Title WAT, California Water Code

The annual assessment may include a levy sufficient to raise any or all of the following: (a) The amount that the board determines is necessary for a depreciation fund for the replacement or reconstruction of any specific units of its works. (b) The amount that the board determin…

The annual assessment may include a levy on land included by inclusion proceedings subsequent to formation of the district sufficient to pay the obligations as they accrue assumed by the included land in the proceedings including it. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may in lieu either in whole or in part of levying the annual assessments for district purposes use any revenue derived prior to or during the next enusing calendar year from charges which the district may fix and collect pursuant to Section 22280. (Added by Stats. 1943…

At the time of levying the annual assessment, there shall be added by the board to the annual assessment on land within any improvement district or distribution district within any district: (a) The installment, if any, for which the land is liable in that year by reason of an im…

Land which is not a part of the district, whether or not contiguous to it, may be included within the district. If such land is not capable of being served water at the time of inclusion, the board may exempt the included parcel from the imposition of district assessments, in who…

The board may, if it deems it to be for the best interest of the district, by resolution submit to the voters at any district election the question whether the directors shall be elected by divisions or from divisions. The term “by divisions,” as used in this article, means elect…

If the question is submitted to the voters at a general district election, the notices required by Section 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on the ballot. If the question is submitted to the voters at any district election, other tha…

If the question submitted to the voters of the district pursuant to this article provides for the election of directors by divisions and is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question, then: (a) The board shall promptly by resolution divide the district into five …

If the question submitted to the voters of the district pursuant to this article provides for the election of directors from divisions and is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question, then: (a) The board shall promptly by resolution divide the district into fiv…

Directors elected by division shall be voters of the divisions by which they are elected. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

Districts may cooperate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto or any other act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted permitting cooperation. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch…

The cooperation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Acquisition, extension, or operation of works for irrigation or drainage or flood control, or the development of electric or other power. (b) A water supply. (c) Assumption as principal or guarantor…

Districts may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

To carry out the preceding sections of this article a district has all powers, rights, and privileges possessed by irrigation districts and may exercise those powers, rights, and privileges in the same manner as irrigation districts as provided in the Irrigation District Federal …

If any provision of the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law is held unconstitutional, that decision shall not affect the validity of the adoption by reference in this article of the remaining portions of that law. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

In any contract made between a county water district and the United States pursuant to this article, the land which may be charged with any taxes or assessments under the contract shall be designated and described. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The contract shall not include any land which is not susceptible of service with water from the water works or system contemplated in the contract. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The proceedings for voting at an election upon a proposal to contract with the United States pursuant to this article shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in Articles 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1235.)

Notwithstanding any provision of the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law, or any provision of this division or other law, when any district has contracted with the United States pursuant to this article or any other law for the purposes set forth in Section 31151, if the …

Every county water district which executes a contract with the United States for the purposes set forth in Section 31151 shall, within the meaning of the act of Congress approved August 11, 1916, entitled “An act to promote the reclamation of arid lands” and of the act of Congres…

Public land of the United States within any such county water district is subject to assessment and taxation for all purposes of such district to the extent provided in said acts of Congress upon full compliance therewith by the county water district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 2…

Whenever the Government of the United States has in conjunction with a district contributed to the cost of building a dam creating a lake and the water impounded by the dam is to be used for domestic, irrigation, and recreational purposes, the district may do either of the follow…

The operation of all facilities and appliances permitted by Section 31161 shall be in accordance with rules and regulations applicable thereto adopted by the board subject to the provisions of Section 531 of the Fish and Game Code. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness, it shall by resolution set forth all of the following: (a) A declaration of the necessity for the indebtedness. (b) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred. (c) The amount of …

Notice of the hearing shall be given by the secretary by publication of a copy of the resolution in a newspaper printed and published in the district for at least two weeks or, if there is no newspaper printed and published in the district, by posting a copy of the resolution in …

The copy of the resolution published or posted shall be accompanied by a notice subscribed by the secretary, with the seal of the district attached, that: (a) The hearing referred to in the resolution will be had at the time and place specified in the resolution. (b) At that time…

District elections shall be conducted in conformity with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code) and any provisions of law generally applicable to districts organized under this division. (Amended by Stats. 1…

This section shall apply only to landowner voting districts. The ballots used at any general district election in a landowner voting district, including bond elections, shall be provided by the county elections official pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (comme…

This section shall apply only to landowner voting districts. The following procedures shall be used at the polls by the precinct board appointed pursuant to Section 12286 of the Elections Code: (a) A roster of voters shall be kept by a member of the precinct board. Each qualified…

As soon as the result of the canvass by the county elections official is declared, the county elections official shall prepare and mail to the board of supervisors the statement prescribed in Section 10550 of the Elections Code. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 246. Effecti…

Within 10 days from the receipt by the board of supervisors of the certificate showing the results of the election, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall certify as a true copy and record with the county recorder of each affected county a copy of that certificate. (Added by…

Each district has the power generally to perform all acts necessary or proper to carry out fully the provisions of this division. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

A district may acquire, plan, construct, maintain, improve, operate, and keep in repair the necessary works for the production, storage, transmission, and distribution of water for irrigation, domestic, industrial, and municipal purposes, and any drainage or reclamation works con…

A district shall not contract for the construction of irrigation works nor construct the irrigation works by employees of the district, if the cost of the construction is paid out of the proceeds of bonds of the district, until an election has been held to determine whether or no…

A district may contract to perform and perform any agreement for the transfer or delivery pursuant to Chapter 5 of this part of any irrigation system, canals, rights of way, or other property owned or acquired by the district in exchange for the right to receive and use water or …

A district may enter for the purposes of the district upon any land. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

A district may take conveyances, contracts, leases, or other assurances for property acquired by the district pursuant to this division. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

(a) A district may execute, by its president and secretary, all contracts and other documents necessary to carry out the powers and purposes of the district. (b) The board of a district may delegate and redelegate to officers and employees of the district, under the conditions an…

A district may commence and maintain any actions and proceedings to carry out its purposes or protect its interests and may defend any action or proceeding brought against it. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

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 b…

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 district…

The board of a district whose corporate area, in whole or in part, is included within a metropolitan water district may in any fiscal year declare its intention to pay out of its district funds the whole or a stated percentage of the amount of taxes to be derived from the area of…

In addition to and as an alternative procedure to the levy and collection of assessments and standby charges, a district may fix and collect acreage assessments in an amount determined by the board for each acre of land and for parcels less than one acre within a district or impr…

If there is more than one tax code area for the levy of said metropolitan water district tax within a district, an improvement district may be formed in the manner provided in Chapter 4.9 (commencing at Section 36410), of Part 6 of this division for any or all of said tax code ar…

A district may disseminate information to the public concerning the rights, properties, and activities of the district. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 330.)