§ 8101 County Flood Prevention Funding

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•The county can spend money to build things like dams or levees to stop rivers from flooding.
•These projects can be built even outside the county if it helps prevent flooding.
•The money for these projects comes from the county's general funds or other appropriate funds.

Example

A river near a town often floods and damages homes.

The county can decide to spend money to build a levee to stop the river from flooding, even if the levee needs to be built outside the county.

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§ 8101 County Flood Prevention Funding

A board of supervisors may appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate funds of the county for the construction of works, improvements, levees or check dams to prevent the overflow and flooding of streams and rivers in the county, and for that purpose may construct works, improvements, levees or check dams outside the county. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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board of supervisors construction of works levees check dams flooding

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Water Code. Section 8101.

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