Title WAT, California Water Code

All ordinances shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

All legislative sessions of the board shall be public. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The board shall establish rules for its proceedings. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

A district may do any act necessary to furnish sufficient water in the district for any present or future beneficial use. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

A district may store water for the benefit of the district, conserve water for future use, and appropriate, acquire, and conserve water and water rights for any useful purpose. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

A district may operate water rights, works, property, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any purpose authorized by this division. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

A district may sell water or the use thereof for any useful purpose and whenever there is a surplus, dispose of the surplus to municipalities, public agencies, or consumers located without the district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

A district may establish rules and regulations for the sale, distribution, and use of water and may therein provide that water shall not be furnished to persons against whom there are delinquent water rates. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The district shall fix and through the general manager collect the water rates. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

A district shall have the power to restrict the use of district water during any emergency caused by drought, or other threatened or existing water shortage, and to prohibit the wastage of district water or the use of district water during such periods, for any purpose other than…

(a) A district may prescribe and define by ordinance the restrictions, prohibitions, and exclusions. Every such ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon adoption, but shall be published once in full in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and…

A district shall have power to make findings upon each and all of the matters referred to in Section 31026. A finding by the board of directors upon the existence, threat or duration of an emergency or shortage or upon the matter of necessity or any other matter or condition shal…

After the publication or posting of any ordinance as provided in Section 31027, it is a misdemeanor for any person to use or apply water received from the district contrary to or in violation of the restriction or prohibition, until the ordinance has been repealed or the emergenc…

(a) An ordinance to require water conservation and to prevent waste which is adopted by a district which includes territory in Monterey County may provide that violation is an infraction or nuisance. A violation may be prosecuted in the name of the people of the State of Californ…

(a) The Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code) is applicable to districts for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of any public improvement…

A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, on or before the first day of July in each calendar year, a water standby or availability charge. The water standby or availability charge shall not exceed ten do…

Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.1 in the Coachella Valley Water District, the water standby or availability charge or assessment shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for land on which the charge or assessment is levied, or thirty dollars ($30) per year…

Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.1, the water standby or availability charge or assessment in the Twentynine Palms Water District shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for land on which the charge or assessment is levied or thirty dollars ($30) per year …

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Tuolumne Regional Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, levy, and collect a water standby or availability charge. The water standby or ava…

In case any water standby charge remains unpaid on the first day of the month before the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the district or any part thereof is located is required by law to levy the amount of taxes required for county purposes, a 6 per…

A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, as an alternative to the charge prescribed by Section 31031, in each fiscal year, water standby or availability assessments of not to exceed thirty dollars ($30) …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Yorba Linda County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, in each fiscal year, within Improvement District No. 2 of the district, water…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Yorba Linda County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, in each fiscal year, within Improvement District No. 1 of the district, water…

The secretary shall cause notice of the filing of the report and of a time and place of hearing thereon to be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the date set for hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the dist…

At the time stated in the notice, the board shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the report referred to in the notice and may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the board may adopt, revise, change, reduce or modif…

On or before the 10th day of August of each year following such final determination, the secretary shall file with the county auditor a copy of the report with a statement endorsed thereon over his signature that it has been finally adopted by the board and the auditor shall ente…

The amount of the assessments shall constitute a lien against the lot or parcel of land against which the assessment has been imposed as of noon on the first Monday in March immediately preceding the date of levy. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2005.)

The county tax collector or district collector shall include the amount of the assessments on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land. Thereafter the amount of the assessments shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the sam…

In the event a district does not elect to collect such assessments with the general taxes of the district, it may issue separate bills payable in the time and manner designated by the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2005.)

A district may provide for a basic penalty of not more than 6 percent for nonpayment of the assessment within the time and in the manner prescribed by it, and in addition may provide for a penalty of not exceeding one-half of 1 percent per month for nonpayment of the assessment a…

Any district may make the election specified in Section 31032.1 with respect only to delinquent assessments and may do so by preparing and filing the written report, giving notice and holding the hearing therein required only as to such delinquencies. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2…

A district may drain and reclaim lands within the district either by surface or underground works or both; and may acquire, by appropriation or other lawful means, and divert, store, conserve, transport or dispose of water resulting from such operations; and may acquire, by appro…

If a public utility subject to the control and regulation of the Public Utilities Commission petitions the Public Utilities Commission to extend its water service or to establish water service within a district or any area served by a district, prior to acting on the petition the…

A district may undertake a water conservation program to reduce water use and may require as a condition of new service that reasonable water-saving devices and water reclamation devices be installed to reduce water use. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 274.)

A district which includes territory in Monterey County and which has adopted an ordinance to require water conservation and to prevent waste, may provide that violation of the ordinance is an infraction or nuisance, with penalties as provided by Section 31029.1. (Added by Stats. …

On Monday in each week the collector shall do both of the following: (a) Settle with the secretary for all money collected for taxes during the week next preceding. (b) Pay the money to the depositary designated by the board. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The collector shall be credited in his settlement with the secretary with the amount due to the district on property he sells to the district for delinquent taxes. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

Within seven days after he settles with the secretary, the collector shall file in the district office with the secretary a statement under oath, showing: (a) An account of all his transactions and receipts during the period for which the settlement was made. (b) Payment to the d…

Whenever the board by ordinance finds that because of circumstances existing in the district it is just and reasonable that petitions for special rates of taxation be heard and determined, any person having an interest in land may file with the secretary a verified petition alleg…

The petition shall request that the board determine what percentage of the reqular rates of taxation of the district should be used in levying taxes on the land described in the petition. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

A fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the secretary before the filing of each petition for a special rate of taxation. The money shall be applied to the cost of the publication of the notice and other expenses of the hearing. If there is any balance after the conclusion of …

The board shall set a time and place for the hearing of a petition for a special rate of taxation or of all the petitions if more than one has been filed and shall give notice of it in a newspaper published in the county wherein the office of the district is situated. (Added by S…

The notice for a special rate of taxation hearing shall state all of the following: (a) Petitions have been presented to the board praying for a determination that certain land, which need not be described in the notice, is entitled to a special rate of taxation. (b) The names of…

The board shall meet at the time and place set for the hearing and proceed in the order it deems proper to hear the petitions and shall hear all competent and relevant evidence offered in support of any petition or in opposition to it and may adjourn the hearing from time to time…

After the conclusion of the hearing, if the board finds that any of the land described in any petition has been irrigated as alleged and is not and will not be benefited by the operations of the district in a manner that would justify its taxation at the regular rate of taxation,…

The ordinance or resolution shall: (a) Describe the land entitled to a special rate of taxation or the respective parcels of it if separate parcels are to be assessed. (b) Fix the percentage of the regular rate of taxation which shall be applied in levying district taxes on the l…