Section 14912 Of Article 2. The San Joaquin Valley Drainage Relief Program From California Water Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 23. >> Article 2.
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. (a) The department may purchase, lease, rent, sell,
exchange, or otherwise transfer any land, interest in land or water,
or option acquired pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The proceeds from any lease, rental, sale, exchange, or
transfer of land or water, or any interest therein, or option, shall
be deposited in the fund.
(c) The department, in consultation with appropriate federal,
state, and local agencies, shall determine the minimum acreage of
contiguous land in which interests are needed to be acquired to carry
out the purposes of this chapter with regard to drainage reduction.
The determination required by this subdivision is exempt from Chapter
3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title
2 of the Government Code.
(d) No interest in land is eligible for purchase unless the
department determines that the purchase of the interest, by itself or
together with other interest in land, is consistent with the minimum
acreage determination made pursuant to subdivision (c).
(e) The rate of acquisition of title to, and interests in,
retirement lands is within the discretion of the department, based on
the availability of funds and other appropriate factors.