Cal. WAT § 1246
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 1246, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
For the purpose of ascertaining the amount of any damage claimed to have been suffered or sustained by reason of any of the acts or things mentioned in Section 1245, every municipal corporation and every person, firm or corporation causing any such damage, is authorized to enter into an agreement for the arbitration or compromise of any claims, and all of the laws of this State relating to arbitration of controversies are made applicable to such claims.
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