Title WAT, California Water Code

The determination of the election contest shall be based on whether or not the election was conducted fairly and in substantial compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Judgment shall be entered accordingly. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

An appeal may be taken by any party to an election contest within 30 days from entry of judgment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The appeal shall be heard and determined within 60 days from the time of filing the notice of appeal. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

There is granted to every district the right to construct and operate in a manner affording security for life and property electric light and power lines along, over, under, or upon any road or across any railway or conduit which the route of the lines intersects or runs along. (…

A district may not construct and operate electric light and power lines along, over, under, or upon any road within any city unless permission to do so is granted by the governing body of the city, which in so doing may impose reasonable conditions upon the proposed use. (Added b…

Permission pursuant to Section 22476 is not necessary where the road to be used is a convenient part of the route of the lines and at the time construction of the lines was commenced or the plans for them were adopted was located in territory not within an organized city. (Added …

A district constructing lines pursuant to this article shall restore the road, railway, or conduit intersected to its former state of usefulness as near as possible. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

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 therein shall be conclusive except in an action or proceeding instituted within six months after the acts, proceedin…

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. 1540.)

If at any time it is desired to include additional land in an improvement district, a petition for inclusion signed by the holders of title to the land to be included may be filed with the board. (Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 536.)

The inclusion petition shall describe the land in the improvement district as enlarged by the proposed inclusions and give the names and addresses of the owners of the additional land in substantially the same manner as in the original petition for forming an improvement district…

The same proceedings shall be had on the improvement district inclusion petition as upon the original petition for the formation of an improvement district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board may prescribe any conditions upon the inclusion of the land that it deems just. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 536.)

If any conditions not contained in the petition for inclusion are prescribed by the board the lands shall not be included until two-thirds in number of the petitioners approve the conditions in writing. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 536.)

The cost of improvement district improvements shall be paid only out of the proceeds of an improvement district assessment levied upon and collected from the land in the improvement district for improvement purposes. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Improvement district warrants shall be paid only out of the proceeds of an improvement district assessment levied upon and collected from the land within the improvement district for improvement purposes. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Improvement district warrants or their proceeds shall be used solely for making the improvements for which the improvement district was formed and the necessary incidental expenses. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The cost of the improvement for an improvement district may be paid immediately from either the general fund of the district or from any special or construction fund available, the money advanced to be returned to the fund from which taken upon the collection of assessments for t…

If the proceeds from any improvement district assessment levied for improvement purposes exceeds the final amount necessary for the purposes for which it was levied, the excess may be held in a special fund to be used for the operation of the works of the improvement district, be…

Receipts from assessments levied for the operation of improvement districts and charges in lieu of the assessments, when collected, shall be deposited in a separate fund for the benefit of the improvement district to be used for its operation. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Any designated revenue may by resolution of the board be allocated to the payment of the whole or any portion of the principal or interest or both of any bonds. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The allocation may be for either or both: (a) Payment of the whole or any part of the principal or interest or both of any bonds payable solely from revenue. (b) As additional security for the payment of the whole or any part of the principal or interest or both of any bonds paya…

Until the payment or retirement of the bonds for the benefit of which an allocation was made, the revenue allocated shall be applied solely to the payment of the obligation specified in the allocating resolution. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

An allocation may be made for the exclusive benefit of any one or more issues or portions of issues of bonds of a district designated in the allocating resolutions or in the discretion of its board for the benefit of any bonds of the district at any time issued or outstanding. (A…

Any allocation shall be irrevocable until all of the bonds for which the allocation was made and their appurtenant coupons have been paid or retired. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

As soon as practicable after granting the petition, the board shall begin an investigation of the stream system, of the diversion of water, of all beneficial uses being made of the water, and of the water supply available for those uses, and shall gather such other data and infor…

(a) During the investigation of the stream system, the representatives of the board shall investigate in detail the use of water by each person who has given notice of intent to file a proof of claim, and shall determine the acreage under irrigation or otherwise define the place …

Each claimant shall provide to the representatives of the board all pertinent information on the extent and nature of the claimant’s water use and basis of water right, so as to expedite the investigation and facilitate the completion of the proof of claim. (Amended by Stats. 202…

Immediately upon conclusion of the investigation of water use, the claimant or the claimant’s representative shall be provided, by registered mail, a blank form of proof of claim and a copy of the factual determinations of the representatives of the board for use in preparing the…

During the investigation of the stream system, the board shall investigate in detail the projects of all water users known to the board who have not filed a notice of intent to file proof of claim. The investigations may include a field investigation in accordance with Section 25…

Water users who do not file notice of intent shall, insofar as they are known, be supplied a copy of the factual determinations of the representative of the board and a blank form of proof of claim and shall be allowed to file proof of claim after completion of the detailed inves…

(a) In conducting an investigation pursuant to this chapter, if the board determines in writing that the information provided by the person pursuant to Sections 1840 and 1841 and any regulations adopted by the board pursuant to those sections is inadequate for the board’s investi…

The board may appoint officers other than the engineer, without compensation, as the officer to perform any or all of the duties conferred upon the street superintendent or city engineer in any law referred to in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The board may appoint an engineer of work, in which event the duties to be performed by the city engineer as set forth in any law referred to in this chapter shall be performed by the engineer of work, whose compensation and expenses shall constitute an incidental expense in the …

The board may provide that the work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer of work, that the materials used shall comply with his specifications and be to his satisfaction, and that he shall make and sign the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1949, C…

The contract shall be entered into by the engineer, and the assessment and warrant, when confirmed, shall be recorded in the office of the engineer. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

General obligation bonds shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the board. (Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1329.)

General obligation bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1756.)

Each issue or series of an issue of general obligation bonds shall be numbered consecutively, and the bonds of each issue or series of an issue shall be numbered consecutively from lower to higher as they mature and bear such date as may be prescribed by the board. (Amended by St…

General obligation bonds shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1756.)

General obligation bonds shall be of such denomination or denominations as the board may prescribe. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 736.)

General obligation bonds shall be payable at such time or times and place or places as may be designated by the board, but in no case shall the maturity of any bond be more than 40 years from its date. (Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1329.)

Each general obligation bond shall be made payable at a given time for its full face value and not for a percentage thereof. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1756.)

A general obligation bond shall be payable when due upon presentation and surrender thereof to the treasurer by the holder. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1756.)

General obligation bonds shall bear interest at a rate not in excess of 8 percent per annum payable annually or semiannually as may be prescribed by the board. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)