Title WAT, California Water Code

A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, compromise, and assume the costs of any action or proceeding involving or affecting the ownership or use of waters or water rights within the district used or useful for any purpose of the district or a benefit to any land. (Added …

A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, and compromise actions and proceedings to prevent interference with or diminution of the natural flow of any stream or natural subterranean supply of waters which may: (a) Be used or be useful for any purpose of the distric…

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

The district may employ counsel to defend any action or proceeding brought against it on account of any injury, taking, damage, or destruction, or to defend as provided in Part 7 (commencing with Section 995) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code an action or proceedi…

The board may by resolution determine that it is likely that the project or unit will benefit only a portion of the district. If the board so determines, the board shall provide for a hearing on the questions whether the project or unit will benefit only a portion of the district…

The board shall fix the time and place for any such hearing, and shall cause notice of such hearing, setting forth the purpose, time and place thereof, to be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks. Such publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circul…

At the time and place fixed for the hearing, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. Any person interested, including any person owning land within the district, may appear at the hearing and present any matters materi…

At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether the whole or only a portion of the district will be benefited by the project or unit. If the board determines that only a portion of the district will be benefited by the project or unit, the board …

The determination of the board establishing an improvement district shall be final and conclusive. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 755.)

After the establishment of an improvement district within a district pursuant to this article: (a) All proceedings with respect to the project or unit for which the improvement district was established shall apply only to the improvement district. (b) Any election with respect to…

An improvement district shall be governed, and its business shall be conducted, by the board and officers of the district in the name of the improvement district. An improvement district shall not have its own officers or employees. The board and each of the officers of the distr…

All of the provisions of this part, except Section 42280, all of the provisions of Part 6 (commencing with Section 43000) of this division, all of the provisions of Part 7 (commencing with Section 44400) of this division, all of the provisions of Part 8 (commencing with Section 4…

All money, including interest and penalties, derived by sale, or otherwise, from an assessment against which bonds have been issued, and amounts of purchase money paid in bonds or coupons on delinquency sales made for such assessments, shall be credited to the bond fund of the di…

The county treasurer shall charge to the bond fund the expenses of publication and such other incidental expenses of the county treasurer as are necessarily incurred by him in collecting and disbursing the moneys received and disbursed by him, as well as the cost of keeping such …

All claims by the county treasurer and the expenditures shall be first approved by the board, and a warrant shall be drawn by the board on the bond fund in favor of the county treasurer in payment for such expenditures. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The county treasurer shall transfer the balance remaining in the bond fund, after payment in full of the principal and interest of all outstanding bonds, to the general fund of the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

A warrant drawn on the irrigation fund shall designate that it shall be paid therefrom, and is not required to be approved by the board of supervisors nor be in the form prescribed by Article 2 of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

A warrant drawn on the irrigation fund shall be presented for payment to the county treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

If there is insufficient money in the irrigation fund to pay a warrant when presented, endorsement of that fact shall be made thereon by the county treasurer, who shall register it separately from other warrants of the district, and it shall thereafter bear interest from date of …

All the provisions of Article 2 of this chapter and Chapter 2, Article 2 of this part relating to the payment or renewal of warrants apply to a warrant drawn on the irrigation fund. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The bond election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state as far as applicable and except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

Several propositions may be submitted at the same bond election. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

Only qualified electors of the improvement district may vote at the bond election. All electors residing within the improvement district whose names appear on the register of voters of the last general election and at any time within 40 days preceding the bond election are qualif…

The ballots at the bond election shall contain a general statement of the amount and purpose of the bonds to be issued. To the right of or below the statement of the proposition to be voted on, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets. (Ame…

Immediately after the bond election, the election officers shall publicly count the votes and make and transmit a report of the result of the election to the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

If two-thirds of the votes cast upon the proposition favor the proposition submitted, the proposition shall be deemed to have been accepted by the voters and to authorize the incurring of a bonded indebtedness and the issuance of bonds in the amount and for the purpose stated in …

If the bond election has been fairly held and conducted, no informality or omission to perform a prescribed duty shall be held to invalidate or affect the legality of any bonded debt authorized to be incurred. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

If there are outstanding bonds of the district at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands, the holders of such outstanding bonds may give their assent, in writing, to the effect that they severally consent that the lands mentioned in the petition, or such po…

The assent shall be acknowledged by the several holders of the outstanding bonds in the same manner and form as is required in case of a conveyance of land, and the acknowledgment shall have the same force and effect as evidence as the acknowledgment of such conveyance. (Added by…

The assent shall be filed with the board, and shall be recorded in the minutes of the board; and such minutes, or a copy thereof, certified by the secretary, shall be admissible in evidence, with the same effect as the assent, and such certified copy thereof may be recorded in th…

If the holders of outstanding bonds of the district which are payable from assessments upon real property give their assent, as provided in Section 75810, to the exclusion of lands from the district, the assent shall release all real property which is excluded from the district b…

The city council of every city in or for which any works are constructed for the purposes specified in this chapter, and for which indebtedness has been incurred under the provisions of this chapter may do any of the following: (a) Make all needed rules and regulations for acquis…

All contracts for the works shall be let, in such parcels as the city council determines, to the lowest responsible bidder, after notice inviting sealed proposals has been published. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Security or bonds may be required in order to guarantee good faith in bidding and in the performance of contracts, or either, in such amount as the city council determines. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The city council may reject any or all bids. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The city council may, by resolution, require the treasurer of the city to give additional bonds for the safe custody and care of public funds derived under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The department, the officials thereof, and all state officials may do such acts and make such agreements not inconsistent with law as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the duties and powers conferred upon them respectively by law regarding the construction, mainten…

For any wilful violation of any express duty herein provided for by any officer herein named he shall be subject to removal from office by proceedings brought in the superior court of the office county by any assessment payer of the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

This article applies only if an election is called and held as provided in this article and a majority of the votes cast on the proposal are “Yes.” (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 340.)

The board may in its discretion by resolution call an election to be held in the entire district or only in that portion of the district proposed to be served to determine whether the district should provide for sewage disposal service. The ballots shall contain the following sta…

The ballots shall include instructions to voters that are consistent with the requirements of Section 13204 of the Elections Code. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 303, Sec. 44. (AB 1512) Effective January 1, 2026.)

The voters shall vote for or against the proposal by completely selecting the voting target next to either “Yes” or “No,” respectively. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 303, Sec. 45. (AB 1512) Effective January 1, 2026.)

Notice of the election shall specify the purpose of the election and the day, hours, and polling places in each precinct for holding the election, and shall be posted in three public places in each election precinct in the area of the district in which the election is to be held …

The election shall be held and the result determined and declared as nearly as practicable in conformity with general district elections. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2019.)

A district, whether heretofore or hereafter formed, may provide for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of sewage collection and disposal mains, and sewage treatment and disposal facilities for all or any portion of the lands within its boundaries. (Added by …

A district may charge reasonable connection charges to defray in whole or in part the cost of providing sewage disposal service and may levy and collect annual or semiannual charges to cover the cost of maintenance and operation of the sewage disposal system. Any charges authoriz…