California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Water Code - WAT |
Division 2. WATER |
Part 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER |
Chapter 1. General Provisions |
ARTICLE 4. Beneficial Use |
Section 1241.
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If the person entitled to the use of water fails to use beneficially all or any part of the water claimed by him or her, for which a right of use has vested, for the purpose for which it was appropriated or adjudicated, for a period of five years, that unused water may revert to the public and shall, if reverted, be regarded as unappropriated public water. That reversion shall occur upon a finding by the board following notice to the permittee, licensee, or person holding a livestock stockpond certificate or small domestic use, small irrigation use, or livestock stockpond use registration under this part and a public hearing if requested by the permittee, licensee, certificate holder, or registration holder.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 579, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2012.)