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DIVISION 2. WATER
1000-5976
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1000-1126
CHAPTER 1. Definitions and Interpretation of Division
1000-1018
CHAPTER 1.5. Water Leases
1020-1031
CHAPTER 2. Administrative Provisions Generally
1050-1060
CHAPTER 3. Witnesses and Production of Evidence
1075-1106
ARTICLE 1. Definitions
1075-1076
ARTICLE 2. Attendance and Fees
1080-1086
ARTICLE 3. Compelling Attendance
1090-1097
ARTICLE 4. Depositions
1100
ARTICLE 5. Immunity
1105-1106
CHAPTER 3.5. State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearings Office
1110-1114
CHAPTER 4. Reconsideration, Amendment, and Judicial Review of Water Right Decisions and Orders
1120-1126
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
1120-1121
ARTICLE 2. Reconsideration and Amendment of Decisions and Orders
1122-1124
ARTICLE 3. Review by Court of Decisions and Orders
1126
PART 2. APPROPRIATION OF WATER
1200-1851
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions
1200-1248
ARTICLE 1. Water Subject to Appropriation
1200-1203
ARTICLE 1.3. Declaration of Fully Appropriated Stream System
1205-1207
ARTICLE 1.5. Treated Waste Water
1210-1212
ARTICLE 1.7. Areas of Origin
1215-1222
ARTICLE 2. Exclusive Method of Appropriation
1225
ARTICLE 2.5. Stockponds
1226-1226.4
ARTICLE 2.6. Nonreserved Water Rights for Federal Uses
1227-1227.4
ARTICLE 2.7. Registration of Appropriations for Small Domestic, Small Irrigation, and Livestock Stockpond Uses
1228-1229.1
ARTICLE 3. Appropriation from Interstate Streams
1230-1231
ARTICLE 4. Beneficial Use
1240-1244
ARTICLE 5. Liability Within a Watershed
1245-1248
CHAPTER 2. Applications to Appropriate Water
1250-1276
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
1250-1259.6
ARTICLE 2. Contents of Applications
1260-1266
ARTICLE 3. Defective Applications
1270-1271
ARTICLE 4. Supplemental Information
1275-1276
CHAPTER 3. Notice of Application
1300-1324
ARTICLE 1. Contents of Notice
1300-1304
ARTICLE 2. Publication of Notice
1310-1317
ARTICLE 3. Posting and Mailing Notice
1320-1324
CHAPTER 4. Protest of Application
1330-1335
CHAPTER 5. Proceedings on Application
1340-1353
ARTICLE 1. Notice of Hearing
1340-1342
ARTICLE 1.5. Minor Protested Applications Procedure
1345-1348
ARTICLE 2. Action on Application
1350-1353
CHAPTER 6. Permits
1375-1410.2
ARTICLE 1. Prerequisites to Issuance of Permit
1375
ARTICLE 2. Issuance of Permit
1380-1382
ARTICLE 3. Permit Terms and Conditions
1390-1394
ARTICLE 4. Application to Beneficial Use and Construction of Works
1395-1398
ARTICLE 5. Revocation of Permit
1410-1410.2
CHAPTER 6.5. Temporary Permits
1425-1433.6
ARTICLE 1. Temporary Urgency Permits
1425-1431
ARTICLE 2. Temporary Permits for Diversion to Underground Storage
1433-1433.6
CHAPTER 6.6. Temporary Changes
1435-1443.7
ARTICLE 1. Temporary Urgency Changes
1435-1442
ARTICLE 2. Temporary Changes for Diversion to Underground Storage
1443-1443.7
CHAPTER 7. Priorities
1450-1491
ARTICLE 1. Priority of Application
1450
ARTICLE 2. Effect of Issuance of Permit
1455
ARTICLE 3. Preferred Priorities of Municipalities
1460-1464
ARTICLE 4. Priority of Reservoir Systems Constituting Single Unit
1475
ARTICLE 5. Applications in Aid of State Water Plan
1480
ARTICLE 6. Applications by Governmental Agencies Discharging Disposal Water
1485-1486
ARTICLE 7. Priority of Applications for Hydroelectric Power
1490-1491
CHAPTER 8. Water Right Fees
1525-1560
ARTICLE 1. Fee Schedules
1525-1530
ARTICLE 2. Collection and Enforcement
1535-1541
ARTICLE 3. Water Rights Fund
1550-1552
ARTICLE 4. Sovereign Immunity
1560
CHAPTER 9. Licenses
1600-1675.2
ARTICLE 1. Report of Completion
1600
ARTICLE 2. Examination and Inspection
1605
ARTICLE 3. Issuance or Refusal of License
1610-1611
ARTICLE 5. Contents and Conditions of License
1625-1631
ARTICLE 6. Filing of Licenses and Orders with County Recorder
1650-1651
ARTICLE 7. Revocation of Licenses
1675-1675.2
CHAPTER 10. Change to an Application, Permit, or License
1700-1707
CHAPTER 10.5. Change of Point of Diversion, Place of Use, or Purpose of Use, Involving the Transfer of Water
1725-1745.11
ARTICLE 1. Temporary Changes
1725-1732
ARTICLE 2. Long-Term Transfers
1735-1737
ARTICLE 3. Transfer of Decreed Rights
1740
ARTICLE 4. Water Supplier Contracts
1745-1745.11
CHAPTER 11. Joint Use and Development
1750-1815
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
1750-1752
ARTICLE 2. Joint Occupancy and Use
1775-1782
ARTICLE 3. Enlargement of Existing Works of Another
1800-1801
ARTICLE 4. Joint Use of Capacity in Water Conveyance Facilities
1810-1815
CHAPTER 12. Enforcement of Water Rights
1825-1851
ARTICLE 1. Policy
1825
ARTICLE 2. Cease and Desist Orders
1831-1836
ARTICLE 3. Monitoring and Reporting
1840-1841.5
ARTICLE 4. Enforcement
1845-1848
ARTICLE 5. Private Litigation
1850-1851
PART 3. DETERMINATION OF WATER RIGHTS
2000-2900
CHAPTER 1. Reference by Courts of This State
2000-2048
ARTICLE 1. Subjects of Reference
2000-2001
ARTICLE 2. Report of Referee
2010-2021
ARTICLE 3. Expenses of Reference
2040-2048
CHAPTER 2. References in Federal Courts
2075-2076
CHAPTER 2.5. Adjudications to Protect the Quality of Ground Water
2100-2102
CHAPTER 3. Statutory Adjudications
2500-2868
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
2500-2503
ARTICLE 2. Petition and Preliminary Proceedings
2525-2529
ARTICLE 3. Investigation of Stream System
2550-2555
ARTICLE 4. Proof of Claim
2575-2577
ARTICLE 5. Report and Preliminary Order of Determination
2600-2604
ARTICLE 6. Objections to the Report
2625-2628
ARTICLE 7. Hearing of Objections
2650-2653
ARTICLE 8. Order of Determination
2700-2702
ARTICLE 9. Hearing and Decree of Court
2750-2774
ARTICLE 10. Intervention
2780-2783
ARTICLE 11. Proceedings when Appropriation Incomplete at Time of Determination
2801-2820
ARTICLE 12. Service of Copy of Decree
2825-2826
ARTICLE 13. Expenses of Determination
2850-2868
CHAPTER 4. Modification of Decrees
2900
PART 4. DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN WATERMASTER SERVICE AREAS
4000-4407
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions
4000-4003
CHAPTER 2. Creation of Watermaster Service Areas
4025-4032
CHAPTER 3. Watermasters
4050-4053
CHAPTER 4. Construction and Maintenance of Works and Measuring Devices
4100-4126
ARTICLE 1. By Owners of Conduits
4100-4104
ARTICLE 2. By Owners of Reservoirs
4125-4126
CHAPTER 5. Distribution of Water in Service Areas
4150-4161
ARTICLE 1. Procedure of Distribution
4150-4153
ARTICLE 2. Remedies for Improper Distribution
4160-4161
CHAPTER 6. Offenses
4175-4178
CHAPTER 7. Expenses of Distribution
4200-4335
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
4200-4201
ARTICLE 2. Statement and Budget
4225-4228
ARTICLE 3. Apportionment of Expense
4251-4254
ARTICLE 4. Payment and Collection
4275-4279
ARTICLE 5. Payment by and Collection From State Agencies and Public Entities
4300-4305
ARTICLE 6. Alternative Method of Payment by Owners
4325-4335
CHAPTER 8. The Water Resources Revolving Fund
4351-4358
CHAPTER 9. Alternative Distribution Procedure
4400-4407
PART 5. RECORDATION OF WATER EXTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS
4999-5009
PART 5.1. STATEMENTS OF WATER DIVERSIONS AND USE
5100-5107
PART 5.2. Groundwater Extraction Reporting for Probationary Basins and Basins Without a Groundwater Sustainability Agency
5200-5209
PART 6. KLAMATH RIVER BASIN COMPACT
5900-5901
PART 7. OREGON–CALIFORNIA GOOSE LAKE INTERSTATE COMPACT
5950-5951
PART 8. CALIFORNIA–NEVADA INTERSTATE COMPACT
5975-5976