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HomeWater CodeDiv. 6Pt. 6Ch. 2Art. 2§ 12648 Sacramento River Flood Control

§ 12648 Sacramento River Flood Control

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§ 12648 Sacramento River Flood Control

The law says the Sacramento River flood control projects listed are approved, with an extra cost of about $3.3 million to the state, unless changed later by Congress.

Key Takeaways

  • •The listed flood projects are approved with a $3.3 million extra cost to the state.
  • •Congress can later change the plan, but the cost figure stays the same unless updated.
  • •Any new dam that does the same flood control job must also account for this $3.3 million extra expense.

Example

A city wants to build a new dam to control flooding on the Sacramento River.

The project can move forward as long as it follows the plan described, and the state will pay an extra $3,326,000 for it.

How to Calculate

Estimated additional cost = $3,326,000

  1. The statute states the extra cost to the State is three million three hundred twenty‑six thousand dollars ($3,326,000).
  2. This amount is the total extra money the state must spend for the modified flood control projects.
  3. If a new project is chosen that does the same job as the Table Mountain Dam, the state still pays this same extra cost.

State budgeting for the flood project

Result: $3,326,000

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source
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§ 12648 Sacramento River Flood Control

The projects for the control of floods and other purposes on the Sacramento River adopted by the acts of Congress approved March 1, 1917, May 15, 1928, August 26, 1937, and August 18, 1941, and adopted and authorized by the Legislature by Chapter 25, Statutes of 1911, First Extra Session, Chapter 170, Statutes of 1913, Chapter 686, Statutes of 1915, and Chapter 176, Statutes of 1925, are adopted and authorized as modified substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 649, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session, except as provided in Section 12649, at an estimated additional cost to the State of three million three hundred twenty-six thousand dollars ($3,326,000), or such other project as shall finally be decided upon which will accomplish the same flood control purposes as proposed by the Table Mountain Dam or any other dam across the Sacramento River in the same general vicinity, subject to modification that may hereafter be made by Congress. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 196.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

Key Terms

flood controlSacramento RiverTable Mountain DamChief of EngineersSection 12649

Related Statutes

  • § 12648.1 American River Flood Control
  • § 12651 Lower San Joaquin Flood Control
  • § 12660 Isabella Reservoir Authorization
  • § 12648.2 Sacramento River Flood Protection
  • § 12649 Flood Control Alternatives Protection

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Water Code. Section 12648.
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