Title WAT, California Water Code

Notwithstanding all other provisions of Chapters 1 and 2 of this part, appropriations will be made by the State, from time to time by law, to pay for the cost of cooperation on all flood control projects as required by the act of Congress approved December 22, 1944 (Public, Numbe…

In the event that the Congress after September 22, 1951, authorizes and approves projects, wherein financial assistance is required of local agencies of this State by the Federal Government, similar to the provisions of Public Law, Numbered 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Se…

The costs of local co-operation shall include, as to projects specifically adopted and authorized by the Congress and the Legislature, costs hereafter incurred prior, as well as subsequent, to Congressional authorization but subsequent to submission of the project report by the S…

Section 161 does not apply to the adoption or revision of regulations, guidelines, or criteria to implement Section 12582.7 and 12585.7. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 606, Sec. 8. Effective October 9, 2001.)

The department and the board may participate with the federal government or local agencies in the design of environmental enhancements associated with a federal flood control project, and may participate in the construction of environmental enhancements associated with a federal …

Notwithstanding any other provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800) of this part, and this chapter, the following policy shall apply to projects authorized by the Legislature after November 10, 1969, and to small flood c…

The local agency may receive credit against its share of the costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way as determined in subdivisions (b) and (d) of Section 12585.2 for lands required for the project which were acquired not more than five years prior to federal authorization of…

Whenever specifically authorized by the Legislature, the department or the board may lend the local agency the funds necessary to pay the local portion of the costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way determined in subdivisions (b) and (d) of Section 12585.2, less any credit f…

Notwithstanding any other provision of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639), Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800), and this chapter, the following policy shall apply to projects authorized by the Legislature after January 1, 1987, and to small flood control projects aut…

For projects authorized by the Legislature prior to January 1, 1987, or for small flood control projects authorized by Section 12750 for which the department made the findings required by Section 12750.1 prior to January 1, 1987, which have been determined by the Corps of Enginee…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12639), or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800), the following requirements apply to projects authorized by the Legislature on or after January 1, 2002, and to small flood management proj…

For all projects funded in accordance with Section 12585.7, the local agency shall receive credit against its share for the value of the lands, easements, and rights-of-way, for lands required for the project, to the extent authorized under federal law. The amount of the credit s…

The department or the Reclamation Board shall review flood control projects prior to authorization for the purposes of determining whether the project’s individual and cumulative hydraulic impacts are mitigated, as required by Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Pu…

It is the intention of the Legislature that nothing in Chapters 1 and 2 of this part shall be deemed to change the policy of the State respecting that certain contract entered into between the Federal Government and the State of California made pursuant to an act of Congress of t…

In acting pursuant to this chapter the board shall not be entitled to any fee for its services but shall be paid or reimbursed the total expense incurred by it, including salaries, wages, traveling expenses, and all costs of whatsoever character which are properly chargeable to t…

If the funds available for use by the board are inadequate to permit it to advance the expense of a reference, or if in its opinion the payment of the expense of any reference is not reasonably certain, the board shall refuse to undertake a reference unless and until adequate pro…

During the pendency of any reference, upon motion of the board and upon a hearing by the court after at least 10 days’ notice to the parties, the court may order such interim or partial payments of the expense to be made by the parties as it deems proper and equitable under the c…

The total expense shall be equitably apportioned by the board against the parties to the suit, and a statement thereof and of the apportionment shall be sent by registered mail by the board to the parties and filed with the court. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

Upon application in writing by any party aggrieved within 30 days after the statement of final expense and its apportionment has been mailed to the parties, the court shall after expiration of that period set a hearing for the determination of any objections to the expense of the…

Any party failing to object to the expense of a reference or the apportionment thereof is conclusively deemed to have waived all objection thereto. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

If no objection is filed with the court within the prescribed period, the court upon ex parte application of the board shall enter a judgment against the parties in favor of the board in the amounts apportioned to them. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 329.)

Upon the hearing of objections to the expense or the apportionment thereof the court shall determine the expense and its apportionment as the court deems equitable and shall enter judgment against the parties in favor of the board in the amounts apportioned to them. (Amended by S…

The petition and a notice of the time of the meeting at which it will be presented shall be published for at least two weeks before the time at which it is to be presented. Publication shall be in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the principal county an…

When the petition consists of a number of separate instruments, only one need be published, but the names attached to all of the instruments shall appear in the publication. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

No defect in the form or contents of the published notice, title to it, or petition, nor failure to publish or error in publishing any signature to the petition shall vitiate the proceedings. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

When not otherwise provided by the board the bonds to be given by the following officers shall be in the following sums: (a) Assessor: Five thousand dollars ($5,000). (b) Collector: Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). (c) Treasurer: One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (Added …

The board may fix the bonds to be given by the following officers and persons to suit the conditions of the district within the following sums: (a) Treasurer: Five thousand dollars ($5,000) to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (b) Collector: Five thousand dollars ($5,000) …

If the offices of assessor, collector, and treasurer in any district are held by one person, the board may fix one bond to cover all three offices within the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 581.)

All bonds shall be in the form prescribed for the official bonds of county officers, and the premiums may be paid by the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

All bonds shall be approved by the board. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 771, Sec. 3.)

Each officer herein named shall be liable upon his bond for his wilful violation of any express duty. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

If any district is appointed fiscal agent of or by the United States in connection with any Federal reclamation project, each officer shall execute an additional bond, in the sum required by the Secretary of the Interior, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of hi…

When land is excluded from a district after its formation, if the board deems it desirable, but not less than 120 days before any election in the district, it may reestablish the boundaries of the divisions within the district. (Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1045, Sec. 10.)

When land is included within a district after its formation, its board shall, not less than 120 days before any election in the district, reestablish the boundaries of the divisions within the district so as to include the included land therein and so as to make the divisions as …

When land is included within a district after its formation and less than 120 days before an election, the voters in the area included shall not be entitled to vote at the election. (Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1045, Sec. 12.)

Any district heretofore or hereafter formed may purchase or lease electric power from any agency or entity, public or private, and may provide for the acquisition, operation, leasing, and control of plants for the generation, transmission, distribution, sale, and lease of electri…

All provisions of the California Irrigation District Act, and of all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, applying to irrigation shall, as codified in this division, also be so construed and enforced as to apply to electric power. (Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 687.)

The officers, agents, and employees of districts have the same powers, duties, and liabilities respecting electric power and the acquisition, operation, and control relating to it as they have respecting irrigation or districts. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board and the officers, agents, and employees of districts shall do all necessary and proper acts for the construction and operation of its electric power works. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may distribute power without regard to any assessments levied by it. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may sell, dispose of, and distribute electric power for use outside of its boundaries. (Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 687.)

Subject to the conditions in this article a district may in the manner required by law make special appropriations of water for power purposes. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Any use of water for generating electric power at any given time of the year which is in excess of the water appropriated and beneficially used for irrigation purposes by the district at that period of the year shall be subject to all prior existing appropriations by any municipa…

Any district providing electric power to areas outside its boundaries shall be subject to reasonable rules, regulations, and orders of the governing body of the city or county area being served, but, in no event, more restrictive than the rules, regulations, and orders of the Pub…

Every district furnishing electrical power shall comply with Section 8029.5 of the Public Utilities Code. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 549, Sec. 5.)

After the filing of the formation petition and the estimate of cost and the statement of the estimated rate of ad valorem tax, the board shall give notice of a hearing on the petition. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 169.)