California CodesCalifornia Constitution - CONSArticle X — WaterSection 6
The right to collect rates or compensation for the use of water supplied to any county, city and county, or town, or the inhabitants thereof, is a franchise, and cannot be exercised except by authority of and in the manner prescribed by law.
Notes
Defines the right to collect rates or compensation for supplying water to a county, city and county, town, or their inhabitants as a legal franchise. Prohibits exercising that franchise without legal authority or outside the specific manner prescribed by law.
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