Section 1.

1. This act shall be known as the Water Code. (Enacted By Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 10.

10. “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. “Subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 11.

11. The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 12.

12. The masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 12.2.

12.2. “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 118. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)

Section 13.

13. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 14.

14. “County” includes city and county. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 15.

15. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 16.

16. “Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 17.

17. “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or […]

Section 18.

18. “State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 19.

19. “Person” means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 226. Effective January 1, 1995.)

Section 2.

2. The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof, and not as new enactments. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 20.

20. “United States” means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 21.

21. If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 22.

22. “Department,” unless otherwise specified, means the Department of Water Resources. (Amended by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52.)

Section 23.

23. “Director,” unless otherwise specified, means the Director of Water Resources. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52.)

Section 24.

24. The standard miner’s inch of water is equivalent to one and one-half cubic feet of water per minute, measured through any aperture or orifice. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Section 25.

25. “Board,” unless otherwise specified, means the State Water Resources Control Board. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 284.)

Section 26.

26. For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or “reclaimed water” has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 28, Sec. 11.5. Effective January 1, 1996.)