Water Code section 74553

A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to be used for dams, damsites, reservoirs, reservoir sites, canals, ditches and conduits, spreading basins, sinking wells or sinking basins, or otherwise necessary to accomplish the purposes of this division, or to operate or to make use of such works.

Source: Section 74553, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=74553. (updated Jan. 1, 1975; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_74553

Original Source: Section 74553, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=74553. (last accessed May 12, 2025).