Title WAT, California Water Code

This article applies to any fee established or required to be paid under Article 1 (commencing with Section 1525), to any fee or expense set to cover the expenses of the board under Part 3 (commencing with Section 2000), and to any fee set under Section 13160.1 that is required t…

The applicable part of the county assessment rolls as made by the county assessor and equalized or corrected by the board of supervisors or the State Board of Equalization shall be the basis for levying the district’s assessments; provided, that in any case where the board of dir…

If in the Madera Irrigation District, the county assessment roll reflects assessed value based on the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 (Williamson Act), (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code) for any parcel, t…

On or before the first Monday of March of each year, the board of directors of the district shall cause to be filed with the county auditor a description of the exterior boundaries of any portion of the district in which a rate of assessment is to be levied which is different fro…

Annually, on or before the third Monday in August, the county auditor shall transmit to the directors of the district a written statement showing separately the total value of all lands within the district subject to assessment and the total value of all such lands in any portion…

Where the district has not elected to transfer the duties of collector to the county tax collector, the county assessor shall furnish the district a duplicate of the applicable portions of the county’s assessment rolls at the time of transmittal of the statement of values require…

Within 15 days after receipt of the statement of values and duplicate rolls, the district’s board of directors shall levy an annual assessment upon the land within the district in the same manner as provided in Chapters 2 and 3 of this part. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)

Where the district has not elected to transfer the duties of collector to the county tax collector, the secretary shall compute and enter in a separate column of the assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as an annual district assessment on the land listed and deliver the…

Upon receiving the roll from the secretary, the collector shall proceed with the collection of the assessment in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of this part, and such provisions shall apply to all proceedings for the enforcement of the collection of the as…

At least 90 days before any interest date of the bonds, the treasurer of the district shall certify to the county treasurer of each affected county an estimate of the amount of money and the percentage of the assessment together with the interest thereon, or only of the interest,…

Each county treasurer shall cause to be published once a week for two successive weeks in the county of which he is county treasurer a notice substantially in the following form: (Name of water storage district.) Notice is hereby given that an installment of assessment (describin…

If any part of the installment or any interest thereon remains unpaid at the expiration of 30 days from the date of the notice, it becomes delinquent, and 10 percent of the unpaid amount of the installment and interest shall be added thereto and collected by the county treasurer.…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 407, Sec. 2.)

The definition of a word applies to any of its variants. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 407, Sec. 2.)

“Water purveyor” means any person who furnishes water service to another person. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 407, Sec. 2.)

“Person” means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or public entity of any kind. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 407, Sec. 2.)

“Public entity” includes a city, county, city and county, whether general law or chartered, a district, board, commission, bureau, authority, agency, department, division, section, any other political subdivision of the state of any kind, or the state. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. …

“Water service” means the sale, lease, rental, furnishing, or delivery of water for beneficial use, and includes, but is not limited to, contracting for that sale, lease, rental, furnishing, or delivery of water, except bottled water. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 407, Sec. 2.)

“Water meter” includes any suitable water measuring device or facility which measures or determines the volumetric flow of water. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 407, Sec. 2.)

“Submeter” means a device that measures water consumption of an individual rental unit within a multiunit residential structure or mixed-use residential and commercial structure, and that is owned and operated by the owner of the structure or the owner’s agent. As used in this se…

The Flood Control and Prevention Account is hereby created in the fund. The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) is hereby transferred from the fund to the account. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the account is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the department for the purposes set forth in subdivision (b). (b) (1) The money in the account shall be used to pay for the s…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Account” means the Water Conservation Account created by Section 79152. (b) (1) “Water conservation program or project” means those feasible capital outlay measures unde…

The Water Conservation Account is hereby created in the fund. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

(a) The sum of one hundred fifty-five million dollars ($155,000,000) is hereby transferred from the fund to the account for the purposes of this chapter. (b) Unallocated funds remaining in the Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Subaccount in the Water Supply Reliability …

(a) Any loan agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter may include provisions determined to be necessary by the department. (b) Any loan agreement pursuant to this chapter shall include all of the following: (1) A finding by the department that the agency has the ability to…

(a) Any grant agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter may include provisions determined to be necessary by the department. (b) Any grant agreement pursuant to this chapter shall include both of the following: (1) A determination by the department that the project is econo…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations set forth in Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 450.1) of Division 2 of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations that are in effect on March 8, 2000, may be used to carry out this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. …

Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used by the department 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…

Any compensation made to any municipal corporation, or person, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be applied toward the payment of any assessment upon any tract of land assessed for any particular portion or project owned by the municipal corporation, or per…

The compensation made to any reclamation district, levee district or drainage district shall be applied and credited pro rata toward the payment of the balance remaining unpaid upon the assessments levied by the board against the land respectively situated within the reclamation …

When the compensation applied pursuant to the provisions of the next preceding section exceeds the total amount of such credits upon the assessments upon the lands in the district, the excess shall be paid to the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Whenever any reclamation district, levee district, or drainage district has warrants or a bond issue outstanding, or both, compensation made pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be paid directly to the district, and the compensation shall be applied and paid by the di…

The compensation, or the proceeds thereof, when received by any reclamation district shall be paid or delivered by the board of trustees thereof to the county treasurer having the custody of the funds of the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The county treasurer shall place the compensation paid to a reclamation district in the fund of the district out of which warrants are payable. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

When compensation is received by any levee district, or drainage district, it shall be paid or delivered by the governing body thereof to the officer having the custody of the funds who shall place the compensation into the proper funds of the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch.…

Any reclamation district, levee district, or drainage district, to which compensation is made, shall apply the same, or the proceeds thereof, to the payment of outstanding warrants of the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

If any reclamation district, levee district, or drainage district, has a bond issue outstanding, the board of trustees of the district shall direct the county treasurer, or officer having the custody of the funds of the district to apply any residue of such compensation after the…

The county treasurer, or other officer having the custody of the funds of the district shall comply with such directions and transfer to the proper fund the necessary amount therefor. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The county treasurer shall transfer sufficient funds from the general fund of the district to the bond and interest fund for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Section 9018. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Any district, association or corporation may act under this article through a majority of its trustees or other governing body. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Bonds issued under this part shall contain a recital on the face thereof that the payment or redemption of the bonds and the payment of interest thereon is secured by a first and direct charge and lien upon the revenues of any nature whatever received from the operation of the Ce…

Bonds issued under this part shall not constitute or be a debt, liability, or obligation of the State. Payment of both principal and interest of all such bonds shall be secured only by the rates, charges, and revenues established or accruing from the use or operation of the proje…

All bond redemption and interest payments shall constitute a first and direct charge and lien on all revenues received from the operation of the project, on all interest accruing from such revenues, and on all sinking funds created out of such revenues. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch.…

The collection of revenues shall be continued until all bonds with interest thereon are fully redeemed and paid. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

There is in the State Treasury a Water Rights Fund, which is hereby established. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 741, Sec. 85. Effective January 1, 2004.)