Section 1021 Of Chapter 1.5. Water Leases From California Water Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.5.
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. (a) The water subject to a water lease agreement shall be
water that is subject to a water right of the lessor. The amount of
water leased shall not exceed 25 percent of the water that would have
been applied or stored by the lessor in the absence of the lease
agreement in any given hydrological year.
(b) Each lease agreement shall include enforceable terms which
will ensure that the water lease will not injure any legal user of
water and will not unreasonably affect fish, wildlife, or other
instream beneficial uses.
(c) This chapter applies only to surface water appropriated
pursuant to the Water Commission Act (Chapter 586 of the Statutes of
1913, as amended) or this code, or to water appropriated prior to
December 19, 1914.