California Water Code CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions

  • Section 43150.
    The board has all powers and authority necessary to enable it to fully perform the duties imposed upon it by this division.(Added by Stats. 1951,...
  • Section 43151.
    The board may enter into any agreement with the United States or with any state, county, district, public corporation, or municipality of any kind, for...
  • Section 43152.
    The board may:(a) Adopt a seal.(b) Make and execute all necessary contracts.(c) Employ and appoint such agents, officers, and employees as may be required, and prescribe their duties.(d) Itself...
  • Section 43153.
    The board may construct works across or intersecting any stream of water, watercourse, street, avenue, highway, railway, or conduit in such manner as to afford...
  • Section 43154.
    The board shall restore any property altered or damaged when so crossed or intersected to its former state as nearly as may be, or in...
  • Section 43155.
    Every company whose railroad is intersected or crossed by the works shall unite with the board in forming intersections and crossings, and grant privileges necessary...
  • Section 43156.
    If any railroad company and the board, or the owners and controllers of the property to be crossed, cannot agree upon the amount to be...
  • Section 43157.
    The right of way is hereby given, dedicated, and set apart for the location, construction, and maintenance of works over and through any land which...
  • Section 43158.
    All waters and water rights belonging to this State within the district are given, dedicated, and set apart for the uses and purposes of the...
  • Section 43159.
    The department and board shall, respectively, cause to be entered in books to be kept for that purpose a complete and connected record of all...
  • Section 43160.
    The records and all documents, instruments, or other papers filed with the department, commission, or board, or a copy or copies of any thereof certified...
  • Section 43161.
    Whenever it deems it necessary for its own guidance or for the best interests of the district, the board may submit any question or proposition...

Last modified: October 22, 2018