California Public Resources Code 5093.55 – Other than temporary flood storage facilities permitted pursuant to …
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Other than temporary flood storage facilities permitted pursuant to Section 5093.57, no dam, reservoir, diversion, or other water impoundment facility may be constructed on any river and segment thereof designated in Section 5093.54; nor may a water diversion facility be constructed on the river and segment unless and until the secretary determines that the facility is needed to supply domestic water to the residents of the county or counties through which the river and segment flows, and unless and until the secretary determines that the facility will not adversely affect the free-flowing condition and natural character of the river and segment.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 545, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 5093.55
- County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
- Free-flowing: means existing or flowing without artificial impoundment, diversion, or other modification of the river. See California Public Resources Code 5093.52
- River: means the water, bed, and shoreline of rivers, streams, channels, lakes, bays, estuaries, marshes, wetlands, and lagoons, up to the first line of permanently established riparian vegetation. See California Public Resources Code 5093.52
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the Resources Agency. See California Public Resources Code 5093.52