The board may maintain actions in the name of the state to compel by injunction the owner or owners of any bridge, trestle, wire line, viaduct, embankment, or other structure or obstruction that shall be intersected, traversed, or crossed by any bypass, drainage canal, channel, or overflow channel to construct or alter any structure in order to offer a minimum of obstruction to the free flow of water. In the case of existing works, the board may compel the removal or alteration of structures or obstructions that impede the free flow of water.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 639, Sec. 3. (SB 753) Effective January 1, 2014.)

Terms Used In California Water Code 8706

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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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