California Water Code ARTICLE 6 - Enforcement of Unauthorized Activities and Encroachments

• Section 8700.
  (a) It is unlawful for any person or public agency to interfere with, obstruct the performance, maintenance, or operation of, or otherwise take actions that may...
• Section 8701.
  (a) If the board or the executive officer determines that any person or public agency has undertaken, is threatening to undertake, or maintains any encroachment, flood...
• Section 8701.2.
  (a) If the board or executive officer determines that any person or public agency has failed to adequately respond to a notice of violation, the board...
• Section 8701.4.
  (a) If the board or executive officer determines that any person or public agency has failed to correct a violation as outlined in a cease and...
• Section 8702.
  (a) The board, following notice and opportunity for a hearing, may order the removal or modification of an encroachment that was previously issued a permit by...
• Section 8703.
  Notice and service required by this article shall be provided to the person or public agency believed to be responsible for the violation and the...
• Section 8704.
  (a) Civil penalties may be imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction against any person or public agency that undertakes an activity, flood system improvement, or...
• Section 8704.1.
  (a) Administrative penalties may be imposed by the board in the same manner as civil penalties described in Section 8704, upon an enforcement hearing and issuance...
• Section 8704.2.
  (a) Pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 8701.4, the board or the board’s designee shall have the authority to record a lien with the county recorder...
• Section 8704.4.
  The remedies provided by this article are not exclusive of, but shall be concurrent with and in addition to, any other remedy, penalty, or sanction...
• Section 8705.
  The Flood Risk Management Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. All funds received from fees pursuant to Section 8535 and from penalties pursuant...
• Section 8706.
  The board may maintain actions in the name of the state to compel by injunction the owner or owners of any bridge, trestle, wire line,...
• Section 8706.5.
  Any activity that does or may interfere with, obstruct the performance, maintenance, or operation of, or otherwise adversely affect facilities of the State Plan of...
• Section 8707.
  If the board or Attorney General prevails in a civil action to enforce this part, or if a local agency prevails in a civil action...
• Section 8708.
  (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the department, the board, the executive officer, or a levee-maintaining agency from taking any action to...
• Section 8709.
  The board shall adopt emergency regulations necessary to implement this article in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division...

Last modified: October 22, 2018