California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 9001

Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.

Any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, municipal corporation or person which does any of the following, with the consent of the board has a claim against the drainage district for the reasonable value of the rights of way, levees, cuts, canals or gates that are involved:

(a)Expends any sum of money in the acquisition of rights of way or other easements, or in the construction of levees, cuts, canals or gates.
(b)Conveys the rights of way, easements, levees, cuts, canals or gates to the drainage district.
(c)Allows any land to be used for the purpose of a by-pass, waterway, storage basin, or sump to comply with the plans to be carried out by the board.
(d)Constructs levees along any line of any by-pass, or storage basin and conveys a perpetual easement therein to the drainage district.

Cite this section

Cal. Wat. Code § 9001 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/wat/division-5-flood-control/part-4-the-central-valley-flood-protection-board/chapter-8-districts-and-persons-within-sacramento-and-san-joaquin-drainage-district/article-1-flood-control-works-purchases-and-compensation/section-9001

Other sections in Article 1 - Flood Control Works, Purchases and Compensation

§ 8995§ 8996§ 8997§ 8998§ 8999§ 9000§ 9001§ 9002§ 9003§ 9004§ 9005§ 9006

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