Title WAT, California Water Code

When districts are formed in cities pursuant to Section 50110 the duties required by this division to be performed by county officers shall be performed by the officers of the city who usually perform like duties. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Each member of the election board, upon entering upon his duties, shall be sworn to a faithful performance thereof by some officer authorized to administer oaths. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

If the board of supervisors fails to appoint an election board, the voters present at the opening of the polls may appoint the election board. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The election board shall canvass the votes cast and issue certificates of election to the persons elected, and shall place the ballots, when canvassed, in a sealed envelope and forward it to the county elections official. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 173. Effective Janu…

Each voter may cumulate his votes, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of trustees to be elected multiplied by the number of votes he is entitled to cast, or to distribute them on the same principle among any number of candidates. (Amended by Stats. 1966,…

The board of directors of irrigation districts holding title to lands obtained through collectors’ deeds may cast the votes belonging to such lands. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Any qualified voter may challenge any vote, and the election board shall determine whether the person challenged is entitled to vote. Any member of the election board may administer oaths for the purposes of this section. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The candidates, of the number to be elected, receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 218.)

Any person who knowingly makes an untrue statement in establishing his right to vote in a district election shall incur all of the penalties provided in the Elections Code for persons illegally voting at elections. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 879.)

If the ownership of any property in the district is changed after the making of the last equalized tax roll for the county wherein the property is situated, the owner thereof or his legal representative may vote at a district election upon the production of evidence of ownership …

No person shall vote by proxy at a district election unless authority to vote is evidenced by an instrument in writing acknowledged and certified in the same manner as grants of real property and filed with the election board. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 879.)

If no part of a district is within the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, the board shall report each plan for reclamation of district lands to the board of supervisors by filing with the county clerk two copies thereof with an estimate of the cost of…

If the original assessment is insufficient to provide for the complete reclamation of district lands, or if further assessments are required to provide for the protection, maintenance and repair of the reclamation works, the board may file with the clerk of the board of superviso…

If any part of the principal or interest of bonds or refunding bonds is unpaid after enforcement of the assessment securing such bonds, the board of supervisors shall order an additional or supplemental assessment to be made as provided in Section 51300, sufficient to pay the unp…

Whenever the board shall call for redemption any bonds which by their terms are subject to call and redemption at the option of the district at a premium, then, unless district funds are otherwise available for payment of such premium, the board shall request the board of supervi…

An assessment levied pursuant to this article shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the original assessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

When directed by resolution of the board, the county treasurer may sell all or any designated number of the bonds for the best price obtainable, but in no event for less than 90 percent of the face value of the bonds and the accrued interest thereon. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 33…

The bonds shall be sold in the manner provided in Article 3 of Chapter 1 of this part. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The county treasurer may accept in full or partial payment for bonds, outstanding warrants of the district at face value plus the accrued interest thereon. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

When bonds have been authorized prior to payment of an assessment during the 30-day period allowed by Section 51510, the amount of bonds to be sold shall be reduced and canceled in an amount equal to the assessment paid during that period. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)

The reduction and cancellation of bonds not to be sold shall be only in the latest maturities and the minute order directing such reduction and cancellation shall be entered by the board and a copy thereof, certified by the president, filed with the county treasurer. (Amended by …

The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the county treasury to the credit of the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

A sale and delivery of the bonds by the county treasurer is conclusive evidence in favor of the purchaser and all subsequent holders of the bonds that the sale was made upon due authority and notice. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The board may draw demand warrants upon the county treasurer against the funds provided by sale of bonds. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter which have been investigated and certified by any officer of this state authorized to make such investigation and certification, and declared to be legal for investments by savings banks of the state, may be purchased, or received in pledge f…

The board shall, on demand of the holder of any demand warrant outstanding one year or more, or any time warrant overdue one year of more, cancel the same and issue a new demand warrant for the face value of the old warrant, and a separate warrant for any interest then due thereo…

Warrants issued for interest pursuant to this article shall not bear interest. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Upon drawing an interest warrant the board shall endorse on the reverse of the old warrant the fact that interest has been paid to the date of drawing the interest warrant. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

An interest warrant shall state that it is drawn for interest on warrant No. ____ to ____ (date). (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The board shall notify the county treasurer upon drawing an interest warrant, and he shall note on his register of warrants the fact that interest has been paid on the warrant for which the interest warrant was issued. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

A demand warrant not paid or presented for reissuance within four years after its date, or a time warrant not paid within four years after its maturity may, upon the demand of the holder, be extended one or more times until repayment or reissuance, for a like period of four years…

The board and the county treasurer may cancel all warrants which have not been paid or reissued, or which have not been extended one or more times, within four years after the date of demand warrants, or within four years after the date of maturity of time warrants. (Added by Sta…

Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness in addition to that incurred at the time of the formation of the district for any of the purposes of the district, the board shall, by resolution, so declare and state the proposition to be subm…

The board shall then fix a date upon which an election shall be held for the purpose of authorizing the bonded indebtedness to be incurred, and shall proceed with the election in accordance with Chapter 4 of Part 2 of this division. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)

If at the election a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the incurring of the bonded indebtedness, then the board shall enter an order to that effect upon its minutes, and shall thereupon be authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of said district for the amount voted,…

The provisions contained in Articles 1 and 5 of Chapter 2 of this part and Sections 55701, 55703, and 55704, relating to the form of bonds, the issuance and sale of bonds, the validation thereof, and the levying of a tax for the principal and interest thereof, shall apply in like…

As used in this article, “territory of a city” means the corporate area of the city and all territory as to which proceedings for annexation to the city have been commenced by a valid petition filed with the governing body of the city. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Except as otherwise provided in this article, if an application includes any portion of a city, the entire territory of the city, at the time of filing the application, shall be included within the boundaries of the proposed district. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 310.)

If an application includes any territory within the boundaries of a proposed city for which a valid petition for incorporation has been filed with the board of supervisors of the affected county, the entire area of the proposed city, at the time of filing the application, shall b…

If an application is filed, and proceedings for the formation of the district are commenced and prosecuted, in the manner and within the time specified by this part, the inclusion within the boundaries of the proposed district of any city to which territory is annexed, pursuant t…

If an application is filed, and proceedings for the formation of the district are commenced and prosecuted, in the manner and within the time specified by this part, the inclusion within the boundaries of the proposed district of territory formed into a new city or annexed to an …

The inclusion within the boundaries of a proposed district of territory formed into a new city or annexed to an existing city, pursuant to proceedings which were not commenced by the filing of a valid petition prior to the filing of the formation petition, shall not prevent or in…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if, prior to the filing of a formation petition, any portion of the corporate area of a city is included within an existing municipal water district, a district may be formed pursuant to this division to include the remainder o…

If, subsequent to the approval of an application which includes a portion of the corporate area of a city, but prior to the filing of the formation petition, such portion of the corporate area of the city is included within an existing municipal water district so that the entire …

If, subsequent to the approval of an application of intention, but prior to circulating the formation petition, a valid petition is filed with, or a resolution is adopted by, the governing body of a city, the corporate area of which is included in a metropolitan water district or…

All powers, privileges, and duties of a district shall be exercised and performed by the board. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)