It is the intention of the Legislature that it will be the policy of the State to pay the costs of local cooperation required by acts of Congress for the following types of watershed projects:
(a) “Pilot plant” or “experimental projects” in this State, whether commenced prior to the effective date of this chapter or not, authorized by the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954 (Chapter 251, Public Law 156, Eighty-third Congress, First Session, approved July 28, 1953) to be carried out pursuant to Public Law 46, Seventy-fourth Congress.
(b) Any project in this State undertaken, whether prior to the effective date of this chapter or not, pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Public Law 566, Chapter 656, Eighty-third Congress, Second Session).
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1886.)