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Section 5948.

5948. No person shall cause or having caused, permit to exist any log jam or debris accumulation or any other artificial barrier, except a dam for the storage or diversion of water, public bridges and approaches thereto, groins, jetties, seawalls, breakwaters, bulkheads, wharves and piers permitted by law, and debris from mining operations, in any […]

Section 5939.

5939. The hatchery, traps, and other equipment necessary to operate a hatchery station shall not be of a size greater than necessary to supply the stream or river with a reasonable number of fish. The owner of the dam shall permit the department to locate the hatchery, dwellings, traps, and other equipment upon any of […]

Section 5940.

5940. If the owner of the dam generates electricity at the place of the dam, he shall furnish sufficient light, without charge, for the use of the hatchery. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

Section 5941.

5941. The owner shall permit the use of water, without charge, to operate the hatchery. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

Section 5942.

5942. The commission may, in lieu of a fishway, hatchery, dwelling, traps or other equipment necessary to operate a hatchery station, order the owner of the dam to plant, under the supervision of the department, the young of such fish as naturally frequent the waters of the stream or river, at such times, in such […]

Section 5943.

5943. (a) The owner of a dam shall accord to the public for the purpose of fishing, the right of access to the waters impounded by the dam during the open season for the taking of fish in the stream or river, subject to the regulations of the commission. (b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any […]

Section 5944.

5944. The owner of a dam is not liable in damages to any person exercising the right to fish, who suffers any injury through coming in contact with, or tampering with, any of the property of the owner of the dam. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

Section 5945.

5945. The department may sell, at cost, to the owner of a dam, young fish ordered to be planted. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

Section 5930.

5930. The department shall, from time to time, examine all dams in all rivers and streams in this State naturally frequented by fish. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

Section 5946.

5946. The provisions of Section 5938 shall not be applicable to dams constructed in District 41/2 after September 9, 1953. No permit or license to appropriate water in District 41/2 shall be issued by the State Water Rights Board after September 9, 1953, unless conditioned upon full compliance with Section 5937. Plans and specifications for […]