DIVISION 5. FLOOD CONTROL 8000-9651›PART 4. THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD 8520-9142›CHAPTER 8. Districts and Persons Within Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District 8995-9048›ARTICLE 1. Flood Control Works, Purchases and Compensation 8995-9006

§ 8997

California Water Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

Any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district or municipal corporation, wholly or partly within the drainage district may with the permission of the board, construct levees, cuts, canals or gates required to complete any by-pass forming part of the plans to be carried out by the board, or to complete any part of any by-pass which may in the judgment of the board be safely and economically constructed as a separate unit or portion of the plans.

(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

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