Section 9610 Of Chapter 2. Plan Development From California Water Code >> Division 5. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 2.
9610
. (a) (1) By July 1, 2008, the department shall develop
preliminary maps for the 100- and 200-year flood plains protected by
project levees. The 100-year flood plain maps shall be prepared using
criteria developed or accepted by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA).
(2) The department shall use available information from the 2002
Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins Comprehensive Study,
preliminary and regulatory FEMA flood insurance rate maps, recent
flood plain studies, and other sources to compile preliminary maps.
(3) The department shall provide the preliminary maps to cities
and counties within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley for use as best
available information relating to flood protection.
(4) The department shall post this information on the board's
Internet Web site and may periodically update the maps as necessary.
(b) By July 1, 2008, the department shall give notice to cities in
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley outside areas protected by project
levees regarding maps and other information as to flood risks
available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or another
federal, state, or local agency.
(c) On or before December 31, 2010, the department shall prepare a
status report on the progress and development of the Central Valley
Flood Protection Plan pursuant to Section 9612. The department shall
post this information on the board's Internet Web site, and make it
available to the public.
(d) (1) On or before July 2, 2013, and for the purpose of
providing information to cities and counties necessary for their
determinations relating to level of flood protection, the department
shall release flood plain maps that identify at a minimum the
facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control and the available data
as to the water surface elevation of flooding in urban areas in the
event of the failure of the facilities of the State Plan of Flood
Control during flooding that has a 1-in-200 chance of occurring in
any given year.
(2) Concurrent with the release of these maps and for the purpose
of assisting local agencies in determining their level of flood
protection, the department shall make available levee reliability
data for the facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control identified
in the maps.
(e) The department's issuance of flood plain maps shall not be
subject to the review and approval of the Office of Administrative
Law or to any other requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code.
(f) The state, or any state agency, shall not be liable for any
claim based upon the reasonable exercise or performance of a
discretionary or ministerial function or duty on the part of a state
agency or a state employee or officer in carrying out subdivision
(d).