California Water Code ARTICLE 3 - Declarations of Policy

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 12580.
  It is further declared that the State should engage in the study and coordination of all water development projects, including flood control projects, undertaken by...
• Section 12581.
  In studying water development projects, full consideration shall be given to all beneficial uses of the State’s water resources, including irrigation, generation of electric energy,...
• Section 12582.
  Fish and wildlife values, both economic and recreational, shall be given consideration in any flood control or water conservation program. In the design, construction, and...
• Section 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. In the...
• Section 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 following requirements...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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 State...
• Section 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 prior, as...
• Section 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, the...
• Section 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...
• Section 12585.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639), Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800), and this chapter, the following policy shall apply...
• Section 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...
• Section 12585.7.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639), or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800), the following requirements apply to...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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 individual and cumulative...
• Section 12585.10.a.
  Section 161 does not apply to the adoption or revision of regulations, guidelines, or criteria to implement Section 12582.7 and 12585.7.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch....
• Section 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 federal flood...
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018