CHAPTER 2. State Administration Generally [120. - 190.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.

§§ 120–190 · 77 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Department of Water Resources §§ 120–148 · 34 sections

   • § 120 There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Water Resources, which is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Water…
   • § 122 The director, in addition to being subject to removal from office by the Governor, may be removed from office by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution…
   • § 123 Except as provided in Section 179, the department succeeds to and is vested with all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction in…
   • § 124 Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this code, the provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing at Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of…
   • § 125 For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the department with the approval of the Governor in the manner he deems necessary to segregate…
   • § 126 There shall be one Deputy Director of Water Resources who shall be a civil executive officer and shall be appointed by the Governor and serve at the pleasure…
   • § 127 The department may employ legal counsel who shall advise the director, represent the department in connection with legal matters before other boards and…
   • § 127.5 The department may utilize the program manager class series that was created for the California Bay-Delta Authority, for positions to manage vital departmental…
   • § 128 (a) In times of extraordinary stress and of disaster, resulting from storms and floods, or where damage to watershed lands by forest fires has created an…
   • § 130 The department may prepare, publish, and issue such printed pamphlets and bulletins as the director deems necessary for the dissemination of information to the…
   • § 131 The department may employ such assistance as may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties, and may purchase or rent any necessary supplies,…
   • § 132 Where work to be performed, which would otherwise be subject to the State Contract Act, does not lend itself to the preparation of plans and specifications to…
   • § 133 The department may cooperate and contract with any agency of the State or of the United States in order to carry out its powers and purposes.
   • § 134 The department may expend money appropriated for the administration of the laws the enforcement of which is committed to the department. The department may…
   • § 134.5 The Director of Finance shall administratively establish positions necessary to implement activities funded by the appropriations made in Division 33…
   • § 135 The Water Resources Revolving Fund in the State Treasury is continued in existence. With the approval of the Department of Finance, there shall be transferred…
   • § 135.1 All sums in the Water Resources Revolving Fund in the State Treasury, maintained pursuant to Section 135, in a sum not to exceed seven hundred fifty thousand…
   • § 136 The Department of Water Resources shall file against the Water Resources Revolving Fund all claims covering expenditures incurred in connection with services,…
   • § 137 The Department of Water Resources shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each specific portion of the revolving fund, and any unused…
   • § 138 The director may authorize the refund of moneys received or collected by the department in payment of fees, licenses, permits, tolls, or for rentals, property…
   • § 138.10 (a) On or before January 1, 2006, the director, in collaboration with the Secretary of Interior or his or her designee, shall prepare a plan to meet the…
   • § 138.12 (a) Except as otherwise provided in a general obligation bond act, the maximum amount that may be allocated for administrative expenses shall not exceed 5…
   • § 139.2 The department shall evaluate the potential impacts on water supplies derived from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta based on 50-, 100-, and 200-year…
   • § 139.4 (a) The department and the Department of Fish and Game shall determine the principal options for the delta. (b) The department shall evaluate and comparatively…
   • § 140 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, which shall not exceed seven million dollars ($7,000,000), the department shall provide funding for a project that…
   • § 141 (a) The department may establish a program to authorize private entities to lease space above or adjacent to appropriate conveyance facilities of the State…
   • § 141.5 The department shall proceed with the construction of the South Delta Improvements Program, but shall not commence the operational phase of the program until…
   • § 142 (a) In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with water and energy usage, on and after January 1, 2008, the department shall do all of the…
   • § 144 (a) Upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the department and the board shall develop a plan to deploy a network…
   • § 147 (a) On or before January 10, 2010, and annually thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit to the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of the…
   • § 147.1 (a) By August 1 of each year, the department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, and post on the department’s internet website, a detailed accounting…
   • § 147.3 (a) (1) The department shall conduct a voluntary statewide survey of local regional water supply projects and post the results of the survey on the…
   • § 147.5 At least 60 days prior to the final approval of the renewal or extension of a long-term water supply contract between the department and a state water project…
   • § 148 (a) The department shall perform construction inspection services for all water resources projects authorized pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section…
2. ARTICLE 2. California Water Commission §§ 150–166 · 20 sections

   • § 150 There is in the Department of Water Resources the California Water Commission.
   • § 151 The California Water Commission consists of nine members who are appointed by the Governor subject to the confirmation of the Senate, as provided in this…
   • § 152 Seven members of the California Water Commission appointed by the Governor shall be selected and approved for appointment on the basis of their general…
   • § 153 (a) The terms of the members of the California Water Commission in office as of January 1, 1958, shall expire as follows: (1) One member on January 15, 1958.…
   • § 153.5 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 153 and 154, the term of any member of the California Water Commission, whose appointment has been confirmed by the Senate and who…
   • § 154 Appointments shall be for terms of four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur.
   • § 155 The appointments made by the Governor to membership on the California Water Commission shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next regular or…
   • § 156 The members of the California Water Commission may be removed from office by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority vote of all…
   • § 157 Each member of the California Water Commission shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which the member is engaged in the performance of…
   • § 158 The California Water Commission shall maintain its headquarters at Sacramento and shall hold meetings at such times and at such places as shall be determined…
   • § 159 Special meetings may be called at any time by the chairman or by the executive officer at the request of any four members, upon notice specifying the matters…
   • § 160 The members of the California Water Commission shall select one of the members to serve as chairman, who shall hold office as chairman at the pleasure of the…
   • § 161 The California Water Commission shall confer with, advise, and make recommendations to the director with respect to any matters and subjects under his…
   • § 161.5 The California Water Commission shall have the power to name all facilities of the State Water Resources Development System owned by the state. The commission…
   • § 162 It is the intention of the Legislature that in the making of all major departmental determinations, policies and procedures, such as departmental…
   • § 163 The commission may employ an executive officer, exempt from civil service, under subdivision (e) of Section 4 of Article XXIV of the Constitution, and a staff…
   • § 163.5 The department shall furnish to the California Water Commission, at its request, such assistance, including technical, legal, and clerical services, as is…
   • § 164 The commission may hold any hearings and conduct any investigations in any part of the state necessary to carry out the powers vested in it, and for such…
   • § 165 The California Water Commission shall conduct an annual review of the progress of construction and operation of the State Water Resources Development System,…
   • § 166 The California Water Commission shall hold public hearings on all additional facilities proposed to be added to the State Water Resources Development System by…
3. ARTICLE 3. State Water Resources Control Board §§ 174–189.7 · 22 sections

   • § 174 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in order to provide for the orderly and efficient administration of the water resources of the state, it is…
   • § 175 (a) There is in the California Environmental Protection Agency the State Water Resources Control Board consisting of five members appointed by the Governor.…
   • § 175.5 (a) A member of the board shall not participate in any board action pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 13320) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 in which…
   • § 176 The annual salary of the members of the board is provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing at Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government…
   • § 177 All members of the board shall be appointed for terms of four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the…
   • § 178 The members of the board may be removed from office by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority vote of all members elected to each…
   • § 179 The board succeeds to and is vested with all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department and Director of…
   • § 179.6 The board, or representatives authorized by the board to do so, may call, conduct or attend conferences or hearings, official or unofficial, within or without…
   • § 179.7 As to any matter involving the United States, its departments or agencies, which is within the scope of the power and duties of the board, the board may…
   • § 181 The board shall maintain its headquarters at Sacramento and may establish branch offices in such parts of the state as the board deems necessary. The board…
   • § 182 The Governor shall designate the chairperson of the board from the membership of the board. The person so designated shall hold the office of chairperson at…
   • § 183 The board may hold any hearings and conduct any investigations in any part of the state necessary to carry out the powers vested in it, and for such purposes…
   • § 184 The Department of Water Resources shall have an interest and may appear as a party in any hearing held by the board and may commence or appear in any judicial…
   • § 185 The board shall adopt rules for the conduct of its affairs in conformity, as nearly as practicable, with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section…
   • § 186 (a) The board shall have any powers, and may employ any legal counsel and other personnel and assistance, that may be necessary or convenient for the exercise…
   • § 187 The board, regional water quality control boards, the Department of Water Resources, and other state agencies shall, to the fullest extent possible, exchange…
   • § 188 The board may expend money appropriated for the administration of the laws the administration of which is committed to the board. Such expenditures by the…
   • § 188.5 The board shall publish biennial progress reports relating to the activities of the board and California regional water quality control boards.
   • § 189 (a) There is hereby established the Office of Sustainable Water Solutions within the state board, which may be administered by the state board as a separate…
   • § 189.3 (a) The board, in consultation with the regional water quality control boards, and the Division of the State Architect within the Department of General…
   • § 189.5 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Act. (b) No later than January 1, 2018, the board, in collaboration…
   • § 189.7 (a) Outreach to identify issues of environmental justice needs to begin as early as possible in state board or regional board planning, policy, and permitting…
4. ARTICLE 4. State Representation on Regional Water Resources Commissions § 190 · 1 section

   • § 190 Whenever the State of California is specifically invited by federal law to participate in any interstate commission to plan for the regional development of…