ARTICLE 3. Conduits and Screens: Diversions Over 250 Cubic Feet per Second
Article 3 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.
§§ 5980–5993 · 14 sections
- § 5980 This article shall apply only to conduits described in Section 5987, and conduits with a maximum flow capacity over 250 cubic feet per second of water. In…
- § 5981 (a) The department shall examine all conduits. If, in the opinion of the department, a screen is necessary to prevent fish from passing into the conduit, the…
- § 5982 An order to install a screen shall be in writing, and shall specify the type, size, mesh, material and location of the screen, the time within which the screen…
- § 5983 When an order is made to install a screen, the department shall pay the owner of the conduit upon whom the order is served one-half of the estimated expense of…
- § 5984 If the expense of constructing or installing a screen exceeds the estimated expense the department shall, upon written notification by the owner of the…
- § 5985 The owner of the conduit shall, within 10 days after completing the installation of the screen, return to the department any surplus money advanced by the…
- § 5986 All money paid by the department to the owner of a conduit pursuant to this article shall be paid out of the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.
- § 5987 The department shall not pay one-half of the expense of the construction and installation of any screen as provided in Sections 5981, 5983, and 5984 to any…
- § 5988 When a screen has been installed, the owner may, by written notice within 90 days after such installation, request the department to inspect the screen for the…
- § 5989 After acceptance, should the screen fail to function in an efficient manner, no changes in conditions affecting its operation having occurred subsequent to the…
- § 5990 It is unlawful for the owner of a conduit to refuse, fail, or neglect to install a screen in compliance with an order from the department or to permit the…
- § 5991 In lieu of the department’s ordering the owner to install a screen the department may, at its option, elect to construct and install the screen itself, in…
- § 5992 Any screen installed under any of the provisions of this article shall be reasonably adequate to prevent fish from passing into the conduit and not…
- § 5993 Before the installation of any screen under the provisions of this article, the department and the owner shall enter into an agreement defining the method of…