Title WAT, California Water Code

If the board determines to adopt a plan of works, or that it is necessary to change or supplement a plan of works previously adopted for a district or an improvement district, it shall adopt a resolution stating the following: (a) The intention of the board to adopt a plan of wor…

Notice of said hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution provided for in Section 35950.2 in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code; the first publication to be at least fourteen (14…

At the time and place so fixed or at any time or place to which the hearing is continued, the board shall hold the hearing provided for by the resolution at which hearing any person interested, including all persons owning land in the district or improvement district to which the…

If the issuance of bonds has been authorized previously by the district or by the district for an improvement district and the change or supplement to the plan of works has increased the original estimate of cost, the board may provide for and call a special bond election within …

Any bonds authorized to accomplish the amended plan of the district or improvement district shall be issued and sold in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as general obligation bonds of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 6, Sec. 8. Effective February 4…

Bonds may be issued for the purposes of acquiring or constructing works for irrigation, domestic, municipal, and industrial water supply, acquiring the necessary property for these works, acquiring funds to fulfill contractual commitments to carry out the powers and purposes of t…

When the treasurer receives the bonds from the board, he shall place them to the credit of the district and keep a record of the bonds, the payment thereof, and the interest thereon, in a book provided for that purpose. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

A district may, when necessary or proper, issue additional bonds in the same manner as provided for the original issue for any one or more of the following purposes: (a) To complete works. (b) To acquire property or property rights necessary or proper to complete the works. (c) T…

If at any time it is desired to include additional land in a distribution district, a petition for inclusion signed by the owners of the land to be included and by two-thirds in number of the holders of title to the land in the distribution district may be filed with the board. (…

The inclusion petition shall describe the land in the distribution district as enlarged by the proposed inclusions and give the names and addresses of the owners of the additional land in substantially the same manner as in the original petition for forming a distribution distric…

The same proceedings shall be had on the distribution district inclusion petition as upon the original petition for the formation of a distribution district. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)

Land not a part of the district whether or not contiguous to it may be included within the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

If the board recommends that the project be abandoned, the board may call a special election to be held in the district for the purpose of determining whether the recommendation of the board shall be adopted or rejected. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 59. Effective Janua…

Warrants drawn by the department shall be drawn upon the treasurer of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 91. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Warrants drawn by the board shall be signed by its president or vice president and secretary or assistant secretary and countersigned by the treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Warrants drawn by the board for payment of principal or interest on bonds shall be drawn upon the county treasurer of a county having funds belonging to the district in his possession, or upon a bank having funds belonging to the district on deposit, and upon the treasurer of the…

The notice of a special bond election shall state the aggregate face value of bonds proposed to be issued. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

If a district project is adopted as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 42500) of Part 5 of this division, the board shall appoint three commissioners, one of whom shall be a civil engineer and one shall have a practical knowledge of irrigation. (Amended by Stats. 1992…

No commissioner shall have any interest in any land in the district either directly or indirectly. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Each commissioner before entering upon his duties shall take and subscribe an oath that he is not in any manner interested directly or indirectly in any land in the district and that he will perform the duties of commissioner to the best of his ability. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch.…

The commissioners shall be paid as compensation for the services rendered by them the sum, or sums, as the board fixes, which is a part of the cost of the project. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 105. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Compensation to the commissioners shall be paid out of the funds of the district, which may be included in any bond issue authorized for the purposes of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 106. Effective January 1, 1993.)

The commissioners shall receive from the board a copy of the report with respect to the project adopted by the voters at the election held pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 42200) of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1086.)

In lieu of the appointment of the three commissioners as provided in Section 46150, the board by resolution may appoint a civil engineer to apportion the costs of the project or to reassess the costs thereof as provided by this chapter; provided, however, that if a protest is fil…

The holders of title representing one-half or more of any body of land within the same watershed as an existing district may file with the board a written petition praying that the boundaries of the district may be so changed as to include their land. The land need not be contigu…

The petition shall describe the boundaries of the parcel or tract of land and the boundaries of the several parcels owned by the petitioners, if the petitioners are the owners, respectively, of distinct parcels. The descriptions need not be more particular than they are required …

The petition shall be acknowledged, and shall contain the assent of the petitioners to the inclusion within the district of the land described in the petition and of which the petition alleges they are the owners. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The board shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition to be published in the same manner and for the same time that notices of special elections for the issue of bonds are required by this division to be published. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1607.)

The notice shall state all the following: (a) The filing of the petition and the names of the petitioners. (b) A description of the land mentioned in the petition. (c) The prayer of the petition. (d) That all interested persons may appear at the time stated in the notice at the o…

The petitioners shall advance to the board sufficient money to pay the estimated costs of all proceedings upon the petition. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1607.)

Nothing in this division impairs the validity of any district formed prior to the effective date of this division, its rights, or obligations. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

All swamp and overflowed salt-marsh and tidelands within one mile of the State Prison at San Quentin are excluded from the operation of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)

There shall be an election in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year at such place in or near the district as designated by the board. The costs of the election shall be a charge upon the district. (Amended by Stats. 1967, …

In addition to the regular election under Section 50730, upon receipt of a recommendation of the board of trustees or upon receipt of a verified petition of 20 percent of the landowners who, together, own at least 20 percent in value of the lands in the district, as determined fr…

(a) Nominations for the office of trustee shall be made by petition filed with the secretary not earlier than 75 days or later than 5 p.m. on the 54th day before the election. (b) The petition shall be signed as follows: (1) If there are 15 or more qualified voters in the distric…

The nomination petition shall be in substantially the following form: Official Filing Petition Nomination of Candidate We, the undersigned voters of Reclamation District No. ____, hereby nominate ___________ (name of candidate) for the office of Trustee of the District for a term…

Notice of the election shall be published by the secretary once a week for four weeks beginning not less than one month prior to the date of election in the same newspaper or newspapers used for publication of the notice calling for nomination petitions. (Amended by Stats. 1967, …

If any part of a district is located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District the board of trustees shall report each plan for the reclamation of district lands to the board of supervisors by filing, with the county clerk, three copies thereof with the estimate of …

Within five days after the copies of the plan and estimate are filed with the county clerk he shall certify two of the copies and transmit them to the Secretary of the Reclamation Board. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Upon receipt of the certified copies of the plan, the Secretary of the Reclamation Board shall immediately set a date when the Reclamation Board will hold a hearing for considering any objections thereto, which hearing shall be held not less than 20, nor more than 60 days after t…

The Secretary of the Reclamation Board shall publish a notice of the hearing once a week for two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published within the district, or, if no newspaper is published within the district, then in the county seat of the principal county. (A…

The notice shall be in substantially the following form: “Notice to the landowners of reclamation district No. ____. Notice is hereby given to the landowners of reclamation district No. ____ that there has been filed with the county clerk of the County of ____ and with the Secret…

At the hearing the Reclamation Board shall hear any evidence offered with respect to the plan, and thereafter shall approve, modify, amend or reject the plan. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The Reclamation Board shall not modify, amend or reject any plan on the ground that the plan provides for a levee which in its judgment is of excessive strength either in height, slopes or crown width, but no claim for compensation shall thereafter be made against the Reclamation…

The Reclamation Board may continue the hearing from time to time and may cause such investigation and report of the plan to be made by the engineers connected with the Reclamation Board or by such other competent authority as the board deems necessary. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. …

When the Reclamation Board has approved, modified, or rejected any reclamation plan after a hearing as provided in this article, such action shall be final, and the sufficiency of the plan shall not be subject to attack before the reclamation board or in any court, but nothing in…