California Code
DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
PART 9 - GROUND WATER CHARGE

CHAPTER 1 - In General

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 75500. - 75500. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 75501. - 75501. “Person” or “operator” means public agencies, federal, state, and...

Section 75502. - 75502. “Ground water” means all water beneath the earth’s surface,...

Section 75502.5. - 75502.5. Notwithstanding Sections 75500 and 75502, for purposes of the...

Section 75503. - 75503. “Production” or “producing” means the act of extracting ground...

Section 75504. - 75504. “Water-producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or...

Section 75505. - 75505. “Accumulated overdraft” means the amount of water necessary to...

Section 75506. - 75506. “Annual overdraft” means the amount, determined by the board,...

Section 75507. - 75507. (a) “Water year” means July 1st of one calendar...

Section 75508. - 75508. “Agricultural water” means water first used on lands in...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 75520. - 75520. The provisions of Articles 1 (commencing with Section 75560),...

Section 75521. - 75521. Ground water charges levied pursuant to this part are...

Section 75522. - 75522. The ground water charges are authorized to be levied...

Section 75523. - 75523. The proceeds of ground water charges levied and collected...

Section 75524. - 75524. Any person or operator who augments the water supplies...

CHAPTER 2 - Establishment of Zones and Registration of Water-Measuring Devices

Section 75540. - 75540. Prior to the establishment of any ground water charge,...

Section 75541. - 75541. Within six months after the date of establishing a...

Section 75542. - 75542. Any new water-producing facility constructed or reestablished after the...

Section 75543. - 75543. Any water-measuring device required by and satisfactory to any...

Section 75544. - 75544. The registration form for water-measuring devices shall contain all...

CHAPTER 3 - Procedure for Levy and Collection

ARTICLE 1 - Investigation and Report

Section 75560. - 75560. The district shall annually cause to be made an...

Section 75561. - 75561. The engineering investigation and report shall include all of...

ARTICLE 2 - Hearing

Section 75570. - 75570. On or before the day of the regular meeting...

Section 75571. - 75571. The secretary shall publish a notice of the receipt...

Section 75572. - 75572. The notice, among other information which the district may...

Section 75573. - 75573. The board shall hold a public hearing in April...

Section 75574. - 75574. The board shall, before the levy of the ground...

Section 75575. - 75575. The findings and determinations by the board are conclusive...

ARTICLE 3 - Levy

Section 75590. - 75590. Prior to the end of the water year in...

Section 75591. - 75591. If the board determines that a zone or zones...

Section 75592. - 75592. The charge shall be computed at a fixed and...

Section 75593. - 75593. Different rates may be established in different zones; provided,...

Section 75594. - 75594. Except as provided in Section 75595, any ground water...

Section 75595. - 75595. In any county which has a population of 503,000...

Section 75596. - 75596. Any ground water charge levied pursuant to this part...

Section 75598. - 75598. In addition to the information required to be given...

Section 75600. - 75600. Clerical errors occurring or appearing in the name of...

Section 75601. - 75601. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board...

ARTICLE 4 - Collection

Section 75610. - 75610. The district, after the levying of the ground water...

Section 75611. - 75611. After the establishment of a ground water charge, each...

Section 75612. - 75612. If no water has been produced from a water-producing...

Section 75613. - 75613. The ground water charge is payable to the district...

Section 75614. - 75614. Whenever any water-producing facility in an affected zone is...

Section 75615. - 75615. If any operator of a water-producing facility fails to...

Section 75616. - 75616. If any operator of a water-producing facility fails to...

Section 75617. - 75617. The board may, at the time of fixing the...

Section 75618. - 75618. Upon good cause shown, an amended statement of water...

Section 75619. - 75619. If the district has probable cause to believe that...

Section 75620. - 75620. After the determination has been made by the district...

Section 75621. - 75621. A determination made by the district pursuant to Section...

Section 75622. - 75622. Upon the filing of a protest, the board shall...

Section 75623. - 75623. A notice of the hearing shall be mailed to...

Section 75624. - 75624. Notice as required in Sections 75620 and 75623 shall...

ARTICLE 5 - Court Actions

Section 75630. - 75630. The superior court of the county in which a...

Section 75631. - 75631. The court in such action may issue and grant...

Section 75632. - 75632. The right to proceed for injunctive relief granted by...

Section 75633. - 75633. The district may bring a suit in any court...

ARTICLE 6 - United Water Conservation District

Section 75634. - 75634. For the purposes of this article, “district” means the...

Section 75634.5. - 75634.5. For the purpose of investigating compliance with any provisions...

Section 75635. - 75635. In addition to those remedies set forth in Sections...

Section 75635.5. - 75635.5. (a) In addition to the district’s right to bring...

Section 75636. - 75636. In accordance with Section 75614, when an operator provides...

Section 75637. - 75637. (a) As an alternative to bringing suit pursuant to...

Section 75637.5. - 75637.5. Following the issuance of an injunction restraining the operation...

Section 75638. - 75638. The remedies specified in this article are cumulative and...

CHAPTER 4 - Crimes

Section 75640. - 75640. Any person who fails to register a water-producing facility,...

Section 75641. - 75641. Any person who produces water from any water-producing facility...

Section 75642. - 75642. Any person who injures, alters, removes, resets, adjusts, manipulates,...