California Water Code

§ 6003

WAT § 6003 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 3 · Part 1 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)Any barrier that is or will be not in excess of six feet in height, regardless of storage capacity, or that has or will have a storage capacity not in excess of 15 acre-feet, regardless of height, shall not be considered a dam.

(b)(1) Any barrier that does not impound water above the top of a levee where maximum storage behind the barrier has a minimum of three feet of freeboard on the levee and is a weir shall not be considered a dam.

(2)This subdivision shall apply only to Peoples Weir, Reynolds Weir, Last Chance Weir, Lemoore Diversion Weir, Island Weir, Crescent Weir, Stinson Weir, Empire Weir No. 1, and Empire Weir No. 2.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 617, Sec. 1. (AB 639) Effective January 1, 2026.