Title WAT, California Water Code

A district may take any action outside the district, including, but not limited to, those set forth in Section 60224, provided the board finds both of the following: (a) The action is reasonably necessary to protect groundwater supplies within the district. (b) There is a direct,…

A district may sue and recover the amount of any district expenditures under Section 60224 from the person or persons responsible for the contaminants causing the expenditures. In proceeding under any state or federal law, a district may recover those expenses from responsible pe…

Any money belonging to a district may be deposited or invested and drawn out as provided in Title 5, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 4, Article 2 of the Government Code, as now or hereafter amended. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

Not later than the second Tuesday in February each year the board shall order an engineering survey and report to be made regarding the ground water supplies of the district. The same shall include, among all other information and data which the board may require, the following: …

If the district has received an engineering evaluation as to any matter within the powers of the district under Section 60224 and containing proposed action or alternate actions and estimated costs, including engineering and legal fees and expenses and district overhead, the boar…

Any territory including unincorporated territory or incorporated territory or a part of either, and lying within one or more counties of this State may be annexed to a water replenishment district under the provisions of this part. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by registered voters residing within the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed equal in number to at least 10 per centum of the number of such vo…

Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed and shall contain a prayer that such area be annexed to such district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. When contained upon one or more instruments, one copy only of such petition need b…

Within 10 days of the date of filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition is signed by the requisite number of voters. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of such examination, and if from such examination he shall find that said petition is signed by the requisite number o…

If, by the certificate of the secretary of the district, the petition is found to be insufficient, he shall also certify to the number of voters required to make such petition sufficient, and it may be amended by filing a supplemental petition or petitions within 10 days of the d…

The secretary of the district shall, within 10 days after the filing of such supplemental petition or petitions, make like examination of the same and certify to the result of such examination as hereinbefore provided. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

If his certificate shall show any such petition, or such petition as amended, to be insufficient, it shall be filed by him with the board of the district and kept as a public record, without prejudice, however, to the filing of a new petition to the same effect, but if, by the ce…

If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in determining the number of voters signing the petition. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

After an election for the annexation of such area to the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

Such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of such district. No petition for inclusion may be granted unless and until the board finds that the persons and property within the territory proposed to be included will benefit directly or indirectly from the use of or rig…

If such petition is granted, the proposition of such annexation subject to the terms and conditions so fixed, shall be submitted to the vote of the voters in the proposed addition, at an election called by the board and held, as herein provided, within 70 days after the effective…

Notice of such election shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least seven, but not more than 28, days prior to the date fixed for such election. Such notice shall describe the boundaries of the …

Such notice also shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors, as herein provided. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

The measure so submitted at such election shall be stated on the ballot substantially as follows: “Shall ____ (giving the name or other designation of the territory proposed to be annexed, as stated in the notice of election) be annexed to ____ (name of water replenishment distri…

The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if such proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the president and secretary of the board of directors shall certify that fact to the Secretary of State and shall record a cer…

Upon receipt of such last-mentioned certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and the addition of said area or areas to said district. A copy of said certificate shall be transmitted to, and filed with,…

From and after the date of such certificate, the area or areas named therein shall be deemed added to, and shall form a part of, said district, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of said district, including the payment of bon…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Levee District Law of 1959. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 370.)

Nothing in this part affects the provisions of any statute in relation to levee districts now in force. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 370.)

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Water District Law of 1911. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this part, “county clerk” means the county clerk of the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this part, “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

As used in this part, “application” means an application for the initiation of proceedings for the formation of a district under the provisions of the Knox-Nisbet Act, Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code. (Amended by Sta…

The board of directors shall consist of five members. Each director shall be a resident of the division from which he is elected. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

(a) Notwithstanding Section 71250, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single municipal water district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Section 56886 of the Gover…

If a director moves his or her residence, as defined in Section 244 of the Government Code, outside the boundaries of that director’s division, and if within 180 days of the move or the effective date of this section, the director fails to reestablish a place of residence within …

The directors elected at the formation election shall classify themselves by lot so that two of them shall hold office until the election and qualification of their successors at the first succeeding general district election and three of them shall hold office until the election…

Each director elected subsequent to the formation election shall hold office for a term of four years from and after the date for his taking of office and until the election and qualification of his successor. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Except for the directors elected at a formation election, directors elected to office shall take office at noon on the first Friday in December succeeding their election. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 8, Sec. 1. (AB 72) Effective January 1, 2014.)

Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of director it shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code, by a qualified person, who shall be a resident of, and otherwise qualified to be a director from, the division in which the vacancy occurred. (Amended by Stats.…

Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board or for each day’s service rendered as a director by request of the board, not exceeding a total of six days in any calendar mo…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law any person who represents a municipal water district on the board of directors of any metropolitan water district formed pursuant to the Metropolitan Water District Act may receive compensation and expenses from the municipal water distr…

As used in this part: (a) “District election” means every election held within the district for district purposes, but does not include a formation election. (b) “General district election” means the district election for the election of directors which shall be held in each even…

Except as otherwise provided in this division, the provisions of the Elections Code, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all district elections. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

The board shall call and canvass all elections involving matters of initiative and referendum and shall call all other elections which it is authorized to canvass. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

No person shall vote at any district election unless he is a voter residing in the division of the district in which he casts his vote. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Except with respect to formation elections, whenever lands situated in more than one county are included in a district: (a) The secretary shall perform all duties prescribed by law to be performed by county clerks or registrars of voters, as the case may be, in connection with di…

A district may exercise the powers which are expressly granted by this division or are necessarily implied. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

A district may: (a) Have perpetual succession. (b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)