Title WAT, California Water Code

Any and all actions and proceedings pending by or against any of the districts dissolved hereby at the time of their dissolution and merger into the new district may be prosecuted to final judgment for or against said districts, or the new Costa Mesa County Water District may be …

After the effective date of the dissolution and merger of the districts into the new Costa Mesa County Water District, no action or proceeding shall be brought for or against the dissolved and merged districts or their directors or officers or employees, but shall be prosecuted b…

All outstanding bonded and other indebtednesses of the dissolved and merged districts are hereby assumed by the Costa Mesa County Water District, and all bondholders and creditors of such districts may enforce any rights they may have against the Costa Mesa County Water District …

Upon the dissolution of the named districts, their merger into the Costa Mesa County Water District, and the transfer of the water system by the City of Costa Mesa to the Costa Mesa County Water District as in this part provided, there shall be transferred to the General Fund of …

The boards of directors of the Newport Heights Irrigation District, the Fairview County Water District, and the Newport Mesa County Water District, and the city council of the City of Costa Mesa, shall, on or before the first day of the first month following the sixty-first day a…

The board of directors of the Costa Mesa County Water District shall, as soon as possible after the formation of the district, cause an appraisal to be made of all operating (other than pipelines, wells, reservoirs and appurtenances) and non-operating assets acquired from each di…

The Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa County Water District shall, by January 1, 1977, adopt a resolution dividing the Costa Mesa County Water District into five divisions as nearly equal in population as practicable for the purpose of electing directors thereafter by division…

The districts and the city shall, pursuant to this part, execute any and all documents necessary to complete the transfer of assets as herein provided. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)

The Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa County Water District shall enforce the same or similar provisions as Ordinance No. 122 of the City of Costa Mesa, respecting extension of water mains and costs thereof and the requirement of annexation to the City of Costa Mesa for water …

Nothing in this division changes or repeals any other law of this State. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

The rights, privileges, and immunities created or continued in force by the California Water District Act or by this division in favor of any holder of title to land may for his benefit and on his behalf be exercised by his legal representative. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

Whenever an instrument is by this division required to be acknowledged, each signer shall acknowledge the instrument in the manner provided by law before his signature shall be effective. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

No supervisor, auditor, or county elections official of any county shall receive any fee for any service required to be performed by him or her under the provisions of this division provided, however, that the county elections official shall be compensated for the expense of the …

Districts governed by this division are subject to the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2019.)

The secretary shall keep a record of all the proceedings had at meetings of the board. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

All documents pertaining to district affairs shall be filed in the office of the district with the secretary and shall be open to inspection at all times by any person interested. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

The governing body of a distributor of a public water supply, whether publicly or privately owned and including a mutual water company, shall declare a water shortage emergency condition to prevail within the area served by such distributor whenever it finds and determines that t…

(a) Except in the event of a wildfire, a deenergization event, or a breakage or failure of a dam, pump, pipeline, or conduit causing an immediate emergency, the governing body of a public water supplier shall make a declaration pursuant to Section 350 only after a public hearing …

After a plan of irrigation works has been adopted pursuant to Section 35950, the board shall, by a resolution adopted and entered in its minutes, order a special election to submit to the voters a proposal of whether or not bonds in an amount specified in the order calling the el…

Notice of a bond election shall be published once a week for four weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county. Proof of publication shall be filed with the secretary prior to the day of the election. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

Notice of a bond election shall specify: (a) The time and place of the election. (b) The purpose of the election. (c) The amount and type of bonds proposed to be issued. (d) The maximum interest rate to be paid. (e) The purpose of the bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1329.)…

All district bond elections, after having been called and noticed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be held and conducted in the manner provided for general district elections of the district. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 104.)

The ballots cast at a bond election shall specify the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the maximum rate of interest to be paid on the bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1329.)

If revenue bonds are proposed to be issued, the ballots cast at a bond election shall contain a statement to the effect that the bonds shall be revenue bonds payable solely from the revenues of the district or a designated portion thereof, and that whether or not all of the reven…

The board may, by resolution, at such time or times as it deems proper, provide for the issuance of all or any part of the bonds if: (a) At an election to determine whether general obligation bonds should be issued two-thirds of the votes cast favor the issuance of the bonds. (b)…

The board may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1329.)

Notice of the time and place of hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code at least seven days prior to the date of hearing in a newspaper printed, published, and circulated within the area in which the water supply is distributed, or if there is n…

When the governing body has so determined and declared the existence of an emergency condition of water shortage within its service area, it shall thereupon adopt such regulations and restrictions on the delivery of water and the consumption within said area of water supplied for…

After allocating and setting aside the amount of water which in the opinion of the governing body will be necessary to supply water needed for domestic use, sanitation, and fire protection, the regulations may establish priorities in the use of water for other purposes and provid…

The regulations and restrictions shall thereafter be and remain in full force and effect during the period of the emergency and until the supply of water available for distribution within such area has been replenished or augmented. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 140.)

The regulations and restrictions may include the right to deny applications for new or additional service connections, and provision for their enforcement by discontinuing service to consumers wilfully violating the regulations and restrictions. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 140.)

If the regulations and restrictions on delivery and consumption of water adopted pursuant to this chapter conflict with any law establishing the rights of individual consumers to receive either specific or proportionate amounts of the water supply available for distribution withi…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or prevent review by any court of competent jurisdiction of any finding or determination by a governing board of the existence of an emergency or of regulations or restrictions adopted by such board, pursuant to this chapter,…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law that requires an election for the purpose of authorizing a contract with the United States, or for incurring the obligation to repay loans from the United States, and except as otherwise limited or prohibited by the California Consti…

After the filing of all parts of the assessment book with the tax collector the assessment on each parcel of land separately assessed and any penalties for delinquency added thereto plus any unpaid charges for water and other services added to the assessment under the provisions …

Within 10 days after each assessment is due and payable, the assessor shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county a notice specifying all of the following: (a) The date on which the assessments became due and payable to the tax collector.…

Assessments shall be paid in lawful money of the United States. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

The tax collector shall mark the date of payment in the assessment book opposite the name of the assessee. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

The tax collector shall give a receipt to the person making payment specifying: (a) The land assessed. (b) The amount of the assessment. (c) The amount paid. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

The tax collector shall pay the money received to the treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

The tax collector may, in his discretion, accept negotiable paper in payment of any assessment or on a redemption. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 438.)

As used herein, “negotiable paper” means bank checks and drafts and express and post office money orders payable on demand. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 438.)

The acceptance of negotiable paper constitutes a payment of an assessment or redemption as of the date of acceptance when, but not before, the negotiable paper is duly paid. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 438.)

If any negotiable paper is not paid on due presentment for any reason, any record of payment made on the assessment book because of its acceptance shall be canceled, and the assessment is a lien as though no payment had been attempted. The tax collector, when accepting negotiable…

When a cancellation is made the tax collector shall record it in the assessment book opposite the name of the assessee who attempted payment by the negotiable paper and shall promptly notify such assessee of the cancellation of the payment. The validity of any assessment or penal…

If a remittance to cover a payment required to be made on or before a specified date is sent through the United States mail, properly addressed with postage prepaid, it shall be determined received on the date shown by the post office cancellation mark stamped upon the envelope c…