CHAPTER 11. Joint Use and Development

Chapter 11 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.

§§ 1750–1815 · 19 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 1750–1752 · 3 sections

   • § 1750 As used in this chapter “works” includes dams, tunnels, diversion works, ditches, and other works or constructions.
   • § 1751 As used in this chapter “power” includes electricity, electrical power, and other power.
   • § 1752 The board shall determine the pro rata and other costs provided for in this chapter.
2. ARTICLE 2. Joint Occupancy and Use §§ 1775–1782 · 8 sections

   • § 1775 If at any time it appears to the board, after a hearing of the persons interested and an investigation, that the full capacity of the works built or…
   • § 1776 The board shall take into consideration the reasonable cost of the original and new work, the good faith of the applicant, the market for water or power to be…
   • § 1777 The applicant shall be required to pay to the person owning the works a pro rata portion of the total cost of the old and the new works.
   • § 1778 If the water is used or to be used for irrigation or domestic purposes, the pro rata portion of the cost shall be based upon the proportion of the water used…
   • § 1779 If the water is used or to be used for the generation of power, the pro rata portion of the cost shall be based upon the relative amount of power capable of…
   • § 1780 If a portion of the water is used or to be used for irrigation and another portion is used or to be used for the generation of power, the applicant shall pay…
   • § 1781 If any of the water is used or to be used for purposes other than those specified in this article, the applicant shall pay to the person owning the works such…
   • § 1782 The applicant shall also pay a proper pro rata share, based as above provided in this article, of the cost of maintaining the works, on and after beginning the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Enlargement of Existing Works of Another §§ 1800–1801 · 2 sections

   • § 1800 If it appears to the board that the full capacity of the works built or constructed, or being built or constructed, under an appropriation of water under the…
   • § 1801 The repairing, improving, adding to, supplementing, or enlarging of works under this article, shall not materially interfere with the proper use thereof by the…
4. ARTICLE 4. Joint Use of Capacity in Water Conveyance Facilities §§ 1810–1815 · 6 sections

   • § 1810 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the state, nor any regional or local public agency may deny a bona fide transferor of water the use of a…
   • § 1811 As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Bona fide transferor” means a person or public agency as defined in…
   • § 1812 The state, regional, or local public agency owning the water conveyance facility shall in a timely manner determine the following: (a) The amount and…
   • § 1813 In making the determinations required by this article, the respective public agency shall act in a reasonable manner consistent with the requirements of law to…
   • § 1814 This article shall apply to only 70 percent of the unused capacity.
   • § 1815 (a) Notwithstanding Section 1810, a transferor of water shall not use a water conveyance facility that has unused capacity to transfer water from a groundwater…