California § 8609 - The board may designate floodways throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin River
Full text of California Public Contract Code - PCC § 8609 — The board may designate floodways throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin River, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8609. The board may designate floodways throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin River
(a) The board may designate floodways throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers drainage to control encroachments in, and to preserve the flow regimens of, floodways for the purpose of protecting public improvements, lives, land use values, and improvements created in reliance upon historical flooding patterns. (b) As used in this part, âSacramento and San Joaquin Rivers drainage,â or equivalent language, means all lands currently and historically drained by the Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River and their tributaries and distributaries. (c) This section is declaratory of existing law.
Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About California § 8609
What does Public Contract Code - PCC § 8609 cover?
Section 8609 ("The board may designate floodways throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin River") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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