Title WAT, California Water Code

All directors elected after the effective date of this chapter shall be residents of and registered voters in the district and shall be registered voters at the time of their election and during their term of office. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 6, Sec. 1.4. Effective …

District elections shall be conducted in conformance with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code) and the laws generally applicable to districts created and operated pursuant to this division, except as follo…

If a vacancy in the office of the director is filled by appointment, and the vacancy occurred on a date so that, under Section 1780 of the Government Code, there is required to be an election at the next general district election to fill the balance of the unexpired term, then, n…

Directors of the district shall be elected on an at-large basis. Newly elected directors shall take office on the last Friday in November next following the general district election. The term of office of each director shall be four years and each director shall hold office unti…

In order to facilitate an orderly transition to resident voter elections in June of even-numbered years and to preserve staggered terms, the terms of office of directors serving on the effective date of this section shall be modified in accordance with this section. At the 1980 g…

After the 1980 general district election and the seating of the newly elected directors, the board of directors of the district may increase the number of directors pursuant to Section 34708. If the number of directors is increased, the term of office of new directors shall be de…

The provisions of this chapter shall in no way invalidate any act of the district, its directors, officers and employees, made or performed while the district was operating as a landowner voting district or while the district was following the alternative voting procedures previo…

Nothing in this chapter shall affect any acts or proceedings heretofore taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district, in any manner provided by law, prior to the effective date of this chapter. Nor shall anything in this chapter affect the ability o…

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

At any time prior to incurring any indebtedness or obligation, or upon the full payment of all indebtedness or obligations of a distribution district a petition, signed and acknowledged by not less than the number of owners of land constituting the distribution district required …

A hearing on dissolution shall be had in the same manner and after the same notice as is required for the formation of a distribution district. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)

The board may, after the hearing, order the distribution district dissolved. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)

The order of dissolution shall be recorded in the same manner as the order forming the distribution district. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)

Unpaid assessments are delinquent unless paid within six calendar months after they become due. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)

As used in this chapter and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 37050), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 37150), and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 37175), “assessment” includes standby charges and other charges levied for the use of district water. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 36950, the board may, by resolution, provide that assessments may be paid in two equal installments, the first of which shall be delinquent if not paid within five calendar months after the assessments became due and the second of which s…

As soon as possible after the assessments, or any installment thereof, become delinquent, the tax collector shall publish a notice containing all of the following: (a) A description of the delinquent property. (b) The name of the assessee. (c) The amount of the assessments and pe…

The notice required by Section 36951 shall be published in the county in which the property is located in the manner prescribed in Section 6063 of the Government Code, commencing not less than 21 days nor more than 28 days prior to the date required to be stated in the notice by …

If any error should occur in the published notice with respect to the description of any delinquent property, the name of the assessee thereof, or the amount of the assessments and penalty due thereon which might invalidate a sale thereof and such error is discovered prior to sal…

On the day fixed for the sale in the published notice, or in any republished notice, the collector shall sell to the district the whole amount of each parcel of property separately assessed upon which the assessments and penalties due on the property remain unpaid for the amount …

Thereupon the collector shall, as to each parcel sold, make an entry “Sold to the district” in the assessment book, and the date of the sale. (Amended by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 94.)

After the delinquent sale the collector shall make out, in duplicate, and sign a certificate of sale for each parcel separately assessed and sold, setting forth all of the following: (a) A description of the property sold and the date of the sale. (b) The name of the assessee. (c…

The certificate of sale may be substantially in the following form, the blanks being filled to show the facts in each case: Certificate of Sale No. ______ ___________ Water District I, the collector of ______________ Water District, certify that on the ____ day of ________, 19__,…

Of each of the duplicate certificates of sale one shall be retained by the collector and the other shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated. (Amended by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 94.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part to the contrary, in the case of a sale of property for taxes or assessments, except where the sale is conducted and the funds are accounted for as provided in Division 1 (commencing with Section 101) of the Revenue and Taxation Cod…

When property is sold for assessments imposed on it as the property of a particular person, no misnomer of the owner, or supposed owner, or any other mistake relating to the ownership, affects the sale or renders it void or voidable. (Amended by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 94…

(a) For purposes of this section, “for its own purposes” means the Westlands Water District performing only functions within its capacity as a water district, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (1) Pumping operations. (2) Water treatment operations. (3) Barrier …

(a) The Westlands Water District shall establish a community benefits agreement plan for the Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan and related transmission and other electrical projects constructed pursuant to Section 37860. (b) The community benefits agreement plan shall be designed …

In order to balance the water supply and demand within the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin, the district may do the following: (a) Develop, adopt, and implement a groundwater management plan to control extractions from the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin aquifers with the objective o…

The groundwater management plan may establish distinct zones or regions based on the geology of the basin, land use, water use, the location of extraction facilities, or other concerns as determined by the board. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January…

The groundwater management plan may include a policy for the issuance of new well permits that takes into consideration the location of proposed wells and area of use, projected extractions from the wells, and the effect of the extractions on existing users and on storage. In dev…

The office of the board and its place of meetings may be changed by a majority vote of the board, but no such change shall become effective until after the resolution making it has been published once a week for two successive weeks in the county in which the office of the board …

If a general election is not held as provided in this part, then upon the filing of a petition with the secretary, signed by the holders of title to more than 15 percent of the total assessed valuation of the land, or the holders of contracts to purchase such land executed by the…

Notice of any special election to be held pursuant to the provisions of this division shall be given by posting notices in three public places in each election precinct in the district for at least 20 days, and also by publication of the notice once a week for three successive we…

The notice shall specify the time, place, and purpose of the election. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

If, by the ninth day prior to the special election, only one person has been nominated as provided in Section 41555, or no one has been nominated for the office, the board may order that an election not be held, following the same appointment procedures provided in Section 41307.…

No informalities in conducting the special election shall invalidate it, if otherwise fairly conducted. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Not less than 10 days before the special election, any 10 or more voters in any division of the district may file with the board a petition requesting that the name of a specified person be placed on the ballot for the particular division as a candidate for the office of director…

If any contract or lease for the acquisition of property provides for any future payments by the district, warrants may be issued, on order of the board, for the payments, which warrants shall be made payable at the times provided in the contract or lease. (Added by Stats. 1961, …

When a particular purpose or emergency assessment has been authorized, warrants in an amount equal to the amount of the assessment may be issued on order of the board to carry out the purpose for which the assessment was authorized. These warrants shall be made payable at the tim…

Any outstanding registered warrants and their accrued interest may be refunded by the issuance of warrants payable at stated times fixed by the board. These warrants may be exchanged for the registered warrants or sold for not less than their par value to provide funds for the pa…

Warrants payable at a future time or times may be issued in consideration of money loaned to the district for the purchase of any of its outstanding bonds or the refinancing or retiring of any outstanding contract. The annual interest payable on these warrants shall be less than …

Warrants payable at a future time or times may also be issued to obtain funds or property for any lawful purpose of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 92. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Any warrant authorized in the preceding sections of this article shall draw interest at a rate to be fixed by the board not to exceed 6 percent per year payable annually or semiannually as the board may prescribe. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1367.)

Coupons payable to bearer in a form and signed as prescribed by the board may be attached to warrants payable at a future date to evidence their interest. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1367.)

Warrants of any district may be issued to evidence the indebtedness allowed to be incurred prior to the levy of the first district assessment, bearing interest fixed by the board at not more than 7 percent per year. These warrants shall be made payable on a date not later than th…