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DIVISION 2. WATER 1000-5976›PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER 1200-1851›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 1200-1248›ARTICLE 1.7. Areas of Origin 1215-1222

§ 1216

California Water Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A protected area shall not be deprived directly or indirectly of the prior right to all the water reasonably required to adequately supply the beneficial needs of the protected area, or any of the inhabitants or property owners therein, by a water supplier exporting or intending to export water for use outside a protected area pursuant to applications to appropriate surface water filed, or groundwater appropriations initiated, after January 1, 1985, that are not subject to Section 11460.

(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1655, Sec. 2.)

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