Title WAT, California Water Code

The money in the reserve fund shall be used to pay the installments of principal and interest of any outstanding bonds secured by the assessment when the amount in the bond fund is insufficient to meet such installments on any January 1st or July 1st, as the case may be. (Added b…

If the bond fund contains a sum derived from an assessment securing the bonds to be refunded pursuant to the agreement which is in excess of the amount required to pay all installments of principal and interest due or to become due within six months upon all outstanding bonds sec…

The county treasurer shall call such part of the principal of the assessment securing the refunding bonds, not exceeding the amount by which the unpaid principal amount of the assessment exceeds the principal amount of bonds secured thereby, as is necessary to restore the amount …

The call shall be made at the time prescribed by Section 51420 for making the next call for the payment of principal or interest of the bonds after the reserve fund has been depleted. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The board may direct that the restoration of the reserve fund be effected over a period not exceeding three years next after the reserve fund was depleted, in which case not less than one-third of the amount of the depletion shall be restored during each of the three years. (Adde…

No call for the purpose of creating a reserve fund shall be made until the United States, or department or agency thereof, has accepted 50 percent or more of the refunding bonds proposed to be issued under the plan. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The county treasurer may invest any money in the reserve fund in bonds of the United States or of the State of California, and bonds so purchased and held in the reserve fund may be sold by the county treasurer and the proceeds temporarily reinvested in such bonds. (Added by Stat…

Sales of bonds of the United States or of the State of California purchased with reserve fund money shall be made by the county treasurer in sufficient time that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the reserve fund was created. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The board of a district which has entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 52850, may, by resolution, direct that any money on deposit in the county treasury to the credit of any bond fund or bond reserve fund of the district, which was derived from an assessment against dis…

The county treasurer shall forthwith cancel all bonds purchased pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 52859. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

No purchase of bonds shall be made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52859 unless the unpaid principal amount of the assessment securing such bonds is in excess of the principal amount of outstanding and authorized bonds secured by such assessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch.…

No funds deposited pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 52859 may be withdrawn except to pay the principal or interests upon any bonds of the district held by Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or its successors in interest, or for repayment to the treasurer of the district fo…

A separate petition for the formation of a zone or zones within a proposed district for any of the purposes specified in Section 55650 may be presented to the board of supervisors at the same time and in conjunction with a formation petition. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 394.)

The petition for the formation of a zone or zones and the proceedings thereon shall be in conformity with and subject to the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 2, Part 4 of this division, and except as otherwise provided, the proceedings shall be conducted and regarded as separate …

The board of supervisors may direct that notice of hearing, hearing, notice of election, or election upon the formation and zone petitions shall be consolidated and combined into one notice of hearing, one hearing, one notice of election, or one election; except that the requirem…

The formation of a zone or zones pursuant to this chapter shall in no event be effective for any purpose unless and until the district is established; but the nonformation of a proposed zone or zones for whatever reason shall in no way affect the formation of the district or of o…

Before constructing any project and before calling any election for the issuance of bonds as hereinafter provided, the district board shall by resolution employ one or more engineers to make a survey of the problems of the district concerning the protection of the lands within th…

The engineer or engineers may, subject to the direction of the district board, employ such surveyors and others as may be necessary to prepare the report. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)

When the engineer’s report is filed, the district board shall examine it and may thereupon: (a) Reject it and direct that a new report be prepared; (b) Direct that changes be made in it; or (c) If it complies with the provisions of this chapter and is satisfactory to the district…

Notice of the hearing shall be published by the district board pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper circulated in the district. At the time and place so fixed, or at the time and place to which the hearing may be from time to time continued, the board sh…

At the conclusion of the hearing the district board shall either order the report changed to conform to some or all the objections made or shall approve and adopt the report as made. If changes in the report are ordered, a further hearing shall be had upon it as amended and furth…

If the district board approves and adopts the report of the engineer or engineers, the board shall order the engineer or engineers to prepare precise plans and specifications for the work contained in said report. Said precise plans and specifications shall be in conformity with …

The engineer or engineers employed by the district board to prepare the precise plans and specifications shall be directed by the district board to superintend the doing of the work contained in said precise plans and specifications. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)

A right of way in or across any public highway, street or property in the district is hereby granted to the district wherever the right of way is found by the district board to be necessary or convenient for the doing of any of the work; provided, that if the exercise of the righ…

Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, in the event that prior to the formation of a district a report has been secured by the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is formed pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.2 of the Drainag…

(a) The district shall order, review, and maintain on file an independent, audited financial statement not later than 180 days from the conclusion of the district’s fiscal year. The independent audited financial statement shall be prepared by a certified public accountant or a pu…

If any producer shall knowingly fail to pay a replenishment assessment within 30 days of when due, such producer shall become liable to the district for interest at the rate of 1 percent per month on the delinquent amount of the assessment. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 585.)

(a) Should any operator of a water-producing facility knowingly fail to register his or her water-producing facility or knowingly fail to file the groundwater production statement, or knowingly fail to file and furnish any other reports or statements required by resolution of the…

The board, at the time of fixing the replenishment assessment rate, may provide by resolution that any producer operating a water-producing facility having a discharge opening not greater than two inches in diameter and providing ground water for domestic or irrigation uses on an…

(a) The superior court of the county in which the major portion of the district lies may issue a temporary restraining order upon the filing by the district with the court of a verified petition or complaint setting forth that the person named therein as defendant is the operator…

If the board of a district shall have probable cause to believe that the production of ground water from any water-producing facility is in excess of that disclosed by the sworn statements covering such water-producing facility, or if no statements are filed covering a water-prod…

The district may bring a suit in the court having jurisdiction against any producer of ground water from the ground water supplies within the district for the collection of any delinquent replenishment assessment, interest, or penalties. The court having jurisdiction of the suit …

It shall be unlawful to produce groundwater from any water-producing facility within any district from and after one year following the adoption of the resolution provided for in Section 60305 hereof, unless such water-producing facility shall have a water-measuring device affixe…

If another public entity, or public entities, or a watermaster, or watermasters, appointed in one or more court adjudications, or any combination of the foregoing (hereafter “other regulator or regulators”) is monitoring by appropriate means the water production of substantially …

Every person owning or occupying lands upon the bank of any stream where the lands lying back of the stream are lower than the bank, is responsible for all damages sustained by the owners or occupants of lower lands by reason of any cut or embrasure made in the bank of the stream…

If the cuts were made for the purpose of irrigation, and headgates and culverts were installed which competent persons consider sufficient to restrain the water, and if great diligence was used to prevent damage, these facts may be pleaded and proved in mitigation of damages. (En…

When a formation petition is presented to it, the board of supervisors shall make an order dividing the proposed district into five divisions in such manner as to equalize, as nearly as practicable, the population in the respective divisions. The board of supervisors shall use fo…

When the order dividing the proposed district into five divisions is made, the board of supervisors shall by resolution or ordinance call and provide for the holding of an election in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether the district shall be formed and to…

The formation election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of adoption of the resolution or ordinance calling the election. For purposes of this election the board of supervisors may consolidate election precincts of one or more…

Notice of the formation election shall be published once, not less than one week nor more than four weeks prior to the election, in at least one newspaper but not exceeding three newspapers, printed and published in each affected county. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the coun…

The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a …

If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the…

The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question. The ballot pamphlet shall contain the followin…

The notice of the formation election shall contain the following: (a) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district and its divisions. (b) The name of the proposed district, which name shall contain the words “____ Municipal Water District.” (c) A statement that the fi…

The following measure shall be submitted at the formation election: “Shall the proposition to form the ____ Municipal Water District under the Municipal Water District Law of 1911 be adopted?” (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)