California

Water Code

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

• § 36560 — Assessments that are imposed pursuant to this part and Part 7.
• § 36570 — Between the date on which the district was formed and 90 days thereafter, and between those dates in each succeeding year, the assessor shall assess all land, except that if all funds required to be r
• § 36571 — All of the land shall be assessed at its full cash value.
• § 36572 — The assessor shall, within the time for assessing the land, file with the clerk of the board of supervisors an assessment book with appropriate headings in which shall be listed all of the land.
• § 36573 — The assessment book shall contain: (a) The name of the holder of title to the land if known, and if unknown, that fact shall be stated.
• § 36574 — If the district is contained in more than one county the assessment book shall be prepared with a separate part in a separate volume for the land in each county.
• § 36575 — In lieu of assessing the land, as aforesaid, the board may direct the assessor to, and the assessor shall thereupon adopt as the cash value of the land, and shall insert in the assessment book as such
• § 36576 — Notwithstanding Section 36571, until such time as a district which has not theretofore delivered water for any purpose puts into operation facilities for the delivery of water, the board may levy a sp
• § 36577 — In lieu of assessing all land pursuant to its cash value as set forth in Section 36571 or the county assessed value pursuant to Section 36575, the board may provide for an alternative method of valuat
• § 36578 — If the board elects to have land within the district valued pursuant to Section 36577, the following procedures shall apply: (a) Prior to its adoption of a valuation based upon benefits under this sec
• § 36579 — If the board elects to have land within the district valued pursuant to Sections 36577 and 36578, the board may also provide for more than one schedule of valuations based upon different benefits best
• § 36590 — If any land is not charged with its portion of any assessment or if the assessment on any land is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, that land shall at any subsequent assessment
• § 366 — (a) During periods described in subdivision (a) of Section 367, excessive water use is prohibited by a residential customer in a single-family residence or by a customer in a multiunit housing complex
• § 36600 — Within 60 days after the estimate and the assessment book have been filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for a hearing, not less than 22 days and
• § 36601 — The clerk of the board of supervisors shall give notice of the hearing by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county, whi
• § 36602 — The first publication of the notice shall be at least 15 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing.
• § 36603 — From the time of calling the hearing and until the hearing is held, the assessment book shall be open to public inspection at the office of the board of supervisors.
• § 36604 — At the hearing the board of supervisors, meeting as a board of equalization, shall: (a) Hear all objections presented to it regarding the correctness of any assessment.
• § 36605 — After hearing all objections and evidence, the board of supervisors shall: (a) Add to or deduct from the valuation assessed to any parcel of land a percent thereof sufficient to raise it or reduce it
• § 36606 — Any changes or additions ordered by the board of supervisors, acting as a board of equalization, shall be entered in the assessment book in the proper place and the order shall be endorsed on the marg
• § 36607 — Before the hearing is closed the assessor shall add the total values as determined by the board of supervisors and determine the gross assessed valuation of all the land and make a statement thereof.
• § 36608 — After the statement is completed, the board of supervisors, acting as a board of equalization, shall fix an ad valorem rate of assessment upon each one hundred dollars ($100) in value of the land asse
• § 36609 — After fixing the rate of assessment, the board of supervisors shall adjourn as a board of equalization and the hearing is completed.
• § 36610 — The orders of the board of supervisors made at the hearing are final and when endorsed on or attached to the assessment book are conclusive evidence that the assessment was made and levied in accordan
• § 36611 — Any person interested in land and aggrieved by a decision of the board of supervisors may, in order to have an assessment or levy thereon corrected, modified, or annulled, institute an action therefor
• § 367 — (a) This chapter applies only as follows: (1) During a period for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencin
• § 36725 — Within 10 days after the hearing on assessment is completed, duplicate copies of each of the following shall be signed by the president and secretary and attached to the last volume of each part of th
• § 36726 — Within 10 days after the assessment is completed, the assessor shall do each of the following: (a) Compute and charge in the proper part of the assessment book in a place provided therefor in the reco
• § 36727 — After each separate part of the assessment book has been filed with the tax collector the assessments listed are due and payable to the tax collector of the district.
• § 36728 — No action to determine the validity of any district assessment or assessment levied thereon shall be maintained unless the action is commenced within 30 days after all separate parts of the assessment
• § 36729 — In case any charges for water or other services, or either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the discretion of the district be secured at any time by filing for record in the offi
• § 36825 — After the filing of all parts of the assessment book with the tax collector the assessment on each parcel of land separately assessed and any penalties for delinquency added thereto plus any unpaid ch
• § 36826 — Within 10 days after each assessment is due and payable, the assessor shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county a notice specifying all of the following: (a
• § 36827 — Assessments shall be paid in lawful money of the United States.
• § 36828 — The tax collector shall mark the date of payment in the assessment book opposite the name of the assessee.
• § 36829 — The tax collector shall give a receipt to the person making payment specifying: (a) The land assessed.
• § 36830 — The tax collector shall pay the money received to the treasurer.
• § 36830.1 — The tax collector may, in his discretion, accept negotiable paper in payment of any assessment or on a redemption.
• § 36830.2 — As used herein, “negotiable paper” means bank checks and drafts and express and post office money orders payable on demand.
• § 36830.3 — The acceptance of negotiable paper constitutes a payment of an assessment or redemption as of the date of acceptance when, but not before, the negotiable paper is duly paid.
• § 36830.4 — If any negotiable paper is not paid on due presentment for any reason, any record of payment made on the assessment book because of its acceptance shall be canceled, and the assessment is a lien as th
• § 36830.5 — When a cancellation is made the tax collector shall record it in the assessment book opposite the name of the assessee who attempted payment by the negotiable paper and shall promptly notify such asse
• § 36830.6 — If a remittance to cover a payment required to be made on or before a specified date is sent through the United States mail, properly addressed with postage prepaid, it shall be determined received on
• § 36831 — The board shall order the collector to cancel or modify, as may be proper, an assessment when it finds that any property has been either: (a) Assessed in any year more than once.
• § 36832 — On order of the board any assessments, penalties or costs thereon, or portions thereof, shall be refunded by the treasurer if they were either: (a) Paid more than once.
• § 36833 — No order for a refund under Section 36832 shall be made except upon a claim both: (a) Verified by the person who paid the assessment, penalties, or costs, or by his guardian, executor or administrator
• § 36950 — Unpaid assessments are delinquent unless paid within six calendar months after they become due.
• § 36950.1 — As used in this chapter and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 37050), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 37150), and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 37175), “assessment” includes standby charges a
• § 36950.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 36950, the board may, by resolution, provide that assessments may be paid in two equal installments, the first of which shall be delinquent if not paid within
• § 36951 — As soon as possible after the assessments, or any installment thereof, become delinquent, the tax collector shall publish a notice containing all of the following: (a) A description of the delinquent
• § 36952 — The notice required by Section 36951 shall be published in the county in which the property is located in the manner prescribed in Section 6063 of the Government Code, commencing not less than 21 days
• § 36953 — If any error should occur in the published notice with respect to the description of any delinquent property, the name of the assessee thereof, or the amount of the assessments and penalty due thereon
• § 36954 — On the day fixed for the sale in the published notice, or in any republished notice, the collector shall sell to the district the whole amount of each parcel of property separately assessed upon which
• § 36955 — Thereupon the collector shall, as to each parcel sold, make an entry “Sold to the district” in the assessment book, and the date of the sale.
• § 36956 — After the delinquent sale the collector shall make out, in duplicate, and sign a certificate of sale for each parcel separately assessed and sold, setting forth all of the following: (a) A description
• § 36957 — The certificate of sale may be substantially in the following form, the blanks being filled to show the facts in each case: Certificate of Sale No.
• § 36958 — Of each of the duplicate certificates of sale one shall be retained by the collector and the other shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situate
• § 36959 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part to the contrary, in the case of a sale of property for taxes or assessments, except where the sale is conducted and the funds are accounted for as prov
• § 36960 — When property is sold for assessments imposed on it as the property of a particular person, no misnomer of the owner, or supposed owner, or any other mistake relating to the ownership, affects the sal
• § 370 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The use of allocation-based conservation water pricing by public entities that sell and distribute water is one effective means by w
• § 37050 — All property sold for delinquent assessments to the district shall subsequently be assessed for district purposes as though it had never been sold, until the collector has made and delivered to the di
• § 37051 — If the property is sold to the district for delinquent assessments, the collector in making his accounting with the treasurer shall furnish a statement of the property sold to the district and the amo
• § 371 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Allocation-based conservation water pricing” means a retail water rate structure that meets all of the criteria in S
• § 37150 — Property sold to the district for delinquent assessments may be redeemed by the redemptioner within three years from the date of sale, or thereafter before a collector’s deed of the property has been
• § 37151 — On receipt of the redemption money plus the amount of the recorder’s fee the collector shall make out duplicate certificates of redemption reciting the payment and stating the date of recordation of t
• § 37152 — One of the duplicate certificates of redemption shall be given to the redemptioner.
• § 37153 — The collector shall record the other duplicate certificate of redemption with the county recorder in whose office the certificate of sale is on record.
• § 37155 — If the property sold for delinquent assessments has not been redeemed and three years have elapsed from the date of its sale to the district, the collector, upon demand made by resolution of the board
• § 37155.1 — After receiving a demand for a collector’s deed pursuant to Section 37155, and not less than 45 days nor more than 60 days before delivery of a collector’s deed pursuant to that demand, the collector
• § 37155.2 — After the first publication of the notice required by Section 37155.
• § 37155.3 — Upon first publication of the notice required by Section 37155.
• § 37156 — A collector’s deed shall contain the date of sale and his statement that no person redeemed the property during the time allowed for its redemption; and may be in substantially the following form, the
• § 37157 — A collector’s deed to a district shall be recorded in the usual manner of recording conveyances of real property.
• § 37158 — The collector’s deed conveys to the district title to the property described therein free of all encumbrances, except liens for taxes and assessments levied for state, county, municipal or other distr
• § 37159 — A collector’s deed when acknowledged or proved is prima facie evidence that: (a) The land was assessed as required by law.
• § 37160 — Except as against actual fraud a collector’s deed acknowledged or proved is conclusive evidence of the regularity of all of the proceedings from the assessment by the assessor, inclusive, up to the ex
• § 37161 — An action, proceeding, defense, answer, or cross-complaint based on the alleged invalidity or irregularity of any collector’s deed executed to the district or based on the alleged ineffectiveness of t
• § 37162 — An action, proceeding, defense, answer, or cross-complaint based on the alleged invalidity or irregularity of any agreement of sale, deed, lease, or option executed by a district in connection with pr
• § 37163 — The provisions of Sections 37161 and 37162 do not apply in the following cases: (a) Where the assessments for which the property was sold were paid before the sale.
• § 37164 — The burden of proof shall be upon the party urging the invalidity, irregularity, or ineffectiveness of an agreement, deed, lease, or option described in Sections 37161 and 37162 or of any assessments,
• § 37175 — This chapter provides an optional provision for the redemption, on an installment plan, of property sold to the district for delinquent assessments.
• § 37176 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Redemption amount” means the total amount which would be necessary to redeem the property from sale for delinquent assessments at the time election is made to pay delinqu
• § 37177 — During such time as the provisions of this chapter are effective in the district pursuant to a resolution adopted under authority of Section 37175, any person may elect to pay delinquent assessments i
• § 37178 — During the time payments are made under this chapter, there shall not be: (a) Delivery of a collector’s deed.
• § 37179 — Election to pay delinquent assessments in installments is made by payment, in the same manner as a redemption, of 33 1 3 percent, or more, of the redemption amount.
• § 37180 — In each succeeding fiscal year, the redemptioner shall pay all current assessments and penalties coming due in that fiscal year before the delinquency date of the last installment of current assessmen
• § 37181 — In each succeeding fiscal year, the redemptioner shall pay, before the delinquency date of the last installment of current assessments, the sum of the following: (a) That amount which is computed to b
• § 37182 — If all payments are not made on or before the dates prescribed, a collector’s deed of the property may be delivered and the right of redemption may be terminated in the same manner as if no election t
• § 37183 — Payments under this chapter are not a redemption or partial redemption and do not affect the district’s interest in the real estate.
• § 37184 — If all payments under this chapter are made as prescribed and if redemption of the property is made before the delinquency date of the last installment of current assessments in the second fiscal year
• § 37185 — The redemption certificate for a redemption under this chapter shall show the following: (a) The amounts used to arrive at the redemption amount at the time of an election to pay delinquent assessment
• § 37186 — Excepting as provided in this chapter, the redemption shall be made in the manner provided by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 37150) of this part.
• § 372 — (a) A public entity may employ allocation-based conservation water pricing that meets all of the following criteria: (1) Billing is based on metered water use.
• § 37200 — This part provides an alternative method for the levy, collection and enforcement of district assessments and the provisions of this part shall not apply to or affect any other provisions of this divi
• § 37202 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms used in this part shall mean: (a) “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of each county within which a district is located.
• § 37203 — (a) On or before December 31st of any year the board may by resolution elect to proceed under this part for the levy, collection, and enforcement of any or all assessments, and thereafter until termin
• § 37203.1 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 54902 and 54903 of the Government Code and Section 37203, the Yolo-Zamora Water District may effectively proceed under this part for assessment and taxation
• § 37204 — The board may from time to time by resolution provide for a district fiscal year, to commence and end at the dates specified in said resolution.
• § 37205 — Whenever the fiscal year is changed, if necessary to provide sufficient money to meet the obligations and expenses of the district between the end of the previous fiscal year and the commencement of t
• § 37206 — On or before August 1st the board of any district which has elected pursuant to Section 37203 to proceed under this part shall furnish to the county auditor and the board of supervisors an estimate in
• § 37207 — The board of supervisors annually at the time of levying county taxes shall levy an ad valorem assessment upon all lands within that portion of the district within the county sufficient to raise the a
• § 37207.1 — (a) This section applies only to the Santa Margarita Water District.
• § 37208 — Said ad valorem assessment shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same officers and with the same penalties and interest as general county taxes and when coll
• § 37209 — The board may by resolution authorize payment to the county of reasonable compensation, as may be provided by law or as may be agreed upon with the county, for services rendered by the county and the
• § 37210 — As used in this part, “assessment” includes “standby charges” and other charges levied for the use of district water.
• § 37210.1 — In levying a standby charge, the board of any district which has elected, pursuant to Section 37203, to proceed under this part shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section
• § 37210.2 — If the procedures set forth in this part as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the board may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this part in successive ye
• § 37211 — Notwithstanding Section 37207, the board of supervisors annually at the time of levying county taxes shall levy an ad valorem assessment upon all lands within that portion of the district within the c
• § 37212 — In case any charges for water or other services, or either, remain unpaid: (a) If unpaid for 60 days or more on July 1st, the district board may, by resolution, order the secretary to do each of the f
• § 37213 — A district which has elected pursuant to Section 37203 to proceed under this part shall notify the holder of title to land whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for water and other services or either
• § 37214 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part to the contrary, in the case of a sale of property for taxes or assessments, except where the sale is conducted and the funds are accounted for as prov
• § 373 — (a) Revenues derived from allocation-based conservation water pricing shall not exceed the reasonable cost of water service including basic costs and incremental costs.
• § 37300 — One or more tracts of land may be excluded from the district under proceedings taken pursuant to the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (commencing at Section 56000, Government Code).
• § 374 — (a) Allocation-based conservation water pricing under this chapter may be used on an ongoing basis and shall not require any finding of emergency or other water shortage conditions.
• § 37485 — Land not a part of the district whether or not contiguous to it may be included within the district.
• § 375 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any public entity that supplies water at retail or wholesale for the benefit of persons within the service area or area of jurisdiction of the public entity may, by
• § 375.5 — (a) A public entity may undertake water conservation and public education programs in conjunction with school districts, public libraries, or any other public entity.
• § 37580 — Upon the determination by the board that the inclusion within the district of any contiguous or noncontiguous land owned by the district is for the best interest of the district, the board may, by res
• § 376 — (a) Any ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to Section 375 is effective upon adoption.
• § 377 — (a) From and after the publication or posting of any ordinance or resolution pursuant to Section 376, a violation of a requirement of a water conservation program adopted pursuant to Section 376 is a
• § 377.5 — (a) A complaint or citation under subdivision (b) of Section 377 or subdivision (d) of Section 1058.
• § 378 — A public entity may enter into agreements with other public entities, businesses, community associations, or private entities to provide water conservation services and measures and materials for impl
• § 37800 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Westlands Water District Merger Law.
• § 37801 — The state and the people thereof have a primary and supreme interest in securing to the inhabitants and property owners within and adjacent to the federal service area of the San Luis unit of the Cent
• § 37802 — Investigation having shown that conditions in and surrounding the federal service area of the San Luis unit of the Central Valley project are peculiar to that area, it is hereby declared that a genera
• § 37803 — The Westlands Water District, situated in Fresno and Kings Counties, was formed, prior to the enactment of this part, and is operating under this division, primarily for irrigation purposes.
• § 37804 — This part is enacted in part under the authority expressly granted in Section 13 of Article XI of the Constitution of the state.
• § 37805 — This part shall be given a liberal construction for the purpose of sustaining any and all proceedings taken hereunder.
• § 37806 — Nothing in this part shall impair or adversely affect any right of any bondholder or creditor of the water storage district or the California water district.
• § 37820 — The West Plains Water Storage District is, on the effective date of this section, hereby merged into the Westlands Water District.
• § 37821 — The surviving district comprises all land in the water district immediately following the merger plus inclusion, and less exclusions, of land thereafter made pursuant to law.
• § 37822 — The name of the surviving district is Westlands Water District.
• § 37823 — The surviving district is a public agency of the state.
• § 37824 — Upon the merger of the two districts, the water storage district for all purposes ceases to exist, and the offices of its directors and officers are terminated.
• § 37825 — Upon the merger, the directors and officers of the California water district then in office constitute the directors and officers of the surviving district.
• § 37826 — Upon the merger, the surviving district succeeds to all properties, rights, and contracts of each of the two districts and any funds to which it succeeds may be expended and properly disposed of as pr
• § 37850 — Except as in this part expressly provided, the surviving district shall in all respects be operated, managed, and governed, its directors and officers shall be elected or appointed, and its revenues s
• § 37851 — All actions and proceedings pending by or against the water storage district at the time of the merger may be prosecuted to final judgment for or against the water storage district or the surviving di
• § 37852 — After the merger, no action or proceeding shall be brought for or against the water storage district or its directors or officers.
• § 37853 — All actions and proceedings commenced after the merger, either on account of the affairs of the water storage district or affairs of the California water district, shall be prosecuted by or against th
• § 37854 — All outstanding bonded and other indebtedness of the water storage district and of the California water district at the time of the merger is hereby assumed by the surviving district, and all bondhold
• § 37855 — The board of directors and officers of the surviving district shall peform all duties and functions of the board of directors and corresponding officers of the water storage district relating to the a
• § 37856 — Lands which were within the Westlands Water District immediately prior to the merger shall, so long as said lands remain in the said district, have a prior right with respect to water to which said di
• § 37860 — (a) For purposes of this section, “for its own purposes” means the Westlands Water District performing only functions within its capacity as a water district, including, but not limited to, any of the
• § 37861 — (a) The Westlands Water District shall establish a community benefits agreement plan for the Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan and related transmission and other electrical projects constructed pursuan
• § 37900 — (a) For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (1) “Aquifer” means a geologic formation or structure that transmits water in sufficient quantities to supply pumping wells or springs.
• § 37901 — The Legislature finds and declares that the provisions of this part are enacted in order to provide a governmental framework for the district to balance the supply to and consumption of groundwater wi
• § 37902 — The creation of the district is not intended to and shall not modify the powers of the County of San Luis Obispo and the San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, carried o
• § 37903 — If formed, the district shall not involve itself in activities normally and historically undertaken by the county, the San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, or other lo
• § 37904 — If formed, the board shall provide by resolution the dates on which and the time and place at which regular meetings of the board shall be held.
• § 37905 — The formation process shall comply with the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code), with the
• § 37910 — Notwithstanding any other law or the bylaws of the district, all elections for the board of directors of the district shall be conducted in accordance with this part.
• § 37911 — The composition of the board of directors shall be as follows: (a) There shall be a total of nine directors.
• § 37912 — District elections shall be conducted in conformance with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code) and the laws generally applica
• § 37913 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division or the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code), for the purposes of election pa
• § 37920 — All powers in this part are subject to review and approval by the San Luis Obispo County Local Agency Formation Commission, upon formation, change of organization, or reorganization under the Cortese-
• § 37921 — The board may adopt ordinances for the purpose of regulating, conserving, managing, and controlling the use and extraction of groundwater within the territory of the district.
• § 37922 — Any person who intentionally violates any provision of this act or any district ordinance shall be guilty of an infraction and may be required to pay a fine to the district not to exceed five hundred
• § 37923 — Any person who negligently or intentionally violates any provision of this act or any district ordinance may also be liable civilly to the district for a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000
• § 37924 — Upon the failure of any person to comply with any provision of this act or any district ordinance, the district may petition the superior court for a temporary restraining order, preliminary or perman
• § 37925 — The district may petition the superior court of the county to recover any sums due the district.
• § 37926 — The district may contract with the county, the San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, or other local district for staff and other services and may hire other contractors
• § 37927 — The district may exclude from any of the requirements of this act, or the operation of any ordinance, any operator who extracts less than a minimum amount of groundwater as specified by ordinance adop
• § 37928 — The district may collect data and conduct technical and other investigations deemed necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this act.
• § 37929 — The district may prepare annually or receive reports on groundwater and supplemental water supplies and conditions in the territory of the district, including groundwater management and conjunctive us
• § 37930 — The district may recommend and encourage wastewater reuse and other water development projects, if those projects will enhance and contribute to the responsible management of groundwater resources, as
• § 37931 — In addition to the powers identified here, the district shall have the authority afforded to local agencies as provided in Part 2.
• § 37940 — In order to balance the water supply and demand within the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin, the district may do the following: (a) Develop, adopt, and implement a groundwater management plan to control
• § 37941 — The groundwater management plan may establish distinct zones or regions based on the geology of the basin, land use, water use, the location of extraction facilities, or other concerns as determined b
• § 37942 — The groundwater management plan may include a policy for the issuance of new well permits that takes into consideration the location of proposed wells and area of use, projected extractions from the w
• § 37950 — If the board determines after a noticed public hearing, and consideration of any relevant investigations, studies, and evidence, that groundwater management activities are necessary in order to improv
• § 37951 — When an extraction facility is equipped with a waterflow measuring device, the record of extraction, as disclosed by the waterflow measuring device, may, at the election of the board, be presumed to b
• § 37952 — The district may, by ordinance, require proof of the accuracy of the waterflow measuring device from the operator and may, absent adequate proof of accuracy, order the operator, at the operator’s sole
• § 37953 — The board may, by ordinance, establish reasonable methods to be used in computing the amount of water extracted by extraction facilities.
• § 37954 — The district may, by ordinance, require the operator of each extraction facility to file semiannually, or more frequently, with the district, a groundwater extraction statement that contains, but is n
• § 37955 — If required by ordinance, each groundwater extraction statement shall be verified by a written declaration under penalty of perjury that the information contained in the statement is true and correct.
• § 37960 — The district may, by ordinance, levy groundwater extraction charges, including volumetric charges intended to provide an incentive for reduced water use, on the extraction of groundwater from all wate
• § 37961 — The Legislature hereby finds and determines that the groundwater management activities of the district are of equal benefit to all operators of groundwater extraction facilities within the territory o
• § 37962 — If any operator of any extraction facility fails to pay a groundwater extraction charge when due, the district may charge and collect interest at the rate of 1 1 2 percent each month on the delinquent
• § 37963 — All moneys collected by the district pursuant to this act shall be available for expenditure by the district to carry out its groundwater management functions pursuant to this act.
• § 37964 — The district may, by ordinance, establish an operator’s extraction allocation for each groundwater extraction facility located within the district.
• § 37965 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (a) Extraction allocations and extraction surcharges authorized pursuant to this chapter are necessary to eliminate overdraft caused by excess
• § 37966 — The maximum amount of the extraction surcharge shall be two hundred dollars ($200) per acre-foot of groundwater extracted in excess of the extraction allocation, except that the district may increase
• § 37967 — If an operator of a groundwater extraction facility fails to pay the extraction surcharge when due, the district shall charge and collect a late penalty at the rate of 1 1 2 percent each month, or por
• § 37968 — The district may bring a cause of action, in any court having jurisdiction, against an operator of a groundwater extraction facility for the collection of any delinquent extraction surcharge, and Arti
• § 37969 — In addition to any other authority, the district may order that an extraction surcharge or late penalty be a personal obligation of the operator or an assessment against the property on which the extr
• § 380 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The various regions of the state differ widely in the availability of water supplies and in the need for water to meet beneficial uses.
• § 381 — The authority of local or regional public agencies pursuant to this chapter shall control over any other provision of law which contains more stringent limitations on the authority of a particular pub
• § 382 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every local or regional public agency authorized by law to serve water to the persons or entities within the service area of the agency may sell, lease,
• § 383 — For the purposes of this chapter, water that is surplus to the needs of the agency’s water users shall mean any of the following: (a) Water, to which the right is held by the agency pursuant to an app
• § 384 — Prior to serving water to any person for use outside the agency, the agency shall comply with all provisions of the general laws of this state relating to the transfer of water or water rights, includ
• § 385 — No water may be transferred pursuant to this chapter for use within the boundaries of a local or regional public agency that furnishes the same water service to the transferee without the prior consen
• § 38500 — Chapter 387 of the Statutes of 1913 is hereby repealed.
• § 38501 — The repeal effected by this part shall not be construed to deprive any district or any person or other entity of any substantial right which would have existed or hereafter exist had such repeal not b
• § 386 — The board may approve any change associated with a transfer pursuant to this chapter only if it finds that the change may be made without injuring any legal user of the water and without unreasonably
• § 387 — Any agreement for the transfer of water under the provisions of this chapter shall be for a period not to exceed seven years unless a longer period of time is mutually agreed upon by the agency and th
• § 389 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term water standby charge and the term water availability charge have the same meaning.
• § 390 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Costs of water service for the highest users” means the difference in costs, including applicable capital costs and
• § 390.1 — (a) A public entity shall conduct a water usage demand analysis prior to completing, or as a part of, a cost-of-service analysis conducted to set fees and charges for water service that are consistent
• § 39000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Water Storage District Law.