ARTICLE 1. Flood Control Works, Purchases and Compensation [8995. - 9006.]

Cal. Water Code - WAT 1.

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Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8995. Section 8995.

Any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, or municipal corporation, wholly or partly within the drainage district, may, with the permission of the board, acquire by grant or eminent domain or otherwise, any right of way or other easement included in any of the plans for controlling the flood waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers or their tributaries to be carried out by the board pursuant to the provisions of this part.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8996. Section 8996.

The right of way or other easement acquired pursuant to the next preceding section shall be required by the plans of the reclamation, levee, or drainage district or municipal corporation for the consummation of its purposes as authorized by law.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8997. Section 8997.

Any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district or municipal corporation, wholly or partly within the drainage district may with the permission of the board, construct levees, cuts, canals or gates required to complete any by-pass forming part of the plans to be carried out by the board, or to complete any part of any by-pass which may in the judgment of the board be safely and economically constructed as a separate unit or portion of the plans.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8998. Section 8998.

The title to any such right of way or other easement or levees, cuts, canals or gates shall be conveyed to the drainage district upon compensation being made for the cost thereof.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8999. Section 8999.

If any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, municipal corporation, or person within the drainage district, with the consent of the board, provides or leaves any land for a by-pass, waterway, storage basin or sump for the purpose of complying with the plans to be carried out by the board, or for carrying out in whole or in part any of the plans or works adopted by it or erects any levee along the by-pass or waterway, storage basin or sump, the by-pass, waterway, storage basin, sump, and levee shall be considered as a part of the work to be done pursuant to the provisions of this part and proper compensation shall be made for the right of way or easement through, over and upon the by-pass, waterway, storage basin or sump and for the actual reasonable cost of construction of the levees, cuts, canals or gates.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 9000. Section 9000.

When the compensation has been made, the reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, municipal corporation, or person shall convey to the drainage district a perpetual easement in, over and upon the by-pass, storage basin, sump or levee for all purposes necessary to accomplish the plans to be carried out by the board.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 9001. Section 9001.

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.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 9002. Section 9002.

An easement shall be levied upon the lands in the drainage district benefited thereby so that the claim may be paid.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 9003. Section 9003.

In lieu of levying an assessment pursuant to Section 9002 the cost of the claim may be included as one of the items in any assessment that may be levied in the drainage district.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 9004. Section 9004.

The words “with the permission of the board” or “with the consent of the board,” as used in this article mean the express permission or consent of the board in each particular case, evidenced by resolution or order entered in its minutes, and granted upon application of the particular district, municipal corporation, or person desiring to obtain benefit of the provisions of this article.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 9005. Section 9005.

Before granting its permission for the acquiring of any right of way or easement or for the construction of any of the levees or other works mentioned in this article, the board may require the applicant to furnish and submit to the board complete and detailed plans and specifications and estimates of the cost thereof, and the board may in its order granting such permission designate a maximum limit of the amount of compensation to be so allowed therefor.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 9006. Section 9006.

In case the board determines that the ownership in fee of, instead of the right of way or easement over, any land required for use as a by-pass, overflow channel or basin, or for any part of the works of flood control to be carried out by the board, is necessary, or that the absolute ownership by the drainage district of any levees, cuts, canals, gates or other flood control works is necessary for the purposes of the district, then the board may require that title in fee and absolute ownership shall be conveyed to the drainage district before any compensation is allowed therefor pursuant to any of the provisions of this article.

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