Title WAT, California Water Code

(a) Nominations for the office of trustee shall be made by petition filed with the secretary not earlier than 75 days or later than 5 p.m. on the 54th day before the election. (b) The petition shall be signed as follows: (1) If there are 15 or more qualified voters in the distric…

The nomination petition shall be in substantially the following form: Official Filing Petition Nomination of Candidate We, the undersigned voters of Reclamation District No. ____, hereby nominate ___________ (name of candidate) for the office of Trustee of the District for a term…

Notice of the election shall be published by the secretary once a week for four weeks beginning not less than one month prior to the date of election in the same newspaper or newspapers used for publication of the notice calling for nomination petitions. (Amended by Stats. 1967, …

If any part of a district is located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District the board of trustees shall report each plan for the reclamation of district lands to the board of supervisors by filing, with the county clerk, three copies thereof with the estimate of …

Within five days after the copies of the plan and estimate are filed with the county clerk he shall certify two of the copies and transmit them to the Secretary of the Reclamation Board. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Upon receipt of the certified copies of the plan, the Secretary of the Reclamation Board shall immediately set a date when the Reclamation Board will hold a hearing for considering any objections thereto, which hearing shall be held not less than 20, nor more than 60 days after t…

The Secretary of the Reclamation Board shall publish a notice of the hearing once a week for two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published within the district, or, if no newspaper is published within the district, then in the county seat of the principal county. (A…

The notice shall be in substantially the following form: “Notice to the landowners of reclamation district No. ____. Notice is hereby given to the landowners of reclamation district No. ____ that there has been filed with the county clerk of the County of ____ and with the Secret…

At the hearing the Reclamation Board shall hear any evidence offered with respect to the plan, and thereafter shall approve, modify, amend or reject the plan. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The Reclamation Board shall not modify, amend or reject any plan on the ground that the plan provides for a levee which in its judgment is of excessive strength either in height, slopes or crown width, but no claim for compensation shall thereafter be made against the Reclamation…

The Reclamation Board may continue the hearing from time to time and may cause such investigation and report of the plan to be made by the engineers connected with the Reclamation Board or by such other competent authority as the board deems necessary. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. …

When the Reclamation Board has approved, modified, or rejected any reclamation plan after a hearing as provided in this article, such action shall be final, and the sufficiency of the plan shall not be subject to attack before the reclamation board or in any court, but nothing in…

When an amendatory, additional or supplemental plan is filed with the county clerk, two certified copies thereof shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Reclamation Board and thereafter the same proceedings shall be had, and with like effect, with respect to such plan as are…

No city or county shall proceed with the reclamation of any lands located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District until the provisions of this article have been complied with. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2122.)

When a plan of reclamation has been adopted by a district located entirely outside the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District the board of supervisors shall appoint three assessment commissioners, who have no interest in any real estate within the district…

The assessment commissioners shall view and assess upon the district land the sum estimated to be the cost of the reclamation plan, and shall apportion the sum according to the benefits that will accrue to each parcel by reason of the expenditures of the sums of money. (Added by …

The assessment shall be collected and paid into the county treasury in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of this part. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Money collected on assessments levied pursuant to Section 51231 shall be paid out for reclamation works upon the warrants of the board of trustees, approved by the board of supervisors, or, if bonds of the district have been issued upon the assessment, shall be deposited in a sep…

When any part of the district is located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, and the reclamation board has approved the reclamation plan, the board shall so report to the board of supervisors, stating the estimated cost of the reclamation works, and petitioni…

Upon receipt of the petition from the board, the board of supervisors shall appoint assessment commissioners within 60 days, who shall qualify in the manner provided in Section 51230. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The assessment commissioners shall assess the estimated cost of the reclamation plan upon the district land in the manner provided in Section 51231. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The sums assessed shall be collected in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of this part and paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The money collected on assessments levied pursuant to Section 51236 shall be paid out for the reclamation works upon the warrants of the trustees, or, if bonds of the district have been issued upon the assessment, shall be deposited in a separate fund for the sole purpose of payi…

The assessment commissioners appointed pursuant to Sections 51230 and 51235 shall make a list of the charges assessed against each parcel, containing: (a) A description of each parcel assessed, by legal subdivisions, swamp-land surveys, or other boundaries sufficient to identify …

If the list of charges contains any error in the description of the land or the name of the owner, or if any land which should be assessed is omitted from the list, or if there is an error in any other respect, the assessment commissioners may correct the list at any time before …

No error in the list of charges assessed shall render the assessment of a parcel invalid. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The list of charges assessed, when completed, shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Upon receipt of the list of charges, the board of supervisors shall appoint a time when it will meet for the purpose of hearing any objections to the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Any time before the hearing, any person interested in land upon which any charge has been assessed may file a written objection to the assessment, which shall state the grounds of objections and be verified by the affidavit of the person objecting, or some other person who is fam…

No objection shall be considered by the board of supervisors, or allowed in any other action or proceeding, unless it is made in writing to the board of supervisors. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

At the hearing the board of supervisors shall hear any evidence offered in support of written objections and may modify or amend the assessment, or make a reapportionment of the entire assessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

If the amount of any assessment in the list is changed, the board of supervisors shall set a day for hearing objections to the assessment as changed, and shall publish notice of the hearing as provided in Section 51244. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

At the hearing on the changes in the assessment an objection in writing may be made by any person interested, and the board of supervisors shall proceed to hear that objection in the same manner as upon the original hearing. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

If the amount of any assessment is again changed the board of supervisors shall proceed as before to give notice and to hear objections to the changes, and shall proceed in a similar manner until the amount of each assessment is finally fixed and approved. (Added by Stats. 1951, …

The board of supervisors shall then make an order approving the assessment, and shall endorse the order upon the assessment list. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The endorsement shall be signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors and attested by the clerk thereof. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The decision of the board of supervisors in approving the assessment list is final, and thereafter the endorsed assessment list is conclusive evidence that the charges were levied according to law, except in an action commenced pursuant to Section 51259. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch…

The assessment list shall be prepared in duplicate, and one original shall be retained in the office of the district, and the second original shall be filed with the county treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

If the district is situated in more than one county, a copy of the assessment list certified by the county treasurer, shall be filed with the treasurer of each of the other counties. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

When the second original assessment list is filed as provided in Section 51254, the charges assessed thereby upon parcels constitute a lien thereon, and the filing constitutes notice thereof to all persons. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The lien of an unpaid assessment upon which bonds have been issued continues until the bonds, and any refunding bonds which have been issued, are paid in full, except as provided in reference to the use of bonds as payment of assessments. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

No subsequent act or conduct of the board shall invalidate an assessment after it becomes a lien, and the board may be compelled by mandate, or other proper proceeding, to perform its duties as required by law. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

At any time within 30 days after the assessment list is filed with the county treasurer, any person aggrieved by the decision of the board of supervisors in approving the list may commence an action in the superior court of the principal county to have the list corrected, modifie…

If the action is not commenced within 30 days, no action or defense shall thereafter be maintained attacking the legality of the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

All provisions of Chapter 1 of this part are applicable to bonds issued pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)