Title WAT, California Water Code

The department is authorized to make state loans to public agencies for the acquisition of interests in lands that are necessary for the construction, operation, or maintenance of proposed projects that would meet water needs of the public agencies. Such loans may be made separat…

Each loan that is made pursuant to Section 12885.2 shall be repayable with interest upon the same terms as are applicable to construction loans that are made pursuant to this chapter, as set forth in Sections 12885.1 and 12885.8, except that each contract which the department ent…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any land acquired with a loan made pursuant to this chapter, which land is located outside the boundaries of the public agency acquiring the land and which was subject to taxation at the time of acquisition thereof, shall rema…

In furtherance of the policy set forth in Section 12881.4, no funds shall be loaned for either irrigation distribution system projects or municipal distribution system projects, except in cases which, in the judgment of the department and the commission, involve extreme hardship …

The department is authorized to make state loans to public agencies for the preparation of feasibility reports on proposed projects, from any moneys available for such loans, in an amount for any one feasibility report on a proposed project not exceeding 2 percent of the estimate…

Loans may be made for all or any part of the cost of the preparation of proposed feasibility reports on proposed projects, but in no event shall any such loan be in an amount which is greater than the portion of the cost of the preparation of the proposed feasibility report which…

The department shall require the payment of interest on each loan that is made pursuant to this chapter after the effective date of the 1967 act amending this section, at a rate of 212 percent per annum. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 179.)

The department, without the prior approval of the California Water Commission, is authorized during the calendar years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to make loans in amounts not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to public agencies to provide emergency facilities needed to …

(a) No waste discharge requirement or other order of a regional board or the state board or decree of a court issued under this division shall specify the design, location, type of construction, or particular manner in which compliance may be had with that requirement, order, or …

(a) Every civil action brought under the provisions of this division at the request of a regional board or the state board shall be brought by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California and any of those actions relating to the same discharge may be …

(a) A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) with an approved pretreatment program may conduct inspections in accordance with the provisions of Sections 403.8(f)(1)(v) and 403.8(f)(2)(v) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations and assess and collect civil penalties and civi…

Every district by its board may, in addition to other powers, borrow funds for any lawful purpose at an interest rate not exceeding 5 per cent per year and issue warrants therefor payable at future dates. No election authorizing such borrowing or issuance of warrants need be held…

A reserve fund from assessments or other revenues for emergencies, replacements or other lawful purpose of the district may be provided by the board. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 686.)

Any person interested in property sold for nonpayment of assessments may redeem it at any time within three years after the date of the sale even though the district may be in process of dissolution or may have already been dissolved. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The redemptioner shall pay to the county treasurer the amount for which the property was sold, interest on the sum at the rate of 9 percent per year from the date of the sale (but not less than three-fourths of 1 percent for any portion of a month), recorder’s fees in recording t…

If no redemption is made within three years from the date of sale, the purchaser or the district, if the property shall have been sold to the district, or the assignees or transferees of the district, shall be entitled to a deed executed by the county treasurer even though the di…

After receiving a demand for a deed pursuant to Section 46788, and not less than 45 days nor more than 60 days before delivery of a deed pursuant to that demand, the county treasurer shall publish once a week for two consecutive weeks in each affected county a notice which shall …

After the first publication of the notice required by Section 46788.1, and not less than 45 days nor more than 60 days before the date specified in that notice for the delivery of a deed, the county treasurer, or the district, if it was the purchaser, shall send by certified mail…

Upon first publication of the notice required by Section 46788.1, there shall be added to the amount to redeem as provided in Section 46786 the sum of the following: (a) The cost of publication of the notice required by Section 46788.1. (b) The cost of ascertaining the parties of…

The effect of the deed shall be to convey the property free and clear of all liens and encumbrances except state, county, and municipal taxes, assessments or taxes levied or assessed by or under statutory authority, and any district assessment or portion thereof remaining unpaid …

In any district having no outstanding bonds issued prior to September 15, 1935, any parcel of land heretofore deeded to the district by the county treasurer, as provided in this division, the title to which still remains in the district, and any parcel of land which is hereafter …

The deed executed by the district shall convey the property free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, except as provided in this article for a deed by the county treasurer to the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The district may sell property deeded to it for nonpayment of assessments at any time at a public auction after notice given for the same period and in the same manner as provided in Article 4 of this chapter for sale of delinquent assessments. The district shall have the right t…

The deed executed by the district shall convey the property free from all encumbrances except as provided in this article for a deed by the county treasurer to the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The district may also dispose of property acquired by it for nonpayment of assessments at a private sale, without any notice, when the district is in the process of dissolution and such sale is deemed for the best interests of the district. The consideration received from such sa…

In any case where a district in the process of dissolution has sold and transferred any of its property at such a private sale prior to August 14, 1931, for valuable consideration, such sale and transfer is hereby validated and approved. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Any action or proceeding, based on the alleged invalidity or irregularity of a deed executed by the county treasurer to the district or based on the alleged ineffectiveness of the deed to convey the absolute title to the property described in it, may be commenced only within 180 …

An action or proceeding based on the alleged invalidity or irregularity of any agreement of sale, deed, lease, or option executed by a district in connection with land deeded to it by the county treasurer or based on the alleged ineffectiveness of the instrument to convey or affe…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) (1) “Eligible seawater intrusion control project” means a project which is all of the following: (A) Necessary to protect groundwater that is (i) within a basin that is s…

(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 Seawater In…

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. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, electi…

Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay for both of the following: (a) To pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article. (b) For the purposes of Section 78648.14. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec…

(a) There is hereby created in the account the Seawater Intrusion Control Subaccount. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article. (b) Notwithstanding Section 11340 of the Gove…

The board may enter into contracts to make loans to local agencies for the purposes set forth in this article. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)

Any contract for a loan entered into pursuant to Section 78648.4 may include those provisions determined by the board to be necessary for purposes of this article and shall include both of the following provisions: (a) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the eligible seawater i…

(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 78648.4 shall be for a period not to exceed 20 years. (c) The board may enter into a contract for a loan up to 100 percen…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Since Sacramento, the state capital, was founded over 150 years ago, it has suffered from flood disasters because of inadequate flood protection. Each year, the State Capitol and more than 1,300 other government-…

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

The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, may be used by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency to pay the state’s share of the costs of flood management projects authorized by the United States to improve th…

No money deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

After the board has held the hearings in each county pursuant to this chapter and the assesssment lists have been made to conform with its decision, the lists shall be certified by the secretary of the board to be correct, and shall thereupon be filed in the offices of the county…

The county treasurer shall indorse upon the assesssment list the date and time to the hour and minute when it was filed in his office; and thereafter the assessment constitutes a lien upon the land so assessed in the county, and imparts notice to all subsequent purchasers or incu…

The assessment shall be paid to the respective county treasurers in one or more installments of such amounts, and at such time, respectively, as the board, from time to time, may, by order entered in its minutes, direct. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

At any time within 30 days after the assessment list has been filed in the office of the county treasurer, the whole amount of the assessment upon any tract of land therein separately assessed may be paid in cash to the county treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)