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CA Water Code § 6426 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 3 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|PART 1 - SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|CHAPTER 8 - Offenses and Punishment|Section 6426.

6426.  Any person who wilfully obstructs, hinders, or prevents the department or its agents or employees from performing the duties imposed by this part or who wilfully resists the exercise of the control and supervision conferred by this part upon the department or its agents or employees is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as provided in this article.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 6427 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 3 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|PART 1 - SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|CHAPTER 8 - Offenses and Punishment|Section 6427.

6427.  Any owner or any person acting as a director, officer, agent, or employee of an owner, or any contractor or agent or employee of a contractor who engages in the construction, enlargement, repair, alteration, maintenance, or removal of any dam or reservoir, who knowingly does work or permits work to be executed on the dam or reservoir without an approval or in violation of or contrary to any approval as provided for in this part, or any inspector, agent, or employee of the department who has knowledge of such work being done and who fails to immediately notify the department thereof is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as provided in this article.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)
CA Water Code § 6428 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 3 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|PART 1 - SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|CHAPTER 8 - Offenses and Punishment|Section 6428.

6428.  (a) Any owner who fails to pay any further fee or any part of a further fee required to be paid pursuant to Section 6305 within the time required shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the further fee or part of the further fee, plus interest at the rate of one-half of 1 percent per month, or fraction of a month, from the date on which the further fee or the part of the further fee became due and payable to the state until the date of payment.(b) Any owner who fails to pay any annual fee or any part of any annual fee required to be paid pursuant to Section 6307 within the time required shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the annual fee or part of the annual fee, in addition to the annual fee or part of the annual fee, plus interest at the rate of one-half of 1 percent per month, or fraction of a month, from the date on which the annual fee or the part of the annual fee became due and payable to the state until the date of payment.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 90. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.)
CA Water Code § 6429 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 3 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|PART 1 - SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|CHAPTER 8 - Offenses and Punishment|Section 6429.

6429.  (a) The department may impose reservoir restrictions and levy property liens on an owner of a dam who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this part or any approval, order, rule, regulation, or requirement of the department.(b) (1) The department shall post, and update annually, on its Internet Web site a report containing all of the following:(A) The name of each reservoir subject to a restriction imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) and the reservoir’s associated downstream hazard potential classification.(B) The effective date of the reservoir restriction.(C) The reason for the restriction.(D) Any actions, planned or completed, that the dam owner reports to the department to address the restriction.(2) If no reservoir restrictions are in effect, the department shall post this fact on its Internet Web site. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 543, Sec. 1. (AB 2516) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Water Code § 6430 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 3 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|PART 1 - SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|CHAPTER 8 - Offenses and Punishment|Section 6430.

6430.  Any person who unlawfully constructs or operates a dam without approval from the department shall pay a fine in the amount of the annual fees and the late penalties that would have been due for the period starting from the date the dam was completed to the date the violation was identified by the department.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 92. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.)
CA Water Code § 6431 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 3 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|PART 1 - SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|CHAPTER 8 - Offenses and Punishment|Section 6431.

6431.  An owner of a dam who fails to comply with a department order to prepare an acceptable emergency action plan shall pay the cost and expense incurred by the department to prepare the emergency action plan. The department’s cost and expense shall be recoverable by the state from the owner.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 93. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.)
CA Water Code § 6432 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 3 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|PART 1 - SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|CHAPTER 8 - Offenses and Punishment|Section 6432.

6432.  In addition to any penalties imposed by any other law, the department may impose a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day upon any owner of a dam who fails to comply with any provision of this part.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 94. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.)
CA Water Code § 6450 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 3 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|PART 1 - SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|CHAPTER 9 - Dams Under Construction Prior to August 14, 12|Section 6450.

6450.  Any dam which the department finds was not 90 percent constructed on August 14, 1929 shall be subject to the same provisions as a dam commenced after that date.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 6451 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 3 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|PART 1 - SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|CHAPTER 9 - Dams Under Construction Prior to August 14, 12|Section 6451.

6451.  Construction work on such a dam may proceed, if an application for approval thereof is filed, until an order from the department is received approving the dam or specifying how its construction must be made or altered to render it safe. After receipt of an order directing the construction of such a dam, work thereafter must be in accordance with the order.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 6452 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 3 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|PART 1 - SUPERVISION OF DAMS AND RESERVOIRS|CHAPTER 9 - Dams Under Construction Prior to August 14, 12|Section 6452.

6452.  Dams found to be 90 per cent or more constructed on August 14, 1929 shall be subject to the same supervision as dams which were completed prior to that date.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 7000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 4 - WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Joint Use of Wells, PumpingPlants and Conduits|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 7000.

7000.  As used in this chapter “conduit” includes ditch, pipe line, and flume.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 7001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 4 - WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Joint Use of Wells, PumpingPlants and Conduits|ARTICLE 2 - Contribution of Expenses of Jointly Used Wells, Pumping Plants or Conduits|Section 7001.

7001.  When two or more persons are associated by agreement in the use of a conduit, well, or pumping plant, for the conveyance, obtaining or disposing of water, or are using such conduit, well, or pumping plant, or any part thereof, for any lawful purpose, to the construction of which they or their grantors have contributed, each is liable, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, to the others for the reasonable expenses of maintaining and repairing the same proportionately to the use actually made of such conduit, well or pumping plant whether used in connection with irrigation or drainage.(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 431.)
CA Water Code § 7002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 4 - WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Joint Use of Wells, PumpingPlants and Conduits|ARTICLE 2 - Contribution of Expenses of Jointly Used Wells, Pumping Plants or Conduits|Section 7002.

7002.  If any person neglects, after demand in writing, to pay his proportion of the expenses under the next preceding section, he is liable therefor in an action for contribution, and in any judgment obtained against him interest from the time of demand shall be included.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 7003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 4 - WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Joint Use of Wells, PumpingPlants and Conduits|ARTICLE 2 - Contribution of Expenses of Jointly Used Wells, Pumping Plants or Conduits|Section 7003.

7003.  The action authorized by this article may be brought by any or all of the parties who have contributed more than his or their just proportion of the expenses, and the plaintiff may recover, as costs, reasonable counsel fees to be fixed by the court.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 7005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 4 - WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Joint Use of Wells, PumpingPlants and Conduits|ARTICLE 3 - Proceeding for Declaration of Rights in Jointly Used Wells, Pumping Plants or Conduits|Section 7005.

7005.  When two or more persons are using any conduit, well, or pumping plant for the conveyance of water or any part thereof for the irrigation of land or for any other lawful purpose, to the construction of which they or their grantors have contributed, and which is not under the control or management of any public agency or authority, any one or more of them may bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the conduit, well, or pumping plant, or some part thereof, is situated, for a declaration of the respective rights of the users of water in the conduit, well, or pumping plant, including a determination of the manner in which the conduit, well, or pumping plant shall be administered with respect to repair, upkeep, improvement, and otherwise.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 7006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 4 - WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Joint Use of Wells, PumpingPlants and Conduits|ARTICLE 3 - Proceeding for Declaration of Rights in Jointly Used Wells, Pumping Plants or Conduits|Section 7006.

7006.  The complaint shall contain the names, if known, of all users, and if there are users whose names are unknown, a statement that they are unknown.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 7007 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 4 - WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Joint Use of Wells, PumpingPlants and Conduits|ARTICLE 3 - Proceeding for Declaration of Rights in Jointly Used Wells, Pumping Plants or Conduits|Section 7007.

7007.  The users other than those bringing the action shall be styled defendants.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 7008 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 4 - WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Joint Use of Wells, PumpingPlants and Conduits|ARTICLE 3 - Proceeding for Declaration of Rights in Jointly Used Wells, Pumping Plants or Conduits|Section 7008.

7008.  The summons shall contain the names of the parties, and an order to the defendants to appear and show cause why the determination of rights as prayed for in the complaint should not be granted. In all other particulars the summons shall be in the form of, and served in the same manner as, a summons in a civil action.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 7009 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 4 - WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Joint Use of Wells, PumpingPlants and Conduits|ARTICLE 3 - Proceeding for Declaration of Rights in Jointly Used Wells, Pumping Plants or Conduits|Section 7009.

7009.  The court shall determine the manner in which all improvements, repairs, maintenance and other matters relating to the conduit, well, or pumping plant shall be authorized, and thereafter no user of such conduit, well, or pumping plant may make claim for any funds expended for improvements, repairs, maintenance and otherwise except as determined by the court in said action. No authorization for such claim shall be valid except as made under the authority set forth by the decree or judgment of the court.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 7010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 4 - WELLS, PUMPING PLANTS, CONDUITS AND STREAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Joint Use of Wells, PumpingPlants and Conduits|ARTICLE 3 - Proceeding for Declaration of Rights in Jointly Used Wells, Pumping Plants or Conduits|Section 7010.

7010.  The decree shall include a determination of the proportionate amount which all users shall contribute to the maintenance, repair, improvement and other expenses relating to the conduit, well, or pumping plant.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 8200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 4 - Local Plans of Flood Protection|Section 8200.

8200.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Local Flood Protection Planning Act.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 364, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 8201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 4 - Local Plans of Flood Protection|Section 8201.

8201.  (a) A local agency may prepare a local plan of flood protection in accordance with this chapter.(b) A local plan of flood protection shall include all of the following:(1) A strategy to meet the urban level of flood protection, including planning for residual flood risk and system resiliency.(2) Identification of all types of flood hazards.(3) Identification and risk assessment of the various facilities that provide flood protection for flood hazard areas, for current and future land uses.(4) Identification of current and future flood corridors.(5) Identification of needed improvements and costs of those improvements to the flood protection facilities that are necessary to meet flood protection standards.(6) An emergency response and evacuation plan for flood-prone areas.(7) A strategy to achieve multiple benefits, including flood protection, groundwater recharge, ecosystem health, and reduced maintenance costs over the long term.(8) A long-term funding strategy for improvement and ongoing maintenance and operation of flood protection facilities.(c) A local agency that is not a city or county that prepares a plan pursuant to this chapter shall consult with the cities and counties that have jurisdiction over the planning area to ensure that the local plan of flood protection is consistent with local general plans.(d) Plans prepared pursuant to this chapter, within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley as defined by Section 9602, shall be consistent with the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan pursuant to Section 9612.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 226. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Water Code § 8300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers of Department of Water Resources|Section 8300.

8300.  The department may make examinations of lands subject to inundation and overflow by flood waters and of the waters causing the inundation or overflow and may make plans and estimates of the cost of works to regulate and control the flood waters.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 8301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers of Department of Water Resources|Section 8301.

8301.  Whenever the law provides for any drainage or improving or rectifying river channels or other work on any river or slough flowing into San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and Suisun Bay, or on the tide waters flowing into said bays, the management and control of the work is in the department, if no other agency is specified.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers of Department of Water Resources|Section 8302.

8302.  The department shall have charge of all expenditures unless otherwise provided by law for all public works relating to general river and harbor improvements, including reclamation and drainage of lands.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers of Department of Water Resources|Section 8303.

8303.  The department may purchase, construct and operate one or more dredges or any other needed appliances to promote or properly carry out the work of the department.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers of Department of Water Resources|Section 8304.

8304.  The department may obtain or condemn any right-of-way necessary for any construction under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1239.)
CA Water Code § 8306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers of Department of Water Resources|Section 8306.

8306.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may provide meals and other necessary support to any person, including, but not limited to, an employee of the department, who is engaged in emergency flood fight activities on behalf of, or in cooperation with, the department.(b) For the purposes of this section, “emergency flood fight activities” mean actions taken under emergency conditions to maintain flood control features, the failure of which threaten to destroy life, property, or resources.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2008. See identical section added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 8306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers of Department of Water Resources|Section 8306.

8306.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may provide meals and other necessary support to any person, including, but not limited to, an employee of the department, who is engaged in emergency flood fight activities on behalf of, or in cooperation with, the department.(b) For the purposes of this section, “emergency flood fight activities” mean actions taken under emergency conditions to maintain flood control features, the failure of which threaten to destroy life, property, or resources.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 368, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 8307 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers of Department of Water Resources|Section 8307.

8307.  (a) A city or county may be required to contribute its fair and reasonable share of the property damage caused by a flood to the extent that the city or county has increased the state’s exposure to liability for property damage by unreasonably approving new development in a previously undeveloped area that is protected by a state flood control project. However, a city or county shall not be required to contribute if, after the amendments required by Sections 65302.9 and 65860.1 of the Government Code have become effective, the city or county complies with Sections 65865.5, 65962, and 66474.5 of the Government Code as applicable with respect to that development. This section shall not be construed to extend or toll the statute of limitations for challenging the approval of any new development.(b) A city or county is not required to contribute unless an action has been filed against the state asserting liability for property damage caused by a flood and the provisions of subdivision (a) providing for contribution have been satisfied. A city or county is not required to contribute if the state settles the claims against it without providing the city or county with an opportunity to participate in settlement negotiations.(c) For the purposes of this section:(1) “State flood control project” means any flood control works within the Sacramento River Flood Control Project described in Section 8350, and of flood control projects in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River watersheds authorized pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 12648) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 6.(2) “Undeveloped area” means an area devoted to “agricultural use,” as defined in Section 51201 of the Government Code, or “open space land,” as defined in Section 65560 of the Government Code, that, as of January 1, 2008, is not already designated for development in a general or specific plan or by a local zoning ordinance.(3) “Unreasonably approving” means approving a new development project without appropriately considering significant risks of flooding made known to the approving agency as of the time of approval and without taking reasonable and feasible action to mitigate the potential property damage to the new development resulting from a flood.(4) “Feasible” means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, legal, social, and technological factors.(d) This section shall not apply to any land or projects for which an application for development has been submitted to the city or county prior to January 1, 2008.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 367, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 8325 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation in National Flood Insurance Program|Section 8325.

8325.  The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) A large portion of the land resources of the state is subject to recurrent flooding causing loss of life and property, and there is a recognized public need in the state for flood insurance.(b) The public interest will be served by state cooperation under a national flood insurance program, such as the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-448; 82 Stat. 572).(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1115.)
CA Water Code § 8326 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL|CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation in National Flood Insurance Program|Section 8326.

8326.  For the purpose of providing state cooperation under a national flood insurance program, the department may:(a) Cooperate with the United States in carrying out studies and investigations with respect to the adequacy of local measures in flood-prone areas as to land management and use, flood control, flood zoning, and flood damage prevention. (b) Review and comment upon applications of local public agencies to the United States for making flood insurance available in specific areas.(c) Provide assistance to local public agencies by furnishing information on flood plains and in developing flood plain management plans.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1115.)