It is the intention of the Legislature that it will be the policy of the State to pay the costs of local cooperation required by acts of Congress for the following types of watershed projects:

(a) “Pilot plant” or “experimental projects” in this State, whether commenced prior to the effective date of this chapter or not, authorized by the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954 (Chapter 251, Public Law 156, Eighty-third Congress, First Session, approved July 28, 1953) to be carried out pursuant to Public Law 46, Seventy-fourth Congress.

Terms Used In California Water Code 12865

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18

(b) Any project in this State undertaken, whether prior to the effective date of this chapter or not, pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Public Law 566, Chapter 656, Eighty-third Congress, Second Session).

(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1886.)

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