SECTIONS 1230-1232 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 1230-1232

1230. Upon any stream flowing across the State boundary, an
appropriation of water in this State for beneficial use in another
State may be made only when, under the laws of the latter, water may
be lawfully diverted therein for beneficial use in this State.

1231. Upon any stream flowing across the state boundary a right of
appropriation having the point of diversion and the place of use in
another state and recognized by the laws of that state shall have the
same force and effect as if the point of diversion and the place of
use were in this State if the laws of that state give like force and
effect to similar rights acquired in this State; provided, that this
section shall not apply to the Walker River and its tributaries or
claimed rights of appropriation therefrom in the State of Nevada,
whether heretofore or hereafter initiated.

1232. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), nothing in this
article applies to interstate lakes, or streams flowing in or out of
those lakes.
(b) This article applies to any appropriation or change in point
of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use under a right to the
use of waters from the Truckee River if the appropriation or change
is made pursuant to the operating agreement described in Section 205
(a) of Public Law 101-618.