Title WAT, California Water Code

Guardians, conservators, executors, administrators and other persons holding land in a trust capacity under appointment of court may sign petitions or bylaws or vote without obtaining special authority therefor. Corporation landowners may sign petitions or bylaws or vote by actio…

At least 90 days before the interest date of bonds or refunding bonds, the county treasurer shall estimate the amount necessary to pay interest and principal maturing on the interest date, crediting thereon the funds in the treasury applicable to the payment thereof, and excludin…

The county treasurer shall thereupon cause to be published once a week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in which any of the district is situated a notice substantially in the following form: (Name of reclamation district). Notice is her…

If no newspaper is published in any county in which the district is situated, the publication shall be made in a newspaper published in an adjoining county. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The county treasurer shall credit to the bond fund of the district all money collected by him, by sale or otherwise, upon assessments against which bonds have been issued, including interest and penalties, and the amounts of purchase money paid in bonds or coupons on sales made f…

No action contesting the validity of any call of an installment of an assessment pursuant to this article may be commenced, unless commenced within six months from the due date of the call. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)

No action to contest the validity of any credit on, or payment of, any portion of an assessment called pursuant to this article may be commenced unless commenced within six months from the date of such credit or payment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The board may from time to time order the transfer of funds to a special improvement district for the benefit of such special improvement district, from any available funds of the district. Any funds so transferred may be used for the payment of any expenses of such special impro…

Prior to the transfer of any funds authorized by Section 75168, the board shall call an election pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 75390) of Part 8 of this division for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the special improvement district the question of incurr…

The notice of election shall specify the amount of money proposed to be transferred by the district and the purpose or purposes for which it is intended to be used, and it may state that the assessment shall be levied in two, three, four, or not to exceed five successive annual i…

To the right of or below the question on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 303, Sec. 72. (AB 1512) Effective January 1, 2026.)

If a majority of the votes cast are “Transfer—Yes,” the board shall at the time of the annual estimate under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 75350) of Part 8 of this division, include in the estimate the amount voted, or if the notice of election has provided for levying the s…

The special assessment shall be levied as generally provided in Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 75350) and 2 (commencing with Section 75370) of Part 8 of this division and when collected shall be paid to the treasurer for repayment to the district. (Added by Stats. 1966, 1st …

If the provisions of Section 74056 are complied with in the formation of a district or if the provisions of Section 75151 have been complied with as to such special improvement district, special assessments may be levied upon all real property within the special improvement distr…

The unit designated as the Tehama-Colusa Canal consists of a conduit or canal, equipped with the necessary dams, pumping plants, groundwater recharge facilities, and other related works extending from the Sacramento River, at or near Red Bluff, southerly through the Counties of T…

The Tehama-Colusa Canal shall have the capacity that the department, in cooperation with local public agencies in the service area, determines to be necessary to provide an adequate supply of water for industrial, agricultural, domestic, waterfowl refuge, wildlife, fisheries, and…

The water facilities authorized by Sections 11240 and 11241 may be constructed, owned, and operated by one or more local agencies, the department, or a joint powers authority created by agreement between those entities. Any joint powers authority may additionally include the fede…

When any tract of land upon which any assessment provided for by this division has been levied is subdivided into smaller parcels the board shall, upon its own motion or upon written application therefor signed by all of the landowners of record within the subdivided tract, reapp…

Supplementary assessment rolls showing the reapportionments shall be made separately for land lying within different counties. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The board shall file with the treasurer of each county in which any portion of the tract so subdivided is situated, the supplementary assessment roll relating to the land in that county. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 123.5. Effective January 1, 1993.)

After the supplementary assessment rolls have been filed the assessment is an assessment upon each of the smaller parcels in accordance with the reapportionment and not an assessment upon the tract as a whole. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The supplementary assessment rolls are a part of and amendatory of the assessment rolls theretofore filed for all purposes. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The reapportionment shall in nowise affect the assessment except as to the land included in the supplementary assessment rolls. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

When the district has obtained an irrigation system pursuant to Section 50910, and the charges for furnishing water and making water available have been fixed pursuant to Section 50911, which remain unpaid at the time the board orders an operation and maintenance assessment, the …

Water charges, included as a part of an operation and maintenance assessment, when collected shall be deposited in the irrigation fund. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1229.)

The unit designated as the Tehama-Butte Conduit consists of a conduit or canal, equipped with all necessary dams, pumping plants, and other appurtenant works, extending from the Sacramento River at or near Red Bluff southerly through Tehama, Butte, and Sutter counties. (Added by …

The Tehama-Butte Conduit shall be of such capacity as the department determines to be necessary to furnish an adequate supply of water for industrial, agricultural, domestic, and other beneficial uses in the area to be served by it. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

At any time after the commissioners have assessed the cost of the project upon the benefited land within the district and the costs of the portion of the project used for the generation of electric energy, the board may direct the commissioners to reassess the costs of the projec…

The reassessment of costs of the project shall be made in the same manner as provided in this chapter for the original assessment of costs. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

If there are unpaid matured warrants, other than warrants payable from operation and maintenance assessment levies, on January 1st in any year, the board shall call and collect such portion of the principal and interest of any available outstanding unbonded assessment, other than…

When, on the first day of January in any year there are outstanding unpaid matured warrants of the district, other than warrants payable from operation and maintenance assessment levies, and there is no available outstanding unbonded assessment, the board shall proceed at once to…

The board shall call and collect the assessment in the manner provided in this part in the amount necessary to pay the warrants. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Nothing in this article shall prevent the board from making other arrangements with holders of district warrants. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The project includes such other units as may be from time to time added by the department to the units specifically enumerated. The department may add additional units which are consistent with and which may be constructed, maintained, and operated as a part of the project and in…

At any time after a district project is adopted, as provided in Part 5 (commencing with Section 42200) of this division, and before the original assessment to finance the project has become a lien, as provided in Section 46280, the board may levy one or more interim project asses…

Each interim project assessment shall be levied in an equal amount upon each acre of land in the district. The total amount of all interim project assessments for any district project shall not exceed five dollars ($5) per acre. (Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 105.)

The board may by resolution levy an interim project assessment, if in its judgment the levy is in the best interests of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 125. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Every interim project assessment is a lien upon the land affected until the full amount of the assessment is paid. The lien is prior to all other liens, except state, county and municipal taxes and assessments, or taxes levied or assessed by or under statutory authority. The inte…

The amount of any interim project assessment assessed against any tract of land in the district shall be credited against the original assessment to finance the project thereafter levied against said tract, and the amount of said original assessment to be collected shall be reduc…

If the amount of the interim project assessment or assessments credited with respect to any tract of land pursuant to Section 46379 exceeds the amount of the original assessment to finance the project with respect to said tract, said excess shall be credited against said interim …

A district may issue direct assessment warrants payable from the proceeds of an interim project assessment pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 45900) of Part 8 of this division, but such warrants shall be made payable not more than five years from the date of issuance …

If there are no obligations outstanding which are secured by an interim project assessment, the board may, at any time and without notice or hearing, order that the uncalled balance of such interim project assessment be canceled and that the amount of the credit against the origi…

In addition to the works specified, the units shall include such plants and works for the generation of electric power by steam or other power, and such electric transmission lines and facilities for the sale, use, and distribution of electric power as the department determines t…

The district may levy an assessment to pay the expenses of its formation, or to pay any warrants issued therefor in an amount not exceeding 2 percent of the assessed valuation of the land within the district as shown on the last equalized county assessment roll, and such expenses…

If by 5 p.m. on the 54th day prior to a general district election the number of nominees does not exceed the number of trustees to be elected and if a petition signed by 5 percent of the voters requesting that the election be held has not been presented to the board, an election …

When no election is held pursuant to Section 50740 then the board of supervisors shall appoint those nominated for the positions of trustee, and if no person has been nominated for said position, the board of supervisors shall appoint any qualified person or persons. In lieu of t…