California · Water Code
WAT §6470: The owners of completed dams or reservoirs and dams or reservoirs that are 90 percent or more constructed that are made subject to the provisions of this part by the amendment of Section 6002 or the a
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The owners of completed dams or reservoirs and dams or reservoirs that are 90 percent or more constructed that are made subject to the provisions of this part by the amendment of Section 6002 or the addition of Section 6004.5 at the 1965 Regular Session of the Legislature shall not be required to pay a fee in relation to applications filed with the department for approval of their dams or reservoirs. Applications for the approval of dams or reservoirs that are made subject to this part by said amendment or addition that are found by the department to have been less than 90 percent constructed on September 17, 1965, shall be accompanied by fees as much less than provided for dams or reservoirs commenced after that date as the percentage of construction found by the department to have been completed on that date.
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