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Water Code - WAT
DIVISION 2 - WATER

Section 2100. - 2100. After the department has submitted to the board recommendations...

Section 2101. - 2101. (a) Before filing or intervening in any such action...

Section 2102. - 2102. As used in this article, “minor quantities of water”...

CHAPTER 3 - Statutory Adjudications

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 2500. - 2500. As used in this chapter, “stream system” includes stream,...

Section 2500.5. - 2500.5. (a) As used in this chapter with respect to...

Section 2501. - 2501. The board may determine, in the proceedings provided for...

Section 2502. - 2502. If the board finds that the use by any...

Section 2503. - 2503. As used in this chapter, “minor quantities of water”...

ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Preliminary Proceedings

Section 2525. - 2525. Upon petition signed by one or more claimants to...

Section 2526. - 2526. As soon as practicable after granting the petition the...

Section 2527. - 2527. The notice shall be published at least once a...

Section 2528. - 2528. Whenever proceedings are instituted for the determination of rights...

Section 2529. - 2529. (a) Within 60 days after the date by which...

ARTICLE 3 - Investigation of Stream System

Section 2550. - 2550. As soon as practicable after granting the petition, the...

Section 2551. - 2551. During the investigation the representatives of the board shall,...

Section 2552. - 2552. Each claimant shall have available at the detailed field...

Section 2553. - 2553. Immediately upon conclusion of the detailed field investigation, the...

Section 2554. - 2554. During the investigation of the stream system, the board...

Section 2555. - 2555. Water users not present during conduct of the detailed...

ARTICLE 4 - Proof of Claim

Section 2575. - 2575. The proof of claim shall be filed with the...

Section 2576. - 2576. Each claimant shall certify to the proof of claim...

Section 2577. - 2577. Any person not submitting a proof of claim to...

ARTICLE 5 - Report and Preliminary Order of Determination

Section 2600. - 2600. After all field investigations have been completed and the...

Section 2601. - 2601. The report shall note separately any material differences between...

Section 2602. - 2602. The report shall include a map showing the stream...

Section 2603. - 2603. The report shall include a preliminary order of determination...

Section 2604. - 2604. A copy of the report shall be sent by...

ARTICLE 6 - Objections to the Report

Section 2625. - 2625. The notice shall also set a time and place...

Section 2626. - 2626. A representative of the board shall be present at...

Section 2627. - 2627. The period of inspection shall be concluded at least...

Section 2628. - 2628. The objections shall be in writing and shall state...

ARTICLE 7 - Hearing of Objections

Section 2650. - 2650. Within 10 days after the close of the period...

Section 2651. - 2651. The board may adjourn hearings of objections from time...

Section 2652. - 2652. The costs of taking testimony at a hearing on...

Section 2653. - 2653. One copy of the transcript of testimony taken at...

ARTICLE 8 - Order of Determination

Section 2700. - 2700. As soon as practicable after the hearing of objections...

Section 2701. - 2701. A notice of adoption of the order of determination...

Section 2702. - 2702. (a) The board may order a reconsideration of all...

ARTICLE 9 - Hearing and Decree of Court

Section 2750. - 2750. As soon as practicable after adoption of the order...

Section 2751. - 2751. Upon the filing of the certified copy of the...

Section 2752. - 2752. The clerk of the court shall immediately furnish the...

Section 2753. - 2753. Upon receiving the certified copy of the order setting...

Section 2754. - 2754. The board shall cause the order to be published...

Section 2755. - 2755. The board shall file with the clerk of the...

Section 2756. - 2756. Service by registered mail and by publication shall be...

Section 2757. - 2757. At least 10 days prior to the day set...

Section 2758. - 2758. The notice of exceptions shall state briefly the exceptions...

Section 2759. - 2759. A copy of each notice of exception shall be...

Section 2760. - 2760. The order of determination, the statements or claims of...

Section 2761. - 2761. The court may allow such additional or amended pleadings...

Section 2762. - 2762. If no exceptions are filed, then on the day...

Section 2763. - 2763. On the day set for hearing all parties in...

Section 2763.5. - 2763.5. (a) No exception to the order of determination shall...

Section 2764. - 2764. All proceedings on the hearing shall be as nearly...

Section 2765. - 2765. Whenever in the judgment of the court the State...

Section 2766. - 2766. For further information on any subject in controversy the...

Section 2767. - 2767. The court may take additional evidence on any issue...

Section 2768. - 2768. After the hearing, the court shall enter a decree...

Section 2769. - 2769. The decree shall in every case declare as to...

Section 2770. - 2770. Upon the hearing the court may assess and adjudge...

Section 2771. - 2771. Appeals from the decree may be taken by the...

Section 2772. - 2772. A certified copy of the decree shall be prepared...

Section 2773. - 2773. The decree is conclusive as to the rights of...

Section 2774. - 2774. When a decree has been entered, any claimant who...

ARTICLE 10 - Intervention

Section 2780. - 2780. Any claimant who, prior to entry of the order...

Section 2781. - 2781. Upon filing his exception and proof of claim, the...

Section 2782. - 2782. After expiration of the time fixed by the court...

Section 2783. - 2783. The court may refer the matter for such further...

ARTICLE 11 - Proceedings when Appropriation Incomplete at Time of Determination

Section 2801. - 2801. All persons claiming rights under an incomplete appropriation, when...

Section 2802. - 2802. In determining rights based on an incomplete appropriation initiated...

Section 2803. - 2803. The order of determination shall provide that within the...

Section 2806. - 2806. The court shall have authority to thereafter hear and...

Section 2807. - 2807. Time for completion may be extended from time to...

Section 2808. - 2808. Notice of motion for an extension of time for...

Section 2809. - 2809. The clerk of the court shall post notice of...

Section 2810. - 2810. The court may refer the matter of the motion...

Section 2811. - 2811. Upon receipt of the report and recommendation of the...

Section 2812. - 2812. In event of denial of a motion for the...

Section 2813. - 2813. Any claimant desiring to offer proof of completion shall...

Section 2814. - 2814. The clerk shall post notice of the time for...

Section 2815. - 2815. Upon submission of proof of completion after entry of...

Section 2816. - 2816. All persons claiming rights under incomplete appropriations who fail...

Section 2817. - 2817. Appeals from any action of the court under this...

Section 2818. - 2818. This article shall not be construed to confer any...

Section 2819. - 2819. Incomplete appropriations initiated by application under the provisions of...

Section 2820. - 2820. After revocation by the board of a permit or...

ARTICLE 12 - Service of Copy of Decree

Section 2825. - 2825. The board shall furnish to each claimant whose rights...

Section 2826. - 2826. Upon entry of a supplemental decree establishing or modifying...

ARTICLE 13 - Expenses of Determination

Section 2850. - 2850. At the time of the submission of proofs, the...

Section 2851. - 2851. At the time of, or as soon as practicable...

Section 2852. - 2852. If the total amount of expense exceeds the total...

Section 2853. - 2853. A statement setting forth the expense and the apportionments...

Section 2855. - 2855. Upon application in writing by any party aggrieved within...

Section 2856. - 2856. The clerk of the court shall, at least 10...

Section 2857. - 2857. If no objection is filed with the court within...

Section 2858. - 2858. Any party failing to object to the expense or...

Section 2859. - 2859. Upon the hearing of objections to the expense or...

Section 2864. - 2864. If the funds available for use by the board...

Section 2865. - 2865. During the pendency of any proceedings under this chapter,...

Section 2868. - 2868. If a party fails to pay the expenses apportioned...

CHAPTER 4 - Modification of Decrees

Section 2900. - 2900. In rendering its decree for the determination of rights...

PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 4000. - 4000. As used in this part, “service area” applies to...

Section 4001. - 4001. As used in this part, “conduit” includes ditches, pipe...

Section 4002. - 4002. Any duty or authority vested in a watermaster may...

Section 4003. - 4003. As used in this part, “fiscal year” means the...

CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Watermaster Service Areas

Section 4025. - 4025. The department shall divide the State into watermaster service...

Section 4026. - 4026. Service areas shall be created from time to time...

Section 4027. - 4027. The rights may be ascertained and determined by any...

Section 4028. - 4028. When rights are ascertained and determined by agreement, the...

Section 4028.5. - 4028.5. When rights are ascertained and determined by court decree,...

Section 4029. - 4029. Upon the creation of a service area the department...

Section 4030. - 4030. From time to time the department shall record supplemental...

Section 4032. - 4032. Service areas may be enlarged, reduced, consolidated, or abolished...

CHAPTER 3 - Watermasters

Section 4050. - 4050. (a) Upon written request submitted to the department by...

Section 4051. - 4051. The department may from time to time discontinue watermaster...

Section 4052. - 4052. The watermaster shall be properly qualified and shall perform...

Section 4053. - 4053. Watermasters, in addition to compensation for their services, shall...

CHAPTER 4 - Construction and Maintenance of Works and Measuring Devices

ARTICLE 1 - By Owners of Conduits

Section 4100. - 4100. The owner of every conduit subject to regulation by...

Section 4101. - 4101. The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain...

Section 4102. - 4102. The headgate shall be of such construction that it...

Section 4103. - 4103. The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain...

Section 4104. - 4104. If the owner of any conduit refuses or neglects...

ARTICLE 2 - By Owners of Reservoirs

Section 4125. - 4125. The owner of every reservoir which is subject to...

Section 4126. - 4126. If the owner of any reservoir neglects or refuses...

CHAPTER 5 - Distribution of Water in Service Areas

ARTICLE 1 - Procedure of Distribution

Section 4150. - 4150. The department may make such reasonable regulations to secure...

Section 4151. - 4151. The watermaster shall divide the water of the streams...

Section 4152. - 4152. Whenever in pursuance of his duties the watermaster regulates...

Section 4153. - 4153. The notice is legal notice to all persons interested...

ARTICLE 2 - Remedies for Improper Distribution

Section 4160. - 4160. Any person who is injured by the action of...

Section 4161. - 4161. Such injunction shall be issued only in case it...

CHAPTER 6 - Offenses

Section 4175. - 4175. Every person who wilfully and without authority opens, closes,...

Section 4176. - 4176. The possession or use of water when it has...

Section 4177. - 4177. Every person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 4178. - 4178. A watermaster may arrest any person violating any of...

CHAPTER 7 - Expenses of Distribution

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 4200. - 4200. The department may incur such expense and make such...

Section 4201. - 4201. All of the cost of administration of a service...

ARTICLE 2 - Statement and Budget

Section 4225. - 4225. The department shall, prior to June 15th of each...

Section 4226. - 4226. The budget shall include all of the following: (a)...

Section 4227. - 4227. The statement shall also contain an apportionment of the...

Section 4228. - 4228. In all cases where a water right is owned...

ARTICLE 3 - Apportionment of Expense

Section 4251. - 4251. One-tenth of the budget for the service area shall...

Section 4252. - 4252. In all cases of rights to divert the direct...

Section 4253. - 4253. In all cases where rights exist to store or...

Section 4254. - 4254. In making an apportionment to any owner of the...

ARTICLE 4 - Payment and Collection

Section 4275. - 4275. Except as provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section...

Section 4276. - 4276. The auditor shall enter the amounts of the respective...

Section 4277. - 4277. The board of supervisors of each county in which...

Section 4278. - 4278. Apportionments levied pursuant to this article shall be collected...

Section 4279. - 4279. All money raised by such apportionments shall be accounted...

ARTICLE 5 - Payment by and Collection From State Agencies and Public Entities

Section 4300. - 4300. If the owner of the right is a county,...

Section 4301. - 4301. Service on such owners may be made personally, or...

Section 4302. - 4302. Each such owner shall, on or before the 10th...

Section 4303. - 4303. If the owner of the right is a county,...

Section 4304. - 4304. If the owner of the right is a public...

Section 4305. - 4305. At any time after 30 days after any payment...

ARTICLE 6 - Alternative Method of Payment by Owners

Section 4325. - 4325. The procedure set forth in this article for collecting...

Section 4326. - 4326. Whenever all the owners of rights to water within...

Section 4327. - 4327. The statement shall be submitted on or before the...

Section 4329. - 4329. The association shall pay the total amount apportioned to...

Section 4330. - 4330. The department shall deposit the money in the Water...

Section 4331. - 4331. The department may refuse to render watermaster service to...

Section 4334. - 4334. All of the provisions of this chapter relating to...

Section 4335. - 4335. If, at the time of creation of a service...

CHAPTER 8 - The Water Resources Revolving Fund

Section 4351. - 4351. Separate accounts shall be established in the fund to...

Section 4357. - 4357. The expenditures for the supervision of the distribution of...

Section 4358. - 4358. Any money remaining in the watermaster service area accounts...

CHAPTER 9 - Alternative Distribution Procedure

Section 4400. - 4400. The foregoing provisions of this part shall be applicable...

Section 4401. - 4401. Insofar as the foregoing provisions of this part may...

Section 4402. - 4402. In the event an order or decree of court...

Section 4403. - 4403. A certified copy of the order or decree shall...

Section 4404. - 4404. Obligations to pay for the respective allocations of cost...

Section 4406. - 4406. The total sum thus made available shall be subject...

Section 4407. - 4407. Any moneys collected or received by the department for...

PART 5 - RECORDATION OF WATER EXTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS

Section 4999. - 4999. The Legislature finds and declares that by reason of...

Section 5000. - 5000. As used in this Part 5, the following terms...

Section 5001. - 5001. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), each person...

Section 5002. - 5002. Each notice shall be on a form provided by...

Section 5003. - 5003. No prescriptive right that might otherwise accrue to extract...

Section 5004. - 5004. After the year 1959, failure to file with the...

Section 5005. - 5005. Except as specified in Section 5004, failure to file...

Section 5006. - 5006. Each notice shall be sworn to and shall be...

Section 5007. - 5007. Any person may apply to the board to investigate...

Section 5008. - 5008. The making of any willful misstatement in any notice...

Section 5009. - 5009. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part,...

PART 5.1 - STATEMENTS OF WATER DIVERSIONS AND USE

Section 5100. - 5100. As used in this part: (a) “Best available technologies”...

Section 5101. - 5101. (a) Each person who, after December 31, 1965, diverts...

Section 5102. - 5102. The statement may be filed either by the person...

Section 5103. - 5103. Each statement shall be prepared on a form provided...

Section 5104. - 5104. (a) Supplemental statements shall be filed annually, as provided...

Section 5105. - 5105. Upon failure of any person to file a statement...

Section 5106. - 5106. (a) Neither the statements submitted under this part nor...

Section 5107. - 5107. (a) The making of any willful misstatement pursuant to...

PART 5.2 - Groundwater Extraction Reporting for Probationary Basins and Basins Without a Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Section 5200. - 5200. The Legislature finds and declares that this part establishes...

Section 5201. - 5201. As used in this part: (a) “Basin” has the...

Section 5202. - 5202. (a) This section applies to a person who does...

Section 5203. - 5203. Each report shall be prepared on a form provided...

Section 5204. - 5204. (a) If a person fails to file a report...

Section 5205. - 5205. A report submitted under this part or a determination...

Section 5206. - 5206. Personal information included in a report of groundwater extraction...

Section 5207. - 5207. A right to extract groundwater that may otherwise occur...

Section 5208. - 5208. Section 5107 applies to a report or measuring device...

Section 5209. - 5209. For groundwater extractions in a board-designated local area, reports...

PART 6 - KLAMATH RIVER BASIN COMPACT

Section 5900. - 5900. The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies...

Section 5901. - 5901. The provisions of said Klamath River Basin Compact are...

PART 7 - OREGON CALIFORNIA GOOSE LAKE INTERSTATE COMPACT

Section 5950. - 5950. The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies...

Section 5951. - 5951. The provisions of the Oregon-California Goose Lake Interstate Compact...

PART 8 - CALIFORNIA NEVADA INTERSTATE COMPACT

Section 5975. - 5975. The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies...

Section 5976. - 5976. The provisions of the California-Nevada Interstate Compact are as...

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