Title WAT, California Water Code

If the district board fails to furnish to the board of supervisors the written statement of the amount necessary, the board of supervisors of the county shall ascertain the amount necessary to pay the interest on the bonds for that year and the portion of the principal that is to…

The tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes, and when collected shall be paid into the treasury of the county to the credit of the district, and shall be used for the payment of the principal and interest upon the…

The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid by the treasurer of the county in the manner now or hereafter provided by law for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds of the county. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)

In any year, at least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located, is required by law to levy the amount of taxes required by law for county purposes, the district board may furnish to the board of sup…

The tax shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes, and the revenue derived from the tax shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the operating fund of the district, and the district board shall…

Payment from the operating fund shall be made upon claims allowed by the district board. Claims for money or damages against the district are governed by the provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of …

The cost of preparing the engineer’s report, including the compensation paid engineers and other employees of the district, is a charge against the district and shall be paid from the first available funds of the district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)

Every person who violates any of the provisions of this part or of any approval, order, rule, regulation, or requirement of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail not …

Any person who wilfully obstructs, hinders, or prevents the department or its agents or employees from performing the duties imposed by this part or who wilfully resists the exercise of the control and supervision conferred by this part upon the department or its agents or employ…

Any owner or any person acting as a director, officer, agent, or employee of an owner, or any contractor or agent or employee of a contractor who engages in the construction, enlargement, repair, alteration, maintenance, or removal of any dam or reservoir, who knowingly does work…

(a) Any owner who fails to pay any further fee or any part of a further fee required to be paid pursuant to Section 6305 within the time required shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the further fee or part of the further fee, plus interest at the rate of one-half of 1 percent pe…

(a) The department may impose reservoir restrictions and levy property liens on an owner of a dam who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this part or any approval, order, rule, regulation, or requirement of the department. (b) (1) The department shall post, and update …

Any person who unlawfully constructs or operates a dam without approval from the department shall pay a fine in the amount of the annual fees and the late penalties that would have been due for the period starting from the date the dam was completed to the date the violation was …

An owner of a dam who fails to comply with a department order to prepare an acceptable emergency action plan shall pay the cost and expense incurred by the department to prepare the emergency action plan. The department’s cost and expense shall be recoverable by the state from th…

In addition to any penalties imposed by any other law, the department may impose a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day upon any owner of a dam who fails to comply with any provision of this part. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 94. (SB 92) Effective J…

(a) The Attorney General, upon request of the department, shall bring an action in superior court seeking injunctive relief, penalties, fees, costs, or any other remedies available to the department under this division. (b) Any action or proceeding under this division shall be co…

Whenever any district formed under the Protection District Act of 1880 or any other act for the protection of lands from overflow desires to reorganize under this part the district may bring itself within the provisions of this part by unanimously adopting a resolution stating th…

The original district directors shall be deemed the successors and legal representatives of the district so reorganized. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 370.)

This reorganization shall in no manner impair any obligation heretofore legally incurred by the reorganized levee district. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 370.)

The sum of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund for competitive grants for projects set forth in this section to protect communities from drought, protect and improve water quality, and improve local wat…

(a) The department shall administer 50 percent of the funds, and the board shall administer the remaining 50 percent of the funds, made available to the program described in Sections 79560 and 79561. (b) For projects proposed to be funded pursuant to Section 79560 that include an…

For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the department and the board shall jointly develop project solicitation and evaluation guidelines. Before developing the solicitation and evaluation guidelines, the department and the board shall jointly conduct a public meeting to r…

Money appropriated in Section 79560 shall be available for grants for water management projects that include one or more of the following elements: (a) Programs for water supply reliability, water conservation, and water use efficiency. (b) Storm water capture, storage, treatment…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated to the department for the purposes of Sections 79560 and 79560.1, the department shall allocate the sum of not less than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) to competitive grants for groundwater management…

An amount, not to exceed 10 percent of the money available for appropriation in Section 79560, may be appropriated by the Legislature for facilities, equipment, and other expenses associated with the establishment of comprehensive statewide groundwater monitoring pursuant to Part…

(a) For the purposes of carrying out Section 79560, the department shall award grants to eligible projects consistent with an adopted integrated regional water management plan. (b) For purposes of subdivision (a), the department shall establish standards for integrated regional w…

At least 50 percent of the amount available for appropriation in Section 79560 shall be appropriated to the board. The board shall establish procedures for selecting among eligible projects specified in Section 79561 that use the procedures developed by the board for stakeholder-…

(a) The board, to the extent that funds are appropriated pursuant to Section 79563 of the Water Code for purposes that are consistent with this section, shall fund the development of one or more integrated coastal watershed management plans. (b) The plans shall be designed to all…

To be eligible for financing pursuant to Section 79563, a project shall meet both of the following criteria: (a) The project is consistent with an adopted integrated water management plan designed to improve regional water supply reliability, water recycling, water conservation, …

(a) Of the funds made available by Section 79560, not less than 40 percent shall be available for eligible projects in northern California and not less than 40 percent be available for eligible projects in southern California, subject to a determination by the administering agenc…

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of one hundred forty million dollars ($140,000,000) is hereby continuously appropriated from the fund to the Wildlife Conservation Board, without regard to fiscal years, for expenditure by the board and for grants, for…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 162, the commission may make the determinations, findings, and recommendations required of it by this chapter independent of the views of the director. All final actions by the commission in implementing this chapter shall be taken by a majority of the…

Projects for which the public benefits are eligible for funding under this chapter consist of only the following: (a) Surface storage projects identified in the CALFED Bay-Delta Program Record of Decision, dated August 28, 2000, except for projects prohibited by Chapter 1.4 (comm…

A project shall not be funded pursuant to this chapter unless it provides measurable improvements to the Delta ecosystem or to the tributaries to the Delta. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)

(a) Funds allocated pursuant to this chapter may be expended solely for the following public benefits associated with water storage projects: (1) Ecosystem improvements, including changing the timing of water diversions, improvement in flow conditions, temperature, or other benef…

In consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the state board, and the Department of Water Resources, the commission shall develop and adopt, by regulation, methods for quantification and management of public benefits described in Section 79753 by December 15, 2016. T…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no funds allocated pursuant to this chapter may be allocated for a project before December 15, 2016, and until the commission approves the project based on the commission’s determination that all of the following have occurred: (1) The c…

(a) The public benefit cost share of a project funded pursuant to this chapter, other than a project described in subdivision (c) of Section 79751, shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of any project funded under this chapter. (b) No project may be funded unless it prov…

(a) A project is not eligible for funding under this chapter unless, by January 1, 2022, all of the following conditions are met: (1) All feasibility studies are complete and draft environmental documentation is available for public review. (2) The commission makes a finding that…

Surface storage projects funded pursuant to this chapter and described in subdivision (a) of Section 79751 may be made a unit of the Central Valley Project as provided in Section 11290 and may be financed, acquired, constructed, operated, and maintained pursuant to Part 3 (commen…

(a) The funds allocated for the design, acquisition, and construction of surface storage projects identified in the CALFED Bay-Delta Record of Decision, dated August 28, 2000, pursuant to this chapter may be provided for those purposes to local joint powers authorities formed by …

(a) In approving the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014, the people were informed and hereby declare that the provisions of this chapter are necessary, integral, and essential to meeting the single object or work of the Water Quality, Supply, and In…