California Government Code 65962.1 – (a) For purposes of Sections 65865.5, 65962, and 66474.5, the …
(a) For purposes of Sections 65865.5, 65962, and 66474.5, the Mossdale Tract shall achieve the urban level of flood protection by 2028.
(b) For purposes of this section, “Mossdale Tract” means an area of land identified as Reclamation District No. 17 on page 144 of Bulletin No. 37 (1930) of the Department of Water Resources, along with such contiguous urban and urbanizing areas to the east of the tract as would be subject to flooding from the San Joaquin River at an urban level of flood protection.
Terms Used In California Government Code 65962.1
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- Urban level of flood protection: means the level of protection that is necessary to withstand flooding that has a 1-in-200 chance of occurring in any given year using criteria consistent with, or developed by, the Department of Water Resources. See California Government Code 65007
(c) Notwithstanding § 8307 of the Water Code, the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency may be required to contribute its fair and reasonable share of any property damage caused by a flood to the extent that the state‘s exposure to liability for property damage has been increased by cities or counties unreasonably approving, as defined in § 8307 of the Water Code, any new development in the Mossdale Tract between the years 2025 and 2028.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 208, Sec. 3. (AB 838) Effective January 1, 2021.)