Cal. WAT § 1745.09
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 1745.09, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
Nothing in this article does any of the following:
(a) Creates in any person a right to require any water supplier to enter into a contract providing for the reduction or elimination of water use or for the transfer of water.
(b) Creates in any person reducing water use any interest in the water rights of the water supplier.
(c) Limits or otherwise affects the jurisdiction of any regulatory public agency over water transfers.
(d) Makes any change in existing water rights.
(a) Creates in any person a right to require any water supplier to enter into a contract providing for the reduction or elimination of water use or for the transfer of water.
(b) Creates in any person reducing water use any interest in the water rights of the water supplier.
(c) Limits or otherwise affects the jurisdiction of any regulatory public agency over water transfers.
(d) Makes any change in existing water rights.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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