Article 3. Review Of Flood Plain Management Plans of California Water Code >> Division 5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.

Prior to the establishment by a public agency of flood plain management regulations, the public agency may request and receive a review by the department or the board of the public agency's flood plain management plans and shall furnish with the request necessary hydrologic studies, including flood routings or surveys adequate to properly delineate flood plain categories together with such additional supporting data as the department or the board may require.

Where adequate personnel are not available to a public agency to prepare the necessary flood routing or other engineering data needed for support of its flood plain management plans, the department or board may, upon request of the public agency, make or cause to be made the necessary investigation and provide the data to the requesting public agency for its use in developing such plans. The cost of such investigations shall be borne by the public agency making the request.