Title WAT, California Water Code

“Include” except when used in relation to the inclusion of land into a district does not necessarily exclude matters not enumerated. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“District” means a water replenishment district formed under the provisions of the Water Replenishment District Act, or this division. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Board” means the board of directors of a district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Land” means land in the district or proposed district involved. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“President” means the president of the board. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Secretary” means the secretary of the board. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“General water replenishment district election” means the election required to be held in each district at the time of the general election in each even-numbered year. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 7, Sec. 1. Effective February 8, 1984.)

“Special water district election” means any district election other than a general water replenishment district election. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Elector,” “voter,” and “precinct board” have respectively the same meaning as in the Elections Code, but an “elector” or “voter” shall also be a resident of the district or proposed district involved. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Person” means any public agency or public corporation, whether federal, state, or local, or any private corporation, firm, partnership, individual, or group of individuals. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Water replenishment district” means a special water replenishment district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Water year” means the period commencing on October 1st of one calendar year and ending on September 30th of the calendar year immediately following. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Fiscal year” means the period commencing on July 1st of one calendar year and ending on June 30th of the calendar year immediately following. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Ground water” means nonsaline water beneath the surface of the ground, whether or not flowing through known and definite channels. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 585.)

“Nonsaline water” means water which has less than 1,000 parts of chlorides to 1,000,000 parts of water. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 585.)

“Production” or “producing” means the extraction or extracting of ground water, by pumping or any other method, from shafts, tunnels, wells (including, but not limited to, abandoned oil wells), excavations, or other sources of such ground water, for domestic, municipal, irrigatio…

“Water-producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or otherwise, for the production of ground water from the ground water supplies within a replenishment district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Owner” means the person or persons owning any water-producing facility or any interest therein other than a lien to secure the payment of a debt or other obligation. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Operator” means the person or persons operating a water-producing facility; the owner thereof shall be conclusively presumed to be such operator unless satisfactory showing be made to the board of directors of the replenishment district that such water-producing facility actuall…

“Producer” means any operator producing ground water. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Annual overdraft” means the amount, as determined by the board of directors of the replenishment district, by which the quantity of ground water removed by any natural or artificial means from the ground water supplies within such replenishment district during the water year exc…

“Accumulated overdraft” means the aggregate amount, as determined from time to time by the board of directors of the replenishment district, by which the quantity of ground water removed by any natural or artificial means from the ground water supplies within such replenishment d…

“Principal county” means the county in which the greater portion of the land in a district or a proposed district is situated, if the district or proposed district is located in more than one county. If the district is situated in only one county then “principal county” shall mea…

“Participating county” is any county other than the principal county in which the district or proposed district is situated, if the district or proposed district is located in more than one county. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Affected county” means each county in which some land of the district or proposed district is located. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

“Replenishment assessment” means any assessment levied pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section 60300). (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 389, Sec. 1.)

“Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance, or substances, of a concentration which, if contained in water, will cause a significant impairment to a domestic drinking water supply. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 389, Sec. 2.)

“Existing agency” shall mean any public corporation, agency, district, or political subdivision created prior or subsequent to the formation of a replenishment district under this law and which has any of the same powers as a replenishment district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 151…

If the certificates of the county elections officials of each affected county as filed with the county elections official of the principal county show the petition to be sufficient, the county elections official of the principal county shall present the petition, together with th…

Upon presentation of such petition and certificates, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall immediately file a copy of such petition with the department. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

Upon filing such petition with the department said department shall set the same for a public hearing within sixty (60) days, said hearing to determine whether or not other lands should be included within the proposed district, or whether some lands which are included should be e…

The department shall publish one copy of said petition, along with names of five of the persons signing such petition, together with a notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing, and the same shall be published within each affected county pursuant to Section 6066 of th…

At said public hearing which may be adjourned from time to time, the department shall hear all evidence relevant to the inclusion of additional lands in or the exclusion of lands from the proposed district, as well as all evidence relevant to the benefits to be derived by the per…

In the event the department determines that additional land should be included in the proposed district, it shall forthwith set a date for a public hearing to determine whether or not such land should be included. Notice of such hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6066…

Within thirty (30) days after concluding all said hearings, but in any event within six (6) months of the filing of said petition with said department, the department shall make its determination of the lands to be included within the proposed district and state whether or not th…

If the department determines that the persons or property within the proposed boundaries of the district will not benefit directly or indirectly from the use of or right to use the ground water supply therein and the replenishment thereof, the board of supervisors of the principa…

The board shall be the governing body of such district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

It shall hold its first meeting as soon as possible after the election and certification of the first board and not later than the sixth Monday after the date of the first election of directors as herein provided; it shall choose one of its members president, and shall thereupon …

A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

At its first meeting in the month of January of each odd-numbered year, the board shall choose one of its members president. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

The board shall designate a depository or depositories to have the custody of the funds of the district, all of which depositories shall give security sufficient to secure the district against possible loss, and who shall pay the warrants drawn by the treasurer for demands agains…

For the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district, a district shall have power: (a) To have perpetual succession. (b) To sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided in this division or by law, in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunal…

All expenditures for construction work, materials, equipment and supplies, and professional services, including, but not limited to, legal, legislative, public affairs, public relations, and engineering services, regardless of price shall be made pursuant to contract. All distric…

(a) The powers and duties herein enumerated, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be exercised and performed by the board of the district. If an existing agency has facilities available and adequate to accomplish any part of the purposes of a district created under this …

Each district has the power generally to perform all acts necessary to carry out fully the provisions of this act. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)

The board shall fix such rate or rates for the sale or exchange of water for replenishment purposes only as will result in revenues which will pay, insofar as practicable, the operating expenses of the district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)