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Water Code - WAT
DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Short Title and General Provisions

Section 74000. - 74000. This division shall be known and may be cited...

Section 74001. - 74001. This division shall be liberally construed to carry out...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 74010. - 74010. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 74011. - 74011. The definition of a word applies to any of...

Section 74012. - 74012. “District” means a water conservation district formed pursuant to...

Section 74013. - 74013. “Board” means the board of directors of a district....

Section 74014. - 74014. “Principal county” means the county in which the lands...

Section 74015. - 74015. “Affected county” means any county in which the land...

Section 74016. - 74016. “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of...

Section 74017. - 74017. “President” means the president of the board of directors...

Section 74018. - 74018. “Treasurer” means the treasurer of the principal county. (Added...

Section 74019. - 74019. “General district election” means the election held on the...

PART 2 - FORMATION

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 74030. - 74030. A district may be organized and established by the...

Section 74031. - 74031. A district may be organized upon petition by the...

Section 74032. - 74032. A district may be entirely within unincorporated territory or...

Section 74033. - 74033. The territory to be included within a district need...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation Petition

Section 74050. - 74050. A petition for the formation of a district, signed...

Section 74051. - 74051. Any elector residing within the proposed district, whose name...

Section 74052. - 74052. The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the...

Section 74053. - 74053. The petition shall be published once a week for...

Section 74054. - 74054. The petition may consist of any number of separate...

Section 74055. - 74055. All copies of the petition filed prior to the...

Section 74056. - 74056. The petition may include a statement that all bonds...

CHAPTER 3 - Hearing

Section 74070. - 74070. When a formation petition is presented, the board of...

Section 74071. - 74071. On the final hearing the board of supervisors shall...

Section 74072. - 74072. Any person whose lands would be benefited by the...

Section 74073. - 74073. Upon the hearing of the formation petition the board...

Section 74074. - 74074. No defect in the contents of the formation petition,...

Section 74075. - 74075. The determination of the board of supervisors shall be...

Section 74076. - 74076. If the board of supervisors finds that protest has...

CHAPTER 4 - Formation Election

Section 74090. - 74090. When the boundaries of the proposed district are defined...

Section 74091. - 74091. One director, who shall be an elector of the...

Section 74092. - 74092. When the order dividing the proposed district into divisions...

Section 74093. - 74093. The formation election shall be held on the next...

Section 74094. - 74094. The board of supervisors shall divide the district, and...

Section 74095. - 74095. The board of supervisors shall appoint an inspector, a...

Section 74096. - 74096. The inspector shall be chairman of the election board,...

Section 74097. - 74097. The formation election shall be called by publication of...

Section 74098. - 74098. The notice of the formation election shall designate a...

Section 74099. - 74099. The board of supervisors shall require the clerk of...

Section 74100. - 74100. A nominating petition for a director in any division...

Section 74101. - 74101. The ballots shall contain instructions that the voters shall...

Section 74102. - 74102. The ballots shall contain as many blank spaces for...

Section 74103. - 74103. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the formation...

Section 74104. - 74104. The election officers shall publicly count the votes immediately...

Section 74105. - 74105. The board of supervisors shall, on the first Monday...

Section 74106. - 74106. Where a vote to form a district is lost,...

CHAPTER 5 - Establishment of District

Section 74120. - 74120. If a majority of all the votes cast at...

Section 74121. - 74121. The board of supervisors shall immediately cause a copy...

Section 74122. - 74122. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately...

CHAPTER 6 - Contest of Election

Section 74130. - 74130. The formation election may be contested by any person...

Section 74131. - 74131. The directors elected at the formation election shall be...

Section 74132. - 74132. The election contest shall be brought in the superior...

Section 74133. - 74133. The court shall immediately try the election contest, and...

Section 74134. - 74134. The election contest shall be brought within 20 days...

Section 74135. - 74135. Either party to the record may appeal to the...

Section 74136. - 74136. The appeal shall be heard and determined by the...

PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER 1 - Directors

Section 74200. - 74200. The board of directors shall consist of three, five,...

Section 74200.5. - 74200.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the...

Section 74201. - 74201. The directors elected at the formation election shall immediately...

Section 74202. - 74202. The directors of any district who are elected shall...

Section 74203. - 74203. Each director elected subsequent to the formation election shall...

Section 74204. - 74204. Vacancies occurring in the board, by reason of death,...

Section 74205. - 74205. Upon his election or appointment, each person who shall...

Section 74206. - 74206. Each director shall execute an official bond in the...

Section 74207. - 74207. All official bonds shall be in the form prescribed...

Section 74208. - 74208. Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not...

Section 74209. - 74209. (a) A district with a board consisting of seven...

CHAPTER 2 - The Board

Section 74220. - 74220. On the first Tuesday next following the formation election,...

Section 74221. - 74221. The board shall manage and conduct the business and...

Section 74222. - 74222. The office of the board may be established by...

Section 74223. - 74223. The board shall hold regular meetings in its office...

Section 74224. - 74224. Notwithstanding Section 74223, the board may, by resolution, change...

Section 74225. - 74225. Special meetings may be ordered by the president or...

Section 74226. - 74226. All meetings of the board shall be open to...

Section 74227. - 74227. A majority of the members of the board shall...

Section 74228. - 74228. A minute of all proceedings of the board shall...

Section 74228.5. - 74228.5. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter...

Section 74229. - 74229. The board shall, annually, make and render a verified...

CHAPTER 3 - Officers

Section 74250. - 74250. At each of its organization meetings the board shall...

Section 74251. - 74251. The secretary need not be one of the directors....

Section 74252. - 74252. The salary of the secretary and the amount of...

Section 74253. - 74253. The bond of the secretary shall be recorded in...

PART 4 - ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 3 - Relocation of Division Boundaries

Section 74430. - 74430. The board of directors shall, by resolution, adjust the...

Section 74431. - 74431. Before any change of the boundaries of the divisions...

Section 74432. - 74432. The notice of intention to change the boundaries of...

Section 74433. - 74433. If land is excluded from a district pursuant to...

Section 74434. - 74434. If land is included within a district pursuant to...

Section 74435. - 74435. If another district is annexed to a district pursuant...

CHAPTER 4 - Redivision of a District Within Ventura County

ARTICLE 1 - Introduction

Section 74450. - 74450. The provisions of this chapter apply only to districts...

Section 74451. - 74451. Except as provided in this chapter every district within...

ARTICLE 2 - Redivision Procedure

Section 74460. - 74460. The number of members of the board and the...

Section 74461. - 74461. The change may be initiated by the board by...

Section 74462. - 74462. If the divisions are based on population, the population...

Section 74463. - 74463. When such change has been initiated the board within...

Section 74464. - 74464. Within 40 days after receipt of the report of...

Section 74465. - 74465. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall cause...

Section 74466. - 74466. (a) The board of supervisors shall hear all interested...

Section 74467. - 74467. The election on the proposed redivision of the district...

Section 74468. - 74468. Directors to fill vacancies in new divisions in the...

Section 74469. - 74469. Following approval by the voters of a redivision of...

Section 74470. - 74470. If the board of supervisors, at any time after...

PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES

CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Duties Generally

Section 74500. - 74500. A district may: (a) Have perpetual succession. (b) Adopt...

Section 74501. - 74501. A district may make contracts and do all acts...

Section 74502. - 74502. A district may appoint and employ such engineer or...

Section 74503. - 74503. A district may employ and hire such men, teams,...

Section 74504. - 74504. A district shall cause such work to be done...

Section 74505. - 74505. A district shall provide for the payment, from the...

Section 74506. - 74506. A district may disseminate information concerning the rights, properties,...

Section 74507. - 74507. A district may vote bonds, cause assessments to be...

Section 74508. - 74508. A district may levy and collect a ground water...

Section 74509. - 74509. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may,...

Section 74510. - 74510. A district may construct, operate, and maintain one or...

Section 74511. - 74511. The hydroelectric plant or plants and transmission lines constructed...

CHAPTER 2 - Water

Section 74520. - 74520. A district may make surveys and investigations of the...

Section 74521. - 74521. A district may appropriate, acquire, and conserve water and...

Section 74522. - 74522. A district may conserve, store, spread, and sink water...

Section 74523. - 74523. A district may maintain, operate, and repair any of...

Section 74524. - 74524. A district may provide for the construction, operation, and...

Section 74525. - 74525. A district may drill, construct, install, and operate wells,...

Section 74526. - 74526. A district may sell, deliver, distribute, or otherwise dispose...

Section 74527. - 74527. A district may fix the rates at which water...

CHAPTER 3 - Recreational Facilities

Section 74540. - 74540. A district may acquire, construct, maintain, and operate recreational...

Section 74541. - 74541. A district may fix and assess reasonable charges for...

CHAPTER 4 - Property

Section 74550. - 74550. A district, for the full exercise of its powers...

Section 74551. - 74551. The legal title to all property acquired by a...

Section 74552. - 74552. A district may take conveyances or other assurances for...

Section 74553. - 74553. A district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

Section 74554. - 74554. The right of eminent domain shall not extend to...

CHAPTER 5 - Contracts With Other Agencies

ARTICLE 1 - In General

Section 74570. - 74570. A district may cooperate and contract with one or...

Section 74570.5. - 74570.5. A district may contract with any state agency to...

Section 74571. - 74571. In furtherance of such cooperation a district may: (a)...

Section 74572. - 74572. If the district is annexed to a cooperating district,...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts for Supply of Water and Construction of Works

Section 74590. - 74590. A district may contract with any city, city and...

Section 74591. - 74591. A district may enter into contracts with municipalities, water...

Section 74592. - 74592. A district may enter into contracts with municipalities, water...

Section 74593. - 74593. A district, whenever the board deems it to be...

ARTICLE 3 - Cooperation With the United States

Section 74610. - 74610. A district may cooperate and contract with the United...

Section 74611. - 74611. The cooperation or contract may be for any or...

Section 74612. - 74612. A district may carry out and perform the terms...

Section 74613. - 74613. As used in this article, “United States” includes the...

Section 74614. - 74614. The board shall generally perform all acts necessary to...

Section 74615. - 74615. When, in furtherance of a contract made with the...

Section 74616. - 74616. The board may accept, on behalf of the district,...

Section 74617. - 74617. A contract entered into between a district and the...

Section 74618. - 74618. As whole or partial consideration for any privileges obtained...

ARTICLE 4 - Approval of Contracts by Voters

Section 74630. - 74630. If a district undertakes to execute a contract pursuant...

CHAPTER 6 - Controversies

Section 74640. - 74640. A district may sue and be sued, except as...

Section 74641. - 74641. A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, and compromise,...

Section 74642. - 74642. A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, and...

Section 74643. - 74643. A district may institute and maintain any and all...

Section 74644. - 74644. In all courts, actions, suits, or proceedings, the board...

Section 74645. - 74645. All claims for money or damages against the district...

CHAPTER 7 - Adoption of Ordinances

Section 74650. - 74650. (a) A district may act by ordinance in exercising...

Section 74651. - 74651. An ordinance shall be in full force and effect...

Section 74652. - 74652. It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate...

PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Funds and Warrants

Section 74750. - 74750. The treasury of the principal county is the repository...

Section 74751. - 74751. No claim shall be paid by the treasurer until...

Section 74752. - 74752. The treasurer shall pay out the moneys of the...

Section 74753. - 74753. Upon presentation of any matured bond, or any matured...

Section 74754. - 74754. The treasurer shall report in writing at each regular...

Section 74755. - 74755. As an alternative to the functions of the county...

Section 74756. - 74756. The election made pursuant to Section 74755 may be...

CHAPTER 2 - Limitation on Indebtedness

Section 74770. - 74770. The board has no power, except as provided in...

Section 74771. - 74771. For the purposes of organization, or for any of...

Section 74772. - 74772. The expenses of organization, including the fees of attorneys...

CHAPTER 3 - Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - In General

Section 74790. - 74790. A district may incur a bonded indebtedness for any...

Section 74791. - 74791. Bonds issued by a district, and bonds issued for...

Section 74792. - 74792. Bonds of the district may be issued in the...

ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings

Section 74800. - 74800. The board, whenever the interest of the district shall...

Section 74801. - 74801. After the printing of the report the board, by...

Section 74802. - 74802. The resolution shall specify all of the following: (a)...

Section 74803. - 74803. The resolution shall further provide for submitting the question...

Section 74804. - 74804. In determining the amount of bonded indebtedness to be...

ARTICLE 3 - Notice of Bond Election

Section 74820. - 74820. Notice shall be given of the bond election by...

Section 74821. - 74821. The notice of the bond election shall state all...

Section 74822. - 74822. The notice of the bond election shall also state...

ARTICLE 4 - Bond Election

Section 74830. - 74830. The manner of holding and conducting the bond election,...

Section 74831. - 74831. Several propositions may be submitted at the same bond...

Section 74832. - 74832. Only qualified electors of the district may vote at...

Section 74833. - 74833. The ballots at the bond election shall contain the...

Section 74834. - 74834. If a bond election has been fairly held and...

ARTICLE 5 - Issuance and Terms

Section 74850. - 74850. If two-thirds of the votes cast upon the proposition...

Section 74851. - 74851. The board may issue the bonds of the district...

Section 74852. - 74852. The board shall, by a resolution adopted by a...

Section 74853. - 74853. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate not...

Section 74854. - 74854. The board may provide for redemption of bonds before...

Section 74855. - 74855. The bonds shall be in such denominations as the...

Section 74856. - 74856. The principal and interest shall be payable in lawful...

Section 74857. - 74857. The bonds shall be dated, numbered consecutively, signed by...

ARTICLE 6 - Sale of Bonds and Use of Proceeds

Section 74870. - 74870. The bonds as issued may be sold at such...

Section 74871. - 74871. The proceeds from the sale of bonds shall be...

Section 74872. - 74872. If the board determines by resolution that (1) the...

CHAPTER 4 - Adoption of Improvement Acts

Section 74900. - 74900. A district, in the construction of any work to...

Section 74901. - 74901. Notwithstanding the provisions or limitations of any of the...

Section 74902. - 74902. In the application of the improvement acts to proceedings...

Section 74903. - 74903. The powers and duties conferred by the improvement acts...

Section 74904. - 74904. No assessment or bond levied or issued pursuant to...

CHAPTER 5 - Negotiable Promissory Notes

Section 74950. - 74950. The district may issue negotiable promissory notes bearing interest...

Section 74951. - 74951. “Taxable property,” as used in Section 74950, means: (a)...

Section 74952. - 74952. If a district undertakes to issue promissory notes pursuant...

CHAPTER 6 - Issuance of Revenue Bonds Pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941

Section 74975. - 74975. Subject to the limitations of this chapter, revenue bonds,...

Section 74976. - 74976. This chapter provides an alternative authority and procedure for...

Section 74977. - 74977. For the purposes of this chapter, the term “enterprise,”...

PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 1 - Improvement Districts for Issuance of Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - Initiation of Proceedings

Section 75000. - 75000. Whenever 1,000 or more of the holders of title...

Section 75001. - 75001. Upon receipt of the formation petition the board shall...

Section 75002. - 75002. The report shall be filed in the office of...

ARTICLE 2 - Hearing and Formation

Section 75010. - 75010. After the filing of the report required by Section...

Section 75011. - 75011. At the hearing the board shall hear such objections...

Section 75012. - 75012. At the hearing the board may make such changes...

Section 75013. - 75013. At the hearing the board shall determine whether the...

Section 75014. - 75014. If more than one-third of the holders of title...

Section 75015. - 75015. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board...

Section 75016. - 75016. The order shall be entered in the minutes of...

ARTICLE 3 - Calling of Bond Election

Section 75030. - 75030. If the board makes the final order approving the...

Section 75031. - 75031. The resolution shall specify all of the following: (a)...

Section 75032. - 75032. The resolution shall further provide for submitting the question...

ARTICLE 4 - Notice of Bond Election

Section 75050. - 75050. Notice shall be given of the bond election by...

Section 75051. - 75051. The notice of the bond election shall designate a...

ARTICLE 5 - Bond Election

Section 75060. - 75060. The bond election shall be conducted in accordance with...

Section 75061. - 75061. Several propositions may be submitted at the same bond...

Section 75062. - 75062. Only qualified electors of the improvement district may vote...

Section 75063. - 75063. The ballots at the bond election shall contain the...

Section 75064. - 75064. Immediately after the bond election, the election officers shall...

Section 75065. - 75065. If two-thirds of the votes cast upon the proposition...

Section 75066. - 75066. If the bond election has been fairly held and...

ARTICLE 6 - Powers of the Board

Section 75080. - 75080. Any improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter shall...

Section 75081. - 75081. The board shall have the same power, authority, and...

Section 75082. - 75082. All provisions of this division, insofar as they are...

ARTICLE 7 - Payment of Bonds from Assessments Upon Real Property

Section 75090. - 75090. The bonded indebtedness of an improvement district formed pursuant...

CHAPTER 2 - Special Improvement Districts

ARTICLE 1 - In General

Section 75110. - 75110. A special improvement district may be formed of an...

ARTICLE 2 - Initiation of Proceedings

Section 75120. - 75120. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district...

Section 75121. - 75121. The resolution of intention shall set forth all of...

Section 75122. - 75122. A copy of the resolution of intention shall be...

ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Formation

Section 75130. - 75130. At the hearing, any person interested, including persons owning...

Section 75131. - 75131. The board may exclude from the proposed special improvement...

Section 75132. - 75132. Lands not included in the original resolution of intention...

Section 75133. - 75133. The board shall not modify the boundaries of the...

Section 75134. - 75134. If protest has been made, prior to its final...

Section 75135. - 75135. At the conclusion of the hearing, after making all...

ARTICLE 4 - Election

Section 75150. - 75150. After the formation of the special improvement district, the...

Section 75151. - 75151. When a district has not been formed pursuant to...

Section 75152. - 75152. If a proposition of incurring the bonded indebtedness is...

Section 75153. - 75153. No informality in any proceeding under this chapter, including...

ARTICLE 5 - Inclusion of Territory

Section 75160. - 75160. Territory may be added to a special improvement district...

ARTICLE 6 - Alternative Provisions for Government of Special Improvement Districts

Section 75165. - 75165. Any special improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter...

Section 75165.1. - 75165.1. A petition signed by holders of title or evidence...

Section 75165.2. - 75165.2. Upon receiving the petition and determining its adequacy, the...

Section 75165.3. - 75165.3. At the time fixed for the hearing, the board...

Section 75165.4. - 75165.4. In the event the board determines in favor of...

Section 75165.5. - 75165.5. The resolution calling such election shall include an order...

Section 75165.6. - 75165.6. The special election shall be held and conducted, candidates...

Section 75165.7. - 75165.7. The four persons receiving, respectively, the highest number of...

Section 75165.8. - 75165.8. The trustees so elected shall immediately enter upon their...

Section 75165.9. - 75165.9. Each trustee shall receive an amount to be fixed...

Section 75166. - 75166. The salary of the secretary and the amount of...

Section 75166.1. - 75166.1. The board of trustees shall meet regularly at least...

Section 75166.2. - 75166.2. Except as otherwise provided in this article, all provisions...

Section 75166.3. - 75166.3. The board of trustees of any special improvement district,...

ARTICLE 7 - Transfer of District Funds

Section 75168. - 75168. The board may from time to time order the...

Section 75168.1. - 75168.1. Prior to the transfer of any funds authorized by...

Section 75168.2. - 75168.2. The notice of election shall specify the amount of...

Section 75168.3. - 75168.3. At the election the ballot shall contain the words,...

Section 75168.4. - 75168.4. If a majority of the votes cast are “Transfer—Yes,”...

Section 75168.5. - 75168.5. The special assessment shall be levied as generally provided...

Section 75168.6. - 75168.6. If the provisions of Section 74056 are complied with...

CHAPTER 3 - Benefit Assessment Improvement Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Initiation of Proceedings

Section 75170. - 75170. As an additional and alternative method of creating improvement...

Section 75171. - 75171. Said formation petition shall contain a statement of the...

Section 75172. - 75172. The formation petition, and all proceedings in reference thereto,...

Section 75173. - 75173. Upon receipt of the formation petition the board shall...

Section 75174. - 75174. The board constitutes a board of assessment commissioners to...

Section 75175. - 75175. The formation petition, plans, specifications, estimate, and statement and...

ARTICLE 2 - Hearing and Formation

Section 75190. - 75190. After the filing of the plans, specifications, estimate, and...

Section 75191. - 75191. Notice of the hearing shall be given by posting...

Section 75192. - 75192. At the hearing the board shall hear such objections...

Section 75193. - 75193. The board may exclude any part or portion of...

Section 75194. - 75194. If more than one-third of the holders of title...

Section 75195. - 75195. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board...

Section 75196. - 75196. The order shall be entered in the minutes of...

ARTICLE 3 - Assessment and Warrants

Section 75210. - 75210. The improvement district assessment shall include a sum that...

Section 75211. - 75211. The improvement district assessment may be made payable in...

Section 75212. - 75212. The improvement district assessment, or any installment thereof, shall...

Section 75213. - 75213. The district shall issue warrants for the amount of...

Section 75214. - 75214. If the improvement district assessment is insufficient to pay...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the Board

Section 75230. - 75230. The board and all other officers of the district...

Section 75231. - 75231. The work of improvement for which the improvement district...

PART 8 - ASSESSMENTS

CHAPTER 1 - Annual Estimate

Section 75350. - 75350. As used in this part: (a) “Ensuing fiscal year”...

Section 75351. - 75351. The board shall, on or before the 10th day...

Section 75352. - 75352. The amount in the annual estimate shall be sufficient...

Section 75353. - 75353. If bonds have been voted and sold by the...

Section 75354. - 75354. If bonds have been voted but not sold, and...

Section 75355. - 75355. If the district has voted a special assessment as...

Section 75356. - 75356. The annual estimate may also include such an amount...

Section 75357. - 75357. Except as provided in Section 75358, the assessment levied...

Section 75358. - 75358. If the proceeds of bonds voted for the acquisition...

Section 75359. - 75359. When a district is in more than one county,...

CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments

Section 75370. - 75370. The board of supervisors of each affected county shall,...

Section 75371. - 75371. The board of supervisors of each affected county shall...

Section 75372. - 75372. The assessment tax levied to pay bond principal and...

Section 75373. - 75373. If the provisions of Section 74056 are complied with...

Section 75374. - 75374. The assessments levied pursuant to this chapter shall be...

Section 75375. - 75375. The provisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code, prescribing...

CHAPTER 3 - Special Assessments

Section 75390. - 75390. The board may at any time call an election...

Section 75391. - 75391. The election shall be called upon the notice prescribed...

Section 75392. - 75392. The notice of election shall specify the amount of...

Section 75393. - 75393. At the election the ballots shall contain the words...

Section 75394. - 75394. If a majority of the votes cast are “Assessment—Yes,”...

Section 75395. - 75395. The special assessment shall be levied as generally provided...

Section 75396. - 75396. If the provisions of Section 74056 are complied with...

CHAPTER 4 - Project Assessments

ARTICLE 1 - Initiation of Proceedings

Section 75410. - 75410. If the board determines, by resolution, that it would...

Section 75411. - 75411. The resolution of the board shall also designate that...

Section 75412. - 75412. After the adoption of the resolution, the board shall...

Section 75413. - 75413. The assessment shall be payable in not to exceed...

Section 75414. - 75414. The board constitutes a board of commissioners to levy...

Section 75415. - 75415. The resolution, plans, specifications, estimate, and proposed assessment shall...

ARTICLE 2 - Hearing

Section 75430. - 75430. After the filing of the resolution, plans, specifications, estimate,...

Section 75431. - 75431. At the hearing the board shall hear such objections...

Section 75432. - 75432. If (a) more than 40 percent of the holders...

ARTICLE 3 - Election

Section 75440. - 75440. If sufficient objections are not presented to the board...

Section 75441. - 75441. Notice of the election shall be posted and published...

Section 75442. - 75442. Several purposes may be submitted at the same election....

Section 75443. - 75443. Only qualified electors of the district may vote at...

Section 75444. - 75444. The ballots at the election shall contain the words:...

Section 75445. - 75445. If a majority of the votes cast by the...

ARTICLE 4 - Assessment and Warrants

Section 75460. - 75460. The project assessment, or any installment thereof, shall be...

Section 75461. - 75461. The district shall issue warrants for the amount of...

Section 75462. - 75462. Such warrants shall be payable only out of funds...

Section 75463. - 75463. The proceeds arising from the sale of the warrants...

CHAPTER 5 - (Multiple Versions)

Section 75470. - 75470. The Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District, in addition...

Section 75470. - 75470. (a) The Eastern San Joaquin County Water District, in...

Section 75470.5. - 75470.5. On or before the 30th day of June of...

Section 75471. - 75471. The board, in fixing the charges pursuant to Section...

Section 75471.5. - 75471.5. If the charge for any parcel of land separately...

Section 75472. - 75472. The district may, by resolution of the board, provide...

Section 75473. - 75473. Any charge erroneously made by reason of inadvertence or...

Section 75474. - 75474. The board shall annually fix and collect a charge,...

Section 75475. - 75475. The board, pursuant to Section 75474, shall thereafter appoint...

Section 75475.5. - 75475.5. The commissioners shall determine whether the district should be...

Section 75476. - 75476. Upon receipt of the commissioners’ map and report, the...

Section 75476.5. - 75476.5. The notice shall state the time and place of...

Section 75477. - 75477. At the hearing, any landowner within the proposed boundaries...

Section 75477.5. - 75477.5. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board may...

Section 75478. - 75478. Upon an order that the district be divided into...

Section 75478.5. - 75478.5. The board, subsequent to any redetermination of benefits made...

CHAPTER 6 - North San Joaquin Water Conservation District

Section 75480. - 75480. (a) The North San Joaquin Water Conservation District, in...

Section 75480.5. - 75480.5. (a) The North San Joaquin Water Conservation District may...

Section 75481. - 75481. (a) The district may, by resolution of the board,...

Section 75481.5. - 75481.5. Any assessments erroneously made by reason of inadvertence or...

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...

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