ARTICLE 2.5. Flood Protection Corridor Program
Article 2.5 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1.
§§ 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.