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CHAPTER 4. Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act [8400. - 8415.]

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 506.

§§ 8400–8415 · 13 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Declaration of Policy §§ 8400–8401 · 2 sections
    • § 8400 This chapter may be cited as the Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act.
    • § 8401 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) A large portion of the state’s land resources is subject to recurrent flooding by overflow of streams and…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 8402 · 1 section
    • § 8402 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (a) “Department” means Department of Water Resources. (b)…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Review of Flood Plain Management Plans §§ 8403–8404 · 2 sections
    • § 8403 Prior to the establishment by a public agency of flood plain management regulations, the public agency may request and receive a review by the department or…
    • § 8404 Where adequate personnel are not available to a public agency to prepare the necessary flood routing or other engineering data needed for support of its flood…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Establishment of Flood Plain Regulations §§ 8410–8414.2 · 7 sections
    • § 8410 Flood plain regulations established to comply with requirements of Section 8411 shall meet the following criteria: (a) Construction of structures in the…
    • § 8410.5 All public agencies shall comply with flood plain regulations established to meet the requirements of Section 8411. For the purposes of this section, “public…
    • § 8411 Within any area classified “designated floodway” by the department or board after completion of a federal project report the appropriate public agency shall…
    • § 8412 The department or board shall review the adequacy of flood plain regulations established by a public agency to meet the requirements of Section 8411, and shall…
    • § 8413 Flood plain regulations adopted pursuant to Section 8412 shall take effect 60 days from the date of adoption by the public agency and shall be deemed to meet…
    • § 8414 If a public agency fails to adopt flood plain regulations pursuant to Section 8411, or fails to adopt new flood plain regulations within 180 days of receipt of…
    • § 8414.2 No public agency shall revise flood plain regulations established to meet the requirements of Section 8411 or shall grant a variance from such regulations…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Administrative Regulations § 8415 · 1 section
    • § 8415 The department and the board, within their respective jurisdictions as provided in this chapter, shall establish general policy and may prescribe such rules…