Title WAT, California Water Code

Any changes or additions ordered by the board of supervisors, acting as a board of equalization, shall be entered in the assessment book in the proper place and the order shall be endorsed on the margin of the entry, signed by the chairman, and attested by the clerk of the board …

Before the hearing is closed the assessor shall add the total values as determined by the board of supervisors and determine the gross assessed valuation of all the land and make a statement thereof. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

After the statement is completed, the board of supervisors, acting as a board of equalization, shall fix an ad valorem rate of assessment upon each one hundred dollars ($100) in value of the land assessed sufficient to raise the sums specified in the annual estimate. (Added by St…

After fixing the rate of assessment, the board of supervisors shall adjourn as a board of equalization and the hearing is completed. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

The orders of the board of supervisors made at the hearing are final and when endorsed on or attached to the assessment book are conclusive evidence that the assessment was made and levied in accordance with the law. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

Any person interested in land and aggrieved by a decision of the board of supervisors may, in order to have an assessment or levy thereon corrected, modified, or annulled, institute an action therefor in the superior court of the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)…

The department shall publish the formation petition and a notice of the time and place of the hearing on the petition in each affected county once a week for three successive weeks before the hearing. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The notice shall not be published until five days after the filing of the petition and undertaking in the office of the department. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

When the petition consists of a number of separate instruments, only one copy need be published, but the names attached to all of the instruments shall appear in the publication. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The notice shall be issued by the department, shall refer to the petition, and shall be directed to the petitioners, all other persons holding title to land, and all other persons interested in or affected by the project. It shall be substantially in the following form: Before th…

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. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The department shall give personal notice by registered mail to all holders of title to land whose names and addresses appear on the list filed pursuant to Section 39427. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The department shall make and keep for public inspection an affidavit giving the date of mailing and the names and addresses of holders of title to land to whom notices were sent. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

For wilful violation of any express duty provided for in this division on the part of any officer named in this division, he shall be liable upon his official bond and subject to removal from office by proceeding brought in the superior court of the office county by any assessmen…

Upon completion of the examination and study of the proposed project by the board, the board shall prepare and file a report with the secretary. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 1993.)

The report shall set forth in detail all the following: (a) The character and nature of the proposed works. (b) A description of the rights both to water and land it will be necessary to acquire to complete the project. (c) Plans and specifications. (d) An estimate of the cost of…

If the board determines before preparing and filing its report to segregate and divide the plans, specifications, and estimates into more than one unit of construction, the plans, specifications, and estimates shall be complete as to each unit, and the board shall in its report s…

If the board of any district fails to complete and file its report within 10 years from the date of the filing of the order of the department declaring the district duly organized, the project of the district shall be deemed abandoned and the board shall within 90 days thereafter…

In the event the board excludes any land from the district upon petition therefor, the board shall make an entry in its minutes describing the boundaries of the district, should the exclusion of the land change its boundaries. For that purpose the board may cause a survey to be m…

A certified copy of the entry in the minutes of the board excluding any land shall be filed for record in the recorder’s office of each affected county. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1607.)

Notwithstanding the exclusion of land, the district remains a district as fully to every intent and purpose as it would be had no change been made in its boundaries, or had the land excluded therefrom never constituted a portion of the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

In case land is excluded from any district, the board may, not less than 60 days before any election in the district, re-establish the boundaries of the divisions within the district. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1607.)

Nothing in this division shall operate to release any of the land excluded from the district from any obligation to pay, or any lien thereon of any valid outstanding bonds or other indebtedness of the district at the time of the filing of the petition for the exclusion of the lan…

All provisions which might be resorted to to compel the payment by the land of its quota or portion of outstanding district obligations, had the exclusion never been accomplished, may, notwithstanding the exclusion, be resorted to to compel and enforce the payment on the part of …

The land excluded shall not be held answerable or chargeable for any obligation incurred after the exclusion of the land from the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The provisions of this article shall not apply to any outstanding bonds, the holders of which have assented to the exclusion of the land from the district, as provided in Article 3 of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The board may provide at any time before the sale of the bonds that the bonds shall be callable at face value, plus accrued interest, on any interest payment date, with or without a premium to be specified by the board, and inserted in the bonds. All other terms and conditions of…

At least 120 days prior to any interest payment date, the board may, by a two-thirds vote, adopt an order calling any amount of callable bonds for payment on the interest payment date. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Less than all of the bonds of any maturity may be called in inverse numerical order or by lot and, if called by lot, the board shall ascertain by a drawing the bonds to be called in such maturity by lot. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 310.)

The order calling bonds shall specify the bonds to be called by number, maturity or such other designation as may be provided by the board. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 310.)

A certified copy of the order shall be delivered to the county treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The county treasurer shall add the principal of the bonds so called for redemption specified in the order, and any premium provided by those bonds to be paid upon such call, to the amount which he is required to collect for payment of the next maturing principal and interest of t…

The county treasurer, in his notice of call of assessment, shall specify the amount which is included for payment of principal of and interest on the bonds to be called and premium thereon. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 310.)

The county treasurer shall publish, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the principal county once a week for four weeks prior to the date on which bonds are called for payment, a notice of the call of bonds. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The notice of the call of bonds shall contain a reference to the order of the board calling the bonds and a notification to all holders of bonds so called to present the bonds for payment on the date specified in the notice. The notice of call shall further state that whenever, o…

In the event the bonds are callable at a premium, the board shall draw a warrant or warrants in favor of the county treasurer from time to time as bonds are called for redemption in an amount equal to the amount of the premium required to be paid on the bonds then called for rede…

A demand warrant on the maintenance fund pursuant to Section 51546 shall designate that it is so drawn and is to be paid therefrom, and is not required to be in the form specified in Article 2 of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

A demand warrant drawn on the maintenance fund shall be presented to the county treasurer and, if there is insufficient money in the maintenance fund to pay it, endorsement of that fact shall be made on the warrant by the county treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

A demand warrant unpaid for want of funds at the time of presentation shall be registered by the county treasurer separately from other warrants of the district and shall bear interest from date of registration at the rate which the board has adopted pursuant to Section 53300. (A…

A demand warrant issued pursuant to this article, shall be paid only from the maintenance fund, and, when registered, either in the order of its registration or in the order agreed to, in writing, by all of the holders of the district’s outstanding demand warrants, if the county …

The provisions of Article 2 of this chapter and Article 2, Chapter 2 of this part relating to the payment or renewal of a demand warrant apply to a warrant issued pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

When two or more persons are using any conduit, well, or pumping plant for the conveyance of water or any part thereof for the irrigation of land or for any other lawful purpose, to the construction of which they or their grantors have contributed, and which is not under the cont…

The complaint shall contain the names, if known, of all users, and if there are users whose names are unknown, a statement that they are unknown. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The users other than those bringing the action shall be styled defendants. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The summons shall contain the names of the parties, and an order to the defendants to appear and show cause why the determination of rights as prayed for in the complaint should not be granted. In all other particulars the summons shall be in the form of, and served in the same m…

The court shall determine the manner in which all improvements, repairs, maintenance and other matters relating to the conduit, well, or pumping plant shall be authorized, and thereafter no user of such conduit, well, or pumping plant may make claim for any funds expended for imp…