2007 California Water Code Chapter 4. Property

CA Codes (wat:74550-74554)

74550.  A district, for the full exercise of its powers and the
accomplishment of the purposes of this division, may within or
without the district:
   (a) Take real and personal property of every kind by grant,
appropriation, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease.
   (b) Hold, use, enjoy, manage, occupy, possess, lease, or dispose
of real and personal property of every kind.



74551.  The legal title to all property acquired by a district shall
immediately and by operation of law vest in such district, and shall
be held in trust for and set apart for the uses and purposes set
forth in this division.


74552.  A district may take conveyances or other assurances for all
property acquired by it.



74553.  A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take
any property necessary to be used for dams, damsites, reservoirs,
reservoir sites, canals, ditches and conduits, spreading basins,
sinking wells or sinking basins, or otherwise necessary to accomplish
the purposes of this division, or to operate or to make use of such
works.



74554.  The right of eminent domain shall not extend to any property
used for, or dedicated to, cemetery purposes.