The board may maintain actions in the name of the people of the State to restrain, or to recover damages for, the doing of any act or thing that may be injurious to any of the works necessary to the plan of flood control or that may interfere with the successful execution of the plan.

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

Terms Used In California Water Code 8596

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18