Every person who willfully and without authority closes, changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring device while it is under the control of the watermaster, or who willfully takes or uses water which has been denied him by the watermaster under the provisions of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. Water Code § 22088
Watermaster Service
Known as the Irrigation District Law
The act spans §§ 20500–29978 (1,017 sections).
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 780, Sec. 1.
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