Cal. PUC § 2727
This is the official text of Cal. PUC § 2727, part of California’s Public Utilities Code — regulates utilities such as electricity, gas, water, and transportation carriers.
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Official statutory text
In order to increase the output of agricultural products in this State during the time the United States is a party to war or to a state of war, the owner of any private irrigation plant may deliver water to others, or any mutual water company may deliver water to others than its stockholders or members, with or without compensation, without becoming a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the commission.
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