Title

WATER

Proposition Summary

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 27. Adds Section 3 to Article XIV of Constitution. Declares general welfare requires water resources be beneficially used, and waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use prevented, and requires conservation for public welfare. Declares right in stream or water course limited to water reasonably required for beneficial use, riparian rights attaching to flow required therefor, and shall not extend to waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use or of diversion. Appropriator or riparian owner lawfully entitled to water not to be deprived thereof. Declares section self-executing and permits legislation in furtherance.

Proposition Number

7

Year

1928

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 913125; A: 77.2; N: 270163; B: 22.8

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Added Cal. Const. art. XIV, section 3.

For Author

B. S. Crittenden, Assemblyman, Nineteenth District; R. P. Easley, Assemblyman, Eighteenth District

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