California Water Code ARTICLE 1 - Department of Water Resources

• Section 120.
  There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Water Resources, which is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of...
• Section 122.
  The director, in addition to being subject to removal from office by the Governor, may be removed from office by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution...
• Section 123.
  Except as provided in Section 179, the department succeeds to and is vested with all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction in matters...
• Section 124.
  Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this code, the provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing at Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title...
• Section 125.
  For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the department with the approval of the Governor in the manner he deems necessary to segregate...
• Section 126.
  There shall be one Deputy Director of Water Resources who shall be a civil executive officer and shall be appointed by the Governor and serve...
• Section 127.
  The department may employ legal counsel who shall advise the director, represent the department in connection with legal matters before other boards and agencies of...
• Section 127.5.
  The department may utilize the program manager class series that was created for the California Bay-Delta Authority, for positions to manage vital departmental activities, including...
• Section 128.
  (a) In times of extraordinary stress and of disaster, resulting from storms and floods, or where damage to watershed lands by forest fires has created an...
• Section 130.
  The department may prepare, publish, and issue such printed pamphlets and bulletins as the director deems necessary for the dissemination of information to the public...
• Section 131.
  The department may employ such assistance as may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties, and may purchase or rent any necessary supplies,...
• Section 132.
  Where work to be performed, which would otherwise be subject to the State Contract Act, does not lend itself to the preparation of plans and...
• Section 133.
  The department may cooperate and contract with any agency of the State or of the United States in order to carry out its powers and...
• Section 134.
  The department may expend money appropriated for the administration of the laws the enforcement of which is committed to the department. The department may expend...
• Section 134.5.
  The Director of Finance shall administratively establish positions necessary to implement activities funded by the appropriations made in Division 33 (commencing with Section 83000).(Added by...
• Section 135.
  The Water Resources Revolving Fund in the State Treasury is continued in existence. With the approval of the Department of Finance, there shall be transferred...
• Section 135.1.
  All sums in the Water Resources Revolving Fund in the State Treasury, maintained pursuant to Section 135, in a sum not to exceed seven hundred...
• Section 136.
  The Department of Water Resources shall file against the Water Resources Revolving Fund all claims covering expenditures incurred in connection with services, new construction, major...
• Section 137.
  The Department of Water Resources shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each specific portion of the revolving fund, and any unused balance...
• Section 138.
  The director may authorize the refund of moneys received or collected by the department in payment of fees, licenses, permits, tolls, or for rentals, property...
• Section 138.10.
  (a) On or before January 1, 2006, the director, in collaboration with the Secretary of Interior or his or her designee, shall prepare a plan to...
• Section 138.12.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in a general obligation bond act, the maximum amount that may be allocated for administrative expenses shall not exceed 5 percent...
• Section 139.2.
  The department shall evaluate the potential impacts on water supplies derived from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta based on 50-, 100-, and 200-year projections for each...
• Section 139.4.
  (a) The department and the Department of Fish and Game shall determine the principal options for the delta.(b) The department shall evaluate and comparatively rate each option...
• Section 140.
  (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, which shall not exceed seven million dollars ($7,000,000), the department shall provide funding for a project that substantially conforms to...
• Section 141.
  (a) The department may establish a program to authorize private entities to lease space above or adjacent to appropriate conveyance facilities of the State Water Project...
• Section 141.5.
  The department shall proceed with the construction of the South Delta Improvements Program, but shall not commence the operational phase of the program until the...
• Section 142.
  (a) In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with water and energy usage, on and after January 1, 2008, the department shall do all of...
• Section 147.
  (a) On or before January 10, 2010, and annually thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit to the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of the Legislature...
• Section 147.3.
  (a) (1) The department shall conduct a voluntary statewide survey of local regional water supply projects and post the results of the survey on the department’s Internet...
• Section 147.5.
  At least 60 days prior to the final approval of the renewal or extension of a long-term water supply contract between the department and a...

Last modified: October 22, 2018