text: If any district is appointed fiscal agent of or by the United States in connection with any federal reclamation project, the directors and the treasurer shall each execute an additional bond in the sum required by the Secretary of the Interior, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties and the faithful discharge of the district of its duties under the appointment. These bonds may be sued upon by the United States or any person injured by the failure of these officers promptly and completely to perform their respective duties.

article: 2. Official Bonds


kind: section

code: WAT

text:
(a) A director, when sitting on the board or acting under its orders, shall receive not exceeding:

(1) One hundred dollars ($100) per day, not exceeding six days in any calendar month.

(2) Actual and necessary expenses while engaged in official business under the order of the board.

(b) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a director’s activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

(c) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 90. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)

chapter: 1. Officers

article: 3. Compensation

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text: The board shall fix the compensation to be paid to all other officers and employees provided for in this division, to be paid out of the treasury of the district, except as otherwise provided by this division.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

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article: 3. Compensation


text: For wilful violation of any express duty provided for in this division on the part of any officer named in this division, he shall be liable upon his official bond and subject to removal from office by proceeding brought in the superior court of the office county by any assessment payer of the district.

article: 4. Misconduct

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text: A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1059.)

chapter: 2. Appointments to Fill Vacancies

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text: The directors elected at the formation election shall on the first Tuesday after their election and qualification meet and organize as a board and designate an office of the board, which shall also be the office of the district, at which the board shall thereafter hold its meetings.

chapter: 3. Board Meetings and Duties

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text: The board shall hold a regular meeting each month at the place selected as the district office.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 830.)


text: The board may by resolution duly entered upon its minutes fix any other time or place for the regular monthly meeting, but no such change shall become effective until after the resolution making it has been published once a week for two successive weeks in the office county.


text: Special meetings of the board may be held as required for the proper transaction of the business of the district, but shall be ordered by a majority of the board.


text: The order calling a special meeting shall be entered of record and specify the business to be transacted. Five days’ notice of the order must be given to each director not joining in the order.


text: No other business than that specified in the order may be transacted at a special meeting unless all the members are present and consent to the consideration of any business not specified in the order.


text: All meetings of the board shall be public and a majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A smaller number of directors than a quorum may adjourn from day to day.


text: All records of the board shall be open to public inspection during business hours.


text: A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2006.)


text: The board shall manage and conduct the business of the district.


text:
The board of a district in existence on the effective date of this section shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State on or before January 1, 1964, listing:

(a) The name of the district.

(b) The date of formation.

(c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a description of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a map showing such boundaries, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded.

If the order declaring the district formed contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the board may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)


text: The office of the board and its place of meetings may be changed by a majority vote of the board, but no such change shall become effective until after the resolution making it has been published once a week for two successive weeks in the county in which the office of the board has theretofore been located.

chapter: 4. Change of Office

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text: Only the holders of title to land are entitled to vote at a general election.

chapter: 1. Voters and Qualifications

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text: Each voter may vote in each precinct in which any of the land owned by him is situated and may cast one vote for each one hundred dollars ($100), or fraction thereof, worth of his land, exclusive of improvements, minerals, and mineral rights therein, in the precinct.


text: Each male or female voter over the age of 18 years may vote in person or by proxy.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1748.)


text: Any guardian, conservator, administrator, or executor, of a person or estate owning land within the district shall be considered the holder of title to land for the purposes of this division, where the owner in fee is not entitled to vote.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 730.)


text: Any corporation holding title to land within the district is entitled to vote through any officer or agent authorized in writing under the seal of the corporation.


text: No person shall vote by proxy unless his authority to cast such vote is evidenced by an instrument acknowledged and filed with the board of election.


text:
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this division, if a holder of title to land enters into a contract for the sale of the land on deferred installments of the purchase price, the purchaser named in the contract is entitled to cast one-half of the vote allotted to such land at any district election if all the following have occurred:

(a) The land is separately assessed on the county assessment roll.

(b) A copy of the contract of sale is filed with the secretary at least 30 days prior to the date of the election.

(c) The purchaser is not delinquent for more than six months in the payment of any sums required to be paid under the contract.

For the purposes of this section, the county assessor shall, at the request of any purchaser, separately assess and separately list all such lands upon the assessment roll.


text:
At least 20 days prior to any district election, the secretary shall prepare a list for each precinct showing:

(a) The names of the holders of title to land who enter into contracts of sale, as shown by the copies of the contracts on file in his office.

(b) The name of the purchaser.

(c) A description of the land subject to each contract.


text: Each precinct list shall be delivered to the election board for the precinct prior to the election.


text: At least five days prior to each election, the secretary shall notify in writing each holder of title to land named as the seller in any contract on file in his office that the contract has been filed.


text: Any person entitled to vote at a district election may challenge the right of a purchaser to vote in accordance with the provisions of Section 41006. Challenges shall be made and determined as nearly as practicable in the manner provided by the Elections Code.


text: Where property has been conveyed prior to the election and the change of interest does not appear by the assessment roll, the original deed of conveyance or a copy thereof certified by the county recorder, or otherwise authenticated, shall be sufficient evidence to entitle the holder thereof to vote the acreage therein described.


text: Any person not legally qualified to vote who makes any false statement in respect to his right to vote shall incur all of the penalties provided in the Elections Code for persons illegally voting at elections.


text: The department prior to the formation election, and at all subsequent elections the board, shall prepare, certify, and furnish to the election board at each voting place in the district a copy of each of the assessment rolls pertaining to any land in the precinct or, if applicable, the election roll prepared in accordance with Section 41027.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 5. Effective September 30, 1990.)


text: The department or the board shall likewise prepare and furnish to the election boards lists certified by the register of the United States Land Office or the State Lands Commission, as the case may be, showing the land entered under the laws of the United States or of the State.


text: The lists shall contain the names of the persons entitled to possessory rights and the quantity of land held by each.


text: The most recent county assessment rolls and lists, or, if applicable, the election roll prepared in accordance with Section 41027, shall be used by the election boards in determining the qualifications of voters and the number of votes each voter is entitled to cast.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 6. Effective September 30, 1990.)


text: Where a tract of land is situated partly within and partly without the boundaries of a precinct and the assessment roll contains a valuation of the tract as a whole, the tract must be apportioned according to the number of acres lying within and without the boundaries of the precinct.


text: If there is included in any assessment roll or list furnished to an election board any land which has no valuation assigned to it, the department or the board, as the case may be, shall request the county assessor to value the land and the county assessor shall prepare and furnish to the department or board requesting it a statement of the value of the land as appraised by him.


text: The value shall be arrived at as nearly as may be done in the same manner and upon the same basis as was the valuation for purposes of taxation assessed upon other lands in the precinct similarly situated.


text: The valuation made by the county assessor shall be furnished to the election board of the precinct in which the land is situated and shall be used by the election board in determining the number of votes which the holder of title to the land is entitled to cast.


text: As an alternative to using the most recent county assessment roll, the board may cause an election roll to be prepared and used for determining ownership and value of parcels for all purposes involving elections. For purposes of a formation election, the department may also elect to cause an election roll to be prepared and shall perform those functions designated to be performed by the board or secretary in this chapter. If the procedures provided in this chapter are used, Sections 41018 to 41020, inclusive, shall not apply.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 7. Effective September 30, 1990.)

chapter: 1.5. Alternative Election Roll

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text:
(a) The board shall have a preliminary election roll prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) by a registered civil engineer. The engineer shall prepare the preliminary election roll by division unless all district elections are at large.

(b) The preliminary election roll shall include each parcel of land listed on the most recent county assessment roll, any federal and state land, and any other unvalued lands within the district. For each parcel, the preliminary election roll shall list the name of the holder of title to land and the area of that parcel. The preliminary election roll shall assign each voter one of the following:

(1) One vote for each acre of land owned by that voter within the district. If the voter owns less than one acre, the voter shall be entitled to one vote. Any fraction of an acre shall be rounded to the next full acre.

(2) A number of votes based on the benefits derived by each parcel from being within the boundaries of the district, or from receiving services from the district, or both. The engineer shall consider, among other factors, the nature of the use or allowed uses of the parcel, whether the parcel is developed or undeveloped, and the nature of the district’s services provided to or available to the parcel.

(c) The secretary shall publish a notice of preparation of the preliminary election roll pursuant to Section 39057, indicating the date, time, and place of the board’s hearing to consider the preliminary election roll. The notice shall also provide information concerning the availability of the preliminary election roll.

(d) A copy of the preliminary election roll shall be available at the district’s offices during regular business hours and at any other convenient location, as determined by the district.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 275, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)


text:
(a) The board shall hold a public hearing to receive any testimony regarding the preliminary election roll. The hearing may be continued from time to time. Following the hearing and deliberations, the board shall make any changes to the preliminary election roll and shall adopt the election roll.

(b) If the preliminary election roll was prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 41026, the adopted election roll shall be deemed the final election roll.

(c) If the preliminary election roll was prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 41026, the secretary shall send the adopted election roll to the board of supervisors of the principal county. Upon receiving the adopted election roll, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall set the date, time, and place for a public hearing to receive any testimony regarding the adopted election roll. The board of supervisors shall publish a notice of its public hearing pursuant to Section 39057. At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall receive any testimony regarding the adopted election roll. The hearing may be continued from time to time. Following the hearing and deliberations, the board of supervisors shall either approve or disapprove the adopted election roll. If the board of supervisors approves the adopted election roll, it shall send the final election roll to the board. If the board of supervisors disapproves the adopted election roll, the board of supervisors shall notify the board of its disapproval and may recommend changes to the adopted election roll for the board to consider. The district shall compensate the principal county for any costs incurred by the board of supervisors pursuant to this chapter.

(d) The secretary shall certify and file the final election roll not later than the date of the first publication of the notice provided pursuant to Section 41308.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 683. Effective January 1, 2007.)


text: The final election roll shall be used for all purposes relating to elections, until subsequently modified in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter, or until the board elects at least 84 days prior to a general election to use the most recent county assessment roll. The board may at any time cause a revised preliminary election roll to be prepared in accordance with Section 41026. Upon written petition filed by the holders of title to land with at least 10 percent of the votes based on the last finalized election roll, at least 150 days before any general or special election, the board shall prepare a new preliminary election roll and follow the procedures provided for in Section 41027. At least 84 days prior to an election, the district shall update the names listed as the holder of title to land of each parcel on the election roll and may rely on the most recent county assessment roll for determining ownership.


text: The board shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in the district and define the boundaries thereof. At least one precinct must be established for each division of the district.

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text: The board may at any time, but not less than 60 days before an election to be held in the district, change the boundaries of any election precinct. The changes shall be entered upon the minutes of the board.

chapter: 2. Redivision and Establishing of Precincts


text: The redivision order of the board shall be filed in the office of the secretary and a copy certified by the secretary shall be filed with the department.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 47. Effective January 1, 1993.)


text: The board shall at its next regular meeting establish a convenient number of election precincts in each of the new divisions. No precinct shall include any land situate in more than one of the divisions.


text: The directors in office at the time new divisions are established shall continue in office for the divisions from which they were elected until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected, but their successors shall be elected from the new divisions.


text: An election, known as the general water storage district election, shall be held in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each odd-numbered year, at which a successor shall be chosen to each officer whose term expires in April next thereafter.

chapter: 3. General Elections

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text: Prior to the election, the board shall appoint for each precinct, from the voters thereof, one inspector and two judges, who constitute an election board for the precinct.

article: 1. Preliminary Procedure and Nominations


text: Not less than 24 days before a general election, the secretary shall give notice of the election by causing a notice to be published once a week for three successive weeks in each affected county and by causing notices to be posted in the office of the board and in three public places in each election precinct stating the time of holding the election and the polling place of each precinct.


text: Affidavits of the publication and posting of the election notices shall be filed with the county elections official of each affected county, together with a copy of the order calling the election, certified by the president, and duplicates shall be filed with the board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 169. Effective January 1, 2003.)


text: The board shall, by order made more than 24 days before the time for election, designate a convenient place within each precinct as the polling place of the precinct.


text: Not less than 60 days before the election, any 10 or more voters in any division of the district may file with the board a petition requesting that the name of a specified person be placed on the ballot for the particular division as a candidate for the office of director to represent the particular division. Only the names proposed by the petitions filed with the board shall be printed on the ballots for the various divisions of the district. The date of actual receipt of any such petition by the board shall be deemed to be the date of filing of the same with the board. If there are less than 10 voters in any division, signatures of one-third of the number of voters, rounded up to the next whole number, shall be required to nominate a candidate.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 8. Effective September 30, 1990.)


text: The petitions shall be preserved in the office of the secretary.


text: If, by the 59th day prior to the election, only one person has been nominated as provided in Section 41305 for any elective office to be filled at that election, or no one has been nominated for that office, the board, in its discretion and by resolution, may order that an election not be held for that office and request the board of supervisors to appoint to that office the person nominated or, where no one has been nominated for that office, to appoint to that office a person who the board of supervisors selects. Upon receipt of a request from the board, the board of supervisors shall make that appointment, and the person appointed shall qualify and take office and serve as if elected at a general election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 779, Sec. 10. Effective October 10, 1999.)


text: Not less than 84 days before a general election, the secretary shall give notice of the provisions of Sections 41305 and 41307 by causing a notice to be published one time in each affected county stating the time of the forthcoming general election and reciting the provisions of Sections 41305 and 41307. The notice shall also state whether the most recent county assessment roll or an election roll prepared pursuant to Section 41027 shall be used for the election for purposes of establishing title to and value of land.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 9. Effective September 30, 1990.)


text: The ballots used at the election shall be provided by the board.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

article: 2. Ballots

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text: One of the judges of the election shall deliver to each of the voters one ballot for the votes to which the voter is entitled by this division.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 10. Effective September 30, 1990.)

article: 2. Ballots


text: Each ballot cast shall contain the number of votes it represents, which number shall be written or stamped upon it by an election officer and initialed by him when handed to the voter.

article: 2. Ballots


text: Each ballot shall have a perforated tab which shall be marked with the initials of a member of the board of election of the precinct immediately before being handed to the voter.

article: 2. Ballots


text: The perforated tab shall be torn from the ballot by the inspector immediately before the voted ballot is placed in the ballot-box, and shall be preserved by him and sent with the ballots to the secretary.

article: 2. Ballots


text: The ballots shall have printed on them the names of all candidates whose names have been filed as provided in this division, with a voting square to the right of each name. There shall be sufficient blank spaces left in which voters may write other names.

article: 2. Ballots


text: The names shall be arranged in groups under the designation of the office for which each person named is a candidate, in order determined by random drawing following the procedures provided by the Elections Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 11. Effective September 30, 1990.)

article: 2. Ballots


text: The ballots in each division of the district shall contain names of persons to be voted for as director to represent that division only.

article: 2. Ballots


text: No director shall be elected by the district at large, unless a court of competent jurisdiction has determined or hereinafter so determines.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 12. Effective September 30, 1990.)

article: 2. Ballots


text: If the board fails to appoint an election board or the members appointed do not attend at the opening of the polls on the morning of election, the voters of the precinct present at that hour may appoint an election board, or supply the place of an absent member thereof.

article: 3. Conduct at Precincts

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text: The inspector is chairman of the election board. He may administer all oaths required in the process of an election and appoint judges if, during the progress of the election, any judge ceases to act.

article: 3. Conduct at Precincts


text: Any member of the election board may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election.

article: 3. Conduct at Precincts


text: Before opening the polls, each member of the election board must take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the duties imposed upon him by law. Any voter of the precinct may administer and certify such oath.

article: 3. Conduct at Precincts


text: Unless the board fixes other hours, the polls shall be opened at 6 a.m. on the morning of the election and closed at 7 p.m.

article: 3. Conduct at Precincts


text: The board may, in the notice of election, fix the hours for the opening and closing of the polls; but the polls shall be kept open for not less than six consecutive hours between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.

article: 3. Conduct at Precincts


text: A list shall be kept by the election board containing the names of each voter who has voted and the number of votes cast by each. If the ballot is cast by proxy the list shall also state the name of the person casting it.

article: 3. Conduct at Precincts


text: Voting may commence as soon as the polls are opened, may continue during all the time the polls remain opened, and shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code.

article: 3. Conduct at Precincts


text: The ballots shall be strung upon a cord or thread by the inspector during the counting in the order in which they are entered upon the tally list by the judges.

article: 4. Returns of Election

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text: As soon as all votes are counted a certificate shall be drawn upon each of the papers containing the poll lists and tallies, or attached thereto, stating in words and figures at full length the number of votes each one voted for has received, and designating the office to fill which he was voted for. Each certificate shall be signed by a judge and the inspector.

article: 4. Returns of Election


text: One of the certificates, with the poll list and the tally paper to which it is attached, shall be retained by the inspector and preserved by him at least six months.

article: 4. Returns of Election


text:
The ballots, together with the other certificate with the poll list and tally paper to which it is attached, shall be:

(a) Sealed by the inspector in the presence of the judges and endorsed “Election returns of (naming the precinct) precinct.”

(b) Directed to the secretary.

(c) Immediately delivered by the inspector or some other responsible carrier designated by him, to the secretary.

(d) Kept by the secretary unopened for at least six months.

article: 4. Returns of Election


text: If any voter of the district is of the opinion that the vote of any precinct has not been correctly counted, he may appear on the day appointed for the board to open and canvass the returns, and demand a recount of the vote of the precinct that is claimed to have been incorrectly counted.

article: 4. Returns of Election


text: No list, tally paper, or certificate returned from any election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form if it can be satisfactorily understood.

article: 4. Returns of Election


text: The board shall meet at its usual place of meeting on the first Monday after each election to canvass the returns.

article: 5. Canvass

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text: If at the time of meeting the returns from each precinct in the district in which the polls were opened have been received, the board shall then and there proceed to canvass the returns. If all the returns have not been received, the canvass shall be postponed from day to day until all the returns have been received, or until six postponements have been had.

article: 5. Canvass


text: The canvass shall be made in public and by opening the returns and ascertaining the vote of the district for each person voted for, and declaring the result.

article: 5. Canvass


text: The person receiving the highest number of votes for each office to be filled at the election shall be elected.

article: 6. Results of Election

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text: The board shall declare elected as director the person having the highest number of votes for that office in each division.

article: 6. Results of Election


text: The secretary shall immediately make out and deliver to the elected persons certificates of election signed by him and authenticated with the seal of the district.

article: 6. Results of Election


text:
The secretary shall enter in the records of the board a statement of the result of the election as soon as it is declared. The statement shall show:

(a) The whole number of votes cast in the district, and in each division.

(b) The names of the persons voted for.

(c) The office to fill which each person was voted for.

(d) The number of votes cast in each precinct for each person voted for.

(e) The number of votes cast in each division for the office of director.

article: 6. Results of Election


text: If a general election is not held as provided in this part, then upon the filing of a petition with the secretary, signed by the holders of title to more than 15 percent of the total assessed valuation of the land, or the holders of contracts to purchase such land executed by the holders of title thereto and qualified to vote in accordance with the provisions of Section 41006, requesting that a special election be called for the election of officers, the board shall thereupon call a special election for the election of officers. The election shall be held within not less than 15, nor more than 30, days after the filing of the petition.

chapter: 4. Special Elections

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text: Notice of any special election to be held pursuant to the provisions of this division shall be given by posting notices in three public places in each election precinct in the district for at least 20 days, and also by publication of the notice once a week for three successive weeks in each affected county.


text: The notice shall specify the time, place, and purpose of the election.


text: If, by the ninth day prior to the special election, only one person has been nominated as provided in Section 41555, or no one has been nominated for the office, the board may order that an election not be held, following the same appointment procedures provided in Section 41307. If an election is to be held, unless otherwise in this division expressly specified, the election shall be held and the result determined and declared as nearly as may be in accordance with the provisions of this division relating to general elections.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 13. Effective September 30, 1990.)


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


text: Not less than 10 days before the special election, any 10 or more voters in any division of the district may file with the board a petition requesting that the name of a specified person be placed on the ballot for the particular division as a candidate for the office of director to represent the particular division. Only the names proposed by the petitions filed with the board shall be printed on the ballots for the various divisions of the district. The date of actual receipt of any such petition by the board shall be deemed to be the date of filing of the same with the board. If there are less than 10 voters in any division, signatures of one-third of the number of voters, rounded up to the next whole number, shall be required to nominate a candidate.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 14. Effective September 30, 1990.)


text: Any election held under the provisions of this division may be contested by any holder of title to land liable to assessment.

chapter: 6. Contest of Elections

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text: The contest shall be brought in the superior court of any affected county and shall be conducted in the manner provided for contests of election by the Elections Code. In a contest not involving the right of a person declared elected to an office to hold the office, the directors shall be made parties to the contest.


text: The court shall determine upon the hearing whether the election was fairly conducted and in substantial compliance with the requirements of this division.


text: The contest shall be brought within 20 days after the declaration of the result.


text: Either party of record has the right to appeal within 30 days from entry of judgment.


text: The appeal shall be heard and determined by the Supreme Court within 60 days from the time of the filing of the notice of appeal.


text: Upon the organization of a district, the board shall make or cause to be made all examinations, surveys, plans and specifications, and estimates of costs for the acquisition, appropriation, diversion, storage, conservation, and distribution of water, any drainage or reclamation works connected therewith, and the generation of hydroelectric energy incident thereto, and the sale and distribution thereof, as may be necessary or requisite to enable the board to ascertain and estimate the requirements and works necessary for the purpose of the district, and the probable cost and to make a report.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1086.)

chapter: 1. The Project

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text: The board may use and adopt all previous estimates, surveys, reports, and other data it may have or acquire.

article: 1. Plans, Specifications, and Estimate of Costs


text: The cost of the examinations, surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates is a part of the expense of the project. The board may issue warrants therefor, which shall be payable out of the funds of the district and may be included in any bond issue authorized for the purposes of the district.


text: The board may at any time and from time to time segregate and divide the plans, specifications, and estimates of cost into one or more units of construction, and may provide at that time that one or more individual units of construction shall not be entered upon immediately, but shall be authorized and undertaken in the order and at the time the board may thereafter determine.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 48. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 2. Units of Construction

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text: In the event of the division of the project into units of construction, and the specification of one or more units for future construction, the board shall, when it determines upon the construction of any unit, pass a resolution to that effect.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 2. Units of Construction


text: Upon resolving to construct a unit, the board may amend the plans, specifications, and estimates of costs of the unit by making changes, modifications, and additions.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 50. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 2. Units of Construction


text: If the board proposes to acquire property for the purposes or use of the district by purchase or lease, or in any manner other than by condemnation proceedings, that fact shall be stated in its report. A true copy of any instrument evidencing the proposed acquisition of the property or the right to acquire it shall be made a part of the report.

article: 3. Acquisition of Property

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text: Except where it is proposed to be acquired by eminent domain proceedings, no property belonging to any water corporation which is a public utility shall be acquired by a district, nor shall any property of such public utility be included in the report of the board unless and until the Public Utilities Commission has made its order authorizing the sale and any abandonment or curtailment of service by the public utility which would result from the acquisition by the district of property of the public utility.

article: 3. Acquisition of Property


text: A certified copy of any order of authority made by the Public Utilities Commission shall be made a part of and filed with the report of the board. Unless the order of the Public Utilities Commission in effect finds and declares that the sale and abandonment or curtailment of service of the public utility through the acquisition of its properties by the district will be to the interest of the consumers of the public utility and that the terms and conditions of the acquisition of property of the public utility by the district are fair, just, and equitable to the consumers of the public utility, the report shall be insufficient for any of the purposes of this division.

article: 3. Acquisition of Property


text: Upon completion of the examination and study of the proposed project by the board, the board shall prepare and file a report with the secretary.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 4. Filing the Report

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text:
The report shall set forth in detail all the following:

(a) The character and nature of the proposed works.

(b) A description of the rights both to water and land it will be necessary to acquire to complete the project.

(c) Plans and specifications.

(d) An estimate of the cost of the project, including the acquisition of all rights necessary to its completion and operation, and including any amounts proposed to be provided out of bond funds for the establishment of a bond reserve fund and for amounts proposed to be provided out of bond funds for the payment of interest on bonds during construction of the project.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 52. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 4. Filing the Report


text: If the board determines before preparing and filing its report to segregate and divide the plans, specifications, and estimates into more than one unit of construction, the plans, specifications, and estimates shall be complete as to each unit, and the board shall in its report specify the particular units the construction of which are to be immediately entered upon and the particular units reserved for future action.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 454.)

article: 4. Filing the Report


text: If the board of any district fails to complete and file its report within 10 years from the date of the filing of the order of the department declaring the district duly organized, the project of the district shall be deemed abandoned and the board shall within 90 days thereafter pay all outstanding debts and claims against the district and shall within that time remit to the assessment payers of the district in proportion to the amount paid by the assessment payers on the last call or assessment levied by the board the balance of any funds then remaining with the treasurer of the district or to its credit with the county treasurers of affected counties.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 55. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 4. Filing the Report


text: The board may by resolution determine that it is likely that the project or unit will benefit only a portion of the district. If the board so determines, the board shall provide for a hearing on the questions whether the project or unit will benefit only a portion of the district and whether an improvement district consisting of that portion should be established.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 57. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 5. Improvement Districts

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text: The board shall fix the time and place for any such hearing, and shall cause notice of such hearing, setting forth the purpose, time and place thereof, to be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks. Such publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in each affected county, and, if in any such county there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper printed and published in an adjoining county.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 755.)

article: 5. Improvement Districts


text: At the time and place fixed for the hearing, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. Any person interested, including any person owning land within the district, may appear at the hearing and present any matters material to the questions which are the subject of the hearing.

article: 5. Improvement Districts


text: At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether the whole or only a portion of the district will be benefited by the project or unit. If the board determines that only a portion of the district will be benefited by the project or unit, the board may by resolution establish an improvement district consisting of that portion of the district. The resolution shall describe the territory within the improvement district in a manner sufficient for identification, and shall designate the improvement district by a distinctive name or number. In accordance with the resolution, said portion of the district shall thereupon constitute and be known as “____ Improvement District of ____ Water Storage District” or as “Improvement District No. ____ of ____ Water Storage District.”

article: 5. Improvement Districts


text: The determination of the board establishing an improvement district shall be final and conclusive.

article: 5. Improvement Districts


text:
After the establishment of an improvement district within a district pursuant to this article:

(a) All proceedings with respect to the project or unit for which the improvement district was established shall apply only to the improvement district.

(b) Any election with respect to such project or unit or bonds therefor or warrants relating thereto, held pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 42300) of this part, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 42500) of this part, Part 7 (commencing with Section 44400) of this division or Part 8 (commencing with Section 45100) of this division, shall be held only within the improvement district.

(c) Any assessment with respect to such project or unit shall be levied only upon the land within the improvement district.

(d) Any bonds or warrants issued with respect to such project or unit shall be bonds or warrants of the improvement district, secured by an assessment levied upon the land within the improvement district only, and that fact shall be indicated on the face of each such bond or warrant.

article: 5. Improvement Districts


text: An improvement district shall be governed, and its business shall be conducted, by the board and officers of the district in the name of the improvement district. An improvement district shall not have its own officers or employees. The board and each of the officers of the district, respectively, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges as to an improvement district, its land and the proceedings in relation to the improvement district that each respectively has as to the district of which the improvement district is a part.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 56.)

article: 5. Improvement Districts


text: All of the provisions of this part, except Section 42280, all of the provisions of Part 6 (commencing with Section 43000) of this division, all of the provisions of Part 7 (commencing with Section 44400) of this division, all of the provisions of Part 8 (commencing with Section 45100) of this division, all of the provisions of Part 9 (commencing with Section 46000) of this division, and all of the provisions of Part 10 (commencing with Section 48000) of this division except Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 48350) shall apply to an improvement district in the same manner as they apply to the district which includes the improvement district and as though the term “improvement district” were used in place of the word “district” at each place where said word appears in any of said provisions except when said word is used as a part of the term “other district” and the improvement district and the board and officers of the district shall have all of the powers, with respect to the improvement district, that are stated in said provisions.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 56.)

article: 5. Improvement Districts


text: If the board recommends that the project be abandoned, the board may call a special election to be held in the district for the purpose of determining whether the recommendation of the board shall be adopted or rejected.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 59. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 1. Investigation by the Board

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text: If a special election is called by the board pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter, the board shall within 30 days after calling the election give notice of the election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1607.)

article: 2. Election

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text: The notice shall be published once a week for at least three weeks previous to the election in each affected county.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

chapter: 2. Recommendation of Abandonment of Project

article: 2. Election


text: For the purposes of the special election, the board shall establish a convenient number of election precincts and define their boundaries.

article: 2. Election


text: At the time of calling the election, the board shall in its order designate voting places and appoint three landholders of the district to act as a board of election at each voting place.

article: 2. Election


text: The election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of this division relating to general elections, but no particular form of ballot shall be required.

article: 2. Election


text: The qualifications of voters at the election shall be the same as prescribed for the formation election.

article: 2. Election


text: The votes cast at the election shall be canvassed by the board in the same manner as votes cast at the formation election, and the result of the special election shall be declared and entered of record in the minutes of the board.

article: 2. Election


text: If the canvass of the votes cast at the special election shows more than one-half of all votes cast are “Completion of project—Yes” and also shows that more than one-half of the qualified voters who voted at the election voted “Completion of project—Yes” the board shall appoint the commissioners provided for in Article 1 (commencing with Section 46150) of Chapter 2 of Part 9 of this division and thereafter proceedings shall be taken and followed as are provided in this division for assessments and completion of projects.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 59.1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 3. Proceedings After Election

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text: If completion of the project is not approved at the election, the board may modify the project or propose a new project. If a revised report is not prepared within six months of the election, the board shall enter an order declaring the project abandoned.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 59.3. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 3. Proceedings After Election


text: The order of abandonment shall require all persons having claims against the district or proposed district, except the holders of warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of this division and presented for payment, to file them with the necessary vouchers with the district within three months from the date of the order.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 59.5. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 3. Proceedings After Election


text: Notice of the order requiring presentation of claims stating the time and place shall be published by the board in the county in which the office of the district is located once a week for four successive weeks, commencing within 10 days after the making of the order.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 59.7. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 3. Proceedings After Election


text: After all warrants issued under the provisions of this division which have been presented for payment and all claims that have been presented and have been allowed and approved by the board have been paid, the board shall cause a certified copy of the order declaring the project abandoned to be filed for record in the office of the recorder of each affected county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 59.9. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 3. Proceedings After Election


text: After the filing of the copy of the order the district is dissolved.

article: 3. Proceedings After Election


text: All liens which have attached to land under any provisions of this division are discharged with the filing of the copy of the order, and any undertakings given are annulled.

article: 3. Proceedings After Election


text: Within 45 days after the board approves the report, it shall call a district election for the purpose of determining whether the recommendation and report shall be adopted.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 62. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 2. Election

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text: The election shall be noticed, held, and conducted and the result determined and declared in all respects as nearly as possible as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 42325) of Chapter 2 of this part.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 63. Effective January 1, 1993.)

chapter: 3. Recommendation of Completion of Project

article: 2. Election


text: If a majority of all votes cast are “Completion of project—Yes” and also a majority of the qualified voters who voted at the election voted “Completion of project—Yes,” the report and recommendation is adopted.

article: 3. Proceedings After Election

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text: The board shall carry out the project of the district in accordance with the plans and specifications of the approved and adopted report of the board.

article: 3. Proceedings After Election


text: If completion of the project is not approved at the election, the project is abandoned.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 72. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 3. Proceedings After Election


text: If any project, whether original, modified, substituted or other, already adopted under this part, remains uncompleted, whether in whole or in part, and any assessment levied under Part 9 (commencing with Section 46000) of this division on the basis of the project remains uncalled, either in whole or in part, and if the board finds, through resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of its entire membership, that, for reasons explicitly stated in the resolution, the project should be materially modified or should be completely abandoned and another project be substituted in its place, then the board shall proceed under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 42200) of this part to prepare a new report which shall be complete in itself and which shall set up the existing project as materially modified or a new project to be substituted in its place.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 73. Effective January 1, 1993.)

chapter: 4. Project Uncompleted

article: 1. New Report

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text: The report shall specify what disposition or use shall be made in the new project or otherwise of such parts of the existing project as have been completed and are in process of completion and of such property as the district has acquired. An abandonment of such existing project shall not restore any project, original or other, which had been displaced by such existing project.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 68.)

article: 1. New Report


text: Thereafter all proceedings in respect of the new report shall be conducted as set forth in this part for an original report.

article: 1. New Report


text: If the vote at either of the elections prescribed in this part is adverse to the report, the proposed project is abandoned. Thereafter the district shall continue, and the original project shall be and remain in the same full force and effect, as though no proceedings had been taken under this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 74. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 2. Elections and Subsequent Proceedings

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text: If the vote at either of the elections is favorable to the new report, nothing further shall be done toward completion of the former project so modified or eliminated. If there is any uncalled portion of principal or interest of any outstanding assessment already levied and in effect to carry out the former project, the board shall, by resolution, cancel so much thereof as is not required for a refund to landowners who have already paid all or a part of their pro rata share of the portion to be canceled. The board shall specify in this resolution the portion of the assessment levied against each tract which is to be canceled, describing each tract as described in the assessment roll or by the number of the tract as used in the assessment roll. These and subsequent proceedings under this section shall be governed by Sections 47806, 47807, 47808, 47809, and 47810.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 75. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 2. Elections and Subsequent Proceedings


text: To the extent that the district is indebted or has any outstanding liabilities at the time of adoption of the report, whether contingent or otherwise, the board shall levy, by order from time to time, special assessments upon the land in the district, pro rata according to the rate of assessment per acre established in the original assessment, to raise funds to pay the debts and liabilities. The provisions of Chapters 3 and 5 of Part 9 of this division shall be applicable to such assessments.

article: 2. Elections and Subsequent Proceedings


text: If, after all debts and liabilities have been paid, any funds remain on hand which have been collected under the original assessment or any funds are subsequently collected through redemptions from any sale for any delinquent call on the original assessment, such funds shall, unless distributed to landowners pursuant to Section 46675, be credited pro rata to the respective tracts of land in the district on the assessment roll for the original assessment according to the rate of assessment per acre established in the original assessment and thereafter shall be applied on account for the benefit of the tracts of land against any call on any assessment levied upon the tracts through proceedings authorized under this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 821.)

article: 2. Elections and Subsequent Proceedings


text: If for any reason funds are not available to the district to defray all expenses under this article, as estimated by the board to be incurred for the general benefit of the district up to the time that a new assessment for the new project has been levied and become available under Chapter 2 of Part 9 of this division, the board may levy assessments from time to time pursuant to Chapter 1 of Part 9 of this division to raise the necessary funds to defray such expenses.

article: 2. Elections and Subsequent Proceedings


text: If the board shall find, by a two-thirds vote of its entire membership, that some project, other than any project (whether original, modified, substituted, or other) already adopted, should be adopted then the board shall proceed under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 42200) of this part to prepare an additional report which shall be complete in itself and shall set up the project as an additional project for the district. The additional report shall not modify, rescind, or terminate any other project which has already been adopted.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 76. Effective January 1, 1993.)

chapter: 5. Additional Projects

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text: Thereafter all proceedings in respect of the additional report shall be conducted as set forth in this part for an original report.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 392.)


text: If for any reason funds are not available to the district to defray all expenses under this chapter as estimated by the board to be incurred for the general benefit of the district up to the time that a new assessment for such additional project has been levied and become available under Chapter 2 of Part 9 of this division, the board may levy assessments from time to time pursuant to Chapter 1 Part 9 of this division to raise the necessary funds to defray such expenses.


text: The board may acquire, improve, and operate the necessary works for the storage and distribution of water, and any drainage or reclamation works connected therewith.

chapter: 1. Water and Electricity

article: 1. Water

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text: The board may sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of water and water rights not necessary for the uses and purposes of the district.

article: 1. Water


text: The board may grant to the owner or lessee of a right to the use of any water permission to store the water in any reservoir of the district or to carry it through any conduit of the district.

article: 1. Water


text: The board shall establish equitable rules and regulations for the most economical and efficient distribution and use of water within the district, and pursuant thereto may enter into long-term water service contracts with landowners in the district which contracts may, in the discretion of the board, provide, among other things, that the obligations are a lien on the land with the same force, effect, and priority as an assessment lien if such contract is recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county in which such land is situated. The rules, regulations, and contracts shall recognize and shall be subject to such priorities in the right to water between the different consumers of the water as may legally exist. Among other things the rules and regulations may establish a procedure for fixing tolls and charges authorized by Sections 43006 and 47180 and may provide equitable rules for reapportionment of assessments supplementary to the provisions of Article 8 (commencing with Section 46325) of Chapter 2 of Part 9 of this division.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1086.)

article: 1. Water


text: Upon adoption of rules and regulations, or the adoption of any amendment thereto, a certified copy thereof shall be recorded with the county recorder of each affected county, and until so recorded, no rule or regulation, or amendment thereto, shall be enforceable against any person not having actual knowledge thereof. A copy of the adopted rules and regulations in effect in the district shall be maintained on file and open for inspection at the district office by the district secretary.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1086.)

article: 1. Water


text: In the event that the volume of water under the control of any district is in any season so diminished below normal, by reason of water shortage or otherwise, as to make it probable that all the land cannot receive the full amount of water which it may need and to which it would otherwise be entitled, the deficiency shall be borne ratably by all the land, except insofar as priorities in the right to water as between different lands may prevent. The board may make rules and regulations to provide for distributing the burden of the deficiency and for the most economical and efficient use of the water which is or probably will be available.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

article: 1. Water


text: The board may enter into contracts with any or all interested parties for settlement or determination of any or all water rights on any stream system or on any part thereof which concerns the district or for the administration of water rights or of waters of any such stream system or any part thereof, whether by watermaster or otherwise; and if, in connection with any such contract and to make such contract efficiently operable for the benefit of the district, the board shall expressly find that the district should act for others also, whether their lands and water rights are within or without the district, then the district, with the written approval of any interested party for whom the district undertakes to act, may do so to the extent and under the terms which are expressed in any such contract.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 821.)

article: 1. Water


text: In addition to levying assessments or fixing tolls and charges under Part 9 (commencing with Section 46000) of this division, and in lieu either in whole or in part of calling such assessments, the board may fix tolls or charges for the use of water, including the use of groundwater, or for any other service of any type or nature whether or not related to water use, rendered by the district, and collect the same from all persons receiving the benefit of the water or other services. The tolls and charges shall be proportional, as nearly as practicable, to the services rendered. Such tolls or charges may be levied and collected in order to provide, in whole or in part, for the payment of amounts due to the state, the department, any other district, or the United States, whether for capital charges or service charges or otherwise, pursuant to contracts made in accordance with Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 44000) of this part, or in order to provide, in whole or in part, for the payment of the costs of a project or the principal of and interest on bonds or warrants of the district, or in order to provide a bond reserve fund to secure bonds of the district, or in order to provide for the operation and maintenance of a project pursuant to Section 47180, or to obtain funds for any lawful purpose of the district. The provisions of Sections 47181 to 47185, inclusive, shall be applicable to any such tolls or charges.

article: 1. Water


text: If tolls or charges are levied and collected in order to provide, in whole or in part, for the payment of amounts due under more than one contract, such tolls and charges may be fixed, levied and collected in such a manner as to, as nearly as practicable, charge the lands served under a particular contract with the amounts due under such contract. The assessment commissioners appointed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 46150) of Part 9 of this division may apply this principle in determining the portion of the total benefits to accrue to the district under a particular contract which will be realized by each parcel of land in separate ownership in the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 181.)

article: 1. Water


text: The board may provide for the generation and distribution of hydroelectric energy incidental to water storage and distribution.

article: 2. Electricity

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text: The board may sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of hydroelectric energy not necessary for the uses and purposes of the district.

article: 2. Electricity


text: The board has all powers and authority necessary to enable it to fully perform the duties imposed upon it by this division.

chapter: 2. General Powers and Functions

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text: The board may enter into any agreement with the United States or with any state, county, district, public corporation, or municipality of any kind, for a purpose appertaining to or beneficial to the project of the district, and it may do any acts necessary or proper for the performance of the agreement.


text:
The board may:

(a) Adopt a seal.

(b) Make and execute all necessary contracts.

(c) Employ and appoint such agents, officers, and employees as may be required, and prescribe their duties.

(d) Itself or by agents enter upon any lands to make surveys, locate works, or for any other necessary and lawful purpose.


text: The board may construct works across or intersecting any stream of water, watercourse, street, avenue, highway, railway, or conduit in such manner as to afford security for life and property.


text: The board shall restore any property altered or damaged when so crossed or intersected to its former state as nearly as may be, or in a manner so as not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness.


text: Every company whose railroad is intersected or crossed by the works shall unite with the board in forming intersections and crossings, and grant privileges necessary to construct the works.


text: If any railroad company and the board, or the owners and controllers of the property to be crossed, cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for the privilege, or the points or the matter of the crossings or intersections, the same shall be ascertained and determined in all respects as provided in this division in respect to the taking of land.


text: The right of way is hereby given, dedicated, and set apart for the location, construction, and maintenance of works over and through any land which is or may be the property of this State.


text: All waters and water rights belonging to this State within the district are given, dedicated, and set apart for the uses and purposes of the district.


text: The department and board shall, respectively, cause to be entered in books to be kept for that purpose a complete and connected record of all their acts and transactions. All contracts and other written instruments shall be executed in duplicate, one copy of each of which, together with any other documents, instruments, or other papers filed with them, shall be kept and preserved on file in their respective offices and open to inspection by the public during business hours.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 1993.)


text: The records and all documents, instruments, or other papers filed with the department, commission, or board, or a copy or copies of any thereof certified by the department, commission, or secretary, shall be received in evidence without further proof in any court of this State, or before any board or tribunal authorized to hear or consider a matter wherein the same are properly admissible in evidence.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1607.)


text: Whenever it deems it necessary for its own guidance or for the best interests of the district, the board may submit any question or proposition relating to the construction, improvement, or operation of the works or the carrying out of the project of the district to the qualified voters of the district at any general election or at a special election called for the purpose. The election shall be in all respects conducted as other elections in the district.


text:
The board may acquire by any means any property or interest in property to carry out the district purposes, including any of the following:

(a) Property either within or without the boundaries of the district for the construction, maintenance, improvement, or operation of works or the carrying out of the project in this State or in any other state or foreign nation.

(b) Property and rights of private owners devoted to a public use.

(c) Stocks of domestic or foreign corporations.

(d) Rights to store water in any reservoir.

(e) Rights to carry water through any conduit within or without the State not owned or controlled by the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 239.)

chapter: 4. Property

article: 1. Acquisition of Property

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text: The board may pay for property and rights with bonds of the district upon such terms and conditions as it deems best.

article: 1. Acquisition of Property


text: No bonds shall be given in payment for property or rights at a valuation less than 90 percent of their face value and accrued interest.

article: 1. Acquisition of Property


text: The board may take conveyances, leases, contracts, or other assurances for all property acquired by it under the provisions of this division in the name of the district, to and for the uses and purposes expressed in this division.

article: 1. Acquisition of Property


text: The legal title to all property acquired under the provisions of this division vests in the district immediately. All property is held by the district in trust for the uses and purposes set forth in this division and is hereby dedicated and set apart to such uses and purposes.

article: 1. Acquisition of Property


text: The board may hold, use, manage, occupy, and possess property of the district, and may lease property of the district for oil, gas and other mineral development or for agricultural or other purposes if in the opinion of the board such action will not interfere substantially with the district’s operations.

article: 1. Acquisition of Property


text: The board may determine by resolution entered upon its minutes that any property, real or personal, held by the district is not necessary for the uses and purposes thereof and may sell the same for an adequate consideration. Title may be conveyed or transferred to the purchaser by the president and secretary pursuant to the resolution.

article: 1. Acquisition of Property


text: The rights of way, ditches, canals, flumes, pipelines, dams, water rights, reservoirs, power plants, and transmission lines, and all other property of like character belonging to a district shall not be taxed for State and county or municipal purposes.

article: 1. Acquisition of Property


text: The board may acquire by condemnation all property it deems necessary for the construction, maintenance, improvement, and operation of the works or the carrying out of the project of the district, except that private property devoted to the use of one water storage district or any irrigation district or other district or any city or county shall not be taken by any water storage district.

article: 2. Eminent Domain

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text: Notwithstanding any other provision in this article, the board shall not commence any proceedings in eminent domain with respect to property located outside of a county in which the district is located unless the board of supervisors of the county in which such property is situated gives its approval to such proceedings.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)

article: 2. Eminent Domain


text: Where the district has acquired fee title to, or any interest in, land through condemnation proceedings and the board, pursuant to Section 43507, determines that said property or any part thereof or interest therein is no longer necessary for the uses and purposes of said district and that said property or any part thereof or interest therein shall be disposed of by sale, such sale shall be made as hereinafter provided.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 239.)

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text: Written notice of sale shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district, or if there is no such newspaper, then within the county in which the district or any part thereof is situated, pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code. The notice shall describe the land or interest therein to be sold; set forth in general terms the interests, easements or reservations to be reserved to the district; state the time, place and terms or conditions of the sale; and call for sealed bids in writing.

article: 3. Sale of Excess Land Acquired by Condemnation


text: At the time and place set for the sale the board shall open any bids received in response to the notice, announce such bids, and call for oral bids. When all persons present shall have ceased bidding, the board shall declare the bidding closed, subject to the preference right of owners of contiguous land as hereinafter provided, and shall announce the amount of the highest bidder. In the event no oral bids are made and there are duplicate written bids, the highest bidder shall be the one whose bid was received first in time by the board. In no event may land be sold or a purchaser declared before the end of the 30-day period for assertion by contiguous landowners of their preference right of purchase.


text:
The owners of contiguous land have a preference for a period of thirty (30) days after the highest bid is announced to purchase at such highest bid price. No right of preference shall be given in cases of owners of cornering land.

Where there is a conflict between two or more owners of contiguous land claiming a preference right of purchase, the one from whom such land was acquired by the district by eminent domain shall take preference. If such prior owner does not assert a preference right to purchase, the property shall be sold to that owner of contiguous land claiming preference who, in the opinion of the board, by acquisition of such land would be enabled to make the most beneficial use thereof based on topography, land pattern, location of water, improvements and similar factors.

If no owners of contiguous land qualify within said thirty (30) day period the sale shall be declared closed and sale made to the highest bidder.


text: Upon the expiration of the 30-day period any sale and conveyance made pursuant to the board’s award of bid or any sale and conveyance made pursuant to the exercise of a preference by the owner of contiguous land pursuant to this article shall be conclusively presumed to be valid as being in compliance with the provisions of this article.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1037.)


text: A district may commence and maintain any actions and proceedings to carry out its purposes or protect its interests and may defend in any action or proceeding brought against it.

chapter: 5. Controversies

article: 1. Actions and Proceedings

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text: In all actions or proceedings the board may sue, appear, and defend in person or by attorneys and in the name of the district.

article: 1. Actions and Proceedings


text: Service of summons upon a district may be made by serving it upon the secretary or a majority of the directors.

article: 1. Actions and Proceedings


text: The costs of any action, proceeding, or contest may be allowed and apportioned between the parties or taxed to the defeated party in the discretion of the court or other tribunal before which it is heard.

article: 1. Actions and Proceedings


text: All findings of fact or conclusions of the department, commission, or board upon all matters shall be conclusive unless the action, proceeding, or contest is instituted within 60 days after the findings or conclusions are made.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 592.)

article: 1. Actions and Proceedings


text: If two or more actions or contests are pending at the same time in the same court or before the same tribunal for the purpose of contesting or determining the validity of identical or similar acts or matters under the provisions of this division, the actions or contests shall be consolidated and tried together.

article: 1. Actions and Proceedings


text: The court or other tribunal before which any action, proceeding, or contest is brought involving the regularity, legality, validity, or correctness of any proceeding taken or thing done pursuant to any of the provisions of this division, shall disregard any error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties concerned.

article: 1. Actions and Proceedings


text: In all actions, proceedings, or contests the rules of pleading and practice provided by the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply, insofar as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this division.

article: 1. Actions and Proceedings


text: An action to determine the validity of bonds, assessments, contracts, including contracts with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States, the adoption of a project or the taking of any other action by the district or by the board under the provisions of this division may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1.)

article: 2. Validating Proceedings

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text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no action, proceeding, or contest shall be brought or maintained before any court or other tribunal unless the action, proceeding, or contest is brought within the times specified in the following subdivisions, or any lesser time that may be specified in this division:

(a) Attacking the organization of any district, within six months of the date of the organization thereof.

(b) Attacking the inclusion of land within or the exclusion of land from any district, within six months of the date of the inclusion or exclusion.

(c) Attacking any assessment of any district, within 60 days of the date upon which the assessment roll is filed with the county treasurer or treasurers.

(d) Attacking the validity of any bonds issued by any district, within 60 days of the date of adoption of the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds.

article: 3. Limitations

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text: Any district may cooperate and contract with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States under any laws of the state or the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or under any other act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted authorizing or permitting the cooperation or contract.

article: 1. Contracts

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text:
The cooperation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes:

(a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation, or maintenance of works for irrigation, drainage, storage, flood control, generation and distribution of hydroelectric energy incidental thereto, or any of these.

(b) A water supply.

(c) Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the state, the department, any other district, or the United States.

(d) To carry out the terms of any contract between the district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States.

chapter: 6. Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts

article: 1. Contracts


text: Any contract made between a district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States may designate and describe the land which is to be served with water from the waterworks or system contemplated under the contract and, in that case, only such land may be charged with any of the assessments mentioned in this chapter.

article: 1. Contracts


text: The board may provide by contract with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States for the delivery and distribution of water for the land of the district under any laws of the state or acts of Congress and under any rules and regulations established thereunder.

article: 1. Contracts


text: The board shall perform all acts necessary to carry out the enlarged powers enumerated in this chapter.

article: 1. Contracts


text: If a contract with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States requires the payment by the district of periodic service charges, the amount shall be levied from time to time as an assessment on land in the district, to the extent that funds are not otherwise available for the payment of such charges. Upon request of the board, assessment commissioners shall be appointed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 46150) of Part 9 of this division who shall determine the portion of the total benefits to accrue to the district under the contract which will be realized by each parcel of land in separate ownership in the district. The determination shall be stated in apportionment rolls substantially in form and manner as provided in Chapter 2 of Part 9 of this division, except that the apportionment of benefits shall be stated in percentages of benefits to the district as a whole, or in such other manner as may be determined upon by the commissioners. Thereafter all assessments levied in order to meet the payments due or to become due under the contract shall be apportioned among the respective tracts of land in accordance with the rolls. Any such assessment shall be collected in the same manner as an original assessment.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 688.)

article: 2. Levy of Assessments

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text: If a contract with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States requires the payment by the district of capital charges in periodic installments, the total amount of such charges may be levied in the same manner as an original assessment pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 46150) of Part 9 of this division, or the respective amounts of such installments may be levied from time to time in the same manner as periodic service charges, as provided in Section 44030, but an assessment or assessments shall in any event be levied in such a manner as to provide for the payment of all such charges, for which funds are not otherwise available, as they become due under the contract.

article: 2. Levy of Assessments


text: If a contract with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States requires the establishment of a reserve fund for the payment by the district under the contract of periodic service charges or capital charges, or both, or if the board finds it to be necessary or desirable in the interest of the district, the board may determine to levy an assessment to provide such a reserve fund. In that event the board shall also determine the amount of the initial deposit or deposits to be made in the reserve fund and the amount of the balance, if any, to be maintained therein. The total amount of the initial deposit or deposits to be made in the reserve fund may be levied at one time, or in a series of installments from time to time, in the same manner as periodic service charges, as provided in Section 44030. Any later deposits necessary in order to maintain a required balance in the reserve fund shall be levied in the same manner. The reserve fund shall be used solely for the payment of the charges for which it is established, until all the charges have been paid. Any balance then remaining in the reserve fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 83. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 2. Levy of Assessments


text: In case any contract is made with the United States, bonds of the district may be transferred to or deposited with the United States if so provided by the contract, at not less than their par value, to the amount, or any part thereof, to be paid by the district to the United States. The interest or principal, or both, of the bonds may be regularly paid to the United States and applied as provided in the contract.

article: 3. Transfer or Deposit of Bonds

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text:
The bonds may:

(a) Call for the payment of interest not exceeding 6 percent per year.

(b) Be of the denomination specified in the contract.

(c) Call for the repayment of the principal at such times as specified in the contract.

article: 3. Transfer or Deposit of Bonds


text: The contract with the United States may call for the payment of the amount, or any part thereof, to be paid by the district to the United States at specified times, in installments, and with interest not exceeding 6 percent per year.

article: 3. Transfer or Deposit of Bonds


text: The board may accept, on behalf of the district, appointment of the district as fiscal agent of the United States or authorization of the district by the United States to make collection of money for and on behalf of the United States and to assume the duties and liabilities incident to such action.

article: 3. Transfer or Deposit of Bonds


text: The board as fiscal agent of the United States may do any and all things required by the federal statutes now or hereafter enacted in connection therewith and all things required by any rules or regulations now or hereafter established under any such federal statutes.

article: 3. Transfer or Deposit of Bonds


text: All water which the district has the right to use under any contract with the United States may be distributed and apportioned by the district in accordance with acts of Congress applicable thereto and any rules or regulations thereunder.

article: 4. Distribution of Water

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text: Provision may be made in the contract between the district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States for the refusal of water service to any land which may become delinquent in the payment of any assessment levied for the purpose of carrying out any contract between the district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States.

article: 4. Distribution of Water


text: As partial consideration for privileges obtained by the district under contract with the United States, any rights of way or rights to water or other property owned or acquired by the district may be conveyed by the board to the United States insofar as the same may be needed for the construction, operation, and maintenance of works by the United States for the benefit of the district under any contract that may be entered into with the United States pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

article: 4. Distribution of Water


text: A contract between the district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States may provide that the district shall not be dissolved nor shall the boundaries be changed except upon the written consent of the state, the department, any other district, or a specified official of the United States, filed with the official records of the district. If the consent of the state, the department, any other district, or the United States official is given and land is excluded, the areas excluded shall be free from all liens and charges for payments to become due to the state, the department, any other district, or the United States under the contract.

article: 5. Dissolution or Change of Boundaries

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text:
Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter:

(a) “Basin” means the Kern County Groundwater Basin, as defined in Bulletin 118.

(b) “District” means the Semitropic Water Storage District and its improvement districts.

(c) “Groundwater extraction facility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10721.

(d) “Management area” means the portion of the basin within the boundaries of the district where the district has jurisdiction to implement specific management practices.

(e) “Project” means the “Tulare Lake Storage and Floodwater Protection Project” as described in the concept paper received by the California Water Commission on March 31, 2016, and any other groundwater storage or recharge project authorized by the district and for which the district completes environmental review on or before January 1, 2020.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 453) Effective September 22, 2016.)

chapter: 7. Semitropic Water Storage District

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text: This chapter applies only to the district.


text:
(a) The district may collect groundwater extraction information and require the reporting of groundwater information within the management area and, in furtherance of that goal, may do the following:

(1) Require registration of groundwater extraction facilities within the management area.

(2) Require that the use of every groundwater extraction facility within the management area be measured by a water-measuring device satisfactory to the district.

(3) Require that all costs associated with the purchase and installation of the water-measuring device pursuant to paragraph (2) be borne by the owner or operator of each groundwater extraction facility. Water-measuring devices shall be installed by the district or, at the district’s option, by the owner or operator of the groundwater extraction facility. Water-measuring devices shall be calibrated on a reasonable schedule as may be determined by the district.

(4) Require that the owner or operator of a groundwater extraction facility within the management area file an annual statement with the district setting forth the total extraction in acre-feet of groundwater from the facility during the previous year.

(b) In addition to the measurement of groundwater extractions pursuant to subdivision (a), the district may use any other reasonable method to determine groundwater extraction.

(c) The district may exempt from this section a person who, for domestic purposes, extracts two acre-feet or less of groundwater per year.


text:
(a) In addition to levying assessments or fixing tolls and charges pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 46000) and in lieu of imposing assessments in whole or in part, the district may impose fees on the extraction of groundwater from the basin to fund the costs of the following:

(1) Design, administration, operation, and maintenance of a project, including a prudent reserve.

(2) Acquisition of lands or other properties, facilities, and services to implement a project.

(3) Other costs directly related to design, implementation, maintenance, and operation of a project.

(b) (1) If the owner or operator of a groundwater extraction facility fails to timely comply with the requirements for reporting groundwater extractions pursuant to Section 44204, the district may make a determination of the quantity of groundwater extracted following an investigation. The determined amount shall not exceed the maximum production capacity of the groundwater extraction facility. The district shall mail notice to the owner or operator of the district’s determination of the quantity of groundwater extracted.

(2) The groundwater charges based on the determination pursuant to paragraph (1), together with any interest and penalties, shall be payable immediately unless, within 20 days after the district’s mailing of notice to the owner or operator of the district’s determination, the owner or operator files with the district a written protest setting forth the grounds for protesting the amount of groundwater extraction or groundwater charges, interest, or penalties.

(3) If a protest is filed pursuant to paragraph (2), the district shall hold a hearing to determine the total amount of groundwater extracted and the groundwater charges, interest, and penalties. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed to each protestant at least 20 days before the date fixed for the hearing.

(c) Fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution.

(d) Fees imposed pursuant to this section may include fixed fees and fees charged on a volumetric basis, including, but not limited to, fees that increase based on the quantity of groundwater produced annually, the year in which the production of groundwater commenced from a groundwater extraction facility, and impacts to the basin.

(e) Fees imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be collected in the same manner as otherwise provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 47180) of Chapter 7 of Part 9.


text:
(a) This chapter shall not be construed as state approval, authorization, or funding of a project, including, but not limited to, funding available pursuant to the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014.

(b) A project shall comply with all applicable state laws, including, but not limited to, Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code, Division 2 (commencing with Section 1000), and Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6.


text: A district may not incur any debt or liability whatever in excess of the express provisions of this division. Any debt or liability so incurred is void.

chapter: 1. General Financial Provisions

article: 1. Limitations on Liabilities

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text: Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to limit the right of the board to enter into any contract or lease for property, as in this division provided, and to bind the district for the payment of the rental or consideration specified in the lease or contract.

article: 1. Limitations on Liabilities


text: The county treasurer of each of the several counties shall report all transactions of delinquencies on district assessments and sales of land within the district to the treasurer of the district who shall keep a record thereof in the office of the district.

article: 2. Statements and Reports

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text: The district treasurer shall report to the board in writing at its regular meeting in each month the amount of money in the district treasury and the amount of receipts and the amount and items of expenditures for the month preceding. The report shall be verified and filed with the secretary.

article: 2. Statements and Reports


text: The board, following each fiscal year, shall render and promptly thereafter cause to be published in the county at least once a week for two successive weeks a verified statement of the financial condition of the district, showing particularly the receipts and disbursements of the last preceding fiscal year, together with the source of the receipts and purpose of the disbursements.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 85. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 2. Statements and Reports


text: All claims against the district shall be paid by warrants of the district.

article: 3. Payment of Claims

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text: To provide a fund for payment of claims, the board may from time to time draw from the general fund deposited and kept to the credit of the district in the office of the county treasurer of a county having funds belonging to the district in his possession such sums as may be necessary. The sums shall be deposited with the treasurer of the district and paid out by him upon warrants of the district.

article: 3. Payment of Claims


text: All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)

article: 3. Payment of Claims