Title WAT, California Water Code

A district may disseminate information concerning the rights, properties, and activities of the district. Such power shall not be construed as an exception to the California Public Records Act. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 310.)

A district may by resolution of a four-fifths majority of its directors obtain membership in associations having for their purpose the furtherance of subjects relating to the powers and duties of the district and for the interchange of information relating to such powers and duti…

A district may, by resolution of the board of directors spread on its minutes, change the name of the district. Certified copies of the resolution changing the name of the district shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of every affected county and sent to the cou…

If, on or after the effective date of this section, substantially all of a district water system is acquired by another public agency by any method other than a vote of the electorate of that district so authorizing, the following provisions shall apply: (a) All funds derived fro…

Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of any local ordinance or regulation adopted pursuant to this division shall be punished upon a first conviction by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) and for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine o…

(a) In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, including an ordinance fixing charges for the furnishing of commodities or services, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of the district. The district may also petition the superior court …

A district may issue warrants to pay the formation expenses of the district. The warrants may bear interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent per year from the date of issue until funds are available to pay the warrants. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 721.)

Formation expenses may include the fees of attorneys and others employed to conduct the formation proceedings, but shall not include the expenses of holding and conducting the formation election. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

A district may issue bonds pursuant to Chapters 2 (commencing with Section 71860) and 5 (commencing with Section 71940) of this part for the purpose of providing money required to be paid to any district or authority organized under the Metropolitan Water District Act or the Coun…

A district may issue revenue bonds for any purpose for which general obligation bonds may be issued. Such revenue bonds may be issued pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 or any other law which by its terms is applicable to districts formed under this division. (Added by Stat…

A district that has outstanding revenue bonds which were approved by more than two-thirds of the votes cast at the election authorizing such bonds may incur a bonded indebtedness pursuant to this part for the purpose of refunding such revenue bonds, whether or not such revenue bo…

Whenever the board deems it necessary to form an improvement district of a portion of the district for a purpose other than the incurring of bonded indebtedness, the board shall by resolution declare that it intends to form an improvement district of a portion of the district whi…

The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) The purpose for which the proposed improvement district is to be formed. (b) The estimated expense of carrying out such purpose. (c) That taxes for carrying out such purpose will be levied exclusively upon the taxable property in …

The resolution of intention shall also state that a map showing the exterior boundaries of the proposed improvement district, with relation to the territory immediately contiguous thereto, is on file with the secretary and is available for inspection by any person or persons inte…

The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the questions of the formation and extent of the proposed improvement district, the purpose for which it is to be formed, and the estimated expense of carrying out such purpose. (b)…

Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper circulated in the municipal water district, if there is a newspaper circulated in the …

A district may cause taxes to be levied, in the manner provided in this part, for the purpose of paying any obligation of the district, including its formation expenses and any warrants issued therefor. The amount of this levy shall not exceed the amount permitted by any maximum …

A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that …

If the revenues of the district, or of any improvement district therein, are or in the judgment of the board will probably be inadequate for any cause to pay the principal of or interest on any bonded debt of the district, or any improvement district thereof, as it becomes due an…

If, in the opinion of the board of a municipal water district, the corporate area of which has been included in or annexed to a metropolitan water district as a unit, the revenues of the municipal water district will be inadequate for any cause to pay the operating expense of suc…

The board shall determine the amounts necessary to be raised by taxation during the fiscal year and shall fix the rate or rates of tax to be levied which will raise the amounts of money required by the district. These acts by the board are a valid assessment of the property and a…

On or before September 1, the board shall certify to the board of supervisors and county auditor the tax rate or rates fixed for the district and shall furnish a statement of any delinquent and unpaid charges for water and other services, or either, requested in writing by the ow…

The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district, using the rate or rates of levy as fixed by the board and the assessed value as found on the assessment roll for the property…

Taxes for the payment of the interest on or principal of any bonded debt shall be levied on the property within the district, or improvement district therein, that is benefited by the bonded debt, as determined by the board in the resolution declaring the necessity to incur the d…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a mobilehome which occupies a rental space and is not permanently attached to the land is not property subject to ad valorem property taxes for debt service of the district or of any improvement district therein. (Added by Stats. 1983,…

All county officers charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect district taxes at the same time and in the same form and manner as county taxes are collected, and shall pay the collected district taxes to the district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Taxes for the payment of a bonded debt and the interest thereon shall be a lien on all the property benefited thereby as stated in the resolution of the board declaring the necessity to incur the debt. All taxes for other purposes of the district shall be a lien on all the proper…

Liens for district taxes, whether for payment of a bonded indebtedness and the interest thereon or for other purposes, shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes, and their collection may be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens f…

The amount of any charges for water and other services or either included in the statement of delinquent and unpaid charges pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 72094 shall be added to and become a part of the annual taxes next levied upon the property upon which the water for …

A district shall notify the holder of title to land whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for water and other services or either which could become a lien on such property pursuant to Section 72100 remain delinquent and unpaid for 60 days. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1211.)

In case any charges for water or other services, or either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the discretion of the district be secured at any time by filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate specifying the amount of …

The Marin Municipal Water District, in addition to or in conjunction with any provision of this division, may do any of the following in order to implement the acquisition, storage, transportation, and distribution of water for such district: (a) Fix such rates for water in the d…

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Water Conservation District Law of 1931. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

This division shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes and intent hereof. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

A district may be organized and established by the board of supervisors of any county in this state, as expressly provided in this part, when the conditions stated in this part are found to exist, and may exercise the powers expressly granted in this division, or necessarily impl…

A district may be organized upon petition by the qualified electors in an area comprising the whole or a part or parts of one or more watersheds of any stream or streams of water or unnavigable river or rivers, or territory adjacent to such watershed or watersheds, or deriving su…

A district may be entirely within unincorporated territory or partly within unincorporated and partly within incorporated territory, and may be within one or more counties. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The territory to be included within a district need not be contiguous. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The board of directors shall consist of three, five, or seven members, depending on the number of divisions in the district. Each director shall be an elector of the division for which he is elected, a qualified elector of the district, and a resident of the county, or of one of …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single water conservation district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Sect…

The directors elected at the formation election shall immediately enter upon their duties as such upon qualifying in the manner provided in this chapter. Such directors shall hold office respectively until their successors are elected and qualified. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.…

The directors of any district who are elected shall hold office pursuant to Section 10505 of the Elections Code. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 267. Effective January 1, 1995.)

Each director elected subsequent to the formation election shall hold office for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

Vacancies occurring in the board, by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1059.)

Upon his election or appointment, each person who shall be elected or appointed to the office of director shall qualify as such by taking and subscribing to an official oath and executing and filing a bond as provided in Section 74206. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2019.)

Each director shall execute an official bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000). The director shall file that official bond, together with his or her official oath, with the secretary. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 167, Sec. 2.)