Title WAT, California Water Code

In addition to any other authority, the district may order that an extraction surcharge or late penalty be a personal obligation of the operator or an assessment against the property on which the extraction facility is located. The assessment constitutes a lien upon the property,…

Every person who wilfully and without authority opens, closes, changes, or interferes with any headgate, waterbox, or measuring device while it is under the control of the wastermaster, or who wilfully takes or uses water which has been denied him by the watermaster under the pro…

The possession or use of water when it has been so denied him by the watermaster is prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person using it. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Every person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county j…

A watermaster may arrest any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) and to deliver the person to the sheriff or other competent police officer within the county, and immediately thereafter file a complaint with a magi…

Any election held under the provisions of this division may be contested by any holder of title to land liable to assessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The contest shall be brought in the superior court of any affected county and shall be conducted in the manner provided for contests of election by the Elections Code. In a contest not involving the right of a person declared elected to an office to hold the office, the directors…

The court shall determine upon the hearing whether the election was fairly conducted and in substantial compliance with the requirements of this division. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The contest shall be brought within 20 days after the declaration of the result. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Either party of record has the right to appeal within 30 days from entry of judgment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The appeal shall be heard and determined by the Supreme Court within 60 days from the time of the filing of the notice of appeal. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

A district may by resolution of its board adopted at or prior to the time of issuing any bonds then proposed to be issued, provide for the call and redemption prior to their fixed maturity of any of the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1137.)

Bonds may be made subject to redemption prior to their fixed maturity at such times and prices, and upon such terms and conditions as the board may determine and set forth in the resolution. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 36.)

Notice designating the bonds called for redemption shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the office county. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1137.)

The first publication of the redemption notice shall be not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1137.)

If on the date fixed for redemption the district has provided funds available for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds called, interest on them ceases. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1137.)

A district may co-operate 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 co-operation. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1…

The co-operation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of works and facilities for irrigation, storage, drainage, flood control or either or any of these, or the use or enjoyment …

A district may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)

A proposal to enter into a contract with the United States under terms of this chapter shall be authorized at an election. The board, by order entered upon its records, shall order a special election to be held at some place in the district to be designated by the board, and at s…

Proceedings at the election shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in the case of elections provided for in Chapter 3 (commencing at Section 50800) of Part 4 of this division. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)

Notice of the election shall specify: (a) The time and place of 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. 1959, Ch. 1111.)…

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, the words “yes”…

The board may execute the contract on behalf of the district if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the contract. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)

Without limiting the generality of Section 50971, when a contract has been executed with the United States under this chapter, the board may, by resolution, provide for an assessment upon the land to be benefited by such contract to pay all or any portion of the amounts to become…

An action to determine the validity of any contract may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1533.)

After the approval and adoption of an engineer’s report and before ordering the engineer to prepare precise plans and specifications as provided in Chapter 5, the district board may submit to the voters of the district the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness to obtain …

The resolution shall state all of the following: (a) The general objects and purposes for which it is proposed to incur an indebtedness. (b) A reference to the report filed with the district board for particulars. (c) The amount of the bonds proposed to be issued; provided, that …

For the purposes of the bond election the district board may consolidate into one precinct several precincts established for general election purposes and describe the precinct by reference to the general election precincts. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)

An election board consisting of one inspector, one judge, and one clerk shall be appointed by the district board for each precinct. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)

Only voters registered in the district are eligible to vote at the bond election. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)

The resolution calling the election shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code in a newspaper having a general circulation in the district and designated by the district board. No other notice of the election need be given. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357…

If two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness as proposed, bonds of the district for the amount stated in the resolution calling the election shall be issued and sold. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)

The validity of the bonds after their issuance shall not be questioned in any court except upon the ground that the provisions of this chapter authorizing their issuance are unconstitutional, or that the required hearing regarding the formation of the district was not legally hel…

The district board shall prescribe by resolution the form of the bonds, and interest coupons. The bonds shall be payable at such times and at a place to be fixed by the board, and designated in the bonds, together with interest on all sums unpaid on that date until the whole of t…

The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the district board determines, except that no bonds shall be of a denomination less than one hundred dollars ($100) or greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000). They shall be payable on the day and at the place fixed in the bon…

The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the district board, and countersigned by the auditor of the district, and the seal of the district board shall be affixed. The interest coupons of the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the auditor of the district. All…

If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his signature or countersignature shall be as valid as if he had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds. (Added by Stats.…

The board may issue and sell the bonds of the district at not less than par value, and the proceeds shall be placed in the treasury of the county. Before selling the bonds, or any part thereof, the legislative body shall give notice not less than 10 days prior to the date of sale…

The construction fund shall be applied exclusively to the purposes and objects mentioned in the resolution calling the bond election. Payments from the construction fund shall be made upon the demands allowed by the district board, and prepared, presented and audited in the same …

When the purposes and objects mentioned in the resolution calling the bond election have been accomplished, any moneys remaining in the construction fund shall be transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch.…

If the proposition of issuing bonds submitted at a bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the district board may, at the expiration of six months after that election, call or order another bond election, either for the same objects and purposes, or for any …

If bonds have been issued by the district and the proceeds of the sale have been expended, and the district board by resolution passed by a vote of four-fifths of all its members determines that the public interest or necessity of the district demands the issuance of additional b…

Bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual tax upon the real property in the district, and all the real property in the district shall be and remain liable to be taxed for such payments. Said bonds and the interest thereon shall not be taxable …

(1) An issue of bonds is hereby defined to be the aggregate principal amount of all of the bonds authorized to be issued in accordance with a proposal submitted to and approved by the electors of the district, but no indebtedness will be deemed to have been contracted until bonds…

Bonds may be made payable on a date subsequent to the time fixed for the collection of the second installment of general district taxes with which the first levy of taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds is to be collected. In such event, the first inte…