Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

§
Marginalia
Code · California · Water Code

§ 8999

147 words·~1 min read·/ca/water-code/8999

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

If any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, municipal corporation, or person within the drainage district, with the consent of the board, provides or leaves any land for a by-pass, waterway, storage basin or sump for the purpose of complying with the plans to be carried out by the board, or for carrying out in whole or in part any of the plans or works adopted by it or erects any levee along the by-pass or waterway, storage basin or sump, the by-pass, waterway, storage basin, sump, and levee shall be considered as a part of the work to be done pursuant to the provisions of this part and proper compensation shall be made for the right of way or easement through, over and upon the by-pass, waterway, storage basin or sump and for the actual reasonable cost of construction of the levees, cuts, canals or gates.
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.