Title WAT, California Water Code

If the annual district assessment is payable in two installments the unpaid charges may be added to and become a part of the first installment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

On or before the first day of November the secretary shall deliver the assessment book to the collector. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may make an additional reasonable charge for processing or reprocessing an invalid check or other instrument used to pay an assessment or service charge owed to the district. The reasonable charge shall be for cost of the processing or reprocessing of the invalid check…

Whenever, in the opinion of the board, the public interest or convenience may require, it may order to be done in, under, or upon the whole or any portion of any one or more of the streets or public places of the district, or any property or rights of way owned by the district, a…

The work or improvement shall be done and the cost thereof assessed and collected in accordance with the procedure and in pursuance of the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 is also applicable to districts. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)

The Improvement Bond Act of 1915 is also so applicable for use in conjunction with the Improvement Act of 1911 or with other improvement acts. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

Such acts or any of them may be used in the discretion of the board of directors in the contruction of any work to be done or improvements made under this act and in the levying of assessments and reassessments and the issuing of bonds to pay for costs and expenses of the work an…

A district may enter into an agreement with any municipality within the district whereby any work or improvement constructed pursuant to the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 may be transferred to the municipality for operation and maintenance. The power to make such an a…

After making and entering the order establishing and describing the boundaries of, and naming, the proposed district, the board shall forthwith call and give notice of an election to be held in the proposed district for the purposes of determining whether or not it shall be forme…

The notice of the election shall contain: (a) Date and hours of election. (b) Place of polls. (c) Description of the boundaries of the proposed district. (d) Name of the proposed district. (e) Offices for which candidates shall be elected at the election. (f) A statement that all…

Notice of the election shall be published once a week for at least three weeks previous to the election in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the coun…

The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a …

If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the…

The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question. The ballot pamphlet shall contain the followin…

The board shall at the time of calling the formation election for the proposed district, prescribe the procedure for nominating candidates for the offices to be filled at that election. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1676.)

A district may, within or without the district in the State, acquire by purchase, condemnation, or other legal means all property or rights in property necessary or proper for the district works and to supply the land with sufficient water for all district purposes. (Amended by S…

The right is hereby granted to locate, construct, and maintain works of a district on any land owned by the State. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

There is given, dedicated, and set apart for the uses and purposes of each district all water and water rights belonging to the State within the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

A district may construct any works along, under, or across any stream of water, watercourse, street, avenue, highway, railway, canal, ditch, or flume which the route of a pipeline or canal of the works may proceed along or across in a manner that will afford security for life and…

A district may for a valuable consideration lease, sell, or contract for the sale of any property of the district whenever it may be necessary, advisable, or for the best interests of the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

If a general obligation bond issue is contemplated, there shall be included in the estimate required by Section 35950 every expense of the district that it is probable will be incurred and become payable before the expiration of one year from the completion of the irrigation work…

In addition to any and all other provisions of this division and any other applicable laws for the issuance of general obligation bonds by a district, general obligation bonds may be issued by a district if the proceeds are to be used to construct facilities in compliance with an…

In a district containing a distribution district the board and all of the officers of the district each respectively has all of the rights, powers and privileges as to the distribution district, its land, and the proceedings in relation to the distribution district that each resp…

The board may also hold or dispose of property used or acquired in connection with the distribution district in the name of the directors and their successors in office as trustees for the distribution district. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)

The board of the district may in lieu in whole or in part of levying assessments for repayment of construction costs under a contract with the United States or with the district, fix and collect charges for the use of water or for any other service furnished by means of the distr…

The board of the district may provide for any maintenance and operation of the distribution system of a distribution district that may be required by the provisions of the contract between the distribution district and the United States under the federal reclamation laws or under…

The board of the district may provide for any maintenance and operation of the distribution system of a distribution district that may be required by the provisions of the contract between the distribution district and the United States under the federal reclamation laws or under…

A district may issue distribution district warrants signed by its president and secretary from receipts of distribution district assessments and charges in such amounts and to the United States, the district or such persons as may be required to carry out the provisions of a cont…

At the hearing the department shall determine and express by order whether or not the petition and notice complies with this part. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The department 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. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The hearing may be adjourned from time to time, not exceeding 30 days in all. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

If the department determines that any of the requirements of this part 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 or to present the same petition with ad…

An election, known as the general water storage district election, shall be held in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each odd-numbered year, at which a successor shall be chosen to each officer whose term expires in April next thereafter. (Ame…

Prior to the election, the board shall appoint for each precinct, from the voters thereof, one inspector and two judges, who constitute an election board for the precinct. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Not less than 24 days before a general election, the secretary shall give notice of the election by causing a notice to be published once a week for three successive weeks in each affected county and by causing notices to be posted in the office of the board and in three public p…

Affidavits of the publication and posting of the election notices shall be filed with the county elections official of each affected county, together with a copy of the order calling the election, certified by the president, and duplicates shall be filed with the board. (Amended …

The board shall, by order made more than 24 days before the time for election, designate a convenient place within each precinct as the polling place of the precinct. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Not less than 60 days before the election, any 10 or more voters in any division of the district may file with the board a petition requesting that the name of a specified person be placed on the ballot for the particular division as a candidate for the office of director to repr…

The petitions shall be preserved in the office of the secretary. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

If, by the 59th day prior to the election, only one person has been nominated as provided in Section 41305 for any elective office to be filled at that election, or no one has been nominated for that office, the board, in its discretion and by resolution, may order that an electi…

Not less than 84 days before a general election, the secretary shall give notice of the provisions of Sections 41305 and 41307 by causing a notice to be published one time in each affected county stating the time of the forthcoming general election and reciting the provisions of …

The proceeds of sale of district bonds shall be placed in the treasuries of the respective affected counties to the amount of the unpaid assessment in each county and credited to the bond fund of the district, except that any premium received upon the sale of district bonds shall…

A proper record of the transaction shall be made upon the books of the district treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

A special election is an election called pursuant to the provisions of this part to submit to the landowners the question of whether or not bonds or refunding bonds shall be issued. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)