The Kings River Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the plan of improvement for flood control referred to in Section 12662 and exercise all powers granted to it in the Kings River Conservation District Act (Chapter 931, Statutes of 1951), and the district may make such modifications or amendments to the plans as may be necessary to execute them for the purposes of Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and 2 (commencing with Section 12639) of this part. The department shall have authority and is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the local agency pursuant to Section 12585.4. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 12585.2 and 12585.3 the local agency may receive credit against its share of the costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way required for the project which were acquired by the local agency after July 1, 1967.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 704.)