Sections
8 entriesSection 1Establishes guarantees and protections concerning water rights, water quality, and fish and wildlife resources. The provision declares that the people of the…Section 2Requires voter approval for changes to specified 1979–80 legislation protecting Delta fish, wildlife, water rights, and water-quality operations. Allows two-thirds legislation to…Section 3Prohibits appropriating water from components of the California Wild and Scenic Rivers System as it existed January 1, 1981 for export to…Section 4Requires voter approval for any amendment, repeal, or addition to the Delta Protection Act. Allows the Legislature to make such changes by…Section 5Prohibits public agencies from using eminent domain to acquire Delta water rights or water or water-quality contract rights for exporting water from…Section 6Requires specified challenges and enforcement proceedings involving the 1979–80 water legislation and peripheral canal to be filed in Sacramento County, generally within…Section 7Requires state agencies to exercise every power authorized to them consistently with the protections established by the article. The command governs how…Section 8Limits the article’s operation by making it entirely ineffective unless the Legislature’s Senate Bill Number 200 from the 1979–80 Regular Session is…