California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 3 - Conduits and Screens: Diversions Over 250 Cubic Feet per Second

  • Section 5980.
    This article shall apply only to conduits described in Section 5987, and conduits with a maximum flow capacity over 250 cubic feet per second of...
  • Section 5981.
    The department shall examine all conduits; and order the owner of a conduit to install, and it is the duty of such an owner to...
  • Section 5982.
    An order to install a screen shall be in writing, and shall specify the type, size, mesh, material and location of the screen, the time...
  • Section 5983.
    When an order is made to install a screen, the department shall pay the owner of the conduit upon whom the order is served one-half...
  • Section 5984.
    If the expense of constructing or installing a screen exceeds the estimated expense the department shall, upon written notification by the owner of the conduit,...
  • Section 5985.
    The owner of the conduit shall, within 10 days after completing the installation of the screen, return to the department any surplus money advanced by...
  • Section 5986.
    All money paid by the department to the owner of a conduit pursuant to this article shall be paid out of the Fish and Game...
  • Section 5987.
    The department shall not pay one-half of the expense of the construction and installation of any screen as provided in Sections 5981, 5983, and 5984...
  • Section 5988.
    When a screen has been installed, the owner may, by written notice within 90 days after such installation, request the department to inspect the screen...
  • Section 5989.
    After acceptance, should the screen fail to function in an efficient manner, no changes in conditions affecting its operation having occurred subsequent to the acceptance...
  • Section 5990.
    It is unlawful for the owner of a conduit to refuse, fail, or neglect to install a screen in compliance with an order from the...
  • Section 5991.
    In lieu of the department’s ordering the owner to install a screen the department may, at its option, elect to construct and install the screen...
  • Section 5992.
    Any screen installed under any of the provisions of this article shall be reasonably adequate to prevent fish from passing into the conduit and not...
  • Section 5993.
    Before the installation of any screen under the provisions of this article, the department and the owner shall enter into an agreement defining the method...

Last modified: October 22, 2018