Title WAT, California Water Code

No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of the formation election, not substantially adversely affecting the legal rights of any citizen shall invalidate the organization of a levee district organized under this part. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 370.…

Except as provided in Section 70038, any proceeding, contesting the validity of the organization of a levee district pursuant to this part, shall be commenced within three months from the date of the recordation of the certificate; subsequently, the organization and legal existen…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of this division. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

The definition of a word applies to any of its variants. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

“City” means any chartered or general law city. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

“District” means a municipal water district formed pursuant to the Municipal Water District Act of 1911 or this division. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

“Board” means the board of directors of a district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

“Principal county” means the county in which the greater portion of the land of a district or a proposed district is situated. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

“Affected county” means any county in which the land of a district, or proposed district, is situated. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

“Voter” means a voter as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 261. Effective January 1, 1995.)

“President” means the president of the board of directors of a district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

“Secretary” means the secretary of a district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

In counties in which districts are located, the county elections official may have printed upon the official ballots provided for voters at elections for directors a heading in the same form as that provided by the Elections Code for nonpartisan officers. The heading shall be mar…

The ballots provided for voters at elections for directors shall be furnished by the precinct officers only to those voters within their respective precincts who appear on the register as duly registered voters within the affected division of the district. (Added by Stats. 1963, …

In precincts which lie only partly within a district, the precinct board shall be supplied with two kinds of ballots by the county elections official, one of which shall contain the matters set forth in Section 71461 for the use of voters of the district, and the other of which s…

A district may issue negotiable promissory notes pursuant to Sections 71811 and 71812. Such promissory notes shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 12 percent per year. They shall be payable from revenues and taxes levied for purposes of the district other than the payment o…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 71810 which limit the rate of interest which promissory notes issued by a district may bear, the Otay Municipal Water District may issue promissory notes which bear interest at a rate not exceeding 15 percent per year. All other provision…

A district may issue negotiable promissory notes pursuant to this section to acquire funds for any district purposes. The maturity of the promissory notes shall not be later than five years from the date thereof. The total aggregate amount of the notes outstanding, at any one tim…

A district may issue negotiable promissory notes pursuant to this section for the purpose of acquiring funds to finance the construction or acquisition of administrative offices, construction headquarters, commercial offices, or facilities for similar district purposes and for th…

A district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of, but not in excess of the principal amount of, authorized bonds of an improvement district formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 71870) or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 71920) of Part 7 of this divisi…

A district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of, but not in excess of the principal amount of, authorized bonds of the district which have not yet been sold and delivered, and for that purpose may issue and sell negotiable bond anticipation notes, and may refund such n…

Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, completion, or repair of any or all improvements, works, or property mentioned in this division, the board shall, by resolution, so declare and call an electio…

The resolution calling the bond election shall state all of the following: (a) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include expenses of all proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of the bonds. (b) The amount of debt to be incurred. (…

At the time and place so fixed in the resolution of intention, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing any person interested, including any person owning property in the district, or in the proposed impro…

At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether it is necessary to form the improvement district. If so, the resolution shall also state: (a) The purpose for which the proposed improvement district is to be formed. (b) The estimated expense of ca…

The determinations made in the resolution of formation shall be final and conclusive. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

After the formation of the improvement district pursuant to this part, all taxes levied for the carrying out of its purpose shall be levied exclusively upon the taxable property in the improvement district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

A copy of the resolution of formation shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper printed and published in the district, if there is a newspaper printed and published in the district. A copy of the resolution shall also be posted in three pub…

If a district contains lands situated in more than one county, the duties imposed upon the board of supervisors and county officers by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 72090) of this part shall be performed by the board of supervisors and county officers of each affected county…

In a district containing lands situated in more than one county, the auditor of each affected county shall immediately after equalization and not later than the 15th day of August of each year, prepare and deliver to the secretary of the district, or such other officer thereof as…

Whenever an improvement district within a municipal water district is itself located in two or more counties, the method and procedure for the apportionment of district taxes between counties shall apply to such improvement district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 72738, whenever the board deems it necessary for any improvement district formed pursuant to this division to be dissolved, it shall by resolution declare its intention to dissolve the improvement district. As used in this chapter, “impro…

The resolution of intention shall state: (a) The reason why the improvement district should be dissolved. (b) If the improvement district was formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 71870) or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 71920) of Part 7 of this division, that…

Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper circulated in the district, if there is a newspaper circulated in the district. Such notice shall a…

At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing any person interested, including all persons owning property in the district, or in the improvement dist…

At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by ordinance determine whether it is necessary to dissolve the improvement district. If so, the ordinance shall state that the exterior boundaries of the improvement district are set forth on a map on file with the secretary and s…

When the ordinance declaring an improvement district dissolved becomes effective, the dissolution of such improvement district is complete. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

The taxable property within the boundaries of the dissolved improvement district shall continue to be taxed for any indebtedness of the district contracted for such dissolved improvement district until the indebtedness has been satisfied, to the same extent that such property wou…

Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the dissolution of an improvement district, or of any of the proceedings in relation thereto, is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced within three months from the effective date of the ordinance dissolving the impro…

After a bond election has been held in an improvement district formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 71870) of Part 7 of this division and less than two-thirds of the votes cast in such election were in favor of the measure the board may within one year of the dat…

If the revenues of the district, or of any improvement district therein, are, or in the judgment of the board will probably be, inadequate for any cause to pay the principal of, or interest on, any bonded debt of the district, or any improvement district thereof, as it becomes du…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of this division. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The definition of a word applies to any of its variants. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

“District” means a water conservation district formed pursuant to the Conservation Act of California (Chapter 332, Statutes of 1919), the Water Conservation Act of 1929 (Chapter 166, Statutes of 1929), the Water Conservation Act of 1931 (Chapter 1020, Statutes of 1931), or this d…

“Board” means the board of directors of a district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

“Principal county” means the county in which the lands within a district or a proposed district, or the greater portion thereof, are situated, and is the county in which the petition for the formation of a district is filed. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)