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Chapter VII Embankment Projects
Article 46
An embankment project plan shall include the following:
1.Project location, starting/ending point, length and cross-section.
2.Project standards.
3.Project time-limit.
4.Project cost estimations.
5.Project planning sketches and illustrations.
6.Project benefit and the benefited area.
7.Other.
Article 47
The benefited area of an embankment project shall refer to the protected region under the embankment project plan already approved by the competent water conservancy authority.
Article 48
The collection of community development fees for embankment projects shall be limited to the directly benefited lands and the improvements thereon within the benefited area of the project and the fees shall be imposed upon the owner, dien right holder, and public land buyer of said lands and the improvements thereon.
Article 49
Embankment projects shall grade the benefit levels according to the expected benefit under project planning and the past records of flood disasters, and determine the respective percentages of community development fees different grade levels should bear. The lands within the same grading level shall bear a share in proportion to their respective land area percentage to the total land area of their grade.
Article 50
The past records of flood disasters as referred to in the preceding article shall mean the flooded depth, frequency, and duration on the lands and the improvements thereon within the benefited area. Where said flooding records are not available, estimations by the planned floodwater volume, and the location and topography of the project can be used for grading purposes; alternatively, an averaged fixed rate may be applied to the entire benefited area.