DIVISION 2. WATER 1000-5976›PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER 1200-1851›CHAPTER 2. Applications to Appropriate Water 1250-1276›ARTICLE 1. General Provisions 1250-1259.4

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The board shall reject an application when in its judgment the proposed appropriation would not best conserve the public interest.

(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

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