California Code
Water Code - WAT
DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS

PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Short Title

Section 60000. - 60000. This division shall be known and may be cited...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 60001. - 60001. The definition of a word applies to any of...

Section 60002. - 60002. “Include” except when used in relation to the inclusion...

Section 60003. - 60003. “District” means a water replenishment district formed under the...

Section 60004. - 60004. “Board” means the board of directors of a district....

Section 60005. - 60005. “Land” means land in the district or proposed district...

Section 60006. - 60006. “President” means the president of the board. (Added by...

Section 60007. - 60007. “Secretary” means the secretary of the board. (Added by...

Section 60008. - 60008. “General water replenishment district election” means the election required...

Section 60009. - 60009. “Special water district election” means any district election other...

Section 60010. - 60010. “Elector,” “voter,” and “precinct board” have respectively the same...

Section 60011. - 60011. “Person” means any public agency or public corporation, whether...

Section 60013. - 60013. “Water year” means the period commencing on October 1st...

Section 60014. - 60014. “Fiscal year” means the period commencing on July 1st...

Section 60015. - 60015. “Ground water” means nonsaline water beneath the surface of...

Section 60016. - 60016. “Nonsaline water” means water which has less than 1,000...

Section 60017. - 60017. “Production” or “producing” means the extraction or extracting of...

Section 60018. - 60018. “Water-producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or...

Section 60019. - 60019. “Owner” means the person or persons owning any water-producing...

Section 60020. - 60020. “Operator” means the person or persons operating a water-producing...

Section 60021. - 60021. “Producer” means any operator producing ground water. (Added by...

Section 60022. - 60022. “Annual overdraft” means the amount, as determined by the...

Section 60023. - 60023. “Accumulated overdraft” means the aggregate amount, as determined from...

Section 60024. - 60024. “Principal county” means the county in which the greater...

Section 60025. - 60025. “Participating county” is any county other than the principal...

Section 60026. - 60026. “Affected county” means each county in which some land...

Section 60027. - 60027. “Replenishment assessment” means any assessment levied pursuant to Part...

Section 60028. - 60028. “Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance,...

Section 60029. - 60029. “Existing agency” shall mean any public corporation, agency, district,...

CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions

Section 60040. - 60040. Districts, regardless of the date of formation, are subject...

Section 60041. - 60041. The inclusion in or annexation or addition to a...

Section 60042. - 60042. Whenever by this division a notice is required to...

Section 60043. - 60043. Whenever any act is required to be done or...

Section 60044. - 60044. A district may be organized entirely within unincorporated territory,...

Section 60045. - 60045. No area included within any existing agency or annexations...

Section 60046. - 60046. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 60047. - 60047. The provisions of this division apply to the replenishment...

Section 60048. - 60048. No informality in any proceeding or informality in the...

Section 60050. - 60050. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase...

Section 60051. - 60051. No language or provision in this division shall be...

CHAPTER 4 - Information by Department

Section 60060. - 60060. The department shall supply information so far as it...

Section 60061. - 60061. Whenever the department deems it in the public interest...

PART 2 - FORMATION

CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation

Section 60080. - 60080. A petition, which may consist of any number of...

Section 60081. - 60081. Such petition shall describe the proposed boundaries of the...

Section 60082. - 60082. If the proposed district is situated in more than...

Section 60083. - 60083. Within 30 days of the date of filing the...

CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation

Section 60095. - 60095. If the certificates of the county elections officials of...

Section 60096. - 60096. Upon presentation of such petition and certificates, the board...

Section 60097. - 60097. Upon filing such petition with the department said department...

Section 60098. - 60098. The department shall publish one copy of said petition,...

Section 60099. - 60099. At said public hearing which may be adjourned from...

Section 60100. - 60100. In the event the department determines that additional land...

Section 60101. - 60101. Within thirty (30) days after concluding all said hearings,...

Section 60102. - 60102. If the department determines that the persons or property...

CHAPTER 3 - Calling an Election

Section 60110. - 60110. If the department determines that the persons or property...

Section 60111. - 60111. When such order dividing the proposed district into five...

CHAPTER 4 - Conduct of Election

Section 60120. - 60120. The provisions of the Elections Code so far as...

Section 60121. - 60121. In such election the first directors shall be elected,...

Section 60122. - 60122. Within seven (7) days after such election the vote...

Section 60122.5. - 60122.5. The county clerk of the principal county shall immediately...

Section 60123. - 60123. Upon receipt of said certificate or a copy of...

Section 60124. - 60124. Upon filing said certificate of the county clerk of...

Section 60125. - 60125. No informality in any proceeding or informality in the...

PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER 1 - Directors

Section 60130. - 60130. If a majority of the votes cast at such...

Section 60131. - 60131. The board of a district organized under this act...

Section 60132. - 60132. The board of directors shall, by resolution, adjust the...

Section 60133. - 60133. The members of the first board shall be elected...

Section 60134. - 60134. Each director shall hold office for the term of...

Section 60135. - 60135. In the case of all districts (except as to...

Section 60136. - 60136. Each candidate for director who at the election of...

Section 60138. - 60138. Candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated,...

Section 60139. - 60139. Directors elected hereunder, except the first board, shall take...

Section 60140. - 60140. The election of directors held at the time of...

Section 60141. - 60141. If, on the sixty-fifth day prior to the day...

Section 60141.1. - 60141.1. Notice that such appointment may be made in the...

Section 60143. - 60143. Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not...

Section 60144. - 60144. Any vacancy in the board shall be filled pursuant...

CHAPTER 2 - Board of Directors

Section 60150. - 60150. The board shall be the governing body of such...

Section 60151. - 60151. It shall hold its first meeting as soon as...

Section 60153. - 60153. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum...

Section 60154. - 60154. At its first meeting in the month of January...

Section 60155. - 60155. The board shall designate a depository or depositories to...

CHAPTER 3 - Board Action

Section 60160. - 60160. The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or...

Section 60161. - 60161. On all ordinances the roll shall be called and...

Section 60162. - 60162. Resolutions and motions may be adopted by voice vote,...

Section 60163. - 60163. No ordinance, motion or resolution shall be passed or...

Section 60164. - 60164. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the...

Section 60165. - 60165. Ordinances may be passed by the voters of any...

Section 60166. - 60166. Ordinances may be disapproved and thereby vetoed by the...

Section 60167. - 60167. (a) In addition to the prohibitions set forth in...

CHAPTER 4 - Officers and Employees

Section 60180. - 60180. At its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as...

Section 60181. - 60181. Said board may consolidate the office of secretary and...

Section 60182. - 60182. The president and secretary in addition to the respective...

Section 60183. - 60183. The treasurer, or such other person or persons as...

Section 60184. - 60184. The general manager shall have full charge and control...

Section 60185. - 60185. The general manager shall perform such other duties as...

Section 60186. - 60186. The attorney shall be the legal adviser of the...

Section 60187. - 60187. The general manager, secretary and treasurer, and all other...

CHAPTER 6 - Conduct of Elections

Section 60210. - 60210. The provisions of the Elections Code so far as...

Section 60211. - 60211. No person shall vote at any district election held...

Section 60212. - 60212. In case the boundary line of a district crosses...

Section 60213. - 60213. In counties in which districts are located the county...

Section 60214. - 60214. The board shall call and canvass all elections involving...

Section 60215. - 60215. The governing body calling or conducting any election under...

Section 60216. - 60216. The voting precincts for any such election may be...

Section 60217. - 60217. If any district election is consolidated with any state...

PART 4 - POWERS

CHAPTER 1 - Purposes and Powers

Section 60220. - 60220. A district may do any act necessary to replenish...

Section 60221. - 60221. Without being limited to the following enumerations, a district...

Section 60222. - 60222. A district may take any action necessary to protect...

Section 60223. - 60223. For the purposes of replenishing the ground water supplies...

Section 60224. - 60224. For the purpose of protecting and preserving the groundwater...

Section 60225. - 60225. A district may take any action outside the district,...

Section 60226. - 60226. A district may sue and recover the amount of...

CHAPTER 2 - Powers

Section 60230. - 60230. For the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within...

Section 60230.5. - 60230.5. All expenditures for construction work, materials, equipment and supplies,...

Section 60231. - 60231. (a) The powers and duties herein enumerated, except as...

Section 60232. - 60232. Each district has the power generally to perform all...

PART 5 - FINANCES

CHAPTER 1 - Depositary

Section 60240. - 60240. Any money belonging to a district may be deposited...

CHAPTER 2 - Water Charge

Section 60245. - 60245. The board shall fix such rate or rates for...

Section 60246. - 60246. The rate charged shall be uniform for like classes...

CHAPTER 3 - Taxes

Section 60250. - 60250. To the extent that the revenues resulting from water...

Section 60251. - 60251. The board shall determine the amounts necessary to be...

Section 60252. - 60252. The board shall direct that at the time and...

Section 60253. - 60253. Taxes for the payment of the interest on or...

Section 60254. - 60254. Taxes for other purposes of the district shall be...

Section 60255. - 60255. It shall be the duty of all county officials...

Section 60256. - 60256. All taxes provided for herein shall be a lien...

Section 60257. - 60257. When mineral rights are assessed separately from other rights...

CHAPTER 4 - Bonds

Section 60270. - 60270. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district...

Section 60271. - 60271. The board shall fix a date upon which an...

Section 60272. - 60272. It shall be the duty of the board to...

Section 60273. - 60273. Such board shall give notice of the holding of...

Section 60274. - 60274. In case such election is consolidated with a state...

Section 60275. - 60275. The notice shall be published in such district pursuant...

Section 60276. - 60276. All the expenses of holding such election shall be...

Section 60277. - 60277. The returns of such election shall be made, the...

Section 60278. - 60278. The secretary of the board, as soon as the...

Section 60279. - 60279. No irregularities or informalities in conducting such election shall...

Section 60280. - 60280. Any action or proceeding, wherein the validity of any...

Section 60281. - 60281. If from such returns it appears that more than...

Section 60282. - 60282. Any bonds issued by any district are hereby given...

CHAPTER 5 - District Reserves and Accounting

Section 60292. - 60292. (a) The district shall order, review, and maintain on...

PART 6 - WATER REPLENISHMENT ASSESSMENT

CHAPTER 1 - Survey

Section 60300. - 60300. Not later than the second Tuesday in February each...

Section 60301. - 60301. If the district has received an engineering evaluation as...

CHAPTER 2 - Hearings

Section 60305. - 60305. On or before the second Tuesday in March of...

Section 60306. - 60306. If the board, by resolution, determines that all or...

Section 60307. - 60307. Said hearing shall be held before the board and...

Section 60308. - 60308. The board may appoint a qualified registered engineer familiar...

Section 60309. - 60309. All evidence relevant to the engineering survey and report...

CHAPTER 3 - Findings and Order

Section 60315. - 60315. Upon completing the hearing, but no later than the...

Section 60316. - 60316. Based on the findings pursuant to Section 60315, the...

Section 60317. - 60317. (a) If the board determines that a replenishment assessment...

Section 60317.5. - 60317.5. Except as set forth in this section, nothing in...

Section 60318. - 60318. (a) If the board determines, by resolution, that there...

CHAPTER 4 - Collection of Assessments

Section 60325. - 60325. The district, after the levying of the replenishment assessment,...

Section 60326. - 60326. The operator of each water-producing facility within the district,...

Section 60326.1. - 60326.1. Notwithstanding Section 60326, the operator of each water-producing facility...

Section 60327. - 60327. Any replenishment assessment levied pursuant to this act shall...

Section 60327.1. - 60327.1. Notwithstanding Section 60327, each producer shall pay the Water...

Section 60328. - 60328. The board shall authorize, and the district shall make,...

Section 60329. - 60329. The board, by action uniformly applicable as to any...

CHAPTER 5 - Penalties and Exemptions

Section 60335. - 60335. If any producer shall knowingly fail to pay a...

Section 60336. - 60336. (a) Should any operator of a water-producing facility knowingly...

Section 60337. - 60337. The board, at the time of fixing the replenishment...

Section 60339. - 60339. (a) The superior court of the county in which...

Section 60340. - 60340. If the board of a district shall have probable...

Section 60341. - 60341. The district may bring a suit in the court...

Section 60342. - 60342. It shall be unlawful to produce groundwater from any...

Section 60343. - 60343. If another public entity, or public entities, or a...

CHAPTER 6 - Adjudication

Section 60350. - 60350. Commencing with the third fiscal year following a final...

Section 60351. - 60351. To the extent that ground water supplies are replenished...

Section 60352. - 60352. To the extent that the replenishment assessment after adjudication...

PART 7 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion

Section 60370. - 60370. Any territory including unincorporated territory or incorporated territory or...

Section 60371. - 60371. A petition, which may consist of any number of...

Section 60372. - 60372. Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries...

Section 60373. - 60373. The text of such petition and a notice stating...

Section 60374. - 60374. Within 10 days of the date of filing of...

Section 60375. - 60375. When the secretary of the district has completed his...

Section 60376. - 60376. If, by the certificate of the secretary of the...

Section 60377. - 60377. The secretary of the district shall, within 10 days...

Section 60378. - 60378. If his certificate shall show any such petition, or...

Section 60379. - 60379. If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures...

Section 60380. - 60380. After an election for the annexation of such area...

Section 60381. - 60381. Such petition may be granted by ordinance of the...

Section 60382. - 60382. If such petition is granted, the proposition of such...

Section 60383. - 60383. Notice of such election shall be published in the...

Section 60384. - 60384. Such notice also shall contain the substance of the...

Section 60385. - 60385. The measure so submitted at such election shall be...

Section 60386. - 60386. The board shall canvass the votes cast at such...

Section 60387. - 60387. Upon receipt of such last-mentioned certificate, the Secretary of...

Section 60388. - 60388. From and after the date of such certificate, the...

CHAPTER 2 - Exclusion

Section 60400. - 60400. Territory included within any district may be excluded from...

Section 60401. - 60401. A petition, which may consist of any number of...

Section 60402. - 60402. Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries...

Section 60403. - 60403. Within ten (10) days of the date of the...

Section 60404. - 60404. When the secretary of the district has completed his...

Section 60405. - 60405. If, by the certificate of the secretary of the...

Section 60406. - 60406. If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures...

Section 60407. - 60407. If his certificate shall show any such petition, or...

Section 60408. - 60408. The text of such petition and a notice stating...

Section 60409. - 60409. After an election for the exclusion of such area...

Section 60410. - 60410. The board of any district, by resolution, may initiate...

Section 60411. - 60411. After an election for the exclusion of such area...

Section 60412. - 60412. If the proceedings for exclusion have been initiated by...

Section 60413. - 60413. If such petition is granted, or if such determination...

Section 60414. - 60414. Notice of such election shall be published in the...

Section 60415. - 60415. The board shall canvass the votes cast at such...

Section 60416. - 60416. Upon receipt of such last-mentioned certificate, the Secretary of...

Section 60417. - 60417. From and after the date of such certificate, the...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Consolidation

Section 60420. - 60420. A district may be consolidated in the same manner...

CHAPTER 3 - Disincorporation

Section 60430. - 60430. A petition may be filed with the county elections...

Section 60431. - 60431. Upon the filing of a petition the county elections...

Section 60432. - 60432. When the county clerk has completed his examination of...

Section 60433. - 60433. After an election for the disincorporation of a district...

Section 60434. - 60434. If by the certificate of the county elections official...

Section 60435. - 60435. Said notice of election shall be published pursuant to...

Section 60436. - 60436. The board of supervisors shall cause a copy of...

Section 60437. - 60437. Such election shall be held and conducted in the...

Section 60438. - 60438. Within seven days after the date of said election,...

Section 60439. - 60439. In case it should appear from said canvass of...

Section 60440. - 60440. The board of supervisors shall in case the district...

Section 60441. - 60441. Twenty days from and after the holding of the...

Section 60442. - 60442. Upon the disincorporation of any district in the manner...

Section 60443. - 60443. Upon the disincorporation of said district every public officer...

Section 60444. - 60444. Nothing contained in this act shall be held to...

Section 60445. - 60445. All warrants for said indebtedness shall be drawn on...

Section 60446. - 60446. All moneys paid into the county treasury under the...

Section 60447. - 60447. If after payment of all debts of said district...

Section 60448. - 60448. The board of supervisors of the principal county in...

Section 60449. - 60449. It is the intent of the Legislature that no...

PART 8 - COMPETITIVE BIDDING

Section 60600. - 60600. This part applies to contracts by water replenishment districts...

Section 60602. - 60602. (a) An expenditure for the erection, construction, alteration, repair,...

Section 60602. - 60602. (a) Before making any contract totaling twenty-five thousand dollars...

Section 60604. - 60604. (a) For any improvement or unit of work done...

Section 60614. - 60614. In case of an emergency relating to the repair...

Section 60618. - 60618. Upon receipt of an offer for a less price...

Section 60620. - 60620. Any person to whom a contract is awarded shall...

Section 60622. - 60622. (a) Contracts and other documents executed by the district...