SECTIONS 8100 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 8100

8100. Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by
law, and in addition to jurisdiction and powers otherwise conferred,
the boards of supervisors, in their respective counties, may
appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county for
any of the following purposes in connection with streams or rivers in
the county:
(a) The construction of works, improvements, levees or check dams
to prevent overflow and flooding.
(b) The protection and reforestation of watersheds.
(c) The conservation of the flood waters.
(d) The making of all surveys, maps and plats necessary to carry
out any work, construction or improvement authorized by this article.
(e) The carrying out of any work, construction or improvement
authorized by this article outside the county if the rivers or
streams affected flow in or through more than one county.