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CHAPTER 5. Flood Protection Program [79030. - 79069.12.]

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1.

§§ 79030–79069.12 · 61 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Flood Protection Account §§ 79030–79031 · 2 sections
    • § 79030 For the purposes of this chapter, “account” means the Flood Protection Account created by Section 79031.
    • § 79031 The Flood Protection Account is hereby created in the fund. The sum of two hundred ninety-two million dollars ($292,000,000) is hereby transferred from the…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Floodplain Mapping Program §§ 79033–79033.6 · 4 sections
    • § 79033 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Floodplain Mapping Subaccount. (b) The sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) is hereby…
    • § 79033.2 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Agriculture and Open Space Mapping Subaccount. (b) The sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars…
    • § 79033.4 The money in the Floodplain Mapping Subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for the purpose of…
    • § 79033.6 (a) The money in the Agriculture and Open Space Mapping Subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the Department of Conservation, may be used by the…
  3. ARTICLE 2.5. Flood Protection Corridor Program §§ 79035–79044.9 · 14 sections
    • § 79035 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Flood Protection Corridor Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Flood…
    • § 79036 The sum of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
    • § 79037 (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for flood control projects through…
    • § 79038 (a) For the purposes of this article, the department shall give highest priority to projects that include either of the following: (1) Projects that have been…
    • § 79039 (a) In order to ensure that property acquired under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 79037 remains on the county tax rolls and in agricultural use…
    • § 79040 Any acquisition pursuant to this article shall be from a willing seller.
    • § 79041 Prior to acquiring an easement or other interest in land pursuant to this article, the project shall include a plan to minimize the impact on adjacent…
    • § 79042 Prior to acquiring an easement or other interest in land pursuant to this article, a public hearing in the local community shall be held. Notification shall be…
    • § 79043 Money in the subaccount may be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to repair breaches in the flood control system developed pursuant to this article…
    • § 79044 (a) (1) In expending grant money pursuant to this article to acquire an interest in any particular parcel of land, a local public agency or nonprofit…
    • § 79044.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to address the problem of soaring federal flood insurance rates by assisting local governments to meet technical…
    • § 79044.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to…
    • § 79044.7 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
    • § 79044.9 The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
  4. ARTICLE 3. Delta Levee Rehabilitation Program §§ 79045–79052 · 8 sections
    • § 79045 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Delta Levee…
    • § 79046 The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article pursuant…
    • § 79047 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the…
    • § 79048 The expenditure of funds under this article is subject to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 12306) of Part 4.8 of Division 6.
    • § 79049 Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 79047, not more than 5 percent may be expended by the department to repair levee road…
    • § 79050 No expenditure of funds may be made under this article unless the Department of Fish and Game makes a written determination as part of its review and approval…
    • § 79051 For the purposes of this article, a levee project includes levee improvements and related habitat improvements undertaken in the delta at a location other than…
    • § 79052 Following the date on which a program for the bay-delta is adopted by CALFED, the remaining funds in the subaccount shall be used for levee rehabilitation…
  5. ARTICLE 4. Flood Control Subventions Program §§ 79055–79057 · 3 sections
    • § 79055 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Flood Control Subventions Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Flood Control…
    • § 79056 The sum of forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) is hereby transferred from the fund to the subaccount.
    • § 79057 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated,…
  6. ARTICLE 5. Urban Stream Restoration Program §§ 79060–79062.5 · 4 sections
    • § 79060 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Urban Stream Restoration Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Urban Stream…
    • § 79061 The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
    • § 79062 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for both of the following: (a) Grants to…
    • § 79062.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations set forth in Chapter 2.4 (commencing with Section 451.1) of Division 2 of Title 23 of the California…
  7. ARTICLE 6. Capital Area Flood Protection Program §§ 79065–79065.8 · 5 sections
    • § 79065 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Since Sacramento, the state capital, was founded over 150 years ago, it has suffered from…
    • § 79065.2 (a) There is hereby created in the account the State Capital Protection Subaccount. (b) For purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the State Capital…
    • § 79065.4 The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of this article.
    • § 79065.6 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, may be used by the Sacramento Area Flood…
    • § 79065.8 No money deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
  8. ARTICLE 7. San Lorenzo River Flood Control Program §§ 79067–79067.4 · 3 sections
    • § 79067 (a)There is hereby created in the account the San Lorenzo River Flood Control Subaccount. (b) For purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the San Lorenzo…
    • § 79067.2 The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of this article.
    • § 79067.4 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be allocated by the department to the City of Santa Cruz to pay for…
  9. ARTICLE 8. Yuba Feather Flood Protection Program §§ 79068–79068.20 · 11 sections
    • § 79068 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Nonstructural improvements” are…
    • § 79068.2 There is hereby created in the account the Yuba Feather Flood Protection Subaccount.
    • § 79068.4 The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
    • § 79068.6 Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department or Reclamation Board, shall be used by the…
    • § 79068.8 No expenditures of state funds may be made under this article until the department or the Reclamation Board determines that all of the following requirements…
    • § 79068.10 All of the following factors shall be considered by the department and the Reclamation Board for prioritizing projects: (a) Potential loss of life from…
    • § 79068.12 Of the fund appropriated pursuant to Section 79068.6, two million six hundred thousand dollars ($2,600,000) in the subaccount shall be used for the local share…
    • § 79068.14 (a) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation to the Department of Fish and Game, may be used by that department, if it…
    • § 79068.16 If all of the funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79068.6 are encumbered, and any funds described in Section 79068.14 are not needed for the purposes of…
    • § 79068.18 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
    • § 79068.20 The department and the Reclamation Board may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
  10. ARTICLE 9. Arroyo Pasajero Watershed Program §§ 79069–79069.12 · 7 sections
    • § 79069 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Arroyo Pasajero Watershed incurred unprecedented flooding in 1995 that resulted in a…
    • § 79069.2 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern construction of this article. (a) “Subaccount” means the Arroyo…
    • § 79069.4 There is hereby created in the account the Arroyo Pasajero Watershed Subaccount. The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby transferred from the…
    • § 79069.6 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for projects that improve flood…
    • § 79069.8 For the purposes of carrying out projects pursuant to this article, the department is encouraged to utilize the services of the California Conservation Corps…
    • § 79069.10 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
    • § 79069.12 The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.