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Cal. WAT § 1631

This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 1631, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.

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Official statutory text

In the event that the State, or any city, city and county, municipal water district, irrigation district, lighting district, or political subdivision of the State so desiring to purchase and the owner of the works and property can not agree upon the purchase price, the price shall be determined in such manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for determining the value of property taken in eminent domain proceedings.

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