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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 by the Department of Agriculture after
November 10, 1969:
(a) The state shall pay 75 percent of the costs of lands and
rights or interests in lands whereon channel improvements and channel
rectifications, debris dams and water-retarding structures are
located and of lands, rights, or interests in lands necessary in
connection with the construction, operation, or maintenance of such
channel improvements and rectifications, debris dams and
water-retarding structures, including those necessary for flowage
purposes, spoil areas, borrow pits, or for access roads, apportioned
to the benefits resulting from the reduction of flood damage.
(b) The local agency shall pay 25 percent of the costs of lands
and rights or interests in lands whereon channel improvements and
channel rectifications, debris dams and water-retarding structures
are located and of lands, rights, or interests in lands necessary in
connection with the construction, operation, or maintenance of such
channel improvements or rectifications, debris dams and
water-retarding structures, including those necessary for flowage
purposes, spoil areas, borrow pits, or for access roads, apportioned
to the benefits resulting from the reduction of flood damage and all
of such costs apportioned to the benefits resulting from increased or
higher utilization of land.
(c) The state shall pay 90 percent of the costs of the relocation,
reconstruction, or replacement of existing improvements, structures,
or utilities rendered necessary by the project, apportioned to the
benefits resulting from the reduction of flood damage.
(d) The local agency shall pay 10 percent of the costs of the
relocation, reconstruction, or replacement of existing improvements,
structures, or utilities rendered necessary by the project,
apportioned to the benefits resulting from the reduction of flood
damage and all of such costs apportioned to the benefits resulting
from increased or higher utilization of land.
(e) The state's portion of the costs under subdivisions (a) and
(c) shall be determined by the department at or prior to the time the
report recommending federal authorization is submitted to the
Congress. In the case of projects already having federal
authorization, the state's portion of such costs shall be determined
by the department at the time state authorization is sought by the
local agency. The state's portion shall not be changed unless there
are major project changes made in the plan of improvement, in which
case the department, prior to the next appropriation of state funds
for the project, shall review the project and make such new
determinations as it deems justified by the project changes.
(f) When a project approved prior to November 10, 1969, is so
modified that it becomes subject to the provisions of Section 12873,
the policy described in this section shall be applied to any portion
of the modified project which the department determines to be beyond
the scope of the originally authorized project.