All water within the State is the property of the people of the State, but the right to the use of water may be acquired by appropriation in the manner provided by law.

(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

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Terms Used In California Water Code 102

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
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