Title WAT, California Water Code

The district shall annually cause to be made an engineering investigation and report upon ground water conditions of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The engineering investigation and report shall include all of the following: (a) Information for the consideration of the board in its determination of the annual overdraft. (b) Information for the consideration of the board in its determination of the accumulated overdraft as of…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Petitioning district” means a water conservation district which proposes to petition or which has petitioned another water conservation district to annex its territory to that other water conservation district. (b) “Annexing district” means a water c…

The agency shall be governed by a board of directors. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

(a) The governing body of each member public entity shall appoint one member to the board of the agency. Each director shall be a registered voter and reside within the boundaries of the member public entity whose governing board appoints him or her. (b) For the purposes of subdi…

(a) No incompatibility of office shall result from an elected official serving on the board of the agency and on the governing board of a member public entity. A board member may vote on contracts or other matters involving the member public entity he or she represents. (b) The a…

Each director, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall take the oath of office as provided for in the California Constitution and laws of the state. The chairperson or vice chairperson of the board, or the secretary of the agency, may administer the oath. (Ame…

(a) Each director shall serve a term of four years. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the directors initially appointed to the board shall determine, by lot, that one-half plus one of their number shall serve for four years and the remaining directors shall serve for two years…

Each director may receive compensation in an amount prescribed by the board, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board, not to exceed four meetings in any calendar month. In addition, each director may be reimbursed for ac…

A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

The board shall hold its first meeting as soon as possible after the appointment of the initial directors. At its first meeting, and at its first meeting in January each year thereafter, the board shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among its members. (Added by …

The board shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings. All meetings of the board shall be called and held in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). (Add…

Subject to Section 81405, each director has one vote. The affirmative vote of a majority of the total membership of the board is necessary and sufficient to carry any motion, resolution, or ordinance, except when weighted voting is in effect pursuant to Section 81404 or as otherw…

Before the vote on any motion, resolution, or ordinance is taken, any director may call for weighted voting. Upon such a call, Section 81405 shall apply as to that motion, resolution, or ordinance. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

(a) Weighted voting shall be based on the average deliveries of water during the 2000–01 fiscal year, as set forth in Section 81460. (b) When weighted voting is in effect, there shall be a total of 100 possible votes. The allocation of these votes among the directors shall be det…

(a) On all ordinances and resolutions, and on all questions to be decided by weighted voting, the roll shall be called and ayes and noes recorded in the minutes of the proceedings of the board. (b) Motions, other than motions to be decided by weighted voting, may be adopted by vo…

As used in this chapter, “drainage improvement” means any storm drain improvement, drainage improvement, or drainage system, authorized to be transferred pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)

As used in this chapter, “date of transfer” means (a) the date of the resolution of the governing body of a flood control district accepting any drainage improvement transferred to it by a county as provided in Article 2 of this chapter, and (b) the date of the resolution, order,…

As used in this chapter “city” includes city and county, and “county” does not include city and county. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 138.)

The authority shall be governed by a board of directors. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 849, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

(a) The governing body of each member public entity, other than San Francisco, shall appoint one voting member to the board of the authority. Subject to Section 81673, the governing body of San Francisco shall appoint one nonvoting member to the board of the authority. Each direc…

Each director, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall take the oath of office as provided for in the Constitution and laws of the state. The chairperson or vice chairperson of the board, or the secretary of the agency, may administer the oath. (Amended by Sta…

(a) Each director shall serve for a term of four years. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the directors initially appointed to the board shall determine, by lot, that one-half plus one of their number shall serve for four years and the remaining directors shall serve for two y…

Each director who is not an officer or employee of an appointing entity may receive compensation in an amount prescribed by the board, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board, not to exceed four meetings in any calendar …

A majority of the voting members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. The board may act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 849, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

The board shall hold its first meeting as soon as possible after the appointment of the initial directors. At its first meeting, and at its first meeting in January each year thereafter, the board shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among its members. (Added by …

The board shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings. All meetings of the board shall be called and held in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). (Add…

Each voting director has one vote on any ordinance, resolution, or motion before the board. Except as provided in Section 81653, the affirmative vote of a majority of all voting members of the board is necessary and sufficient to carry any motion, resolution, or ordinance. (Added…

(a) On all ordinances and resolutions, the roll shall be called and ayes and noes recorded in the minutes of the proceedings of the board. (b) Motions may be adopted by voice vote, except that the roll shall be called at the request of any director. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 849…

The approval and adoption, by and on behalf of the State of California, of the conditions, plans, construction, and mode of maintenance and operation of works within the Sacramento River Flood Control Project, set forth in Senate Committee Print, Seventy-fifth Congress, First Ses…

To carry out the primary state interest described in Section 8532, the board may do any of the following: (a) Acquire either within or outside the boundaries of the drainage district, by purchase, condemnation or by other lawful means in the name of the drainage district, all lan…

In acquiring interests in land necessary for the purposes specified in Section 8590 and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8676, the board in determining whether to acquire in fee or easement may consider such additional uses as fish and wildlife enhancement and recreation…

The board has no power, authority, or jurisdiction, either directly or indirectly, except as provided in this division, to incur any indebtedness or expend any money or adopt or carry into effect any plan or project or to acquire any lands, rights of way, or easements, or to do a…

The board has the same power, authority and jurisdiction in reference to the adoption and carrying to completion of any work or project involved in or contained in the report of the California Debris Commission dated January 5, 1925, to the Congress of the United States as are co…

The board may acquire by eminent domain in the name of the drainage district any property necessary for any of the purposes set forth in this part. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1239.)

The board may maintain actions in the name of the people of the State to restrain, or to recover damages for, the doing of any act or thing that may be injurious to any of the works necessary to the plan of flood control or that may interfere with the successful execution of the …

Any damages so recovered shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the drainage district and the assessment for the particular portion or project affected by the injury. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The board may also do any of the following: (a) Establish a standard of levee construction. (b) Do any and all things necessary or incident to the powers granted or to carry out the objects specified in this article. (c) Maintain actions in the name of the people of the State to …

Notwithstanding Section 6402 of the Public Resources Code, the board may sell or lease surplus real property which is held in fee by the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District and which lies within a predominantly residential, industrial, or commercial area, without reservi…

The board may undertake any construction work that it is authorized to do by this part, free from any control or jurisdiction of the department. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Subject to the provisions of the State Contract Act any construction work undertaken by the board may be done wholly or partly by contract let by the board in such manner as the board may determine, or may be done wholly or partly by day labor or force account if deemed advisable…

(a) The governing body of a public entity that is authorized by law to construct, manage, maintain, or repair levees, channels, or other flood control works that are under the jurisdiction of the board may adopt standards for the operation and maintenance of those flood control w…

The board may construct, purchase, rent, sell or exchange dredgers, machines, appliances, tools, apparatus and other property necessary or convenient for doing any construction work. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The cost of the equipment and property shall be apportioned to and paid from the funds raised from the several assessments levied or to be levied by the board in a just and equitable manner according to the use made of the equipment or property in carrying out the several separat…

The board may rent for use by others idle dredgers or other equipment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The rental received shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the balance remaining unexpended of the assessments against which the cost of such equipment has been paid or is to be charged as indicated by the board. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)