Title WAT, California Water Code

Improvement districts may be formed in districts in the same manner as improvement districts are formed in irrigation districts. When formed, such improvement districts shall be governed in the same manner as improvement districts in irrigation districts. (Added by Stats. 1953, C…

The board of directors of a district shall have the same rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the formation and government of improvement districts in districts as the board of directors of an irrigation district has with respect to improvement districts in…

The board shall also have, in addition to its other powers, the same powers with respect to improvement districts in districts as the board of directors of an irrigation district has with respect to distribution districts in irrigation districts. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 991.)

Assessments in an improvement district in a district shall be levied, collected and enforced at the same time and in as nearly the same manner as practicable as annual taxes for purposes of the district in which formed, except that the assessment shall be made in the same manner …

All property sold for delinquent assessments to the district shall subsequently be assessed for district purposes as though it had never been sold, until the collector has made and delivered to the district a collector’s deed, but shall not again be sold for delinquent assessment…

If the property is sold to the district for delinquent assessments, the collector in making his accounting with the treasurer shall furnish a statement of the property sold to the district and the amount for which the property was sold. The treasurer shall thereupon estimate that…

If the board determines after a noticed public hearing, and consideration of any relevant investigations, studies, and evidence, that groundwater management activities are necessary in order to improve or protect the quantity or quality of groundwater supplies within a groundwate…

When an extraction facility is equipped with a waterflow measuring device, the record of extraction, as disclosed by the waterflow measuring device, may, at the election of the board, be presumed to be accurate, and shall be used as the basis for computing the water extraction of…

The district may, by ordinance, require proof of the accuracy of the waterflow measuring device from the operator and may, absent adequate proof of accuracy, order the operator, at the operator’s sole cost, to have the waterflow measuring device calibrated in a manner acceptable …

The board may, by ordinance, establish reasonable methods to be used in computing the amount of water extracted by extraction facilities. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)

The district may, by ordinance, require the operator of each extraction facility to file semiannually, or more frequently, with the district, a groundwater extraction statement that contains, but is not limited to, the following information: (a) Total extraction in acre-feet of w…

If required by ordinance, each groundwater extraction statement shall be verified by a written declaration under penalty of perjury that the information contained in the statement is true and correct. The operator of an extraction facility that has been permanently abandoned afte…

If a majority of all the votes cast at the formation election are “Water storage district—Yes,” the department shall by an order entered in the records kept by it, declare the territory formed as a district under the name designated. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The department shall immediately file for record in the office of the county recorder of each affected county a certified copy of the order declaring the district formed. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

From the filing for record of the order declaring the district formed the formation of the district is complete. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

At the time the department declares the district formed it shall issue certificates of election to each person elected a director. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The department shall immediately file with the Secretary of State a certificate listing: (a) The name of the district. (b) The date of formation. (c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a description of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a ma…

If the board shall find, by a two-thirds vote of its entire membership, that some project, other than any project (whether original, modified, substituted, or other) already adopted, should be adopted then the board shall proceed under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 42200) of…

Thereafter all proceedings in respect of the additional report shall be conducted as set forth in this part for an original report. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 392.)

If for any reason funds are not available to the district to defray all expenses under this chapter as estimated by the board to be incurred for the general benefit of the district up to the time that a new assessment for such additional project has been levied and become availab…

A district may issue revenue warrants pursuant to this chapter to obtain funds for any lawful purpose of the district, including the repayment of indebtedness of the district. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 36.)

Revenue warrants shall be secured by all or part of the revenues received by the district from tolls or charges levied pursuant to Section 43006 or from any other source other than assessments, and any such revenues may be pledged to the payment of revenue warrants. In the resolu…

Revenue warrants shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding 8 percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually or in part annually and in part semiannually, as the board may prescribe. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)

Revenue warrants shall mature at such time or times as the board may prescribe, but not more than five years from the date of issuance. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 36.)

Revenue warrants may be made subject to redemption prior to their fixed maturity date upon such terms, conditions and notice, and at such times and prices, as the board may determine prior to the issuance of such warrants. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 36.)

Revenue warrants may be sold at either public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the board may determine. Such warrants may be sold at less than their par or face value, but no revenue warrant may be sold at a price which would yield to the purchaser an average of …

The board may determine the form and denomination of revenue warrants, the manner of their execution, their registration and exchange privileges and the place or places of their payment. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 36.)

The board, in a resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue warrants, may provide for special funds for the deposit and application of the proceeds of the warrants and for the deposit and application of revenues pledged to secure their payment. The board may provide for the es…

The board, in a resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue warrants, may covenant to operate and maintain the facilities producing the revenues pledged for the security of the revenue warrants, may covenant to fix, maintain and collect tolls, charges, rates or fees which will…

The board, in a resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue warrants, may provide for paying the interest on the revenue warrants for a period of not more than one year out of the proceeds of the sale thereof. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 36.)

Except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue warrants, the holder of any revenue warrant may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding require and compel the performance of any of the duties imposed upon the board, or upon any officer or em…

Revenue warrants shall not be issued under this chapter by any district in any one fiscal year in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000). (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 36.)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 44953 and 44962, revenue warrants may be issued prior to August 1, 1978, pursuant to this chapter for a term not to exceed 10 years from the date of issuance and for an amount not in excess of four million dollars ($4,000,000) in any one…

The Governor, or such state official or agency as he may designate, shall receive both the preliminary documents developed by, or the formal reports of, the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, and the Secretary of the Interior provided for in the Flood Control Act of 1944…

Within 10 days after the receipt of any such preliminary document or formal report, the Governor or his designee shall transmit copies thereof to both houses of the Legislature, if the Legislature is then in session. If not, the Governor or his designee shall transmit copies ther…

Any legislative committee to which such a preliminary document or formal report has been assigned may submit written comments thereon to the Governor or his designee. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 74.)

The Governor or his designee shall transmit, within the time period specified in the applicable federal law, to the appropriate federal agency, together with his comments and the comments of any state department or commission as to any such preliminary document or formal report, …

If any district having authorized the issuance of any bonds shall issue additional bonds based on another assessment, the dates of maturity of the additional bonds or any series thereof shall be such that the latest maturity thereof shall not exceed 50 years from their date. (Ame…

All provisions of this part relative to the original issue of bonds shall apply to any additional bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 829.)

A district may employ engineers and others to survey, plan, locate and report on the works necessary for the reclamation of the lands of the district, and estimate the cost thereof. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

A district may obtain such professional and other services as is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the district and may employ such assistance as the board deems necessary. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)

A district may employ an expert in agriculture and related matters and such assistants as may be deemed necessary to do any of the following: (a) Supervise the construction of works for the irrigation or protection of district lands. (b) Advise landowners, or any person engaged i…

A district issuing warrants or levying or collecting assessments may employ a clerk who, under the direction of the county treasurer, shall attend to matters pertaining to the registration and payment of warrants and to the levying and collecting of assessments. (Amended by Stats…

The clerk shall receive for his or her services a yearly sum equal to one and one-half cents ($0.015) per acre based on the net acreage of the district as indicated by the records of the district, or, if the net acreage is not obtainable from the records of the district, based up…

Each claim for clerk hire must be approved by the county treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The board, upon presentation of a proper claim, shall draw semiannually a warrant on the district funds for such clerk hire. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)