DIVISION 2. WATER 1000-5976›PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER 1200-1851›CHAPTER 9. Licenses 1600-1675.2›ARTICLE 5. Contents and Conditions of License 1625-1631

§ 1630

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

At any time after the expiration of twenty years after the granting of a license, the State or any city, city and county, municipal water district, irrigation district, lighting district, or any political subdivision of the State shall have the right to purchase the works and property occupied and used under the license and the works built or constructed for the enjoyment of the rights granted under the license.

(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

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