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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this part.
(a) “Emergency plan” and “state emergency plan” have the meanings set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 8560 of the Government Code.
(b) “Essential service providers” includes, but is not limited to, hospitals, fire stations, police stations, and jails.
(c) “Long-term health care facility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 1418 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) “Project levee” means any levee that is part of the facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control.
(e) “Residential care facility for the elderly” has the same meaning as defined in Section 1569.2 of the Health and Safety Code.
(f) “School” means a public or private preschool, elementary school, or secondary school or institution.
(g) “State Plan of Flood Control” means the state and federal flood control works, lands, programs, plans, policies, conditions, and mode of maintenance and operations of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project described in Section 8350, and of flood control projects in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River watersheds authorized pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 12648) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 6 for which the board or the department has provided the assurances of nonfederal cooperation to the United States, and those facilities identified in Section 8361.
(h)(1) “Upgrade of a project levee” means installing a levee underseepage control system, increasing the height or bulk of a levee, installing a slurry wall or sheet pile into the levee, rebuilding a levee because of internal geotechnical flaws, or adding a stability berm.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an upgrade of a project levee does not include any action undertaken on an emergency basis.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Water Code - WAT § 9651 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/water-code/wat-sect-9651/
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