Nothing in this division affects or limits in any manner whatsoever the right or power of any municipality which, prior to December 19, 1914, had appropriated or acquired water for municipal purposes, to use, sell, or otherwise dispose of such water either within or without its limits for domestic, irrigation, or other purposes in accordance with laws in effect on that date.
Cal. Water Code § 1006
Definitions and Interpretation of Division
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Kern-Tulare Water District v. City of Bakersfield (1986)
Most recently applied in Kern-Tulare Water District v. City of Bakersfield (March 1986)
Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.
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