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a) This division does not diminish, impair, or otherwise affect in any manner whatsoever any area of origin, watershed of origin, county of origin, or any other water rights protections, including, but not limited to, rights to water appropriated prior to December 19, 1914, provided under the law. This division does not limit or otherwise affect the application of

Article 1.7 (commencing with

Section 1215) of

Chapter of Part of Division 2, Sections 10505, 10505.5, 11128, 11460, 11461, 11462, and 11463, and Sections to 12220, inclusive. (

b) For the purposes of this division, an area that utilizes water that has been diverted and conveyed from the Sacramento River hydrologic region, for use outside the Sacramento River hydrologic region or the Delta, shall not be deemed to be immediately adjacent thereto or capable of being conveniently supplied with water therefrom by virtue or on account of the diversion and conveyance of that water through facilities that may be constructed for that purpose after January 1, 2010. (

c) Nothing in this division supersedes, limits, or otherwise modifies the applicability of

Chapter 10 (commencing with

Section 1700) of Part of Division 2, including petitions related to any new conveyance constructed or operated in accordance with

Chapter 2 (commencing with

Section 85320) of

Part 4. (

d) Unless otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this division supersedes, reduces, or otherwise affects existing legal protections, both procedural and substantive, relating to the state board’s regulation of diversion and use of water, including, but not limited to, water right priorities, the protection provided to municipal interests by Sections and 106.5, and changes in water rights. Nothing in this division expands or otherwise alters the board’s existing authority to regulate the diversion and use of water or the courts’ existing concurrent jurisdiction over California water rights.