Title WAT, California Water Code

If any installment is unpaid at the expiration of 30 days from the date of the board order calling the installment, the installment is delinquent, together with accrued interest to date of delinquency. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

When any installment is delinquent, a penalty of 10 per cent of the amount of the installment plus interest, shall be added and collected for the use of the drainage district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

If any action is pending in any court to have the assessment on any tract of land reviewed, modified or annulled, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the assessment, if not annulled in the action, may, in the discretion of the board, become delinquent 30 days after any ju…

From date of delinquency until time of delinquent sale, the unpaid installment, together with added interest and penalty, bears interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

When the installment is delinquent, the board, when it deems it advisable, shall publish in each county where the delinquency exists, a list in one notice of all delinquencies once a week for two weeks successively in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county.…

The notice shall contain: (a) A description of the property assessed as described in the assessment list by reference number or by other descriptions sufficient to identify the property. (b) The name of the owner to whom the property is assessed or a statement that the owners are…

The notice shall also state that each of the parcels will be sold at public auction by the county treasurer in front of the courthouse of the county at a specified day and hour, to pay the installment with accrued interest and the penalty, together with its proportion of the tota…

If in order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter it is necessary to construct a project that is larger than one which a public agency proposes to construct, the state may participate in planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining the project, and in so pa…

In participating in a project under this article, the department may perform all or part of the planning, designing, construction, operation or maintenance of the project on terms agreed upon with the agency. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 27.)

The department is authorized, following receipt of an application for state participation from a public agency, to participate under this article on behalf of the state in any project that is larger than the one which the public agency proposes to construct and that is primarily …

The department is authorized to make loans and grants to public agencies pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for projects in which the department participates under this article. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 27.)

(a) (1) For purposes of this article, unless the context otherwise requires, “agency” means the state board or a regional board. (2) The terms used in this article shall have the same meaning as the definitions specified in the statutory authority under which the agency takes any…

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code, in the event that in an irrigation district containing 500,000 acres or more there are three or more candidates for an elective office and at the gen…

The governing body shall certify the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes for the elective office to the county elections official as the candidates in the runoff election. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 2003.)

The voters qualified to vote for the elective offices at the preceding general district election shall be the only voters qualified for the runoff election. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 268.)

Not less than seven days before any runoff election, any voter entitled to vote by vote by mail ballot as provided in Section 10530 of the Elections Code may file with the county elections official, either in person or by mail, his or her written application for a vote by mail ba…

The county elections official shall commence the canvass of the returns on the first Wednesday after each runoff election. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 156. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Not later than the second Friday in December next following the runoff election, the governing body at a regular or special meeting shall declare elected the candidate receiving the majority of the votes cast for that office at the runoff election. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 268.…

Officers elected at a runoff election shall take office pursuant to Section 21101. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 268.)

In all other respects a runoff election shall be conducted in the same manner as the general election for that office held pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law, insofar as practicable. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 268.)

The runoff election shall be held on the last Tuesday in November, next following the general election, between the two candidates who secure the greatest number of votes for the elective office at the general district election. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 268.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this article, “subaccount” means the Lake Tahoe Water Quality Subaccount created by Section 78650.2. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)

(a) There is hereby created in the account the Lake Tahoe Water Quality Subaccount. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article. (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Governm…

Any acquisition pursuant to this article shall be from willing sellers. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)

(a) There is hereby created in the account the San Lorenzo River Flood Control Subaccount. (b) For purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the San Lorenzo River Flood Control Subaccount created by subdivision (a). (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Propositi…

The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) 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 department, shall be allocated by the department to the City of Santa Cruz to pay for the state’s share of the costs of flood management projects authorized by the United States to improve the level of floo…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every public agency empowered by law to construct and operate a project, as defined in Section 12881.2, is hereby granted, in addition to and not in derogation or limitation of the powers conferred upon the public agency by an…

A public agency may borrow money from and repay the same with interest to the state in accordance with this chapter on behalf of the entire public agency or of any portion or portions thereof for which the law applicable to the agency authorizes an indebtedness or liability to be…

A public agency may enter into a contract with the department, on behalf of the entire public agency, or of any portion or portions thereof referred to in Section 12887.1, for a loan or grant under this chapter or for participation by the state in a local project under Article 7 …

A public agency may comply with the provisions of any contract entered into with the department under this chapter, including any provision which obligates the public agency, or any specified portion or portions thereof, to meet all commitments, financial or otherwise, undertaken…

A public agency may include recreation and enhancement of fish and wildlife, or either of them, as functions of a project which the public agency is empowered by law to construct and operate, and may construct and operate the project for such recreation and enhancement of fish an…

A public agency may construct and operate such onshore recreational facilities, fish and wildlife enhancement facilities or other facilities as the department or the Legislature may require in connection with a grant to the public agency under this chapter, and may construct and …

A public agency may annually levy or cause to be levied upon all property in the public agency, or in any portion or portions thereof, subject to taxation or assessment by the public agency an ad valorem tax or assessment, based upon the assessed valuation of such property, neces…

A public agency may make charges for the furnishing of services from the project for which the public agency receives financial assistance under this chapter and may pledge and use any or all revenues received from the collection of such charges for the purpose of meeting the com…

A public agency is hereby granted the power to bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the office of such agency is situated to determine the validity of any contract made with the department under this chapter and the authority of the public agency to enter …

Whenever a public agency is required to have legal counsel in connection with any of its activities pursuant to this chapter, it may use the services of the district attorney or county counsel of the county in which it is located. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 27.)

A public agency may perform all acts and do all things that are necessary or convenient to carry out the powers specified in this article. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 27.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Nonstructural improvements” are projects that are intended to reduce or eliminate susceptibility to flooding by preserving or increasing the flood-carryi…

All of the following factors shall be considered by the department and the Reclamation Board for prioritizing projects: (a) Potential loss of life from flooding. (b) Increased flood protection or flood damage reduction for areas that have the greatest flood risk or have experienc…

Of the fund appropriated pursuant to Section 79068.6, two million six hundred thousand dollars ($2,600,000) in the subaccount shall be used for the local share of levee repairs and enhancements in Sutter County. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 a…

(a) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation to the Department of Fish and Game, may be used by that department, if it determines that any flood control project undertaken pursuant to this article would result in a reduction of, or damage to, fis…

If all of the funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79068.6 are encumbered, and any funds described in Section 79068.14 are not needed for the purposes of that section, as stated in writing by that department to the Legislature, the Legislature may appropriate the funds not need…

Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

There is hereby created in the account the Yuba Feather Flood Protection Subaccount. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

The department and the Reclamation Board may adopt regulations to carry out this article. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1078, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, and approved in Prop. 13 on March 7, 2000.)