DIVISION 2. WATER 1000-5976›PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER 1200-1851›CHAPTER 10.5. Change of Point of Diversion, Place of Use, or Purpose of Use, Involving the Transfer of Water 1725-1745.11›ARTICLE 2. Long-Term Transfers 1735-1737

§ 1736

California Water Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The board, after providing notice and opportunity for a hearing, including, but not limited to, written notice to, and an opportunity for review and recommendation by, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, may approve such a petition for a long-term transfer where the change would not result in substantial injury to any legal user of water and would not unreasonably affect fish, wildlife, or other instream beneficial uses.

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 683, Sec. 61. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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