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The State in 1976 adopted a conceptual plan for improvement of Delta levees which is contained in Water Code Chapter 3, Sections 12225 to 12227.
12225. The plan for improvement of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta levees, as set forth in Bulletin No. 192 of the Department of Water Resources, dated May 1975, is approved as a conceptual plan to guide the formulation of projects to preserve the integrity of the delta levee system.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1302.)
12226. The department may prepare detailed plans and specifications for the improvement of the levees or levee segments specified in Section 12225.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1302.)
12226.1. The department shall report on its recommendations to the Legislature concerning the improvement of the levees specified in Section 12225, including, but not limited to, recommendations concerning construction, cost sharing, land use, zoning, flood control, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and aesthetic values. The department shall submit interim reports to the Legislature concerning the status of the delta levees program on or before January 15 of each year beginning in 1978, with the final report on its recommendations to be made on or before January 15, 1980.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1302.)
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.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1302.)
12227. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ``Nejedly-Mobley Delta Levees Act''.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1302.)