Title WAT, California Water Code

The board shall generally perform all acts necessary to exercise the authority conferred by this article, except that if the issuance of bonds of the district is necessary for such purposes, the bonds shall be voted upon and issued in the manner provided in this division for the …

When, in furtherance of a contract made with the United States, bonds of a district are authorized, such bonds may be transferred to or deposited with the United States, at not less than their par value. In such case, the interest or principal, or both, of such bonds may be legal…

The board may accept, on behalf of the district, appointment of the district as fiscal agent of the United States, or authorization of the district by the United States to make collection of money for, and on behalf of, the United States, and to assume the duties and liabilities …

A contract entered into between a district and the United States may provide that the district shall not be dissolved, nor shall the boundaries be changed except upon the written consent of an official of the United States filed with the official records of the district. If such …

As whole or partial consideration for any privileges obtained by a district under any contract with the United States, any rights-of-way or rights to water or to the property owned or acquired by the district may be conveyed by the board to the United States insofar as they may b…

If votes representing 60 percent of the total number of votes cast are cast in favor of the dissolution of the district, the board of supervisors shall enter an order to that effect upon its minutes, declaring the district dissolved, and upon the entry of such order the district …

If there is any outstanding indebtedness of the district, at the time of the dissolution thereof, the board of supervisors shall levy assessments for the payment of such indebtedness in like manner as though such district had not been dissolved, until all such indebtedness is ful…

Upon dissolution of a district, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State listing: (a) The name of the district. (b) The effective date of dissolution. (c) The county or counties in which the district was located. If the order decl…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Eligible recycling project” means a water reclamation project that meets applicable reclamation criteria and water reclamation requirements and that complies with applic…

(a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Water Recycling Subaccount. The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article. (2) All money repaid to the state pursuant to any c…

The board may enter into contracts to make loans to public agencies for the purposes set forth in this article. Factors to be considered by the board in determining whether to enter into a contract under this article may include, but are not limited to, whether the project is cos…

Any contract for a loan entered into pursuant to Section 78622 may include those provisions determined by the board to be necessary for purposes of this chapter and shall include both of the following provisions: (a) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the eligible recycling pr…

(a) A contract for a loan may not provide for a moratorium on the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the loan. (b) Any loan made pursuant to Section 78622 shall be for a period not to exceed 20 years. (c) The board may enter into a contract for a loan of up to 100 perce…

(a) The board shall establish the interest rate for a loan made pursuant to this article at a rate equal to 50 percent of the interest rate paid by the state on the most recent sale of state general obligation bonds, to be computed according to the true interest cost method. (b) …

Unallocated funds remaining in the subaccount on March 8, 2000, and any funds deposited into the subaccount after that date, shall be transferred to, and all money repaid to the state pursuant to any loan contract executed under this article shall be deposited in, the Water Recyc…

All interest earned by assets in the subaccount shall be deposited in the subaccount. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)

The board may make grants to public agencies for facility planning studies for water reclamation projects. The amount of the grants may not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per study. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the Novembe…

The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the purposes of this article, and may prepare recommendations with regard thereto, including the preparation of comprehensive sta…

Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay for both of the following purposes: (a) To pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article. (b) For the purposes of Section 78629. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 13…

(a) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount created by subdivision (a). (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 …

The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article pursuant to Section 12986. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the department, as follows: (a) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for local assistance under the delta levee maintenance s…

The expenditure of funds under this article is subject to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 12306) of Part 4.8 of Division 6. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 79047, not more than 5 percent may be expended by the department to repair levee road pavement if the damage is attributable to flood control maintenance. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in P…

No expenditure of funds may be made under this article unless the Department of Fish and Game makes a written determination as part of its review and approval of a plan or project pursuant to Section 12314 or 12987. The Department of Fish and Game shall make its determination in …

For the purposes of this article, a levee project includes levee improvements and related habitat improvements undertaken in the delta at a location other than the location of that levee improvement. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March …

Following the date on which a program for the bay-delta is adopted by CALFED, the remaining funds in the subaccount shall be used for levee rehabilitation improvement projects that, to the greatest extent possible, are consistent with the program adopted by CALFED. (Added by Stat…

Whenever any tract of land upon which an assessment has been made, including assessments which have been bonded under and pursuant to the provisions of Part 5 of this division, is subdivided into smaller parcels, the board shall at any time, after the list has been certified by t…

Assessments and delinquencies on tracts of land which have become delinquent and which have been sold for delinquency pursuant to the provisions of this part and of Part 5 of this division, or either, and which have been subdivided, shall be reapportioned in the same manner and w…

Whenever application is made to the board for reapportionment, the board shall reapportion the assessment upon the tract or tracts in such manner as in their judgment will charge each of the smaller tracts with a just proportion of the assessment made upon the tract so subdivided…

Before the reapportionment becomes final, the board shall appoint a time when it will meet for the purpose of hearing objections to the reapportionment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication for two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the land or some portion thereof is situated. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The notice need not describe the land with particularity, but it is sufficient to describe the tract or tracts of land subdivided as a tract or tracts assessed to the owner or owners giving his name or other names upon the assessment list. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

As many tracts may be embraced in one application as applicant is the owner of, or interested in. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

At the time appointed, or such other time to which the hearing may be postponed, or which may be appointed by the board, the board shall hear any objections to the reapportionment and shall approve, modify, or alter the reapportionment in such manner as in their judgment will cha…

When the reapportionment has been made by the board, it shall deposit, in the office of the county treasurer of the county in which the land is situated, a list or lists of the charges assessed against each of the parcels, and the lists, after filing, shall have the same effect a…

The filing of the lists shall be conclusive evidence that the requisite notice has been given, and that all acts required to be done before the filing of the lists have been duly done and performed, and the decision of the board is final and conclusive. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch.…

The expenses of publication and such other expenses as the board may order shall be borne and paid by the applicant. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The board shall, prior to the election, cause to be prepared and certified by its secretary or assistant secretary, and furnished to the board of election in each voting district, a true and correct voting list containing all of the following: (a) The reference number of each tra…

The voting list shall be used by the board of election in determining the right to vote and the number of votes to be cast by each voter, and shall be sufficient evidence of these matters. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The ballot cast at the election shall contain the words “Bonds—Yes,” or the words “Bonds—No,” and also the signature of the person casting the ballot, with the number of votes cast by the voter. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

A ballot cast by proxy shall contain the name of the landowner for whom the ballot is cast and the signature of the person casting the vote as proxy. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

A list of the ballots cast shall be made by the board of election, containing the name of each voter, and if the ballot is cast by proxy, the name of the person casting it, the number of votes cast by each voter and whether they are cast for or against the issuing of the bonds. (…

A proposed project may be approved for assistance only if it is determined that the project substantially conforms to the California Water Plan, is engineeringly feasible, economically justified, and, if a loan is proposed, that there is reasonable assurance, commensurate with th…

In the case of a grant for recreation or fish and wildlife enhancement, or both, the determination of economic justification of the proposed project may, in the department’s discretion, be limited to a determination of the economic justification of the recreation and fish and wil…

A loan for the preparation of a proposed feasibility report on a proposed project may be approved only if it is determined that there is reasonable assurance that the public agency can repay the loan and only if the agency receives a favorable written reply from the department on…