Title WAT, California Water Code

In order to achieve the goals set forth in this chapter, all state agencies exercising resource management responsibilities shall review reconnaissance and feasibility reports submitted for state review and comment by federal agencies relating to any project or project feature af…

In order to guide state agencies in their review of proposed flood control and watershed protection projects, it is the intent of the Legislature that recreational purposes shall include, but be not limited to, those recreational activities normally and usually associated with th…

In order to realize the full potential of such projects for fish and wildlife enhancement and for recreational development, state agencies having resource management responsibilities affected by the project are authorized to cooperate with federal and local sponsoring agencies th…

The Department of Fish and Game shall be responsible for the management of all fish and wildlife resources at any project subject to the provisions of this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 920.)

In the event the board determines to provide for the issuance of general obligation bonds under the provisions of this chapter, it shall prepare and adopt a plan of works and an estimate of the amount of money necessary to raise for such purposes for which bonds may be issued. Th…

Bonds may be issued for the purposes of acquiring or constructing works for irrigation, domestic, municipal and industrial water supply and to furnish facilities and services within or without the district to the extent provided for in Section 35500 for the collection, treatment …

Subsequent to the receipt of the plan of works provided for in Section 36251, the board may approve or modify the proposed plan of works, and thereafter by the adoption of a resolution may declare its intention to issue general obligation bonds to acquire or construct improvement…

Notice of such hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution provided for in Section 36253 in a newspaper of general circulation, published in each affected county, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the first publication to be at least 14 days prior…

At any time not later than the hour set for hearing objections to the proposed plan of works and the issuance of general obligation bonds therefor, any owner of property liable to be assessed therefor may make written protest. Such protest shall be in writing, shall contain a des…

At the time set for hearing protests, the board shall hear and pass upon all protests made as provided for in Section 36254 and its decision shall be final and conclusive. The board may adjourn the hearings from time to time and any written protest may be withdrawn by an owner ma…

If a majority written protest is made pursuant to Section 36255 against the plan of works, the proposed issuance of general obligation bonds therefor or the amount thereof, and the board finds that the protest is made by either one-half or more of the area proposed to be assessed…

The last equalized assessment roll shall be used as a basis for determining whether or not a majority written protest has been made. The board shall be under no duty to obtain or consider any other evidence as to ownership of property and its determination of ownership shall be f…

If at the conclusion of the hearing the board determines that all of the lands included within the district and the boundaries of the improvement district described in the plan of works will be benefited and a majority protest as provided for in this article has not been received…

Bonds issued hereunder and interest which accrues thereon shall be paid in a manner identical to bonds issued on behalf of a district or improvement district of a California water district as otherwise provided in this division. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1458.)

The Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 shall not apply to any proceedings under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1458.)

The board may, without a vote of the electors, or without a further hearing, provide for the issuance of, and issue, general obligation bonds of a district or for an improvement district thereof in accordance with the following: (a) The principal amount of such bonds does not exc…

Where recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement features are contained in a flood control or watershed protection project, and where such payment is specifically authorized by the Legislature, the state shall pay 50 percent of the nonfederal capital costs of the recreation and…

The Legislature hereby declares that there shall be included in the budget of the department for flood control subventions or for direct acquisitions by the state for each fiscal year an appropriation of funds from the General Fund in an amount sufficient to pay all costs require…

Any local agency sponsoring a project subject to the provisions of this chapter is hereby authorized to design, construct, operate, and maintain public recreational facilities at such project and shall have such powers as may be necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions…

(a) There is within the board an Administrative Hearings Office. The board shall administer the Administrative Hearings Office as an independent organizational unit consistent with the role of the Administrative Hearings Office as a neutral, fair, and efficient forum for adjudica…

(a) The Administrative Hearings Office shall include attorneys qualified to act as hearing officers in adjudicative proceedings involving water rights matters. The hearing officers shall have qualifications equivalent to those of administrative law judges and knowledge and experi…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a hearing officer from the Administrative Hearings Office shall preside over a hearing in any of the following matters: (1) A complaint issued under Section 1055. (2) A notice of a proposed cease and desist order issued under Section 183…

In accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 1110, the Administrative Adjudication Code of Ethics (Article 16 (commencing with Section 11475) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) shall apply to hearing officers of the Administrative Hearings …

(a) Proposed and final orders in an adjudicative proceeding presided over by a hearing officer from the Administrative Hearings Office shall be prepared in accordance with this section. (b) In a proceeding presided over by a hearing officer for administrative civil liability unde…

This chapter provides an alternative method for the formation of improvement districts for the purpose of cooperating and contracting with the United States and agencies thereof pursuant to the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law as contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with…

Improvement districts consisting of a portion of the territory of a district may be formed within a district and, notwithstanding any other provision in this division, bonds of the district may be issued for such improvement districts as provided in this chapter. (Added by Stats.…

Bonds of a district for an improvement district may be issued for either the purpose of cooperating and contracting with the United States pursuant to the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law as contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23175) of Part 6 of Division 1…

Whenever the board is of the opinion that an improvement district should be formed for the purpose set forth in this chapter, the board shall adopt a resolution of intention which shall state: (a) the intention of the board to form the proposed improvement district, (b) the purpo…

Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the first publication to be at least fourteen (14) days prior to the …

At the time and place so fixed, or at any time or place to which the hearing is continued, the board shall hold the hearing provided for by the resolution of intention, at which hearing any person interested, including all persons owning land in the district, or in the proposed i…

At the hearing the board may adopt a resolution proposing modifications relating to any or all of the following: (a) a modification of the boundaries of the proposed improvement district, (b) the addition to the proposed improvement district of lands which in its opinion will be …

The board shall not order any modifications except after publication of the resolution proposing such modifications once in the same newspaper in which the resolution of intention was published, such publication to be at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date of hearing on th…

The hearing on any proposed modifications, or any continuance thereof, may be held at the same time and place as any continued hearing on the resolution of intention and both hearings may be held and conducted concurrently. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)

At the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention and of the hearing, if any, upon proposed modifications, the board may by resolution order the improvement district formed for the purpose and with the exterior boundaries described in the resolution of intention, or…

After adopting the resolution ordering the improvement district formed, the board may provide for and call a special bond election within such improvement district to submit to the voters of the improvement district a proposition of whether or not an indebtedness of the district …

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, special bond elections within an improvement district shall be called, noticed, held, conducted and the results thereof canvassed in substantially the same manner as is provided in this division for general obligation bond elections h…

If two-thirds of the votes cast upon the proposition at a special bond election held in an improvement district are in favor of the issuance of the bonds of the district for the improvement district, the board may by resolution, at such time or times as it deems proper, provide f…

Bonds of the district for the improvement district shall be issued and sold in substantially the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as general obligation bonds of the entire district, except that assessments for the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon sh…

Except to the extent that provision has otherwise been made by the board, as may be permitted by law, for the payment of the principal of and interest upon bonds of the district for the improvement district as they become due and also for the payment of the operating expenses of …

In addition to the charges authorized to be fixed and collected pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 22280) Chapter 2, Part 5 of this division, the board in lieu, in whole or in part, of raising money for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds of the dist…

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of this division applicable to general obligation bonds of the district and assessments therefor shall, so far as consistent with this chapter, apply to general obligation bonds of the district for improvement districts…

The treasurer shall establish a separate fund for general obligation bonds of the district for each improvement district to which shall be apportioned money properly belonging to such general obligation bond fund. The money in any separate general obligation bond fund shall be us…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, any public entity that supplies water at retail or wholesale for the benefit of persons within the service area or area of jurisdiction of the public entity may, by ordinance or resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the governing bo…

(a) A public entity may undertake water conservation and public education programs in conjunction with school districts, public libraries, or any other public entity. (b) (1) A public entity may undertake water conservation and public education programs using an information bookl…

(a) Any ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to Section 375 is effective upon adoption. Within 10 days after its adoption, the ordinance or resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in full in a newspaper of general circulation that is prin…

(a) From and after the publication or posting of any ordinance or resolution pursuant to Section 376, a violation of a requirement of a water conservation program adopted pursuant to Section 376 is a misdemeanor. A person convicted under this subdivision shall be punished by impr…