Title WAT, California Water Code

The board shall thereupon be authorized to issue bonds of the zone, to fix and collect special rates or charges, as prayed for in the petition, and proceed with the proposed improvement. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)

If the petition for formation of the zone is signed by owners representing less than 60 percent of the total assessed valuation of the real property within the proposed zone as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of the county, and by less than 60 percent of the taxpayers…

The board shall appoint three qualified electors residing in the proposed zone to conduct the election. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)

The election shall be called by posting in three of the most public places in the proposed zone, and by publishing in the county pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, a notice specifying the time, place and purposes of the election, and giving the purposes and boundari…

The date set for the election shall be at least 13 days after the date of the posting and the date of last publication of the notice. No other notice of the election need be given. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)

The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this State, where applicable. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)

The proposition submitted shall be in accordance with the petition and shall be either: (a) “Shall the proposed zone described in the resolution of the board of ________ adopted on the ________ day of ________, 19___, be established within County Waterworks District No. ___, and …

If 60 percent of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the zone, and of incurring the bonded indebtedness, or fixing and collecting the special rates or charges, as the case may be, the board shall by resolution establish the zone. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)

Upon the establishment of the zone the board shall be authorized and empowered to issue bonds of the zone, or to fix and collect special rates and charges, as voted on at the election, and to proceed with the proposed improvement. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)

The provisions in this division for the form, issuance, and sale of bonds, the levying and collecting of taxes for the payment thereof and of other matters relating to bonds of the district shall govern in the case of bonds authorized by proceedings under this article except that…

The taxes and special rates or charges authorized by this article are in addition to all other taxes and rates or charges authorized by this division, and shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 55108, 55182, and 55702. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)

Any special improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter shall be under the supervision, direction and control of the board of directors of the water conservation district, unless proceedings are taken under this article for the election of a board of trustees for such sp…

A petition signed by holders of title or evidence of title of land representing at least fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed valuation of taxable land in the special improvement district may be presented to the board of directors requesting that the special improvement district…

Upon receiving the petition and determining its adequacy, the board of directors shall set it for hearing and give notice of the time and place of the hearing by causing notices to be posted in 3 public places in the special improvement district at least 10 days before the date o…

At the time fixed for the hearing, the board of directors shall hear all persons appearing for and against the matter, and at the conclusion of the hearing the board shall determine whether or not it is for the best interests of the district and of the special improvement distric…

In the event the board determines in favor of the petition, it shall forthwith call a special election within the boundaries of the special improvement district for the purpose of electing a board of trustees to act as the governing body of the special improvement district. (Adde…

The resolution calling such election shall include an order dividing the special improvement district into four consecutively numbered divisions. One trustee shall be elected from each division by vote of the electors of the division, and one trustee shall be elected at large by …

The special election shall be held and conducted, candidates nominated, the results declared and the returns canvassed in the same manner as the regular biennial election of officers of the water conservation district, insofar as applicable. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1651.)

The four persons receiving, respectively, the highest number of votes for trustee in each division, plus the one person receiving the highest number of votes for trustee at large, shall be declared to be duly elected to such offices. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1651.)

The trustees so elected shall immediately enter upon their duties as such upon qualifying, and shall hold office, respectively, until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall meet, classify themselves, and organize as a board, elect a president and secretary, fix th…

Each trustee shall receive an amount to be fixed by the board of trustees for each day’s actual attendance at the meetings of the trustees and actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in official business under an order of the board of trustees. No trustee shall, howe…

The salary of the secretary and the amount of the bond to be given for the faithful performance of his duties shall be fixed by the board of trustees. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1651.)

The board of trustees shall meet regularly at least once each month at a time and place to be fixed by resolution of the trustees. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1651.)

Except as otherwise provided in this article, all provisions of this division relating to biennial elections, vacancies, oaths, bonds, terms of office, appointments of sole nominees without elections, meetings and changes in boundaries of divisions which are applicable to the boa…

The board of trustees of any special improvement district, the lands within which are obligated to repay a loan or loans from the United States under any loan repayment contract made between the district and the United States pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 74610) …

The following annexation procedures may be used for annexation of land to any water conservation district as an alternative to the procedures set forth in Articles 2 (commencing with Section 75860) to 5 (commencing with Section 75920), inclusive, of Chapter 2 of Part 10 of Divisi…

A petition which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by 20 percent or 500 electors residing within the area so proposed to be annexed. Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the area pr…

The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. When contained upon one or more instruments, one copy only of such petition need b…

Within 10 days of the date of filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition is signed by the requisite number of voters. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)

When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of such examination, and if from such examination he shall find that said petition is signed by the requisite number o…

The secretary of the district shall, within 10 days after the filing of such supplemental petition or petitions, make like examination of the same and certify to the result of such examination as herein before provided. If his certificate shall show any such petition, or such pet…

If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in determining the number of voters signing the petition. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)

After an election for the annexation of such area to the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)

Such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of such district after hearing thereon held at the time the petition is presented to the board as provided in Section 75927. No petition for inclusion may be granted unless and until the board finds that the inclusion in the …

If such petition is granted, the proposition of such annexation subject to the terms and conditions so fixed, shall be submitted to the vote of the voters in the proposed addition, at an election called by the board and held, as herein provided, within 70 days after the effective…

Notice of such election shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least 7, but not more than 28, days prior to the date fixed for such election. Such notice shall describe the boundaries of the area…

The measure so submitted at such election shall be stated on the ballot substantially as follows: “Shall ____ (giving the name or other designation of the territory proposed to be annexed, as stated in the notice of election) be annexed to ____ (name of water conservation distric…

The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if such proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the president and secretary of the board of directors shall certify that fact to the Secretary of State and shall record a cer…

Upon receipt of such certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and the addition of said area or areas to said district. A copy of said certificate shall be transmitted to, and filed with, the county cle…

From and after the date of such certificate, the area or areas named therein shall be deemed added to, and shall form a part of, said district, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of said district, including the payment of bon…

The unit designated as the Friant-Kern Canal consists of a canal or conduit extending from the reservoir of Friant Dam southerly to a point on Kern River near Bakersfield. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

The Friant-Kern Canal shall be of such capacity as the department determines to be necessary to furnish an adequate supply of water for beneficial purposes in the area to be served by it. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

The unit may include such pumps, supplemental dams, and other works as the department determines to be necessary for the economical and advantageous construction, operation, and maintenance of the unit. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

As used in this article “county water district” means a county water district which has heretofore executed or shall hereafter execute a contract with the United States for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Acquisition, extension, or operation of works for irrigation or d…

Every such county water district 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 Congress approved May 15, 1922, entitled “An act to provide for the application of the reclamat…

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. 1943, Ch. 3…