(a) (1) The project for flood damage reduction and environmental restoration in the American River watershed in Sacramento County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with Congressional approval and the final report of the Chief of Engineers dated November 5, 2002, as authorized by Section 128 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (P.L. 108-137), at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated for state cooperation by statute, upon the recommendation and advice of the department or the Reclamation Board.

(2) The project includes the construction of a new bridge with an estimated cost of sixty-six million dollars ($66,000,000), of which thirty-six million dollars ($36,000,000) is allocated to flood damage reduction and dam safety.

(3) The state’s share of the bridge project cost shall be at least five million, two hundred thousand dollars ($5,200,000), but not more than nine million dollars ($9,000,000), of the project amount that is allocated to flood damage reduction.

(4) The calculation of the state’s share of the funding pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be determined by the federal government’s allocation of the costs of the bridge to the dam safety features of the project.

(b) The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency shall enter into an agreement with the department pursuant to which the agency agrees to indemnify and hold and save harmless the state, its officers, agents, and employees for any and all liability for damages that may arise out of the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of the project.

(c) The City of Folsom shall serve as the nonfederal sponsor of the bridge authorized as part of the project and shall enter into an agreement with the department to receive the state’s proportionate share of the cost of the bridge and to indemnify and hold and save harmless the state, its officers, agents, and employees for any and all liability for damages that may arise out of the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of the bridge.

(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 584, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)