{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-35453","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 35453","heading":"","body":"In the event of water shortage the district may, with respect to the shortage area, give preference to or serve only the land for which application was filed prior to the application date fixed and the land for which no application was required.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 13. CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS [34000. - 38501.]","PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [35300. - 35886.]","CHAPTER 2. Powers [35400. - 35509.]","ARTICLE 3. Applications for Water [35450. - 35455.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"700505952904f945abba23c20b215bcf991876b5dd0a8f1f877c45a1ee5eab20","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-35452","next":"us-ca/wat-35454"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}