reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
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 8371.

8371. The department shall, in connection with the flood control works of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project, make inspections and prepare reports which are required because of assurances given to the Secretary of the Army pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 8615) of Chapter 3 of Part 4.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 185.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 1 - Declaration of Policy › Section 8400.

8400. This chapter may be cited as the Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 506.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 1 - Declaration of Policy › Section 8401.

8401. The Legislature finds and declares that:
(a) A large portion of the state’s land resources is subject to recurrent flooding by overflow of streams and watercourses causing loss of life and property, disruption of commerce, and interruption of transportation and communications, all of which are detrimental to the health, safety, welfare, and property of the people of this state.
(b) The public interest necessitates sound development of land use, as land is a limited, valuable, and irreplaceable resource, and the flood plains of this state are a land resource to be developed in a manner which, in conjunction with economically justified structural measures for flood control, will result in (1) prevention of loss of life, and (2) prevention of economic loss caused by excessive flooding.
(c) The primary responsibility for planning, adoption, and enforcement of land use regulations to accomplish flood plain management rests with local levels of government.
(d) It is the policy of this state to encourage local levels of government to plan land use regulations to accomplish flood plain management and to provide state assistance and guidance therefor as appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 506.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 8402.

8402. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(a) “Department” means Department of Water Resources.
(b) “Board” means the State Reclamation Board.
(c) Wherever the words “department or board” or “department and board” are used together in this chapter they shall mean board as to any area within a project which by law is under the jurisdiction of the State Reclamation Board, and the department in all areas of the state outside these areas.
(d) “Public agency” means any city, city and county, county, or district organized, existing, and acting pursuant to the laws of this state.
(e) “Design flood” means the selected flood against which protection is provided, or eventually will be provided, by means of flood protective or control works. When a federal survey has been authorized the design flood will be determined by the appropriate federal agency and in all other cases it will be determined by the responsible local agency. It is the basis for design and operation of a particular project after full consideration of flood characteristics, frequencies, and potentials and economic and other practical considerations.
(f) “Designated floodway” means the channel of a stream and that portion of the adjoining flood plain required to reasonably provide for the construction of a project for passage of the design flood including the lands necessary for construction of project levees.
(g) “Restrictive zone” means the portion of the natural floodway between the limits of the designated floodway and the limits of the flood plain where inundation may occur but where depths and velocities are generally low.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 506.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 3 - Review of Flood Plain Management Plans › Section 8403.

8403. Prior to the establishment by a public agency of flood plain management regulations, the public agency may request and receive a review by the department or the board of the public agency’s flood plain management plans and shall furnish with the request necessary hydrologic studies, including flood routings or surveys adequate to properly delineate flood plain categories together with such additional supporting data as the department or the board may require.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 506.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 3 - Review of Flood Plain Management Plans › Section 8404.

8404. Where adequate personnel are not available to a public agency to prepare the necessary flood routing or other engineering data needed for support of its flood plain management plans, the department or board may, upon request of the public agency, make or cause to be made the necessary investigation and provide the data to the requesting public agency for its use in developing such plans. The cost of such investigations shall be borne by the public agency making the request.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 506.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Flood Plain Regulations › Section 8410.

8410. Flood plain regulations established to comply with requirements of Section 8411 shall meet the following criteria:
(a) Construction of structures in the designated floodway which may endanger life or significantly restrict the carrying capacity of the designated floodway shall be prohibited. For the purpose of this subdivision, the word “structures” does not include public utility electric, gas, or communication lines which may be located within the designated floodway; provided, that any permit or permits as may be required by law, other than this chapter, to so locate such lines have been granted.
(b) Developments shall be permitted within the restrictive zone in accordance with local agency policy, giving full consideration to the protection of human life and the carrying capacity of the flood plain.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 506.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Flood Plain Regulations › Section 8410.5.

8410.5. All public agencies shall comply with flood plain regulations established to meet the requirements of Section 8411. For the purposes of this section, “public agencies” includes the state or any department or agency thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 410.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Flood Plain Regulations › Section 8411.

8411. Within any area classified “designated floodway” by the department or board after completion of a federal project report the appropriate public agency shall establish the necessary flood plain regulations within one year following notification by the department or board. The state shall not pay any of the cost of lands, easements, and rights-of-way associated with the flood control project as set forth in the project report of the federal agency unless flood plain regulations for the designated floodway are adopted in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1304, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Flood Plain Regulations › Section 8412.

8412. The department or board shall review the adequacy of flood plain regulations established by a public agency to meet the requirements of Section 8411, and shall notify the appropriate public agency in the event the flood plain regulations are determined by the department or board to be inadequate to comply with the requirements of Section 8411. The department or board may recommend any provisions necessary to provide adequate flood plain regulations. Any such public agency shall within 180 days of receipt of the notice from the department or board, adopt new flood plain regulations. Upon their adoption a copy of such flood plain regulations shall be sent to the department or board.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1304.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Flood Plain Regulations › Section 8413.

8413. Flood plain regulations adopted pursuant to Section 8412 shall take effect 60 days from the date of adoption by the public agency and shall be deemed to meet the requirements of Section 8411 unless the department or board determines that such flood plain regulations are not adequate to comply with the requirements of Section 8411. If the department or board makes such a determination, it shall so report to the public agency and shall recommend such regulations or modifications of the regulations of the agency, which it determines are necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1304.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Flood Plain Regulations › Section 8414.

8414. If a public agency fails to adopt flood plain regulations pursuant to Section 8411, or fails to adopt new flood plain regulations within 180 days of receipt of the department’s or board’s notice pursuant to Section 8412, or fails to adopt or modify such regulations in the manner determined as necessary by the department or board pursuant to Section 8413 within 90 days of receipt of the department’s or board’s notice pursuant to Section 8413, the local flood control agency having jurisdiction over the project area may adopt flood plain regulations for the designated floodway necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 8411. Such flood plain regulations adopted by the local flood control agency shall take effect 30 days from the date of their adoption and shall be enforced by the public agency and have the same force and effect as if adopted as flood plain regulations by the public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1304.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Flood Plain Regulations › Section 8414.2.

8414.2. No public agency shall revise flood plain regulations established to meet the requirements of Section 8411 or shall grant a variance from such regulations without the consent of the department or board and of the local flood control agency having jurisdiction over the project area.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1304.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act › ARTICLE 5 - Administrative Regulations › Section 8415.

8415. The department and the board, within their respective jurisdictions as provided in this chapter, shall establish general policy and may prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 506.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees › Section 8450.

8450. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) Although the levees of flood control projects in this state have in the past been considered to be single-purpose, flood control features, many of these projects receive heavy nonlocal usage for recreation, transportation, and other purposes for which the retention and maintenance of vegetative cover is desirable.
(b) Construction and maintenance practices have been developed over the past several decades which were designed to minimize costs while still furnishing the required degree of flood control. These practices in many instances resulted in “bare” levees, devoid of any vegetative cover which might interfere with local maintenance, levee inspection, or flood fighting.
(c) Flood control project levees are increasingly recognized as valuable wildlife, recreational, scenic, and aesthetic resources, and construction and maintenance standards have been developed by the Army Corps of Engineers and the State of California which minimize vegetation removal and which encourage or require, as a condition of the project work, replanting and controlled vegetation maintenance on such levees as part of the responsibility of local flood control districts.
(d) Costs of maintaining vegetation on levees for such non-flood-control purposes as wildlife enhancement, recreation, and scenic beauty are approximately double those of normal flood-control-related maintenance, and nonlocal users are the prime beneficiaries. It is therefore appropriate that the general public participate in meeting such additional maintenance costs.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees › Section 8451.

8451. It is the intent of the Legislature, in providing for state participation in the additional costs attributable to the non-flood-control activities described in this chapter, that the Reclamation Board and the Department of Water Resources, in preparing rules and regulations to implement this chapter, provide that, in processing applications from flood control districts for state participation in such costs, highest priority be given to those districts in which factors, such as the size of the district, degree of nonlocal benefits, and level of non-flood-control maintenance costs which have been transferred to the district due to circumstances beyond their control, combine to work financial hardship on such districts.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees › Section 8452.

8452. Wherever the words “department or the Reclamation Board” are used together in this chapter, they shall mean the Reclamation Board as to any flood control project levees under its jurisdiction and the Department of Water Resources as to all other flood control project levees.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees › Section 8453.

8453. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it is the intention of the Legislature that the state shall pay 50 percent of the costs associated with the operation and maintenance of project facilities under the State Water Resources Law of 1945 which are directly attributable to the planting or retention of controlled vegetative cover for wildlife, recreational, scenic, and aesthetic purposes on project levees.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees › Section 8454.

8454. Local agencies maintaining project facilities under the State Water Resources Law of 1945 shall be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of this chapter if the cost of maintenance is increased by the planting or retention of vegetative cover on such levees, if the local agency agrees to maintain such vegetative cover on project levees as may be determined by the department or Reclamation Board, after consultation with any other affected state agencies, to be necessary for wildlife habitat, recreational, aesthetic, and scenic purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees › Section 8455.

8455. Local agencies entering into agreements with the state shall annually prepare a work program and estimate of cost for conducting any maintenance activities necessary to carry out the project maintenance and the purposes of this chapter and shall submit the proposed program and cost estimates to the department or the Reclamation Board for review. The department or the Reclamation Board shall review the proposed program and, after receiving the comments of any other affected state agencies, the department or the Reclamation Board shall certify for reimbursement 50 percent of those costs which are found to be attributable to the maintenance of vegetative cover for wildlife, recreational, aesthetic, and scenic purposes, and may allocate funds appropriated for these purposes to local agencies which have entered into agreements with the state pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees › Section 8456.

8456. Administrative costs incurred by the department or the Reclamation Board under this chapter in any fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the annual cost of the program established by this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 2 - STATE FLOOD CONTROL › CHAPTER 5 - Maintenance Costs of Vegetation on Levees › Section 8457.

8457. State expenditures for the purposes of this chapter shall not exceed the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per year.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 3 - SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - Creation and Boundaries › Section 8501.

8501. The boundaries of the district are set forth and described in Chapter 170, Statutes and Amendments to the Codes, California, 1913, and the description is hereby incorporated herein by reference as there set out.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 3 - SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - Creation and Boundaries › Section 8502.

8502. The management and control of the district are vested in the Central Valley Flood Protection Board.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 275, Sec. 2. (AB 1165) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 3 - SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - Creation and Boundaries › Section 8504.

8504. The district may acquire, own, hold, use, and enjoy any and all properties necessary for the purposes of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 3.5 - Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership Multibenefit Program › Section 8510.

8510. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The Yolo Bypass is a 59,000-acre flood control facility located in the Counties of Yolo and Solano that absorbs excess flood waters from the Sacramento River and conveys the waters 40 miles south into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
(b) Authorized by Congress in 1917 and built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the 1920s, the Yolo Bypass provides critical flood protection to over 650,000 people, several small communities, important agricultural land, and over sixty billion dollars ($60,000,000,000) in public and private assets.
(c) Agriculture, recreation, and wildlife thrive within the Yolo Bypass, exemplified by the state-owned Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, which supports wildlife-friendly rice cultivation and livestock grazing, managed wetlands for migratory waterfowl, nature education opportunities for the region’s schools, nature viewing, and hunting.
(d) Cache Slough is located primarily within the County of Solano, intersecting with the southern portion of the Yolo Bypass. Cache Slough supports remnant tidal habitat where restoration of natural conditions could benefit delta smelt and other native aquatic species. Cache Slough is also a regionally significant agricultural area where the location of multiple-benefit projects could affect the operations and maintenance practices of agricultural diverters and core flood control and levee maintenance responsibilities of reclamation districts within the Cache Slough Complex.
(e) The North Bay Aqueduct portion of the State Water Project delivers source water directly from the Cache Slough Complex to over 500,000 residents in the Counties of Napa and Solano. Opportunities for multiple-benefit projects must consider impacts to municipal water supply and water quality.
(f) Together, the Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough region presents unparalleled opportunities for multiple-benefit projects that improve flood protection, fisheries and wildlife habitat, water supply and water quality, agricultural sustainability, and recreational opportunities. As such, the Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough region is the focus of an increasing number of federal, state, and locally developed projects intended to improve these multiple public values.
(g) The numerous interests in this complex and important region present an opportunity and an imperative for governmental agencies at the federal, state, and local levels to collaboratively align planning efforts and project implementation.
(h) In May 2016, a total of 15 federal, state, and local agencies signed a memorandum of understanding outlining principles necessary to achieve a common vision for the Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough region. The resulting Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership serves as a model for public agency cooperation and achievement.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 275, Sec. 1. (SB 369) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 3.5 - Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership Multibenefit Program › Section 8511.

8511. For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership” means the multiagency partnership established pursuant to a memorandum of understanding signed in May 2016 by all of the following public agencies:
(1) United States Bureau of Reclamation.
(2) United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
(3) National Marine Fisheries Service.
(4) United States Army Corps of Engineers.
(5) County of Yolo.
(6) County of Solano.
(7) Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.
(8) Solano County Water Agency.
(9) Reclamation District No. 2068.
(10) Natural Resources Agency.
(11) Department of Water Resources.
(12) Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(13) Central Valley Flood Protection Board.
(14) State Water Resources Control Board.
(15) Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
(b)  “Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership Multibenefit Program” means the program established pursuant to Section 8512.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 275, Sec. 1. (SB 369) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 3.5 - Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership Multibenefit Program › Section 8512.

8512. The Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership Multibenefit Program is hereby established to support the development and implementation of projects within the Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough region. The participating state agencies enumerated in subdivision (a) of Section 8511 shall work in collaboration with the participating federal and local agencies enumerated in subdivision (a) of Section 8511 and the City of West Sacramento, if it chooses to participate, to advance all of the following objectives:
(a) Prioritize projects that accommodate multiple objectives in the Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough region.
(b) Identify project implementation challenges and work collaboratively to resolve those challenges.
(c) Develop programmatic and expedited approaches for regulatory compliance.
(d) Identify funding mechanisms for project implementation and long-term operations and maintenance.
(e) Develop strategies to foster regional agricultural sustainability, recreational opportunities, and long-term water supply reliability.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 275, Sec. 1. (SB 369) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 8520.

8520. Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this part of this division of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 8521.

8521. “Board” means the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. Any reference to the Reclamation Board in this or any other code means the Central Valley Flood Protection Board.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 8522.

8522. “Drainage district” means the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 8522.3.

8522.3. “Facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 5096.805 of the Public Resources Code.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366) by Stats. 2009, Ch. 275, Sec. 4. (AB 1165) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 8522.5.

8522.5. “Project levee” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (g) of Section 5096.805 of the Public Resources Code.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366) by Stats. 2009, Ch. 275, Sec. 6. (AB 1165) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 8523.

8523. “State Plan of Flood Control” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (j) of Section 5096.805 of the Public Resources Code.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366) by Stats. 2009, Ch. 275, Sec. 8. (AB 1165) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8525.

8525. The report of the California Debris Commission transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States by the Secretary of War on June 27, 1911, as modified by the report of the California Debris Commission, dated January 5, 1925, and as heretofore amended or modified by the board, is approved as a plan for controlling the flood water of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries, for the improvement and preservation of navigation and the reclamation and protection of lands that are susceptible to overflow from the rivers and their tributaries.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8526.

8526. The board in conjunction with the California Debris Commission shall execute the plan approved by this chapter, and the board may make such modifications and amendments to the plan as are necessary to execute the plan for the purpose stated.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8527.

8527. For the purpose of cooperating in the carrying out and completion of the plan approved in Section 8525, and on condition that the United States will likewise cooperate in the carrying out of the plan and, to that end, will appropriate and make available to the extent that it has not already done so, substantially the same amount as the State as recommended in the plan, appropriations will be made by the State from time to time by law, which, together with amounts heretofore appropriated by the State in aid of the plan, will not exceed in the aggregate seventeen million seven hundred thousand dollars ($17,700,000).
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8528.

8528. The intent of the next preceding section is to provide for substantially equal contributions by the United States, the State and local interests to the total cost of carrying out the plan, it being recognized that certain local interests have become obligated in excess of one-third of the total cost of the plan.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8529.

8529. All money appropriated under authority of Section 8527 shall be expended in accordance with the plans, specifications and recommendations of the California Debris Commission and the board for purposes in general conformity with the plan approved in Section 8525, including expenditures and appropriations to make such equitable adjustments as the Legislature may determine with such local interests as have obligated themselves in excess of their shares of one-third of the total cost of the plan, and including necessary expenditures for operation and maintenance during construction.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8530.

8530. The board shall have control and jurisdiction over the plans of the California Debris Commission and such other plans as may be adopted by the board, excepting such portions of the plans as relate to channel excavating, enlargement, rectification and control in the Sacramento River and the construction of weirs.
All work and control in the Sacramento River and the construction of weirs shall remain concurrently with the United States and the State.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8531.

8531. The Statutes of California as existing on April 1, 1923, shall be observed and followed:
(a) In all plans, hearings, notices and proceedings relating to the maintenance, repair and operation of reclamation and flood control works existing on April 1, 1923.
(b) In the completion, maintenance and operation of any project adopted by the board prior to April 1, 1923.
(c) In the adoption and carrying to completion of any project of work contained or involved in the report of the California Debris Commission dated January 5, 1925.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8532.

8532. The State has a primary interest in adequately protecting lands overflowed, or subject to overflow, in confining the waters of rivers, tributaries, by-passes and overflow channels and basins within their respective basins and boundaries within the district, and in preserving the welfare of the residents and holders of land therein.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8533.

8533. The State has a primary and supreme interest in having erected, maintained and protected on the banks of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, their tributaries, by-passes, overflow channels and basins, good and sufficient levees and embankments or other works of reclamation, adequately protecting the lands overflowed or subject to overflow, and confining the waters of the rivers, tributaries, by-passes, overflow channels, and basins within their respective channels and boundaries.
(Added by stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8534.

8534. The board at all times shall enforce on behalf of the State the erection, maintenance and protection of such levees, embankments and channel rectification as will, in its judgment, best serve the interests of the State.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8535.

8535. Consistent with Section 3 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, the board, after holding at least one public hearing, may set and charge fees sufficient to cover the reasonable cost for the services it provides in carrying out its duties set forth in Sections 8502 and 8534, including, but not limited to, the issuance of and modifications to encroachment permits, inspections and enforcement of encroachments, and management and control of Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District property.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 95. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8536.

8536. The board has no power, jurisdiction, authority or control over the construction, operation or maintenance of the Central Valley Project or any part of it.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8538.

8538. No county or public officer shall charge or receive any fee for any of the services required to be performed by him under the provisions of this part, but any reasonable and necessary expense actually incurred by any officer in carrying out any of the provisions of this part relating in any manner to the collection or enforcement of any assessment, shall be paid out of the funds of the drainage district applicable thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 5 - FLOOD CONTROL › PART 4 - THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 8539.

8539. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is an urgent need for channel clearing and desnagging in many California waterways, and that these snags pose a severe danger and cause unnecessary erosion of banks.
The board, other state agencies, cities, counties, and districts are hereby authorized to cooperate with one another and with agencies of the United States in the performance of channel clearing and desnagging work within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries, and may furnish money, services, equipment, and other property to that end. The board, as appropriate, shall consult with the Department of Water Resources, the State Lands Commission, and the Department of Fish and Game in carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 795, Sec. 1. Effective September 8, 1982.)
2023 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 8550.

8550. (a) The board is continued in existence and shall continue to exercise and have all of its powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall act independently of the department. The department shall not overturn any action or decision by the board.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to transfer the duties and corresponding funding allocated to the Reclamation Board as it exists on December 31, 2007, together with all necessary positions, to the board as it is reconstituted on and after January 1, 2008.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 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 8551.

8551. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), the board consists of nine members who shall be appointed in accordance with this section.
(b) (1) Seven members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation.
(2) Of the members appointed pursuant to paragraph (1), the following requirements apply:
(A) One person shall be an engineer.
(B) One person shall have training, experience, and expertise in geology or hydrology.
(C) One person shall be a flood control expert with not less than five years’ experience.
(D) One person shall be an attorney with water experience.
(E) Three persons shall be public members.
(c) One member of the board shall be the Chair of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water, to the extent that service with the board does not conflict with his or her legislative duties.
(d) One member of the board shall be the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife, to the extent that service with the board does not conflict with his or her legislative duties.
(e) The members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be nonvoting ex officio members.
(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the board members appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall serve four-year terms.
(2) The board members initially appointed pursuant to this section shall determine, by lot, that five members shall serve four-year terms and four members shall serve two-year terms.
(g) Each board member holding office on December 31, 2007, shall continue to serve until his or her successor is appointed and has been qualified to hold office. The order of replacement shall be determined by lot.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 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 8552.

8552. Each member of the board appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8551 shall receive compensation as follows:
(a) Each member shall receive the necessary expenses incurred by the member in the performance of official duties.
(b) Any member traveling outside the state pursuant to authorization of the board, and the approval of the Governor and Director of Finance as provided by Section 11032 of the Government Code, while so engaged shall receive per diem and his or her necessary expenses.
(c) Each member shall receive the salary provided for in Section 11564 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 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 8554.

8554. The Governor shall select one of the members of the board as president.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 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 8556.

8556. The vice president shall have the powers and perform the duties of the president under the following circumstances:
(a) During the president’s absence or inability to act.
(b) At the request of the president.
(c) When authorized by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 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 8557.

8557. The board shall have its office in the County of Sacramento. The office is the principal place of business and legal residence of the board and of the drainage district.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 497, Sec. 4. Effective September 14, 2004.)
2023 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 8559.

8559. A majority of the voting members of the board constitutes a quorum.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 275, Sec. 9. (AB 1165) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 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 8560.

8560. No action of the board shall be effective unless a quorum is present and the action is concurred in by a majority of all of the voting members of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 275, Sec. 10. (AB 1165) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 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 8561.

8561. Special meetings of the board may be called at any time by the president or by a majority of the members upon notice given by mail or telegraph to each member at his place of residence or business, and there received at least 12 hours before the hour fixed for the meeting.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 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 8563.

8563. The board shall keep full and correct minutes of all proceedings and transactions of all meetings of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 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 8567.

8567. A copy of any record of the board, certified by its secretary or assistant secretary to be a true copy, and attested by the seal of the board, is prima facie evidence of the existence and contents of the record.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 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 8568.

8568. For making a copy of any of its records the board may charge and collect the actual reasonable cost of making the copy, including the time of its employees and materials used, and one dollar ($1) for the certificate if a certified copy is requested.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 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 8569.

8569. The board may require a deposit in advance sufficient to cover the charges for copying and certifying copies of its records.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 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 8570.

8570. All money collected for copying and certifying copies of the board’s records shall be paid monthly to the State Treasurer and credited to the balance remaining unexpended of any appropriation or assessment available for the general administrative expenses of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 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 8571.

8571. The board may adopt, amend or repeal rules to promote the convenient, orderly and just conduct of the business of the board and of the drainage district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 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 8572.

8572. The rules may be suspended or compliance therewith may be waived by the board at any meeting to such extent as may be deemed proper.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
2023 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 8575.

8575. A member of the board shall comply with the conflict of interest requirements of Section 87100 of the Government Code when voting to carry out any part of a plan of flood control and when carrying out the objects of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 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 8576.

8576. No member of the board shall be held personally liable on any obligation or liability of any kind or character arising out of the claim that he has failed to carry out any obligation imposed upon the board by this division and the Legislature expressly declares that discretion is vested in the board and the members thereof to determine how and when the various provisions of this division and the projects contemplated in this division with which the board is concerned may best be carried into effect.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)