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Cal. WAT § 7033

This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 7033, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.

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Official statutory text

Every person or public district or agency who or which initially constructs, or improves for his or its own benefit, any conduit crossing or running along any pre-existing highway, shall construct or improve such conduit in accordance with standards established by the county or State as the case may be, and at the expense of the person so constructing or improving such conduit.

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