text: Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper circulated in the municipal water district, if there is a newspaper circulated in the district. Such notice shall also be given by posting a copy of the resolution of intention, in three public places within the proposed improvement district for at least two weeks before the time fixed for the hearing.


kind: section

code: WAT

text: 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 improvement district, may appear and present any matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution of intention.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

division: 20. MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS

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text:
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 carrying out such purpose.

(c) That the exterior boundaries of the portion of the district which will be benefited are set forth on a map on file with the secretary, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the improvement district.

(d) That such portion of the district set forth on the map, shall thereupon constitute and be known as “Improvement District (A, B, C, or other letter designation)____ of ____ Municipal Water District.”

chapter: 2. Hearing and Adoption of Resolution of Formation


text: The determinations made in the resolution of formation shall be final and conclusive.


text: 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.


text:
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 public places within the proposed improvement district for at least two weeks.

The resolution of formation shall not be effective until the 31st day after completion of the publication and posting.


text: If a petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters of the proposed improvement district requesting that an election be held on the formation thereof is presented to the board before the effective date of the resolution of formation, the board shall by resolution call a special election in the proposed improvement district for the purpose of submitting the question of the formation of the improvement district to the voters of the proposed improvement district.

chapter: 3. Formation Election

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text: In addition to the provisions of Section 72020, in the Casitas Municipal Water District, the board may by resolution call a special election in the proposed improvement district for the purpose of submitting the question of the formation of the improvement district to the voters of the proposed improvement district. This special provision for Casitas Municipal Water District is necessary because the Legislature recognizes that certain proposed improvement districts in the Casitas Municipal Water District are controversial, that an election should be called, and that to require a petition to be circulated for recognized controversial improvement districts would constitute an unnecessary hardship. This problem is not common to all districts formed under this division. It is therefore hereby declared that a general law cannot be made applicable and that the enactment of this section as a special law is necessary for the solution of problems existing in the Casitas Municipal Water District.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1273.)


text: The board shall provide for holding the special election on the day fixed in the resolution calling the election and in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code so far as they shall be applicable, except as otherwise provided in this division.


text: Notice of the holding of the special election shall be given by publishing the resolution calling the election, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the date of the proposed election in at least one newspaper printed and published in the municipal water district, if there is a newspaper printed and published in the district. The resolution shall also be posted in three public places in the proposed improvement district not less than two weeks prior to the date of the proposed election. No other notice of the election need be given.


text: The returns of the special election shall be made, the votes canvassed by the board within seven days following the election, and the results thereof ascertained and declared in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code, so far as they may be applicable, except as otherwise provided in this division.


text: The secretary, as soon as the result of the special election is declared, shall enter in the records of the board a statement of such results.


text: If from the special election returns it appears that a majority of the votes cast at such election were in favor of the formation of the improvement district, the formation of the improvement district shall be complete.


text: No irregularities or informalities in conducting the special election shall invalidate it, if the election has otherwise been fairly conducted.


text: Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the formation of the 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 resolution of formation, or, if an election is held, within three months from the date of such election; otherwise the formation of the improvement district and all proceedings in relation thereto shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.


text: Whenever the board determines that it is necessary to equitably apportion any extraordinary costs of water delivery, including, but not limited to, filtration costs, to the benefited improvement districts within the district, the board shall, by resolution, declare its intent to impose the proportional share of such costs on the improvement districts within the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 830.)

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text: The resolution of intention shall include the nature of the extraordinary costs of water delivery, the amount of the cost which is to be borne by each benefited improvement district, and the calling of a combined election within all of the improvement districts affected on a date to be fixed for the purpose of submitting to the voters thereof the proposition of imposing additional debt on the improvement district.

chapter: 3.5. Apportionment of Extraordinary Costs of Water Delivery


text: The election called by the resolution of intention shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 71940) of Part 7 of this division for the holding of bond elections.


text: If the majority of the registered voters in all of the combined improvement districts in which the election is held voting on the proposition vote to impose the additional debt on the improvement districts, it shall be imposed; otherwise it shall not.


text: When additional debt is imposed on improvement districts pursuant to this chapter, the board shall take action at the time and in the manner required by law to require the board of supervisors to levy, in addition to any other tax it levies, a tax upon the property within the affected improvement districts at a rate or rates fixed by the board.


text: The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish the purposes of an improvement district formed pursuant to this part.

chapter: 4. Advance of Funds

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text: The board may provide that the district shall be repaid for any advance of funds, with interest at a rate not to exceed the interest value of money to the district, from the taxes levied exclusively upon the taxable property in the improvement district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 708.)


text: The provisions of this chapter apply only to the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 791.)

article: 1. General Provisions

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text: Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, within the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District, bonds may be issued by such district and the debt service thereon paid in and for the purpose and in the manner provided in this chapter. Except as provided otherwise in this chapter, such bonds shall be issued and the debt service thereon paid in and for the purpose and in the manner otherwise provided by this division.

chapter: 6. Issuance of Bonds and Payment of Debt Service by the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District

article: 1. General Provisions


text: 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 election to be held in the district for the purpose of submitting to the voters thereof the proposition of incurring indebtedness by the issuance of the bonds of the district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

article: 2. Bond Election, Issuance, and Sale

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text:
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 bonds.

(b) The amount of debt to be incurred by the district, and the initial percentage of the debt service on the debt to be incurred which is to be paid by each improvement district, subject to annual adjustment of such amount pursuant to Water Code Sections 72073 through 72076 hereof.

(c) The full amount of the authorized bonds may be divided into two or more series and different dates fixed for the bonds of each series. The maximum term, which the bonds of any series shall run before maturity shall not exceed 40 years from the date of the series.

(d) The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed 8 percent per year, payable semiannually, except that interest for the first year may be payable at the end of that year.

(e) The measure to be submitted to the voters, which measure shall state that the bonds are to be issued and paid for in the manner set forth in this chapter and in the resolution calling the bond election.

(f) The principal of, or interest on, the bonded debt shall be paid from taxes levied and collected in the entire district as provided in Part 9 (commencing with Section 72090) of this division, except to the extent revenues of the district, or revenues raised by the alternative methods provided by this chapter in the improvement districts established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 72065) of this chapter are sufficient to pay the amount of such principal and interest that will become due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax levy will be available.

(g) The date upon which an election shall be held for the purpose of authorizing the bonded indebtedness to be incurred.

(h) The designation of precincts and the location of polling places.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 291.)

article: 2. Bond Election, Issuance, and Sale


text: If, from the bond election returns, it appears that more than one-half of the votes cast in such election were in favor of, and assented to, the incurring of the indebtedness, the board may, by resolution, at such time or times as it deems proper, issue bonds of the district for the whole or any part of the amount of the indebtedness so authorized, and may from time to time provide for the issuance of such amounts as the necessity therefor may appear, until the full amount of such bonds authorized has been issued.

article: 2. Bond Election, Issuance, and Sale


text: Except as provided otherwise herein, such election, issuance, and sale of bonds shall be governed by the provisions of this division.

article: 2. Bond Election, Issuance, and Sale


text:
For the purpose of issuing bonds pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, nine improvement districts, the designations and boundaries of which are described as follows, are hereby established upon the authorization of such bonds by the electorate of such district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter: CLAREMONT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

Beginning at a point in the Northerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974, said point also being the Southwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section 21, T.1N.—R.8W. S.B.B.M.; thence Easterly and Southerly along said District boundary to the point of intersection with the most Southerly boundary of the City of Claremont as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Westerly and Northerly along said corporate boundary to a point of intersection with the center line of Towne Avenue as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence North along said center line to the point of intersection with the center line of Briarcroft Road; thence Westerly along said center line and its Westerly prolongation to its intersection with the center line of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District Thompson Creek Wash Right of Way as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly along said center line to the point of intersection with the center line of Baseline Road as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Westerly along said center line of Baseline Road to the point of intersection with the center line of Webb Canyon Road as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly along the center line of Webb Canyon Road to the point of intersection with the North/South center line of Section 32 T.1N.—R.8W. S.B.B.M.; thence Northerly along said center line of Section 32 and Section 29 T.1N.—R.8W. S. B.B.M. to the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 29; thence Easterly along the East/West center line of the said Northeast Quarter of Section 29 to the Easterly line of Section 29; thence North to the point of intersection with the Easterly boundary of the Marshall Canyon Regional Park as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly and Easterly along said boundary to the point of beginning.

LA VERNE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Beginning at the most Northwesterly corner of the Claremont Improvement District, as described above; thence Southerly and Westerly along the Westerly edge of said Claremont Improvement District to the intersection with the center line of Briarcroft Road as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Westerly along said center line and its Westerly prolongation to its intersection with the center line of Williams Avenue as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Southerly along the center line of Williams Avenue to the intersection with the center line of Foothill Boulevard as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northwesterly along said center line of Foothill Boulevard to its intersection with the Easterly boundary of the City of La Verne as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence generally Southerly, Westerly, and Northerly along the said corporate city boundary to the center line of Puddingstone Drive as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Westerly along the center line of Puddingstone Drive to its intersection with the Easterly boundary of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District Puddingstone Channel Right of Way as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly along said Right of Way boundary to its intersection with the Southeasterly boundary of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District San Dimas Wash Reservoir site; thence Northerly along said Reservoir site Easterly boundary and its Northeasterly prolongation to the center line of Section 36, T.1N., R.9W.; thence North along said center line to the Northerly line of said Section 36; thence West along said Northerly line to its intersection with the center line of San Dimas Canyon Road as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly on the centerline of San Dimas Canyon Road to its point of intersection with the Northerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Easterly along said Northerly boundary to the point of beginning.

SAN DIMAS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Beginning at a point in the Northerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District, said point also being the center of Section 27, T.1N.—R.9W. S.B.B.M.; thence Easterly along said District boundary to the Northwesterly corner of the La Verne Improvement District as described above; thence Southerly along said Westerly La Verne Boundary and its Southeasterly prolongation to the Northerly Right of Way of Ganesha Boulevard as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Southwesterly along said Northerly Right of Way of Ganesha Boulevard to the Northerly Right of Way of U.S. 10 (San Bernardino Freeway) as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Southwesterly along said Northerly Right of Way to the Westerly boundary of the Rancho San Jose, said point also being the point of intersection with the Northerly prolongation of the Northwesterly property line of the California Polytechnic University (Kellogg Campus); thence Southeasterly along said prolongation to the most Northerly and Westerly corner of the California State Polytechnic University property as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Southerly and Westerly along the Northwesterly property lines of the California Polytechnic University and Mt. San Antonio Junior College properties to its intersection with the Easterly Right of Way of Grand Avenue as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly along the Southerly prolongation of the Northwesterly corporate boundary of the City of Walnut as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence continuing Northwesterly and Northeasterly along said corporate boundary to the most Northerly point of the City of Walnut as same existed on July 1, 1974, said point also being the Westerly property line of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence North along said Westerly property line and its prolongation to the intersection with the Northerly Right of Way of U.S. 10 (San Bernardino Freeway) as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Easterly along said Right of Way to its intersection with the corporate boundary of the City of San Dimas as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northwesterly and Northeasterly along said corporate boundary to its intersection with the Covina corporate boundary as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northeasterly, Westerly, and North along said Covina boundary and its Northerly prolongation to the center line of Badillo Street as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Westerly on the center line of Badillo Street to its intersection with the center line of Banna Avenue as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence North along the center line of Banna Avenue to the center line of Ruddock Street as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Westerly along the center line of Ruddock Street to the intersection of the center line of Glendora Avenue as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence North on the center line of Glendora Avenue to the Northerly line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Right of Way as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Southwesterly along said Right of Way to its intersection with the Westerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence generally Northerly, Westerly, and Northerly along the District boundary to its intersection with the center line of Arrow Highway as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence East on the center line of Arrow Highway to its intersection with the corporate boundary of the City of San Dimas as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence generally Northerly, Easterly, and Northerly along said corporate boundary to the point of beginning.

GLENDORA IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Beginning at a point on the Northerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974, said point also being the center of Section 27, T.1N., R.9W. S.B.B.M; thence Southerly and Westerly along the Westerly boundary of the above mentioned San Dimas Improvement District to the Westerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly and Easterly around said Pomona Valley Municipal Water District’s Westerly and Northerly boundary to the point of beginning.

COVINA IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Beginning at a point in the Westerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974, said point also being the center line of U.S. 10 (San Bernardino Freeway); thence North and East along said District boundary to its point of intersection with the Northerly Right of Way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly and Southerly along the San Dimas Improvement District boundary as described above to the most Northerly point in the corporate boundary of the City of Walnut as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Southerly and Westerly along said corporate boundary to the Westerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence North along said Westerly boundary to the point of beginning.

POMONA IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Beginning at a point on the Easterly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District, said point being the most Southeasterly corner of the Claremont Improvement District as herein described above; thence Southerly, Westerly, and Southerly along said Easterly District boundary and the Southerly and Westerly boundary of the city of Pomona to its point of intersection with the Easterly corporate boundary of the City of Walnut as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly along said corporate boundary to its point of intersection with the Southerly boundary of the San Dimas Improvement district as described above; thence Easterly along said above described Southerly San Dimas, La Verne, and Claremont Improvement District boundaries to the point of beginning.

DIAMOND BAR IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Beginning at a point in the Easterly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974, said point also being the intersection of the Southerly corporate boundary of the City of Pomona as same existed on July 1, 1974, with the Los Angeles County boundary; thence Southerly and Westerly along the Easterly and Southerly boundary of the District to its intersection with the center line of the California No. 57 Right of Way (Orange Freeway) as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northeasterly along said center line to the Westerly boundary of Sections 32, 29, and 20, T.2S.-R.9W. S.B.B.M.; thence North along said Westerly boundary lines to the North boundary line of Section 20, T.2S.-R.9W. S.B.B.M.; thence East along said North line to the center line of said mentioned California No. 57 Right of Way (Orange Freeway) as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northeasterly along said center line to the West boundary of Sections 10 and 3, T.2S.-R.9W. S.B.B.M.; thence North along said Westerly boundary to its intersection with the corporate boundary of the City of Pomona, said line also being a point in the Southerly boundary of Pomona Improvement District as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northeasterly and Southeasterly along said Southern boundary of Pomona Improvement District to the point of beginning.

WALNUT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Beginning at the point on the Westerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District, said point also being the intersection of the corporate boundary of the City of Walnut as same existed on July 1, 1974, and the most Southwesterly point of Covina Improvement District as described above; thence Easterly along the Southerly and Westerly boundaries of the Covina, San Dimas, Pomona, and Diamond Bar Improvement Districts to the point of intersection with the Southerly boundary of the Walnut Valley Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Westerly and Northerly along the Southerly and Westerly boundary of said Walnut Valley Water District to the point of intersection with the Southerly projection of the center line of Nogales Avenue as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence North on said center line of Nogales Avenue and its Northerly prolongation to its intersection with the Easterly Corporate boundary of the City of West Covina as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly along said Easterly boundary to its intersection with the Westerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974; thence Northerly along said District boundary to the point of beginning.

ROWLAND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Beginning at a point in the Southerly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District as same existed on July 1, 1974, said point also being the center line of the California No. 57 Right of Way (Orange Freeway) and the Southwesterly corner of the Diamond Bar Improvement District as described above; thence Westerly, Northerly, and Easterly along said Southwesterly boundary of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District to the point of intersection with the Walnut Improvement District as described above; thence Southerly along the Westerly boundary of the Walnut and Diamond Bar Improvement Districts to the point of beginning.

article: 3. Improvement Districts

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text: As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning described in this article:

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 291.)

article: 4. Definitions

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text: “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 291.)

article: 4. Definitions


text: “Charges” shall mean charges made for metered water or for minimum charges for services, including customers’ charges, service charges, demand charges, and capacity charges, but shall not include charges made for water which is to be resold and delivered through mains or pipes.

article: 4. Definitions


text: “Month” shall mean a calendar month.

article: 4. Definitions


text: “Person” shall mean any domestic or foreign corporation, association, syndicate, joint stock company, partnership of any kind, joint venture, club, Massachusetts business or common law trust, society, individual, municipal corporation, and the state and any political subdivision thereof.

article: 4. Definitions


text: “Service user” shall mean any person required to pay a tax imposed under the provisions of this chapter.

article: 4. Definitions


text: “Service supplier” shall mean any person required to collect a tax under the provisions of this chapter.

article: 4. Definitions


text: The board may exercise all of its powers and duties in regard to improvement districts established by this chapter in the same manner as to improvement districts otherwise formed under the provisions of this division, in addition to the manner otherwise provided in this chapter.

article: 5. Powers—Generally

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text: Any portion of the district, whether contiguous or not to an improvement district established by this chapter, may be annexed to such improvement district in the manner provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 72670) of Part 11 of this division.

article: 5. Powers—Generally


text: Any portion of the district may be excluded from an improvement district established by this chapter in the manner provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 72040) of this part.

article: 5. Powers—Generally


text: The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish the purposes of an improvement district performed pursuant to this chapter.

article: 5. Powers—Generally


text:
The board may repay the district for any advance of funds, together with interest, at a rate not to exceed the interest value of money to the district, from any combination of the following sources:

(a) The proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized for the purposes of the improvement district.

(b) The taxes levied exclusively upon the taxable property in the improvement district.

(c) Revenue derived from any source set forth in Section 72077 hereof.

article: 5. Powers—Generally


text: The board may levy an ad valorem property tax in each improvement district established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 72062) of this chapter, sufficient to pay the share of the maintenance and operation costs of any improvements constructed from the proceeds of bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter, for each such improvement district. The authorization of the bonds by the voters shall constitute authorization of the ad valorem property tax herein provided and no election need be held as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2201) of Part 4 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

article: 5. Powers—Generally


text: In addition to the powers otherwise provided for improvement districts under this division, the board shall have the power to levy a utility tax, as provided by this article, on every person using water within any of the improvement districts established by this chapter or on every person using water within the service area of any retail water purveyor within any such improvement district.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax

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text: Nothing in this article shall be construed as imposing a tax upon any person when the imposition of such tax upon that person would be in violation of the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of this state.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, persons subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission need not obtain an authorization from the commission to comply with the provisions of this article.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text: The board hereby is authorized to impose a tax upon every person using water within any of the improvement districts established by this chapter or on every person using water within the service area of any retail water purveyor within any such improvement district, at the rate and in the manner provided in this article. The tax imposed by this section shall be a percentage of the charges made for such use of water and shall be paid by the person paying for such water.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text: The tax imposed in this article shall be collected from the service user by the service supplier. The amount collected in one month shall be remitted to the board on or before the last day of the following month.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text: The taxes imposed by this article shall be collected, insofar as practicable, at the same time as, and along with, the charges made in accordance with the regular billing practice of the service supplier. If the amount paid by a service user to a service supplier is less than the full amount of the charge and the tax which has accrued for the billing period, a proportionate share of both the charge and the tax shall be deemed to have been paid.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text: Taxes collected from the service user which are not remitted to the board on or before the due dates provided in this article are delinquent.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text:
Interest and penalties for delinquency in remittance of any tax collected by a service supplier and not remitted to the board shall be assessed as follows:

(a) Any service supplier who fails to remit any tax imposed by this article within 30 days after receipt of written notice from the board of such failure shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the tax.

(b) If the board determines that the nonpayment of any remittance due under this article is due to fraud, a penalty of 25 percent of the amount of the tax shall be added thereto in addition to the penalty stated in subdivision (a).

(c) In addition to the penalties imposed in this section, any service supplier who fails to remit any tax imposed by this part, shall pay interest at the rate of 1 percent per month, or fraction thereof, on the amount of the tax exclusive of penalties, from the date on which the remittance first became delinquent until paid.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text:
Failure by a service user to pay any tax imposed by this article shall result in the following interest and penalties on the service user:

(a) Any service user who fails to pay any tax imposed by this article within 90 days of the date of receipt of notice of the amount of tax due from the service supplier shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the unpaid tax.

(b) In addition to the penalty imposed in this section, any service user who fails to pay any tax imposed by this article, shall pay interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum, exclusive of penalties, from the date on which the remittance first became delinquent until paid, and a collection charge of five dollars ($5) for each delinquent account.

(c) The penalties, interest, and collection charges imposed by this section shall not be billed or collected by the service supplier, but shall be determined and collected by the board.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text: Any tax required to be paid by a service user under the provisions of this article shall be deemed a debt owed by the service user to the district. Any tax collected from a service user which has not been remitted to the board shall be deemed a debt owed to the district by the person required to collect and remit such tax. Nothing in this article shall impose any obligation upon a service supplier to take any legal action to enforce the collection of the utility users tax imposed by this article. Amounts uncollected by a service supplier shall be referred to the board for collection.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text: The board shall enforce the provisions of this article and may prescribe, adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this article. The board shall not prescribe, adopt or enforce any rule or regulation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of altering the terms and conditions of service of a service supplier serving the general public. Rules and regulations prescribed and adopted by the board shall not be inconsistent with procedures established from time to time by a service supplier serving the general public for the purpose of billing, collecting and accounting for charges in the conduct of its business.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text: Whenever the amount of any tax has been overpaid or paid more than once or had been erroneously or illegally collected or received by the board, it may be refunded, provided that a claim therefor in writing is filed with the board within two years of the date of payment.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text: Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 72072.11, a service supplier may claim a refund or take as credit against taxes collected and remitted the amount overpaid, paid more than once, or erroneously or illegally collected or received when it is established in a manner prescribed by the board that the service user from whom the tax has been collected did not owe the tax; provided, however, that neither a refund nor a credit shall be allowed unless the amount of the tax so collected has either been refunded to the service user or credited to charges subsequently payable by the service user to the person required to collect and remit.

article: 6. Powers—Utility Tax


text:
The board annually shall cause to be prepared a written report stating the reasons for and conclusions of the board upon the following, together with any additional information deemed by the board to be relevant to such conclusions:

(a) The amount of the total debt service payable by the district for the following fiscal year on any bonded indebtedness incurred pursuant to this chapter, and the estimated maintenance and operation costs of the improvements for such fiscal year.

(b) The amount of such total debt service and maintenance and operation costs proposed to be raised in each of the improvement districts established under the provisions of this chapter, in accordance with the estimated benefits to be received by the landowners, water users, and inhabitants of each such improvement district during the following fiscal year.

(c) The projected retail water sales within each such improvement district for the following fiscal year, stated by volume and anticipated revenue.

Such report shall be mailed at least 20 days before the hearing provided for in Section 72074 to (1) each retail water purveyor with a service area wholly or partly within the district, and (2) any other interested party having made written request therefor at least 20 days before such hearing.

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text: Annually, prior to approving the annual budget for the district, the board of directors shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of considering the report made pursuant to this article, and to determine the amount of debt service and maintenance and operation costs to be raised in each of the improvement districts established hereby and the method of payment of such amount in each such improvement district.

article: 7. Determination of and Alternative Methods of Payment of Debt Service and Costs of Maintenance and Operation


text:
Notice of the hearing to be held pursuant to Section 72074 shall be given by publishing a copy, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, at least 15 days prior to the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the district, if there is a newspaper of such circulation within the district. Such notice also shall be given by posting a copy in three public places within each of the improvement districts established under this chapter for at least two weeks before the time fixed for the hearing.

The notice of such hearing shall state the following:

(a) The time and place for the hearing by the board.

(b) The amount of such debt service and maintenance and operation costs proposed to be raised in each improvement district established by this chapter.

(c) That an ad valorem tax will be levied in each improvement district in an amount sufficient to pay the bond debt service and maintenance and operation costs required for the following fiscal year by each improvement district, to the extent that alternative methods of payment are not available for such purpose under the provisions of this chapter.

(d) That at such time and place any person interested will be heard on the questions of such amount of debt service and maintenance and operation costs and the availability of such alternative methods of payment.


text:
At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall, by resolution, determine the following:

(a) The amount of the total debt service on any bond indebtedness incurred pursuant to this chapter and the amount of the maintenance and operation costs to be paid by each improvement district established hereunder, in accordance with the estimated benefits to be received by the landowners, water users, and inhabitants of each such improvement district.

(b) The method of payment of such debt service and maintenance and operation costs in each such improvement district.


text:
The amount of such debt service and maintenance and operation costs to be raised in each improvement district established under this chapter shall be paid by an ad valorem tax, to the extent that such payment is not paid by one or more of the following alternative methods:

(a) Payment of funds to the district from water revenues or other income of the retail water purveyors within each such improvement district pursuant to a contract therefor, which shall constitute a lien upon such revenues and income. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such payment shall not be used unless and until a declaration of a majority of purveyors, stating their intention to use a specified amount of water service revenues or other income as such an alternative method of payment is filed with the board and there is shown to the satisfaction of the board that the financial condition of such purveyor reasonably will assure such payment. Such payment shall be made to the district on or before the date on which it would have received funds if it levied an ad valorem tax in lieu of such alternative method of payment.

If any such purveyor fails to make any or all of such payment, the amount of such delinquency, plus a penalty of 8 percent per annum, shall be paid by such defaulting purveyor through appropriate proceedings brought by the district.

(b) Collection of the utility tax pursuant to Sections 72072 to 72072.12, inclusive.

(c) Water standby or availability charges in any such improvement district fixed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 71630) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of this division.

(d) Water revenues of the district derived from sales of water within each such improvement district pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 71610) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of this division.

The board shall not use any of such alternative methods of payment if a written protest against such use is filed with the board, prior to the conclusion of the hearing held pursuant to this chapter, by the retail water purveyors within each such improvement district providing the majority of retail water service within such improvement district by volume and number of services.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such a written protest is filed, the board may nonetheless use any such alternative means of payment, other than that specified in subdivision (a), upon the affirmative vote of four directors.


text: Proceedings to exclude territory from an improvement district, formed pursuant to this division, may be initiated by the board upon its own motion, or shall be initiated by the board upon receipt of a petition for exclusion signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters of the area proposed to be excluded, which states reasons such exclusion will be beneficial to the district or the improvement district or the territory to be excluded.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 404.)

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text:
Upon adoption of a motion to initiate exclusion proceedings or upon receipt of a petition for exclusion, the board shall adopt a resolution of intention to exclude which shall state:

(a) The method by which the exclusion proceedings were initiated; by motion of the board or by petition of voters.

(b) That taxes for carrying out the purpose of an improvement district formed pursuant to Part 8 (commencing with Section 72000) will not be levied upon taxable property in the excluded territory following such exclusion.

(c) That taxes for the payment of principal and interest on any outstanding bonds of an improvement district will not be levied upon taxable property in the excluded territory following such exclusion, or, at the option of the board, that taxes for the payment of principal and interest on any outstanding bonds of an improvement district will continue to be levied upon taxable property in the excluded territory following such exclusion.

(d) That following such exclusion, the taxable property in the territory remaining in the improvement district shall continue to be levied upon and taxed to provide funds for the purposes of the improvement district.

part: 8.5. EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY FROM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS


text: The resolution of intention to exclude shall also state that a map showing the exterior boundaries of the proposed territory to be excluded, with relation to the territory remaining in the improvement district, is on file with the secretary and is available for inspection by any person or persons interested. The map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the proposed exclusion.


text:
The resolution of intention shall also state:

(a) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the questions of the proposed exclusion and the effect of such exclusion upon the district, the improvement district and the territory to be excluded.

(b) That at such time and place any person interested, including all persons owning property in the district or in the improvement district, will be heard.


text: Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention to exclude, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper circulated in the municipal water district, if there is a newspaper circulated in the district. Such notice shall also be given by posting a copy of the resolution of intention to exclude in three public places within the affected improvement district for at least two weeks before the time fixed for the hearing.


text:
At the time and place so fixed in the resolution of intention to exclude, 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 improvement district may appear and present any matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution of intention to exclude.


text:
At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether it is necessary or desirable to exclude the territory. If so, the resolution shall also state:

(a) The reasons why such exclusion is necessary or desirable.

(b) That the exterior boundaries of the improvement district following such exclusion are set forth on a map on file with the secretary, which map shall govern all details as to the extent of the then existing improvement district.


text: The determinations made in the resolution of exclusion shall be final and conclusive.


text: After the exclusion of territory from the improvement district pursuant to this division, all taxes levied for the carrying out of the improvement district’s purpose shall be levied exclusively upon the taxable property in the improvement district as then constituted, except that taxes shall continue to be levied upon the taxable property in the territory excluded for the payment of principal and interest on any outstanding bonds of the improvement district, if the board so determines in the resolution of exclusion.


text:
A copy of the resolution of exclusion 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 public places within the improvement district for at least two weeks.

The resolution of exclusion shall not be effective until the 31st day after completion of the publication and posting.

This section shall not apply if the board has received the written consent of the owners of all the territory to be excluded therefrom. The written consent shall include the terms and conditions of exclusion, if any.


text: Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the exclusion of territory from the 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 resolution of exclusion; otherwise, the exclusion and all proceedings in relation thereto shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.


text: A district may cause taxes to be levied, in the manner provided in this part, for the purpose of paying any obligation of the district, including its formation expenses and any warrants issued therefor. The amount of this levy shall not exceed the amount permitted by any maximum property tax rate limitation in the Revenue and Taxation Code, provided, however, that if no tax was levied by the district in either the 1971–1972 or 1972–1973 fiscal year and the district incurred expenses in such years, which expenses were paid from revenues other than taxes, then the maximum levy shall not exceed fifty cents ($0.50) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation per year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 830.)

chapter: 1. Taxes Generally

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text: A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 70, Sec. 15.)


text: 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 due and also the amounts set forth in Section 71616, the board shall cause a tax to be levied, as provided in this part, sufficient to provide for such deficit and to pay the amount of such principal and interest that will become due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax levy will be available.


text: If, in the opinion of the board of a municipal water district, the corporate area of which has been included in or annexed to a metropolitan water district as a unit, the revenues of the municipal water district will be inadequate for any cause to pay the operating expense of such district, to provide for repairs and depreciation of works owned or operated by it, and to meet all of its obligations the board shall provide for the levy and collection of a tax, in the manner provided in this part, sufficient to raise the amount of money determined by the board to be necessary for the purpose of paying the operating expenses of such district, providing for repairs and depreciation of works owned or operated by it, and meeting all of its obligations.


text: The board shall determine the amounts necessary to be raised by taxation during the fiscal year and shall fix the rate or rates of tax to be levied which will raise the amounts of money required by the district. These acts by the board are a valid assessment of the property and a valid levy of the taxes so fixed. The amount of this levy shall not exceed the amounts permitted by any maximum property tax rate limitation in the Revenue and Taxation Code, provided, however, that if no tax was levied by the district for either the 1971–1972 of the 1972–1973 fiscal year, and the district incurred expenses in such years, which expenses were paid from revenues other than taxes, then the maximum levy shall not exceed fifty cents ($0.50) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation per year.


text: On or before September 1, the board shall certify to the board of supervisors and county auditor the tax rate or rates fixed for the district and shall furnish a statement of any delinquent and unpaid charges for water and other services, or either, requested in writing by the owner of the property that remain delinquent and unpaid for 60 days or more on July 1st.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 564, Sec. 7.)


text: The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district, using the rate or rates of levy as fixed by the board and the assessed value as found on the assessment roll for the property subject to the particular tax.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 17.)


text: Taxes for the payment of the interest on or principal of any bonded debt shall be levied on the property within the district, or improvement district therein, that is benefited by the bonded debt, as determined by the board in the resolution declaring the necessity to incur the debt. Taxes for other purposes of the district shall be levied on all property in the district or portion thereof subject to the particular tax.


text: Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a mobilehome which occupies a rental space and is not permanently attached to the land is not property subject to ad valorem property taxes for debt service of the district or of any improvement district therein.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 109, Sec. 1.)


text: All county officers charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect district taxes at the same time and in the same form and manner as county taxes are collected, and shall pay the collected district taxes to the district.


text: Taxes for the payment of a bonded debt and the interest thereon shall be a lien on all the property benefited thereby as stated in the resolution of the board declaring the necessity to incur the debt. All taxes for other purposes of the district shall be a lien on all the property in the district subject to the particular tax.


text: Liens for district taxes, whether for payment of a bonded indebtedness and the interest thereon or for other purposes, shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes, and their collection may be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens for state and county taxes.


text: The amount of any charges for water and other services or either included in the statement of delinquent and unpaid charges pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 72094 shall be added to and become a part of the annual taxes next levied upon the property upon which the water for which the charges are unpaid was used and upon the property subject to the charges for any other district services and shall constitute a lien on that property as of the same time and in the same manner as does the tax lien securing such annual taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of municipal ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to such charges, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the charges relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. The county shall deduct from the charges collected an amount sufficient to compensate the county for costs incurred in collecting such delinquent and unpaid charges. The amount of such compensation shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors and the district’s board of directors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 861.)


text: A district shall notify the holder of title to land whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for water and other services or either which could become a lien on such property pursuant to Section 72100 remain delinquent and unpaid for 60 days.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1211.)


text:
In case any charges for water or other services, or either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the discretion of the district be secured at any time by filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate specifying the amount of such charges and the name and address of the person liable therefor.

From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount required to be paid together with interest and penalty constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county owned by the person or afterwards, and before the lien expires, acquired by him. The lien has the force, priority, and effect of a judgment lien and shall continue for 10 years from the date of the filing of the certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien may, within 10 years from the filing of the certificate or within 10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the manner herein provided, be extended by filing for record a new certificate in the office of the county recorder of any county and from the time of such filing the lien shall be extended to the real property in such county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 335.)


text: 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.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

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text: 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 may be designated by the board, a certificate showing the assessed valuation of all property within the district lying within the county. Thereafter, the board shall make the certification and statement, and issue the directions, as required by Sections 72094 and 72095. After collection of taxes by the proper county officers at the rate specified, such officers shall pay the moneys received therefrom to the district.

chapter: 2. Apportionment of Taxes in Multicounty Districts and Improvement Districts


text: 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.


text: “Public agency,” as used in this chapter, means any city, county, district, other local authority or public body of, or within, this state.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 550.)

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text: On or before July 1st of each year, a district by resolution may authorize public agencies, located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the district, to pay all or any portion of the taxes levied by the district for the fiscal year commencing on July 1st of such year. Following the adoption of such resolution, any public agency located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the district may, as provided in this chapter, utilize funds derived from the sale of water or other funds not appropriated to some other use to pay a district within whose boundaries such public agency is wholly or partially situated such amounts in avoidance of taxes of the district as may be determined annually by the governing body of such public agency. Any such payment shall be credited to the taxable property of the public agency within the district and shall be deducted from the amount of taxes which would otherwise be levied by the district against such property. If any such payment exceeds the amount of taxes which would otherwise have been levied against such property, the amount of such excess, with interest, shall be carried over and applied in reduction of taxes levied on such property during the ensuing year or years.

chapter: 3. Payments by Public Agencies in Lieu of Taxes


text: On or before the first day of September, in any year the governing body of a public agency located wholly or partially within a district may declare its intention to utilize its funds to pay the whole or a portion of the taxes to be next paid to such district.


text: All such declarations shall be made by order and resolution of the governing body of the public agency and shall state that payment shall be made in cash directly to the district in equal installments on December 10th in the year of the declaration and on April 10th in the year next following.


text: Immediately upon the adoption of such declaration a certified copy shall be filed by such public agency with the secretary of the district to whom the taxes would inure, the county assessor and county auditor of the county wherein the public agency is situated and the State Board of Equalization.


text: Upon receipt of a certified copy of such declaration, the board of directors of the district may reject such declaration whenever the public agency has, in the preceding five-year period, declared its intention to utilize its funds in lieu of taxes and has failed to meet its obligations thereunder in a timely manner.


text: Upon receipt of a certifed copy of such declaration, the county assessor, county auditor, or other responsible officer shall reduce the amount of taxes to be collected within the boundaries of the public agency for the benefit of the district by the amount which the public agency has declared its intent to pay, provided, the board of directors of the district does not notify such officers of rejection of such declaration pursuant to Section 72130.


text: A public agency which exercises its right to utilize its funds in avoidance of taxes shall retain its rights to state, county, or other public agency reimbursement to the same extent that the public agency would have enjoyed had the taxes of the district been carried on the county assessment roll.


text: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Chino Basin Production Assessment Law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 165.)

chapter: 4. Chino Basin Production Assessments

article: 1. General Provisions

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text:
As used in this chapter:

(a) “Annual” or “year” means a calendar year unless the context indicates a contrary meaning.

(b) “Assessing district” means any Chino Basin district which levies a production assessment under this chapter.

(c) “Board” means the board of directors of the primary district.

(d) “Chino Basin” means the groundwater basin situated within the Counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino and which is described in the complaint for general adjudication of water rights in the matter of Chino Basin Municipal Water District v. City of Chino, et al., San Bernardino Superior Court No. 164327, filed January 2, 1975.

(e) “Chino Basin districts” means the primary district, the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County, and the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District, the boundaries of each of which incorporate land overlying, in part, the Chino Basin.

(f) “Fiscal year” means the period July 1 through June 30, following.

(g) “Groundwater” means water beneath the surface of the ground and within the zone of saturation.

(h) “Minimal pumper” means any person whose total production from the Chino Basin does not exceed 10 acre-feet per year.

(i) “Person” means any public agency or public corporation, or any private corporation, firm, partnership, limited liability company, individual, or group of individuals, excluding the State of California and its agencies.

(j) “Primary district” means the Chino Basin Municipal Water District, which overlies a majority of the Chino Basin.

(k) “Production” or “produce” means the extraction of groundwater by pumping or any other method, except for gravity flow tunnels which intercept the subsurface flow of defined streams.

(l) “Producer” means any person who produces groundwater within the Chino Basin, excluding minimal pumpers.

(m) “Secretary” means the secretary of the primary district.

(n) “Supplemental water” means water from the State Water Resources Development System.

(o) “Water producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or otherwise, for the production of groundwater within the Chino Basin.

(p) “Annual report” means the report required of each producer pursuant to Section 72143.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 227. Effective January 1, 1995.)

article: 1. General Provisions


text: The powers conferred by this chapter are in addition to, and not in place of, any other powers conferred upon the Chino Basin districts. Production assessments levied pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed necessary to further the activities of the Chino Basin districts in the protection of the ground water supplies of the Chino Basin for the public health, safety, and welfare. Production assessments are authorized to be levied upon the production of ground water from the Chino Basin for the benefit of all members of the public who rely directly or indirectly upon such ground water supplies.

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the primary district shall cause a production assessment or assessments to be levied each year at a uniform annual rate of two dollars ($2) per acre-foot of production from the Chino Basin, or in such lesser amount as may be determined pursuant to Section 72142. The authorized purposes for such production assessments are as follows:

(a) To purchase supplemental water to be used in the aid of studies and investigations authorized under subdivision (b), provided that the total expenditures for such purpose from all production assessments levied pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).

(b) To pay the costs and expenses incurred during or after the 1974–75 fiscal year for studies and investigations, including systems analysis, to develop a management plan for the water resources of the Chino Basin, including studies and investigations incident to actions and proceedings authorized under subdivision (c).

(c) To pay costs and expenses incurred during or after the 1974–75 fiscal year for actions and proceedings authorized by the primary district under Sections 71751 and 71757 and related to the development and implementation of such water management plan for the Chino Basin.

(d) To pay costs and expenses incurred during or after the 1974–75 fiscal year for the administration of this chapter, including advisory committee expenses, and to pay or reimburse costs and expenses of the Chino Basin districts incurred for the administration of this chapter.

article: 2. Assessment

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text: On or before 60 days after the effective date of this chapter, and on or before the third Wednesday in April of each year after 1975, the board shall adopt a budget and by resolution levy such two-dollar ($2)-per-acre-foot assessment, unless the board determines that the purposes of this chapter can be accomplished with a lesser assessment, in which case the board may, by resolution, levy such lesser assessment. Such assessment shall be applicable to all production within the Chino Basin during the fiscal year in which such assessment is levied.

article: 3. Levy of Assessment

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text: Immediately after adopting its resolution levying the assessment, which levy shall thereupon be effective as to all production from the Chino Basin within the primary district, the board shall notify and direct the other Chino Basin districts to levy similar assessments on production from the Chino Basin within each Chino Basin district at an identical rate. The boards of directors of each Chino Basin district other than the primary district shall on or before 30 days after receipt of such notice levy such assessment against all production from the Chino Basin within its boundaries within 30 days after the final date for receipt of annual reports and the payments of assessments, all net assessment proceeds collected by any Chino Basin district, less all costs of administration and collection, shall be delivered to the primary district.

article: 3. Levy of Assessment


text: After the levy of a production assessment pursuant to this chapter the Chino Basin districts shall give notice thereof to all affected producers within the Chino Basin, within each of their respective boundaries, which notice shall state the rate of each assessment and shall require filing of the annual report of each affected producer, together with payment of the assessment, by the deadline specified in Section 72143. The notice may be sent by postal card or by other first-class mail with postage prepaid by the assessing district.

article: 3. Levy of Assessment


text: Payment of the assessment shall accompany the filing of the annual report.

article: 3. Levy of Assessment


text: If any producer after having been given notice as required by Section 72142.2 fails to pay a production assessment when due, such producer shall become liable to the assessing district for interest at the rate of 1 percent per month on the delinquent amount of the assessment.

article: 3. Levy of Assessment


text: On or before 120 days after the effective date of this chapter, and on or before the last day of July of each year after 1975, each producer within the Chino Basin shall furnish the assessing district with an annual report of production for the preceding fiscal year, on a form to be prescribed by the board. On or before 150 days after the effective date of this chapter, and on or before the last day of August of each year after 1975, each Chino Basin district shall deliver a copy of such annual reports to the primary district.

article: 4. Reports

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text:
If any producer subject to production assessments, after having been given notice as required by Section 72142.2, fails to file an annual report on production, such producer shall, in addition to the liability for interest provided in Section 72142.4, become liable to the assessing district for a penalty of two dollars ($2) per acre-foot produced during the fiscal year subject to such report.

If the board of the assessing district has probable cause to believe that the production by any producer is unreported or, if reported, is substantially in excess of that disclosed by the annual report of such producer, such board shall cause an investigation and report to be made concerning such production. Such board shall determine and fix the correct amount of production for any such producer, not to exceed the maximum production capacity of such producer’s water producing facilities; provided, however, where a water measuring device is permanently attached thereto, the record of production as disclosed by such water measuring device shall be presumed to be accurate, and the burden shall be upon such board to establish to the contrary.

After such determination has been made by such board, a written notice thereof shall be mailed to the producer by such assessing district at his address as shown by the primary district’s records. Any such determination made by such board shall be conclusive on the producer, and production assessments based thereon, together with interest and penalties, shall be payable immediately, unless such producer shall file with such board within 10 days after the mailing of such notice a written protest setting forth the ground or grounds for protesting the amount of production so determined or the production assessment, interest, and penalties so levied thereon. Upon the filing of such protest, such board shall hold a hearing at which time the total amount of production and the production assessment thereon shall be determined, and the interest and penalties fixed, which action shall be conclusive if based upon substantial evidence. A notice of such hearing shall be mailed to the protestant at least 10 days before the date fixed for the hearing. Notice of the determination by such board shall be mailed to each protestant. Such producer shall have 20 days from the date of mailing of such notice to pay the production assessment, interest, and penalties so fixed by such board. Within 30 days after the conclusion of the proceedings under this section, such assessing district shall deliver a copy of the notice of the determination to the primary district.

article: 4. Reports


text: The board shall appoint an advisory committee representative of the various categories of water use and institutional concern, including each city which is a producer, each water district whose boundaries include lands within the Chino Basin, and representatives of water companies and industrial and agricultural interests.

article: 5. Advisory Committee

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text: The advisory committee shall organize, elect officers, and adopt reasonable rules for conduct of its affairs; provided, that all meetings of the committee shall be conducted in compliance with Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code.

article: 5. Advisory Committee


text: The advisory committee shall review all proposed studies, programs, and expenditures of proceeds of production assessments under this chapter and shall advise and consult with the board in the administration of this chapter.

article: 5. Advisory Committee


text: Any assessing district may bring a suit in the court having jurisdiction against any producer for the collection of any delinquent production assessments, interest, or penalties. The court having jurisdiction of the suit may, in addition award interest, costs, and attorney’s fees on any judgment.

article: 6. Remedies

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text: The assessment authority conferred pursuant to this chapter shall not extend beyond fiscal year 1976–77 production, and the power to collect production assessments shall cease and terminate after exhaustion of all remedies of the assessing districts as to such 1976–77 production. Nothing in this section shall preclude the commitment or expenditure of assessment proceeds remaining after the termination of such assessment authority.

article: 7. Termination

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text: Territory included within a district may be excluded from the district. When any part of the corporate area of a city is included in the territory proposed to be excluded from the district, the entire corporate area of the city, or part thereof, then included within the district shall be included in the territory proposed to be excluded from the district except that when the boundaries of the corporate area of a city are also within a metropolitan water district, a portion of such city may be excluded from a district if at the conclusion of the exclusion proceedings such portion of the city will still remain within the boundaries of such metropolitan water district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 132.)

chapter: 1. Exclusion

article: 1. In General

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text: The territory proposed to be excluded may consist of one or more parcels which need not be contiguous to each other and may consist of parcels situated in more than one county if the district contains such parcels.

article: 1. In General


text:
If, prior to the effective date of the formation of a municipal water district, any territory included therein is annexed to a metropolitan water district organized under the Metropolitan Water District Act, the governing body of the municipal water district, within 90 days after the effective date of the formation of such district, may adopt an ordinance which:

(a) Recites that the territory has been annexed to the metropolitan water district.

(b) Refers to the applicable statutes and to the date and place of the filing of the certificate or certificates evidencing such annexation.

(c) Describes the territory.

(d) Determines and declares that the territory is excluded from the municipal water district.

Such ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its adoption.

chapter: 3. Automatic Exclusion of Cities

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text: The board or the secretary of the municipal water district shall file a certified copy of the ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 72280 with the Secretary of State.


text: Upon receipt of the certified copy of the ordinance, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of the ordinance and the exclusion of the area from the municipal water district.


text: A copy of the Secretary of State’s certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of the county in which the municipal water district is situated if the district is situated in a single county, or shall be submitted to and filed with the secretary if the district contains lands situated in more than one county.


text: From and after the date of the Secretary of State’s certificate, the area described therein is excluded from, and no longer forms a part of, the municipal water district.


text: The taxable property within the excluded area shall remain subject to any taxes theretofore levied by the municipal water district and shall continue to be taxable by the municipal water district for the purpose of paying the bonded or other indebtedness of the municipal water district, if any, outstanding or contracted for at the time of such exclusion and until such bonded or other indebtedness is satisfied, to the same extent that such property would be taxable for such purpose if the exclusion had not occurred.


text: Any portion of a county, or any city situated within such county, or both, may be added to a district. Such portion or city need not be within a county in which the existing district is situated.

chapter: 4. Inclusion

article: 1. In General

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text: The cities need not be contiguous, and the unincorporated territory, inhabited or uninhabited, may consist of one or more parcels which need not be contiguous to each other or to any such cities. The annexing area or areas need not be contiguous to the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)

article: 1. In General


text: Any district whose territory is included within a metropolitan water district may nonetheless annex territory outside of the metropolitan water district without the consent of, or necessity that such annexed land be included within, the metropolitan water district; but the district may not serve water purchased from the metropolitan water district to such territory outside of the boundaries of the metropolitan water district without the consent of the metropolitan water district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 775.)

article: 1. In General


text:
Any district, the territory, or any portion thereof, of which is included within a metropolitan water district, shall be entitled, without penalty or sanction from the metropolitan water district, to purchase or acquire water to serve any territory within the district, whether or not the territory is within the metropolitan water district, from the following specified sources without the water being deemed an acquisition or purchase of water from the State Water Resources development system:

(a) Recycled water, as defined in Section 13050, regardless of the source of the water prior to its use and recycling.

(b) Water produced incidentally to the exercise of bona fide property rights to divert or pump local waters, regardless of the origin of the waters.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 367. Effective January 1, 2005.)

article: 1. In General


text: Any portion of a district, whether contiguous or not to an improvement district thereof, may be annexed to such improvement district in the manner provided in this chapter.

chapter: 1. Inclusion of Territory

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text: Annexation proceedings may be initiated by petition. A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary.

article: 1. Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition


text: The petition shall be signed by the holders of title to at least 60 percent of the land in the portion proposed to be annexed, which land shall have an assessed valuation of not less than 50 percent of the land proposed to be annexed.


text:
The petition for annexation shall contain all of the following:

(a) A description of the area proposed to be annexed. Such description may be made by reference to a map on file with the secretary of the district, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the area proposed to be annexed, or may be made in any other definite manner.

(b) The terms and conditions upon which the proposed area may be annexed as theretofore determined by resolution of the board.

(c) A prayer that the board declare such area to be annexed to the improvement district.


text: The petition for annexation shall be accompanied by a certified check payable to the order of the district in a sufficient amount to reimburse the district for the expenses of processing and publishing the petition and preparing and making the filings required by law.


text: Within 10 days of the date of the filing of the petition for annexation, the secretary shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the required number of property owners. Upon request of the secretary, the board shall authorize him to employ persons specially for this purpose, in addition to the persons regularly employed in his office, and shall provide for their compensation.


text: When the secretary has completed his examination of the petition for annexation, he shall attach to it his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of such examination.


text: If the secretary finds from the examination that the petition for annexation is signed by the requisite number of property owners he shall certify that the petition is sufficient. If he finds it is not so signed, he shall certify that the petition is insufficient.


text: If the secretary certifies in his certificate that the petition for annexation is insufficient, the petition may be amended by filing a supplemental petition or petitions within 10 days of the date of such certificate.


text: Within 10 days after the filing of any supplemental petition or petitions, the secretary shall examine them and certify to the result of such examination as provided in Sections 72675 to 72677, inclusive.


text: After the time for filing supplemental petitions has expired and all supplemental petitions have been examined, if the secretary’s certificate shows that the petition for annexation is sufficient, the secretary shall cause notice of hearing on the petition to be published and posted without delay.


text: In the event the petition for annexation is signed by all of the holders of title of land in the portion proposed to be annexed, the board may proceed and act thereon without notice and hearing, but shall otherwise comply with the applicable provisions of this article.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 83.)


text: The text of the petition for annexation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time at which it is to be presented to the board, in at least one newspaper printed and published in the district, if there is a newspaper printed and published in the district, together with a notice stating the time and place of the meeting at which the petition will be presented. If the petition is contained upon one or more instruments, only one copy of the petition need be published.


text: No more than five of the names attached to the petition for annexation need appear in the publication of the petition and notice, but the number of signers shall be stated.


text: The petition and notice shall also be posted in three public places in the improvement district and three public places in the area proposed to be annexed at least two weeks prior to the hearing.


text: The board shall proceed to hear the petition at the time and place fixed therefor, and any person residing within the district or improvement district or owning taxable property in the district or improvement district may appear and be heard at such hearing. Such hearing may be continued from time to time by the board.


text:
At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board finds and determines from the evidence presented at the hearing that the area proposed to be annexed to an improvement district will be benefited thereby, and that the improvement district to which the area proposed to be annexed will also be benefited thereby and will not be injured thereby, the board may, by resolution, approve the annexation.

The resolution shall describe the annexed territory, which may be made by reference to a map on file with the secretary, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the annexed area, or may be made in any other definite manner. The resolution shall also state the terms and conditions of annexation as theretofore determined by resolution of the board.


text: From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution approving the annexation, the area named therein is added to and forms a part of the improvement district.


text: The taxable property in the annexed areas shall be subject to taxation after the annexation thereof for the purposes of the improvement district, including the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and other obligations of the improvement district authorized and outstanding at the time of the annexation. If the terms and conditions established by the board specifically so provide, the taxable property in the annexed area shall be subject to taxation as if the annexed property had always been a part of the improvement district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 71.)


text: The board may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed by it.


text: Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced within three months after the date of the resolution approving such annexation; otherwise the annexation shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.


text: The board, by resolution, may initiate proceedings for the annexation of territory within the district whether contiguous or not to an improvement district to such improvement district.

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text:
The resolution proposing annexation shall:

(a) Declare that proceedings have been initiated by the board pursuant to this article.

(b) State the reason for proposing the annexation.

(c) Set forth a description of the area proposed to be annexed, which may be made by reference to a map on file with the secretary of the district which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the area proposed to be annexed.

(d) State the terms and conditions of the annexation.

(e) State that the holders of title to any of the land sought to be annexed may file written protests with the secretary to the annexation or the annexation upon such terms and conditions.

(f) Fix the time and place of a meeting at which the board will receive written protests theretofore filed with the secretary, receive additional written protests, and hear from any and all persons interested in the annexation.

article: 2. Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board


text: The text of the resolution proposing annexation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time of hearing in at least one newspaper printed and published in the district, if there is a newspaper published and printed in the district.


text: A copy of the resolution proposing annexation shall also be posted in three public places within the improvement district and three public places in the area proposed to be annexed at least two weeks prior to the hearing.


text: The board shall proceed with the hearing at the time and place fixed therefor and may continue the hearing, if need be, from time to time. All interested persons will be heard at the hearing.


text: If written protests are filed by the holders of title of one-half of the value of the territory proposed to be annexed as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of each county in which the territory is situated, further proceedings shall not be taken, and the board shall refuse the annexation by a resolution so stating.


text:
If written protest is not made by the owners of one-half of the value of the territory proposed to be annexed, and if, at the conclusion of the hearing, the board finds and determines from the evidence presented at the hearing that the area proposed to be annexed to an improvement district will be benefited thereby, and that the improvement district to which the area proposed to be annexed will also be benefited thereby and will not be injured thereby, the board may, by resolution, approve such annexation.

The resolution shall describe the territory annexed, which may be by reference to a map on file with the secretary, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the annexed area. The resolution shall also state the terms and conditions of annexation as theretofore determined by resolution of the board.


text: If the board finds and determines that either the area proposed to be annexed to the improvement district will not be benefited thereby or that the improvement district to which the area is proposed to be annexed will not be benefited thereby and will be injured thereby, the board shall by resolution disapprove such annexation.


text: From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution approving the annexation, the area described therein is added to and forms a part of the improvement district.


text: The taxable property in the annexed area shall be subject to taxation after the annexation thereof for the purposes of the improvement district, including the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and other obligations of the improvement district authorized and outstanding at the time of the annexation. If the terms and conditions established by the board specifically so provide, the taxable property in the annexed area shall be subject to taxation as if the annexed property had always been a part of the improvement district.


text: Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced within three months after the date of the resolution of the board approving the annexation of the territory to an improvement district; otherwise, the annexation shall be held valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.


text:
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, “improvement district” includes an uninhabited improvement district formed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 71920) of Part 7 of this division.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1151.)

chapter: 2. Dissolution of Improvement Districts

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text:
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 no bonds have been issued for the improvement district or are outstanding.

(c) If the improvement district was formed pursuant to Part 8 (commencing with Section 72000) of this division, that no indebtedness or liability was incurred for the improvement district or is outstanding.

(d) That a map showing the exterior boundaries of the improvement district, with relation to the territory immediately contiguous thereto, is on file with the secretary and is available for inspection by any person or persons interested.

(e) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the question of the dissolution of the improvement district.

(f) That at such time and place any person interested, including all persons owning property in the district or in the improvement district will be heard.


text: 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 also be given by posting a copy of the resolution in three public places within the improvement district for at least two weeks before the time fixed for the hearing.


text: 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 district, may appear and present any matters material to the proposed dissolution.


text: 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 shall declare the improvement district dissolved. The determinations made in the ordinance shall be final and conclusive.


text: When the ordinance declaring an improvement district dissolved becomes effective, the dissolution of such improvement district is complete.


text: 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 would be taxable for such purpose if the dissolution had not occurred.


text: 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 improvement district; otherwise, the dissolution of the improvement district and, all proceedings in relation thereto, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.


text: 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 date of such election call and hold another election as provided in Part 7 of this division for the purpose of resubmitting said measure to the electors of said improvement district. If said measure is not so resubmitted said improvement district, on the anniversary date of the election, is dissolved without further action by the board. If said measure is resubmitted and fails to receive more than two-thirds of the votes cast in such election in favor of said measure said improvement district is dissolved following the canvass of the election returns.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1151.)


text: Two or more improvement districts formed for a purpose other than the incurring of bonded indebtedness, whose powers and purposes are limited to those specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 71680) of Chapter 3 of Part 5, and which are portions of the same district, may be consolidated for a purpose other than the incurring of bonded indebtedness, as provided in this chapter, whether their boundaries are contiguous or not.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)

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