Title WAT, California Water Code

The purpose or amount of bonded debt or the boundaries of the proposed improvement district shall not be changed by the board except after notice of its intention to do so, given by publication pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in a newspaper printed and published i…

At the time and place fixed in the notice of intention, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing any person interested, including any person owning property within the district or the proposed improvement…

The board, whenever the interest of the district shall require it, may cause a report to be made to the effect that the acquisition of certain property or works or the construction of such works is convenient or necessary to serve or fulfill the purposes of the district and that …

After the printing of the report the board, by resolution adopted by a majority of its members, may call an election to be held in the district for the purpose of authorizing the incurring of a bonded indebtedness by the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The resolution shall specify all of the following: (a) The purpose for which the indebtedness is to be incurred. (b) The amount of bonds proposed to be issued. (c) The maximum rate of interest the bonds shall bear. (d) The number of years, not exceeding 40, the whole or any part …

The resolution shall further provide for submitting the question of the incurring of the indebtedness to the qualified electors of the district at an election called for that purpose. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

In determining the amount of bonded indebtedness to be incurred, the board may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction or financing of the works or property set forth in the report required by Section 74800, and all engi…

After the filing of the plans, specifications, estimate, and statement and assessment, the board shall give notice of a hearing upon the formation petition and whether a special assessment shall be levied upon the lands within the improvement district for the purpose of raising m…

Notice of the hearing shall be given by posting a notice thereof in three public places within the proposed improvement district, by publishing the notice once a week for two weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the office of the district is situtated, and by …

At the hearing the board shall hear such objections to the formation petition, to the formation of the improvement district and its boundaries, to the plans, specifications, and estimates, and to the proposed assessment and the apportionment thereof as may come before it, and sha…

The board may exclude any part or portion of the lands described in the formation petition from the improvement district, and may include additional lands. If any additional lands are included in the proposed improvement district, the hearing of the petition shall be continued an…

If more than one-third of the holders of title or evidence of title of lands within the proposed improvement district object, at the hearing, to the formation of the improvement district and the levy of the proposed assessment, the board shall deny the petition and no further pro…

At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board determines that the improvement district should be formed and assessments levied to pay the costs of the proposed improvement, it shall make a final order approving the formation petition, the improvement district assessment, and the…

The order shall be entered in the minutes of the board and a copy thereof shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which any of the lands of the improvement district are located. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

On or before the day of the regular meeting of the board in March of each year, the engineering investigation and report shall be delivered to the secretary in writing. (Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 255, Sec. 1.)

The secretary shall publish a notice of the receipt of the engineering investigation and report and of a public hearing thereon to be held in April. The notice shall be published, pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and p…

The notice, among other information which the district may provide therein, shall contain an invitation to all operators of water-producing facilities within the district to call at the office of the district to examine the engineering investigation and report. (Added by Stats. 1…

The board shall hold a public hearing in April of each year, in the regular meeting place of the board, not sooner than 30 days after receipt of the engineering investigation and report. Any operator of a water-producing facility within the district, or any person interested in t…

The board shall, before the levy of the ground water charge, find and determine all of the following: (a) The average annual overdraft for the immediate past 10 water years. (b) The estimated annual overdraft for the current water year. (c) The estimated annual overdraft for the …

The findings and determinations by the board are conclusive and binding upon all persons and parties. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

Proceedings by the petitioning district are initiated: (a) When the board of the district determines that it would be for the best interests of the district to be annexed to another water conservation district and adopts, by resolution, a proposed annexation petition; or (b) When…

A proposed annexation petition shall contain: (a) A request addressed to the annexing district, petitioning the annexing district to annex the petitioning district. (b) A statement setting forth the desirability or necessity of the annexation. (c) Any terms subject to which the a…

Within 30 days after annexation proceedings have been initiated, the board of the petitioning district shall call and provide for the holding of a special election, at which election the proposition of adopting the proposed annexation petition shall be submitted to the electors o…

The manner of holding and conducting the election, the selection of officers to conduct it, the designation of precincts and polling places, the preparation, receipt, counting, and returning of ballots, and the canvassing and determining results of the election shall be as provid…

Upon the canvassing of the votes cast in the election, if it appears that a majority of all votes cast are in favor of the annexation petition, the board of the petitioning district shall, within 10 days after the canvass of the vote, forward to the board of the annexing district…

The board shall appoint a general manager, a financial officer, and a secretary. The board may establish other offices that may be necessary or convenient. The board shall appoint, and prescribe the duties, compensation, and terms and conditions of employment of, all officers. (A…

The board may employ other employees that the board determines are necessary or convenient and may delegate to the general manager the authority to employ or contract for the services of additional assistants or employees that the general manager determines necessary or convenien…

The board may require, and establish the amount of, official bonds of officers and employees that are necessary for the protection of the funds and property of the agency. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

(a) Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090) of Chapter 1 of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all officers and employees of the agency. (b) The agency is a “local government agency” for the purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing w…

Drainage improvements authorized to be transferred and conveyed by this article are those which lie within the territorial limits of the flood control district to which they are conveyed, and are included in one or all of the following classes: (a) Those which were constructed un…

Any county within the limits of which there are drainage improvements within any of the classes mentioned in Section 8155 may, by a four-fifths vote of the members of the board of supervisors, transfer and convey all, but not less than all, of the drainage improvements in the cou…

The flood control district to which such drainage improvements are transferred shall, upon acceptance of such transfer by four-fifths vote of the members of the governing body of the district, assume and provide for the operation, maintenance, and repair thereof, and thereupon be…

From and after the date of transfer no tax shall be levied upon the lands within any such drainage district for the payment of the subsequently maturing principal and interest upon bonds of such district, except such levy as may be made by the flood control district. However, the…

The board shall appoint a general manager, a financial officer, and a secretary. The board may establish other offices that may be necessary or convenient. The board shall appoint, and prescribe the duties, compensation, and terms and conditions of employment of, all officers. (A…

The board may employ other employees that the board determines are necessary or convenient and may delegate to the general manager the authority to employ or contract for the services of additional assistants or employees that the general manager determines to be necessary or con…

The board may require, and establish the amount of, official bonds of officers and employees that are necessary for the protection of the funds and property of the authority. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 849, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

(a) Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090) of Chapter 1 of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all officers and employees of the authority, except that a director may vote on a contract between the authority and the public entity that appointed him or her to…

On behalf of the State the department has supervisory powers over the maintenance and operation of the flood control works of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

The department shall maintain and operate on behalf of the state the following units or portions of the works of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project, and the cost of maintenance and operation shall be defrayed by the state: (a) The east levee of the Sutter Bypass north of …

The department may contribute funds to the United States and expend funds appropriated or otherwise available to provide all lands, easements, and rights of way for bank revetment for the protection of levees above Cache Slough and the levee reconstruction, including the costs of…

The board may, in cooperation with the United States, adopt and carry out any plan or plans or project of flood control in the Sacramento or San Joaquin River Valleys or on or near the Sacramento River or the San Joaquin River or their tributaries and may exercise jurisdiction an…

It is the intent of this article to enlarge and extend the power, jurisdiction and authority of the board outside the drainage district to the extent set forth but not in any degree to limit, restrict or abridge any of the powers, jurisdiction or authority of the board. (Added by…

The board may give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of Defense of the United States that the state will do all of the following: (a) Provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project under the…

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Chapters 1 and 3 (commencing with Sections 12570 and 12800, respectively) of Part 6 of Division 6, the board may take any action and expend any available funds for the purpose of co-operating with the United States in carrying out the proj…

(a) In connection with any work done on projects authorized by the board in the repair or reconstruction of levees or other flood control works completed before June 30, 1957, the board may provide for and pay the cost of the relocation, reconstruction, or replacement of improvem…

All political subdivisions, agencies of the State, and municipal and quasi-municipal corporations may make agreements with the board obligating themselves to do or perform those things which are required of the State, political subdivisions thereof, or other local agencies by the…