WAT §12661.5: (a) The project for flood control on the Kaweah River, Terminus Dam, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in the report “Kaweah Riv

(a) The project for flood control on the Kaweah River, Terminus Dam, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in the report “Kaweah River Basin Investigation Feasibility Study, California,” dated December 23, 1996, and as adopted and authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 as approved by Congress on October 12, 1996 (Public Law 104-303), at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation, upon the recommendation and advice of the Reclamation Board. The Reclamation Board may pay 50 percent of the nonfederal capital costs of the recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement features of the project. (b) The Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District may, in lieu of the Reclamation Board, give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required by federal law, including the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, will be furnished in connection with the project. (c) The Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, may, in lieu of the Reclamation Board, carry out the plans and project and may make modifications and amendments of the plans as necessary to carry out the plans for the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and this chapter. (d) Authorization of the project shall be contingent upon the recommendation, advice, and approval of the Reclamation Board and upon the expenditure of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) by the department for local assistance for the project.