SECTIONS 12226-12226.2 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 12226-12226.2

12226. The department may prepare detailed plans and specifications
for the improvement of the levees or levee segments specified in
Section 12225.

12226.2. The department may proceed immediately with the
improvement of a pilot levee project which the department determines,
after a public hearing, is in critical need of improvement and which
is highly susceptible to failure in the absence of such immediate
improvement. Prior to commencing such improvement, the department
shall enter into an agreement with a local agency whereby the local
agency will bear at least 20 percent of the cost of the improvement.