Title WAT, California Water Code

The person receiving the highest number of votes for each office to be filled at the election shall be elected. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The board shall declare elected as director the person having the highest number of votes for that office in each division. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The secretary shall immediately make out and deliver to the elected persons certificates of election signed by him and authenticated with the seal of the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The secretary shall enter in the records of the board a statement of the result of the election as soon as it is declared. The statement shall show: (a) The whole number of votes cast in the district, and in each division. (b) The names of the persons voted for. (c) The office to…

The bonds as issued may be sold at such times and in such amounts as the board deems expedient, after a notice inviting bids therefor has been published in the district pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code. A certified check payable to the district for at least 2 perce…

The proceeds from the sale of bonds shall be paid into the treasury of the district, placed to the credit of a special fund, and expended only for the purpose for which the indebtedness was created. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

If the board determines by resolution that (1) the expenditure of money raised by the sale of bonds for the purpose for which the bonds were voted is impracticable or unwise, or (2) that all of the purposes for which money raised by the sale of bonds have been fulfilled but that …

For the purposes of this article, “district” means the United Water Conservation District. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 294, Sec. 1. (AB 552) Effective January 1, 2018.)

For the purpose of investigating compliance with any provisions of this division or any district ordinance, the district may inspect any water-producing facility within the boundaries of the district. The district shall give notice to the operator by certified mail not less than …

In addition to those remedies set forth in Sections 75615 and 75616, if the operator of a water-producing facility fails to file a water production statement or pay delinquent groundwater charges when due, the district may assess an administrative charge to recover the cost of co…

(a) In addition to the district’s right to bring a suit against any operator of a water-producing facility within the district for the collection of any delinquent groundwater charges, interest, and penalties as provided in Section 75633, as a provisional remedy in the action the…

In accordance with Section 75614, when an operator provides notice to the district of the abandonment of a water-producing facility or a water-producing facility is in fact abandoned, the district may affix seals to the facility. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 294, Sec. 1. (AB 552) E…

(a) As an alternative to bringing suit pursuant to Section 75633, the district may collect any delinquent groundwater charges and any interest, penalties, costs, and administrative charges. The collection shall be in the same manner as would be applicable to the collection of del…

Following the issuance of an injunction restraining the operation of a water-producing facility in accordance with Section 75631 and the termination of any stay, as a condition of allowing future operation of the facility, the district may require the operator to post a cash depo…

The remedies specified in this article are cumulative and the district may pursue them alternatively or use them concurrently as determined by the board of directors of the district. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 294, Sec. 1. (AB 552) Effective January 1, 2018.)

Upon the annexation of the petitioning district to the annexing district, the board of the annexing district shall file with the Secretary of State a certificate listing: (a) The names of the annexing district and the petitioning district. (b) The effective date of the annexation…

(a) It is unlawful for any person or public agency to interfere with, obstruct the performance, maintenance, or operation of, or otherwise take actions that may adversely affect facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control, designated floodways, or streams that are regulated by …

(a) If the board or the executive officer determines that any person or public agency has undertaken, is threatening to undertake, or maintains any encroachment, flood system improvement, or activity in violation of this part, the board or the executive officer may issue a notice…

(a) If the board or executive officer determines that any person or public agency has failed to adequately respond to a notice of violation, the board or executive officer may issue an order directing that the person or public agency to whom the notice of violation was issued to …

(a) If the board or executive officer determines that any person or public agency has failed to correct a violation as outlined in a cease and desist order, the board shall hold an enforcement hearing to consider the issuance of an enforcement order. (b) The enforcement hearing s…

(a) The board, following notice and opportunity for a hearing, may order the removal or modification of an encroachment that was previously issued a permit by the board if the board makes one of the following findings based on substantial evidence: (1) The encroachment presents a…

Notice and service required by this article shall be provided to the person or public agency believed to be responsible for the violation and the owner of the property on which the violation occurred or is threatened to occur by one of the following means: (a) Hand delivery. (b) …

(a) Civil penalties may be imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction against any person or public agency that undertakes an activity, flood system improvement, or encroachment that is in violation of this part or that is inconsistent with any permit, cease and desist order, or…

(a) Administrative penalties may be imposed by the board in the same manner as civil penalties described in Section 8704, upon an enforcement hearing and issuance of an enforcement order pursuant to Section 8701.4, but shall not be less than five hundred dollars ($500) or exceed …

(a) Pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 8701.4, the board or the board’s designee shall have the authority to record a lien with the county recorder in the county of this state where the person’s or agency’s property responsible for the violation is located, to recover any and…

The remedies provided by this article are not exclusive of, but shall be concurrent with and in addition to, any other remedy, penalty, or sanction that may exist by law, civil or criminal. The board may enforce compliance with the provisions of this article by mandamus, mandator…

The Flood Risk Management Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. All funds received from fees pursuant to Section 8535 and from penalties pursuant to this article shall be paid into the fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the moneys in the fund shall be expend…

The board may maintain actions in the name of the state to compel by injunction the owner or owners of any bridge, trestle, wire line, viaduct, embankment, or other structure or obstruction that shall be intersected, traversed, or crossed by any bypass, drainage canal, channel, o…

Any activity that does or may interfere with, obstruct the performance, maintenance, or operation of, or otherwise adversely affect facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control, designated floodways, or streams that are regulated by the board constitutes a public nuisance, and t…

If the board or Attorney General prevails in a civil action to enforce this part, or if a local agency prevails in a civil action to seek abatement costs under subdivision (c) of Section 8708 or modification, removal, abatement, or restoration costs as the board’s designee under …

(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the department, the board, the executive officer, or a levee-maintaining agency from taking any action to prevent an imminent failure of a levee, channel, floodway, stream bank, or flood control feature, or other emergency…

The board shall adopt emergency regulations necessary to implement this article in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The adoption of emergency regulations shall be deemed an emergency that calls …

Whenever the whole or any portion of any issue of bonds of any district remains unissued for more than one year after the date of the election at which the bonds were authorized, the board, by a resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the board, may cancel al…

Whenever a resolution to cancel bonds is offered, its consideration shall be postponed to a date fixed by the board which is subsequent to final publication of the resolution. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The resolution together with a notice stating the time fixed by the board for the consideration of the resolution shall be published once a week for at least two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the office county. (Added by Stats. 1943. Ch. 372.)

After the adoption of a resolution to cancel bonds no other bonds shall be issued in pursuance of the proceedings taken in relation to the issuance of the bonds so canceled. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Any bonds and coupons so canceled shall be destroyed under the direction of the board. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Within 10 days after the close of the period for filing objections, the board shall mail copies of the objections to the claimant or water user against whom the objections are directed and shall notify by registered mail the persons whose rights are significantly affected to appe…

The board may adjourn hearings of objections from time to time upon reasonable notice to all parties in interest. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 545.)

The costs of taking testimony at a hearing on an objection shall be borne by the parties thereto as follows: each party shall pay for the direct examination of his own witness and the cross-examination of opponent’s witness, and the parties shall share equally for that part of th…

One copy of the transcript of testimony taken at the hearing shall be furnished to the board at the cost of the parties. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 545.)

Every plan of reclamation, flood control, drainage, improvement, dredging or work, that includes or contemplates the construction, enlargement, revetment or alteration of any levee, embankment, canal or other excavation in the bed of or along or near the banks of the Sacramento o…

The provisions of Section 8710 shall not apply to any work of interior irrigation or drainage upon reclaimed land, which work is not actually on, through, or adjoining any flood control works under the jurisdiction of the board. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1707.)

Whenever any irrigation, drainage, levee, or flood control district makes application for the approval required by the next preceding section, all of the provisions of Division 15, Part 6, Chapter 2 of the Water Code which relate to works of reclamation by reclamation districts w…

Any such plan is void until approved by the board, and no work shall be done without the permission of the board. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

No levee along a river or by-pass at any of the places mentioned in this article, nor any levee forming part of any of the plans of flood control adopted by this part or by the board, shall be cut or altered without permission of the board. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)