Title WAT, California Water Code

Bonds may be sold below the par or face value thereof, but the sale price shall not be less than 94 percent of the par or face value of the bonds, and the sale price shall include the interest which has accrued thereon up to the date of delivery of the bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1…

Successive issues of bonds shall have equal preference with respect to the redemption thereof and the payment of interest thereon, but the department may fix different maturity dates serially or otherwise for successive issues. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

All bonds issued are negotiable instruments. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

All bonds authorized for issuance by the department shall be sold by the Treasurer at public sale by bid or at private sale by negotiation, as directed by the department after consultation with the Treasurer. If the bonds are to be sold by a negotiated sale, the Treasurer shall s…

The department may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds duly authorized to be issued, but which have not yet been sold and delivered, and for that purpose may issue negotiable bond anticipation bonds and may renew such bond anticipation bonds from time to time, but t…

(a) The structures in all of the following categories shall be exempt from this article: (1) Low-income housing. For purposes of this paragraph, “low-income housing” means a residential building financed with low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, gene…

(a) Each water purveyor that sells, leases, rents, furnishes, or delivers water service to a newly constructed multiunit residential structure or newly constructed mixed-use residential and commercial structure for which an application for a water connection, or more than one con…

(a) A final occupancy permit for a building shall not be denied by a local building official if water submeters or meters have not been installed for each residential unit as required by this chapter if the building owner can demonstrate either of the following: (1) Water submete…

(a) This article does not preclude or preempt an ordinance or regulation that regulates the approval of submeter types or the installation, maintenance, reading, billing, or testing of submeters and associated onsite plumbing if the ordinance or regulation was adopted prior to Ja…

It is the intent of the Legislature that this article should not be construed to impose costs on any local government agency, except to the extent that the local government agency is a water purveyor. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 623, Sec. 5. (SB 7) Effective January 1, 2017. Secti…

This article shall become operative on January 1, 2018. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 623, Sec. 5. (SB 7) Effective January 1, 2017. Note: Delayed operative applies to Article 5, commencing with Section 537.)

(a) The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for grants awarded by the department to local agencies for the purposes of funding infrastructure rehabilitation projects. (…

(a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions as may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of financing feasibility studies of projects potentially eligible for a grant under Section 79162. (b) No single feasibility stud…

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

Any reclamation district, levee district or drainage district in which there are lands within the boundaries of the drainage district, which lands are subject to the lien of assessment number 6, or supplemental assessment number 6, levied in connection with project number 6, may …

Any officer authorized by law to collect the assessments named in this article shall accept at the face value, plus accrued interest, the warrant or warrants tendered in payment of the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Payment in warrants shall be made on a pro rata basis on all lands in the district subject to such assessment. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

It is discretionary with the board of trustees of any such reclamation district, levee district or drainage district to apply such warrants in payment of the assessment, or to apply the same as provided by Article 2 of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

If any such warrants are delivered by the board of trustees to the county treasurer having the custody of the funds of any district, under the provisions of Article 2 of this chapter or otherwise, the county treasurer, shall upon the request of the board of trustees return the wa…

If the assessment, or any part of it has been paid in warrants by the district on any lands in the district by funds other than the funds of the district, the district shall deliver to the owner of such lands a warrant of the drainage district, levied in connection with project n…

If it appears to the trustees of any such district that any such warrants owned by it will be paid from any assessment thereafter to be levied, and in their opinion 85 per cent, or more, of the moneys necessary to pay the warrants will be raised by an assessment on the lands with…

The trustees shall not return the warrants to the board for cancellation, without the consent of the board, if an assessment is then in process of being levied to pay the warrants. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Any reclamation, levee, irrigation, drainage or other district whatever, or any city, county, or political subdivision may make any contract, expend any of its money, or do anything which its governing body determines will directly or indirectly retire, reduce or remove from any …

The proceeds from the sale of bonds shall be paid to the Treasurer or the designee of the Treasurer to the credit of the construction fund. (Amended by Stats. 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 5, Sec. 5. Effective June 6, 1991.)

The proceeds shall be paid out, disbursed, or applied solely for one or more of the following: (a) The construction, reconstruction, and repair of the project. (b) Surveys and the preparation of plans and specifications. (c) Payment of all other costs and expenses prior to and du…

(a) If the department sells bonds to finance a water purchase, the bonds, including all refinancing of the bonds, shall be scheduled to mature within five years of the date of the initial sale of the bonds. (b) (1) Subdivision (a) does not apply to bonds sold to finance a water p…

The department may agree with the purchaser of bonds upon any conditions or limitations restricting the disbursement of the proceeds that may be deemed advisable for the purpose of assuring the proper application of the proceeds. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

(a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for grants and loans awarded by the department to local agencies for the purposes of funding urban water conservation proje…

(a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions that may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of financing feasibility studies of projects potentially eligible for a loan under Section 79163. (b) No single feasibility stu…

From the money deposited in the construction fund the State Treasurer shall transfer to the place or places of payment named in the bonds the sums required to pay the interest as it becomes due on all bonds sold and outstanding for the construction of the project during the perio…

After the periods mentioned in the next preceding section the Treasurer shall transfer from the revenue fund to the place or places named in the bonds the sums required to pay the interest on the bonds and redeem the principal thereof as such interest payments and bond redemption…

All funds transferred for the payment of principal or interest on bonds shall be segregated and applied solely for the payment of the principal and interest. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

Any surplus which exists in the construction fund shall be applied to the retirement of bonds issued for construction of the project by purchase or call. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

In the event the bonds cannot be purchased at a price satisfactory to the department and are not by their terms callable prior to maturity such surplus shall be paid into the fund applicable to the payment of principal and interest of the bonds and shall be used for that purpose.…

The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may provide limitations and conditions upon the time and manner of applying such surplus to the purchase and call of outstanding bonds. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The terms upon which the bonds shall be purchased or called and such limitations and conditions as are mentioned in the preceding section shall be followed and observed in the application and use of such surplus. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

All bonds retired by purchase or call shall be immediately canceled. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every water purveyor who sells, leases, rents, furnishes, or delivers water service to any person shall require, as a condition of new water service on and after January 1, 1992, that a suitable water meter to measure the water serv…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an urban water supplier that, on or after January 1, 2004, receives water from the federal Central Valley Project under a water service contract or subcontract executed pursuant to Section 485h(c) of Title 43 of the United States Co…

(a) An urban water supplier that is not subject to Section 526 shall do both of the following: (1) Install water meters on all municipal and industrial service connections located within its service area on or before January 1, 2025. (2) (A) Charge each customer that has a servic…

Notwithstanding Sections 526 and 527, any water purveyor that becomes an urban water supplier on or after January 1, 2005, shall do both the following: (a) Install water meters on all municipal and industrial service connections located within its service area within 10 years of …

(a) This article addresses a subject matter of statewide concern. (b) Subject to subdivision (c), this article supersedes and preempts all enactments, including charter provisions and amendments thereto, and other local action of cities and counties, including charter cities and …

On and after January 1, 2010, any urban water supplier that applies for financial assistance from the state for a wastewater treatment project, a water use efficiency project, or a drinking water treatment project, or for a permit for a new or expanded water supply, shall demonst…

This article does not limit the authority of a water purveyor that promotes conservation through volumetric water pricing, including, but not limited to, an urban water supplier that promotes conservation through volumetric water pricing, to determine and impose a rate, fee, or c…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Aggregated farm-gate delivery data” means information reflecting the total volume of water an agricultural water supplier provides to its customers and i…

(a) (1) An agricultural water supplier shall submit an annual report to the department that summarizes aggregated farm-gate delivery data, on a monthly or bimonthly basis, using best professional practices. The annual report for the prior year shall be submitted to the department…