(a) On or before September 30 of each year, a local agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of a project levee shall prepare and submit to the department, in a format specified by the department, a report of information for inclusion in periodic flood management reports prepared by the department relating to the project levee. The information submitted to the department shall include all of the following:
(1) Information known to the local agency that is relevant to the condition or performance of the project levee.
(2) Information identifying known conditions that might impair or compromise the level of flood protection provided by the project levee.
(3) A summary of the maintenance performed by the local agency during the previous fiscal year.
(4) A statement of work and estimated cost for operation and maintenance of the project levee for the current fiscal year, as approved by the local agency.
(5) Any other readily available information contained in the records of the local agency relevant to the condition or performance of the project levee, as determined by the board or the department.
(b) A local agency described in subdivision (a) that operates and maintains a nonproject levee that also benefits land within the boundaries of the area benefited by the project levee shall include information pursuant to subdivision (a) with regard to the nonproject levee.
(c) A local agency that incurs costs for the maintenance or improvement of a project or nonproject levee under the delta levee maintenance subventions program established pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980) of Division 6 may submit information submitted to satisfy the requirements of that program to meet the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), but may do so only for that reach of the levee included in that program.
(d) (1) A local agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of a levee not otherwise subject to this section may voluntarily prepare and submit to the department or the board a flood management report for posting on the Internet Web site of the department or the board.
(2) A flood management report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made available on the Internet Web site of the board if the local agency is partially or wholly within the geographical boundaries of the board’s jurisdiction. Otherwise, the report shall be made available on the Internet Web site of the department.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 368, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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