California Code
DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW
PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Water and Electricity

ARTICLE 1 - Water

Section 43000. - 43000. The board may acquire, improve, and operate the necessary...

Section 43001. - 43001. The board may sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of...

Section 43002. - 43002. The board may grant to the owner or lessee...

Section 43003. - 43003. The board shall establish equitable rules and regulations for...

Section 43003.5. - 43003.5. Upon adoption of rules and regulations, or the adoption...

Section 43004. - 43004. In the event that the volume of water under...

Section 43005. - 43005. The board may enter into contracts with any or...

Section 43006. - 43006. In addition to levying assessments or fixing tolls and...

Section 43007. - 43007. If tolls or charges are levied and collected in...

ARTICLE 2 - Electricity

Section 43025. - 43025. The board may provide for the generation and distribution...

Section 43026. - 43026. The board may sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of...

CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions

Section 43150. - 43150. The board has all powers and authority necessary to...

Section 43151. - 43151. The board may enter into any agreement with the...

Section 43152. - 43152. The board may: (a) Adopt a seal. (b) Make...

Section 43153. - 43153. The board may construct works across or intersecting any...

Section 43154. - 43154. The board shall restore any property altered or damaged...

Section 43155. - 43155. Every company whose railroad is intersected or crossed by...

Section 43156. - 43156. If any railroad company and the board, or the...

Section 43157. - 43157. The right of way is hereby given, dedicated, and...

Section 43158. - 43158. All waters and water rights belonging to this State...

Section 43159. - 43159. The department and board shall, respectively, cause to be...

Section 43160. - 43160. The records and all documents, instruments, or other papers...

Section 43161. - 43161. Whenever it deems it necessary for its own guidance...

CHAPTER 4 - Property

ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition of Property

Section 43500. - 43500. The board may acquire by any means any property...

Section 43501. - 43501. The board may pay for property and rights with...

Section 43502. - 43502. No bonds shall be given in payment for property...

Section 43504. - 43504. The board may take conveyances, leases, contracts, or other...

Section 43505. - 43505. The legal title to all property acquired under the...

Section 43506. - 43506. The board may hold, use, manage, occupy, and possess...

Section 43507. - 43507. The board may determine by resolution entered upon its...

Section 43508. - 43508. The rights of way, ditches, canals, flumes, pipelines, dams,...

ARTICLE 2 - Eminent Domain

Section 43530. - 43530. The board may acquire by condemnation all property it...

Section 43532.5. - 43532.5. Notwithstanding any other provision in this article, the board...

ARTICLE 3 - Sale of Excess Land Acquired by Condemnation

Section 43555. - 43555. Where the district has acquired fee title to, or...

Section 43556. - 43556. Written notice of sale shall be published in a...

Section 43557. - 43557. At the time and place set for the sale...

Section 43558. - 43558. The owners of contiguous land have a preference for...

Section 43559. - 43559. Upon the expiration of the 30-day period any sale...

CHAPTER 5 - Controversies

ARTICLE 1 - Actions and Proceedings

Section 43700. - 43700. A district may commence and maintain any actions and...

Section 43701. - 43701. In all actions or proceedings the board may sue,...

Section 43702. - 43702. Service of summons upon a district may be made...

Section 43703. - 43703. The costs of any action, proceeding, or contest may...

Section 43704. - 43704. All findings of fact or conclusions of the department,...

Section 43705. - 43705. If two or more actions or contests are pending...

Section 43706. - 43706. The court or other tribunal before which any action,...

Section 43707. - 43707. In all actions, proceedings, or contests the rules of...

ARTICLE 2 - Validating Proceedings

Section 43730. - 43730. An action to determine the validity of bonds, assessments,...

ARTICLE 3 - Limitations

Section 43850. - 43850. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no action,...

CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Contracts

Section 44000. - 44000. Any district may cooperate and contract with the state,...

Section 44001. - 44001. The cooperation and contract may be for any or...

Section 44002. - 44002. Any contract made between a district and the state,...

Section 44003. - 44003. The board may provide by contract with the state,...

Section 44006. - 44006. The board shall perform all acts necessary to carry...

ARTICLE 2 - Levy of Assessments

Section 44030. - 44030. If a contract with the state, the department, any...

Section 44031. - 44031. If a contract with the state, the department, any...

Section 44032. - 44032. If a contract with the state, the department, any...

ARTICLE 3 - Transfer or Deposit of Bonds

Section 44055. - 44055. In case any contract is made with the United...

Section 44056. - 44056. The bonds may: (a) Call for the payment of...

Section 44057. - 44057. The contract with the United States may call for...

Section 44058. - 44058. The board may accept, on behalf of the district,...

Section 44059. - 44059. The board as fiscal agent of the United States...

ARTICLE 4 - Distribution of Water

Section 44080. - 44080. All water which the district has the right to...

Section 44081. - 44081. Provision may be made in the contract between the...

Section 44082. - 44082. As partial consideration for privileges obtained by the district...

ARTICLE 5 - Dissolution or Change of Boundaries

Section 44105. - 44105. A contract between the district and the state, the...

CHAPTER 7 - Semitropic Water Storage District

Section 44200. - 44200. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...

Section 44202. - 44202. This chapter applies only to the district. (Added by...

Section 44204. - 44204. (a) The district may collect groundwater extraction information and...

Section 44206. - 44206. (a) In addition to levying assessments or fixing tolls...

Section 44208. - 44208. (a) This chapter shall not be construed as state...