Title WAT, California Water Code

No director shall be elected by the district at large, but one director shall be elected by each division to represent that division. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The directors shall qualify in the same manner as directors elected at a general election, as provided in this division. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

On the ballots provided for the formation election shall be printed: (a) To the right of or below the question on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” on separate lines, with voting targets. (b) The names of persons to be voted for at the election. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 30…

The department shall on the second Monday following the formation election canvass the votes cast thereat and if upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast at the formation election are “Water storage district—Yes” the department shall canvass the votes for…

If upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast are “Water storage district—No,” the result shall be declared and recorded in the records kept by the department. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Before commencing a weather resources management project, the project operator shall file with the department and cause to be published a notice of intention. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 950, Sec. 2.)

The project operator shall cause the notice of intention to be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code in a newspaper having a general circulation and published within any county wherein the project is to be conducted and in which the affected area is located, o…

Proof of publication shall be by copy of the notice as published attached to and made a part of the affidavit of the publisher or foreman of the newspaper publishing the notice. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 950, Sec. 2.)

The owner of every reservoir which is subject to regulation by a watermaster and which is located across or upon the bed of a natural stream or requires the use of a natural stream channel shall construct and maintain such measuring devices below the reservoir in the stream and s…

If the owner of any reservoir neglects or refuses to construct and maintain the measuring devices provided for in this article after 30 days’ notice by the department, the watermaster may open the outlet of the reservoir and the outlet shall not be closed, except by order of the …

If the vote at either of the elections prescribed in this part is adverse to the report, the proposed project is abandoned. Thereafter the district shall continue, and the original project shall be and remain in the same full force and effect, as though no proceedings had been ta…

If the vote at either of the elections is favorable to the new report, nothing further shall be done toward completion of the former project so modified or eliminated. If there is any uncalled portion of principal or interest of any outstanding assessment already levied and in ef…

To the extent that the district is indebted or has any outstanding liabilities at the time of adoption of the report, whether contingent or otherwise, the board shall levy, by order from time to time, special assessments upon the land in the district, pro rata according to the ra…

If, after all debts and liabilities have been paid, any funds remain on hand which have been collected under the original assessment or any funds are subsequently collected through redemptions from any sale for any delinquent call on the original assessment, such funds shall, unl…

If for any reason funds are not available to the district to defray all expenses under this article, as estimated by the board to be incurred for the general benefit of the district up to the time that a new assessment for the new project has been levied and become available unde…

The board may acquire by condemnation all property it deems necessary for the construction, maintenance, improvement, and operation of the works or the carrying out of the project of the district, except that private property devoted to the use of one water storage district or an…

Notwithstanding any other provision in this article, the board shall not commence any proceedings in eminent domain with respect to property located outside of a county in which the district is located unless the board of supervisors of the county in which such property is situat…

When any installment of an assessment called to pay principal and interest on bonds is delinquent, the county treasurer shall publish once a week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in which any of the delinquent land is situated a notice …

If no newspaper of general circulation is published in the county where the delinquent land is situated, publication shall be made in a newspaper published in an adjoining county. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The notice shall contain: (a) A description of each parcel on which the installment is delinquent, as the description appears on the assessment list or by reference number as set forth in the assessment list on file in the office of the county treasurer (stating the date and time…

If the notice is published in more than one county, each respective notice need include only the matters and things provided in Section 51632 in reference to the delinquent parcel located in the county in which the notice is published. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The date of the sale shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of delinquency. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The county treasurer may continue the sale from day to day by written notice posted at the place of sale to a day not later than the due date of bond principal or interest next following the date of the call. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The county treasurer shall sell each parcel described in the notice to the highest bidder at the time stated in the notice, or at the time to which the sale is postponed, unless prior thereto he has received payment in full of the delinquent installment and penalty. (Added by Sta…

The county treasurer shall not accept any bid for any parcel less than the aggregate sum then due on the installment thereon, with penalty. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Payment for parcels purchased at the sale shall be made in cash or in bonds or interest coupons of the district issued on the assessment and then matured or to mature within 60 days after the sale. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Bonds or interest coupons tendered in payment for a parcel purchased at a delinquency sale, or the redemption of such a parcel, pursuant to this article shall be accepted at face value. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Any bond or coupon received in payment for a parcel purchased at the delinquency sale shall be canceled forthwith by the county treasurer and filed in his office. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

If the entire amount of a bond or coupon tendered in payment for a parcel at the delinquency sale is not required to complete payment of the purchase money, the county treasurer shall endorse thereon as paid, the amount of the purchase money credited thereon. (Added by Stats. 195…

If no bid is made for a parcel equal to the amount of the installment delinquent thereon with penalty, the county treasurer shall sell the parcel to himself, as trustee for the district, for the amount of the installment, interest and penalty. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Except as otherwise provided in Section 51644 all money derived from sale of land for delinquent installments of assessments on which bonds have been issued, or from redemption thereof, or from sale of lands bought by the county treasurer at any such sale, shall be paid into the …

After crediting the amount due on the parcel, as shown in the notice of sale, to the bond fund, the county treasurer shall pay to the owner of the parcel any surplus remaining. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The county treasurer shall execute to each purchaser, including himself, a certificate of sale, a duplicate of which shall be recorded in the county recorder’s office of the county in which the land is situated. (Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)

Any person interested in the parcel may redeem it within one year after the date of sale, by paying to the county treasurer for the purchaser a sum equal to the purchase price stated in the certificate with interest thereon at the rate of 112 percent per month from the date of sa…

If no redemption is made within one year, the treasurer, upon demand and surrender of the certificate of sale, shall execute to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, or to himself as trustee of the district if the property was sold to him, a deed to the parcel described in the cer…

The deed shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters therein recited, and of ownership by the grantee of the lands therein described. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Each installment of an assessment remaining unpaid at the time of the delinquent sale may be called and collected in the manner provided in this part, except that no parcel sold and conveyed to the county treasurer as trustee for the district at the delinquency sale shall, during…

If a call of an assessment on any parcel sold to the county treasurer as trustee for the district becomes delinquent during the redemption period the parcel shall be again sold as provided in this article, but only to the county treasurer as trustee for the district, for the amou…

When the parcel is redeemed a certificate of redemption shall be issued by the county treasurer to the redemptioner, and the certificate shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder. (Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)

If, prior to the redemption, the parcel has been sold at a delinquency sale, the money paid by the purchaser at such sale shall be refunded to him upon redemption of the parcel. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 803.)

No sale, certificate of sale, or deed made for a valid delinquent assessment shall be adjudged invalid, unless the amount of the delinquent assessment, penalties, interest, and costs has been refunded to the purchaser of the parcel. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 803.)

The board, prior to, or at the time of, issuance of the refunding bonds under this chapter, shall provide for the creation of an annual sinking fund for the payment of the refunding bonds in amounts determined by the board. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 135. Effective J…

The county treasurer, at least 90 days before the first day of January in each year during which the refunding bonds are outstanding, shall levy and collect a call against the assessment securing the payment of the principal and interest of the refunding bonds, in addition to all…

Ninety days, or more, before the first day of January in any year, the board may modify the amount of the sinking fund payment. The board shall forthwith mail the county treasurer a copy of the board’s order approving the modification of the sinking fund payment. The order shall …

In any year in which the district has surplus funds from other sources available for the sinking fund payment and has deposited such funds in the sinking fund the call of assessment for sinking fund purposes for that year shall be limited to any amount by which the amount of the …

The board may invest the money in the sinking fund in bonds of the United States or of the State of California, and hold the bonds so purchased, and the income therefrom, as part of the sinking fund until such time as the board determines that it is for the best interests of the …