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2025 California Code
Water Code - WAT
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER
CHAPTER 7 - Water Transfer
ARTICLE 3 - State Assistance
Section 480.
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CA Water Code § 480 (2025)
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480. The department shall establish an ongoing program to facilitate the voluntary exchange or transfer of water and implement the various state laws that pertain to water transfers. The department shall seek to facilitate these transactions only if the water to be transferred is already developed and being diverted from a stream for beneficial use or has been conserved.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 970, Sec. 1.)
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