DIVISION 11. IRRIGATION DISTRICTS 20500-29978›PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES 22075-22982›CHAPTER 3. Property 22425-22561›ARTICLE 1. Acquisition of Property 22425-22438

§ 22431

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

A district may construct any works across any watercourse, road, railway, conduit, or other property subject or devoted to public use in a manner that will afford security to life and property. The district shall restore the property crossed as near as may be to its former state or so as not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness.

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

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