Whenever it appears necessary to drain any land within a district on account of the irrigation which has been done or which is intended to be done by the district under laws relating to it, whether for the purpose of more beneficially carrying on the irrigation or to protect the district from liability by reason of the irrigation, its board, if it is reasonable from an economic standpoint that the drainage be provided, shall provide for the drainage.
Cal. Water Code § 22098
Drainage
Known as the Irrigation District Law
The act spans §§ 20500–29978 (1,017 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 233 Cal. App. 2d 532 - Lourence v. West Side Irrigation District (1965)
Most recently applied in 144 Cal. App. 3d 910 - Hagemann v. West Stanislaus Irrigation District (July 1983)
Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.
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