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Water Code - WAT

DIVISION 5. FLOOD CONTROL [8000 - 9651]

  ( Division 5 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369. )
  

PART 2. STATE FLOOD CONTROL [8300 - 8457]

  ( Part 2 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369. )
  

CHAPTER 5. Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees [8450 - 8457]
  ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995. )

  
8453.  

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it is the intention of the Legislature that the state shall pay 50 percent of the costs associated with the operation and maintenance of project facilities under the State Water Resources Law of 1945 which are directly attributable to the planting or retention of controlled vegetative cover for wildlife, recreational, scenic, and aesthetic purposes on project levees.

(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)