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DIVISION 11. IRRIGATION DISTRICTS 20500-29978›PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES 22075-22982›CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally 22075-22186›ARTICLE 3. Electric Power 22115-22124

§ 22122

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

Any use of water for generating electric power at any given time of the year which is in excess of the water appropriated and beneficially used for irrigation purposes by the district at that period of the year shall be subject to all prior existing appropriations by any municipal corporation which is proceeding in good faith in the expenditure of money and the construction of works designed to divert the water appropriated.

(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

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