California Water Code 1745.09 – Nothing in this article does any of the following:(a) Creates in …
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Nothing in this article does any of the following:
(a) Creates in any person a right to require any water supplier to enter into a contract providing for the reduction or elimination of water use or for the transfer of water.
Terms Used In California Water Code 1745.09
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes a public agency. See California Water Code 1745
- water: includes the term "use of water. See California Water Code 1000
- Water supplier: means a local public agency or private company supplying or storing water, or a mutual water company. See California Water Code 1745
(b) Creates in any person reducing water use any interest in the water rights of the water supplier.
(c) Limits or otherwise affects the jurisdiction of any regulatory public agency over water transfers.
(d) Makes any change in existing water rights.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 481, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)