Section 1610 Of Chapter 6. Fish And Wildlife Protection And Conservation From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter does
not apply to any of the following:
(1) Immediate emergency work necessary to protect life or
property.
(2) Immediate emergency repairs to public service facilities
necessary to maintain service as a result of a disaster in an area in
which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor
pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of
Title 2 of the Government Code.
(3) Emergency projects undertaken, carried out, or approved by a
state or local governmental agency to maintain, repair, or restore an
existing highway, as defined in Section 360 of the Vehicle Code,
within the existing right-of-way of the highway, that has been
damaged as a result of fire, flood, storm, earthquake, land
subsidence, gradual earth movement, or landslide, within one year of
the damage. Work needed in the vicinity above and below a highway may
be conducted outside of the existing right-of-way if it is needed to
stop ongoing or recurring mudslides, landslides, or erosion that
pose an immediate threat to the highway, or to restore those roadways
damaged by mudslides, landslides, or erosion to their predamage
condition and functionality. This paragraph does not exempt from this
chapter any project undertaken, carried out, or approved by a state
or local governmental agency to expand or widen a highway damaged by
fire, flood, storm, earthquake, land subsidence, gradual earth
movement, or landslide. The exception provided in this paragraph does
not apply to a highway designated as an official state scenic
highway pursuant to Section 262 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(b) The entity performing the emergency work described in
subdivision (a) shall notify the department of the work, in writing,
within 14 days of beginning the work. Any work described in the
emergency notification that does not meet the criteria for the
emergency work described in subdivision (a) is a violation of this
chapter if the entity did not first notify the department in
accordance with Section 1602.