Cal. Fish & Game Code § 6023
Conduits and Screens: Diversions Less Than 250 Cubic Feet per Second
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2011
(a) The department shall serve written notice upon each owner of its intention to install a fish screen.
The department shall serve written notice upon each owner of its intention to install a fish screen, and shall describe therein the distance downstream from the intake or in other manner the location of the screen, the access required, and the amount of water required for the bypass. The notice shall be served upon the owner in duplicate, and in such form that the original copy upon signature by the owner shall serve as an agreement to the installation of the screen or device under the terms therein, and shall require the owner to render such assistance, other than mechanical repair or replacement of parts, necessary to keep the screen or device in satisfactory operating condition. The hiring of additional labor shall not be required for such assistance.
(b) The notice shall describe the location of the screen, the access required, and the amount of water required for the bypass. The location of the screen may be described by the distance downstream from the intake or by another method.
(c) The notice shall be served upon the owner in duplicate.
(d) Once signed by the owner, the notice shall serve as an agreement to the installation of the screen or device, according to the terms set out in the notice.
(e) The signed agreement shall require the owner to render any assistance, other than mechanical repair or replacement of parts, necessary to keep the screen or device in satisfactory operating condition. The hiring of additional labor shall not be required for that assistance.
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