Title WAT, California Water Code

This section provides for an alternative procedure for forming an improvement district within the El Dorado Irrigation District: (a) The El Dorado Irrigation District may form one or more districts in the same manner as county service areas form zones pursuant to the County Servi…

In the event that the board of the El Dorado Irrigation District determines that it may be for the best interests of the district for the district to have seven divisions for the purposes of Part 5 (commencing with Section 21550), it may propose, by resolution, the creation of se…

One or more improvement districts may be formed in the Kings County Water District which may include all or any part of the land in the district in the manner prescribed in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 31585) of this part for capital outlay purposes, including, but not limi…

If at any time after the formation of a district the boundaries of the principal county are changed so as to exclude therefrom all of the land of the district situated in that county, the records and documents of the district in the possession of the board of supervisors of that …

All documents which have been recorded with the recorder of the principal county and which, or a certified copy thereof, have not been recorded in the county to which the district is transferred, shall be certified to by the county recorder of the principal county and recorded wi…

After the transfer of documents pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors of the county to which the district is transferred shall have and exercise all of the jurisdiction, power, and authority over the district theretofore exercised by the board of supervisors of the p…

This chapter shall apply only to the manner in which elections are conducted in the Borrego Water District. For the purposes of this chapter, “district” means the Borrego Water District. In all other respects, the district shall continue to be operated, managed, and governed as a…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the bylaws of the district, all elections held after January 1, 1981, within the district shall be conducted as resident voter elections in accordance with this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require resident …

Qualified voters of the district shall be residents of, and registered voters in, the district. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 456, Sec. 1.)

All directors elected after January 1, 1981, shall be qualified voters of the district at the time of their election and during their term of office. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 456, Sec. 1.)

Directors of the district shall be elected on a districtwide basis. Newly elected directors shall take office on the last Friday in November immediately following the general district election. The term of office shall be for four years and each director shall hold office until h…

In order to facilitate an orderly transition to resident voter elections and to preserve staggered terms, the terms of office of directors serving on January 1, 1981, shall remain unchanged and no provision of this chapter shall be construed to disqualify any director serving on …

This chapter shall in no way invalidate any act of the district or of its directors, officers, and employees made or performed while the district was operating as a landowner voter district. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 456, Sec. 1.)

Districts may cooperate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto or any act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted permitting cooperation. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 991.…

The cooperation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Acquisition, extension, or operation of works for irrigation or drainage or flood control. (b) A water supply. (c) Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States. (d) To r…

Districts may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 991.)

To carry out the preceding sections of this article a district has all powers, rights, and privileges possessed by irrigation districts and may exercise those powers, rights, and privileges in the same manner as irrigation districts as provided in the Irrigation District Federal …

If any provision of the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law is held unconstitutional, that decision shall not affect the validity of the adoption by reference in this article of the remaining portions of that law. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 991.)

In any contract made between a district and the United States pursuant to this chapter, the land which may be charged with any taxes or assessments under the contract shall be designated and described. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 991.)

A proposal to enter into a contract with the United States for any purpose other than obtaining a water supply shall be authorized at an election. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)

Proceedings at the election shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in the case of issuance of general obligation bonds. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)

Notice of the election shall specify: a. The time and place of the election. b. The purpose of the election. c. A brief statement of the general purpose of the contract. d. The amount of money to be paid to the United States under the contract. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)…

The ballots at the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of election and the amount of money to be paid to the United States under the contract. To the right of or below the statement on the ballot, t…

The board may execute the contract on behalf of the district if two-thirds of the votes cast at the election favor the contract. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1226, Sec. 65.)

Property sold to the district for delinquent assessments may be redeemed by the redemptioner within three years from the date of sale, or thereafter before a collector’s deed of the property has been delivered, by payment in lawful money of the United States to the collector the …

On receipt of the redemption money plus the amount of the recorder’s fee the collector shall make out duplicate certificates of redemption reciting the payment and stating the date of recordation of the certificate of sale to which the redemption applies and the book and page whe…

One of the duplicate certificates of redemption shall be given to the redemptioner. (Amended by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 94.)

The collector shall record the other duplicate certificate of redemption with the county recorder in whose office the certificate of sale is on record. (Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)

If the property sold for delinquent assessments has not been redeemed and three years have elapsed from the date of its sale to the district, the collector, upon demand made by resolution of the board and after giving the notice required by Section 37155.1, shall deliver a collec…

After receiving a demand for a collector’s deed pursuant to Section 37155, and not less than 45 days nor more than 60 days before delivery of a collector’s deed pursuant to that demand, the collector shall publish in the manner prescribed in Section 6063 of the Government Code a …

After the first publication of the notice required by Section 37155.1, and not less than 45 days, nor more than 60 days, before the date specified in that notice for the delivery of a collector’s deed, the collector shall send by certified mail to each of the parties of interest,…

Upon first publication of the notice required by Section 37155.1, there shall be added to the amount to redeem as provided in Section 37150 the sum of the following: (a) The cost of publication of the notice required by Section 37155.1. (b) The cost of securing the lot book guara…

A collector’s deed shall contain the date of sale and his statement that no person redeemed the property during the time allowed for its redemption; and may be in substantially the following form, the blanks being filled to show the facts in each case: Collector’s Deed ______ Wat…

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.)

The collector’s deed conveys to the district title to the property described therein free of all encumbrances, except liens for taxes and assessments levied for state, county, municipal or other district purposes, unless the property is owned by the United States or this State in…

A collector’s deed when acknowledged or proved is prima facie evidence that: (a) The land was assessed as required by law. (b) The land was equalized as required by law. (c) The assessments were levied in accordance with law. (d) The assessments were not paid. (e) At a proper tim…

Except as against actual fraud a collector’s deed acknowledged or proved is conclusive evidence of the regularity of all of the proceedings from the assessment by the assessor, inclusive, up to the execution of the deed. (Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 94.)

An action, proceeding, defense, answer, or cross-complaint based on the alleged invalidity or irregularity of any collector’s deed executed 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 comm…

An action, proceeding, defense, answer, or cross-complaint based on the alleged invalidity or irregularity of any agreement of sale, deed, lease, or option executed by a district in connection with property deeded to it by its collector or based on the alleged ineffectiveness of …

The provisions of Sections 37161 and 37162 do not apply in the following cases: (a) Where the assessments for which the property was sold were paid before the sale. (b) Where the property was redeemed after the sale. (c) Where the land was not subject to assessment at the time it…

The burden of proof shall be upon the party urging the invalidity, irregularity, or ineffectiveness of an agreement, deed, lease, or option described in Sections 37161 and 37162 or of any assessments, sales, or assessment deeds of which he complains to show the invalidity, irregu…

The district may, by ordinance, levy groundwater extraction charges, including volumetric charges intended to provide an incentive for reduced water use, on the extraction of groundwater from all water extraction facilities within the territory of the district for the purposes of…

The Legislature hereby finds and determines that the groundwater management activities of the district are of equal benefit to all operators of groundwater extraction facilities within the territory of the district. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective Janu…

If any operator of any extraction facility fails to pay a groundwater extraction charge when due, the district may charge and collect interest at the rate of 112 percent each month on the delinquent amount of the groundwater extraction charge. In addition, the district may exerci…

All moneys collected by the district pursuant to this act shall be available for expenditure by the district to carry out its groundwater management functions pursuant to this act. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)

The district may, by ordinance, establish an operator’s extraction allocation for each groundwater extraction facility located within the district. The district may, by ordinance, impose upon the operator of any groundwater extraction facility located within the district, extract…