Title WAT, California Water Code

Each person or entity who files a notice pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 4999) shall pay an annual fee according to a fee schedule established by the board. The board shall adopt the schedule of fees pursuant to Section 1530. The board shall set the filing fees in an …

(a) The board shall adopt a schedule of fees pursuant to Section 1530 to recover costs incurred in administering Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 10735) of Part 2.74 of Division 6. Recoverable costs include, but are not limited to, costs incurred in connection with investigati…

(a) The board shall adopt, by emergency regulation, the schedules of fees authorized under this article. The emergency regulation may include provisions concerning the administration and collection of the fees. The fee schedules may be graduated in accordance with the number of d…

The procedure provided by this chapter shall be optional with any district electing as herein provided to proceed hereinunder and shall be an alternate procedure to that set forth in Chapters 1 to 7, inclusive, of this part. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 35.)

At its option, the board of directors of a district may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to dispense with either the office of assessor or both the offices of assessor and collector of the district, and to transfer the duties of either the assessor or of both such offic…

(a) At its option, the board of directors of the Madera Irrigation District may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to dispense with either the office of the assessor or the office of the collector of the district. Such resolution shall specify either or both of the follow…

Certified copies of such resolution shall be served on the clerk of the board of supervisors and on the auditor, assessor and collector of the county or counties in which the lands within the district are located and shall be filed with the State Board of Equalization. (Amended b…

Within 30 days of the receipt of such resolution, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution advising the district of the charges to be made for the services to be performed by the county. If the board of directors elects to accept the terms offered by the county, it shall…

The acceptance of the county’s terms by the district as evidenced by the board’s resolution shall constitute a contract between the county and the district which shall become effective on the last Friday of December next following its adoption and which shall continue for a term …

The district shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code. The statement and map or plat shall also set forth the boundaries of any portion of the district in which a rate of taxation is to be …

The board of supervisors may require in the contract that upon the effective date of the contract, the district officers shall continue to perform all the duties relative to the collection of district assessments, including delinquent assessments, levied prior to the effective da…

Upon termination of the contract, the board of directors of the district shall appoint an assessor, or both an assessor and collector, who shall serve until the election of their successor at the next general district election. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)

After termination of the contract, the county officers shall continue with the collection of district assessments on the county rolls and with the redemption or deeding of property subject to delinquent district assessments on county rolls until all such assessments have been col…

The lien of any unpaid assessment upon which bonds have been issued continues until all the bonds have been paid in full. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

If for any reason any part of the principal or interest of the bonds remains unpaid after enforcement of the assessment as provided in this division, the board shall order an additional or supplemental assessment to be made as provided in this division sufficient to pay the unpai…

The additional or supplemental assessment shall be enforced and collected in the same manner as the original assessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

Where bonds of the district have been authorized to be issued on the assessments, all unpaid assessments bear interest at the rate of 7 percent per year from the date of the bonds issued thereon until the bonds have been fully paid and discharged. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)…

The interest due at any time on unpaid assessments may be called without calling any installment of the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The word installment as used in this chapter shall be construed as applying to interest as well as to principal, as the case may be. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Measurement Law. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 407, Sec. 2.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this chapter, “account” means the Flood Control and Prevention Account created by Section 78686.10. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)

The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conservation programs can help meet the growing demand for clean and abundant water supplies throughout the state. (b) The participation of the state in the construction of local water con…

Any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, or municipal corporation, wholly or partly within the drainage district, may, with the permission of the board, acquire by grant or eminent domain or otherwise, any right of way or other easement included in any of the …

The right of way or other easement acquired pursuant to the next preceding section shall be required by the plans of the reclamation, levee, or drainage district or municipal corporation for the consummation of its purposes as authorized by law. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

Any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district or municipal corporation, wholly or partly within the drainage district may with the permission of the board, construct levees, cuts, canals or gates required to complete any by-pass forming part of the plans to be carri…

The title to any such right of way or other easement or levees, cuts, canals or gates shall be conveyed to the drainage district upon compensation being made for the cost thereof. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

If any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, municipal corporation, or person within the drainage district, with the consent of the board, provides or leaves any land for a by-pass, waterway, storage basin or sump for the purpose of complying with the plans to …

When the compensation has been made, the reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, municipal corporation, or person shall convey to the drainage district a perpetual easement in, over and upon the by-pass, storage basin, sump or levee for all purposes necessary to …

Any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, municipal corporation or person which does any of the following, with the consent of the board has a claim against the drainage district for the reasonable value of the rights of way, levees, cuts, canals or gates that …

An easement shall be levied upon the lands in the drainage district benefited thereby so that the claim may be paid. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

In lieu of levying an assessment pursuant to Section 9002 the cost of the claim may be included as one of the items in any assessment that may be levied in the drainage district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.)

The words “with the permission of the board” or “with the consent of the board,” as used in this article mean the express permission or consent of the board in each particular case, evidenced by resolution or order entered in its minutes, and granted upon application of the parti…

Before granting its permission for the acquiring of any right of way or easement or for the construction of any of the levees or other works mentioned in this article, the board may require the applicant to furnish and submit to the board complete and detailed plans and specifica…

In case the board determines that the ownership in fee of, instead of the right of way or easement over, any land required for use as a by-pass, overflow channel or basin, or for any part of the works of flood control to be carried out by the board, is necessary, or that the abso…

Bonds shall be issued in the name of the department and shall constitute obligations only of the department and shall be identified as Central Valley Project revenue bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

Any provisions not inconsistent with this part may be contained in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds which limit, restrict, or regulate the holding, deposit, investment, and application of money consisting of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds or the revenues…

While any bonds remain outstanding, the powers, duties or existence of the department or any official or agency of the State shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversely the interests and rights of the holders of the bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1957,…

The holder of any bond may by mandamus or other appropriate proceedings require and compel the performance of any of the duties imposed upon any state department, official, or employee in connection with any of the following: (a) The construction of the project. (b) The collectio…

The enumeration of rights and remedies in the next preceding section does not exclude the exercise or prosecution of any other rights or remedies by holders of bonds. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The department may contract loans and borrow money from the United States through the sale of bonds upon such conditions and terms as may be agreed to and such bonds shall be subject to all the provisions of this part except the requirement that bonds be first offered at public s…

Temporary or interim bonds, certificates, or receipts, of any denominations and with or without coupons attached thereto, signed by the director, may be issued and delivered until the definitive bonds are executed and available for delivery. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

The purchase price of bonds shall be paid for the account of the department to the Treasurer or the designee of the Treasurer. (Amended by Stats. 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 5, Sec. 3. Effective June 6, 1991.)

Notwithstanding anything otherwise provided in this part, any expense incurred by the department for advertising, engraving, printing, clerical, legal, or other services necessary to properly perform the services and duties relating to the sale and issuance of bonds shall be paid…

The department shall return the appropriation made by Chapter 12 of the Statutes of 1935, or so much thereof as is used, with interest thereon at the rate of 4 percent per annum to the General Fund in the State Treasury from the proceeds of the first sale of revenue bonds issued …

(a) Any fee subject to this chapter that is required in connection with the filing of an application, registration, request, statement, or proof of claim, other than an annual fee required after the period covered by the initial filing fee, shall be paid to the board. (b) If a fe…

All annual fees, other than the initial filing fee required in connection with the filing of an application, registration, petition, or request, or proof of claim, and all unpaid fees and expenses referred to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for collection …