Flood control projects: County of Orange: subvention funds.

Existing law provides for state cooperation with the federal government in the construction of specified flood control projects, and prescribes requirements to be met prior to state authorization of flood management projects that receive state financial assistance. This bill would authorize the state to provide subvention funds, as prescribed, to the County of Orange for a specified flood control project at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated for state cooperation by the Legislature and upon a determination by the Department of Water Resources that the project meets specified requirements. The bill would provide that the state assumes no liability for damages that may result from the project by authorizing the provision of subvention funds, or by the appropriation of those subvention funds. The bill would require, as a condition of receiving those subvention funds, the County of Orange to enter into an agreement to indemnify and hold and save harmless the state for any and all liability for damages that may result from the project.