Title WAT, California Water Code

The governing body charged with the levying of taxes or assessments in any state agency which contracts to purchase from the department any water, use of water, water storage, electric power, or other service shall provide for the punctual payment to the department of all amounts…

The governing body shall, whenever necessary, levy upon all property in the state agency not exempt from taxation, a tax or assessment sufficient to provide for all payments under the contract then due or to become due within the then current fiscal year or within the following f…

All officers of any State agency charged with the collection of the taxes or assessments levied by the State agency shall enforce and collect all taxes or assessments levied or assessed for the purpose of providing payment of the money due or to become due under a contract as pro…

All money collected for taxes or assessments under this article shall be kept in a separate fund by the treasurer or other officer of the state agency charged with the safekeeping and disbursement of funds of the state agency, and, upon the written demand of the department, the t…

In the event of failure, neglect, or refusal of any officer of any state agency to levy any tax or assessment necessary to provide payment by the state agency under any contract with the department, to enforce or to collect the tax or assessment, or to pay over to the department …

The use by the department of any remedy specified in this article for the enforcement of any contract made with it is not exclusive and shall not deprive the department of, or limit the application of, any other remedy provided by law. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

The California Water Fund is created as a special fund in the State Treasury, the moneys, securities, and increment of which shall be held by the State Treasurer and shall be expended upon projects when appropriated by the Legislature. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 140.)

The Investment Fund in the State Treasury is hereby abolished. Upon the effective date of this chapter, the Controller shall transfer all resources of the Investment Fund to the California Water Fund. All references in any law to the Investment Fund shall hereafter be deemed to r…

There shall be deposited in the California Water Fund: (a) All resources of the Investment Fund. (b) All receipts and revenues of any type and nature derived from any project constructed, operated, or maintained in whole or in part from the fund, except such receipts and revenues…

Of the amounts deposited in the California Water Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of the Public Resources Code, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be deposited annually in a special account in the California Water Fund for appropriation by the Legislature to …

The Director of Finance shall cause all moneys in the fund which are in excess of current requirements to be invested and reinvested from time to time in securities described in Section 16430 of the Government Code, and such securities may be sold or exchanged if in his opinion s…

All of the assets in the fund shall be retained in the State Treasury in the fund and shall not be expended except upon appropriations made by the Legislature. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 140.)

To the extent the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent or in conflict with any of those provisions of Part 3 (commencing at Section 11100) of Division 6, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 140.)

It is hereby declared that the people of the state have a primary interest in the development of facilities to recycle water containing waste to supplement existing surface and underground water supplies and to assist in meeting the future water requirements of the state. (Amende…

The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial portion of the future water requirements of this state may be economically met by beneficial use of recycled water. The Legislature further finds and declares that the utilization of recycled water by local communities for dom…

It is the intention of the Legislature that the state undertake all possible steps to encourage development of water recycling facilities so that recycled water may be made available to help meet the growing water requirements of the state. (Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 28, Sec. 2…

The issuance of a permit continues in effect the priority of right as of the date of the application and gives the right to take and use the amount of water specified in the permit until the issuance of a license for the use of the water or until the permit is revoked. (Amended b…

In case of the neglect or refusal of the collector of any district to perform the duties imposed upon him, the tax collector of the office county shall perform his duties and be accountable therefor upon his official bond. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

When any county tax collector collects any assessments for any district, he shall pay the proceeds to the county treasurer of the office county. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

As to money collected by the county tax collector and paid to the county treasurer, the county treasurer shall perform the duties ordinarily imposed on the treasurer of a district and be accountable therefor upon his official bond. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The county treasurer shall place the money of the district in a special fund to the credit of the district and shall disburse it to the proper persons for the purposes for which the assessments raising it were levied. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The county treasurer shall not pay any part of the money to the treasurer of the district until the county treasurer is satisfied that all of the valid obligations for which the assessments were levied and for which payment has been demanded have been paid. (Added by Stats. 1943,…

The department shall, prior to June 15th of each year, prepare a statement for each service area. The statement shall contain a budget showing the amount of money estimated to be necessary to pay the costs of administration of the service area and the distribution of water therei…

The budget shall include all of the following: (a) Expenses theretofore incurred for the payment of which funds are not available. (b) The cost of an annual watermaster report covering the current calendar year to be prepared at the end of said year. (c) A reasonable estimate for…

The statement shall also contain an apportionment of the amount of the budget among the owners of the various rights to store or divert within the service area. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 230, Sec. 25. Effective August 16, 2004.)

In all cases where a water right is owned by two or more persons, they shall pay in proportion to their respective interests in the water right, and, when the extent of the several interests is known to the department, the statement prepared by the department shall contain an app…

At any time before direct assessment warrants are issued, the amount of any assessment on any land, exclusive of interest and the 10 percent added for anticipated delinquencies, may be paid in money. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 976.)

Land on which the amount of the assessment has been paid pursuant to Section 45920 shall not be subject to the annual installments of the assessments levied for the purposes of the project or contract, but it shall be and remain liable for any assessments levied for operation and…

Any landowner who desires at any time to lessen or remove the lien upon his land of any direct assessment may deliver to the district treasurer for cancellation warrants payable out of the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 976.)

The board may require warrants delivered to lessen or remove an assessment lien to be substantially of the average maturities of the issue of warrants. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 976.)

The treasurer shall notify the board of the amount of the principal and interest due and to become due on the warrants delivered for cancellation. The board shall thereupon cause the proper cancellation and proper record and credit to be made against the assessment on the land of…

The supplementary assessment shall be apportioned among the respective tracts of land in the proportions which the total amounts assessed against the tracts by the original and all subsequent assessments for construction purposes bear to one another. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 39…

The order making the supplementary assessment shall be entered in the minutes of the board, shall state the total amount necessary to be raised, and shall fix the rate of assessment, which shall be the percentage of the total amount assessed by the original and all subsequent ass…

Upon making the assessment order, the board shall prepare a supplementary assessment roll showing all the following: (a) A description of each tract assessed. (b) The total of assessments against each tract for construction purposes. (c) The rate of assessment. (d) The exact amou…

Upon the completion of the supplementary assessment roll, the board shall file with the county treasurer of each county in which is situated land subject to the assessment, a copy of so much of the assessment roll as pertains to land within that county. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch.…

The supplementary assessment is a lien upon each tract shown to be assessed by the copy of the assessment roll filed with the county treasurer for the amount assessed against it. The lien is of the same character and has the same incidents as the lien of an original assessment fo…

At any time within 60 days from the filing of the copy of the assessment roll with the county treasurer, it may be amended by the board to correct errors either on its own initiative or at the instance of any land owner affected. The amendment shall be made by endorsement upon th…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that voluntary water transfers between water users can result in a more efficient use of water, benefiting both the buyer and the seller. The Legislature further finds and declares that transfers of surplus water on an intermittent basis …

Immediately upon completion of the repair or alteration of any dam or reservoir, the owner shall give notice of completion to the department and as soon thereafter as possible shall file with it supplementary drawings or descriptive matter showing or describing the dam or reservo…

As soon as practicable the dam or reservoir as repaired or altered shall be inspected by the department. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)

A certificate of approval shall be issued upon a finding that the dam or reservoir is safe to impound water within the limitations prescribed in the certificate. Pending issuance of a new certificate of approval, the owner of the dam or reservoir shall not, through action or inac…

The certificate of approval shall supersede any previous certificate of approval issued for the dam or reservoir so repaired or altered. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1225.)

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the board shall proceed with the hearing, conduct the hearing, make changes to the enterprise or the estimated amount of the proposed debt and hold hearings on the changes pursuant to Sections 71880 to 71883, inclusive. (Added by Stat…

The purpose of this article is to provide grant funding for projects that protect the beneficial uses of water throughout the state through the control of nonpoint source pollution. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Best management practices” means those practices or set of practices determined by the board, a regional board, or the water quality planning agency for a designated are…

There is hereby created in the account the Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Subaccount. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)