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CA Water Code § 1704.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 10 - Change to an Application, Permit, or License|Section 1704.1.

1704.1.  The Division of Water Rights shall conduct a field investigation of all minor protested petitions for change. The board shall notify the parties of the field investigation not less than 20 days prior to conducting the field investigation, to enable the parties to attend and present information to the board.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 323, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Water Code § 1704.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 10 - Change to an Application, Permit, or License|Section 1704.2.

1704.2.  The Division of Water Rights may request the parties to submit information in support of their positions. The Division of Water Rights may request information before, during, or after the field investigation. After the field investigation, the Division of Water Rights may conduct additional proceedings in accordance with Article 10 (commencing with Section 11445.10) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 323, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Water Code § 1704.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 10 - Change to an Application, Permit, or License|Section 1704.3.

1704.3.  Based upon the field investigation and any other information obtained under this chapter, the Division of Water Rights shall issue an order acting on the minor petition for change unless the board in its discretion determines that additional proceedings should be conducted under Section 183. An order of the Division of Water Rights is subject to review as provided in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1120) of Part 1.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 323, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Water Code § 1704.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 10 - Change to an Application, Permit, or License|Section 1704.4.

1704.4.  For purposes of this chapter, a minor petition for change means either of the following:(a) Any petition which does not involve direct diversions in excess of three cubic-feet per second or storage in excess of 200 acre-feet per year.(b) A petition for change by a groundwater sustainability agency or local agency, as defined in Section 10721, for a change previously authorized by a temporary change under Article 2 (commencing with Section 1443) of Chapter 6.6.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 678, Sec. 16. (AB 658) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Water Code § 1705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 10 - Change to an Application, Permit, or License|Section 1705.

1705.  After the hearing, the board shall grant or refuse, as the facts warrant, permission to change the point of diversion, place of use, purpose of use, or any other provision or condition.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 255, Sec. 4. (SB 779) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Water Code § 1706 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 10 - Change to an Application, Permit, or License|Section 1706.

1706.  The person entitled to the use of water by virtue of an appropriation other than under the Water Commission Act or this code may change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use if others are not injured by such change, and may extend the ditch, flume, pipe, or aqueduct by which the diversion is made to places beyond that where the first use was made.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 2075 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 3 - DETERMINATION OF WATER RIGHTS|CHAPTER 2 - References in Federal Courts|Section 2075.

2075.  In case suit is brought in a federal court for determination of rights to water within, or partially within, this State, the board may accept a reference of such suit as master or referee for the court.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 2076 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 3 - DETERMINATION OF WATER RIGHTS|CHAPTER 2 - References in Federal Courts|Section 2076.

2076.  In acting under this chapter the board shall proceed according to the rules of practice and procedure of the court or as otherwise directed by the court.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 2100 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 3 - DETERMINATION OF WATER RIGHTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Adjudications to Protect the Quality of Ground Water|Section 2100.

2100.  After the department has submitted to the board recommendations for the protection of the quality of ground water pursuant to Section 12617.1 or 12923.1 of this code, or in reliance upon investigation by any governmental agency, the board may file an action in the superior court to restrict pumping, or to impose physical solutions, or both, to the extent necessary to prevent destruction of or irreparable injury to the quality of such water. In such action, all of the claimants to the use of the affected water known to the board, except claimants to the use of minor quantities of water as defined in Section 2102, shall be named as defendants. In any watershed or ground water basin wherein (a) all or substantially all of the rights to water have been adjudicated and the court has retained continuing jurisdiction arising from the adjudication, or (b) wherein such action is pending, any such proceedings by the board shall be undertaken only by intervention by the board in such existing action.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 2101 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 3 - DETERMINATION OF WATER RIGHTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Adjudications to Protect the Quality of Ground Water|Section 2101.

2101.  (a) Before filing or intervening in any such action the board shall hold a public hearing on the necessity for restricting ground water pumping or for a physical solution in order to protect the quality of water from destruction or irreparable injury. The board shall serve notice of such hearing as provided in Section 6066 of the Government Code and shall mail a copy of such notice to each producer of ground water within the area proposed for investigation, to the extent that such producers of ground water are known to the board, at least 15 days prior to the date of such hearing, except that notice need not be mailed to producers of minor quantities of water as defined in Section 2102.(b) In the event the board decides that the rights to the use of the ground water must be adjudicated in order to require the restriction of pumping or physical solution necessary to preserve it from destruction or irreparable injury to quality, the board shall first determine whether any local public agency overlying all or a part of the ground water basin will undertake such adjudication of water rights. If such local agency commences an adjudication, the board shall take no further action, except that the board may, through the Attorney General, become a party to such action.(c) In the event no local agency commences such action within 90 days after notice of the decision of the board, the board shall file such action.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 2102 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 3 - DETERMINATION OF WATER RIGHTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Adjudications to Protect the Quality of Ground Water|Section 2102.

2102.  As used in this article, “minor quantities of water” refers to the extraction by any person of not to exceed 10 acre-feet of ground water annually.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 2900 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 3 - DETERMINATION OF WATER RIGHTS|CHAPTER 4 - Modification of Decrees|Section 2900.

2900.  In rendering its decree for the determination of rights to water, whether in suits referred to the board under the provisions of Chapter 1 of this part or in adjudications under the provisions of Chapter 3 of this part, the court may provide that the board or any party affected by the decree may, at any time within three years from entry thereof, apply to the court for a modification of the decree insofar only as the decree determines quantities of water, and after hearing the motion and any competent and admissible evidence offered in support of or against the motion the court may modify the decree by increasing or decreasing the quantities of water therein allowed.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 4000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 4000.

4000.  As used in this part, “service area” applies to watermaster districts heretofore established and to watermaster service areas hereafter established pursuant to this part.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 4001.

4001.  As used in this part, “conduit” includes ditches, pipe lines, and other means of diversion.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 4002.

4002.  Any duty or authority vested in a watermaster may be exercised by the watermaster directly or through the agency of a deputy watermaster, if there is one.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 4003.

4003.  As used in this part, “fiscal year” means the year beginning July 1 of any calendar year and ending June 30 of the following calendar year.(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 360.)
CA Water Code § 4025 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Watermaster Service Areas|Section 4025.

4025.  The department shall divide the State into watermaster service areas so constituted and adjusted as to insure the most practical and economical supervision of the distribution of water on the part of the State.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4026 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Watermaster Service Areas|Section 4026.

4026.  Service areas shall be created from time to time as rights to water are ascertained and determined.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4027 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Watermaster Service Areas|Section 4027.

4027.  The rights may be ascertained and determined by any or all of the following:(a) Under procedure provided for in this division;(b) Under procedure provided by law, other than this division;(c) By agreement in writing entered into by the respective claimants;(d) By permits and licenses issued subsequent to any such adjudication or agreement.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4028 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Watermaster Service Areas|Section 4028.

4028.  When rights are ascertained and determined by agreement, the agreement shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which is situated any water rights involved, and in the office of the county recorder of each county in which is situated the land, or any portion thereof, on which any water involved is, or is entitled to be, used.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4028.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Watermaster Service Areas|Section 4028.5.

4028.5.  When rights are ascertained and determined by court decree, certified copies of the decree shall be recorded as agreements are required to be recorded by Section 4028.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 375.)
CA Water Code § 4029 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Watermaster Service Areas|Section 4029.

4029.  Upon the creation of a service area the department shall record in the office of the county recorder of each county in which a portion of the service area is situated a certified copy of the order creating the service area and a description by 40-acre subdivision or other smallest subdivisions of the public land surveys of all of the land within the service area which is within the county in which the description is recorded.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)
CA Water Code § 4030 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Watermaster Service Areas|Section 4030.

4030.  From time to time the department shall record supplemental or revised descriptions as the descriptions are changed.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)
CA Water Code § 4032 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 2 - Creation of Watermaster Service Areas|Section 4032.

4032.  Service areas may be enlarged, reduced, consolidated, or abolished from time to time as convenience of administration may require.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4050 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 3 - Watermasters|Section 4050.

4050.  (a) Upon written request submitted to the department by the owners or governing bodies of at least 15 percent of the conduits lawfully entitled to directly divert water from the streams or other sources of water supply in any service area, the department may, if it determines that it is necessary, appoint a watermaster and if necessary, in its discretion, one or more deputy watermasters for the service area.(b) Upon petition, made to a court in which a relevant judicial decree has been entered, by the owners or governing bodies of at least 15 percent of the conduits lawfully entitled to directly divert water from the streams or other sources of water supply in any service area, the court may appoint a public agency as watermaster under this part to replace the watermaster appointed by the department.(c) (1) A watermaster appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall have the powers and duties prescribed by the court pursuant to the exercise of its judicial authority, which may include any powers and duties prescribed by this part.(2) This part shall apply to the service area for which a watermaster is appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) only to the extent determined by the court.(d) (1) If in response to a petition made to a court, the court appoints a watermaster in a service area in which the department previously appointed a watermaster, upon the appointment of the new watermaster becoming effective, the department shall not be responsible for carrying out any of the duties and obligations of this part, including any responsibility for the funding of the expenses of administration or distribution pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 4200).(2) If in response to a petition made to a court, the court appoints a watermaster in a service area in which the department previously appointed a watermaster, upon the appointment of the new watermaster becoming effective and in the discretion of the department, any fixed waterflow measuring device and fixed distribution structure installed by the department shall either be removed from the service area by the department, or transferred at no charge to the new watermaster appointed by the court. With respect to any waterflow measuring device or fixed distribution structure transferred to the new watermaster, all rights, duties, and obligations of the department shall accompany the transfer and shall be assumed by the new watermaster, and the new watermaster shall hold the department harmless for any and all claims or causes of action relative to the items transferred that arise subsequent to the transfer.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 246, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Water Code § 4051 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 3 - Watermasters|Section 4051.

4051.  The department may from time to time discontinue watermaster service in any service area, if necessity therefor ceases, and revive the service whenever and as frequently as necessity exists.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4052 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 3 - Watermasters|Section 4052.

4052.  The watermaster shall be properly qualified and shall perform the duties imposed on him by this part as an employee under the general supervision and control of the department.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4053 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 3 - Watermasters|Section 4053.

4053.  Watermasters, in addition to compensation for their services, shall receive necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4175 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 6 - Offenses|Section 4175.

4175.  Every person who wilfully and without authority opens, closes, changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring device while it is under the control of the wastermaster, or who wilfully takes or uses water which has been denied him by the watermaster under the provisions of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4176 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 6 - Offenses|Section 4176.

4176.  The possession or use of water when it has been so denied him by the watermaster is prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person using it.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 4177 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 6 - Offenses|Section 4177.

4177.  Every person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 212.)
CA Water Code § 4178 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 6 - Offenses|Section 4178.

4178.  A watermaster may arrest any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) and to deliver the person to the sheriff or other competent police officer within the county, and immediately thereafter file a complaint with a magistrate against the person so arrested.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 213.)
CA Water Code § 4351 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 8 - The Water Resources Revolving Fund|Section 4351.

4351.  Separate accounts shall be established in the fund to the credit of the various service areas now in existence or hereafter created from time to time.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1411.)
CA Water Code § 4357 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 8 - The Water Resources Revolving Fund|Section 4357.

4357.  The expenditures for the supervision of the distribution of water in any service area shall be paid from that portion or account of the Water Resources Revolving Fund credited on the department’s books to that service area, upon claims approved by the department and otherwise audited and approved as may be required in the case of other claims against the state.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 230, Sec. 30. Effective August 16, 2004.)
CA Water Code § 4358 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 8 - The Water Resources Revolving Fund|Section 4358.

4358.  Any money remaining in the watermaster service area accounts of the Water Resources Revolving Fund at the end of any year shall be available for use the following year for the respective service areas to which credited.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1411.)
CA Water Code § 4400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 9 - Alternative Distribution Procedure|Section 4400.

4400.  The foregoing provisions of this part shall be applicable to this chapter, so far as adaptable thereto or consistent therewith, and whenever rights to water have been ascertained and determined as specified in Section 4027 the department may elect to proceed under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 657.)
CA Water Code § 4401 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 9 - Alternative Distribution Procedure|Section 4401.

4401.  Insofar as the foregoing provisions of this part may not be adaptable to or may be inconsistent with the provisions of any decree of court, the department may conform to the requirements of such decree of court and observe the foregoing provisions of this part only insofar as the same may be adaptable to or consistent with such decree of court.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 657.)
CA Water Code § 4402 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 9 - Alternative Distribution Procedure|Section 4402.

4402.  In the event an order or decree of court provides for an allocation among and payment of costs of water distribution by the owners of the rights decreed, the department, in lieu of the procedures provided in the foregoing provisions of this part for allocation and payment of costs, may proceed in accordance with such decree and as hereinafter provided.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 657.)
CA Water Code § 4403 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS|CHAPTER 9 - Alternative Distribution Procedure|Section 4403.

4403.  A certified copy of the order or decree shall be recorded in the county or counties wherein the water is diverted or used and a certified copy filed in the office of the department and such recordation and filing shall constitute constructive notice of the provisions of the order or decree to the owners of the rights decreed and their successors in interest.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 657.)