Title WAT, California Water Code

The same proceedings shall be had on the distribution district inclusion petition as upon the original petition for the formation of a distribution district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 169.)

This chapter provides an alternative procedure for forming an improvement district within a district for the purpose of the construction of improvements in it, or the acquisition, installation, replacement, or extension of existing works for the production and distribution of wat…

Unless otherwise expressly provided the formation proceedings provided by this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the next preceding chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

No petition is required for the formation of an improvement district pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The board may by resolution cause a survey of the proposed improvement to be made, which survey shall include each of the following: (a) Detailed plans and specifications. (b) An estimate of the total cost of the improvement. (c) A description of the land to be benefited. (Added …

Any money belonging to a district may be deposited by the officer of the district who has legal custody of the money, in accordance with the general laws governing the deposit of public money. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Where the deposit of money is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation no additional security need be required from the bank for the portion of the district’s deposits so insured. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Where arrangements have been made by the district with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for deposit of district funds in the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States, such deposits may be made in that bank or any branch of it without requiring any security or interest. (Ad…

Any district may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any or all of the outstanding bonds and warrants of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 684.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division requiring any election, any district described in Section 20560.1 may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any or all of the outstanding bonds of the district, even if the principal amount of the refunding bonds i…

The board shall call an election for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1226, Sec. 49.)

Notice of the election shall be given and it shall be held and its result determined and declared substantially in the manner provided for a bond election, except that a majority vote only is required for the authorization of refunding bonds. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Any issue of refunding bonds may in the discretion of the board mature serially or at one time. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The maturities of refunding bonds shall be fixed by the board. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1226, Sec. 50.)

Each district by its board each year within 15 days after the close of its session as a board of equalization shall levy an annual assessment upon the land within the district in an amount sufficient to raise all of the following: (a) Interest due or that will become due on all o…

(a) If a refunding bond plan or modification of it provides for the raising of a fixed amount each year to be applied to the payment of interest on or redemption of refunding bonds in the manner provided in the refunding plan or modification of it, the annual assessment shall inc…

The annual assessment shall also include a levy sufficient to pay all of the following: (a) Sums due or that will become due from the district before the close of the next ensuing calendar year on account of rentals or charges for property acquired by the district under lease or …

The annual assessment may include a levy sufficient to raise any or all of the following: (a) The amount that the board determines is necessary for a depreciation fund for the replacement or reconstruction of any specific units of its works. (b) The amount that the board determin…

The annual assessment may include a levy on land included by inclusion proceedings subsequent to formation of the district sufficient to pay the obligations as they accrue assumed by the included land in the proceedings including it. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

A district may in lieu either in whole or in part of levying the annual assessments for district purposes use any revenue derived prior to or during the next enusing calendar year from charges which the district may fix and collect pursuant to Section 22280. (Added by Stats. 1943…

At the time of levying the annual assessment, there shall be added by the board to the annual assessment on land within any improvement district or distribution district within any district: (a) The installment, if any, for which the land is liable in that year by reason of an im…

Land which is not a part of the district, whether or not contiguous to it, may be included within the district. If such land is not capable of being served water at the time of inclusion, the board may exempt the included parcel from the imposition of district assessments, in who…

The board may, if it deems it to be for the best interest of the district, by resolution submit to the voters at any district election the question whether the directors shall be elected by divisions or from divisions. The term “by divisions,” as used in this article, means elect…

If the question is submitted to the voters at a general district election, the notices required by Section 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on the ballot. If the question is submitted to the voters at any district election, other tha…

If the question submitted to the voters of the district pursuant to this article provides for the election of directors by divisions and is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question, then: (a) The board shall promptly by resolution divide the district into five …

If the question submitted to the voters of the district pursuant to this article provides for the election of directors from divisions and is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question, then: (a) The board shall promptly by resolution divide the district into fiv…

Directors elected by division shall be voters of the divisions by which they are elected. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

Districts may cooperate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto or any other act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted permitting cooperation. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch…

The cooperation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Acquisition, extension, or operation of works for irrigation or drainage or flood control, or the development of electric or other power. (b) A water supply. (c) Assumption as principal or guarantor…

Districts may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

To carry out the preceding sections of this article a district has all powers, rights, and privileges possessed by irrigation districts and may exercise those powers, rights, and privileges in the same manner as irrigation districts as provided in the Irrigation District Federal …

If any provision of the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law is held unconstitutional, that decision shall not affect the validity of the adoption by reference in this article of the remaining portions of that law. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

In any contract made between a county water district and the United States pursuant to this article, the land which may be charged with any taxes or assessments under the contract shall be designated and described. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The contract shall not include any land which is not susceptible of service with water from the water works or system contemplated in the contract. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

The proceedings for voting at an election upon a proposal to contract with the United States pursuant to this article shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in Articles 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1235.)

Notwithstanding any provision of the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law, or any provision of this division or other law, when any district has contracted with the United States pursuant to this article or any other law for the purposes set forth in Section 31151, if the …

Every county water district which executes a contract with the United States for the purposes set forth in Section 31151 shall, within the meaning of the act of Congress approved August 11, 1916, entitled “An act to promote the reclamation of arid lands” and of the act of Congres…

Public land of the United States within any such county water district is subject to assessment and taxation for all purposes of such district to the extent provided in said acts of Congress upon full compliance therewith by the county water district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 2…

Whenever the Government of the United States has in conjunction with a district contributed to the cost of building a dam creating a lake and the water impounded by the dam is to be used for domestic, irrigation, and recreational purposes, the district may do either of the follow…

The operation of all facilities and appliances permitted by Section 31161 shall be in accordance with rules and regulations applicable thereto adopted by the board subject to the provisions of Section 531 of the Fish and Game Code. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness, it shall by resolution set forth all of the following: (a) A declaration of the necessity for the indebtedness. (b) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred. (c) The amount of …

Notice of the hearing shall be given by the secretary by publication of a copy of the resolution in a newspaper printed and published in the district for at least two weeks or, if there is no newspaper printed and published in the district, by posting a copy of the resolution in …

The copy of the resolution published or posted shall be accompanied by a notice subscribed by the secretary, with the seal of the district attached, that: (a) The hearing referred to in the resolution will be had at the time and place specified in the resolution. (b) At that time…

District elections shall be conducted in conformity with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code) and any provisions of law generally applicable to districts organized under this division. (Amended by Stats. 1…

This section shall apply only to landowner voting districts. The ballots used at any general district election in a landowner voting district, including bond elections, shall be provided by the county elections official pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (comme…

This section shall apply only to landowner voting districts. The following procedures shall be used at the polls by the precinct board appointed pursuant to Section 12286 of the Elections Code: (a) A roster of voters shall be kept by a member of the precinct board. Each qualified…