Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the flood mitigation board created in section 418.5 . 2. “Department” means the department of homeland security and emergency management created in section 29C.5 . 3. “Hazardous event” means an event caused by a levee’s uncontrolled or controlled release of surface water in a manner that may injure humans and animals or damage real and personal property used for agricultural, commercial, industrial, residential, or public purposes. 4. “Levee district” means a levee district, including a subdistrict, established pursuant to chapter 468 . 5. “Office” means the office of levee safety created in section 418A.3 . 6. “Program” means the levee improvement program established pursuant to section 418A.5 . 7. “Survey” means the Iowa geological survey created in section 456.1 . 2023 Acts, ch 163, §3, 10