Wat. Code, § 12578 · Article 3. Declarations of Policy
Wat. Code, § 12578
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a primary interest in the control and conservation of flood waters, prevention of damage by flood waters, the washing away of river and stream banks by floods, and in the determination of the manner in which flood waters shall be controlled for the protection of life and property and the control, storage, and use of the State’s water resources in the general public interest.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 196.
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