California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 8596

Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.

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.

Cite this section

Cal. Wat. Code § 8596 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/wat/division-5-flood-control/part-4-the-central-valley-flood-protection-board/chapter-3-powers-duties-and-jurisdiction/article-1-general-powers/section-8596

Other sections in Article 1 - General Powers

§ 8590§ 8590.2§ 8591§ 8592§ 8593§ 8596§ 8597§ 8598§ 8598.5§ 8599…§ 8604§ 8605§ 8606§ 8608§ 8609§ 8610§ 8610.5§ 8611§ 8612§ 8613

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