{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"1627","citation":"Wat. Code, § 1627","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. WATER [1000. - 5951.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER [1200. - 1851.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Licenses [1600. - 1675.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-9"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Contents and Conditions of License [1625. - 1631.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-2/part-2/chapter-9/article-5"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A license shall be effective for such time as the water actually appropriated under it is used for a useful and beneficial purpose in conformity with this division but no longer.</p>","text":"A license shall be effective for such time as the water actually appropriated under it is used for a useful and beneficial purpose in conformity with this division but no longer.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/contents-and-conditions-of-license-1627","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}