Title WAT, California Water Code

In counties in which districts are located the county elections official is hereby given authority, and is authorized to have printed upon the official ballots provided for voters at elections for directors a heading in the same form as that provided by the Elections Code for non…

The board shall call and canvass all elections involving matters of initiative and referendum and shall call all other elections which it is authorized to canvass. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

The governing body calling or conducting any election under the provisions of this act shall fix the compensation to be paid the officers of the election and shall designate the precincts and polling places for each division of the district and shall appoint the officers of such …

The voting precincts for any such election may be established and the boundaries thereof fixed and described by such governing body, or such voting precincts may consist of either the regular election precincts or portions thereof within the district established for holding state…

If any district election is consolidated with any state or county election, then the voting precincts, polling places, and election officers for the district election shall be the same as those established for such state or county election. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

Commencing with the third fiscal year following a final adjudication of all or substantially all of the rights to extract ground water and a determination of the natural safe yield of the ground water supplies within the district, and a determination of the amount or extent to wh…

To the extent that ground water supplies are replenished under this act no person shall acquire any property or other right in the waters distributed by the district for replenishment purposes. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

To the extent that the replenishment assessment after adjudication hereunder shifts from all producers to those who extract water in excess of their respective shares of the natural safe yield of the ground water supplies within the district as so adjudicated, such replenishment …

(a) The application for a new dam or reservoir, or the enlargement, repair, alteration, or removal of an existing dam or reservoir, shall set forth the estimated cost, as defined in this article, of the new dam or reservoir, or the enlargement, repair, alteration, or removal of t…

One filing fee only shall be collected for an enlargement to be effected by flashboards, sandbags, earthen levees, gates, or other works, devices, or obstructions which are, from time to time, to be removed and replaced or opened and shut and thereby operated so as to vary the su…

For the purposes of this part, the estimated cost of a new dam or reservoir, or the enlargement, repair, alteration, or removal of an existing dam or reservoir shall include all of the following: (a) The cost of all labor and materials entering into the construction of the dam an…

The costs of right-of-way, detached powerhouses, electrical generating machinery, and roads and railroads affording access to the dam or reservoir shall not be included among the items used in the determination of cost. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)

An application shall not be considered by the department until at least 20 percent of the filing fee is received, unless the department, in its discretion, decides to consider the application. The application shall not be approved by the department until the filing fee is receive…

In the event the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost by more than 15 percent, a further fee shall be required by the department and shall be 115 percent of the amount by which the original fee is less than it would have been had the cost it was based upon been the same as the …

Applications for dams found by the department to have been less than 90 per cent constructed on August 14, 1929, shall be accompanied by fees as much less than provided for dams commenced after the date as the percentage of construction found by the department to have been comple…

(a) (1) The department shall adopt, by regulation, a schedule of fees to cover the department’s reasonable regulatory costs in carrying out the supervision of dam safety, which may include, but is not limited to, the costs of reviewing an inundation map, the amounts necessary to …

All fees, penalties, interest, fines, or charges collected by the department under this division shall be deposited in the Dam Safety Fund, which is hereby established in the State Treasury. The money in that fund shall be available to the department, upon appropriation by the Le…

The fees provided for in this chapter shall be required of any “owner,” as defined in Section 6005. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 741, Sec. 95. Effective January 1, 2004.)

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

The auditor shall keep all necessary and proper books of account which shall contain all receipts and expenditures with their source and nature. The books and accounts of the district shall be audited once each year. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 370.)

All moneys received or collected for or on behalf of the district shall be paid to the treasurer in the same manner as county money is paid to the treasurer. Upon receipt of any money from the tax collector or from any other source the treasurer shall place the same to the credit…

The treasurer shall pay out funds only on warrants drawn by the auditor upon district funds in the same manner as county money is paid out. Warrants presented and not paid for lack of funds shall be registered and bear interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum from date of regi…

Claims for salaries and services shall be sworn and approved by the board of directors before a warrant is drawn for the same. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 370.)

Water which has been appropriated may be turned into the channel of another stream, mingled with its water, and then reclaimed; but in reclaiming it the water already appropriated by another shall not be diminished. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

If a majority of the votes cast in each affected county at the formation election favor the formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall, by an order entered on its minutes, declare the territory included within the proposed boundaries to be formed as a municipal wat…

The county clerk shall immediately cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each affected county, a certificate stating that the proposition to form the district was adopted. The county clerk shall immediately cause to be filed with the Secretary of State a ce…

Upon the receipt of the county clerk’s certificate, or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting that the municipal water district, naming it, has been duly incorporated according to the laws…

A copy of the Secretary of State’s certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of each affected county. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

From and after the date of filing the county clerk’s certificate with the Secretary of State, the district named therein is incorporated as a municipal water district, with all the rights, privileges and powers set forth in this division, and necessarily incident thereto. (Added …

No informality in any proceeding, or in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall invalidate the incorporation of any municipal water district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Any proceeding wherein the validity of the incorporation of a district is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of the Secretary of State’s certificate of incorporation; otherwise the incorporation and legal existence of the district and all proceedings in r…

The board of directors shall, by resolution, adjust the boundaries of any divisions pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 22000) of Division 21 of the Elections Code. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 435, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 1999.)

A district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided in this division or by law, in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, and compromise, in the name of the district, any action or proceeding involving or affecting the ownership or use of water or water rights within the district, used or useful for any purpose of the district, or a common benefit to …

An action to determine the validity of any contract authorized by Article 1 (commencing with Section 71720) of Chapter 5 of this part and any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 o…

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

To carry out the purposes of this division, a district shall have the power to commence, maintain, intervene in, defend and compromise, in the name of the district, or as a class representative of the inhabitants, property owners, taxpayers, water producers or water users within …

The district may employ counsel to defend any action brought against it or against any of its officers, agents or employees on account of any claimed action or inaction involving any claimed injury, taking, damage or destruction, and the fees and expenses involved therein shall b…

If any officer, agent or employee of the district is held liable for any act or omission in his official capacity, except in case of actual fraud or actual malice, and any judgment is rendered thereon, the district shall pay the judgment without obligation for repayment by the of…

(a) (1) The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District and the Eastern Municipal Water District shall not be held liable for claims by past or existing County Water Company of Riverside customers or those who consumed water provided through the County Water Company of Riverside wat…

The formation election may be contested by any person holding property within the proposed district liable to be assessed for the raising of funds to carry out the purposes of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The directors elected at the formation election shall be made parties defendant in the election contest. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The election contest shall be brought in the superior court of the principal county. If more than one contest is pending, they shall be consolidated and tried together. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The court shall immediately try the election contest, and determine, upon the hearing, whether the election was fairly conducted and in substantial compliance with the requirements of this division. The court shall enter its judgment accordingly. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The election contest shall be brought within 20 days after the canvass of the votes and declaration of the result by the board of supervisors. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

Either party to the record may appeal to the Supreme Court of this state within 30 days from entry of judgment. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)