39930. As used in this article:(a) 'Navigable water' includes a harbor, bay, inlet, and estuary.(b) 'Tidelands' includes submerged lands.(c) 'Owns tidelands' means by grant from the State, or otherwise, owns, holds, or possesses tidelands or the title to such lands.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
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