Water Code section 50442

No proceeding in quo warranto, nor any similar action or proceeding shall be maintained in the name of the people of the State against any district that, continuously for five years next preceding the commencement of the proceeding, has been acting as a district and prosecuting or maintaining its works of reclamation in good faith.

Source: Section 50442, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=50442. (updated Jan. 1, 1961; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_50442

Original Source: Section 50442, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=50442. (last accessed May 12, 2025).