CHAPTER 1. Definitions and General Provisions [8520. - 8539.]

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.

§§ 8520–8539 · 20 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 8520–8523 · 6 sections

   • § 8520 Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this part of this division of this code.
   • § 8521 “Board” means the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. Any reference to the Reclamation Board in this or any other code means the Central Valley Flood…
   • § 8522 “Drainage district” means the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District.
   • § 8522.3 “Facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 5096.805 of the Public Resources Code.
   • § 8522.5 “Project levee” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (g) of Section 5096.805 of the Public Resources Code.
   • § 8523 “State Plan of Flood Control” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (j) of Section 5096.805 of the Public Resources Code.
2. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 8525–8539 · 14 sections

   • § 8525 The report of the California Debris Commission transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States by the Secretary of War on June…
   • § 8526 The board in conjunction with the California Debris Commission shall execute the plan approved by this chapter, and the board may make such modifications and…
   • § 8527 For the purpose of cooperating in the carrying out and completion of the plan approved in Section 8525, and on condition that the United States will likewise…
   • § 8528 The intent of the next preceding section is to provide for substantially equal contributions by the United States, the State and local interests to the total…
   • § 8529 All money appropriated under authority of Section 8527 shall be expended in accordance with the plans, specifications and recommendations of the California…
   • § 8530 The board shall have control and jurisdiction over the plans of the California Debris Commission and such other plans as may be adopted by the board, excepting…
   • § 8531 The Statutes of California as existing on April 1, 1923, shall be observed and followed: (a) In all plans, hearings, notices and proceedings relating to the…
   • § 8532 The State has a primary interest in adequately protecting lands overflowed, or subject to overflow, in confining the waters of rivers, tributaries, by-passes…
   • § 8533 The State has a primary and supreme interest in having erected, maintained and protected on the banks of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, their…
   • § 8534 The board at all times shall enforce on behalf of the State the erection, maintenance and protection of such levees, embankments and channel rectification as…
   • § 8535 Consistent with Section 3 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, the board, after holding at least one public hearing, may set and charge fees…
   • § 8536 The board has no power, jurisdiction, authority or control over the construction, operation or maintenance of the Central Valley Project or any part of it.
   • § 8538 No county or public officer shall charge or receive any fee for any of the services required to be performed by him under the provisions of this part, but any…
   • § 8539 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is an urgent need for channel clearing and desnagging in many California waterways, and that these snags…