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CA Water Code § 8578 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 2 - Administrative Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - The Board|Section 8578.

8578.  (a) For the purposes of this section, “ex parte communication” means any oral or written communication outside of a noticed board meeting concerning matters, other than purely procedural matters, regarding any of the following: (1) An application that has been submitted to the board and has been determined to be complete by the executive officer.(2) An enforcement action.(3) Any other quasi-judicial matter requiring board action, after the matter has been placed on the board’s agenda and notice of the meeting has been provided pursuant to Section 11125 of the Government Code.(b) (1) A board member appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8551 shall not participate in an ex parte communication with any person or organization with an interest in board decisions, nor any person representing a person or organization with an interest in board decisions, excluding a staff member of the board acting in his or her official capacity, who intends to influence the decision of a board member on a matter before the board.(2) If an ex parte communication occurs, the board member shall notify the interested party that a full disclosure of the ex parte communication shall be entered in the board’s record.(3) Communications cease to be ex parte communications when the board member or the person who engaged in the communication with the board member fully discloses the communication and requests in writing that it be placed in the board’s official record of the proceeding.(c) Notwithstanding Section 11425.10 of the Government Code, the ex parte communications provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Article 7 (commencing with Section 11430.10) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) do not apply to proceedings of the board to which this section applies.(Amended (as added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366) by Stats. 2009, Ch. 275, Sec. 14. (AB 1165) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 8579 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 2 - Administrative Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - The Board|Section 8579.

8579.  (a) Any aggrieved person shall have a right to seek judicial review of any permit or enforcement order issued by the board by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in accordance with Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, within 30 days after the decision or action has become final.(b) For purposes of this section, an “aggrieved person” means any person or public agency that, in person or through a representative, appeared at a public hearing of the board in connection with the decision or action appealed, or that, by other appropriate means before the decision, informed the board of the nature of their concerns.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 639, Sec. 1. (SB 753) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Water Code § 8580 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 2 - Administrative Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Employees|Section 8580.

8580.  (a) The board may appoint an executive officer.(b) The board may appoint a chief engineer.(c) The board may employ legal counsel and other necessary staff.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 8585 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 2 - Administrative Provisions|ARTICLE 3 - Administration of Oaths|Section 8585.

8585.  The president, any member of the board, the secretary, assistant secretary, general manager and chief engineer may administer oaths and take and certify affidavits relating to any matter pending before the board, or in which the board or the drainage district is interested.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8590 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8590.

8590.  To carry out the primary state interest described in Section 8532, the board may do any of the following:(a) Acquire either within or outside the boundaries of the drainage district, by purchase, condemnation or by other lawful means in the name of the drainage district, all lands, rights-of-way, easements, property or material necessary or requisite for the purpose of bypasses, weirs, cuts, canals, sumps, levees, overflow channels and basins, reservoirs and other flood control works, and other necessary purposes, including drainage purposes.(b) Construct, clear, and maintain bypasses, levees, canals, sumps, overflow channels and basins, reservoirs and other flood control works.(c) Construct, maintain, and operate ditches, canals, pumping plants, and other drainage works.(d) Make contracts in the name of the drainage district to indemnify or compensate any owner of land or other property for any injury or damage caused by the exercise of the powers conferred by this division, or arising out of the use, taking, or damage of any property for any of the purposes of this division.(e) Collaborate with state and federal agencies, if appropriate, regarding multiobjective flood management strategies that incorporate agricultural conservation, ecosystem protection and restoration, or recreational components.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 8590.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8590.2.

8590.2.  In acquiring interests in land necessary for the purposes specified in Section 8590 and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8676, the board in determining whether to acquire in fee or easement may consider such additional uses as fish and wildlife enhancement and recreation if so requested by another state agency. Any such parcel acquired in fee shall be subject to the continuing jurisdiction of the board to insure that the primary purposes of flood control are served and to prevent any damage or interference with the flood control works for any public nuisances arising out of such additional uses and any increased costs of maintenance attributable to such additional uses shall be borne by the agency requesting such uses.Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the board to acquire any land over and above that necessary for the purposes specified in Section 8590.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1900.)
CA Water Code § 8591 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8591.

8591.  The board has no power, authority, or jurisdiction, either directly or indirectly, except as provided in this division, to incur any indebtedness or expend any money or adopt or carry into effect any plan or project or to acquire any lands, rights of way, or easements, or to do any work, or cause any work to be performed, for which any land lying within the drainage district is to be assessed, except to maintain, repair, and operate its existing works of reclamation and flood control and to complete, maintain and operate any project adopted by the board prior to April 1, 1923, with the existing powers to levy assessments therefor.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8592 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8592.

8592.  The board has the same power, authority and jurisdiction in reference to the adoption and carrying to completion of any work or project involved in or contained in the report of the California Debris Commission dated January 5, 1925, to the Congress of the United States as are conferred in the case of projects adopted by the board prior to April 1, 1923.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8593 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8593.

8593.  The board may acquire by eminent domain in the name of the drainage district any property necessary for any of the purposes set forth in this part.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1239.)
CA Water Code § 8596 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8596.

8596.  The board may maintain actions in the name of the people of the State to restrain, or to recover damages for, the doing of any act or thing that may be injurious to any of the works necessary to the plan of flood control or that may interfere with the successful execution of the plan.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8597 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8597.

8597.  Any damages so recovered shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the drainage district and the assessment for the particular portion or project affected by the injury.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8598 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8598.

8598.  The board may also do any of the following:(a) Establish a standard of levee construction.(b) Do any and all things necessary or incident to the powers granted or to carry out the objects specified in this article.(c) Maintain actions in the name of the people of the State to restrain the diversion of the water of any stream that will increase the flow of water in the Sacramento or San Joaquin Rivers or their tributaries, and such diversion of the water of any stream into the rivers or either of them or any of their tributaries, is a public nuisance which may be prevented or abated by the board.(d) Rent, lease for oil, gas or other hydrocarbons in the manner provided for in this chapter, or dispose, by sale, exchange, in payment for work done or services rendered, or for any other purpose which the board may deem advisable, of any land, property, material, equipment, or any other thing in the possession of the drainage district, which, in the opinion of the board, is no longer needed for the purposes of flood control works or other necessary or convenient purposes.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8598.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8598.5.

8598.5.  Notwithstanding Section 6402 of the Public Resources Code, the board may sell or lease surplus real property which is held in fee by the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District and which lies within a predominantly residential, industrial, or commercial area, without reserving the right to extract minerals or petroleum products through the surface of such property.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 502.)
CA Water Code § 8599 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8599.

8599.  The board may undertake any construction work that it is authorized to do by this part, free from any control or jurisdiction of the department.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8600.

8600.  Subject to the provisions of the State Contract Act any construction work undertaken by the board may be done wholly or partly by contract let by the board in such manner as the board may determine, or may be done wholly or partly by day labor or force account if deemed advisable by the board.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8600.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8600.5.

8600.5.  (a) The governing body of a public entity that is authorized by law to construct, manage, maintain, or repair levees, channels, or other flood control works that are under the jurisdiction of the board may adopt standards for the operation and maintenance of those flood control works that are more protective of public safety than the standards adopted by the board pursuant to Section 8608, including, but not limited to, standards that are more restrictive of encroachments on levees and adjacent areas.(b) The standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be effective upon approval by the board.(c) The public entity shall apply the standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) prospectively.(d) The governing body of the public entity may revise the standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) subject to the approval of the board. The board may unilaterally revise these standards upon 90 days’ written notice to the public entity.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 498, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Water Code § 8601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8601.

8601.  The board may construct, purchase, rent, sell or exchange dredgers, machines, appliances, tools, apparatus and other property necessary or convenient for doing any construction work.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8602.

8602.  The cost of the equipment and property shall be apportioned to and paid from the funds raised from the several assessments levied or to be levied by the board in a just and equitable manner according to the use made of the equipment or property in carrying out the several separate portions or projects for which the assessments are levied.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8603.

8603.  The board may rent for use by others idle dredgers or other equipment.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8604.

8604.  The rental received shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the balance remaining unexpended of the assessments against which the cost of such equipment has been paid or is to be charged as indicated by the board.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8605.

8605.  The board may inspect and supervise any work done or under construction pursuant to the provisions of this part.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8606.

8606.  The board may insert a stipulation providing for such inspection and supervision in any order, contract or other instrument, relating to the work authorized in this part.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 8608 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8608.

8608.  The board shall establish and enforce standards for the maintenance and operation of levees, channels, and other flood control works of an authorized project or an adopted plan, including but not limited to standards for encroachment, construction, vegetation and erosion control measures. In adopting such standards, the board shall give full consideration to fish and wildlife, recreation and environmental factors. Any violation of such adopted standards without the permission of the board is a public nuisance, and the board may commence and maintain suit in the name of the people of the state for the prevention or abatement of the nuisance.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 804.)
CA Water Code § 8609 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8609.

8609.  (a) The board may designate floodways throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers drainage to control encroachments in, and to preserve the flow regimens of, floodways for the purpose of protecting public improvements, lives, land use values, and improvements created in reliance upon historical flooding patterns.(b) As used in this part, “Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers drainage,” or equivalent language, means all lands currently and historically drained by the Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River and their tributaries and distributaries.(c) This section is declaratory of existing law.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 56, Sec. 177.)
CA Water Code § 8610 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8610.

8610.  The board shall offer to lease to the Department of Fish and Game, or to an appropriate public resource protection or public conservation agency or organization approved by the Department of Fish and Game and the board, any lands it acquires as replacement habitat as mitigation for adverse environmental impacts of its projects. The lease agreement shall ensure that these lands are managed to provide the mitigation for which they were acquired and shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for funding management of those lands. Funds for management of those lands may include, but are not limited to, funds appropriated by the Legislature to the Department of Water Resources, the Reclamation Board, or the Department of Fish and Game, and funds available from local entities. The lease agreement shall reserve the authority of the board to carry out necessary flood control activities and mitigate adverse environmental impacts.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 230.1. Effective October 12, 2001.)
CA Water Code § 8610.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL|PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD|CHAPTER 3 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction|ARTICLE 1 - General Powers|Section 8610.5.

8610.5.  (a) (1) The board shall adopt regulations relating to evidentiary hearings pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The board shall hold an evidentiary hearing for any matter that requires the issuance of a permit if the proposed work may significantly affect any element of the State Plan of Flood Control or if a formal protest against that permit has been lodged.(3) The board may, by regulation, define types of encroachments that will not significantly affect any element of the State Plan of Flood Control. Evidentiary hearings are not required for uncontested applications for those defined encroachments unless, in the judgment of the executive officer, there is a reasonable possibility that the project will have a significant effect on an adopted plan of flood control.(4) The board may delegate approval of permits for encroachments that will not significantly affect any element of the State Plan of Flood Control to the executive officer.(5) The board is not required to hold an evidentiary hearing before making a decision relating to general flood protection policy or planning.(b) The board may take an action pursuant to Section 8560 only after allowing for public comment.(c) The board shall, in any evidentiary hearing, consider all of the following, as applicable, for the purpose of taking any action pursuant to Section 8560:(1) Evidence that the board admits into its record from any party, state or local public agency, or nongovernmental organization with expertise in flood or flood plain management.(2) The best available science that relates to the scientific issues presented by the executive officer, legal counsel, the department, or other parties that raise credible scientific issues.(3) Effects of the proposed decision on the entire State Plan of Flood Control.(4) Effects of reasonably projected future events, including, but not limited to, changes in hydrology, climate, and development within the applicable watershed.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 275, Sec. 15. (AB 1165) Effective January 1, 2010.)