California Public Resources Code 75032 – The sum of two hundred seventy five million dollars ($275,000,000) …
The sum of two hundred seventy five million dollars ($275,000,000) shall be available to the department for the following flood control projects:
(a) The inspection and evaluation of the integrity and capability of existing flood control project facilities and the development of an economically viable flood control rehabilitation plan.
Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 75032
- Department: means the Department of Water Resources. See California Public Resources Code 75005
- Development: includes , but is not limited to the physical improvement of real property including the construction of facilities or structures. See California Public Resources Code 75005
- Protection: means those actions necessary to prevent harm or damage to persons, property or natural resources or those actions necessary to allow the continued use and enjoyment of property or natural resources and includes acquisition, development, restoration, preservation and interpretation. See California Public Resources Code 75005
- Restoration: means the improvement of physical structures or facilities and, in the case of natural systems and landscape features includes, but is not limited to, projects for the control of erosion, the control and elimination of exotic species, prescribed burning, fuel hazard reduction, fencing out threats to existing or restored natural resources, road elimination, and other plant and wildlife habitat improvement to increase the natural system value of the property. See California Public Resources Code 75005
(b) Improvement, construction, modification, and relocation of flood control levees, weirs, or bypasses including repair of critical bank and levee erosion.
(c) Projects to improve the department’s emergency response capability.
(d) Environmental mitigation and infrastructure relocation costs related to projects under this section.
(e) To the extent feasible, the department shall implement a multi-objective management approach for floodplains that would include, but not be limited to, increased flood protection, ecosystem restoration, and farmland protection.
(Added November 7, 2006, by initiative Proposition 84.)