ARTICLE 1. General Powers

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

§§ 8590–8613 · 25 sections

§ 8590 To carry out the primary state interest described in Section 8532, the board may do any of the following: (a) Acquire either within or outside the boundaries…
§ 8590.2 In acquiring interests in land necessary for the purposes specified in Section 8590 and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8676, the board in…
§ 8591 The board has no power, authority, or jurisdiction, either directly or indirectly, except as provided in this division, to incur any indebtedness or expend any…
§ 8592 The board has the same power, authority and jurisdiction in reference to the adoption and carrying to completion of any work or project involved in or…
§ 8593 The board may acquire by eminent domain in the name of the drainage district any property necessary for any of the purposes set forth in this part.
§ 8596 The board may maintain actions in the name of the people of the State to restrain, or to recover damages for, the doing of any act or thing that may be…
§ 8597 Any damages so recovered shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the drainage district and the assessment for the particular portion or…
§ 8598 The board may also do any of the following: (a) Establish a standard of levee construction. (b) Do any and all things necessary or incident to the powers…
§ 8598.5 Notwithstanding Section 6402 of the Public Resources Code, the board may sell or lease surplus real property which is held in fee by the Sacramento and San…
§ 8599 The board may undertake any construction work that it is authorized to do by this part, free from any control or jurisdiction of the department.
§ 8600 Subject to the provisions of the State Contract Act any construction work undertaken by the board may be done wholly or partly by contract let by the board in…
§ 8600.5 (a) The governing body of a public entity that is authorized by law to construct, manage, maintain, or repair levees, channels, or other flood control works…
§ 8601 The board may construct, purchase, rent, sell or exchange dredgers, machines, appliances, tools, apparatus and other property necessary or convenient for doing…
§ 8602 The cost of the equipment and property shall be apportioned to and paid from the funds raised from the several assessments levied or to be levied by the board…
§ 8603 The board may rent for use by others idle dredgers or other equipment.
§ 8604 The rental received shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the balance remaining unexpended of the assessments against which the cost of such…
§ 8605 The board may inspect and supervise any work done or under construction pursuant to the provisions of this part.
§ 8606 The board may insert a stipulation providing for such inspection and supervision in any order, contract or other instrument, relating to the work authorized in…
§ 8608 The board shall establish and enforce standards for the maintenance and operation of levees, channels, and other flood control works of an authorized project…
§ 8609 (a) The board may designate floodways throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers drainage to control encroachments in, and to preserve the flow regimens…
§ 8610 The board shall offer to lease to the Department of Fish and Game, or to an appropriate public resource protection or public conservation agency or…
§ 8610.5 (a) (1) The board shall adopt regulations relating to evidentiary hearings pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Part 1 of Division 3 of…
§ 8611 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), prior to construction at a site of a flood control, channel clearance, or bank stabilization project, the board, in…
§ 8612 (a) On or before December 31, 2008, the department shall prepare, and the board shall adopt, a schedule for mapping areas at risk of flooding in the Sacramento…
§ 8613 (a) The board or the department may establish a program of mitigation banking for the activities of the board or the department under this part and for the…