Title WAT, California Water Code

A certified copy of the entry in the minutes of the board excluding any land, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in the recorder’s office of each affected county. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

Upon exclusion of land from the district, the board shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State stating: (a) The name of the district. (b) The effective date of the exclusion. (c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a description of the land excl…

All bonds issued under this chapter shall be serial bonds and of such denominations as the city council determines. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

No bond shall be for less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor for more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Not less than one-fortieth part of the whole indebtedness evidenced by the whole of the issue of bonds shall be, by the terms of the bonds, made payable each and every year. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Each bond shall be made payable in lawful money of the United States on a day and at a place designated in the bond, with interest at the rate specified in the bond. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The interest rate shall not exceed 8 percent per annum, and shall be fixed by the city council. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)

The place of payment shall be either at the office of the treasurer of the city, or at some designated bank in San Francisco, Chicago, or New York. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The bonds shall be executed on the part of the city by the mayor or other executive, and the treasurer, and countersigned by the clerk of the city. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The interest coupons shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Any of the bonds may be issued and sold by the city council at not less than its face value. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the city treasury to the credit of a designated fund and shall be applied exclusively to the purposes and objects for which the electors have voted to incur indebtedness or liability until the purposes and objects are ac…

The State Controller, the State Treasurer, and the department shall keep full and particular account and record of all their proceedings under this part. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

Every municipal corporation of this State, and every person, firm or corporation engaged in supplying water to any municipal corporations for municipal, domestic or other uses, who enters any watershed, or any lands, streams or waters in the watershed for the purpose of acquiring…

For the purpose of ascertaining the amount of any damage claimed to have been suffered or sustained by reason of any of the acts or things mentioned in Section 1245, every municipal corporation and every person, firm or corporation causing any such damage, is authorized to enter …

Nothing in this article shall confer the right to recover damages resulting directly or indirectly by reason of the construction, operation or maintenance of any conduit, pipe line, canal, ditch, aqueduct, reservoir, power transmission line or power house. (Added by Stats. 1955, …

This article shall be liberally construed. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 49.)

The department may conduct investigations of the water resources of the State, formulate plans for the control, conservation, protection, and utilization of such water resources, including solutions for the water problems of each portion of the State as deemed expedient and econo…

The department, upon its own initiative, or when requested in writing by a county, city, state agency or public district, may investigate, conduct surveys and studies, prepare plans and estimates, and render reports concerning control, conservation, protection, and utilization of…

The department, in making investigations and plans for water projects and for the solution of the water problems of the state pursuant to Sections 12616 and 12617, shall include plans and recommendations for the protection of the quality of the waters affected, including downstre…

The department may recommend the construction of any project, including the time for constructing it, and the amount of funds which should be allocated or appropriated to counties, cities, state agencies or public districts for the project. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

Reports and recommendations shall be submitted by the department to each county, city, state agency, or public district which has appeared at any hearing held pursuant to Section 12623. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

Within 90 days from the date of submission of the report and recommendations of the department, or within such extended period as the department may grant for good cause shown, the written views and recommendations of each county, city, state agency or public district which has a…

After the expiration of the period or extended period for the submission of written views and recommendations, or prior thereto in the event all those entitled to submit written views and recommendations have done so, or have signified their intention not to do so, the department…

Investigations which form the basis of any reports and recommendations of the department shall be conducted to the extent deemed practicable by the department in such a manner as to give to any interested county, city, state agency or district during the course of the investigati…

Prior to adoption of any report and recommendations authorized pursuant to Sections 12616 to 12622, inclusive, and Section 12626, the department shall hold a hearing or hearings pursuant to this part and give notice thereof as provided for in Sections 12632, 12633, and 12634. (Am…

In making recommendation to the Legislature respecting the amount of financial assistance to be given by the State, as provided for in Sections 12616 to 12623, inclusive, and Section 12626, the department shall recommend the total estimated amount which should be paid by the Stat…

In determining the cost of any project, damage to fish and wildlife that will probably result shall be included in the amount of the cost. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 672. Effective January 1, 2007.)

Reports and recommendations made by the department shall be advisory only and the Legislature shall finally determine the priorities in building such projects and the amount of aid to each project which is approved. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

It is the intention of the Legislature that the department shall investigate all phases of any proposed water project, including flood control, water conservation, domestic and irrigation use, and power development, but not excluding other uses, so that a county, city, state agen…

It is declared to be the policy of the State that the costs of solution of seepage and erosion problems which arise or will arise by reason of construction and operation of water projects should be borne by the project. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2128.)

The department, in making investigations and plans for water projects and in making recommendations thereon to the Governor and the Legislature, shall include therein consideration of seepage and erosion problems which may arise in connection with the construction and operation o…

In a multiple-type project authorized and adopted by Congress, which includes, in addition to works for flood control purposes, works and construction for other than flood control purposes, only that portion of the project which is deemed by the department to be necessary for flo…

In a multiple-type project which includes works and construction for flood control and for other than flood control purposes, and in projects which do not include any flood control works or construction, the department may recommend to the Legislature and to the United States, or…

Prior to recommending to the Legislature the approval for state assistance of any project, designed in whole or in part for flood control, adopted and authorized by Congress, and prior to the submission to the Legislature of an estimate of the total cost to the State, and prior t…

The department, in addition to the reports and recommendations made to the Legislature as provided in Sections 12616 to 12623, inclusive, and Section 12626, may from time to time summarize the results of its investigations, studies, activities, and recommendations relating to flo…

Prior to any hearing and prior to beginning any investigation of the water problems of any specific portion of the State pursuant to Section 12616 or any investigation pursuant to Section 12617, the department shall give such notice to the agencies or persons likely to be interes…

Notice, to those who have filed and requested service by mail, shall be sent to the respective addresses of record at the time of mailing. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 196.)

Notice given as provided in Sections 12632 and 12633 shall be deemed full and sufficient notice to all parties in interest of the hearing or investigation. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 196.)

The department shall submit, prior to January 1st of each year, a report to the California Water Commission summarizing its activities, with emphasis on existing and prospective planning projects, the need for such projects, and the estimated costs thereof. The commission may con…

The board shall: (a) Employ agents, officers, and employees as required. (b) Prescribe their duties and fix their salaries. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board shall: (a) Approve and reject as to number deputies of elective and appointive officers. (b) Remove any deputies for good cause or for lack of work or funds. (c) Fix and alter the salaries of all deputies. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The treasurer and collector may appoint as many deputies within the number allowed by the board as may be necessary for the discharge of the duties of their offices, the deputies to hold office at the pleasure of the appointing officer and subject to the powers of the board. Appo…

The board shall allow the assessor as many deputies, to be appointed by him, as will in the judgment of the board enable him to complete the assessment between the first Monday in March and the first Monday in August each year. The compensation shall be fixed by the board for eac…

The board may adopt and carry into effect a contract or contracts of group insurance, a system of group annuities, a system of medical and hospital service, or any two or more of these, for the benefit of such of the officers, including directors, and employees of the district as…

Employees of districts are permanent employees if employed to fill positions which, in the judgment of the board, normally require more than six months employment in each year. Employees employed for temporary or indefinite periods are temporary employees for any period up to six…