California Code, Water Code - WAT § 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 the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, in the report entitled “Yuba River Basin Investigation, California Feasibility Report.”

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 12585.5, the nonfederal engineering costs and the nonfederal design costs required by Section 2215 (b) and (c) of Title 33 of the United States Code, with regard to the project described in subdivision (a), are eligible for reimbursement by the state before federal and state authorization and before the appropriation of construction funds by Congress.

(c) Funds shall be appropriated for the project in the annual Budget Act.