Title WAT, California Water Code

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (a) “Department” means Department of Water Resources. (b) “Board” means the State Reclamation Board. (c) Wherever the words “department or board” or “department and board” are used tog…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all issues relating to state water law decided by the board be reviewed in state courts, if a party seeks judicial review. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the courts assert jurisdiction and exercise discretion to fashi…

It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a primary interest in the control and conservation of floodwaters and the prevention of erosion, sediment damages and other damages by floodwaters in the watersheds of the rivers and streams of this State. (Added by Stats. 1…

It is hereby declared that recurrent floods on rivers and streams of this State, causing loss of life and damage to property, disruption of commerce, interruption of transportation and communications, and wasting of water, are detrimental to the peace, health, safety and welfare …

Each regional board shall formulate and adopt water quality control plans for all areas within the region. Such plans shall conform to the policies set forth in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 13000) of this division and any state policy for water quality control. During the p…

Each regional board shall establish such water quality objectives in water quality control plans as in its judgment will ensure the reasonable protection of beneficial uses and the prevention of nuisance; however, it is recognized that it may be possible for the quality of water …

The program of implementation for achieving water quality objectives shall include, but not be limited to: (a) A description of the nature of actions which are necessary to achieve the objectives, including recommendations for appropriate action by any entity, public or private. …

A regional board, in a water quality control plan or in waste discharge requirements, may specify certain conditions or areas where the discharge of waste, or certain types of waste, will not be permitted. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)

The regional boards shall not adopt any water quality control plan unless a public hearing is first held, after the giving of notice of such hearing by publication in the affected county or counties pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. When the plan proposes to prohib…

A water quality control plan, or a revision thereof adopted by a regional board, shall not become effective unless and until it is approved by the state board. The state board may approve such plan, or return it to the regional board for further consideration and resubmission to …

Guidelines adopted by a regional board shall not become effective unless and until approved by the state board. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 758, Sec. 3.)

(a) The state board shall act upon any water quality control plan not later than 60 days from the date the regional board submitted the plan to the state board, or 90 days from the date of resubmission of the plan. (b) When the state board is acting upon a water quality control p…

State offices, departments, and boards, in carrying out activities which may affect water quality, shall comply with water quality control plans approved or adopted by the state board unless otherwise directed or authorized by statute, in which case they shall indicate to the reg…

(a) At any time, the state board may, on its own motion, review the regional board’s failure to act under this article. (b) The state board may find that the failure of the regional board to act was appropriate and proper. Upon finding that the failure of the regional board to ac…

(a) The state board may, on behalf of itself or a regional board, accept donations of moneys from a permittee for the purpose of updating a water quality control plan as consistent with the designated use of the funds. (b) The state board may, on behalf of itself or a regional bo…

No contest of any thing or matter herein provided shall be made other than in the time and manner herein specified. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

In any such action all findings of fact or conclusions of a board or board of supervisors upon all matters shall be conclusive unless the action was instituted within six months after the finding or conclusion was made. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

At any time before improvement district warrants are issued, the amount of any improvement district assessment on any land, exclusive of interest and the 10 per cent added for anticipated delinquencies, may be paid in money. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Land on which the amount of the improvement district assessment has been paid pursuant to Section 24000 shall not be subject to the annual installments of the assessments levied for the purposes of the improvement, but it shall be and remain liable for any assessments levied for …

Any landowner of an improvement district who desires at any time to lessen or remove the lien upon his land of any improvement district assessment may deliver to the district treasurer funds for cancellation of warrants or any other obligation payable out of the assessment. (Amen…

Land upon which the assessment for improvement district warrants, including any interest, or for any other obligation payable out of the assessment, has been paid pursuant to Section 24002 shall not be subject to further assessments levied for the purposes of the improvement, but…

The treasurer shall inform the landowner or any authorized person proposing to lessen or remove the lien of an improvement district assessment upon a piece of land of the amount of principal and interest due and to become due on warrants and the amount of any other indebtedness p…

The provisions of this article are applicable only to the following types of warrants: (a) Warrants made payable on demand. (b) Warrants issued to evidence the indebtedness allowed to be incurred prior to the levy of the first district assessment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)…

Whenever any warrant of a district is presented to the treasurer for payment when funds are not available for its payment, it shall thereafter draw interest at a rate determined by resolution of the board but not exceeding 8 percent per year until public notice is given that fund…

Upon the presentation of any warrants for payment when funds are not available to pay them, the treasurer shall indorse on them all of the following: (a) “Funds not available for payment.” (b) Date of presentation. (c) Rate of interest that the warrants will thereafter bear. (d) …

A warrant so indorsed is a registered warrant. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The treasurer shall keep a record showing all of the following: (a) Number and amount of each registered warrant. (b) Date of its issuance. (c) Person in whose favor it was issued. (d) Date of its presentation for payment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Whenever there is sufficient money available in the treasury to pay all outstanding registered warrants or whenever the board orders all registered warrants presented for payment prior to a certain date to be paid and there is sufficient money available for the payments, the trea…

The notice shall state that the treasurer is prepared to pay all registered warrants or all registered warrants presented for payment prior to the date fixed by the board. No further description of the warrants entitled to payment need be made in the notice. (Added by Stats. 1943…

The notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the district, or if none is published in the district, in a newspaper published in any affected county, or if none is published in any affected county, the treasurer shall post the notice conspicuously at the office of the…

All warrants designated in the notice shall cease to draw interest at the time of the first publication or posting of the notice. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Upon the presentation of any warrant designated in the notice, the treasurer shall pay it together with the interest due on it from the date of its original presentation for payment to the date of the first publication or posting of the notice. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The treasurer shall enter all of the following in the record of registered warrants he is required to keep: (a) Dates of the payment of the warrants. (b) Names of the persons to whom payments are made. (c) Amount paid to each person. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

No action or proceeding shall be maintained to enforce the payment of any registered warrant or to require the levy of an assessment therefor unless the action or proceeding is commenced within four years from the date of the original presentation of the warrant to the treasurer …

A district may enter into agreement either individually or collectively with the holder or holders of any registered warrants fixing the time of, method of, and allocation of funds for the payment of the warrants and may in this agreement or otherwise waive the time of commencing…

In the case of any district described in Section 20560.1, and for purposes of financing costs of maintenance and operation on a temporary basis, repair to or replacement of damage caused by, or costs incurred as a result of, fire, flood, drought, earthquake, sabotage or acts of G…

Any district described in Section 20560.1 may issue notes or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Section 24675 to finance any works or facilities for the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of electric power, except for preliminary or development work on the T…

Any person claiming an interest in any parcel of land described on the current assessment book against which there are no delinquent assessments who desires to have the parcel segregated into two or more portions and separately valued and assessed on the current assessment book m…

The application may be filed at any time after the current assessment is due but not later than five days prior to the regular meeting of the board in December of the year in which the assessment was levied. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The application shall be signed, as evidence of their approval, by each of the persons assessed on the current assessment book with the parcel to be segregated. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars ($2) for each separate portion into which the applicant desires the parcel to be segregated. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 995.)

If the portions into which the applicant desires the land to be segregated have separate valuations shown on the current assessment book, the collector shall upon these valuations determine the amount of the current assessment due on each portion. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)…

If the portions into which the applicant desires the land to be segregated do not have separate valuations shown on the current assessment book, the collector shall submit the descriptions of the portions to the assessor. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The assessor shall place a valuation on each described portion, and upon these valuations the collector shall determine the amount of the current assessment due on each portion as segregated. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

In either case, upon estimating the assessments due on the segregated portions, the collector shall refer to the board the segregated descriptions, valuations, and estimated assessments due. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board may either: (a) Confirm, modify, or set aside the same. (b) Refuse to authorize the segregation, separate valuation, and assessment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)