California

Water Code

10,139 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 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
• § 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 land
• § 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.
• § 8304 — The department may obtain or condemn any right-of-way necessary for any construction under this chapter.
• § 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
• § 8307 — (a) (1) 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 t
• § 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 p
• § 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 respec
• § 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
• § 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.
• § 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 s
• § 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 o
• § 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 Ri
• § 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 t
• § 8400 — This chapter may be cited as the Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act.
• § 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, d
• § 8402 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (a) “Department” means Department of Water Resources.
• § 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 plai
• § 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
• § 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
• § 8410.5 — All public agencies shall comply with flood plain regulations established to meet the requirements of 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 regulat
• § 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
• § 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 th
• § 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 pursu
• § 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 boar
• § 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 carr
• § 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 th
• § 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
• § 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
• § 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 pro
• § 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 i
• § 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 maintenan
• § 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
• § 8457 — State expenditures for the purposes of this chapter shall not exceed the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per year.
• § 8500 — The “Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District” is continued in existence.
• § 85000 — This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009.
• § 85001 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed and California’s water infrastructure are in crisis and existing Delta policies are not sustaina
• § 85002 — The Legislature finds and declares that the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, referred to as “the Delta” in this division, is a critically important natural resource for California and the nation.
• § 85003 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Originally, the Delta was a shallow wetland with water covering the area for many months of the year.
• § 85004 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The economies of major regions of the state depend on the ability to use water within the Delta watershed or to import water from the Delta
• § 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 the
• § 8502 — The management and control of the district are vested in the Central Valley Flood Protection Board.
• § 85020 — The policy of the State of California is to achieve the following objectives that the Legislature declares are inherent in the coequal goals for management of the Delta: (a) Manage the Delta’s water a
• § 85021 — The policy of the State of California is to reduce reliance on the Delta in meeting California’s future water supply needs through a statewide strategy of investing in improved regional supplies, cons
• § 85022 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that state and local land use actions identified as “covered actions” pursuant to Section 85057.
• § 85023 — The longstanding constitutional principle of reasonable use and the public trust doctrine shall be the foundation of state water management policy and are particularly important and applicable to the
• § 8503 — The district is a body corporate and politic and may sue and be sued.
• § 85031 — (a) This division does not diminish, impair, or otherwise affect in any manner whatsoever any area of origin, watershed of origin, county of origin, or any other water rights protections, including, b
• § 85032 — This division does not affect any of the following: (a) The Natural Community Conservation Planning Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code).
• § 85034 — (a) (1) The council shall administer all contracts, grants, easements, and agreements made or entered into by the California Bay-Delta Authority under Division 26.
• § 8504 — The district may acquire, own, hold, use, and enjoy any and all properties necessary for the purposes of the district.
• § 85050 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• § 85051 — “Acquisition” means the acquisition of a fee interest or any other interest, including easements, leases, and development rights.
• § 85052 — “Adaptive management” means a framework and flexible decisionmaking process for ongoing knowledge acquisition, monitoring, and evaluation leading to continuous improvement in management planning and i
• § 85053 — “Bay Delta Conservation Plan” or “BDCP” means a multispecies conservation plan.
• § 85054 — “Coequal goals” means the two goals of providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting, restoring, and enhancing the Delta ecosystem.
• § 85055 — “Commission” means the Delta Protection Commission established in Division 19.
• § 85056 — “Conservancy” means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy established in Section 32320 of the Public Resources Code.
• § 85057 — “Council” means the Delta Stewardship Council established in Section 85200.
• § 85057.5 — (a) “Covered action” means a plan, program, or project as defined pursuant to Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code that meets all of the following conditions: (1) Will occur, in whole or in part
• § 85058 — “Delta” means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as defined in Section 12220 and the Suisun Marsh, as defined in Section 29101 of the Public Resources Code.
• § 85059 — “Delta Plan” means the comprehensive, long-term management plan for the Delta as adopted by the council in accordance with this division.
• § 85060 — “Delta watershed” means the Sacramento River Hydrologic Region and the San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region as described in the department’s Bulletin No.
• § 85064 — “Public water agency” means a public entity, as defined in Section 514, that provides water service, as defined in Section 515.
• § 85066 — “Restoration” means the application of ecological principles to restore a degraded or fragmented ecosystem and return it to a condition in which its biological and structural components achieve a clos
• § 85067 — “Strategic Plan” means both the “Delta Vision Strategic Plan” issued by the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force on October 17, 2008, and the “Delta Vision Implementation Report” adopted by the Delta V
• § 85080 — The council shall appoint a Delta Independent Science Board in accordance with Section 85280.
• § 85082 — The council shall develop and implement a strategy to appropriately engage participation of the federal agencies with responsibilities in the Delta.
• § 85084 — The council shall develop an interim plan that includes recommendations for early actions, projects, and programs.
• § 85084.5 — The Department of Fish and Game, in consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service and based on the best available science, shall develop and r
• § 85085 — The department shall do all of the following: (a) Coordinate with the Department of Fish and Game, the board, the California regional water quality control boards, and the State Lands Commission effor
• § 85086 — (a) The board shall establish an effective system of Delta watershed diversion data collection and public reporting by December 31, 2010.
• § 85087 — The board, by December 31, 2010, shall submit to the Legislature a prioritized schedule and estimate of costs to complete instream flow studies for the Delta and for high priority rivers and streams i
• § 85088 — Until the board issues an order approving a change in the point of diversion of the State Water Project and the federal Central Valley Project from the southern Delta to a point on the Sacramento Rive
• § 85089 — Construction of a new Delta conveyance facility shall not be initiated until the persons or entities that contract to receive water from the State Water Project and the federal Central Valley Project
• § 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 th
• § 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
• § 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.
• § 8520 — Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this part of this division of this code.
• § 85200 — (a) The Delta Stewardship Council is hereby established as an independent agency of the state.
• § 85201 — (a) The chairperson shall serve full time.
• § 85202 — Council members shall possess diverse expertise and reflect a statewide perspective.
• § 85203 — The headquarters of the council shall be located in Sacramento.
• § 85204 — The council shall establish and oversee a committee of agencies responsible for implementing the Delta Plan.
• § 8521 — “Board” means the Central Valley Flood Protection Board.
• § 85210 — The council has all of the following powers: (a) To sue or be sued.
• § 85210.5 — A majority of the voting members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the council.
• § 85211 — The Delta Plan shall include performance measurements that will enable the council to track progress in meeting the objectives of the Delta Plan.
• § 85212 — The council shall review and provide timely advice to local and regional planning agencies regarding the consistency of local and regional planning documents, including sustainable communities strateg
• § 85213 — (a) The council may contract for consultant services and architectural and engineering services to assist the council with all of the following functions: (1) Preparation of the Delta Plan and associa
• § 85214 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to avoid any actual or apparent conflict of interest with respect to contracts entered into by the council for work relating to the Delta Plan and the Bay Delta
• § 8522 — “Drainage district” means the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District.
• § 8522.3 — “Facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 5096.
• § 8522.5 — “Project levee” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (g) of Section 5096.
• § 85225 — A state or local public agency that proposes to undertake a covered action, prior to initiating the implementation of that covered action, shall prepare a written certification of consistency with det
• § 85225.10 — (a) Any person who claims that a proposed covered action is inconsistent with the Delta Plan and, as a result of that inconsistency, the action will have a significant adverse impact on the achievemen
• § 85225.15 — The appeal shall be filed no later than 30 days after the submission of the certification of consistency.
• § 85225.20 — The appeal shall be heard by the council within 60 days of the date of the filing of the appeal, unless the council, or by delegation the executive officer, determines that the issue raised on appeal
• § 85225.25 — After a hearing on an appealed action, the council shall make specific written findings either denying the appeal or remanding the matter to the state or local public agency for reconsideration of the
• § 85225.30 — The council shall adopt administrative procedures governing appeals, which shall be exempt from Chapter 3.
• § 85225.5 — To assist state and local public agencies in preparing the required certification, the council shall develop procedures for early consultation with the council on the proposed covered action.
• § 8523 — “State Plan of Flood Control” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (j) of Section 5096.
• § 85230 — (a) The board, in consultation with the council, shall appoint, for a term of four years, a special master for the Delta, whose title shall be “the Delta Watermaster.
• § 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 th
• § 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
• § 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
• § 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 re
• § 85280 — (a) The Delta Independent Science Board is hereby established in state government.
• § 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
• § 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
• § 85300 — (a) On or before January 1, 2012, the council shall develop, adopt, and commence implementation of the Delta Plan pursuant to this part that furthers the coequal goals.
• § 85301 — (a) The commission shall develop, for consideration and incorporation into the Delta Plan by the council, a proposal to protect, enhance, and sustain the unique cultural, historical, recreational, agr
• § 85302 — (a) The implementation of the Delta Plan shall further the restoration of the Delta ecosystem and a reliable water supply.
• § 85303 — The Delta Plan shall promote statewide water conservation, water use efficiency, and sustainable use of water.
• § 85304 — The Delta Plan shall promote options for new and improved infrastructure relating to the water conveyance in the Delta, storage systems, and for the operation of both to achieve the coequal goals.
• § 85305 — (a) The Delta Plan shall attempt to reduce risks to people, property, and state interests in the Delta by promoting effective emergency preparedness, appropriate land uses, and strategic levee investm
• § 85306 — The council, in consultation with the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, shall recommend in the Delta Plan priorities for state investments in levee operation, maintenance, and improvements in the
• § 85307 — (a) The Delta Plan may identify actions to be taken outside of the Delta, if those actions are determined to significantly reduce flood risks in the Delta.
• § 85308 — The Delta Plan shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be based on the best available scientific information and the independent science advice provided by the Delta Independent Science Boar
• § 85309 — The department, in consultation with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, shall prepare a proposal to coordinate flood and water supply operations o
• § 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 reclam
• § 85310 — The provisions of the Delta Plan are severable.
• § 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 th
• § 85320 — (a) The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) shall be considered for inclusion in the Delta Plan in accordance with this chapter.
• § 85321 — The BDCP shall include a transparent, real-time operational decisionmaking process in which fishery agencies ensure that applicable biological performance measures are achieved in a timely manner with
• § 85322 — This chapter does not amend, or create any additional legal obligation or cause of action under, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code or Division 13 (comme
• § 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 basi
• § 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 inte
• § 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 th
• § 85350 — The council may incorporate other completed plans related to the Delta into the Delta Plan to the extent that the other plans promote the coequal goals.
• § 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.
• § 85360 — (a) A legal challenge to the council’s adoption or amendment of the Delta Plan or its appeals procedures adopted pursuant to Section 85225.
• § 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
• § 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
• § 8550 — (a) The board is continued in existence and shall continue to exercise and have all of its powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction.
• § 8551 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), the board consists of nine members who shall be appointed in accordance with this section.
• § 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
• § 8554 — The Governor shall select one of the members of the board as president.
• § 8555 — The board may elect one of its members other than the president as vice president.
• § 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.
• § 8557 — The board shall have its office in the County of Sacramento.
• § 8558 — The regular meetings of the board shall be held at times fixed by the board.
• § 8559 — A majority of the voting members of the board constitutes a quorum.
• § 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.
• § 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, an
• § 8563 — The board shall keep full and correct minutes of all proceedings and transactions of all meetings of the board.
• § 8564 — The minutes shall be open for public inspection during office hours.
• § 8565 — The board shall have a seal of such device as the board may adopt.
• § 8566 — The seal of the board is also the seal of the drainage district.
• § 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
• § 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
• § 8569 — The board may require a deposit in advance sufficient to cover the charges for copying and certifying copies of its records.
• § 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 asses
• § 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.
• § 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.
• § 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
• § 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
• § 8577 — (a) A board member shall not participate in any board action or attempt to influence any decision or recommendation by any employee of, or consultant to, the board that involves himself or herself or
• § 8578 — (a) For the purposes of this section, “ex parte communication” means any oral or written communication outside of a noticed board meeting concerning matters, other than purely procedural matters, rega
• § 8579 — (a) Any aggrieved person shall have a right to seek judicial review of any permit or enforcement order issued by the board by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in accordance with Section 1094.
• § 8580 — (a) The board may appoint an executive officer.
• § 8585 — The president, any member of the board, the secretary, assistant secretary, general manager and chief engineer may administer oaths and take and certify affidavits relating to any matter pending befor
• § 8590 — To carry out the primary state interest described in Section 8532, the board may do any of the following: (a) Acquire either within or outside the boundaries of the drainage district, by purchase, con
• § 8590.2 — In acquiring interests in land necessary for the purposes specified in Section 8590 and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8676, the board in determining whether to acquire in fee or easement m
• § 8591 — The board has no power, authority, or jurisdiction, either directly or indirectly, except as provided in this division, to incur any indebtedness or expend any money or adopt or carry into effect any
• § 8592 — The board has the same power, authority and jurisdiction in reference to the adoption and carrying to completion of any work or project involved in or contained in the report of the California Debris
• § 8593 — The board may acquire by eminent domain in the name of the drainage district any property necessary for any of the purposes set forth in this part.
• § 8596 — The board may maintain actions in the name of the people of the State to restrain, or to recover damages for, the doing of any act or thing that may be injurious to any of the works necessary to the p
• § 8597 — Any damages so recovered shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the drainage district and the assessment for the particular portion or project affected by the injury.
• § 8598 — The board may also do any of the following: (a) Establish a standard of levee construction.
• § 8598.5 — Notwithstanding Section 6402 of the Public Resources Code, the board may sell or lease surplus real property which is held in fee by the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District and which lies wit
• § 8599 — The board may undertake any construction work that it is authorized to do by this part, free from any control or jurisdiction of the department.
• § 8600 — Subject to the provisions of the State Contract Act any construction work undertaken by the board may be done wholly or partly by contract let by the board in such manner as the board may determine, o
• § 8600.5 — (a) The governing body of a public entity that is authorized by law to construct, manage, maintain, or repair levees, channels, or other flood control works that are under the jurisdiction of the boar
• § 8601 — The board may construct, purchase, rent, sell or exchange dredgers, machines, appliances, tools, apparatus and other property necessary or convenient for doing any construction work.
• § 8602 — The cost of the equipment and property shall be apportioned to and paid from the funds raised from the several assessments levied or to be levied by the board in a just and equitable manner according
• § 8603 — The board may rent for use by others idle dredgers or other equipment.
• § 8604 — The rental received shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the balance remaining unexpended of the assessments against which the cost of such equipment has been paid or is to be charged
• § 8605 — The board may inspect and supervise any work done or under construction pursuant to the provisions of this part.
• § 8606 — The board may insert a stipulation providing for such inspection and supervision in any order, contract or other instrument, relating to the work authorized in this part.
• § 8608 — The board shall establish and enforce standards for the maintenance and operation of levees, channels, and other flood control works of an authorized project or an adopted plan, including but not limi
• § 8609 — (a) The board may designate floodways throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers drainage to control encroachments in, and to preserve the flow regimens of, floodways for the purpose of protecti
• § 8610 — The board shall offer to lease to the Department of Fish and Game, or to an appropriate public resource protection or public conservation agency or organization approved by the Department of Fish and
• § 8610.5 — (a) (1) The board shall adopt regulations relating to evidentiary hearings pursuant to Chapter 4.
• § 8611 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), prior to construction at a site of a flood control, channel clearance, or bank stabilization project, the board, in consultation with the Department of Fish
• § 8612 — (a) On or before December 31, 2008, the department shall prepare, and the board shall adopt, a schedule for mapping areas at risk of flooding in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River drainage.
• § 8613 — (a) The board or the department may establish a program of mitigation banking for the activities of the board or the department under this part and for the benefit of local districts in the discharge
• § 8615 — The board may, in cooperation with the United States, adopt and carry out any plan or plans or project of flood control in the Sacramento or San Joaquin River Valleys or on or near the Sacramento Rive
• § 8616 — It is the intent of this article to enlarge and extend the power, jurisdiction and authority of the board outside the drainage district to the extent set forth but not in any degree to limit, restrict
• § 8617 — The board may give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of Defense of the United States that the state will do all of the following: (a) Provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, ease
• § 8617.1 — Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Chapters 1 and 3 (commencing with Sections 12570 and 12800, respectively) of Part 6 of Division 6, the board may take any action and expend any available funds
• § 8617.5 — (a) In connection with any work done on projects authorized by the board in the repair or reconstruction of levees or other flood control works completed before June 30, 1957, the board may provide fo
• § 8618 — All political subdivisions, agencies of the State, and municipal and quasi-municipal corporations may make agreements with the board obligating themselves to do or perform those things which are requi
• § 8619 — In case any land, right of way, or easement is needed and is required to be provided free of cost to the State or the United States for any work of channel excavation, enlargement, rectification or co
• § 8620 — Whenever any work to be done by the board of the drainage district under any of the provisions of this part is such that it can be so done in connection with work of public improvement of rivers and h
• § 8621 — Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Chapters 1 and 3 of Part 6 of Division 6, the board, with the approval of the Department of Finance, may, when a saving to the State will result, in lieu of ac
• § 8622 — Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Chapters 1 and 3 (commencing with Sections 12570 and 12800 respectively) of Part 6 of Division 6, the board may undertake immediate construction or reconstruct
• § 8623 — Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800) of Part 6 of Division 6, the board may plan, design, and construct floo