CHAPTER 1. Investigation of Projects
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 196.
§§ 12570–12634.3 · 60 sections
ARTICLE 1. Short Title § 12570 · 1 section
- § 12570 Chapters 1 and 2 of this part shall be known and may be cited as “The State Water Resources Law of 1945.”
ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 12571–12573 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 3. Declarations of Policy §§ 12578–12586 · 23 sections
- § 12578 It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a primary interest in the control and conservation of flood waters, prevention of damage by flood…
- § 12579 It is hereby declared that recurrent floods on streams and rivers, and other waterways of the State, causing loss of life and property, disruption of commerce,…
- § 12580 It is further declared that the State should engage in the study and coordination of all water development projects, including flood control projects,…
- § 12581 In studying water development projects, full consideration shall be given to all beneficial uses of the State’s water resources, including irrigation,…
- § 12582 Fish and wildlife values, both economic and recreational, shall be given consideration in any flood control or water conservation program. In the design,…
- § 12582.5 Recreational uses, such as walkways, pathways, access points and view areas, shall be given consideration in any flood control or water conservation program.…
- § 12582.7 (a) A flood management project that receives financial assistance under this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800) shall meet all of the…
- § 12583 It is the intention of the Legislature that it will be the policy of the State that the amount of financial assistance to be given by the State to each project…
- § 12583.1 It is also declared to be the policy of the state that the state shall not provide financial assistance for relocation, reconstruction, or replacement of…
- § 12584 Notwithstanding all other provisions of Chapters 1 and 2 of this part, appropriations will be made by the State, from time to time by law, to pay for the cost…
- § 12585 In the event that the Congress after September 22, 1951, authorizes and approves projects, wherein financial assistance is required of local agencies of this…
- § 12585.1 The costs of local co-operation shall include, as to projects specifically adopted and authorized by the Congress and the Legislature, costs hereafter incurred…
- § 12585.2 Notwithstanding any other provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800) of this part, and this chapter,…
- § 12585.3 The local agency may receive credit against its share of the costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way as determined in subdivisions (b) and (d) of Section…
- § 12585.4 Whenever specifically authorized by the Legislature, the department or the board may lend the local agency the funds necessary to pay the local portion of the…
- § 12585.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639), Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800), and this chapter, the following…
- § 12585.6 For projects authorized by the Legislature prior to January 1, 1987, or for small flood control projects authorized by Section 12750 for which the department…
- § 12585.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639), or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800), the following…
- § 12585.8 For all projects funded in accordance with Section 12585.7, the local agency shall receive credit against its share for the value of the lands, easements, and…
- § 12585.9 The department or the Reclamation Board shall review flood control projects prior to authorization for the purposes of determining whether the project’s…
- § 12585.10 Section 161 does not apply to the adoption or revision of regulations, guidelines, or criteria to implement Section 12582.7 and 12585.7.
- § 12585.12 The department and the board may participate with the federal government or local agencies in the design of environmental enhancements associated with a…
- § 12586 It is the intention of the Legislature that nothing in Chapters 1 and 2 of this part shall be deemed to change the policy of the State respecting that certain…
ARTICLE 4. Administrative Provisions §§ 12601–12612 · 11 sections
- § 12601 The department shall establish general policies, prescribe rules and regulations for the general administration of Chapters 1 and 2 of this part, and may…
- § 12602 The department, or a representative authorized by the department to do so, may call, conduct or attend conferences or hearings, official or unofficial, within…
- § 12603 The department shall keep itself informed as to any activities, requirements or procedures of the United States, its departments or agencies affecting any…
- § 12604 As to any matter involving the United States, its departments or agencies, which is within the scope of the powers and duties of the department, the department…
- § 12604.3 In matters concerning the coordination of planning, construction, and operation of federal water development and flood control projects in the State of…
- § 12606 The department may hold hearings and conduct investigations in any part of the State.
- § 12608 At any hearing by or on behalf of the department any county, city, state agency, including the Department of Fish and Game, public district, association, or…
- § 12609 As a further means of carrying out the policies defined in Sections 12578 to 12582, inclusive, the department shall have the following powers and duties: (a)…
- § 12610 In performing the duties prescribed in Section 12609, the director, or his authorized representative, may travel either within or without the State and shall…
- § 12611 The department may cooperate with any county, city, state agency or public district on flood control and other water problems and when requested by such…
- § 12612 The department has no authority to undertake the construction of flood control or other water projects provided for under Chapters 1 and 2 of this part,…
ARTICLE 5. Investigation of Water Development Projects §§ 12616–12634.3 · 23 sections
- § 12616 The department may conduct investigations of the water resources of the State, formulate plans for the control, conservation, protection, and utilization of…
- § 12617 The department, upon its own initiative, or when requested in writing by a county, city, state agency or public district, may investigate, conduct surveys and…
- § 12617.1 The department, in making investigations and plans for water projects and for the solution of the water problems of the state pursuant to Sections 12616 and…
- § 12618 The department may recommend the construction of any project, including the time for constructing it, and the amount of funds which should be allocated or…
- § 12619 Reports and recommendations shall be submitted by the department to each county, city, state agency, or public district which has appeared at any hearing held…
- § 12620 Within 90 days from the date of submission of the report and recommendations of the department, or within such extended period as the department may grant for…
- § 12621 After the expiration of the period or extended period for the submission of written views and recommendations, or prior thereto in the event all those entitled…
- § 12622 Investigations which form the basis of any reports and recommendations of the department shall be conducted to the extent deemed practicable by the department…
- § 12623 Prior to adoption of any report and recommendations authorized pursuant to Sections 12616 to 12622, inclusive, and Section 12626, the department shall hold a…
- § 12624 In making recommendation to the Legislature respecting the amount of financial assistance to be given by the State, as provided for in Sections 12616 to 12623,…
- § 12625 In determining the cost of any project, damage to fish and wildlife that will probably result shall be included in the amount of the cost.
- § 12626 Reports and recommendations made by the department shall be advisory only and the Legislature shall finally determine the priorities in building such projects…
- § 12627 It is the intention of the Legislature that the department shall investigate all phases of any proposed water project, including flood control, water…
- § 12627.3 It is declared to be the policy of the State that the costs of solution of seepage and erosion problems which arise or will arise by reason of construction and…
- § 12627.4 The department, in making investigations and plans for water projects and in making recommendations thereon to the Governor and the Legislature, shall include…
- § 12628 In a multiple-type project authorized and adopted by Congress, which includes, in addition to works for flood control purposes, works and construction for…
- § 12629 In a multiple-type project which includes works and construction for flood control and for other than flood control purposes, and in projects which do not…
- § 12630 Prior to recommending to the Legislature the approval for state assistance of any project, designed in whole or in part for flood control, adopted and…
- § 12631 The department, in addition to the reports and recommendations made to the Legislature as provided in Sections 12616 to 12623, inclusive, and Section 12626,…
- § 12632 Prior to any hearing and prior to beginning any investigation of the water problems of any specific portion of the State pursuant to Section 12616 or any…
- § 12633 Notice, to those who have filed and requested service by mail, shall be sent to the respective addresses of record at the time of mailing.
- § 12634 Notice given as provided in Sections 12632 and 12633 shall be deemed full and sufficient notice to all parties in interest of the hearing or investigation.
- § 12634.3 The department shall submit, prior to January 1st of each year, a report to the California Water Commission summarizing its activities, with emphasis on…