California

Water Code

10,139 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 36302 — Revenue bonds are not a general debt, liability, or obligation of the district.
• § 36303 — The board may, in the resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds, provide that the bonds or any part thereof shall be subject to call and redemption before maturity, at the option of the dis
• § 36304 — Revenue bonds issued subject to call and redemption prior to maturity shall contain a recital to that effect on the face of the revenue bonds, and no revenue bond shall be subject to call or redemptio
• § 36305 — The board in its resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds shall fix the method of giving notice of redemption to the holders of revenue bonds to be redeemed and the price or prices at whic
• § 36320 — The payment of both principal and interest of revenue bonds shall be secured only by the revenues pledged therefor.
• § 36321 — No holder of any revenue bond may ever compel any exercise of the taxing power to pay the bond, interest thereon, or any part of either.
• § 36322 — All revenue bonds of the same issue shall, subject to the prior and superior rights of outstanding bonds, claims, or obligations, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 3547
• § 36323 — All revenue bonds of the same issue shall be equally and ratably secured without priority by reason of number, date of bonds, of sale, of execution, or of delivery, by a lien on the district’s revenue
• § 36340 — Revenue bonds and interest coupons attached thereto shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the board.
• § 36341 — The face of each revenue bond shall state: (a) That the payment or redemption of the bond and the payment of the interest thereon is secured solely by a first and direct charge and lien upon all or th
• § 36342 — Revenue bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States.
• § 36343 — Each issue of revenue bonds shall be numbered consecutively and the bonds of each issue shall be numbered consecutively from lower to higher as they mature and shall bear such date as may be prescribe
• § 36344 — The date appearing upon the face of a revenue bond shall be deemed to be the date of issuance irrespective of the subsequent delivery of the bond.
• § 36345 — Revenue bonds shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary, and interest coupons appertaining thereto shall be signed by the secretary.
• § 36346 — All the signatures on the bond or coupons may be printed, lithographed, engraved, or otherwise mechanically reproduced, except that one of the signatures shall be manually affixed.
• § 36347 — The seal of the district may be affixed to the revenue bonds by mechanical reproduction thereof.
• § 36348 — If any officer whose signature appears on any revenue bond or coupon ceases to be such officer of the district before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his signature on the bond or coupon is
• § 36349 — Revenue bonds shall be of such denomination or denominations as the board may prescribe.
• § 36350 — Revenue bonds shall be payable at such time and place as may be designated by the board, but in no case shall the maturity of any bond be more than 40 years from its date.
• § 36351 — Every revenue bond shall be payable at a given time for its entire amount and not for a percentage thereof.
• § 36352 — Revenue bonds shall bear interest at a rate not in excess of 8 percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually as may be prescribed by the board.
• § 36360 — Bondholders owning or holding 25 percent or more of any outstanding and unpaid issue of revenue bonds may, when payments of principal or interest, or both, have been in default for not less than one y
• § 36361 — The complaint shall: (a) Name the district as a defendant.
• § 36362 — The summons in the proceeding shall be served by publishing a copy thereof once a week for four weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county.
• § 36363 — Within 30 days after publication of the summons has been completed and proof filed with the court any person may appear and answer the complaint.
• § 36364 — On the expiration of 60 days after the publication of summons has been completed and proof filed with the court, after proof to the court that a default exists and continues, the court shall assume ju
• § 36365 — The jurisdiction of the court over the affairs of the district shall continue until the default for which the receiver was appointed has been discharged.
• § 36366 — A receiver has no power to dispose of any part of the property of the district except in the ordinary course of business.
• § 36367 — No court has jurisdiction to enter any order or decree requiring or permitting a receiver to sell, assign, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or encumber the district or any part thereof.
• § 36368 — Whenever all that is due upon all obligations and interest thereon which are a charge, lien, or encumbrance on the revenues of the district has been paid and all defaults have been cured and made good
• § 36380 — A district whose facilities are for delivery primarily of agricultural water supplies and wherein at least 51 percent of the assessable acreage is zoned and developed for agricultural uses may issue r
• § 36381 — Revenue warrants shall be secured by all or part of the revenues received by the district from charges fixed pursuant to Section 35470 or from any other source other than assessments, and any such rev
• § 36382 — Revenue warrants shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding 8 percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually or in part annually and in part semiannually, as the board may prescribe.
• § 36383 — Revenue warrants shall mature at such time or times as the board may prescribe, but not more than 10 years from the date of issuance.
• § 36384 — Revenue warrants may be made subject to redemption prior to their fixed maturity date upon such terms, conditions and notice, and at such times and prices, as the board may determine prior to the issu
• § 36385 — Revenue warrants may be sold at either public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the board may determine.
• § 36386 — No revenue warrants shall be issued or sold until their issuance has been authorized by resolution of the board adopted by a four-fifths vote.
• § 36386.1 — If, after the board adopts the resolution to issue the revenue warrants and before 30 days thereafter, the board receives a petition containing the signatures of persons holding title to 10 percent of
• § 36387 — The board may determine the form and denomination of revenue warrants, the manner of their execution, their registration and exchange privileges and the place or places of their payment.
• § 36388 — The board, in a resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue warrants, may provide for special funds for the deposit and application of the proceeds of the warrants and for the deposit and applicati
• § 36389 — The board, in a resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue warrants, may covenant to operate and maintain the facilities producing the revenues pledged for the security of the revenue warrants, ma
• § 36390 — The board, in a resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue warrants, may provide for paying the interest on the revenue warrants for a period of not more than one year out of the proceeds of the s
• § 36391 — Except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue warrants, the holder of any revenue warrant may by mandamus, or other appropriate proceeding, require and compel the
• § 36392 — Revenue warrants shall not be issued under this chapter by any district in any one fiscal year in excess of four million dollars ($4,000,000).
• § 36393 — The provisions of this chapter shall constitute an addition to all other power of a district to borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue warrants in connection therewith, and shall not be deemed a
• § 36400 — A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness as provided in this chapter by action of the board and without the necessity of calling and holding an election in the district, except as otherwise
• § 36401 — Indebtedness may be incurred pursuant to this chapter for any purpose for which the district is authorized to expend funds, including provisions for the payment of current expenses of the district and
• § 36402 — Indebtedness incurred under this chapter shall be evidenced by warrants or negotiable notes of the district payable at stated times fixed by the board and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 8 pe
• § 36402.1 — Except as provided in Section 36407.
• § 36402.2 — Notice of the election shall be given and the election shall be held and the result determined as nearly as practicable in the manner provided for bond elections.
• § 36402.3 — The proceeds of such warrants or negotiable notes may be used and applied to the purchase or redemption of any outstanding warrants or negotiable notes of the district.
• § 36403 — Such warrants shall be issued in the name of the district after the adoption, by a four-fifths vote of all the members of the board, of a resolution setting forth the form of the warrant, the maturity
• § 36404 — The board may, in its resolution authorizing the issuance of such warrants, provide that the warrants shall be subject to call and redemption prior to maturity, at the option of the district, at such
• § 36405 — Coupons payable to bearer shall be in a form and signed as prescribed by the board and may be attached to warrants issued under this chapter to evidence their interest.
• § 36406 — Warrants or negotiable notes issued under this chapter shall be offered for public sale upon notice inviting sealed bids therefor.
• § 36407 — Warrants or negotiable notes issued under this chapter and authorized by the voters pursuant to Section 36402.
• § 36407.1 — Warrants or negotiable notes payable in five years or less from the date of issuance may be issued under this section without the approval of the voters pursuant to Section 36402.
• § 36408.4 — Warrants or negotiable notes payable at a future date or times may also be issued to obtain funds or property for any lawful purpose of the district; provided, the total amount of the warrants or nego
• § 36408.5 — Any warrant or negotiable notes authorized in the preceding section shall draw interest at a rate to be fixed by the board not to exceed eight (8) percent per year payable annually or semiannually as
• § 36408.6 — Warrants or negotiable notes of any district may be issued to evidence the indebtedness allowed to be incurred prior to the levy of the first district assessment, bearing interest fixed by the board a
• § 36408.7 — A district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of, but not in excess of the principal amount of, authorized bonds of the district which have not yet been sold and delivered, and for that purp
• § 36408.8 — A district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of, but not in excess of the principal amount of, authorized bonds of an improvement district formed pursuant to this division which have not ye
• § 36409 — The provisions of this chapter shall constitute an addition to all other power of the district to borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue warrants or negotiable notes in connection therewith, and
• § 36410 — This chapter provides an alternative method for the formation of improvement districts consisting of a portion of the territory within a district and the issuance of bonds and warrants of said distric
• § 36411 — Improvement districts consisting of contiguous or noncontiguous portions of the territory of a district may be formed within a district and bonds and warrants of the district may be issued for such im
• § 36412 — Bonds and warrants of a district for an improvement district may be issued for any purpose for which bonds and warrants of the district may be issued; provided, that the carrying out of such purpose s
• § 36413 — Whenever the board is of the opinion that an improvement district should be formed, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution of intention which shall state: (a) the intention of the board to fo
• § 36414 — Notice of said hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Gover
• § 36415 — At the time and place so fixed, or at any time or place to which the hearing is continued, the board shall hold the hearing provided for by said resolution of intention, at which hearing any person in
• § 36416 — At the hearing the board may adopt a resolution proposing modifications relating to any or all of the following: (a) a modification of the boundaries of the proposed improvement district, (b) the addi
• § 36417 — The board shall not order any modifications except after publication of the resolution proposing said modifications once in the same newspaper in which the resolution of intention was published, said
• § 36418 — The hearing on any proposed modifications, or any continuance thereof, may be held at the same time and place as any continued hearing on the resolution of intention and both said hearings may be held
• § 36419 — At the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention and of the hearing, if any, upon proposed modifications, the board may by resolution order the improvement district formed for the purpo
• § 36420 — (a) After adopting the resolution ordering the improvement district formed, the board may provide for and call a special bond election within such improvement district to submit to the voters of the i
• § 36421 — Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, special bond elections within an improvement district shall be called, noticed, held, conducted and the results thereof canvassed in substantially the sam
• § 36423 — Bonds of said district for said improvement district shall be issued and sold in substantially the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as bonds of the entire district, except that (a) i
• § 36424 — Except to the extent that provision has otherwise been made by the board, as may be permitted by law, for the payment of the principal of and interest upon general obligation bonds and warrants of sai
• § 36424.1 — (a) This section applies only to the Santa Margarita Water District.
• § 36425 — In addition to the charges authorized to be fixed and collected pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 35470) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of this division, the board in lieu, in whole or in part, o
• § 36426 — Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of this division applicable to bonds and warrants of the district and assessments therefor shall, so far as consistent with this chapter, a
• § 36427 — If general obligation bonds of the district for an improvement district thereof shall have been issued, the treasurer shall establish within the general obligation bond fund for the district provided
• § 36428 — After the formation of an improvement district additional lands contiguous or noncontiguous thereto may be included therein upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the board.
• § 36429 — At the time and place fixed or at any time and place to which the hearing is continued, the board shall hold the hearing provided for by said resolution of intention at which hearing any person intere
• § 36430 — At the hearing the board may adopt a resolution proposing modifications relating to any or all of the following: (a) Modification of the boundaries of the territory to be annexed; (b) The addition to
• § 36431 — At the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention and of the hearing, if any, upon proposed modifications the board may by resolution order the territory annexed to said improvement dist
• § 36432 — As an alternative procedure for the annexation of land to an improvement district, additional lands may be included within any improvement district by resolution of the board declaring the territory a
• § 36433 — The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish an approved plan of works of an improvement district.
• § 36434 — The board shall repay the district for any advance of funds with any money received which is authorized by law to be used for such a purpose including the proceeds of the sale of bonds and warrants au
• § 36435 — After adopting the resolution ordering the improvement district formed, the board may provide for the issuance of warrants of the district for the improvement district in an amount not exceeding the e
• § 36436 — Warrants of said district for said improvement district shall be issued and sold in substantially the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as warrants of the entire district, except that
• § 36437 — Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of this division applicable to warrants of the district and assessments therefor shall, so far as consistent with this chapter, apply to wa
• § 36438 — Pursuant to the procedure hereinafter set forth in this chapter, two or more existing coterminous improvement districts formed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be consolidated into one i
• § 36439 — In the event that the board determines it to be in the best interests of the district to consolidate any two or more existing coterminous improvement districts formed under this chapter, it may by res
• § 36440 — At the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention provided for in Section 36439, the board may adopt a resolution declaring the existing coterminous improvement districts described in th
• § 36441 — The provisions of Sections 36438 to 36440, inclusive, are in the alternative to and shall not affect any existing provisions of this division.
• § 36442 — After the formation of an improvement district, lands may be detached therefrom upon any terms and conditions as may be fixed by the board.
• § 36443 — At the time and place fixed, or at any time and place to which the hearing is continued, the board shall hold the hearing provided for by such resolution of intention.
• § 36444 — At the hearing, the board may adopt a resolution proposing modifications relating to any or all of the following: (a) Modification of the boundaries of the territory to be detached.
• § 36445 — At the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention and of the hearing, if any, upon proposed modifications, the board may by resolution order the territory detached from the improvement d
• § 36446 — As an alternative procedure for the detachment of land from an improvement district, lands may be detached from any improvement district by resolution of the board declaring the territory detached aft
• § 36447 — This chapter shall apply to the Irvine Ranch Water District, the Santa Margarita Water District, and the Moulton-Niguel Water District.
• § 36447.1 — Bonds for two or more improvement districts of the district may be issued and sold as consolidated bonds of the district in substantially the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as bond
• § 36447.10 — The board may provide for the bonds to bear a variable interest rate, for the manner and intervals in which the rate shall vary, and for the dates on which the interest shall be payable.
• § 36447.11 — Refunding bonds issued under Article 6 (commencing with Section 36060) of Chapter 2 may be issued in the manner set forth in this chapter regardless of whether or not the bonds being refunded were iss
• § 36447.12 — In lieu of refunding outstanding bonds by defeasing or calling for redemption, the board may also refund under Article 6 (commencing with Section 36060) of Chapter 2 by purchasing the bonds to be refu
• § 36447.14 — All acts and proceedings taken prior to the effective date of this chapter, which would be in accordance with this chapter if taken after the effective date, are hereby confirmed, validated, and decla
• § 36447.15 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 36447, this section applies only to the Irvine Ranch Water District and the Santa Margarita Water District.
• § 36447.2 — The provisions of Chapters 2 (commencing with Section 35950) and 3 (commencing with Section 36150) shall apply to the consolidated bonds to the extent they may be made applicable.
• § 36447.3 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to preserve the status of the improvement districts’ bonds which have been consolidated, so that the bonds shall continue to constitute “in
• § 36447.4 — Before adopting a resolution approving the issuance of any consolidated bonds pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 36150), the board shall adopt a resolution of intention, w
• § 36447.5 — At the time and place so fixed or at any time or place to which the hearing is continued, the board shall hold the hearing provided by the resolution of intention at which hearing any person intereste
• § 36447.6 — If the board finds that protests against the proposed issuance of any consolidated bonds are signed by the owners of more than one-half of the area of the land in any improvement district whose bonds
• § 36447.7 — At the conclusion of the hearing, in the absence of a majority protest pursuant to Section 36447.
• § 36447.9 — The board may, if it determines that to do so would produce a lower interest cost on the bonds, sell bonds at private sale without advertising for bids.
• § 36450 — Improvement districts may be formed in districts in the same manner as improvement districts are formed in irrigation districts.
• § 36451 — The board of directors of a district shall have the same rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the formation and government of improvement districts in districts as the board of
• § 36452 — The board shall also have, in addition to its other powers, the same powers with respect to improvement districts in districts as the board of directors of an irrigation district has with respect to d
• § 36453 — Assessments in an improvement district in a district shall be levied, collected and enforced at the same time and in as nearly the same manner as practicable as annual taxes for purposes of the distri
• § 36454 — This chapter provides an alternative method for the consolidation of coterminous improvement districts formed pursuant to Chapter 4.
• § 36454.1 — Pursuant to the procedure set forth in this chapter, two or more existing coterminous improvement districts formed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4.
• § 36454.2 — For purposes of Section 2270 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, bonds authorized by any of the coterminous improvement districts which remain outstanding or unissued at the time the districts are conso
• § 36454.3 — In the event that the board determines it to be in the best interests of the district to consolidate any two or more existing coterminous improvement districts formed under Chapter 4.
• § 36454.4 — At the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention provided for in Section 36454.
• § 36455 — Whenever, in the opinion of the board, the public interest or convenience may require, the board may order the acquisition or construction in, under, or upon the whole or any portion of any one or mor
• § 36455.1 — The work or improvement shall be done and the cost thereof assessed and collected in accordance with the procedures of the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Str
• § 36455.2 — Such acts or any of them may be used in the discretion of the board of directors in the construction of any work to be done or improvements made under this act and in the levying of assessments and re
• § 36455.3 — As additional notice a certified copy of any assessment and the diagram attached thereto issued under any of said acts shall be recorded in the office of the county surveyor if the improvement distric
• § 36455.4 — A district may enter into an agreement with any municipality within the district whereby any work or improvement constructed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be transferred to the munici
• § 36456 — As used in the laws referred to in this chapter the terms therefrom set forth in this article refer for the purposes of this chapter to that which this article states each respectively refers.
• § 36456.1 — “City” refers to the water district.
• § 36456.2 — “City council” or “legislative body” refers to the board of directors of the water district.
• § 36456.3 — “Mayor” refers to the president of the board of directors of the water district.
• § 36456.4 — “Clerk” refers to the secretary of the board of directors of the water district.
• § 36456.5 — “Council chambers” refers to the place designated by the board of directors of the water district for holding its regular meetings.
• § 36456.6 — “Treasurer” refers to the treasurer of the water district.
• § 36456.7 — “Superintendent of streets” or “street superintendent” and “city engineer” refer to the engineer of the water district.
• § 36456.8 — “Right-of-way” refers to any parcel of land through which a right-of-way has been granted to the water district for any purpose.
• § 36456.9 — All words relating to municipal officers and matters refer to the corresponding officers of water districts and matters under this division.
• § 36457 — The board may appoint officers other than the engineer, without compensation, as the officer to perform any or all of the duties conferred upon the street superintendent or city engineer in any law re
• § 36457.1 — The board may appoint an engineer of work, in which event the duties to be performed by the city engineer as set forth in any law referred to in this chapter shall be performed by the engineer of work
• § 36457.2 — The board may provide that the work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer of work, that the materials used shall comply with his specifications and be to his satisf
• § 36457.3 — The contract shall be entered into by the engineer, and the assessment and warrant, when confirmed, shall be recorded in the office of the engineer.
• § 36458 — Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter for facilities for delivery primarily of agricultural water supplies, in accordance with the provisions of any of the improvement acts mentioned in this chapter,
• § 36458.1 — In determining the amount of the assessments to be levied and bonds to be issued pursuant to this chapter, the board of directors may include bond interest for facilities for delivery primarily of agr
• § 36460 — Land within a water district, which need not be contiguous, may be formed into a distribution district for the purpose of contracting with the United States, pursuant to federal reclamation laws, or f
• § 36461 — As used in this part, “federal reclamation law” shall mean the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stats.
• § 36462 — The formation of a distribution district may be proposed and the petition therefor shall be signed by two-thirds or more in number of the holders of title to the land in the proposed distribution dist
• § 36463 — A petition for the formation of a distribution district shall contain all of the following: (a) Statement of the plans of the proposed distribution system.
• § 36464 — The petition, all proceedings in reference to it, the distribution district, and the land in it shall be designated by a number.
• § 36465 — The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.
• § 36466 — A petition to form a distribution district shall be filed with the secretary in the office of the district and may be inspected by all persons interested.
• § 36470 — Upon receipt of a petition to form a distribution district the board shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed distribution system.
• § 36471 — If the survey shows that the improvements are feasible, the board shall cause to be prepared the following: (a) Plans and specifications of the proposed distribution system.
• § 36472 — The plans and specifications, estimate of cost and the statement of the proposed assessment shall be filed with the secretary in the office of the district and may be inspected by all persons interest
• § 36480 — After the filing of the formation petition, the plans and specifications, the estimate of cost and statement of the proposed assessment, the board shall give notice of a hearing upon the petition, whi
• § 36481 — Notice of the hearing shall be given by all of the following: (a) Posting a notice in three public places within the proposed distribution district.
• § 36482 — At the hearing the board shall hear any objections coming before it to any of the following: (a) The petition.
• § 36483 — At the hearing the board shall make any changes in reference to matters set forth in Section 36482 as it considers proper.
• § 36484 — If any additional land is included within the proposed distribution district, the hearing shall be continued and the owners of the added land given personal notice of not less than 20 days of the addi
• § 36490 — Regardless of any findings made by the board, if more than one-third in number of the holders of title to land within the proposed distribution district object at the hearing to its formation or to th
• § 36491 — If at the hearing the board finds that it would not be for the best interests of the district to form the distribution district, the board shall order the proceedings dismissed without prejudice to th
• § 36492 — If the board finds that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed distribution district to form the distribution district, it shall make and enter in its minutes a final orde
• § 36493 — Assessments levied for the purpose of meeting obligations accruing under a contract with the United States pursuant to the reclamation laws or under a contract with the district, shall be payable in t
• § 36494 — The secretary shall cause a certified copy of the order creating the distribution district to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in each county in which any land of the distribution dist
• § 36495 — The assessment, and each installment of it, shall be and remain a lien on the land in the distribution district in the same manner as, and be a part of, the annual assessment of the district.
• § 36496 — All lands of the distribution district shall remain jointly liable for all obligations accruing to the United States or accruing to the district under any contract between the distribution district an
• § 36497 — Upon a change or resubdivision upon the assessment book of the district of any parcel of land in a distribution district, the board upon its own initiative or upon petition of the owner of the parcel
• § 36498 — If the actual amount to be paid by the distribution district to the United States or to the district under the contract to be executed is substantially less than the estimated amount, the assessment m
• § 36499 — Installments of assessments levied on district owned land becoming due while the land is still owned by the district shall be paid by the district.
• § 365 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter furthers important state policies of encouraging water conservation and protecting water resources in the interest of the people and for the pu
• § 36500 — If at any time it is desired to include additional land in a distribution district, a petition for inclusion signed by the owners of the land to be included and by two-thirds in number of the holders
• § 36501 — The inclusion petition shall describe the land in the distribution district as enlarged by the proposed inclusions and give the names and addresses of the owners of the additional land in substantiall
• § 36502 — The same proceedings shall be had on the distribution district inclusion petition as upon the original petition for the formation of a distribution district.
• § 36510 — At any time before a district has incurred any indebtedness or obligation, or after all indebtedness and obligations have been discharged, two-thirds or more in number of the holders of title to an ar
• § 36511 — The secretary of the district, upon the filing of the petition, shall examine it and if, in his opinion, the petition has been signed by the requisite number of landowners, he shall set it for hearing
• § 36512 — The secretary of the board shall cause notice of the time and place of hearing to be posted for a period of two weeks next preceding the hearing (a) in three public places in the area requested to be
• § 36513 — At the time and place of the hearing, anyone interested in the petition for exclusion may appear before the board of the district and urge or oppose its approval.
• § 36514 — All expenses incurred in connection with a petition to exclude lands from a distribution district shall be paid by the petitioners.
• § 36520 — In a district containing a distribution district the board and all of the officers of the district each respectively has all of the rights, powers and privileges as to the distribution district, its l
• § 36521 — The board may also hold or dispose of property used or acquired in connection with the distribution district in the name of the directors and their successors in office as trustees for the distributio
• § 36522 — The board of the district may in lieu in whole or in part of levying assessments for repayment of construction costs under a contract with the United States or with the district, fix and collect charg
• § 36523 — The board of the district may provide for any maintenance and operation of the distribution system of a distribution district that may be required by the provisions of the contract between the distrib
• § 36524 — The board of the district may provide for any maintenance and operation of the distribution system of a distribution district that may be required by the provisions of the contract between the distrib
• § 36525 — A district may issue distribution district warrants signed by its president and secretary from receipts of distribution district assessments and charges in such amounts and to the United States, the d
• § 36530 — All acts, proceedings, conclusions, and findings of fact, including the levy of assessments or charges, by a board of a district concerning a distribution district herein shall be conclusive except in
• § 36531 — An action to determine the validity of an assessment may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 36540 — At any time prior to incurring any indebtedness or obligation, or upon the full payment of all indebtedness or obligations of a distribution district a petition, signed and acknowledged by not less th
• § 36541 — A hearing on dissolution shall be had in the same manner and after the same notice as is required for the formation of a distribution district.
• § 36542 — The board may, after the hearing, order the distribution district dissolved.
• § 36543 — The order of dissolution shall be recorded in the same manner as the order forming the distribution district.
• § 36550 — As used in this part “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
• § 36551 — As used in this part “bond” means a general obligation bond.
• § 36552 — Between the date on which the district was formed and 90 days thereafter, and between those dates annually thereafter, the board shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors an estimate of th
• § 36553 — The annual estimate shall specify the portion thereof which will be required for the payment of bonds and of the interest on bonds.
• § 36554 — The annual estimate may include an amount to be determined by the board but not to exceed 1 percent of the total assessed value of the land, which sum shall be apportioned to the bond fund and used fo
• § 36555 — The board shall deduct from the annual estimate the amount it anticipates will be derived from sales of water by the district and be available as needed to discharge its obligations during the next ye
• § 36556 — If, at the time any annual estimate is required to be filed, the board anticipates that the receipts from all sources will be sufficient and available as needed to pay all the district’s obligations d
• § 36557 — Immediately upon the formation of the district the board may levy and collect the sum of fifty cents ($0.
• § 36558 — The board may from time to time by resolution provide for a district fiscal year to commence and end at the dates specified in such resolution.
• § 36559 — If a fiscal year is adopted pursuant to Section 36558, in lieu of submitting the annual estimate at the time set forth in Section 36552, the board may, by resolution, establish that the annual estimat