Section 12661.5 Of Article 2. Projects In The Sacramento-san Joaquin Watersheds From California Water Code >> Division 6. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
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. (a) The project for flood control on the Kaweah River,
Terminus Dam, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance
with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in the report
"Kaweah River Basin Investigation Feasibility Study, California,"
dated December 23, 1996, and as adopted and authorized by the Water
Resources Development Act of 1996 as approved by Congress on October
12, 1996 (Public Law 104-303), at an estimated cost to the state of
the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state
participation, upon the recommendation and advice of the Reclamation
Board. The Reclamation Board may pay 50 percent of the nonfederal
capital costs of the recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement
features of the project.
(b) The Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District may, in lieu of
the Reclamation Board, give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary
of the Army that the local cooperation required by federal law,
including the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, will be
furnished in connection with the project.
(c) The Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District, in conjunction
with the Department of the Army, may, in lieu of the Reclamation
Board, carry out the plans and project and may make modifications and
amendments of the plans as necessary to carry out the plans for the
purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and this
chapter.
(d) Authorization of the project shall be contingent upon the
recommendation, advice, and approval of the Reclamation Board and
upon the expenditure of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) by
the department for local assistance for the project.