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CA Water Code § 1243 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 4 - Beneficial Use|Section 1243.

1243.  (a) The use of water for recreation and preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources is a beneficial use of water. In determining the amount of water available for appropriation for other beneficial uses, the board shall take into account, when it is in the public interest, the amounts of water required for recreation and the preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources.(b) The board shall notify the Department of Fish and Wildlife of an application for a permit to appropriate water. The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall recommend the amounts of water, if any, required for the preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources and shall report its findings to the board.(c) This section does not affect riparian rights.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 683, Sec. 51. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Water Code § 1243.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 4 - Beneficial Use|Section 1243.5.

1243.5.  In determining the amount of water available for appropriation, the board shall take into account, whenever it is in the public interest, the amounts of water needed to remain in the source for protection of beneficial uses, including any uses specified to be protected in any relevant water quality control plan established pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of this code.This section shall not be construed to affect riparian rights.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 1244 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 4 - Beneficial Use|Section 1244.

1244.  The sale, lease, exchange, or transfer of water or water rights, in itself, shall not constitute evidence of waste or unreasonable use, unreasonable method of use, or unreasonable method of diversion and shall not affect any determination of forfeiture applicable to water appropriated pursuant to the Water Commmission Act or this code or water appropriated prior to December 19, 1914.This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing law.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 933, Sec. 6.)
CA Water Code § 1245 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 5 - Liability Within a Watershed|Section 1245.

1245.  Every municipal corporation of this State, and every person, firm or corporation engaged in supplying water to any municipal corporations for municipal, domestic or other uses, who enters any watershed, or any lands, streams or waters in the watershed for the purpose of acquiring or increasing a water supply for such purpose, or for the purpose of taking, diverting or transporting water for use by or in a municipal corporation, or for the purpose of supplying the needs of any municipal corporation, or its inhabitants, with water for the enumerated uses, shall be liable to all persons, firms and corporations, their heirs, representatives and successors, and to municipal corporations, districts and political subdivisions of this State whose property, business, trade, profession or occupation is within or conducted or carried on within the watershed entered, for all damage suffered or sustained by them either directly or indirectly because of injury, damage, destruction or decrease in value of any such property, business, trade, profession or occupation resulting from or caused by the taking of any such lands or waters, or by the taking, diverting or transporting of water from such watershed to and for use by or in any such municipal corporation.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 49.)
CA Water Code § 1246 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 5 - Liability Within a Watershed|Section 1246.

1246.  For the purpose of ascertaining the amount of any damage claimed to have been suffered or sustained by reason of any of the acts or things mentioned in Section 1245, every municipal corporation and every person, firm or corporation causing any such damage, is authorized to enter into an agreement for the arbitration or compromise of any claims, and all of the laws of this State relating to arbitration of controversies are made applicable to such claims.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 49.)
CA Water Code § 1247 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 5 - Liability Within a Watershed|Section 1247.

1247.  Nothing in this article shall confer the right to recover damages resulting directly or indirectly by reason of the construction, operation or maintenance of any conduit, pipe line, canal, ditch, aqueduct, reservoir, power transmission line or power house.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 49.)
CA Water Code § 1248 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 5 - Liability Within a Watershed|Section 1248.

1248.  This article shall be liberally construed.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 49.)
CA Water Code § 1250 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1250.

1250.  The board shall consider and act upon all applications for permits to appropriate water and shall do all things required or proper relating to such applications.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 1250.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1250.5.

1250.5.  The board shall consider and act upon all applications for permits to appropriate water which propose, as a primary purpose of the application, the development of small hydroelectric energy facilities at an existing dam, canal, or conduit, up to and including 30 megawatts, or the development of any other hydroelectric facility with a generating capacity of five megawatts or less, within one year from the date a complete application and an instream beneficial use assessment have been filed with the board, except that the assessment need not be filed if the streamflow regime will not be changed, and except that final board action may be continued for a reasonable time not to exceed one year upon the request of the applicant or upon a finding by the board that the additional time is necessary to determine (1) if unappropriated water is available or (2) the effect upon instream uses.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1482, Sec. 2. Effective September 28, 1982.)
CA Water Code § 1251 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1251.

1251.  The board shall make such investigations of the water resources of the State as may be necessary for the purpose of securing information needed in connection with applications for appropriations of water.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 1252 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1252.

1252.  Any person may apply for and secure from the board, in conformity with this part and in conformity with reasonable rules and regulations adopted from time to time by it, a permit for any unappropriated water.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 1252.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1252.1.

1252.1.  An appropriation of water of any stream or other source of water under this part does not confer authority upon the appropriator to prevent or interfere with soil conservation practices above the point of diversion in the watershed in which such stream or other source originates, which practices do not themselves constitute an appropriation for which a permit is required by this part.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1378.)
CA Water Code § 1252.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1252.5.

1252.5.  All rights and privileges conferred by this part upon any person in relation to the appropriation of water are likewise conferred upon the United States, the State, and any entity or organization capable of holding an interest in real property in this State.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 423.)
CA Water Code § 1253 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1253.

1253.  The board shall allow the appropriation for beneficial purposes of unappropriated water under such terms and conditions as in its judgment will best develop, conserve, and utilize in the public interest the water sought to be appropriated.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 1254 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1254.

1254.  In acting upon applications to appropriate water the board shall be guided by the policy that domestic use is the highest use and irrigation is the next highest use of water.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 1255 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1255.

1255.  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.)
CA Water Code § 1256 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1256.

1256.  In determining public interest under Sections 1253 and 1255, the board shall give consideration to any general or co-ordinated plan looking toward the control, protection, development, utilization, and conservation of the water resources of the State, including The California Water Plan, prepared and published by the Department of Water Resources or any predecessor thereof and any modification thereto as may be adopted by the department or as may be adopted by the Legislature by concurrent resolution or by law.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2053.)
CA Water Code § 1257 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1257.

1257.  In acting upon application to appropriate water, the board shall consider the relative benefit to be derived from (1) all beneficial uses of the water concerned including, but not limited to, use for domestic, irrigation, municipal, industrial, preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife, recreational, mining and power purposes, and any uses specified to be protected in any relevant water quality control plan, and (2) the reuse or reclamation of the water sought to be appropriated, as proposed by the applicant. The board may subject such appropriations to such terms and conditions as in its judgment will best develop, conserve, and utilize in the public interest, the water sought to be appropriated.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 157.)
CA Water Code § 1257.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1257.5.

1257.5.  The board, in acting on applications to appropriate water, shall consider streamflow requirements proposed for fish and wildlife purposes pursuant to Sections 10001 and 10002 of the Public Resources Code. The board may establish such streamflow requirements as it deems necessary to protect fish and wildlife as conditions in permits and licenses in accordance with this division.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1259, Sec. 4.)
CA Water Code § 1258 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1258.

1258.  In acting upon applications to appropriate water, the board shall consider water quality control plans which have been established pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of this code, and may subject such appropriations to such terms and conditions as it finds are necessary to carry out such plans.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
CA Water Code § 1259 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1259.

1259.  In acting upon applications to appropriate water, the board shall consider the state goal of providing a decent home and suitable living environment for every Californian.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 947.)
CA Water Code § 1259.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1259.2.

1259.2.  (a) The board shall annually prepare a written summary, in chart form, of pending applications to appropriate water in the Counties of Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Humboldt. The summary shall include a description of the status of each pending application, the actions taken in the preceding year, proposed actions for the upcoming year, and the proposed date for final action with regard to that application.(b) For the purposes of carrying out subdivision (a), the board may post the information described in subdivision (a) on its Web site.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 943, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Water Code § 1259.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 1259.4.

1259.4.  (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2008, the board shall adopt principles and guidelines for maintaining instream flows in coastal streams from the Mattole River to San Francisco and in coastal streams entering northern San Pablo Bay, as part of state policy for water quality control adopted pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 13140) of Chapter 3 of Division 7, for the purposes of water right administration.(2) The board may adopt principles and guidelines for maintaining instream flows not described in paragraph (1), as part of state policy for water quality control adopted pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 13140) of Chapter 3 of Division 7, for the purposes of water right administration.(b) Prior to the adoption of principles and guidelines pursuant to subdivision (a), the board may consider the 2002 “Guidelines for Maintaining Instream Flows to Protect Fisheries Resources Downstream of Water Diversions in Mid-California Coastal Streams” for the purposes of water right administration.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 81, Sec. 7. Effective July 19, 2005.)
CA Water Code § 1260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 2 - Contents of Applications|Section 1260.

1260.  An application for a permit to appropriate water shall set forth all of the following:(a) The name and post office address of the applicant.(b) The source of water supply.(c) The nature and amount of the proposed use.(d) The location and description of the proposed headworks, ditch canal, and other works.(e) The proposed place of diversion.(f) The place where it is intended to use the water.(g) The time within which it is proposed to begin construction.(h) The time required for completion of the construction.(i) The time for the complete application of the water to the proposed use.(j) All data and information reasonably available to applicant or that can be obtained from the Department of Fish and Wildlife concerning the extent, if any, to which fish and wildlife would be affected by the appropriation, and a statement of any measures proposed to be taken for the protection of fish and wildlife in connection with the appropriation.(k) Sufficient information to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that unappropriated water is available for the proposed appropriation.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 683, Sec. 52. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Water Code § 1261 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 2 - Contents of Applications|Section 1261.

1261.  All applications shall be accompanied by as many copies of such maps, drawings, and other data as may be prescribed or required by the board, and such maps, drawings, and other data are part of the application.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 1262 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 2 - Contents of Applications|Section 1262.

1262.  If for agricultural purposes the application shall give the legal subdivisions of the land and the acreage to be irrigated, as near as may be.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 1263 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 2 - Contents of Applications|Section 1263.

1263.  If for power purposes the application shall state the nature of the works by means of which the power is to be developed, the head and amount of water to be utilized, and the use to which the power is to be applied.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 1264 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 2 - Contents of Applications|Section 1264.

1264.  If for municipal water supply the application shall state the present population to be served, and, as near as may be, the future requirements of the city.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 1265 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 2 - Contents of Applications|Section 1265.

1265.  If for mining purposes the application shall state the nature and location of the mines to be served and the methods of supplying and utilizing the water.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 1266 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 2 - Contents of Applications|Section 1266.

1266.  If for storage in a reservoir the application shall state the height of dam, the capacity of reservoir, and the use to be made of the impounded waters, except that for storage underground these additional requirements as to height of dam and capacity of reservoir shall be given as near as may be.(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
CA Water Code § 1270 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 3 - Defective Applications|Section 1270.

1270.  A defective application made in a bona fide attempt to conform to the rules and regulations of the board and to the law secures to the applicant a priority of right as of the date of the application until he or she is notified in what respect his application is defective, and the applicant shall be allowed 60 days after notice of the defect, or any additional period of time that the board agrees to, in which to file an amended and perfected application.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 323, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Water Code § 1271 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 3 - Defective Applications|Section 1271.

1271.  If, within the period provided, the applicant does not file an amended and perfected application, the application shall be rejected and canceled, unless for good cause shown the board allows the applicant to file a further amended and perfected application.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 323, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Water Code § 1275 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 4 - Supplemental Information|Section 1275.

1275.  After an application has been perfected, the board may request additional information reasonably necessary to clarify, amplify, correct, or otherwise supplement the information required to be submitted under Article 2 (commencing with Section 1260) or Article 3 (commencing with Section 1270). The board shall provide a reasonable period for submitting the information. The additional information may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:(a) Information needed to demonstrate that unappropriated water is available for appropriation.(b) Information needed to comply, or demonstrate compliance with, any applicable requirements of the Fish and Game Code or the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.).(c) Information needed to comply with Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 323, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Water Code § 1276 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 2 - Applications to Appropriate Water|ARTICLE 4 - Supplemental Information|Section 1276.

1276.  If, within the period provided, the applicant does not provide the information requested under Section 1275, the application shall be canceled, unless for good cause shown the board allows additional time in which to submit the requested information.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 323, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Water Code § 1300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 3 - Notice of Application|ARTICLE 1 - Contents of Notice|Section 1300.

1300.  As soon as practicable after the receipt of an application for a permit to appropriate water which conforms to the rules and regulations of the board and to law, the board shall issue and deliver a notice of the application (a) to the applicant, (b) to the district attorney of each county wherein the applicant proposes to divert water under the application, and (c) to the board of supervisors of each county wherein the applicant proposes to divert water under the application.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 45.)
CA Water Code § 1301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 2 - WATER|PART 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER|CHAPTER 3 - Notice of Application|ARTICLE 1 - Contents of Notice|Section 1301.

1301.  The notice shall specify all of the following:(a) The number of the application.(b) The name and address of the applicant.(c) The date of filing.(d) The source of supply.(e) The amount applied for.(f) The season of diversion.(g) The location of the point of diversion.(h) The use to be made.(i) The location of the place of use.(j) The date of issuance of the notice.(k) Such other information as the board deems necessary.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)