Title WAT, California Water Code

A petition for the formation of a district, signed by at least 20 percent or 500 of the qualified electors within the proposed district, shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the principal county. The petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the board of su…

Any elector residing within the proposed district, whose name appears on the register of voters of the last general election, or on the register of voters at any time within 30 days preceding the presentation of a petition for the formation of a district, shall be deemed to be a …

The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the proposed boundaries of the district, shall pray that the district be organized under the provisions of this division, and shall propose a name by which the district shall be known. The petition shall also request the boar…

The petition shall be published once a week for at least three weeks before the presentation to the board of supervisors in some newspaper printed and published in the principal county, together with a notice stating the date of the meeting of the board at which the petition will…

The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, and, when contained upon more than one instrument, one copy only of the petition need be published, but the names of all the petitioners shall be published the same as if appended to the original petition. (Added by …

All copies of the petition filed prior to the hearing of the petition shall be considered by the board of supervisors the same as though filed with the petition first placed on file. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The petition may include a statement that all bonds of the district and all bonds of any improvement district created therein shall be payable from assessments to be levied upon all real property in the proposed district or in the improvement district created therein. If such a s…

On the first Tuesday next following the formation election, as to the first board, and at the first meeting of the board following the time of taking office of the directors elected in each subsequent general district election, but in no event later than the last day of December,…

The board shall manage and conduct the business and affairs of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The office of the board may be established by it at some proper and convenient place within or near the district, but after the office is once established, it shall not be changed without giving notice thereof by posting in three public places in the district and by publishing a …

The board shall hold regular meetings in its office on the first Tuesday in March, June, September, and December, and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. Upon a finding by the board for good cause, the board may, by resolution, increas…

Notwithstanding Section 74223, the board may, by resolution, change the day and location for holding regular meetings. Notice of any change shall be published once a week for at least two consecutive weeks before the date for a regular meeting in a newspaper of general circulatio…

Special meetings may be ordered by the president or by a majority of the members of the board, specifying in writing the business to be transacted. The order calling for a special meeting shall be entered in the minutes of the board. Three days’ notice shall be given by the secre…

All meetings of the board shall be open to the public. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

A minute of all proceedings of the board shall be kept by the secretary. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 371.)

A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 2006.)

The board shall, annually, make and render a verified statement of the financial condition of the district, showing particularly the receipts and disbursements of the last preceding year, together with the source of such receipts and purpose of such disbursements. This statement …

A district may make surveys and investigations of the water supply and resources of the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

A district may appropriate, acquire, and conserve water and water rights for any useful purpose. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

A district may conserve, store, spread, and sink water and for such purposes may acquire or construct dams, damsites, reservoirs and reservoir sites, canals, ditches and conduits, spreading basins, sinking wells, and sinking basins. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

A district may maintain, operate, and repair any of the works described in Section 74522. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

A district may provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such works, facilities, or operations within or without the district boundaries as the board deems necessary to protect the land or property in the district from damage by flood or overflow. (Added by Stat…

A district may drill, construct, install, and operate wells, pumps, pipelines, conduits, valves, gates, meters, and other appurtenances to such wells, pipelines and conduits, and may pump water therefrom and thereby for sale, delivery, distribution, or other disposition. (Added b…

A district may sell, deliver, distribute, or otherwise dispose of any water that may be stored or appropriated, owned, or controlled by the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

A district may fix the rates at which water may be sold by the district. The rates shall be uniform for like classes of service throughout the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The board has no power, except as provided in this division as to certificates of indebtedness, notes, special assessments, and the issuance of bonds by the district, to incur any debt or liability whatever in excess of the express provisions of this division. Any debt or liabili…

For the purposes of organization, or for any of any purpose for which the board is authorized to expend the collection of the first assessment, an indebtedness not exceeding in the aggregate an amount equivalent of twenty-five cents ($.25) for each acre of land in the district, a…

The expenses of organization, including the fees of attorneys and others employed to conduct the organization proceedings, are a charge upon the district, and are payable by the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The board of supervisors of each affected county shall, annually, at the time of levying county taxes, levy an assessment tax to be known as the “____ (name of district) water conservation district assessment,” sufficient to raise the amount (except the amount required to pay pri…

The board of supervisors of each affected county shall determine the rate of each of the assessments referred to in Section 75370 by deducting 15 percent for anticipated delinquencies from the total assessed value of the land in the district within the county, as it appears on th…

The assessment tax levied to pay bond principal and interest, when collected, shall be paid into the bond fund of the district and shall be used only for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds of the district and for no other purpose until such principal and interest …

If the provisions of Section 74056 are complied with in the formation of a district so that all bonds of the district and of any improvement district created therein are payable from assessments levied upon all real property within the district or improvement district, as the cas…

The assessments levied pursuant to this chapter shall be computed and entered on the assessment roll by the county auditor, and if the board of supervisors fails to levy the assessments the county auditor shall do so. Such assessments shall be collected at the same time and in th…

The provisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code, prescribing the manner of levying and collecting assessments and the duties of the several county officers with respect thereto, are, so far as they are applicable and not in conflict with the specific provisions of this division, …

Prior to the establishment of any ground water charge, the board shall establish a zone or zones within the district within which the ground water charge will be effective. Such zone or zones shall be established and may be amended to the extent and in the manner prescribed in Ch…

Within six months after the date of establishing a zone or zones, all water-producing facilities located within the boundaries of such zone or zones shall be registered with the district and, if required by the board, shall be measured with a water-measuring device satisfactory t…

Any new water-producing facility constructed or reestablished after the period prescribed in Section 75541 shall be registered with the district and, if required by the board, measured with a water-measuring device satisfactory to the district within 30 days after the completion …

Any water-measuring device required by and satisfactory to any other public agency, county, or district, or zone thereof, the boundaries of which substantially contain the area of the district, may be declared by the board to be sufficient compliance with this chapter. (Added by …

The registration form for water-measuring devices shall contain all of the following: (a) Information as to the owner or owners of the land upon which each water-producing facility is located. (b) A general description and location of each water-producing facility. (c) The name a…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this division: (a) “Bay-delta” means the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. (b) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (c) “CALFED” refers to a consort…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

“Bay-delta” means the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

“Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

“CALFED” refers to the consortium of state and federal agencies with management and regulatory responsibilities in the bay-delta that are developing a long-term solution to water management, environmental, and other problems in the bay-delta watershed. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. …