Title WAT, California Water Code

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the bylaws of the district, all elections held after the effective date of this chapter within the district, including elections for director and elections which are required by law to authorize any special taxes or bonded indebtedne…

Qualified voters within the district shall be residents of and registered voters in the district. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 234, Sec. 2. Effective July 20, 1981.)

All directors elected after the effective date of this chapter shall be residents of the district and shall be registered at the time of their election and during their term of office. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 234, Sec. 2. Effective July 20, 1981.)

Directors of the district shall be elected on an at-large basis unless the board of directors determines that directors shall be elected by divisions. The term “by divisions” as used in this chapter means the election of directors by voters of the division alone. (Added by Stats.…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time establish divisions within the district in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If the board of directors decides to establish divisions, the following shall apply: (a) The board of dire…

At the first general district election following the effective date of this chapter, the number of directors to be elected shall correspond with the number of directors whose terms expire. The directors whose terms have not expired shall serve their unexpired terms under the qual…

The provisions of this chapter shall in no way invalidate any act of the district, its directors, or its officers and employees made or performed while the district was operating as a landowner voting district. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 234, Sec. 2. Effective July 20, 1981.)

Nothing in this chapter shall affect any acts or proceedings heretofore taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district in any manner provided by law prior to the effective date of this chapter or affect the ability of the district to sell and issue an…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time alter, repeal, or amend the district’s bylaws by a majority vote. Any alteration, repeal, or amendment to the bylaws shall be recorded with the county recorder of each affected county. (Added by St…

This chapter provides an optional provision for the redemption, on an installment plan, of property sold to the district for delinquent assessments. The board may at any time, by resolution, elect to permit the redemption of property sold to the district for delinquent assessment…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Redemption amount” means the total amount which would be necessary to redeem the property from sale for delinquent assessments at the time election is made to pay delinquent assessments in installments under this chapter. (b) “Balance of the redempti…

During such time as the provisions of this chapter are effective in the district pursuant to a resolution adopted under authority of Section 37175, any person may elect to pay delinquent assessments in installments under this chapter at any time before a collector’s deed of the p…

During the time payments are made under this chapter, there shall not be: (a) Delivery of a collector’s deed. (b) Any termination of the right of redemption. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 50.)

Election to pay delinquent assessments in installments is made by payment, in the same manner as a redemption, of 3313 percent, or more, of the redemption amount. All current assessments, with penalties thereon, due or coming due for the fiscal year in which this first payment is…

In each succeeding fiscal year, the redemptioner shall pay all current assessments and penalties coming due in that fiscal year before the delinquency date of the last installment of current assessments. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 50.)

In each succeeding fiscal year, the redemptioner shall pay, before the delinquency date of the last installment of current assessments, the sum of the following: (a) That amount which is computed to be not less than the difference between the amounts previously paid under the pro…

If all payments are not made on or before the dates prescribed, a collector’s deed of the property may be delivered and the right of redemption may be terminated in the same manner as if no election to pay delinquent assessments in installments had been made. (Added by Stats. 197…

Payments under this chapter are not a redemption or partial redemption and do not affect the district’s interest in the real estate. The payments are compensation for the use of the real estate. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 50.)

If all payments under this chapter are made as prescribed and if redemption of the property is made before the delinquency date of the last installment of current assessments in the second fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year when the first payment was made, the amount necessar…

The redemption certificate for a redemption under this chapter shall show the following: (a) The amounts used to arrive at the redemption amount at the time of an election to pay delinquent assessments in installments. (b) The portions of the redemption amount and interest previo…

Excepting as provided in this chapter, the redemption shall be made in the manner provided by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 37150) of this part. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 50.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Basin” means the Kern County Groundwater Basin, as defined in Bulletin 118. (b) “District” means the Semitropic Water Storage District and its improvement districts. (c)…

This chapter applies only to the district. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 453) Effective September 22, 2016.)

(a) The district may collect groundwater extraction information and require the reporting of groundwater information within the management area and, in furtherance of that goal, may do the following: (1) Require registration of groundwater extraction facilities within the managem…

(a) In addition to levying assessments or fixing tolls and charges pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 46000) and in lieu of imposing assessments in whole or in part, the district may impose fees on the extraction of groundwater from the basin to fund the costs of the fol…

(a) This chapter shall not be construed as state approval, authorization, or funding of a project, including, but not limited to, funding available pursuant to the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014. (b) A project shall comply with all applicable st…

The Improvement Act of 1911 and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 are applicable to county drainage districts formed under this part. After approving and adopting the engineer’s report as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 56050) of this part, the district board may or…

In the application of those acts to proceedings under this part, the terms used in those acts shall have the following meanings: (a) “City council” and “council” mean board. (b) “City” and “municipality” mean district. (c) “Clerk” and “city clerk” mean secretary. (d) “Superintend…

The powers and duties conferred by those acts and supplementary acts upon boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the respective boards, officers, and agents of the district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)

No assessment or bond hereafter levied or issued shall become a lien and no person shall be deemed to have notice thereof until a certified copy of said assessment and the diagram thereto attached shall be recorded in the office of the county surveyor, if the improvement district…

Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 to the contrary, in the event the district board shall order the work contained in the report prepared by the district engineer pursuant to Chapter 5…

The board of directors shall avail itself of the equalized assessment roll of the county in which the district is situated, and take such assessments as the basis for district taxation. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 62.)

On or before the third Monday in August each year, the county auditor shall transmit to the board of directors a written statement showing the total value of all taxable land and improvements within the district, which value shall be ascertained from the equalized assessment roll…

The board of directors shall meet on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of September of each year to determine the rate of tax to be levied for district purposes for the next ensuing year. The amount of money to be raised shall be estimated by including the following: (a) T…

The board shall, after fixing the tax rate, certify the same to the county auditor. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 62.)

The county auditor shall compute the district tax on the property within the district using the rate of levy so fixed by the board and the assessed value as found in such assessment roll. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 62.)

The district taxes shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 62.)

All taxes levied under the provisions of this part shall be a lien on the property on which they are levied. All of the provisions of law, relative to the collection of state and county taxes, including the time for their payment, the giving of notice as to such time of payment, …

The tax collector shall sell to the district, for the nonpayment of taxes, the property assessed at the same time and in the same manner as property assessed for state and county taxes is sold. If the delinquent property is not redeemed within the period provided for the redempti…

All acts of the officials of the district in the levy and collection of district taxes shall be given the same credence and shall have the same presumptions as to the regularity of such actions as are given by law to the acts of officials charged with the levy and collection of s…

All deeds executed by the officers of the district shall be conclusive as to all recitals contained therein and that all acts required by law have been regularly done, and all steps required by law have been regularly taken. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 370.)

The tax collector shall, when requested, furnish the board a complete list of all delinquent taxes, of the persons owing the same and a certified copy of the assessment contained in the assessment roll. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 370.)

In the case of a sale of property for taxes or assessments, except where the sale is conducted and the funds are accounted for as provided in Division 1 (commencing with Section 101) of the Revenue and Taxation Code, all proceeds shall be accounted for and distributed as provided…

(a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2030, a water supplier shall have access to sufficient backup energy sources to operate critical fire suppression infrastructure needed to supply water for at least 24 hours for the purpose of fire suppression in high or very high fire hazard severity zo…

(a) A district may act by ordinance in exercising its powers under this division over lands, structures, and facilities in which the district has a real property interest. All ordinances shall be enacted only by rollcall vote entered into the proceedings of the board. (b) It is t…

An ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon adoption, but shall be published once in full in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published, and circulated in the district within 10 days after adoption, or if there be no such newspaper, then posted within that tim…