Title WAT, California Water Code

The owner of every conduit subject to regulation by a watermaster shall construct and maintain to the satisfaction of the department a substantial and serviceable diversion dam or works in the channel of the stream from which the water is diverted. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 36…

The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain to the satisfaction of the department a substantial and serviceable headgate in the conduit through which the water is diverted at or near the diversion dam or works. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The headgate shall be of such construction that it can be locked and kept closed by the watermaster. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The owner of a conduit shall construct and maintain such water flow measuring devices at such points along the conduit as may be required and approved by the department for the purpose of assisting the watermaster in determining the amounts of water which are being diverted and a…

If the owner of any conduit refuses or neglects to construct and maintain the diversion dam or works, the headgate, or the measuring devices provided for in this article after 30 days’ notice by the department so to do, the watermaster may close the conduit, and it shall not be o…

If any project, whether original, modified, substituted or other, already adopted under this part, remains uncompleted, whether in whole or in part, and any assessment levied under Part 9 (commencing with Section 46000) of this division on the basis of the project remains uncalle…

The report shall specify what disposition or use shall be made in the new project or otherwise of such parts of the existing project as have been completed and are in process of completion and of such property as the district has acquired. An abandonment of such existing project …

Thereafter all proceedings in respect of the new report shall be conducted as set forth in this part for an original report. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The board may acquire by any means any property or interest in property to carry out the district purposes, including any of the following: (a) Property either within or without the boundaries of the district for the construction, maintenance, improvement, or operation of works o…

The board may pay for property and rights with bonds of the district upon such terms and conditions as it deems best. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

No bonds shall be given in payment for property or rights at a valuation less than 90 percent of their face value and accrued interest. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The board may take conveyances, leases, contracts, or other assurances for all property acquired by it under the provisions of this division in the name of the district, to and for the uses and purposes expressed in this division. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The legal title to all property acquired under the provisions of this division vests in the district immediately. All property is held by the district in trust for the uses and purposes set forth in this division and is hereby dedicated and set apart to such uses and purposes. (A…

The board may hold, use, manage, occupy, and possess property of the district, and may lease property of the district for oil, gas and other mineral development or for agricultural or other purposes if in the opinion of the board such action will not interfere substantially with …

The board may determine by resolution entered upon its minutes that any property, real or personal, held by the district is not necessary for the uses and purposes thereof and may sell the same for an adequate consideration. Title may be conveyed or transferred to the purchaser b…

The rights of way, ditches, canals, flumes, pipelines, dams, water rights, reservoirs, power plants, and transmission lines, and all other property of like character belonging to a district shall not be taxed for State and county or municipal purposes. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. …

(a) After any installment of an unpaid assessment on which bonds have not been issued has become delinquent, the county treasurer may, only upon the request of the district, publish once a week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county where del…

The notice shall contain the following: (a) A description of the parcels assessed, as described in the assessment list or operation and maintenance assessment roll or by reference number as set forth in the assessment list or roll on file in the office of the county treasurer (st…

The date of the sale shall be not less than 10 days after the date of the last publication of the notice. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The county treasurer may postpone the sale for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days at any one time by a written notice posted at the place of sale. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

If, for any reason, a parcel upon which an assessment or any installment thereof is delinquent in whole or in part is not sold at the time or place specified in the notice of sale or to which the sale was postponed, the county treasurer shall publish a new notice of sale and sell…

At the time of the sale, the county treasurer shall sell the parcel to himself or herself and his or her successors in office, as trustee for the district, for the amount due on the installment, accrued interest, penalty, and costs. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 322, Sec. 2. Effec…

If more than one installment of an assessment or more than one assessment on the same parcel is delinquent at the time of the sale, the county treasurer may sell the parcel for the total amount of all installments and assessments then delinquent on the parcel in one sale. (Added …

The owner of any parcel offered for sale to pay a delinquent assessment or installment thereof may designate in writing to the county treasurer prior to the sale the portion he or she wishes first sold if less than the whole. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 322, Sec. 3. Effective Au…

If the owner fails to designate the portion of the parcel he or she wishes sold for a delinquent assessment, the county treasurer may sell the whole or the least portion of the land that will bring the amount due for the assessment, accrued interest, penalty and costs. (Amended b…

A certificate of sale shall be executed by the county treasurer to the county treasurer, as trustee for the district, and the certificate of sale shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county where the parcel described in the certificate is situated. The di…

The certificate of sale is prima facie evidence that: (a) The parcel was assessed and the assessment duly apportioned as required by law. (b) The assessment was not paid. (c) Proper notice of the sale was given and published by the county treasurer. (d) The sale was had at the ti…

The county treasurer, at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the redemption period, shall give notice by registered mail of the fact of sale, the purchase price paid, the date of termination of the redemption period, and the fact that a failure to redeem by payment of the pu…

Any person interested in the parcel may redeem it at any time within one year after the sale by paying to the county treasurer the amount for which it was sold, with interest thereon at the rate of 112 percent per month from the date of the sale, together with reasonable costs in…

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 no redemption is made within one year, the district is entitled to a deed executed by the county treasurer. The district shall reimburse the county treasurer for any costs incurred pursuant to this section. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 322, Sec. 8. Effective August 22, 1994.)

The deed shall convey the parcel free of all liens and encumbrances excepting any prior or subsequent district assessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Each installment of an assessment remaining unpaid at the time of the delinquency 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, durin…

If a call on 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 amo…

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. 1951, Ch. 336.)

If, prior to the redemption, the parcel has been sold at a delinquency sale, the money paid by the county treasurer at the sale shall be refunded to him or her upon redemption of the parcel. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 322, Sec. 9. Effective August 22, 1994.)

The board may cause refunding bonds to be issued as provided in this chapter for the purpose of refunding any outstanding bonds, including original issues and refunding issues. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued in substantially the manner prescribed by Chapter 3 of this part for the issuance of refunding bonds, except as otherwise provided herein, and the provisions thereof concerning the authorization, issuance, exchange a…

The board shall call and conduct an election of the landowners in the manner provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 50800) of Part 4 of this division for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 131. Effective…

Prior to the issuance of any refunding bonds pursuant to this chapter the board shall file with the county treasurer a copy of the refunding plan and a certified copy of the order of the board providing for the issuance of the refunding bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, S…

The refunding bonds may be in substantially the following form: (Form of Bond) United States of America State of California County of _____ Refunding Bond of Reclamation District No. ____ Reclamation District No. ____, in the County of ____, in the State of California, a reclamat…

The interest coupons to be attached to the refunding bonds may be in substantially the following form: No. $ The County Treasurer of ____ County, California, will pay to the holder hereof on the ____ day of ____, 19_, (unless before that date the within bond is called for redempt…

An action to determine the validity of refunding bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1544.)

Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be sold from time to time in the same manner as other bonds of the district, or may be exchanged for other bonds of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 133. Effective January 1, 1993.)

The outstanding bonds refunded or exchanged shall be immediately canceled by the county treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)