Title WAT, California Water Code

(a) Sixty percent of the money in the subaccount shall be allocated to projects in the Counties of Riverside, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, or San Bernardino. (b) Forty percent of the money in the subaccount shall be allocated to projects in counties not described in s…

The board may adopt regulations to implement this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred 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.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79113, the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, may be used by the board, after consultation with the Department of Pesti…

If no bid is made for any parcel at the delinquent sale equal to the amount of installment or installments delinquent thereon, including the penalty, the county treasurer shall bid in and sell the parcel to the drainage district for the amount of the installment or installments a…

Any parcel of land bid in and purchased by the drainage district at the delinquent sale shall be held in trust for the bond fund of the assessment upon which the land was sold and may be sold and conveyed by the board at any time after the expiration of the redemption period of o…

Payment for the land purchased under the next preceding section may be made by the purchaser either in cash or matured bonds and coupons issued upon assessment taken at their face value. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The board shall execute a deed to the purchaser at the sale conveying the property, free of encumbrances except State, county and other municipal taxes, assessments levied or assessed by statutory authority, and the unpaid balance of any assessment thereon levied by the board on …

The purchase price received in cash shall be paid by the board to the State Treasurer and any bonds or coupons received in payment by the board shall be canceled by the board and delivered to the State Treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

All such money paid over and the canceled bonds or coupons delivered to the State Treasurer shall be credited to the bond fund of the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

If any land held by the drainage district, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, remains unsold after the final installment of the assessment has been collected by payment or sale, then the board shall sell all such lands at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, up…

The board shall execute to the purchaser a conveyance of the land free of incumbrances except State, county and municipal taxes, and assessments levied or assessed by statutory authority. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The board shall deposit the proceeds of the sale with the State Treasurer to the credit of the bond fund of the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

In addition to the powers conferred by law, and not in derogation or in limitation thereof, any state agency may enter into and execute appropriate contracts with the department for any and all the purposes and objects of this part. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

The department may agree in a contract with a state agency or department of a state agency that payments to be made under a contract for joint development of water conveyance and hydroelectric facilities on the west branch of the California Aqueduct shall be made only from funds …

Any State agency may comply with the terms, provisions, and conditions of any contract entered into by it pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

Any state agency may, in or pursuant to a contract with the department, do any or all of the following: (a) Provide in the contract for the segregation and allocation of any or all revenues received by the state agency from the sale, use or distribution of any water, use of water…

All funds accruing to a special account established pursuant to the next preceding section, or deposited therein, in compliance with the terms and provisions of any contract with the department constitute a trust fund for the purpose of making payments to the department as provid…

In order to implement the policy declarations of this chapter, the state board is authorized to provide loans for the development of water reclamation facilities, or for studies and investigations in connection with water reclamation, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6 (comm…

The application for a permit by a municipality for the use of water for the municipality or the inhabitants thereof for domestic purposes shall be considered first in right, irrespective of whether it is first in time. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

The application for, or the granting of, a permit to any municipality to appropriate water does not authorize the appropriation of any water for other than municipal purposes. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Where permission to appropriate is granted to any municipality for any quantity of water in excess of the existing municipal needs therefor, the board may, pending the application to beneficial use of the entire appropriation permitted, issue permits for the temporary appropriati…

When the municipality desires to use the additional water granted in its application it may do so upon making just compensation for the facilities for taking, conveying, and storing the additional water rendered valueless for said purposes to the person who constructed the facili…

In lieu of the granting of such temporary permits for appropriation, the board may authorize the municipality to become as to such surplus a public utility, subject to the jurisdiction and control of the Public Utilities Commission of the State for such period from and after the …

The district attorney of each office county shall ascertain each year whether the duties relating to the levying and collection of assessments in districts have been performed or not, and if he learns that the board or any official of any district has neglected or refused to perf…

Unless the board of supervisors or county official proceeds to perform the duties he has been notified to perform within 30 days after the receipt of notice, the district attorney shall take action in court to compel performance. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The district attorney shall give notice to other officials and take any action necessary to secure the performance in their proper sequence of subsequent duties relating to the levying and collection of assessments. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

For the enforcement of the levying and collection of any assessment required to be levied and collected for the payment of any debt incurred, when complaint is made to the Attorney General that the district attorney of any county has not performed any duty devolving upon him by t…

One-tenth of the budget for the service area shall be apportioned equally among the respective ownerships of all water rights involved, and except as otherwise provided in this article the remaining nine-tenths shall be apportioned among the ownerships of the respective water rig…

In all cases of rights to divert the direct flow of a stream, without storage, for power development or other nonconsumptive use, where the entire flow so diverted, with the exception of reasonable transportation losses, is returned to the same stream system above the next lower …

In all cases where rights exist to store or divert water for use for more than one purpose, the amount to be paid by the owner of such rights shall be based upon the total amount of water he is entitled to store or divert, and he shall not be required to pay more than one amount …

In making an apportionment to any owner of the right to store water, 350 acre-feet of storage capacity which the owner is entitled to use shall be considered the equivalent of the right to divert one cubic foot per second of the direct flow of a stream. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, C…

All acts, proceedings, conclusions and findings of fact by a board of a district shall be conclusive except in an action or proceeding instituted within six months after the acts, proceedings, conclusions or findings were had or made. (Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 592.)

An action to determine the validity of any assessment or warrants may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 976.)

No irregularity or omission not affecting the substantial rights of the landowners within a district shall affect the validity of any act done or proceeding taken in relation to the district. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 976.)

The supplementary assessment shall be collected in the manner provided in this division for the collection of original assessments and the board may call the same as a whole or in installments from time to time. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The report of the commissioners allocating or spreading the original assessment levied for construction purposes and all assessment rolls for the original assessment or for supplementary assessments for construction purposes shall continue in force as the basis for allocating and…

All provisions of this division with respect to the levy and collection of assessments shall, so far as appropriate, be applicable to supplementary assessments. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The department shall establish an ongoing program to facilitate the voluntary exchange or transfer of water and implement the various state laws that pertain to water transfers. The department shall seek to facilitate these transactions only if the water to be transferred is alre…

The department shall create and maintain a list of entities seeking to enter into water supply transfers, leases, exchanges, or other similar arrangements. In addition, the department shall maintain a list of the physical facilities which may be available to carry out water suppl…

The department shall prepare a water transfer guide which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) A review of existing and appropriate state and federal laws that pertain to water transfers, water markets, or water rights. (b) A list of persons or public a…

The department shall consult and coordinate its activities with other state boards, departments, agencies, or offices whose assistance may be desirable or necessary in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 970, Sec. 1.)

(a) The temporary transfer of any water or water right that otherwise would have been consumptively used or stored by the transferor in the absence of the temporary transfer, does not in any way prejudice the transferor’s right to the use of the water in the future. (b) “Consumpt…

Upon completion of the removal of a dam or reservoir such evidence as to the manner in which the work was performed and as to the conditions obtaining after the removal as the department requires shall be filed with the department. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)

This evidence shall show that a sufficient portion of the dam has been removed to permit the safe passage of floods down the watercourse across which the dam was located. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Before final approval of the removal of a dam or reservoir is issued, the department shall inspect the work and determine that all danger to life and property has been eliminated. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)