When the department cannot acquire any necessary property by agreement with the owner, the department may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the property in the name of the state if the project for which the property is being acquired has been authorized and funds are available therefor.
Cal. Water Code § 11580
Eminent Domain Proceedings
Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1239.
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