Title WAT, California Water Code

At any time before all the bonds held by the State Treasurer have been sold by him, the board may: (a) Draw upon the State Treasurer for, and issue and deliver any unsold bonds at not less than their face value in payment for any of the works or other expenses for which the asses…

In making payments in bonds, the board shall draw orders upon the State Treasurer payable in bonds to the amount therein named. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The orders shall be countersigned by the Controller and shall be paid with bonds by the State Treasurer upon presentation to the amount therein provided for. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

In drawing any order upon the State Treasurer payable in bonds, the board may specify the maturity of the bonds which are to be delivered in compliance with the order and the specifications shall be complied with by the State Treasurer as far as possible. (Added by Stats. 1943, C…

(a) There shall be cause for revocation of a permit if the work is not commenced, prosecuted with due diligence, and completed or the water applied to beneficial use as contemplated in the permit and in accordance with this division and the rules and regulations of the board. (b)…

The notice of proposed revocation of the permit pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1410 shall contain a statement of facts and information upon which the proposed revocation is based, and shall include a statement substantially in the following form: Unless a…

In any case when a permit is revoked without a hearing, as provided in Section 1410.1, the permittee, within 90 days of the date of the order of revocation, may file with the board a request to set aside the revocation, and the board, for good cause shown, may reinstate the permi…

A certificate of the secretary on a collector’s deed stating that it has been accepted by the board entitles the deed to be recorded. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A collector’s deed to a district shall be recorded in the usual manner of recording conveyances of real property. (Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)

A contract between the district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States may provide that the district shall not be dissolved nor shall the boundaries be changed except upon the written consent of the state, the department, any other district, or a …

When any parcel located in a district upon which an assessment has been levied is divided, the board, upon written application signed by any or all of the landowners within the divided parcel, shall enter a minute order directing the reapportionment of the assessment upon the div…

If the application for reapportionment is signed by all of the landowners, the reapportionment is final upon entry of the minute order. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

If the application for reapportionment is not signed by all of the landowners within the divided parcel, the board upon making the minute order, shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors a list of the charges assessed against each of the parcels, and the reapportionme…

If no application for reapportionment is received under Section 51890, the district secretary may, upon learning that a parcel upon which an assessment has been levied has been divided or subdivided, reapportion the assessment against that parcel among each of the smaller parcels…

The board shall require, as a condition to the making of any reapportionment pursuant to this article, that each parcel of the divided or subdivided parcel be given suitable means of ingress and egress. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 104, Sec. 6.)

When any assessment has been reapportioned on any parcel, the board shall cause the divisions or subdivisions and reapportionment to be properly entered or endorsed upon the assessment list, and shall file notice of all the changes with the county treasurer. (Amended by Stats. 19…

The board may exercise all of its powers and duties in regard to improvement districts established by this chapter in the same manner as to improvement districts otherwise formed under the provisions of this division, in addition to the manner otherwise provided in this chapter. …

Any portion of the district, whether contiguous or not to an improvement district established by this chapter, may be annexed to such improvement district in the manner provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 72670) of Part 11 of this division. (Repealed and added by Stats…

Any portion of the district may be excluded from an improvement district established by this chapter in the manner provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 72040) of this part. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 291.)

The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish the purposes of an improvement district performed pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 291.)

The board may repay the district for any advance of funds, together with interest, at a rate not to exceed the interest value of money to the district, from any combination of the following sources: (a) The proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized for the purposes of the improvem…

The board may levy an ad valorem property tax in each improvement district established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 72062) of this chapter, sufficient to pay the share of the maintenance and operation costs of any improvements constructed from the proceeds of bo…

(a) There is hereby created in the account the Sacramento Valley Water Management and Habitat Protection Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Sacramento Valley Water Management and Habitat Protection Subaccount created by subdivision (a). (Adde…

Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the department may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article by the department. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204…

The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, 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, for programs or projects in the Sacramento Valley to assist in the implementation of the Water Quality Control…

The board shall provide adequate public review for proposed programs or projects and shall determine that those programs or projects are consistent with the requirements of Section 78681.4. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 199…

Only the programs or projects that are not the obligation of the federal Central Valley Project or the State Water Project may be funded under this article. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Santa Ana Watershed is experiencing increased water demands due to significant population growth that has caused undue infrastructure dependence and strain on imported water supplies. (b) Regional programs ha…

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

The sum of two hundred thirty-five million dollars ($235,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount. (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 board, may be used by the board for allocation to the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority for all of the following projects for the purposes of rehabilitating and improving the Santa Ana River Watershed: …

It is the intent of the Legislature to urge the federal government to allocate funds for projects to improve the Santa Ana River Watershed to match the state’s financial commitment to the projects described in this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Prop…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the expenditure of the funds under this article be made through a broad-based watershed stakeholder process. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred by the board 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.)

The principal of the bonds shall, by an order of the board entered in its minutes, be made payable on the first day of July or the first day of January and in such years as the board may prescribe, but all of the bonds shall be payable serially within 20 years from their date. (A…

Not less than 10 per cent of the aggregate face value of the bonds shall be payable within 10 years from their date, and not less than 9 per cent of the aggregate face value of the bonds issued shall be payable each year beginning with the eleventh year from their date until the …

The board may call and redeem in their numerical order such an amount of the bonds as it may see fit on any interest date subsequent to the first day of July, 1921, at their face value, with accrued interest to date of redemption. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

To effect such redemption, the board shall cause to be published once each week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the City of Sacramento, a notice stating that at the next semiannual interest date, the bonds specified in the notice will be redeemed and that th…

Out of the bond fund of the assessment the State Treasurer shall, on presentation at or after its maturity, pay the holder of each bond or interest coupon which has been sold or which has been issued and delivered upon an order of the board payable in bonds as provided in this pa…

If any bond or interest coupon has not been presented to the State Treasurer for payment when it becomes due, it shall cease to bear interest, but if presented at or after such time and not paid for want of funds, the State Treasurer shall indorse the bond or coupon, together wit…

The indorsed bond or coupon shall bear interest at the rate expressed in the bond until paid or until funds have been provided in the State Treasury applicable to its payment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

In addition to the powers otherwise provided for improvement districts under this division, the board shall have the power to levy a utility tax, as provided by this article, on every person using water within any of the improvement districts established by this chapter or on eve…

Nothing in this article shall be construed as imposing a tax upon any person when the imposition of such tax upon that person would be in violation of the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of this state. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 291.)

The board shall enforce the provisions of this article and may prescribe, adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this article. The board shall not prescribe, adopt or enforce any rule or regulation which has the effect, directly …

Whenever the amount of any tax has been overpaid or paid more than once or had been erroneously or illegally collected or received by the board, it may be refunded, provided that a claim therefor in writing is filed with the board within two years of the date of payment. (Added b…