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title: "16 U.S.C. § 695h"
description: "Ownership by State of California of works constructed"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_name: "GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION"
section: "695h"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 695h"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 695h - Ownership by State of California of works constructed

## Text

Works constructed under the authorization of section 695e of this title, for the purpose of supplying State wildlife management areas with water, shall become the property of the State of California when constructed.

(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1012, § 5, 68 Stat. 879.)