ARTICLE 1. Department of Water Resources

Heading of Article 1 amended by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52.

§§ 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…