In any suit brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State for determination of rights to water, the court may order a reference to the board, as referee, of any or all issues involved in the suit.
Cal. Water Code § 2000
Subjects of Reference
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 33 Cal. 3d 419 - National Audubon Society v. Superior Court (1983)
Most recently applied in 44 Cal. 3d 448 - State Water Resources Control Board v. United States (February 1988)
Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.