Title WAT, California Water Code

The board of supervisors of the principal county in which any such district has been disincorporated, shall have the power and it shall be the duty of said board, if the board of directors of such district shall fail or refuse to return to said board the statement of said amounts…

It is the intent of the Legislature that no district shall be disincorporated until all bonded indebtedness shall have been fully paid, and by the word “indebtedness” as used herein is meant all indebtedness other than said bonded indebtedness unless the latter is expressly used.…

The department shall employ such clerical, engineering, and other assistants as are necessary for carrying on the work of dam and reservoir supervision in accordance with this part. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)

The department may employ consultants. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

When the safety and technical considerations pertaining to a certificate of approval, dam, reservoir, or plans and specifications require it, or when requested in writing to do so by the owner, the department shall appoint a consulting board of two or more consultants to report t…

The cost and expense of a consulting board if appointed on the request of an owner shall be paid by the owner. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The department shall retain a board of three consultants who shall make an independent report to the director upon the issuance, modification, or renewal of any certificate of approval for any dam owned by the department. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 284.)

As used in this chapter, “conduit” includes canal, ditch, culvert, pipeline, flume, or other appliance for conducting water. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1786.)

As used in this chapter, except in Section 7034, “highway” includes both state and county highways as defined by or identified in the Streets and Highways Code. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1786.)

As used in this chapter, “bridge” means a structure constructed to allow the conducting of water underneath by canal, ditch, flume or other uncovered appliance for conducting water. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 998.)

No conduit shall be laid, constructed, or maintained so as to obstruct any highway. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1786.)

Every person or public district or agency who or which initially constructs, or improves for his or its own benefit, any conduit crossing or running along any pre-existing highway, shall construct or improve such conduit in accordance with standards established by the county or S…

Bridges or conduits heretofore or hereafter constructed in a permanent manner, whether by encroachment permit or otherwise, which cross county highways and which have been constructed or brought up to county standards, and have been accepted, either formally or informally by appr…

Whenever any conduit for conducting water crosses a highway and no written records exist showing that the highway rights-of-way existed prior to the conduit rights-of-way, it shall be conclusively presumed that the conduit was in place and lawfully maintained prior to the highway…

Any public district or private utility 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 …

Nothing in this division shall be construed as repealing or modifying any other law relating to water or the supply of water to cities, or the acquisition thereof by cities. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

The inclusion in, or annexation or addition to, a district, of the territory of any public corporation or agency shall not destroy the identity or legal existence, or impair the powers, of the public corporation or agency, notwithstanding the identity, or substantial identity, of…

Except as otherwise provided in Sections 72322 and 72341, whenever provision is made in this division for notice in a county, it shall be construed to require notice in each affected county. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Except with respect to formation proceedings, in any district containing lands situated in more than one county, all papers required by this division to be filed with a county clerk shall be filed with the secretary. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Except as otherwise provided in this division, procedure relating to formation, fiscal matters, and taxation in districts containing lands situated in more than one county shall conform as near as may be to such provisions with respect to districts containing lands situated in on…

If any district election is consolidated with any state or county election, the voting precincts, polling places, and election officers for the district election shall be the same as those established for the state or county election. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

A district may use the Improvement Act of 1911, the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 for the construction of any facilities authorized to be constructed by a district under the provisions of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 378.)

The powers and duties conferred pursuant to Section 71820 on the various boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the corresponding boards, officers, and agents of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 378.)

In the application of the improvement acts specified in Section 71820 to proceedings instituted by a district, the terms used in such improvement acts have the following meanings: (a) “City council,” “council,” or “legislative body” means the board of directors of the district. (…

Any certificates or documents required by the improvement acts specified in Section 71820 to be filed or recorded in the office of the superintendent of streets or street superintendent shall be filed or recorded in the office of the secretary of the district. (Amended by Stats. …

If a petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters of the proposed improvement district requesting that an election be held on the formation thereof is presented to the board before the effective date of the resolution of formation, the board shall by resolution call …

In addition to the provisions of Section 72020, in the Casitas Municipal Water District, the board may by resolution call a special election in the proposed improvement district for the purpose of submitting the question of the formation of the improvement district to the voters …

The board shall provide for holding the special election on the day fixed in the resolution calling the election and in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code so far as they shall be applicable, except as otherwise provided in this division. (Added by Stats. 1963, C…

Notice of the holding of the special election shall be given by publishing the resolution calling the election, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the date of the proposed election in at least one newspaper printed and published in the municipal water distr…

The returns of the special election shall be made, the votes canvassed by the board within seven days following the election, and the results thereof ascertained and declared in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code, so far as they may be applicable, except as othe…

The secretary, as soon as the result of the special election is declared, shall enter in the records of the board a statement of such results. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

If from the special election returns it appears that a majority of the votes cast at such election were in favor of the formation of the improvement district, the formation of the improvement district shall be complete. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

No irregularities or informalities in conducting the special election shall invalidate it, if the election has otherwise been fairly conducted. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the formation of the improvement district or of any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced within three months from the effective date of the resolution of formation, or, if a…

“Public agency,” as used in this chapter, means any city, county, district, other local authority or public body of, or within, this state. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 550.)

On or before July 1st of each year, a district by resolution may authorize public agencies, located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the district, to pay all or any portion of the taxes levied by the district for the fiscal year commencing on July 1st of such year. Fo…

On or before the first day of September, in any year the governing body of a public agency located wholly or partially within a district may declare its intention to utilize its funds to pay the whole or a portion of the taxes to be next paid to such district. (Added by Stats. 19…

All such declarations shall be made by order and resolution of the governing body of the public agency and shall state that payment shall be made in cash directly to the district in equal installments on December 10th in the year of the declaration and on April 10th in the year n…

Immediately upon the adoption of such declaration a certified copy shall be filed by such public agency with the secretary of the district to whom the taxes would inure, the county assessor and county auditor of the county wherein the public agency is situated and the State Board…

Upon receipt of a certified copy of such declaration, the board of directors of the district may reject such declaration whenever the public agency has, in the preceding five-year period, declared its intention to utilize its funds in lieu of taxes and has failed to meet its obli…

Upon receipt of a certifed copy of such declaration, the county assessor, county auditor, or other responsible officer shall reduce the amount of taxes to be collected within the boundaries of the public agency for the benefit of the district by the amount which the public agency…

A public agency which exercises its right to utilize its funds in avoidance of taxes shall retain its rights to state, county, or other public agency reimbursement to the same extent that the public agency would have enjoyed had the taxes of the district been carried on the count…

If, prior to the effective date of the formation of a municipal water district, any territory included therein is annexed to a metropolitan water district organized under the Metropolitan Water District Act, the governing body of the municipal water district, within 90 days after…

The board or the secretary of the municipal water district shall file a certified copy of the ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 72280 with the Secretary of State. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Upon receipt of the certified copy of the ordinance, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of the ordinance and the exclusion of the area from the municipal water district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

A copy of the Secretary of State’s certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of the county in which the municipal water district is situated if the district is situated in a single county, or shall be submitted to and filed with the secretary if the dist…