Title WAT, California Water Code

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Public domain” means a format that may be duplicated, distributed, and used without payment of a royalty or license fee. (b) “Report” means any document or item that is required for submission in …

(a) The state board may require a person submitting a report to the state board, a regional board, or a local agency to submit the report in electronic format. The state board may also require that any report submitted in electronic format include the latitude and longitude, accu…

(a) The state board shall adopt, not later than March 1, 2001, emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code implementing a statewide program for the electronic submission of reports …

This article provides an independent method of leasing and its provisions apply only to leases made pursuant to it. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may lease part or all of its works whenever the leasing will benefit the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

When the board contemplates the leasing of the works of the district, it shall give notice thereof at least three weeks prior to the making of the lease, by publication at least once in some newspaper published in the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The lease shall be made to the highest bidder, but any and all bids may be rejected. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The lease shall not interfere with any prior rights established by law. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A good and sufficient bond shall be required by the board to secure the faithful performance of the lease by the lessees. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may, by resolution of its board adopted at or prior to the time of issuing any bonds then proposed to be issued, provide for the call and redemption prior to their fixed maturity of any of the bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1226, Sec. 60.)

Callable bonds may be redeemed in addition to other methods permitted in the following manner: (a) In numerical order or by lot as prescribed in the resolution. (b) On any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity. (c) At not exceeding their par value and accrued intere…

Notice designating the bonds called for redemption shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the office county. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The first publication of the redemption notice shall be not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

If on the date fixed for redemption the district has provided funds available for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds called, interest on them ceases. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

After all investigations of water use have been completed and the time for filing proofs of claims has expired, the board shall prepare a report describing the water supply and abstracting the claim of water right of each claimant. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 422, Sec. 8. (SB 69…

The report shall note separately any material differences between the claims and the factual determinations made by the representatives of the board during the investigation. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 545.)

The report shall include a map showing the stream system, diversion points, conduits, areas of water use and the type of use, owner’s names, and such other information as the board deems necessary. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 545.)

The report shall include a preliminary order of determination determining and establishing the several rights to the water of the stream system, giving appropriate consideration to claims at variance with the measurements and determinations of the representatives of the board. (R…

A copy of the report shall be sent by registered mail to each claimant and to each person not filing a claim appearing in the report as a water user. It shall be accompanied by a notice setting a day at least 60 days thereafter, prior to which such persons may file objections to …

All district taxes levied on real property and improvements are a lien upon the same, which lien attaches as of noon on the first day of March of the year in which the tax is levied, and all taxes levied upon personal property are a lien upon the real property of the owner of the…

The board shall meet at its usual place of meeting on the first Monday after each election to canvass the returns. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

If at the time of meeting the returns from each precinct in the district in which the polls were opened have been received, the board shall then and there proceed to canvass the returns. If all the returns have not been received, the canvass shall be postponed from day to day unt…

The canvass shall be made in public and by opening the returns and ascertaining the vote of the district for each person voted for, and declaring the result. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Any landowner who desires to lessen or remove the lien upon his land of any assessment on which bonds have been issued may deliver to the county treasurer for cancellation any bonds payable out of the assessment, and the treasurer shall credit against the assessment on his land t…

Refunding bonds remaining in the hands of the county treasurer after the outstanding bonds to be refunded thereby are discharged, shall be forthwith canceled by the county treasurer and shall never be an obligation of the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

If, upon the expiration of one year after an issue of refunding bonds, heretofore or hereafter issued was deposited with the county treasurer, all or part of the refunding bonds are unsold or unexchanged, the board, by an order entered in its minutes, may cancel all proceedings t…

The cancellation will not affect the validity of the assessment upon which the bonds are based, nor the validity of any bonds previously sold or exchanged, or previously issued on the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for, or may contract with others for, the collection and disposal of the garbage, waste, and trash of the district and its inhabitants. A district may not engage in, or contract with others for, the collection and disposal…

The district may prescribe, revise, and collect rates or other charges for the services furnished pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 310.)

The district may provide that such rates or charges may be collected with the water or sewer rates, or both, of the district and that all rates shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as one item, and that in the event of failure to pay the whole or any part thereof, the…

The district may determine whether sanitary service is necessary or feasible for all residents or properties within the district and shall thereupon make a finding as to which type of customer or area shall be excluded from service. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 310.)

The district shall determine the types of wastes to be excluded from service. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 310.)

Any contract with other parties for the supplying of this service for the district shall be granted by public bid for such periods as the district determines is in the best interests of the district. In the event of failure to receive a suitable bid, the district may negotiate a …

A district may adopt ordinances relating to the provision of sanitation services and the regulation of such services. Every such ordinance shall be in full force and effect forthwith upon adoption, but shall be published once in full in a newpaper of general circulation, printed,…

From and after the posting or publication of any ordinance as provided in Section 71689.26, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any ordinance of the district adopted pursuant to Section 71689.26, and upon conviction thereof, such person shall be punished by being …

The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish the purposes of an improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

The board may repay the district for any advance of funds from the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized for the purposes of the improvement district or as provided in Section 71616. To the extent that advances made for improvements for which such bonds were authorized are rep…

If two-thirds of the votes cast upon the proposition at the bond election favor the proposition submitted, the proposition shall be deemed to have been accepted by the voters and to authorize the incurring of a bonded debt and the issuance of bonds in the amount of and for the pu…

The board may issue the bonds of the district for the whole or any part of the amount of the indebtedness authorized, and may, from time to time, provide for the issuance of such amounts as are necessary, until the full amount of the bonds authorized have been issued. Each separa…

The board shall, by a resolution adopted by a majority of its members, prescribe the form of the bonds and of the coupons attached thereto and fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal shall become due and payable. The payment of the first installment may be deferr…

The bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent per year, payable annually or semiannually as may be prescribed by the board at the time of the issuance of the bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)

The board may provide for redemption of bonds before maturity at prices determined by it. A bond shall not be subject to call or redemption prior to maturity unless it contains a recital to that effect. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The bonds shall be in such denominations as the board may prescribe. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 359.)

The principal and interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer or such other place as may be designated or at either place at the option of the holder of the bond. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The bonds shall be dated, numbered consecutively, signed by the president, and attested by the secretary with the official seal of the district. The interest coupons shall bear the actual or facsimile signature of the president. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The superior court of the county in which a water-producing facility within the district lies may issue a temporary restraining order upon the filing by the district of a petition or complaint setting forth that the person named therein as defendant is the operator of a water-pro…