Delta levee maintenance.

Existing law establishes a delta levee maintenance program pursuant to which a local agency may request reimbursement for costs incurred in connection with the maintenance or improvement of project or nonproject levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Existing law declares legislative intent to reimburse eligible local agencies under this program, until July 1, 2010, in an amount not to exceed 75% of those costs that are incurred in excess of $1,000 per mile of levee, and on and after that date, in an amount not to exceed 50% of those described costs.