California Water Code

§ 383

WAT § 383Div. 1 · Ch. 3.6

Statute text

For the purposes of this chapter, water that is surplus to the needs of the agency’s water users shall mean any of the following:

(a)Water, to which the right is held by the agency pursuant to an appropriation made under the Water Commission Act or Division 2 (commencing with Section 1000), which the agency finds will be in excess of the needs of water users within the agency for the duration of the transfer.

(b)Water, to which the right is held by the agency pursuant to an appropriation made under the Water Commission Act or Division 2 (commencing with Section 1000), of which any water user agrees with the agency, upon mutually satisfactory terms, to forego use for the duration of the transfer.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 867, Sec. 2.