SECTIONS 9120-9122 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 9120-9122

9120. (a) The department shall prepare and the board shall adopt a
flood control system status report for the State Plan of Flood
Control. This status report shall be updated periodically, as
determined by the board. For the purposes of preparing the report,
the department shall inspect the project levees and review available
information to ascertain whether there are evident deficiencies.
(b) The status report shall include identification and description
of each facility, an estimate of the risk of levee failure, a
discussion of the inspection and review undertaken pursuant to
subdivision (a), and appropriate recommendations regarding the levees
and future work activities.
(c) On or before December 31, 2008, the board shall advise the
Legislature, in writing, as to the board's schedule of implementation
of this section.

9121. (a) On or before September 1, 2010, and on or before
September 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall provide
written notice to each landowner whose property is determined to be
entirely or partially within a levee flood protection zone.
(b) The notice shall include statements regarding all of the
following:
(1) The property is located behind a levee.
(2) Levees reduce, but do not eliminate, the risk of flooding and
are subject to catastrophic failure.
(3) If available, the level of flood risk as described in the
flood control system status report described in Section 9120 and a
levee flood protection zone map prepared in accordance with Section
9130.
(4) The state recommends that property owners in a levee flood
protection zone obtain flood insurance, such as insurance provided by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the National Flood
Insurance Program.
(5) Information about purchasing federal flood insurance.
(6) The Internet address of the Web site that contains the
information required by the flood management report described in
Section 9141.
(7) Any other information determined by the department to be
relevant.
(c) A county, with assistance from the department, shall annually
provide to the department, by electronic means, lists of names and
addresses of property owners in a levee flood protection zone located
in that county.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the department
may enter into contracts with private companies to provide the
notices required by this section.

9122. The board shall determine the areas benefited by facilities
of the State Plan of Flood Control based on information developed by
the department.