12895-12898

WATER CODE
SECTION 12895-12898




12895.  The Department of Water Resources is authorized to
participate and cooperate with the United States in the planning of
construction, operation, maintenance, and financing of projects that
are in substantial conformity with The California Water Plan.




12896.  Under the policy established in Section 12895, the
department is authorized to participate and cooperate with the United
States in the planning of construction, operation, maintenance, and
financing of the new Melones Project on the Stanislaus River and the
new Hogan Project on the Calaveras River.



12898.  The Sacramento Canals Unit of the Central Valley Project is
approved for state participation to the extent that funds are
hereafter appropriated therefor.
   The department may enter into a contract with the Federal
Government on behalf of the State under which the State agrees to pay
to the Federal Government, each year that the net revenue derived
from the operation of the Sacramento Canals Unit is less than the
amount necessary to pay the appropriate share of the reimbursable
construction cost of the unit allocated for repayment in that year,
an amount equal to the difference between the revenues received and
the amount so allocated for repayment. The contract shall condition
any payment upon an appropriation being made therefor.