California Water Code ARTICLE 7 - Approval of Plans

• Section 8710.
  Every plan of reclamation, flood control, drainage, improvement, dredging or work, that includes or contemplates the construction, enlargement, revetment or alteration of any levee, embankment,...
• Section 8710.1.
  The provisions of Section 8710 shall not apply to any work of interior irrigation or drainage upon reclaimed land, which work is not actually on,...
• Section 8710.5.
  Whenever any irrigation, drainage, levee, or flood control district makes application for the approval required by the next preceding section, all of the provisions of...
• Section 8711.
  Any such plan is void until approved by the board, and no work shall be done without the permission of the board.(Added by Stats. 1943,...
• Section 8712.
  No levee along a river or by-pass at any of the places mentioned in this article, nor any levee forming part of any of the...
• Section 8713.
  The owner of any existing levee at any of the places mentioned in this article may raise, widen, or strengthen the levee, if before work...
• Section 8714.
  No claim shall ever be made against the board or the drainage district for compensation, through or by assessment or otherwise, for any part of...
• Section 8715.
  Any existing levee may be protected or strengthened in case of emergency during the season of flood water, where it is in danger of injury...
• Section 8716.
  Notice of emergency work shall be immediately given to the board.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
• Section 8717.
  All emergency work shall be subject to the subsequent approval of the board, and the board may require its removal or alteration if not approved.(Added...
• Section 8718.
  No levee, embankment or other structure within any by-pass or overflow channel adopted by the board shall be raised, widened, strengthened or altered without permission...
• Section 8719.
  The doing of any act or construction of any work mentioned in this article, or permitting the work to remain after such construction, without the...
• Section 8720.
  Any person who does any act contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by...
• Section 8721.
  Any plans or specifications adopted or approved by the board for any work to be done pursuant to this part may be changed or altered,...
• Section 8722.
  The board may at any time change or alter the plans or specifications for work undertaken upon its own initiative.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)
• Section 8723.
  The board may refuse to approve any such plan if in the judgment of the board the plan will or may1. Be injurious to or damage...

Last modified: October 22, 2018