9121
Effective Jan 1, 2008Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 368, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2008.
- (a) On or before September 1, 2010, and on or before September 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall provide written notice to each landowner whose property is determined to be entirely or partially within a levee flood protection zone.
(b) The notice shall include statements regarding all of the following:
- (1) The property is located behind a levee.
- (2) Levees reduce, but do not eliminate, the risk of flooding and are subject to catastrophic failure.
- (3) If available, the level of flood risk as described in the flood control system status report described in Section 9120 and a levee flood protection zone map prepared in accordance with Section 9130.
- (4) The state recommends that property owners in a levee flood protection zone obtain flood insurance, such as insurance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the National Flood Insurance Program.
- (5) Information about purchasing federal flood insurance.
- (6) The Internet address of the Web site that contains the information required by the flood management report described in Section 9141.
- (7) Any other information determined by the department to be relevant.
- (c) A county, with assistance from the department, shall annually provide to the department, by electronic means, lists of names and addresses of property owners in a levee flood protection zone located in that county.
- (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the department may enter into contracts with private companies to provide the notices required by this section.