SECTION 1.
Three million five hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($3,525,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Water Resources, for expenditure in the 1997–98 fiscal year, for support of projects specified in a report prepared by the Flood Emergency Action Team, dated May 10, 1997, as follows:(a) Three hundred sixty thousand dollars ($360,000) for flood center event tracking and computer mapping.
(b) Nine hundred fifty thousand dollars ($950,000) to ensure the integrity of the Sacramento River Flood Control System.
(c) (1) One million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) to do all of the following:
(A) Conduct computer modeling studies and prepare floodplain mapping of rural areas with potential for urbanization, newly identified floodplains, and flood hazard areas with undefined 100-year flood elevations.
(B) Develop geographical information systems capability to facilitate floodplain mapping and acquire computer equipment and software for that purpose.
(C) Administer contracts with engineering firms to supplement computer-modeled floodplain studies.
(2) The funds designated for expenditure pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be used for any other floodplain management purpose.
(d) Three hundred forty thousand dollars ($340,000) for the improvement of inspection services relating to levees, structures, designated floodways, and levee encroachment construction.
(e) Four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($475,000) to inspect dams that made large spillway releases during the 1997 floods for damage that may impair the ability of the dams to safely pass future floodflows.