Title WAT, California Water Code

Within the Madera Irrigation District only, any person having an interest in any land within the district may file with the secretary, in lieu of the petition authorized by Section 25825, a verified petition alleging as to such land all of the following: (a) It is served by a mun…

(a) Within the Solano Irrigation District only, any person having an interest in any land within the district may file with the secretary, in lieu of the petition authorized by Section 25825, a verified petition alleging as to such land the following: (1) His land, or a described…

(a) Within the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District only, any person having an interest in any land within the district may file with the secretary, in lieu of the petition authorized by Section 25825, a verified petition alleging it is appropriate to apply a special rate of a…

The petition shall request that the board determine what proportion of the regular rates of assessment in the district should be used in levying assessments on the land described in the petition. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the secretary before the filing of each petition for a special rate of assessment. The money shall be applied to the cost of the publication of the notice and other expenses of the hearing. If there is any balance after the conclusion o…

The board shall set a time and place for the hearing of a petition for a special rate of assessment or of all the petitions if more than one has been filed and shall give notice of it in a newspaper published in the office county. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The notice for a special rate of assessment hearing shall state all of the following: (a) Petitions have been presented to the board praying for a determination that certain land, which need not be described in the notice, is entitled to a special rate of assessment. (b) The name…

The board shall meet at the time and place set for the hearing and proceed in the order it deems proper to hear the petitions and shall hear all competent and relevant evidence offered in support of any petition or in opposition to it and may adjourn the hearing from time to time…

After the conclusion of the hearing, if the board finds that any of the land described in any petition has been irrigated as alleged and is not and will not be benefited by the operations of the district in a manner that would justify its assessment at the regular rate of assessm…

The order shall: (a) Describe the land entitled to a special rate of assessment or the respective parcels of it if separate parcels are to be assessed. (b) Fix the proportion of the regular rate of assessment which shall be applied in levying assessments on the land described or …

A certified copy of an order determining that any land is entitled to a special rate of assessment shall be delivered to the assessor, and thereafter, until notified of a change in the determination, he shall enter the land described in the order separately in the assessment book…

If a determination that any land is entitled to a special rate of assessment is made in any year too late for the land to be separately described in the assessment book but before the annual assessment has been levied, the board shall direct the secretary to make entries in the a…

The determination of the board granting or denying a special rate of assessment shall not be changed unless the board on petition of a party affected consents to another hearing or on its own motion causes notice to be served on the owner of the land to show cause why the determi…

As used in the laws referred to in this chapter the terms therefrom set forth in this article refer for the purposes of this chapter to that which this article states each respectively refers. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

“City” refers to county water district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

“City council” or “legislative body” refers to the board of directors of the county water district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

“Mayor” refers to the president of the board of directors of the county water district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

“Clerk” refers to the secretary of the board of directors of the county water district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

“Council chambers” refers to the place designated by the board of directors of the county water district for holding its regular meetings. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

“Treasurer” refers to the auditor of the county water district, unless the district elects to use the county treasurer as provided in Section 31305, in which case it is the county treasurer as ex officio treasurer of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1318.)

“Superintendent of streets” or “street superintendent” and “city engineer” refer to the engineer of the county water district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

“Right of way” refers to any parcel of land through which a right of way has been granted to the county water district for any purpose. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

All words relating to municipal officers and matters refer to the corresponding officers of county water districts and matters under this division. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The board shall designate the polling place for the election and appoint from the persons eligible to the office of district director a board of election. The board may provide for the payment of reasonable compensation for the services of the members of the board of election. (A…

For the convenience of voters the board may divide the proposed district into election precincts and establish the boundaries of the precincts. In such case the board shall appoint a board of election for each precinct and designate a polling place in each precinct. (Added by Sta…

At the election the last equalized assessment roll of each affected county shall be used in lieu of the district assessment book. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

At the election the elective officers shall be elected but only one person shall be elected to fill the offices consolidated, if any. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

The election shall be held and the result determined and declared as nearly as may be pursuant to Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 4 of this division and the Uniform District Election Law. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2019.)

The returns of the election shall be forwarded to the board which shall meet on the second Monday following the election and canvass the returns and declare the results. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

If the district and the owners and controllers of any property or franchise to be crossed by works of a district cannot agree with the district as to payment, location, or the manner of the crossing, these matters shall be determined as in a proceeding in eminent domain. (Added b…

A district shall not exercise the right of eminent domain under this article for the condemnation of property outside the boundaries of the principal county in which the district is situated unless it first obtains the consent thereto of the board of supervisors of the county in …

The board may order general obligation bonds sold at not less than 90 percent of par value when the board deems it for the best interest of the district to do so. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

General obligation bonds may be exchanged dollar for dollar for bonds of the State. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

Bonds of the State that may be received for general obligation bonds shall be placed to the credit of the district to be sold as the board may direct, for not less than par value. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

All acts, proceedings, conclusions, and findings of fact, including the levy of assessments or charges, by a board of a district concerning a distribution district herein shall be conclusive except in an action or proceeding instituted within six months after the acts, proceeding…

An action to determine the validity of an assessment may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1530.)

If the department determines that all requirements of Chapter 1 of this part were complied with, the department shall forthwith hear the petition and all evidence offered in its support and in support of the written objections, and the written application of any holder of title t…

At the conclusion of the final hearing on the petition the department shall make an order containing all of the following: (a) Reaffirmance when it is consistent with its conclusions of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and the regularity and sufficiency of the noti…

The order on final hearing shall also divide the proposed district into five, seven, nine, or eleven divisions so as to segregate into separate divisions lands possessing the same general character of water rights or interests in the water of a common source. The divisions shall …

The order shall be entered in full upon the records of the department. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

A copy of the order certified by the department together with a map showing the exterior boundaries of the district and indicating the land, if any, excluded therefrom shall forthwith be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of each affected county. (Added by Stat…

A finding of the department in favor of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and the regularity and sufficiency of the notice shall be conclusive against all persons except the State upon suit by the Attorney General commenced within 90 days after the date of first fil…

The ballots used at the election shall be provided by the board. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

One of the judges of the election shall deliver to each of the voters one ballot for the votes to which the voter is entitled by this division. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 10. Effective September 30, 1990.)

Each ballot cast shall contain the number of votes it represents, which number shall be written or stamped upon it by an election officer and initialed by him when handed to the voter. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Each ballot shall have a perforated tab which shall be marked with the initials of a member of the board of election of the precinct immediately before being handed to the voter. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)