A district may construct any works across any watercourse, road, railway, conduit, or other property subject or devoted to public use in a manner that will afford security to life and property. The district shall restore the property crossed as near as may be to its former state or so as not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness.
Cal. Water Code § 22431
Acquisition of Property
Known as the Irrigation District Law
The act spans §§ 20500 to 29978 (1,017 sections).
Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.