Title WAT, California Water Code

The inspector is chairman of the election board. He may administer all oaths required in the process of an election and appoint judges if, during the progress of the election, any judge ceases to act. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Any member of the election board may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Before opening the polls, each member of the election board must take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the duties imposed upon him by law. Any voter of the precinct may administer and certify such oath. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Unless the board fixes other hours, the polls shall be opened at 6 a.m. on the morning of the election and closed at 7 p.m. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The board may, in the notice of election, fix the hours for the opening and closing of the polls; but the polls shall be kept open for not less than six consecutive hours between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

A list shall be kept by the election board containing the names of each voter who has voted and the number of votes cast by each. If the ballot is cast by proxy the list shall also state the name of the person casting it. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Voting may commence as soon as the polls are opened, may continue during all the time the polls remain opened, and shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

If a majority of all votes cast are “Completion of project—Yes” and also a majority of the qualified voters who voted at the election voted “Completion of project—Yes,” the report and recommendation is adopted. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The board shall carry out the project of the district in accordance with the plans and specifications of the approved and adopted report of the board. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

If completion of the project is not approved at the election, the project is abandoned. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 72. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Any parcel of land bid in and purchased by any county treasurer as trustee of the bond fund of the district may be sold and conveyed by him or his successor in office at any time after the expiration of the redemption period of three years, at public sale with notice, to the high…

Any parcel of land bid in and purchased by any county treasurer as trustee of the bond fund of the district as provided in this division may, without notice, be sold and conveyed by him or his successor in office at private sale to the owner of record at the date of the certifica…

Payment may be made either in cash or in matured bonds and coupons issued on the assessment, taken at their face value. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The treasurer shall execute a deed to the purchaser upon the sale, conveying the property free of encumbrances, except as provided for deeds where no redemption is made. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

If any land held by a county treasurer as trustee of the bond fund of a district remains unsold after the final installment of the assessment has been collected by payment or sale, each county treasurer shall sell all the land held by him at public auction to the highest bidder f…

Notice of the sale shall be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the land is situated. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The county treasurer shall deposit the proceeds of the sale in the treasury of the county to the credit of the bond fund of the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Each county treasurer shall charge to the general fund of the district, or to the bond fund if he has no money to the credit of the general fund, the expense of publication of notices and of recording certificates of sale, and shall notify the treasurer of the district of the cha…

When the board has ordered an operation and maintenance assessment levy and has fixed the installments the secretary shall enter in the minutes of the board a notice in substantially the following form: (Name of reclamation district, location of principal place of business.) Noti…

The notice shall be published, mailed, or personally served upon each landowner in the manner provided in Section 51519. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

When the operation and maintenance assessment levy is to be paid in more than one installment the secretary shall give notice for 60 days immediately preceding the due date of each installment in substantially the form prescribed in this article. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Except as otherwise specifically provided, unpaid assessments for operation and maintenance levied pursuant to this article shall be collected in the manner provided for the payment and collection of original and additional assessments. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The principal and interest of any operation and maintenance assessment levy may be paid in lawful money of the United States or approved warrants of the district payable from such assessment levy. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The money collected on operation and maintenance assessments shall be placed by the county treasurer to the credit of the district in a separate fund designated “maintenance fund” of the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The maintenance fund, except as provided in Section 51547, shall be disbursed only upon warrants of the board drawn in payment of the cost or expense of maintenance, repair and operation of the district reclamation works, incidental expenses as defined in Section 51336 and for th…

When time warrants have been issued in anticipation of an operation and maintenance assessment levy, money collected upon that levy shall be used only for the payment of the principal and interest on the time warrants so long as such time warrants are outstanding and unpaid. (Add…

The board, in lieu of exchanging refunding bonds for outstanding bonds, may declare by resolution that it will be for the best interests of the district to sell all or any specific portion of the refunding bonds. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The board, having adopted a resolution of sale, may declare by resolution, on or before the February 1st or the August 1st prior to the date of maturity of the outstanding bonds next maturing and to be refunded, either in whole or in part, that any portion of the refunding bonds …

The resolution shall direct the county treasurer to sell the refunding bonds on a date not less than five days, nor more than 10 days, prior to the April 1st or October 1st prior to the maturity of the bonds to be refunded, and shall declare whether the refunding bonds may be sol…

The refunding bonds shall be sold by the county treasurer in the manner provided in Article 3, Chapter 1 of this part for the sale of bonds and refunding bonds. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

A sale by the county treasurer is conclusive evidence in favor of the purchaser and all subsequent holders of the refunding bonds that the sale was made upon due authority and notice. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Refunding bonds which are not sold when offered for sale may again be offered for sale from time to time prior to their fixed maturity, or may be exchanged for outstanding bonds as provided in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall be placed in the county treasury to the credit of the bond fund, and used only in payment of the principal of the outstanding bonds to be refunded by the refunding bonds so sold. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The board shall sell or exchange refunding bonds only of such maturities as have been declared in the notice of election for the issuance of refunding bonds to be available for the refunding of particular maturities of the district’s outstanding bonds. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. …

If any district authorized the issuance of refunding bonds prior to August 14, 1929, and the same or any part thereof are unsold, the board may call an election in the manner and upon the notice prescribed for the issuance of refunding bonds, at which election there shall be subm…

If the board, in its resolution, determines that the refunding bonds may be sold for an amount less than their aggregate par value, and that it is necessary or advisable that an amount be made available for the payment of interest upon the refunding bonds from the date of the sal…

The warrant shall be drawn for an amount equal to the sum of: (a) The excess of the par value of the refunding bonds directed to be sold over the amount for which the board has determined the refunding bonds may be sold, which shall not in any event, exceed 10 percent of the par …

When the warrant has been drawn, there shall be included in the next succeeding assessment call levied for maintenance purposes, an amount equal to that of the warrant, and that amount shall be assessed against the several parcels in the same proportion as the original assessment…

An action based upon, or connected with, a demand warrant shall be commenced within four years from the date of the warrant, and an action based upon, or connected with, a time warrant shall be commenced within four years from the date of maturity of the time warrant. (Added by S…

If an action or proceeding based upon, or connected with, a demand warrant is commenced within four years after the date of the warrant, or within four years after the maturity of a time warrant, and final judgment is in favor of the holder or owner thereof, the warrant shall be …

In any proceeding to compel the board to issue a warrant, if a controversy arises as to the amount that is due to the plaintiff, the court shall determine the same in the manner provided for determining controversies in other civil actions, and shall cause a writ to issue for any…

(a) A district may exercise any of the powers, functions, and duties which are vested in, or imposed upon, a fire protection district pursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, Part 3 (commencing with Section 13800) of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) If …

At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether it is deemed necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness. If so, the resolution shall also state: (a) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred. (b) The amount of the proposed debt. (…

The determinations made in the resolution of formation shall be final and conclusive. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

After the formation of the improvement district pursuant to this chapter, all proceedings for the purpose of a bond election shall be limited, and shall apply only, to the improvement district, and taxes for the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon shall be levied exclus…