Title WAT, California Water Code

(a) In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with water and energy usage, on and after January 1, 2008, the department shall do all of the following: (1) Comply with the same greenhouse gas emissions performance standards adopted pursuant to Section 8341 of the Publ…

(a) Upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the department and the board shall develop a plan to deploy a network of stream gages that includes a determination of funding needs and opportunities for modernizing and reactivating existing…

(a) On or before January 10, 2010, and annually thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit to the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of the Legislature a report with regard to the budget for the State Water Resources Development System. (b) The department shall includ…

(a) By August 1 of each year, the department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, and post on the department’s internet website, a detailed accounting for each public works project undertaken by the department using the project delivery methods authorized by Article 1.1 (…

(a) (1) The department shall conduct a voluntary statewide survey of local regional water supply projects and post the results of the survey on the department’s Internet Web site by July 1, 2015. (2) For purposes of complying with paragraph (1), the department may use any other s…

At least 60 days prior to the final approval of the renewal or extension of a long-term water supply contract between the department and a state water project contractor, the department shall present at an informational hearing before the Legislature the details of the terms and …

(a) The department shall perform construction inspection services for all water resources projects authorized pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 10187) and Article 1.1 (commencing with Section 10112) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. Th…

The formation petition shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board of supervisors shall hear all competent and relevant testimony offered in support of or in opposition to the sufficiency of the petition and the publication of the notice. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The hearing may be adjourned from time to time, but not exceeding two weeks in all. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

At the hearing the board of supervisors shall determine by resolution whether or not the petition and notice comply with Chapter 1 of this part. Notwithstanding Section 22116 or any other provision of law, the board shall also determine whether the petition has been presented and…

(a) If the board of supervisors determines that any of the requirements for the formation petition or notice were not complied with, the petition shall be dismissed without prejudice to the right of the proper number of persons to present a new petition covering the same matter o…

If the board of supervisors determines that the requirements for the formation petition and notice have been complied with, the resolution so determining shall be known as the preliminary formation resolution. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board of supervisors of the office county shall fill by appointment vacancies in the offices of directors, provided that any such appointed directors shall be required to run for election in the next succeeding general district election. If within 60 days after a vacancy on t…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all vacancies on the board of directors elected pursuant to Section 21551 shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1059.)

A board shall fill by appointment vacancies in the offices of assessor, collector, and treasurer. If the board fails to make an appointment within 40 days, the board of supervisors of the office county shall make the appointment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Each district has the power generally to perform all acts necessary to carry out fully the provisions of this division. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may construct the necessary works for the collection of water for the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may acquire the right to store water in any reservoir or to carry water through any conduit not owned or controlled by the district and may grant to any owner or lessee of the right to the use of any water the right to store the water in any reservoir of the district o…

A district may contract to perform and perform any agreement with any number of persons or public corporations or agencies for the exchange, transfer, or delivery to or by either or both parties of any water right or water. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may make and perform any necessary contracts to carry out the purposes of the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district by contract may acquire and operate any needed or desirable equipment to put water under its control to any beneficial use. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may employ an expert in agriculture and related matters and other employees as may be deemed necessary to do any of the following: (a) Supervise the construction of works for the irrigation or protection of land. (b) Advise the owners of land or any persons engaged in …

Any district and any county may enter into a contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of locating, removing, repairing, or relocating any facilities owned or to be owned by either party on the roads or other property of the other in such proportion and upon s…

A district may contract to operate, maintain, or improve ditches and laterals not owned by the district upon petition of at least two-thirds of the owners of land served by such ditches or laterals. In order to carry out the purposes of this section, a district may make such cont…

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

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The provisions of this chapter apply only to proceedings taken under it and do not apply to district operations unrelated to cooperation with the United States. Except as required expressly or by necessary implication by this chapter all other provisions of this division are unaf…

The definitions in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of this division are applicable to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Article 35 (commencing with Section 20560) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code does not apply in the case of any contract between a district and the United States. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 682. Effective January 1, 2007.)

The board shall perform all acts necessary to carry out the enlarged powers enumerated in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

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. 1949, Ch. 169.)

This chapter provides an alternative procedure for forming an improvement district within a district for the purpose of the construction of improvements in it, or the acquisition, installation, replacement, or extension of existing works for the production and distribution of wat…

Unless otherwise expressly provided the formation proceedings provided by this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the next preceding chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

No petition is required for the formation of an improvement district pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board may by resolution cause a survey of the proposed improvement to be made, which survey shall include each of the following: (a) Detailed plans and specifications. (b) An estimate of the total cost of the improvement. (c) A description of the land to be benefited. (Added …

Any money belonging to a district may be deposited by the officer of the district who has legal custody of the money, in accordance with the general laws governing the deposit of public money. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Where the deposit of money is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation no additional security need be required from the bank for the portion of the district’s deposits so insured. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Where arrangements have been made by the district with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for deposit of district funds in the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States, such deposits may be made in that bank or any branch of it without requiring any security or interest. (Ad…

Any district may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any or all of the outstanding bonds and warrants of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 684.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division requiring any election, any district described in Section 20560.1 may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any or all of the outstanding bonds of the district, even if the principal amount of the refunding bonds i…

The board shall call an election for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1226, Sec. 49.)

Notice of the election shall be given and it shall be held and its result determined and declared substantially in the manner provided for a bond election, except that a majority vote only is required for the authorization of refunding bonds. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)