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California Code, Water Code - WAT § 12749.95

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) The project for flood control on the Whitewater River in Riverside County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the congressional approval and the final report of the Chief of Engineers dated December 29, 2000, as authorized by Section 101(b)(10) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-541), at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated for state cooperation by statute, upon the recommendation and advice of the department.

(2) The authorization of the project is contingent upon the appropriation of funds in the annual Budget Act to pay for the state's share of costs associated with the project.

(b) The Coachella Valley Water District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required by that final report will be furnished by the district in connection with the project for flood control adopted and authorized in subdivision (a).

(c) The Coachella Valley Water District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall carry out the plans and project and may make modifications and amendments to the plans for the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with 12570) and this chapter.

(d) The Coachella Valley Water District shall enter into an agreement with the department pursuant to which the district agrees to indemnify and hold and save the state, its officers, agents, and employees harmless from any and all liability for damages that may arise out of the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of the project.

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