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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8005.

8005. Except as otherwise specifically provided, if publication is in a daily paper the publication shall appear in at least 10 issues thereof, and if in a weekly paper in at least two issues thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8007.

8007. A capital improvement project undertaken by a charter city to extend that city’s water, sewer, or storm drain system or similar system to a disadvantaged community in an unincorporated area shall be considered a public work for the purpose of Section 1720 of the Labor Code, but any subsequent project to construct, expand, reconstruct, install, or repair such systems that have been so extended and that are conducted within that city’s political boundaries shall not be considered a public work for the purpose of Section 1720 of the Labor Code as a result of the extension. For the purpose of this section, “disadvantaged community” means a disadvantaged community as defined in Section 79505.5.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 7, Sec. 20. Effective May 21, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Preliminary Proceedings › Section 8010.

8010. Any city may, pursuant to this chapter, incur indebtedness and liability, although in excess of the income and revenue provided by it for the current fiscal year, but not so that the aggregate funded indebtedness of the city exceeds 6 per cent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property in the city, for any or all, or any part of, the following purposes:
(a) To protect the city from overflow by water.
(b) To drain the city.
(c) To secure an outlet for overflow water and drainage.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Preliminary Proceedings › Section 8012.

8012. The city council shall have some competent person make general plans and estimates of the cost of the contemplated works.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Preliminary Proceedings › Section 8013.

8013. The general plans and estimates shall, after adoption, be filed in the office of the clerk of the city, and shall be substantially adhered to thereafter in proceedings under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Preliminary Proceedings › Section 8014.

8014. After the filing of the general plans and estimates, and by resolution or ordinance of intention passed at a regular meeting by a vote of two-thirds of all its members and approved by the executive of the city, the city council shall determine, if so advised, that the public good demands the construction, acquisition, and completion, or either, of the works.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Preliminary Proceedings › Section 8015.

8015. The city council, by the same resolution or ordinance, shall determine, if so advised, that the cost of the works will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary income or revenue of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Preliminary Proceedings › Section 8016.

8016. The resolution or ordinance of intention, shall, after its passage and approval, be published.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 8020.

8020. Within one month after the publication of the resolution or ordinance of intention, and by resolution or ordinance passed at a regular meeting by a vote of two-thirds of all its members, and approved by the executive of the city, the city council shall call a special election, and submit to the qualified voters of the city the proposition to incur a debt for any or all of the purposes mentioned in this chapter which have been determined to be demanded for the public good.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 8021.

8021. The resolution or ordinance calling the special election shall specify the following:
(a) The purpose for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred.
(b) The estimated cost of the things proposed.
(c) That bonds of the city will issue in the amount of the estimated cost.
(d) The number and character of the bonds.
(e) The rate of interest to be paid.
(f) The amount of the tax levy for each year during the outstanding of the bonds to be made for their payment.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 8023.

8023. The city council shall publish, after the publication of the resolution or ordinance calling the election and prior to the day of holding the special election, a notice of the election, which shall set forth substantially all the matters contained in the resolution or ordinance calling the election.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 8025.

8025. The votes of two-thirds of all the voters voting at the special election are necessary to authorize the incurring of any indebtedness or the issuance of any bonds under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 8026.

8026. If two-thirds of all the votes cast at the special election are in favor of the proposition submitted, the city council may, by ordinance reciting the result of the election, provide for the issuance of the proposed bonds and any matter incidental thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Bonds › Section 8030.

8030. All bonds issued under this chapter shall be serial bonds and of such denominations as the city council determines.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Bonds › Section 8031.

8031. No bond shall be for less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor for more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Bonds › Section 8032.

8032. Not less than one-fortieth part of the whole indebtedness evidenced by the whole of the issue of bonds shall be, by the terms of the bonds, made payable each and every year.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Bonds › Section 8033.

8033. Each bond shall be made payable in lawful money of the United States on a day and at a place designated in the bond, with interest at the rate specified in the bond.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Bonds › Section 8034.

8034. The interest rate shall not exceed 8 percent per annum, and shall be fixed by the city council.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Bonds › Section 8035.

8035. The place of payment shall be either at the office of the treasurer of the city, or at some designated bank in San Francisco, Chicago, or New York.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Bonds › Section 8036.

8036. The bonds shall be executed on the part of the city by the mayor or other executive, and the treasurer, and countersigned by the clerk of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Bonds › Section 8038.

8038. Any of the bonds may be issued and sold by the city council at not less than its face value.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Bonds › Section 8039.

8039. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the city treasury to the credit of a designated fund and shall be applied exclusively to the purposes and objects for which the electors have voted to incur indebtedness or liability until the purposes and objects are accomplished, after which the surplus, if any, may be transferred to the general fund of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 5 - Powers of City Council › Section 8050.

8050. The city council of every city in or for which any works are constructed for the purposes specified in this chapter, and for which indebtedness has been incurred under the provisions of this chapter may do any of the following:
(a) Make all needed rules and regulations for acquisition, construction, and completion of the works.
(b) Appoint all necessary agents, superintendents, and engineers to supervise and construct the works.
(c) Protect and preserve the rights and interests of the city in respect to the works.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 5 - Powers of City Council › Section 8051.

8051. All contracts for the works shall be let, in such parcels as the city council determines, to the lowest responsible bidder, after notice inviting sealed proposals has been published.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 5 - Powers of City Council › Section 8052.

8052. Security or bonds may be required in order to guarantee good faith in bidding and in the performance of contracts, or either, in such amount as the city council determines.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 5 - Powers of City Council › Section 8054.

8054. The city council may, by resolution, require the treasurer of the city to give additional bonds for the safe custody and care of public funds derived under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 6 - Taxation › Section 8060.

8060. The city council, at the time of fixing the general tax levy, and in the manner provided for the general tax levy, shall levy and collect each year for the term of 40 years, a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on the bonds and also one-fortieth part of the aggregate amount of the indebtedness.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Flood Control by Cities › ARTICLE 6 - Taxation › Section 8061.

8061. The taxes required by this chapter to be levied and collected shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for municipal purposes, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes are collected.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 1 - General Powers Relating to Flood Control › Section 8100.

8100. Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, and in addition to jurisdiction and powers otherwise conferred, the boards of supervisors, in their respective counties, may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county for any of the following purposes in connection with streams or rivers in the county:
(a) The construction of works, improvements, levees or check dams to prevent overflow and flooding.
(b) The protection and reforestation of watersheds.
(c) The conservation of the flood waters.
(d) The making of all surveys, maps and plats necessary to carry out any work, construction or improvement authorized by this article.
(e) The carrying out of any work, construction or improvement authorized by this article outside the county if the rivers or streams affected flow in or through more than one county.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Flood Control Work Outside of County › Section 8101.

8101. A board of supervisors may appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate funds of the county for the construction of works, improvements, levees or check dams to prevent the overflow and flooding of streams and rivers in the county, and for that purpose may construct works, improvements, levees or check dams outside the county.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Flood Control Work Outside of County › Section 8102.

8102. Work under this article may be done upon channels, streams or rivers which flow through or lie in more than one county, or where the work is reasonably necessary for the control of flood waters in the county upon a channel, river or stream which does not lie or flow in or through two or more counties.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Flood Control Work Outside of County › Section 8103.

8103. In connection with flood control work under this article, whether done by the county or by any district therein or agency thereof, highways, bridges and other public works affected thereby or which will be of public benefit, whether located in the county, or wholly or partially in incorporated or unincorporated territory outside the county may be constructed, reconstructed, remodeled, maintained, repaired or demolished.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Flood Control Work Outside of County › Section 8104.

8104. The work described in the next preceding section may be done at the expense of the county doing the flood control work, or of any district or agency therein which is doing the work. The legislative bodies of the counties and cities affected may provide by agreement that the work be done at the joint expense of the county or counties and city or cities in which the work is done.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Flood Control Work Outside of County › Section 8105.

8105. Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the imposition of any tax or special assessment either by the county or any district in, or agency of, the county on any property outside the county doing the work whether the work is done directly by the county or by any district in, or agency of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 2 - Flood Control Work Outside of County › Section 8106.

8106. Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the doing of any work outside the county without the consent of the legislative body of the county in which the work is to be done if in unincorporated territory or of the legislative body of any city in which any of the works are situated in whole or in part.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 3 - County Flood Control Districts › Section 8110.

8110. The board of supervisors may provide by ordinance for the organization and government of districts for the following purposes:
(a) To protect and preserve the banks of rivers and streams and lands lying contiguous thereto from injury by overflow or washing.
(b) To provide for the improvement of rivers and streams.
(c) To prevent the obstruction of rivers and streams.
(d) To assess, levy and collect within each district a tax for the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement of Non-Navigable Streams › Section 8125.

8125. “Non-navigable streams,” as used in this article, means streams and washes in a county which are not declared by law to be navigable and which are not in fact navigable for commercial purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement of Non-Navigable Streams › Section 8126.

8126. The board of supervisors may provide for widening, deepening, straightening, removing obstructions from, and otherwise improving non-navigable streams the overflow of which interferes with highways, and for protecting the banks and adjacent lands from overflow of non-navigable streams.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement of Non-Navigable Streams › Section 8127.

8127. The board may make regulations for the use of the streams and the repair and control of the works.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement of Non-Navigable Streams › Section 8128.

8128. No regulations of the board nor improvements directed by it to be made shall in any manner interfere with the private rights or privileges of riparian owners, miners, or others.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Flood Control in Counties › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement of Non-Navigable Streams › Section 8129.

8129. Whenever, in the opinion of the board of supervisors, the general fund is insufficient to defray the cost of the improvements provided for under this article, the board may levy a tax or contract a bonded indebtedness therefor in the manner provided by Title 3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 320.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8150.

8150. As used in this chapter, “drainage improvement” means any storm drain improvement, drainage improvement, or drainage system, authorized to be transferred pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8151.

8151. As used in this chapter, “date of transfer” means (a) the date of the resolution of the governing body of a flood control district accepting any drainage improvement transferred to it by a county as provided in Article 2 of this chapter, and (b) the date of the resolution, order, or ordinance of the legislative body of any city transferring and conveying any drainage improvement to the flood control district pursuant to Article 3 of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8152.

8152. As used in this chapter “city” includes city and county, and “county” does not include city and county.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Transfers by Counties › Section 8155.

8155. Drainage improvements authorized to be transferred and conveyed by this article are those which lie within the territorial limits of the flood control district to which they are conveyed, and are included in one or all of the following classes:
(a) Those which were constructed under the jurisdiction, control, or supervision of the board of supervisors of the county, and which are under the jurisdiction of the board.
(b) Those which were constructed by or for the county or any drainage district or flood control district in such county.
(c) Those constructed pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled “An act to promote the drainage of wet, swamp and overflowed lands, and to promote the public health in communities in which they lie,” approved March 21, 1903, as amended, and those which have been constructed pursuant to the provisions of the Drainage District Improvement Act of 1919, as amended, prior to January 1, 1937.
(d) Those within any city in such county whose legislative body has transferred and conveyed such drainage improvements to a flood control district, pursuant to Article 3 of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Transfers by Counties › Section 8156.

8156. Any county within the limits of which there are drainage improvements within any of the classes mentioned in Section 8155 may, by a four-fifths vote of the members of the board of supervisors, transfer and convey all, but not less than all, of the drainage improvements in the county and within such classes to any flood control district in the county. The flood control district shall thereupon assume sole control and jurisdiction over such drainage improvements.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Transfers by Counties › Section 8157.

8157. The flood control district to which such drainage improvements are transferred shall, upon acceptance of such transfer by four-fifths vote of the members of the governing body of the district, assume and provide for the operation, maintenance, and repair thereof, and thereupon be and become solely liable for the payment of the principal upon the bonds of any drainage improvement district, including bonds of districts secured by and payable out of a fund derived from specific or direct assessments which are a lien against particular parcels of land issued pursuant to the Drainage District Improvement Act of 1919, maturing subsequent to the date of such conveyance and transfer and for the payment of the interest upon the bonded debt of such drainage district represented by coupons maturing subsequent to the date of transfer.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Transfers by Counties › Section 8158.

8158. From and after the date of transfer no tax shall be levied upon the lands within any such drainage district for the payment of the subsequently maturing principal and interest upon bonds of such district, except such levy as may be made by the flood control district. However, the lands within such drainage district or districts shall be and remain liable for the payment of all of the following:
(a) All previously maturing principal and interest.
(b) All levies of drainage district taxes theretofore levied.
(c) All installments of specific or direct assessments theretofore due or delinquent.
The proceeds of the collection of such drainage district taxes and assessments shall be applied solely and exclusively to the payment of the principal and interest for which they were levied, and the surplus, if any, of the proceeds of such collections shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the interest and sinking fund of the flood control district and used solely and exclusively for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds of the flood control district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Transfers by Cities › Section 8160.

8160. Any city within the limits of which any drainage improvement has been constructed, and which drainage improvement also lies within the territorial limits of a flood control district, may, by four-fifths vote of the legislative body of the city, transfer and convey to the flood control district any drainage improvement; and, if drainage improvements have been conveyed to and accepted by a flood control district under the provisions of Article 2 of this chapter, such flood control district shall accept any drainage improvements conveyed to it by any city under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Transfers by Cities › Section 8161.

8161. Thereupon the flood control district shall assume and provide for the operation, maintenance, repair, and improvement of such drainage improvements.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Transfers by Cities › Section 8162.

8162. From and after the date of transfer such flood control district is solely liable for the payment of the principal upon the general obligation bonds of any such drainage improvement district and upon bonds of such district secured by and payable out of a fund derived from specific or direct assessments which are a lien upon particular parcels of land, issued pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and for the payment of interest upon the bonded debt of any such drainage district represented by coupons maturing subsequent to the date of transfer.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Transfers by Cities › Section 8163.

8163. From and after the date of transfer no tax shall be levied upon the lands within any such drainage district for the payment of the subsequently maturing principal and interest upon the bonds of such district, except such levy as may be made by the flood control district. However, the lands within such drainage distict or districts shall be and remain liable for the payment of all of the following:
(a) All previously maturing principal and interest.
(b) All levies of drainage district taxes theretofore levied.
(c) All installments of specific assessments securing such bonds which are payable or delinquent at the date of transfer.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Transfers by Cities › Section 8164.

8164. The proceeds of the collection of such drainage district taxes and assessments shall be applied solely and exclusively to the payment of the principal and interest for which they were levied and the surplus, if any, of the proceeds of such collections shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the interest and sinking fund of such flood control district and used solely and exclusively for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds of such flood control district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 1 - LOCAL FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Storm Drain Improvements, Drainage Improvements, and Drainage Systems to Flood Control Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Cancellation and Refund of Assessments › Section 8165.

8165. The legislative body of the county or city which conducted the proceedings for the organization of such drainage improvement districts may do all of the following:
(a) Order the cancellation of any special assessment district tax levied upon property within such special assessment districts subsequent to the date of transfer and any unpaid installments of specific or direct assessments becoming due or delinquent subsequent to the date of transfer.
(b) Refund and adjust all payments made upon such installments becoming due or delinquent subsequent to the date of transfer.
(c) Cancel any and all installments of specific or direct assessments levied to retire bonds issued under the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, due or delinquent prior to the date of transfer in any case in which the principal and interest upon such bonds maturing prior to the date of transfer have been paid and the bonds so matured have been canceled and retired.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)
2023 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.)
2023 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, system resiliency, climate change, and rainwater and stormwater management.
(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.
(9) An update on the status of coordination with water suppliers on how the management of flood waters can bolster local water supplies.
(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. 2022, Ch. 176, Sec. 1. (AB 1811) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Maintenance and Operation at Sacramento River Flood Control Project › ARTICLE 1 - Adoption of Federal Policy › Section 8350.

8350. The approval and adoption, by and on behalf of the State of California, of the conditions, plans, construction, and mode of maintenance and operation of works within the Sacramento River Flood Control Project, set forth in Senate Committee Print, Seventy-fifth Congress, First Session, as authorized and approved by Act of Congress, Public No. 392, Seventy-fifth Congress, approved August 26, 1937, including the holding and saving the United States from damages due to construction works, are continued in effect.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Maintenance and Operation at Sacramento River Flood Control Project › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Department of Water Resources › Section 8360.

8360. On behalf of the State the department has supervisory powers over the maintenance and operation of the flood control works of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Maintenance and Operation at Sacramento River Flood Control Project › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Department of Water Resources › Section 8361.

8361. The department shall maintain and operate on behalf of the state the following units or portions of the works of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project, and the cost of maintenance and operation shall be defrayed by the state:
(a) The east levee of the Sutter Bypass north of Nelson Slough.
(b) The levees and channels of the Wadsworth Canal, Willow Slough Channel downstream from the Southern Pacific Railroad from Davis to Woodland except that portion of the north levee thereof lying within Reclamation District No. 2035, Putah Creek downstream from Winters, the intercepting canals draining into them, and all structures incidental thereto.
(c) The collecting canals, sumps, pumps, and structures of the drainage system of Project No. 6 east of the Sutter Bypass.
(d) The bypass channels of the Butte Slough Bypass, the Sutter Bypass, the Tisdale Bypass, the Yolo Bypass, and the Sacramento Bypass with all cuts, canals, bridges, dams, and other structures and improvements contained therein and in the borrow pits thereof.
(e) The levees of the Sacramento Bypass.
(f) The channels and overflow channels of the Sacramento River and its tributaries and the major and minor tributaries’ flood control projects as authorized and defined in Sections 12648, 12648.1, and 12656.5.
(g) The Knights Landing ridge cut flowage area.
(h) The flood relief channels controlled by the Moulton and Colusa Weirs and the training levees thereof.
(i) The levee on the left bank of the Sacramento River adjoining Butte Basin, from the Butte Slough outfall gates upstream to a point four miles northerly from the Moulton Weir, after completion.
(j) All weirs and flood relief structures.
(k) The west levee of the Yolo Bypass, extending from the west end of the Fremont Weir southerly to the Cache Creek Settling Basin and from Willow Slough Channel to Putah Creek and the east levee of the Yolo Bypass from Fremont Weir southerly two miles.
(l) The levee on the west bank of Feather River extending a distance of about two miles southerly from the Sutter-Butte Canal headgate.
(m) The levees of Cache Creek and the easterly and westerly levees of Cache Creek Settling Basin; excepting the portion of the southerly levee of Cache Creek lying upstream from State Highway Route 7 (U.S. 99W).
(n) The flowage area of Western Pacific Intercepting Canal extending northerly for a distance of five miles from Bear River.
(o) The levees of Tisdale Bypass from Tisdale Weir 4.5 miles easterly to Sutter Bypass.
(p) The flood relief structures or weirs and other structures or facilities essential for their proper functioning in the vicinity of the Sacramento River between Big Chico Creek and the north boundary of Glenn County Levee District No. 3.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1090, Sec. 1. Effective September 24, 1987.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Maintenance and Operation at Sacramento River Flood Control Project › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties of Department of Water Resources › Section 8362.

8362. The department may contribute funds to the United States and expend funds appropriated or otherwise available to provide all lands, easements, and rights of way for bank revetment for the protection of levees above Cache Slough and the levee reconstruction, including the costs of all alterations to highways, road crossings, and drainage and irrigation facilities incident to the work and the State’s contribution of one-third of the costs of bank revetment and levee construction, as provided for and required under the provisions of the Act of Congress, Public No. 392, Seventy-fifth Congress, approved August 26, 1937.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Maintenance and Operation at Sacramento River Flood Control Project › ARTICLE 3 - Duties and Liabilities of Districts and Public Agencies › Section 8370.

8370. It is the responsibility, liability and duty of the reclamation districts, levee districts, protection districts, drainage districts, municipalities, and other public agencies within the Sacramento River Flood Control Project limits, to maintain and operate the works of the project within the boundaries or jurisdiction of such agencies, excepting only those works enumerated in Section 8361 and those for which provision for maintenance and operation is made by Federal law.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)