§ 12686 Santa Clara County Flood Control

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•Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties, plus the Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, must promise to help with a flood control project.
•They need to show the Secretary of War that they will do their part for the project.
•This is part of a bigger plan approved by Congress in 1944 to control floods.

Example

Imagine your town is near a river that floods a lot. The government wants to build walls to stop the water from flooding homes.

The towns around the river have to promise they will help pay for and build these walls. They tell the government, 'We will do our part to make sure this project works.'

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§ 12686 Santa Clara County Flood Control

The Counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Benito and the Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the local cooperation required by Section 3 of the act of Congress approved December 22, 1944 (Public, Numbered 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session), will be furnished by the counties and the district in connection with the flood control project authorized and adopted in Section 12685. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 196.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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Counties of Santa Clara Santa Cruz San Benito Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Secretary of War Section 3 of the act of Congress December 22, 1944 Public, Numbered 534 Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session flood control project Section 12685

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Water Code. Section 12686.

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