Title WAT, California Water Code

Proof of publication shall be filed by the applicant within 60 days from the date of issuance of the notice. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Proof of publication shall be by copy of the notice as published attached to and made a part of the affidavit of the publisher or foreman of the newspaper publishing the notice. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The board may cancel any application for failure of the applicant to file proof of publication in accordance with this article, provided the board first gives the applicant written notice of such possible cancellation and 15 days in which to file proof of publication. (Added by S…

For the purposes of the formation election the board of supervisors shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in the proposed district and define their boundaries. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The precinct board for the formation election shall be appointed, candidates for the offices of the proposed district shall be nominated, ballots and other supplies shall be provided and the election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions co…

The board of supervisors shall act in place of the board, and the clerk of the board of supervisors shall act in place of the secretary. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

At the formation election the elective officers of the district shall be elected, but only one person shall be elected to fill the offices consolidated, if any. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

On the ballots provided for the formation election shall be printed a proposition substantially as follows: “Shall the proposed ____ Irrigation District be formed?” followed by the words “Yes” and “No” with inclosed voting spaces thereafter. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board of supervisors shall meet on the second Monday following the formation election to canvass the votes cast, and only if upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast at the formation election are “Irrigation District—Yes” shall the board canvass the v…

No informalities in the conduct of the formation election or in any related matters shall invalidate the election or the result if notice was given substantially as provided and the election was fairly conducted. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to carry out its purposes. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)

If the owner of any land, easement, or franchise to be crossed by works of a district can not agree with the district as to payment, location of the crossing, or any other matters in connection therewith, they shall be determined as in a proceeding in eminent domain. (Added by St…

If a right to flood or otherwise interfere with any road, railroad, canal, or other property is acquired by eminent domain, the judgment may, if the court finds that the public convenience requires it, direct the district to relocate the road, railroad, canal, or other property i…

As used in this article “districts” means one or more irrigation districts together with one or more county water districts. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

As used in this article “contract with the United States” means a contract made under the provisions of the Federal Reclamation Law for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Acquisition, extension, or operation of works for irrigation, drainage, flood control, or development …

As used in ths article “power rights” includes power possibilities, power resources, and power privileges. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Districts may contract with each other pursuant to this article only when both: (a) Each of the districts before or after contracting pursuant to this article makes a contract with the United States. (b) All of the contracting districts propose to divert or carry water for use in…

Any contract between districts made before each of the districts has made a contract with the United States shall be effective when all of the districts have so contracted with the United States. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

In any contract between districts they may contract to compromise and settle any controversies existing between them as to the extent or priority of their respective rights and claims to the use of water and agree upon the limitation and definition of the areas within them respec…

Districts may also contract that applications theretofore filed by either of them with the State Water Rights Board or its predecessor shall be amended to conform to the provisions of the contract between them and that permits and licenses be issued accordingly. (Amended by Stats…

Districts may also contract to compromise and settle any controversies existing between them as to power rights upon the canal or other water system, and for these purposes any of the districts may demise to another of the districts all of the power rights which the demising dist…

The lease may be made for any term not exceeding 99 years and may vest in the lessee the operation, management, development, and control of the power rights and the use, sale, and control of power produced therefrom. The lease may provide for the payment of rentals and any other …

Districts may also contract that when the lease has been executed, the lessor may be required upon any terms agreed upon to procure for the lessee district contracts or applications for electric power signed by consumers in the lessor district and that the lessee district shall s…

Districts may also contract that they shall cooperate to obtain permits and licenses to appropriate water for power purposes and to construct power facilities from the State Water Rights Board or any federal agency or both in the manner prescribed in the contract. (Amended by Sta…

Districts may also contract for any other matters authorized by law. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Districts so contracting have full power to perform and observe the contracts in accordance with the tenor and spirit thereof. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Contracts made pursuant to this article shall be liberally construed to effectuate them according to their true intent. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The execution of a contract between districts may be authorized by resolution of their respective boards. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Any and all such contracts executed prior to September 13, 1941, by and between such districts and all acts of boards of directors and other officers of such districts leading up to and including the execution of such contract or contracts, are hereby legalized, ratified, confirm…

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 or such persons as may be required to carry out the provisions of a contract between a…

Whenever it is desired to do additional work or acquire additional property in or for an improvement district, upon the petition of two-thirds in number of the holders of title to the land in the improvement district an additional assessment may be levied substantially in the sam…

Upon presentation of any matured bond of the district, the treasurer shall pay it from the bond principal fund. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Upon presentation of any matured interest coupon of any bond of the district, the treasurer shall pay it from the bond interest fund. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

If the principal or interest of any bonds is payable from any special or sinking fund, it shall be payable from that fund. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

If money is not available in the fund designated for the payment of any matured bond or interest coupon, it shall draw interest at the annual adjusted rate established by the Franchise Tax Board, as provided in Section 19269 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, from the date of its …

In the case of any district described in Section 20560.1 with respect to construction bonds issued for purposes of financing the works described in that section, if money is not available in the fund designated for the payment of any matured bond or interest coupon of the distric…

A bond presented but not paid shall be stamped and provision made for its payment as in the case of a warrant payable on demand for the payment of which funds are not available on its presentation. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Whenever there is in any fund of the district money in excess of that required for the purposes of the fund up to the time when any part of the next annual assessment levied or to be levied in the district will become delinquent, the district may purchase with this surplus money …

Bonds so purchased may be canceled or held as a part of the district assets until the board determines that it is for the best interests of the district that the bonds or any of them be sold. Bonds not resold prior to the date of their maturity shall be canceled. (Added by Stats.…

As used in this article and Article 3 of this chapter “revenue” means all or any part of any source or sources of payment excluding assessments but including the proceeds of any existing or proposed contract or contracts. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

If any or all of the principal of any bonds is made payable only from revenue, the board shall cause a brief statement of the limitations upon the payment of principal or portion thereof to be set forth in the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

If the limitations affect the payment of the interest of the bonds or any part thereof, a brief statement of the limitations shall be set forth in the interest coupons representing the interest and also in the bonds to which the interest coupons are appurtenant. (Added by Stats. …

If the limitations affect the payment of only a portion of the interest which will accrue on any bonds, the board may provide either that: (a) The entire installment of interest payable on any interest payment date shall be represented by a single coupon which shall contain a bri…

If any board provides that the principal, interest, or both of any bonds or any portion of the principal, interest, or both shall be payable solely from designated revenue, neither the district nor any officer thereof shall be held for payment otherwise. (Amended by Stats. 1991, …

Upon petition signed by one or more claimants to water of any stream system, requesting the determination of the rights of the various claimants to the water of that stream system, the board shall, if, upon investigation, it finds the facts and conditions are such that the public…

As soon as practicable after granting the petition the board shall prepare and issue a notice setting forth the following: (a) The facts of the entry of the order and of the pendency of the proceedings; (b) That all claimants to rights to the use of water of the stream system are…