally determine the priorities in building such projects…
      • § 12627 It is the intention of the Legislature that the department shall investigate all phases of any proposed water project, including flood control, water…
      • § 12627.3 It is declared to be the policy of the State that the costs of solution of seepage and erosion problems which arise or will arise by reason of construction and…
      • § 12627.4 The department, in making investigations and plans for water projects and in making recommendations thereon to the Governor and the Legislature, shall include…
      • § 12628 In a multiple-type project authorized and adopted by Congress, which includes, in addition to works for flood control purposes, works and construction for…
      • § 12629 In a multiple-type project which includes works and construction for flood control and for other than flood control purposes, and in projects which do not…
      • § 12630 Prior to recommending to the Legislature the approval for state assistance of any project, designed in whole or in part for flood control, adopted and…
      • § 12631 The department, in addition to the reports and recommendations made to the Legislature as provided in Sections 12616 to 12623, inclusive, and Section 12626,…
      • § 12632 Prior to any hearing and prior to beginning any investigation of the water problems of any specific portion of the State pursuant to Section 12616 or any…
      • § 12633 Notice, to those who have filed and requested service by mail, shall be sent to the respective addresses of record at the time of mailing.
      • § 12634 Notice given as provided in Sections 12632 and 12633 shall be deemed full and sufficient notice to all parties in interest of the hearing or investigation.
      • § 12634.3 The department shall submit, prior to January 1st of each year, a report to the California Water Commission summarizing its activities, with emphasis on…
2. CHAPTER 2. Approved Projects §§ 12639–12751 · 201 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 12639–12643 · 6 sections

      • § 12639 The works of improvement for the control, conservation and utilization of destructive flood waters and the reclamation and protection of lands that are…
      • § 12639.1 The department may investigate any project adopted and authorized by the state and approved by the Congress to determine whether the project is no longer…
      • § 12640 The provisions of Part 2 of this division shall be applicable to all water made available by the construction of the works of any project approved by Chapters…
      • § 12641 Any county, city, state agency or public district is authorized to make agreements with the United States or any of its departments or agencies obligating them…
      • § 12642 In all cases where the Federal Government does not maintain and operate projects, it is the responsibility and duty of the county, city, state agency, or…
      • § 12643 Prior to any local agency receiving payment or reimbursement pursuant to Section 12585.5 or 12585.7, for projects authorized on or after January 1, 2001, the…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Projects in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Watersheds §§ 12645–12670.23 · 57 sections

      • § 12645 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) In 1911, the Legislature adopted a flood control plan for the Sacramento Valley, as proposed by…
      • § 12646 Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this chapter. (a) “Board” means the Central Valley…
      • § 12647 (a) The state shall not have responsibility or liability for the construction, operation, and maintenance of central valley flood control facilities identified…
      • § 12648 The projects for the control of floods and other purposes on the Sacramento River adopted by the acts of Congress approved March 1, 1917, May 15, 1928, August…
      • § 12648.1 The plan of flood control on the American River is hereby authorized and adopted substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of…
      • § 12648.2 The project for flood protection on the Sacramento River from Chico Landing to Red Bluff, California, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance…
      • § 12648.3 The project for Hidden Reservoir and channel improvement on the Fresno River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of…
      • § 12648.4 The project for Buchanan Reservoir and channel improvement on Chowchilla River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations…
      • § 12648.5 The project for New Melones Reservoir and channel improvement on Stanislaus River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12648.6 The Mormon Slough channel improvement project on Calaveras River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of…
      • § 12648.7 The project for flood protection on the North Fork of the Feather River near Chester, Plumas County, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with…
      • § 12649 It is the intention of the Legislature that, if a feasible plan can be found which will provide adequate flood control in the upper Sacramento Valley without…
      • § 12649.1 The project for flood protection on the Sacramento River is further adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of…
      • § 12650 The plan of improvement for flood protection on various streams in the Merced County Stream Group in the San Joaquin Valley is adopted and authorized…
      • § 12651 The plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes on the Lower San Joaquin River and tributaries, including Tuolumne and Stanislaus Rivers, is…
      • § 12652 The plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes on the Calaveras River and Littlejohn Creek and tributaries is adopted and authorized…
      • § 12653 The plan of improvement on the Calaveras River and Littlejohn Creek includes the enlargement of channels of Littlejohn Creek below the Farmington Dam as…
      • § 12654 The project for the Fresno County Stream Group for flood control is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of…
      • § 12655 The City and County of San Francisco, the Modesto Irrigation District, and the Turlock Irrigation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary…
      • § 12656 The City and County of San Francisco, the Modesto Irrigation District, and the Turlock Irrigation District, in conjunction with the War Department, shall…
      • § 12656.5 The project for flood protection on Middle Creek, California, is hereby authorized and adopted substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief…
      • § 12656.6 The Reclamation Board is authorized to provide any assurances to the Secretary of the Army which may be required in connection with the accomplishment of…
      • § 12656.7 The Reclamation Board is authorized to provide any assurances to the Secretary of the Army which may be required in connection with the accomplishment of flood…
      • § 12657 (a) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and this chapter, the Reclamation Board shall give assurances satisfactory to the…
      • § 12658 Except as otherwise provided in Chapters 1 and 2 of this part, the Reclamation Board, in conjunction with the War Department, shall execute the plans and…
      • § 12659 The project for the Folsom Reservoir on the American River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document…
      • § 12660 The project for the Isabella Reservoir on the Kern River for flood control and other purposes in the San Joaquin Valley is adopted and authorized substantially…
      • § 12661 The plan for the Terminus and Success Reservoirs on the Kaweah and Tule Rivers for flood control and other purposes in the San Joaquin Valley is adopted and…
      • § 12661.2 (a) The project for flood control on the Tule River, Success Reservoir Enlargement Project, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12661.5 (a) The project for flood control on the Kaweah River, Terminus Dam, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the…
      • § 12662 The project for flood control and other purposes for the Kings River and Tulare Lake Basin is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12662.1 The Kings River Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation, required by the act of…
      • § 12662.2 The Kings River Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plan of improvement for flood control referred to in…
      • § 12663 The plan of improvement for flood control and water conservation on Cache Creek, including Clear Lake, in Yolo and Lake Counties, is hereby adopted and…
      • § 12664 The project for the Beach-Stone Lake Unit of the Morrison Creek Stream Group Flood Control Project is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with…
      • § 12665 With respect to the project authorized in Section 12664, the County of Sacramento shall acquire the lands, easements, and rights-of-way, even though the…
      • § 12666 The project for flood protection on the streams in the vicinity of Fairfield, California, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12667 The project for flood control known as the Merced County Streams Project is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the…
      • § 12668 (a) The project for flood control on the San Joaquin River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with P.L. 98-63, at a federal cost of…
      • § 12669 The plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes on the Fresno County Stream Group identified as the Redbank-Fancher Creeks Flood Control Project,…
      • § 12669.1 The Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District may, in lieu of the Reclamation Board, give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local…
      • § 12669.2 The Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, may, in lieu of the Reclamation Board, execute the plans and…
      • § 12670 The Cache Creek Settling Basin Unit of the plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes on Cache Creek is hereby adopted and authorized…
      • § 12670.2 (a) The project for flood protection on the Sacramento River for the City of West Sacramento is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12670.3 The City of West Sacramento, or a joint power authority formed by the City of West Sacramento and Reclamation Districts 537 and 900, may, in lieu of the…
      • § 12670.4 The City of West Sacramento, or joint power authority formed by the City of West Sacramento and Reclamation Districts 537 and 900, in conjunction with the…
      • § 12670.5 The West Sacramento Project for flood risk reduction along the Yolo Bypass, Sacramento Bypass, and Sacramento River adopted and authorized by the United States…
      • § 12670.7 (a) The project for flood protection along the Feather River and Yuba River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of…
      • § 12670.8 (a) The project for flood protection measures on the Upper Guadalupe River in Santa Clara County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12670.10 The project for flood protection along the American River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of…
      • § 12670.11 (a) (1) The project for flood damage reduction and environmental restoration in the American River watershed in Sacramento County is adopted and authorized…
      • § 12670.12 With regard to the project for flood control authorized in Section 12670.10, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency may join the department or the…
      • § 12670.14 The following projects in areas within the City of Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter are adopted and authorized at an estimated cost to the…
      • § 12670.16 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency’s share of the nonfederal capital costs of the projects for flood…
      • § 12670.20 (a) The projects for flood protection and integrated resource management in the Colusa Basin are adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12670.22 (a) The state may provide funds for the Middle Creek Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project in Lake County substantially in accordance with…
      • § 12670.23 (a) The state may provide funds for the Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project in Glenn County substantially in accordance with…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Projects in Other Watersheds §§ 12671–12749.99 · 135 sections

      • § 12671 The projects on the Ventura River and tributaries for flood protection at Ventura and Ojai, California, are adopted and authorized substantially in accordance…
      • § 12672 The Ventura County Flood Control District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the local cooperation, required by Section 3 of the…
      • § 12673 The project for construction of flood control protection along the Santa Clara River, and its tributaries, is approved and authorized substantially in…
      • § 12674 The Ventura County Flood Control District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that local cooperation, required by Section 201 of…
      • § 12675 The Ventura County Flood Control District, in conjunction with the War Department, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Sections 12671 and 12673…
      • § 12676 The projects for the Santa Ana River Basin for the protection of Orange County, including the projects on Lytle and Cajon Creeks for flood protection at San…
      • § 12677 The San Bernardino County Flood Control District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the local cooperation, required by Section 3…
      • § 12678 The San Bernardino County Flood Control District, in conjunction with the War Department, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12676 and…
      • § 12678.1 The project for flood control on the Santa Ana River Mainstem, including Santiago Creek and Oak Street Drain, is adopted and authorized substantially in…
      • § 12678.2 The Orange County Flood Control District, the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and the San Bernardino County Flood Control…
      • § 12678.3 The Orange County Flood Control District, the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and the San Bernardino County Flood Control…
      • § 12679 The plan of improvement for flood control in the Santa Ana River Basin is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the…
      • § 12680 The San Bernardino County Flood Control District and the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to…
      • § 12681 The San Bernardino County Flood Control District and the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of…
      • § 12681.1 The plan of improvement for flood control on Lytle and Warm Creeks, San Bernardino County, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12681.2 The San Bernardino County Flood Control District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation, required by the…
      • § 12681.3 The San Bernardino County Flood Control District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plan of improvement for flood control…
      • § 12682 The general comprehensive plan for flood control in the basins of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers and Ballona Creek are adopted and authorized as set…
      • § 12683 The Los Angeles County Flood Control District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the local cooperation, required by Section 3 of…
      • § 12684 The Los Angeles County Flood Control District, in conjunction with the War Department, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12682 and…
      • § 12684.2 (a) The project for flood control in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA), known as the LACDA project, is adopted and authorized substantially in…
      • § 12684.4 The Los Angeles County Flood Control District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required by the Water…
      • § 12684.6 The Los Angeles County Flood Control District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall carry out the plans and project described in Section…
      • § 12684.8 The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall consult with appropriate federal agencies to assess the desirability, feasibility, and costs of modifying the flood…
      • § 12685 The plan of improvement for flood protection on the Pajaro River and tributaries is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations…
      • § 12686 The Counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Benito and the Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances…
      • § 12687 The Counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Benito and the Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the War…
      • § 12687.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 12585.7, the state may provide subvention of funds, up to 100 percent of the costs, for the project for flood control on the Pajaro…
      • § 12687.6 (a) The state may provide subvention funds in accordance with Section 12585.7 to the County of Orange for the Westminster, East Garden Grove, California Flood…
      • § 12688 The program on the Los Angeles River Watershed is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Under Secretary of…
      • § 12689 The Los Angeles County Flood Control District shall give the necessary assurances that the local cooperation required by the United States on the program…
      • § 12690 The program on the Santa Ynez River Watershed is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Acting Secretary of…
      • § 12691 The County of Santa Barbara shall give the necessary assurances that the local cooperation required by the United States on the program mentioned in Section…
      • § 12692 Consent is hereby given to the acquisition of lands by the United States for the purposes within the scope of Section 13 of the act of Congress approved…
      • § 12693 The project on the San Diego River for flood protection at San Diego is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the…
      • § 12694 The work of improvement on the San Diego River and Mission Bay, San Diego County, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the report of the…
      • § 12695 The City of San Diego shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation, required by Section 1 of the act of Congress…
      • § 12696 The City of San Diego, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12694, and the city may make…
      • § 12697 The project for the Conn Creek Reservoir on Conn Creek for flood control and other purposes in the Napa River Basin is adopted and authorized substantially in…
      • § 12698 The project on the Russian River for flood protection and water conservation in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties is adopted and authorized substantially in…
      • § 12699 The Sonoma County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and the Mendocino County Russian River Flood Control and Water Conservation Improvement…
      • § 12700 The Sonoma County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and the Mendocino County Russian River Flood Control and Water Conservation Improvement…
      • § 12701 The project on San Lorenzo Creek in Alameda County for flood control and allied purposes is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12702 The Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation,…
      • § 12703 The Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred…
      • § 12704 The project for flood protection on San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of…
      • § 12705 The City of Santa Cruz shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required by the Federal Flood Control Act of…
      • § 12706 The City of Santa Cruz, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12704, and the city may…
      • § 12706.3 (a) The project for flood control on the San Lorenzo River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with congressional approval and the final…
      • § 12707 The plan of improvement for flood control, levee, and channel improvements on the Santa Maria River and its tributaries is adopted and authorized substantially…
      • § 12708 The County of Santa Barbara shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation, required by the act of Congress…
      • § 12709 The County of Santa Barbara, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12707, and may make…
      • § 12710 The plan for channel improvements and appurtenant works for flood control on that portion of the Truckee River and tributaries within the State of California,…
      • § 12711 The department shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local co-operation required by the Act of Congress approved September…
      • § 12712 In conformance with the duty prescribed in Section 12642, it shall be the responsibility and duty of local public agencies, now existing or hereafter formed,…
      • § 12713 The project for flood protection on the Eel River, in the Sandy Prairie region, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations…
      • § 12714 The County of Humboldt shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local co-operation, required by Section 201 of the Act of…
      • § 12715 The County of Humboldt, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12713, and may make…
      • § 12716 The project for flood protection on Walnut Creek in Contra Costa County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the…
      • § 12717 The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local…
      • § 12718 The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects…
      • § 12718.1 The project for flood control on Alhambra Creek in Contra Costa County is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of…
      • § 12718.2 The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local…
      • § 12718.3 The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects…
      • § 12719 The project for flood protection on Tahchevah Creek, Whitewater River Basin, at and in the vicinity of Palm Springs in Riverside County, is adopted and…
      • § 12720 The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local co-operation…
      • § 12721 The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects…
      • § 12721.5 (a) The project for flood control on the Santa Ana River at Norco Bluffs is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the final report of the…
      • § 12721.7 (a) The project for habitat restoration at Gunnerson Pond is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the final project modification report of…
      • § 12721.8 Any local entity, for the purposes of carrying out a project authorized by Sections 12661.2, 12670.7, 12670.8, 12670.14, 12670.20, 12684.2, 12706.3, 12721.5,…
      • § 12722 The project for flood protection on Alameda Creek in Alameda County is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of…
      • § 12723 The Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local co-operation,…
      • § 12724 The Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and project referred…
      • § 12725 The project for Russian River, Dry Creek, California is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of…
      • § 12726 The Sonoma County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local co-operation,…
      • § 12727 The Sonoma County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and project referred…
      • § 12727.1 The project for flood control on Sonoma Creek in Sonoma County is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the…
      • § 12727.2 The Sonoma County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation,…
      • § 12727.3 The Sonoma County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred…
      • § 12728 The project for flood protection on Redwood Creek in Humboldt County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the…
      • § 12729 The County of Humboldt shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation, required by the Act of Congress approved…
      • § 12730 The County of Humboldt, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12728, and may make…
      • § 12731 The project for flood control construction of debris basins and channel clearing in the Santa Barbara, California, area as authorized by Public Law 88-635, 78…
      • § 12732 The County of Santa Barbara shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation, required by Section 2 of the Flood…
      • § 12733 The County of Santa Barbara, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12731, and may make…
      • § 12734 The project for Corte Madera Creek, Marin County, California, is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the…
      • § 12735 The Marin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation,…
      • § 12736 The Marin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and project referred to…
      • § 12737 The project for flood protection on the Klamath River at and in the vicinity of Klamath, California, is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in…
      • § 12738 The County of Del Norte shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required by the Flood Control Act of 1966…
      • § 12739 The County of Del Norte, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12737, and may make such…
      • § 12740 The project for flood protection for the Lakeport Reservoir on Scott Creek in Lake County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12741 The Lake County Watershed Protection District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation, required by the Act…
      • § 12742 The Lake County Watershed Protection District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section…
      • § 12743 The project for flood protection on San Diego River (Mission Valley), California, is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12743.1 The City of San Diego shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required by the act approved October 27, 1965,…
      • § 12743.2 The City of San Diego, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12743, and may make…
      • § 12744 The project for flood protection on the Tijuana River in California is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the “Report on an…
      • § 12744.1 The City of San Diego shall give assurances satisfactory to the United States that the local cooperation required by federal legislation in connection with the…
      • § 12744.2 The City of San Diego, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12744, and may make…
      • § 12745 The project for flood protection on the Sweetwater River in the County of San Diego is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12745.1 With respect to the project authorized by Section 12745, the County of San Diego may acquire the lands, easements and rights-of-way for said project even…
      • § 12746 The project for flood protection on Tahquitz Creek in California is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the…
      • § 12746.1 The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the United States that the local cooperation required…
      • § 12746.2 The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects…
      • § 12747 The plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes on Cucamonga Creek in San Bernardino County is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in…
      • § 12747.1 The San Bernardino County Flood Control District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation, required by the…
      • § 12747.2 The San Bernardino County Flood Control District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plan of improvement for flood control…
      • § 12748 (a) The plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes on the Napa River in Napa County is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance…
      • § 12748.1 The Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation,…
      • § 12748.2 The Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plan of improvement for flood…
      • § 12748.3 (a) The state may provide funds in accordance with Section 12585.7 to the City of St. Helena, or to local agencies in the County of Napa, for the project for…
      • § 12748.5 The project for flood control construction of debris basins and channel clearing in the Santa Barbara, California, area as authorized by Public Law 92-184 (85…
      • § 12748.6 The Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that local cooperation,…
      • § 12748.7 The Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and projects…
      • § 12749 The project for flood protection on Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks in Contra Costa County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12749.1 The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local…
      • § 12749.2 The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and project…
      • § 12749.3 The project for flood control runoff retardation and soil erosion prevention in the watershed of the Hagador-Tin Mine-Kroonen Oak Street Channel, as authorized…
      • § 12749.4 The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give the necessary assurances that the local cooperation required by the United States…
      • § 12749.5 The project for flood protection on the San Luis Rey River in San Diego County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations…
      • § 12749.6 The City of Oceanside shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation, required by Senate Document Numbered 91-106,…
      • § 12749.7 The City of Oceanside, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and project referred to in Section 12749.5 and may make…
      • § 12749.8 The project for flood protection measures on the Guadalupe River in Santa Clara County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the plans and…
      • § 12749.81 The Santa Clara Valley Water District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that local cooperation required by the Report of the…
      • § 12749.82 The Santa Clara Valley Water District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and project referred to in Section 12749.8 and…
      • § 12749.9 The project for flood protection measures on Coyote/Berryessa Creeks in Santa Clara County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the…
      • § 12749.91 The Santa Clara Valley Water District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that local cooperation required by the Water Resources…
      • § 12749.92 The Santa Clara Valley Water District in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plans and project referred to in Section 12749.9 and…
      • § 12749.93 (a) The Murrieta Creek Flood Control Project from Winchester Road downstream through the city of Temecula, is adopted and authorized substantially in…
      • § 12749.94 (a) The recreation and fish and wildlife features of the Murrieta Creek Flood Control Project from Winchester Road upstream through the City of Murrieta to…
      • § 12749.95 (a) (1) The project for flood control on the Whitewater River in Riverside County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the congressional…
      • § 12749.97 Notwithstanding Sections 12749.93 and 12749.94, it is the intent of the Legislature that no funds be appropriated for state cooperation in the Murrieta Creek…
      • § 12749.98 (a) The state may provide subvention funds in accordance with Section 12585.7 to the County of Santa Barbara, or to local agencies in the county, for the…
      • § 12749.99 (a) The state may provide subvention funds in accordance with Section 12585.7 to the Santa Clara Valley Water District for the South San Francisco Bay…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Small Flood Control Projects §§ 12750–12751 · 3 sections

      • § 12750 Small flood control projects not specifically authorized by Congress undertaken by the United States Corps of Engineers pursuant to Section 205 of the Flood…
      • § 12750.1 The State shall pay the cost of lands, easements and rights-of-way for small flood control projects authorized by Section 12750 only if the department finds in…
      • § 12751 Any county, city, state agency or public district affected by a small flood control project referred to in Section 12750 shall give assurances satisfactory to…
3. CHAPTER 3. Financing of Projects §§ 12800–12832 · 12 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 12800–12803 · 4 sections

      • § 12800 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Flood Control Law of 1946.”
      • § 12801 As used in this chapter: (a) “Public agency” means any state agency, county, city and county, city, or district of the State, except the department. (b) “Flood…
      • § 12802 In pursuance of the policy declared in Chapters 1 and 2 of this part, the Legislature finds a state interest in assuming the cost of cooperation by the State…
      • § 12803 The Legislature intends that from time to time by law allocations from the General Fund for flood control projects will be made to pay for the cost of all…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Extent and Method of Allocations §§ 12825–12832 · 8 sections

      • § 12825 When the United States makes funds available on or after March 12, 1946, for the construction of any flood control project either adopted and authorized by…
      • § 12826 (a) No money appropriated for flood control projects shall be allocated for the purchase of lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for multiple purpose…
      • § 12827 As to projects other than those approved and authorized by the Legislature, the department shall make its determination in the manner provided by Chapters 1…
      • § 12828 Except where the co-operation required by the United States in addition to the costs of all lands, easements, and rights-of-way, has been authorized to be…
      • § 12829 Money allocated to the department for flood control projects shall be reallocated to public agencies upon order of the department after application therefor…
      • § 12830 The department may refuse to make any order for the reallocation of any of the funds if the provisions of this chapter are violated.
      • § 12831 The department shall submit to the Controller all approved local agency claims for reimbursement allocations for flood control projects within 90 days of…
      • § 12832 The Controller shall perform an audit of projects completed pursuant to this chapter within nine months after the claim is received by the department. If the…
4. CHAPTER 3.5. Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation in Connection With Flood Control and Watershed Protection Projects §§ 12840–12849 · 10 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. State Policy §§ 12840–12842 · 3 sections

      • § 12840 Notwithstanding any other provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800), the policy set forth in this…
      • § 12841 The Legislature finds and declares that in order to protect the general health and welfare of the public it is necessary to provide for the preservation and…
      • § 12842 The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature that the planning and construction of all flood control and watershed…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Responsibilities of State Agencies §§ 12843–12846 · 4 sections

      • § 12843 In order to achieve the goals set forth in this chapter, all state agencies exercising resource management responsibilities shall review reconnaissance and…
      • § 12844 In order to guide state agencies in their review of proposed flood control and watershed protection projects, it is the intent of the Legislature that…
      • § 12845 In order to realize the full potential of such projects for fish and wildlife enhancement and for recreational development, state agencies having resource…
      • § 12846 The Department of Fish and Game shall be responsible for the management of all fish and wildlife resources at any project subject to the provisions of this…
   3. ARTICLE 3. State Financial Assistance §§ 12847–12848 · 2 sections

      • § 12847 Where recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement features are contained in a flood control or watershed protection project, and where such payment is…
      • § 12848 The Legislature hereby declares that there shall be included in the budget of the department for flood control subventions or for direct acquisitions by the…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Powers and Duties of Local Agencies § 12849 · 1 section

      • § 12849 Any local agency sponsoring a project subject to the provisions of this chapter is hereby authorized to design, construct, operate, and maintain public…
5. CHAPTER 4. Watershed Protection Flood Prevention Projects §§ 12850–12875 · 20 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Short Title § 12850 · 1 section

      • § 12850 Chapter 4 of this part shall be known and may be cited as “The California Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Law.”
   2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 12851–12854 · 3 sections

      • § 12851 The definitions in this article govern the contruction of this chapter.
      • § 12853 “Lands, easements and rights of way” includes lands and rights or interests in lands whereon channel improvements and channel rectifications, debris dams and…
      • § 12854 “Local organizations” means any county, city, state agency or public district.
   3. ARTICLE 3. Declaration of Policy §§ 12860–12861 · 2 sections

      • § 12860 It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a primary interest in the control and conservation of floodwaters and the prevention of erosion,…
      • § 12861 It is hereby declared that recurrent floods on rivers and streams of this State, causing loss of life and damage to property, disruption of commerce,…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Declaration of Intent §§ 12865–12868 · 8 sections

      • § 12865 It is the intention of the Legislature that it will be the policy of the State to pay the costs of local cooperation required by acts of Congress for the…
      • § 12866 The costs of local cooperation which the State will assume pursuant to Section 12865 shall be limited to the costs of lands, easements and rights of way.
      • § 12866.1 It is also declared to be the policy of the state that the state shall not provide financial assistance for relocation, reconstruction, or replacement of…
      • § 12866.2 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the following policy shall apply to projects approved by the appropriate committees of the Congress and…
      • § 12866.3 The local agency may receive credit against its share of the costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way as determined in subdivisions (b) and (d) of Section…
      • § 12866.4 Whenever specifically authorized by the Legislature, the department may lend the local agency the funds necessary to pay the local portion of the costs of…
      • § 12867 The State shall pay the costs of lands, easements and rights of way for projects described in subsection (a) of Section 12865 only if, or to the extent that:…
      • § 12868 The State shall pay the costs of lands, easements and rights of way for projects described in subsection (b) of Section 12865 only if, or to the extent that:…
   5. ARTICLE 5. Procedure for Allocation §§ 12870–12875 · 6 sections

      • § 12870 When local organizations have agreed with the Secretary of Agriculture upon a plan for works of improvement pursuant to the authorization contained in said…
      • § 12871 The department shall make such a recommendation to the Legislature if it finds that the requirements of Section 12867 or Section 12868 have been met.
      • § 12872 The findings of the department required by subsection (d) of Section 12867 or of subsection (f) of Section 12868 shall be based upon current cost estimates or…
      • § 12873 The findings of the department required by subsection (c) of Section 12867 or by subsections (a) to (e) of Section 12868 need be made only once, at the time…
      • § 12874 Money appropriated to the department for reallocation to local organizations shall be reallocated to local organizations upon order of the department after…
      • § 12875 The department may refuse to make any order for the reallocation of any of the funds if the provisions of this chapter are violated.
6. CHAPTER 4.5. Maintenance Areas §§ 12878–12878.45 · 46 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Formation of Maintenance Areas §§ 12878–12878.21 · 22 sections

      • § 12878 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (a) “Department” means Department of Water Resources. (b)…
      • § 12878.1 (a) If the department determines that a unit of a project is not being operated or maintained in accordance with the standards established by federal…
      • § 12878.2 The statement shall include a description of the unit and the name of the local agency, if any, responsible for its operation and maintenance and such…
      • § 12878.3 Any such statement shall not be admissible as evidence in any court action brought against the local agency, its governing body or any member thereof or the…
      • § 12878.4 If the local agency, within 45 days after the date of receipt of the said statement of the department, files a protest thereto with the board or department…
      • § 12878.5 If no protest is received by the board or department pursuant to the provisions of the preceding section, the board or department shall adopt and establish the…
      • § 12878.6 If, within 30 days after conclusion of the hearing held pursuant to Section 12878.4 of this code, the governing body of the local agency has not given…
      • § 12878.7 The board or department shall prepare a description of the proposed boundaries together with a map thereof for each maintenance area to be formed. For the…
      • § 12878.8 Any maintenance area may be divided into zones when it is determined by the investigation that the benefit to the land in the area is not uniform throughout…
      • § 12878.9 If a maintenance area is divided into zones, the zones shall be given a numerical designation starting with Zone 1 which shall be the zone which receives the…
      • § 12878.10 Upon completion of the said description and map, the board or department shall schedule a hearing to be held either at some convenient place within the…
      • § 12878.11 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the proposed boundaries of the maintenance area for…
      • § 12878.12 The notice shall state the time and place of hearing, that the purpose of the hearing is to establish the boundaries of the maintenance area benefited by the…
      • § 12878.13 At the hearing any owner of land within the proposed boundaries of the maintenance area or other interested person may offer, and the board or department shall…
      • § 12878.14 Land lying without the exterior boundaries of the proposed maintenance area as shown on the map prepared by the board or department shall not be included…
      • § 12878.15 When any such additional land is proposed to be included and the owner’s consent is not given, the hearing shall be adjourned to a specified time and place.
      • § 12878.16 Notice of such adjourned hearing, where additional land is to be included, and the purpose thereof shall be given by publication of notice at least once a week…
      • § 12878.17 Upon the final conclusion of such hearing the board or department shall establish the boundaries of the maintenance area and of the zones therein and the…
      • § 12878.18 Land benefited by more than one unit may be included within as many maintenance areas as there are units by which it is benefited.
      • § 12878.19 The establishment of a maintenance area pursuant to this chapter shall be evidenced by an order or resolution of the board or director creating such area. The…
      • § 12878.20 The order or resolution determining and establishing the boundaries thereof shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of each county…
      • § 12878.21 Upon the formation of a maintenance area, the department shall thereafter operate and maintain the unit until such time as the maintenance area may be…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Dissolution of Maintenance Areas § 12878.22 · 1 section

      • § 12878.22 Any local agency obligated by Chapters 2 (commencing at Section 12639) and 4 (commencing at Section 12850) of this part, or by Section 8370 of this code, or by…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Modification of Maintenance Areas §§ 12878.23–12878.24 · 2 sections

      • § 12878.23 (a) The board or the department may modify the boundaries of any established maintenance area or zones within the maintenance area, the description of works to…
      • § 12878.24 Upon receipt of any such petition for modification or upon initiation of any such proceeding by its own action the board or department shall conduct such…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Assessments for Maintenance and Operation §§ 12878.25–12878.40 · 16 sections

      • § 12878.25 The land within each zone, and the land within each maintenance area, if no zones are established therein, shall be conclusively presumed to be benefited by…
      • § 12878.26 Each maintenance area is a district within which assessments are collected according to the value or to the benefit product as defined in Section 12878.40 of…
      • § 12878.27 The department shall, prior to the first day of April of each year, estimate the cost of the operation and maintenance of each unit during the ensuing fiscal…
      • § 12878.28 Following the first day of April of each year, the board or department shall hold a hearing at Sacramento on the matter of fixing the estimates and assessments…
      • § 12878.29 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each maintenance area affected for at least once a week…
      • § 12878.30 The notice shall set the time and place of the hearing which shall be held not less than 10 days following the completion of publication as to all maintenance…
      • § 12878.31 At the hearing any owner of land in any maintenance area affected, or other interested person may offer, and the board or department shall receive, any…
      • § 12878.32 Upon the final conclusion of such hearing the board or department shall fix the amount of the estimate for each such unit for all purposes of the assessments…
      • § 12878.33 If any area or zone lies within more than one county, the department shall divide the amount of the estimate in the proportion of the acreage in each county,…
      • § 12878.34 The department shall certify to the auditor and board of supervisors of each county in which each maintenance area, or part thereof, lies, the amount required,…
      • § 12878.35 The board of supervisors of each county in which there lies a maintenance area or any portion thereof shall annually, and at the time of levying county taxes,…
      • § 12878.36 Each assessment shall be identified by the name and number, if any, of the area, and by the number of the zone, if a zone is involved.
      • § 12878.37 The board of supervisors shall determine a rate of assessment sufficient to cover the amount of the estimate for each area or zone, making reasonable allowance…
      • § 12878.38 Assessments levied pursuant to this article shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. So far as applicable, all provisions of…
      • § 12878.39 All money raised by such assessments shall be accounted for separately as to each area and zone. All such money shall be transmitted by January 1st and July…
      • § 12878.40 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a county may face substantial expense in maintaining a roll or system which reflects both current values of…
   5. ARTICLE 5. Administration of Maintenance Area Funds §§ 12878.41–12878.45 · 5 sections

      • § 12878.41 All money deposited in the Water Resources Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 12878.39, and all money transferred to the Water Resources Revolving Fund from…
      • § 12878.42 The department shall keep a separate account for each maintenance area as to money deposited under Section 12878.39 and expenditures under this chapter in such…
      • § 12878.43 The department shall keep a separate account for money appropriated for the purposes of this chapter from the General Fund. The money in this account shall be…
      • § 12878.44 Money expended upon any unit during any fiscal year shall not exceed by more than 20 percent the amount of the estimate for that unit for that fiscal year,…
      • § 12878.45 The State Controller shall have no responsibility for verifying the correctness of the claim as to the account upon which it is drawn, and the State Controller…
7. CHAPTER 4.7. Water Conservation Bond Law of 1988 §§ 12879–12879.17 · 19 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 12879–12879.2 · 3 sections

      • § 12879 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Conservation Bond Law of 1988.
      • § 12879.1 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) There is a lack of local water projects in certain areas of the state where the demands of a growing…
      • § 12879.2 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the Water Conservation Finance Committee created pursuant to…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Water Conservation Program §§ 12879.3–12879.6 · 4 sections

      • § 12879.3 (a) The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the 1988 Water Conservation Fund, which is hereby created. A Local…
      • § 12879.4 (a) The department may make loans to local agencies, upon approval of the Legislature by statute, to aid in the construction of eligible projects and to aid in…
      • § 12879.5 (a) The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Local Water Projects Assistance Account and shall be…
      • § 12879.6 (a) The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Account and…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 12879.7–12879.17 · 12 sections

      • § 12879.7 Bonds in the total amount of fifty-four million seven hundred sixty-five thousand dollars ($54,765,000), exclusive of refunding bonds issued pursuant to…
      • § 12879.8 The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
      • § 12879.9 (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter,…
      • § 12879.10 The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions…
      • § 12879.11 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
      • § 12879.12 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
      • § 12879.13 For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or…
      • § 12879.135 Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of…
      • § 12879.14 All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for…
      • § 12879.15 Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section…
      • § 12879.16 The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the…
      • § 12879.17 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that…
8. CHAPTER 5. State Financial Assistance for Local Projects §§ 12880–12893 · 49 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Short Title § 12880 · 1 section

      • § 12880 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Davis-Grunsky Act.
   2. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 12881–12881.4 · 3 sections

      • § 12881 In furtherance of the development, control and conservation of the water resources of the state and the State Water Resources Development System it is the…
      • § 12881.2 As used in this chapter: (a) “Project” means any dam, reservoir, or other construction or improvement by a public agency for the diversion, storage, or…
      • § 12881.4 In the administration of this chapter, the department and the commission shall give preference to projects involving the development of new basic water…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Procedure §§ 12882–12882.5 · 5 sections

      • § 12882 Applications for loans or grants or financial participation by the state under this chapter shall be made to the department in such form and with such…
      • § 12882.2 Applications for loans for irrigation distribution system projects or municipal distribution system projects which involve extreme hardship which jeopardizes…
      • § 12882.3 An application for a reservoir site loan pursuant to Section 12885.2 shall include: (a) Evidence that the proposed site is zoned as a reservoir site. (b)…
      • § 12882.4 A copy of each application, except applications for loans for the preparation of proposed feasibility reports, shall be transmitted by the department to the…
      • § 12882.5 The report required by Section 12882.4 shall include a statement of the project’s onshore facilities and any other local facilities to be required by the…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Qualifications Generally §§ 12883–12883.4 · 3 sections

      • § 12883 A proposed project may be approved for assistance only if it is determined that the project substantially conforms to the California Water Plan, is…
      • § 12883.2 In the case of a grant for recreation or fish and wildlife enhancement, or both, the determination of economic justification of the proposed project may, in…
      • § 12883.4 A loan for the preparation of a proposed feasibility report on a proposed project may be approved only if it is determined that there is reasonable assurance…
   5. ARTICLE 5. Grants §§ 12884–12884.2 · 2 sections

      • § 12884 The department is authorized to make state grants to public agencies from moneys available for such purpose. Grants in excess of four hundred thousand dollars…
      • § 12884.2 Grants in furtherance of a project that involves the development of a new water supply or a project that involves the repair, alteration, or replacement of dam…
   6. ARTICLE 6. Loans §§ 12885–12885.9 · 10 sections

      • § 12885 The department is authorized to make state loans to public agencies for the construction of projects from moneys available for such loans. Loans in excess of…
      • § 12885.1 Loans may be made only for projects primarily for domestic, municipal, agricultural, industrial, recreation, or fish and wildlife enhancement purposes. Such…
      • § 12885.2 The department is authorized to make state loans to public agencies for the acquisition of interests in lands that are necessary for the construction,…
      • § 12885.3 Each loan that is made pursuant to Section 12885.2 shall be repayable with interest upon the same terms as are applicable to construction loans that are made…
      • § 12885.4 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any land acquired with a loan made pursuant to this chapter, which land is located outside the boundaries…
      • § 12885.5 In furtherance of the policy set forth in Section 12881.4, no funds shall be loaned for either irrigation distribution system projects or municipal…
      • § 12885.6 The department is authorized to make state loans to public agencies for the preparation of feasibility reports on proposed projects, from any moneys available…
      • § 12885.7 Loans may be made for all or any part of the cost of the preparation of proposed feasibility reports on proposed projects, but in no event shall any such loan…
      • § 12885.8 The department shall require the payment of interest on each loan that is made pursuant to this chapter after the effective date of the 1967 act amending this…
      • § 12885.9 The department, without the prior approval of the California Water Commission, is authorized during the calendar years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to make loans in…
   7. ARTICLE 7. State Participation in Projects §§ 12886–12886.6 · 4 sections

      • § 12886 If in order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter it is necessary to construct a project that is larger than one which a public agency proposes to…
      • § 12886.2 In participating in a project under this article, the department may perform all or part of the planning, designing, construction, operation or maintenance of…
      • § 12886.4 The department is authorized, following receipt of an application for state participation from a public agency, to participate under this article on behalf of…
      • § 12886.6 The department is authorized to make loans and grants to public agencies pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for projects in which the department…
   8. ARTICLE 8. Powers of Public Agencies §§ 12887–12888 · 11 sections

      • § 12887 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every public agency empowered by law to construct and operate a project, as defined in Section 12881.2,…
      • § 12887.1 A public agency may borrow money from and repay the same with interest to the state in accordance with this chapter on behalf of the entire public agency or of…
      • § 12887.2 A public agency may enter into a contract with the department, on behalf of the entire public agency, or of any portion or portions thereof referred to in…
      • § 12887.3 A public agency may comply with the provisions of any contract entered into with the department under this chapter, including any provision which obligates the…
      • § 12887.4 A public agency may include recreation and enhancement of fish and wildlife, or either of them, as functions of a project which the public agency is empowered…
      • § 12887.5 A public agency may construct and operate such onshore recreational facilities, fish and wildlife enhancement facilities or other facilities as the department…
      • § 12887.6 A public agency may annually levy or cause to be levied upon all property in the public agency, or in any portion or portions thereof, subject to taxation or…
      • § 12887.7 A public agency may make charges for the furnishing of services from the project for which the public agency receives financial assistance under this chapter…
      • § 12887.8 A public agency is hereby granted the power to bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the office of such agency is situated to determine…
      • § 12887.9 Whenever a public agency is required to have legal counsel in connection with any of its activities pursuant to this chapter, it may use the services of the…
      • § 12888 A public agency may perform all acts and do all things that are necessary or convenient to carry out the powers specified in this article.
   9. ARTICLE 9. Public Agency Election §§ 12889–12889.2 · 2 sections

      • § 12889 Except in the case of a grant to a public agency where the applicable law contains provisions for the election of the members of the governing body of the…
      • § 12889.2 The election shall be held in accordance with the following provisions: (a) The procedure for holding an election on the incurring of bonded indebtedness by…
   10. ARTICLE 10. Administrative Provisions §§ 12890–12893 · 8 sections

       • § 12890 The department is authorized to make from time to time such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out, and as are consistent with, this chapter.
       • § 12890.2 In making loans or grants pursuant to this chapter, the department shall impose terms and conditions that are designed to protect the state’s investment and…
       • § 12890.4 The department shall keep full and complete records and accounts concerning all of its transactions under this chapter.
       • § 12891 In order to effectuate loans or grants made by the department pursuant to this chapter, the State Controller shall, upon demand of the department, draw…
       • § 12891.2 It shall be the duty of the State Controller to make such audit or audits of the books and records of public agencies receiving loans or grants pursuant to…
       • § 12891.4 All loans or grants made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and subject to the approval of the California Water…
       • § 12892 No member of the California Water Commission shall participate in the action of the commission in considering for approval, or approving, a loan or grant under…
       • § 12893 In the case of a grant under subdivision (b) of Section 12884.2 for the part of the construction cost of a dam and reservoir properly allocated to recreational…
9. CHAPTER 5.5. Local Agency Bond Payments §§ 12894–12894.8 · 9 sections

   • § 12894 The department may, when specifically authorized by law to do so, enter into a commitment, without regard to fiscal years, with any public agency, as defined…
   • § 12894.1 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every public agency empowered by law to contract with the state for a water supply is hereby granted, in…
   • § 12894.2 The Department of Water Resources shall notify all public agencies which have contracted for water from the State Water Resources Development System of its…
   • § 12894.3 If the department determines that a loan commitment pursuant to Section 12894 will not enable any eligible public agency specified in Section 1 of Chapter 842…
   • § 12894.4 A loan pursuant to Section 12894.3 shall not exceed 25 percent of the total cost of the project, or two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000),…
   • § 12894.5 Annual payments on the loan, including both principal repayment and interest, shall be in substantially equal amounts over the term of the loan, excluding the…
   • § 12894.6 In making loans pursuant to Section 12894.3, the department shall impose such terms and conditions as are necessary to protect the state’s investment and carry…
   • § 12894.7 The department shall require the payment of interest on each loan that is made pursuant to Section 12894.3 at a rate equal to the weighted average of the…
   • § 12894.8 Prior approval by the voters of an eligible district of a project described in Section 12894.3 and bonds therefor shall constitute approval of a loan pursuant…
10. CHAPTER 6. State Cooperation With the Federal Government on State Water Projects §§ 12895–12898 · 3 sections

    • § 12895 The Department of Water Resources is authorized to participate and cooperate with the United States in the planning of construction, operation, maintenance,…
    • § 12896 Under the policy established in Section 12895, the department is authorized to participate and cooperate with the United States in the planning of…
    • § 12898 The Sacramento Canals Unit of the Central Valley Project is approved for state participation to the extent that funds are hereafter appropriated therefor. The…
11. CHAPTER 6.5. State Water Resources Development System Rights-Of-Way §§ 12899–12899.11 · 12 sections

    • § 12899 The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “State Water Resources Development System” means the State Water Resources Development…
    • § 12899.1 (a) Except as provided by Section 12899.8, no person shall make any alteration, improvement, encroachment, or excavation within the right-of-way acquired for…
    • § 12899.2 (a) Any act performed under the authority of a permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter and…
    • § 12899.3 No corporation has any franchise rights within the department’s right-of-way, and no county, city, or city and county has any right to grant a franchise within…
    • § 12899.4 The department may delegate, to any entity that has a contract with the department pursuant to Section 11625, any of the department’s powers, duties and…
    • § 12899.5 (a) Except as provided by Section 12899.8, if any encroachment exists within the department’s right-of-way, the department may require the removal of the…
    • § 12899.6 (a) Unless a person is otherwise authorized, by permit or agreement, to do so, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following acts: (1) Drain water,…
    • § 12899.7 Any person who by any means willfully or negligently injures or damages any feature of the State Water Resources Development System or the department’s…
    • § 12899.8 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and except as otherwise provided in an agreement between the department and landowner or…
    • § 12899.9 The department may adopt regulations to implement this chapter, including regulations that provide for the filing of an application for a permit, related…
    • § 12899.10 This chapter does not apply to the activities of a public agency that operates facilities of the State Water Resources Development System that are jointly…
    • § 12899.11 (a) The department, not later than 60 days from the date on which it receives a complete application, shall issue a general encroachment permit, for a period…
12. CHAPTER 7. California Water Fund §§ 12900–12915 · 9 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 12900–12901 · 2 sections

       • § 12900 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Water Fund Law of 1959.
       • § 12901 As used in this chapter: (a) “Project” means any project constructed by a public agency, as defined by Section 12880, by the State, or by the State in…
    2. ARTICLE 2. The California Water Fund §§ 12910–12915 · 7 sections

       • § 12910 The California Water Fund is created as a special fund in the State Treasury, the moneys, securities, and increment of which shall be held by the State…
       • § 12911 The Investment Fund in the State Treasury is hereby abolished. Upon the effective date of this chapter, the Controller shall transfer all resources of the…
       • § 12912 There shall be deposited in the California Water Fund: (a) All resources of the Investment Fund. (b) All receipts and revenues of any type and nature derived…
       • § 12912.5 Of the amounts deposited in the California Water Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of the Public Resources Code, five million dollars…
       • § 12913 The Director of Finance shall cause all moneys in the fund which are in excess of current requirements to be invested and reinvested from time to time in…
       • § 12914 All of the assets in the fund shall be retained in the State Treasury in the fund and shall not be expended except upon appropriations made by the Legislature.
       • § 12915 To the extent the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent or in conflict with any of those provisions of Part 3 (commencing at Section 11100) of Division…
13. CHAPTER 7.5. Protection of Ground Water Basins §§ 12920–12924 · 10 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. Short Title § 12920 · 1 section

       • § 12920 This chapter shall be known as, and may be cited as, the Porter-Dolwig Ground Water Basin Protection Law.
    2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 12921–12921.3 · 4 sections

       • § 12921 The definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
       • § 12921.1 “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
       • § 12921.2 “Local agency” means any county, city, state agency or public district.
       • § 12921.3 “Project” means any physical structure or facility proposed or constructed under this chapter for the conservation, storage, regulation, reclamation, treatment…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Declaration of Policy §§ 12922–12922.1 · 2 sections

       • § 12922 It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a primary interest in the correction and prevention of irreparable damage to, or impaired use of, the…
       • § 12922.1 The Legislature finds and declares that the greater portion of the water used in this State is stored, regulated, distributed and furnished by its ground water…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Declaration of Intent §§ 12923–12924 · 3 sections

       • § 12923 It is the intention of the Legislature that the department shall, whenever money has been appropriated for the purpose, initiate or participate in…
       • § 12923.1 The results of the investigations and studies conducted and the plans and design criteria developed by the department pursuant to this article shall be…
       • § 12924 (a) The department, in conjunction with other public agencies, shall conduct an investigation of the state’s groundwater basins. The department shall identify…
14. CHAPTER 7.6. Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing §§ 12925–12928.6 · 9 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. Short Title § 12925 · 1 section

       • § 12925 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing Act.
    2. ARTICLE 2. Declaration of Policy § 12926 · 1 section

       • § 12926 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Recharge is an effective way to maximize availability of scarce water supplies throughout the state. (b)…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Definitions § 12927 · 1 section

       • § 12927 As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “In-lieu recharge” means accomplishing increased storage of groundwater by providing…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Loans §§ 12928–12928.6 · 6 sections

       • § 12928 (a) The money in the 1985 Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Bond Fund shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for loans to local…
       • § 12928.1 The department shall give priority to projects of agencies located in overdrafted groundwater basins and those projects of critical need, to projects whose…
       • § 12928.2 A contract for a loan pursuant to Section 12928 shall require the prior approval of the California Water Commission.
       • § 12928.3 The department shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be…
       • § 12928.4 As a part of the contract for a loan, the agency shall agree to indemnify and hold and save the state, the department, and its employees free from any and all…
       • § 12928.6 Groundwater recharge projects developed pursuant to this chapter shall be eligible for funding pursuant to any bond law previously or subsequently approved by…
15. CHAPTER 7.7. Environmental Water Act of 1989 §§ 12929–12929.46 · 26 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 12929–12929.2 · 3 sections

       • § 12929 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Environmental Water Act of 1989.
       • § 12929.1 It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to prescribe the purposes of the Environmental Water Fund, and to create, and prescribe the…
       • § 12929.2 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources. (b) “Board” means the State…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Environmental Water Fund §§ 12929.10–12929.15 · 6 sections

       • § 12929.10 The Environmental Water Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. There shall be deposited in the fund all moneys transferred or appropriated to the fund…
       • § 12929.11 The department shall expend the money appropriated to it from the Environmental Water Fund for projects or programs concerning the water resources of the state…
       • § 12929.12 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000) of the funds that may be transferred, pursuant to paragraph (3) of…
       • § 12929.13 It is further the intent of the Legislature that the reductions and transfers described in Sections 11913, 12303, and 12929.12 shall continue until the…
       • § 12929.14 It is the intent of the Legislature that nine million dollars ($9,000,000) per year be appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the 1994–95 to 1997–98 fiscal…
       • § 12929.15 From the funds appropriated to the department from the Environmental Water Fund, it is the intent of the Legislature that the department allocate at least one…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Environmental Water Program §§ 12929.20–12929.27 · 8 sections

       • § 12929.20 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that diversions of water out of the Mono Lake Basin by the City of Los Angeles have lowered the water level of Mono…
       • § 12929.21 The City of Los Angeles, jointly with the Mono Lake Committee, may submit one or more grant applications to the department to protect and preserve the Mono…
       • § 12929.22 Funds expended for purposes of Section 12929.20 shall be expended only for an eligible project which is consistent with a grant application pursuant to Section…
       • § 12929.23 Until June 30, 1994, 60 percent of the funds that have been appropriated to the Environmental Water Program shall be reserved exclusively for the funding of…
       • § 12929.24 The state shall not accept any application for funds pursuant to Section 12929.21 that would expend any state money to replace water or power supplies lost by…
       • § 12929.25 This chapter does not affect the rights or obligations of any party involved in litigation regarding the Mono Lake Basin.
       • § 12929.26 Other purposes eligible for funding under this chapter, subject to approval by the Legislature in the annual budget process, include all of the following: (a)…
       • § 12929.27 (a) The City of Los Angeles shall submit a grant application to the department pursuant to Section 12929.21 for the purpose of implementing a voluntary water…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Water Quality Program §§ 12929.30–12929.31 · 2 sections

       • § 12929.30 The Water Quality Program includes projects or programs of public agencies throughout the state that will either (1) reduce the amounts of agricultural…
       • § 12929.31 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided to the department from the Water Quality Program be used for studies to investigate…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Administrative Provisions §§ 12929.40–12929.46 · 7 sections

       • § 12929.40 In developing its recommendations for the appropriation of funds pursuant to this chapter, the department shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game…
       • § 12929.41 (a) Programs and projects pursuant to this chapter may be undertaken by means of any of the following: (1) Direct expenditure by the department. (2) Loans to…
       • § 12929.42 The department may seek participation by, or a sharing of costs with, the beneficiaries of programs and projects undertaken pursuant to this chapter,…
       • § 12929.43 Money may be expended pursuant to this chapter for, among other purposes, acquisition of interests in real property.
       • § 12929.44 The department may adopt rules and regulations as it determines to be necessary to carry out this chapter.
       • § 12929.45 Any contract for a grant or loan entered into pursuant to this chapter shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following provisions: (a) An estimate…
       • § 12929.46 All loan repayments received pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the fund from which the loan was made.
16. CHAPTER 8. Water Resources Development Bonds §§ 12930–12944 · 18 sections

    • § 12930 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Water Resources Development Bond Act.
    • § 12931 The object of this chapter is to provide funds to assist in the construction of a State Water Resources Development System for the State of California. Said…
    • § 12932 Insofar as it is not inconsistent with the express provisions of this chapter, the State General Obiligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing at Section 16720)…
    • § 12933 There is hereby created a California Water Resources Development Finance Committee composed of the Governor, the State Treasurer, the State Controller,…
    • § 12934 As used in this chapter and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the following words shall have the following…
    • § 12935 For the purpose of creating a fund, herein designated the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund, to provide for the acquisition, construction and…
    • § 12935.5 (a) There is hereby established, within the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund, the California Water Resources Development Bond Account. (b)…
    • § 12936 All bonds herein authorized, which shall have been duly sold and delivered as herein provided, shall constitute valid and legally binding general obligations…
    • § 12937 The ways and means for the payment of the interest on and the principal of such bonds shall be as follows: (a) There shall be collected annually in the same…
    • § 12938 All proceeds from the sale of the bonds herein authorized shall be deposited in the fund as provided in Section 16757 of the Government Code and shall be…
    • § 12938.1 The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 13320) of Chapter 3, Part 3, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code are applicable to the department…
    • § 12938.2 The Department of Finance shall identify in the annual Governor’s Budget the proposed revenues and expenditures for the four purposes identified in subdivision…
    • § 12938.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of…
    • § 12939 Upon the written request of the board, supported by a statement of the expenditures made and to be made for the State Water Resources Development System, the…
    • § 12940 If any resolution determining that the sale of all or any part of the bonds herein authorized is necessary or desirable, the committee may in its discretion…
    • § 12941 In computing the net interest cost under Section 16754 of the Government Code, the committee may determine that interest shall be computed either from the date…
    • § 12942 The committee may authorize the State Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds herein authorized at such date or dates as may be fixed by the State…
    • § 12944 (a) In the operation of reservoirs, other than terminal reservoirs from which water is supplied for domestic use without purification treatment after…
17. CHAPTER 8.5. Local Distribution Facilities §§ 12944.5–12944.7 · 2 sections

    • § 12944.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any local public agency other than a city or county that has executed a contract with the state…
    • § 12944.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as specified in subdivision (b), any public agency that has executed a contract with the state for a…
18. CHAPTER 9. Saline Water Conversion §§ 12945–12949.5 · 7 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. Short Title § 12945 · 1 section

       • § 12945 This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Cobey-Porter Saline Water Conversion Law.
    2. ARTICLE 2. Declaration of Policy §§ 12946–12947 · 2 sections

       • § 12946 It is hereby declared that the people of the state have a primary interest in the development of economical saline water conversion processes which could…
       • § 12947 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the growing water needs of the state require the development of cost effective and efficient water supply…
    3. ARTICLE 3. State Participation §§ 12948–12949.5 · 4 sections

       • § 12948 The department either independently or in cooperation with any county, state, federal, or public or private agency or corporation may conduct a program of…
       • § 12948.1 The department shall provide assistance to persons or entities with state and local desalination facility permit applications seeking to construct desalination…
       • § 12949 After submission of a written report and upon specific authorization by the Legislature the department either independently or in cooperation with any county,…
       • § 12949.5 The department, in cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior, may participate in financing the costs of the site development, construction,…