2010 California Code
Public Utilities Code
Article 4. Rights In Public Lands And Waters

10151.  There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State
the right of way for the location, construction, and maintenance of
water works and works for the generation and distribution of
electrical power, and for every necessary adjunct thereto, over any
swamp, overflowed, or other public lands of the State not otherwise
disposed of or in use, not in any case exceeding in length or width
that which is necessary for the construction of the works or
adjuncts, or for the protection thereof, and not in any case
exceeding 100 feet in width along each side of the marginal limits of
the works or adjuncts.


10152.  There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State
the right to take from any of the lands belonging to the State
adjacent to the works of such corporation, all materials, such as
wood, stone, and earth, naturally appurtenant thereto, which are
necessary and convenient for the original construction of the works
and adjuncts.



10153.  There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State
the right to take, in the manner provided by law, any waters
belonging to the State, not otherwise disposed of, flowing or
existing in any stream or lake intersected, crossed, or tapped by its
water works, so far as is necessary to give such municipality and
its inhabitants an ample supply of water for all municipal, domestic,
irrigation, and manufacturing purposes.



10154.  If the route or location of any works or adjuncts is changed
so as not to cover or cross the lands selected under this article,
or the use of the land selected is abandoned, the selected lands
revert, and the title thereto is reinvested in the State or its
grantees free from all such uses.



10155.  When any selection of a right of way or land is made under
this article by any municipal corporation, the legislative body
thereof shall transmit to the State Lands Commission, State
Controller, and recorder of the county in which the selected lands
are situated, a verified plat of the lands selected, giving the
extent thereof and the uses for which the lands are claimed or
desired. If approved, the State Lands Commission shall so endorse the
plat and issue to the corporation a permit to use the right of way
and lands, unless on petition properly presented to a court of
competent jurisdiction a review is had and such use prohibited.