California

Water Code

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

• § 46673 — Unless bonds have been authorized as provided in this division, all payments of assessments shall be made in such amounts or installments and at such times as the board from time to time in its discre
• § 46674 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 46675, in the event the cost of any unit is less than the funds collected therefor, the excess shall be held and used for the benefit of such unit only and shal
• § 46675 — The board, pursuant to a resolution entered in its minutes, may distribute, among the landowners of the district, any funds in the treasury belonging to the district which were collected on an assessm
• § 46695 — Upon making any order fixing and calling an installment or amount, the secretary shall also enter in the minutes of the board, and certify to each county treasurer for signature and mailing or publica
• § 46696 — The notice shall be sent through the mail, addressed to each holder of title to land at the address shown on the county assessment roll, together with a statement showing the amount due for the applic
• § 46710 — If any installment remains unpaid at the expiration of 60 days from the date of the order, it becomes delinquent, together with the accrued interest thereon, and a penalty of 10 percent of the amount
• § 46730 — Immediately after the installment has become delinquent, the county treasurer shall prepare and publish once a week for two consecutive weeks in each affected county in one notice a list of all delinq
• § 46731 — The notice shall contain all the following: (a) A description of the property assessed.
• § 46755 — The date of the sale of assessed property shall not be less than 10 days after the date of the last publication of the notice of sale.
• § 46756 — At the time stated in the notice, or such other time to which the sale may have been postponed, the county treasurer shall sell the property to the highest bidder for lawful money of the United States
• § 46757 — Out of the proceeds of sale, the county treasurer shall deposit the amount due on the property as shown in the notice in the proper fund of the district.
• § 46758 — The county treasurer shall pay to the owner of the property any surplus remaining after the deposit to the credit of the district, after first deducting any expense of sale.
• § 46759 — Except where bonds have been issued upon an assessment, the board may direct the county treasurer to postpone the sale from time to time, for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days at one time, by a w
• § 46759.5 — Except where bonds have been issued upon an assessment, the board of directors may, by resolution filed with the county treasurer of the affected county on or before the time for the sale, order the t
• § 46760 — Upon filing of a resolution pursuant to Section 46759.
• § 46761 — A certificate of sale shall be executed by the county treasurer to the purchaser, and this certificate of sale shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
• § 46785 — Any person interested in property sold for nonpayment of assessments may redeem it at any time within three years after the date of the sale even though the district may be in process of dissolution o
• § 46786 — The redemptioner shall pay to the county treasurer the amount for which the property was sold, interest on the sum at the rate of 9 percent per year from the date of the sale (but not less than three-
• § 46788 — If no redemption is made within three years from the date of sale, the purchaser or the district, if the property shall have been sold to the district, or the assignees or transferees of the district,
• § 46788.1 — After receiving a demand for a deed pursuant to Section 46788, and not less than 45 days nor more than 60 days before delivery of a deed pursuant to that demand, the county treasurer shall publish onc
• § 46788.2 — After the first publication of the notice required by Section 46788.
• § 46788.3 — Upon first publication of the notice required by Section 46788.
• § 46789 — The effect of the deed shall be to convey the property free and clear of all liens and encumbrances except state, county, and municipal taxes, assessments or taxes levied or assessed by or under statu
• § 46790 — In any district having no outstanding bonds issued prior to September 15, 1935, any parcel of land heretofore deeded to the district by the county treasurer, as provided in this division, the title to
• § 46791 — The deed executed by the district shall convey the property free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, except as provided in this article for a deed by the county treasurer to the district.
• § 46792 — The district may sell property deeded to it for nonpayment of assessments at any time at a public auction after notice given for the same period and in the same manner as provided in Article 4 of this
• § 46793 — The deed executed by the district shall convey the property free from all encumbrances except as provided in this article for a deed by the county treasurer to the district.
• § 46794 — The district may also dispose of property acquired by it for nonpayment of assessments at a private sale, without any notice, when the district is in the process of dissolution and such sale is deemed
• § 46795 — In any case where a district in the process of dissolution has sold and transferred any of its property at such a private sale prior to August 14, 1931, for valuable consideration, such sale and trans
• § 46796 — Any action or proceeding, based on the alleged invalidity or irregularity of a deed executed by the county treasurer to the district or based on the alleged ineffectiveness of the deed to convey the a
• § 46797 — An action or proceeding based on the alleged invalidity or irregularity of any agreement of sale, deed, lease, or option executed by a district in connection with land deeded to it by the county treas
• § 46900 — “Supplementary assessment”, as used in this chapter, means an assessment, in addition to the original assessment, for the purpose of raising an additional sum for the district project or any unit or c
• § 46901 — If the original assessment for the project or any unit or combination of units thereof is insufficient to provide for the completion of the project or of a unit or combination of units, the board shal
• § 46902 — Each supplementary assessment shall be apportioned among the different tracts of land in the proportion which the amounts assessed against the tracts by the original assessment or assessments bear to
• § 46903 — The supplementary assessment shall be made by order entered in the minutes of the board stating the total amount necessary to be raised and fixing the rate of assessment, which shall be the percentage
• § 46904 — Upon making the assessment order, the board shall prepare a supplementary assessment roll showing all the following: (a) A description of each tract assessed.
• § 46905 — Upon completion of the supplementary assessment roll, the board shall file with the county treasurer of each affected county a copy of so much of the assessment roll as pertains to land within that co
• § 46906 — Upon the filing of the assessment roll with the county treasurer, the supplementary assessment constitutes a lien upon each tract shown to be assessed by the copy of the assessment roll so filed for t
• § 46907 — At any time within 60 days from the filing of the copy of the assessment roll with the county treasurer, it may be amended by the board to correct errors, either on its own initiative or at the instan
• § 46930 — The supplementary assessment shall be collected in the manner provided for the collection of original assessments, and the board may call the assessment as a whole or in installments from time to time
• § 46950 — The board may determine upon the acquisition of property or the construction of work not contemplated in the report and recommendation, with accompanying plans and specifications, originally adopted.
• § 46951 — The same proceedings for the preparation and adoption or rejection of the report and recommendation as to the acquisition of additional property or construction of additional work, and in case of the
• § 470 — This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Costa-Isenberg Water Transfer Act of 1986.
• § 47100 — “Supplementary assessment” as used in this chapter means an assessment, in addition to the original assessment, for the purpose of raising an additional sum for the operation of the district works or
• § 47101 — Whenever after completion of the works of a district in whole or in part it becomes necessary in the opinion of its board to raise any sum for the operation of its works or for the conduct and managem
• § 47102 — The board shall file with the secretary a copy of the report and the plans and specifications, and a notice of the filing of the report stating all the following: (a) The purpose of the report.
• § 47103 — The hearings shall be public, and held at the ordinary place of business of the board.
• § 47104 — At the hearing all protestants shall be permitted to appear in person or by attorney and present their objections to the report.
• § 47105 — At the conclusion of the hearing, the board may either: (a) Adopt the report.
• § 47125 — The supplementary assessment shall be apportioned among the respective tracts of land in the proportions which the total amounts assessed against the tracts by the original and all subsequent assessme
• § 47126 — The order making the supplementary assessment shall be entered in the minutes of the board, shall state the total amount necessary to be raised, and shall fix the rate of assessment, which shall be th
• § 47127 — Upon making the assessment order, the board shall prepare a supplementary assessment roll showing all the following: (a) A description of each tract assessed.
• § 47128 — Upon the completion of the supplementary assessment roll, the board shall file with the county treasurer of each county in which is situated land subject to the assessment, a copy of so much of the as
• § 47129 — The supplementary assessment is a lien upon each tract shown to be assessed by the copy of the assessment roll filed with the county treasurer for the amount assessed against it.
• § 47130 — At any time within 60 days from the filing of the copy of the assessment roll with the county treasurer, it may be amended by the board to correct errors either on its own initiative or at the instanc
• § 47155 — The supplementary assessment shall be collected in the manner provided in this division for the collection of original assessments and the board may call the same as a whole or in installments from ti
• § 47156 — The report of the commissioners allocating or spreading the original assessment levied for construction purposes and all assessment rolls for the original assessment or for supplementary assessments f
• § 47157 — All provisions of this division with respect to the levy and collection of assessments shall, so far as appropriate, be applicable to supplementary assessments.
• § 47180 — For the purpose of the care, operation, management, or improvement of such portions of the project as are in use, including salaries of officers and employees, and all other operating expenses, the bo
• § 47181 — Whenever any tolls or charges for the use of the water or for other services rendered by the district provided for by this division have been fixed by the board, they may be made payable in advance.
• § 47182 — In case any tolls or charges remain unpaid for a period of 30 days after they become payable, they become delinquent and a penalty of 10 percent shall be added thereto, and they bear interest at the r
• § 47183 — After any toll or charge becomes delinquent, the board may file in the office of the county recorder of the county in which is situated the land as to which such tolls or charges are delinquent, a lis
• § 47184 — The board may, at any time after any toll or charge provided for in this division has become delinquent, direct that proceedings be not taken to enforce the lien therefor, and in place of such proceed
• § 47185 — In the suit the district may recover the amount of the toll or charge, together with penalties and interest, and costs of suit.
• § 47300 — The lien of any unpaid assessment upon which bonds have been issued continues until all the bonds have been paid in full.
• § 47301 — If for any reason any part of the principal or interest of the bonds remains unpaid after enforcement of the assessment as provided in this division, the board shall order an additional or supplementa
• § 47302 — The additional or supplemental assessment shall be enforced and collected in the same manner as the original assessment.
• § 47303 — Where bonds of the district have been authorized to be issued on the assessments, all unpaid assessments bear interest at the rate of 7 percent per year from the date of the bonds issued thereon until
• § 47304 — The interest due at any time on unpaid assessments may be called without calling any installment of the assessment.
• § 47305 — The word installment as used in this chapter shall be construed as applying to interest as well as to principal, as the case may be.
• § 47325 — At least 90 days before any interest date of the bonds, the treasurer of the district shall certify to the county treasurer of each affected county an estimate of the amount of money and the percentag
• § 47326 — Each county treasurer shall cause to be published once a week for two successive weeks in the county of which he is county treasurer a notice substantially in the following form: (Name of water storag
• § 47327 — If any part of the installment or any interest thereon remains unpaid at the expiration of 30 days from the date of the notice, it becomes delinquent, and 10 percent of the unpaid amount of the instal
• § 47350 — When any installment has become delinquent, the county treasurer shall, within 10 days, publish a notice in the county once a week for two successive weeks containing all the following: (a) A descript
• § 47351 — At the time stated in the notice, the county treasurer shall sell each parcel of land described in the notice to the highest bidder, unless prior thereto he shall have received payment in full of the
• § 47352 — The sale shall be made for cash, except the treasurer may receive from any purchaser, at their face value in lieu cash, bonds of the district or their interest coupons, issued on the assessment and th
• § 47353 — If no bid is made for any parcel at the sale equal to the amount of the installment delinquent thereon, with interest and penalty, the county treasurer shall bid in and sell the parcel to himself and
• § 47354 — The county treasurer shall execute to each purchaser, including himself as trustee, a certificate of sale, and shall record a duplicate in the county recorder’s office.
• § 47375 — Any person interested in property sold pursuant to this chapter may redeem it at any time within three years after the date of sale by paying to the county treasurer a sum equal to the purchase price
• § 47376 — If no redemption is made within three years, the county treasurer, upon demand and surrender of the certificate of purchase, shall execute to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, a deed of conveyance
• § 47377 — The deed shall convey the land to the grantee free and clear of all encumbrances, except state, county, and municipal taxes, assessments or taxes levied or assessed by or under statutory authority, an
• § 47378 — No parcel sold and conveyed to the district shall thereafter be subject to sale by the county treasurer for delinquent installments.
• § 47379 — Every deed by a county treasurer purporting to be executed under this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters therein recited, and of ownership by the grantee of the land the
• § 47400 — The board shall levy an amendatory assessment in the manner provided for original assessments in Chapter 2 of this part if the original assessment was one levied pursuant to Chapter 2 of this part and
• § 47401 — In case the assessment to be amended was not one made under Chapter 2 of this part, the board shall cause an amendatory assessment as to such land to be made upon the basis and in the manner in which
• § 475 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that voluntary water transfers between water users can result in a more efficient use of water, benefiting both the buyer and the seller.
• § 47550 — Upon the inclusion of any land within a district pursuant to Chapter 2 of Part 10 of this division an assessment shall be levied upon the land, the amount of the assessment against each tract or parce
• § 47551 — The board shall appoint commissioners to make the assessment in the number and manner provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 46150) of Chapter 2 of this part.
• § 47552 — The assessment shall be made in the same manner and with the same incidents as an original assessment under Chapter 2 of this part, and all of the provisions of this division as to assessments shall,
• § 47700 — Upon the call of any assessment, or portion thereof, as provided in this division the board shall ascertain the total net revenue which has been derived by the district from the generation of electric
• § 47701 — From the assessment called upon each tract of land which has been assessed for the costs of the properties comprising the portion of the project to be used for the generation of electric energy, there
• § 47800 — When a district has levied an assessment and it appears to the board that the assesssment or some part thereof, together with the interest thereon, will provide an amount greater than is required to m
• § 47801 — In the resolution of intention the board shall specify the portion of the assessment balance proposed to be canceled and appoint a time not less than three weeks nor more than five weeks from the date
• § 47803 — A copy of the resolution of intention shall be published once a week for three successive weeks before the time appointed by the board for the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in each aff
• § 47804 — Objections shall be written, verified, and filed with the secretary, and no objection shall be considered by the board or allowed in any other action or proceeding unless made in writing and filed wit
• § 47805 — At the meeting the board shall hear any evidence offered in support of the written objections, after which the board may, by resolution, cancel all or a part of the assessment balance to the extent th
• § 47806 — When a resolution to cancel is adopted, a copy thereof, certified by the secretary, shall be attached to the assessment roll by the county treasurer of each county in which the assessment roll is file
• § 47807 — When the resolution to cancel is attached to the assessment roll the secretary shall endorse upon the assessment roll after each tract assessed the amount of the assessment balance which has been canc
• § 47808 — When a landowner, in a district in which the board has canceled any assessment balance or portion thereof, has paid all or a part of his share of the canceled assessment balance or portion thereof, th
• § 47809 — The warrants shall be payable out of the fund of the district into which the proceeds of the assessment had been paid.
• § 47810 — No assessment balance or part thereof shall be canceled pursuant to this chapter if bonds based thereon and secured thereby have been issued and remain unpaid and provision has not been made for the p
• § 47900 — This chapter provides an alternative method for the collection and enforcement of district assessments.
• § 47901 — The board may elect to avail itself of the assessor, auditor and tax collector of the county or counties in which the district is situated to collect assessments levied and called pursuant to this par
• § 47902 — The board shall declare its election by a resolution and shall file a certified copy of said resolution with the auditor, assessor, tax collector and treasurer of each county within which the district
• § 47903 — An election pursuant to Section 47902 is effective with respect to all assessments designated by the board to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this article and which were levied or called af
• § 47904 — On or before the 15th day of July, the board shall designate and determine by resolution the percentage of any assessment theretofore levied that shall be called and collected pursuant to this chapter
• § 47905 — A certified copy of the resolution provided for in Section 47904 shall immediately be filed by the secretary of the district with the county treasurer and county auditor of each affected county.
• § 47906 — The county treasurer, upon receipt of the certified copy of the resolution, provided for by Sections 47904 and 47905, shall forthwith discontinue making collections on the affected assessment and shal
• § 47907 — The county auditor, on receipt of said affected assessment rolls from the county treasurer, shall compute the amount to be collected from each parcel of land in the district held in separate ownership
• § 47908 — Assessments called pursuant to this chapter shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes.
• § 47909 — Each county assessor, auditor, treasurer and tax collector shall file annually with the board of supervisors of his county, itemized statements showing the additional expenses to his office caused by
• § 47910 — The board of supervisors may provide extra help for their county offices or officers as in their judgment is necessary for the proper performance of their duties under this article.
• § 47911 — Whenever any real property situated in any district which availed itself of county collection of assessments under this chapter has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redemp
• § 47912 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 47902 and 47903, any district organized pursuant to this division, which organization was completed prior to the effective date of this section, may, prior t
• § 47930 — The board, by resolution, in lieu of enforcing collection of delinquent assessments pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 46670) of this part, may include in the resolution provided by Sectio
• § 47960 — The provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 46670) of this part with reference to the method of collection of assessments shall not be applicable to the collection of assesments under this ch
• § 47961 — The enforcement of the collection of district assessments under this chapter may be had in the same manner and by the same means as provided by law for the enforcement of liens of county taxes.
• § 47980 — The district may elect to have the county collect such tolls and charges established pursuant to Section 43006 or 47180 as may be designated by the board.
• § 47981 — The county auditor shall thereafter add to the tax bills for each assessee and assessee parcel as so certified, in addition to the other charges, such tolls and charges of the district.
• § 47982 — The county tax collector and treasurer shall thereupon collect, receive and disperse to the district such tolls and charges as are collected with the regular tax payments to the county.
• § 480 — The department shall establish an ongoing program to facilitate the voluntary exchange or transfer of water and implement the various state laws that pertain to water transfers.
• § 48000 — The holder or holders of title to one or more tracts of land which constitute a portion of a district may jointly or severally file with the board a petition, praying that the tract or tracts, and any
• § 48001 — The petition shall state the grounds and reasons upon which it is claimed that the land should be excluded and shall describe the boundaries thereof, and also the land of such petitioner or petitioner
• § 48002 — The petition shall be acknowledged, and the acknowledgment shall have the same force and effect as evidence as the acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property.
• § 48003 — The board shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition to be published once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper published in the office county, and in a newspaper published within
• § 48004 — The notice shall state all of the following: (a) The filing of the petition.
• § 48025 — At the time and place provided in the notice of hearing on the exclusion petition published pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter, or at the time to which the hearing may be adjourned, the board shall
• § 48026 — The failure of any person interested in the district, other than the holders of bonds thereof outstanding at the time of the filing of the petition with the board, to show cause, in writing, why the l
• § 48027 — The filing of the petition with the board constitutes an assent by each and all of the petitioners to the exclusion from the district of the land mentioned in the petition, or any part thereof.
• § 48028 — The expenses of giving the notice provided for in Article 1 of this chapter and of the hearing on the exclusion petition shall be paid by the persons filing the petition.
• § 48029 — Upon the hearing of an exclusion petition the board shall order that the petition be denied: (a) Entirely when no evidence in support of the petition is introduced.
• § 48030 — The board, after the hearing of any exclusion petition, shall order the exclusion of all or any part of the land described in it when as to the land to be excluded either: (a) The board judges that th
• § 48031 — No exclusion of land from any district impairs its existence, its rights, including those in or to property, or its obligations.
• § 48055 — If there are outstanding bonds of the district at the time of the filing of the exclusion petition, the holders of the outstanding bonds may give their assent, in writing, to the effect that they seve
• § 48056 — The assent shall be acknowledged by the several holders of the bonds, and the acknowledgment shall have the same force and effect as evidence as the acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property.
• § 48057 — The assent shall be filed with the board and be recorded in its minutes.
• § 48080 — In the event the board excludes any land from the district upon petition therefor, the board shall make an entry in its minutes describing the boundaries of the district, should the exclusion of the l
• § 48081 — A certified copy of the entry in the minutes of the board excluding any land shall be filed for record in the recorder’s office of each affected county.
• § 48082 — Notwithstanding the exclusion of land, the district remains a district as fully to every intent and purpose as it would be had no change been made in its boundaries, or had the land excluded therefrom
• § 48083 — In case land is excluded from any district, the board may, not less than 60 days before any election in the district, re-establish the boundaries of the divisions within the district.
• § 48084 — Nothing in this division shall operate to release any of the land excluded from the district from any obligation to pay, or any lien thereon of any valid outstanding bonds or other indebtedness of the
• § 48085 — All provisions which might be resorted to to compel the payment by the land of its quota or portion of outstanding district obligations, had the exclusion never been accomplished, may, notwithstanding
• § 48086 — The land excluded shall not be held answerable or chargeable for any obligation incurred after the exclusion of the land from the district.
• § 48087 — The provisions of this article shall not apply to any outstanding bonds, the holders of which have assented to the exclusion of the land from the district, as provided in Article 3 of this chapter.
• § 481 — The department shall create and maintain a list of entities seeking to enter into water supply transfers, leases, exchanges, or other similar arrangements.
• § 482 — The department shall prepare a water transfer guide which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) A review of existing and appropriate state and federal laws that pertain to wa
• § 48200 — The holders of title representing one-half or more of any body of land within the same watershed as an existing district may file with the board a written petition praying that the boundaries of the d
• § 48201 — The petition shall describe the boundaries of the parcel or tract of land and the boundaries of the several parcels owned by the petitioners, if the petitioners are the owners, respectively, of distin
• § 48202 — The petition shall be acknowledged, and shall contain the assent of the petitioners to the inclusion within the district of the land described in the petition and of which the petition alleges they ar
• § 48203 — The board shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition to be published in the same manner and for the same time that notices of special elections for the issue of bonds are required by this divi
• § 48204 — The notice shall state all the following: (a) The filing of the petition and the names of the petitioners.
• § 48205 — The petitioners shall advance to the board sufficient money to pay the estimated costs of all proceedings upon the petition.
• § 48225 — At the time and place mentioned in the notice of filing of the inclusion petition, or at such other time or times to which the hearing of the inclusion petition may be adjourned, the board shall proce
• § 48226 — The failure of any interested person to show cause in writing as provided in this article shall be an assent on his part to a change of the boundaries of the district as prayed for in the petition, or
• § 48227 — The board shall order the boundaries of the district changed so as to include the land described in the inclusion petition, or such portion thereof as the board has found it feasible to serve by the s
• § 48228 — The order of the board shall describe the boundaries as changed, and shall also describe the entire boundaries of the district as they will be after the change is made; and for that purpose the board
• § 48229 — A certified copy of the inclusion order shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which land to be included is situated.
• § 48230 — If the board determines that it is not feasible and practicable to serve any of the land described in the petition or that it is not for the best interest of the district that any of the land be inclu
• § 48231 — No inclusion of land into any district impairs its existence, its rights, including those in or to property, or its obligations.
• § 48250 — If upon the inclusion hearing the board concludes that it is feasible to serve the land, or a portion thereof, described in the inclusion petition, and that it is for the best interest of the district
• § 48251 — Upon the making of a finding by the board as provided in Section 48250, it shall order that an inclusion election be held within the district to determine whether the boundaries of the district shall
• § 48252 — The board shall fix the time at which the election shall be held and cause notice thereof to be published.
• § 48253 — The notice shall be published and the election shall be held and conducted, returns thereof shall be made and canvassed, and the result of the election ascertained and declared, and all things pertain
• § 48254 — The notice of election shall state that the election is for the purpose of determining whether certain land, describing its boundaries, shall or shall not be included in the district.
• § 48255 — To the right of or below the question on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets.
• § 48256 — If at the election a majority of all the votes cast are against the change of the boundaries of the district, the petition is denied.
• § 48257 — If a majority of the votes are in favor of the change of boundaries, the board shall make its order, as provided in Article 2 of this chapter, that the boundaries of the district are changed so as to
• § 48258 — A certified copy of the inclusion order shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county wherein land to be included is situated.
• § 48259 — In case land is included within any district as provided in this chapter, the board shall re-establish the boundaries of the divisions within the district so as to include the land therein, and so as
• § 48260 — The board shall also re-establish the boundaries of the election precincts within the district, except that in the case of the inclusion of any land within less than 30 days before an election within
• § 483 — The department shall consult and coordinate its activities with other state boards, departments, agencies, or offices whose assistance may be desirable or necessary in carrying out the purposes of thi
• § 48300 — Whenever land is excluded from the district or land is included in the district pursuant to this part, the board shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State listing: (a) The name of the distr
• § 48350 — A district may be consolidated in the same manner as is provided for the consolidation of county water districts in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 32650) of Part 8 of Division 12.
• § 484 — (a) The temporary transfer of any water or water right that otherwise would have been consumptively used or stored by the transferor in the absence of the temporary transfer, does not in any way preju
• § 48400 — Any district organized pursuant to this division may be dissolved as provided by law.
• § 48401 — In case a contract authorized by law has been made between a district and the United States pertaining to the construction, maintenance, or operation of the works of the district, or the delivery or s
• § 4999 — The Legislature finds and declares that by reason of the combination of light rainfall, concentrated population, the transition of considerable areas of land from agricultural use to urban use, and a
• § 5 — Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these definitions, rules of construction, and general provisions shall govern the construction of this code.
• § 500 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Measurement Law.
• § 5000 — As used in this Part 5, the following terms shall have the respective meanings stated below, viz: (a) “Ground water” means water beneath the surface of the ground whether or not flowing through known
• § 50000 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
• § 50001 — “District” means any reclamation district formed pursuant to any law of this State prior to April 5, 1911, and any district formed pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 1, Title 8, Part 3 of the Political Co
• § 50002 — “Board” means the board of trustees of a reclamation district.
• § 50003 — “President” means the president of the board of trustees.
• § 50004 — “Secretary” means the secretary of the board of trustees.
• § 50005 — “Trustee” means a member of the board of trustees of a reclamation district.
• § 50006 — “Landowner” means the holder of title or evidence of title to land within a district.
• § 50007 — “Parcel” means a tract of land within a district.
• § 50008 — “District lands” means all lands within a district.
• § 50009 — “Principal county” means the county in which the whole or the greater portion of the land of a district is situated.
• § 5001 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), each person who, after 1955, extracts ground water in excess of 25 acre-feet in any year shall file with the board a “Notice of Extraction and Diversion of W
• § 50010 — “County treasurer” means the county treasurer of the principal county.
• § 50011 — “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
• § 50012 — “County clerk” means the county clerk of the principal county.
• § 50013 — “Reclamation works” means such public works and equipment as are necessary for the unwatering, watering, or irrigation of district lands and other district operations.
• § 50014 — “Eligible person” means a landowner or the legal representative of a landowner.
• § 50015 — “Legal representative” means an officer or other person or persons appointed to serve in that capacity by a landowner.
• § 50016 — “Voter” means a landowner or the legal representative of a landowner, or if the district uses the alternate tax procedure under Article 4 (commencing with Section 51360) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this
• § 5002 — Each notice shall be on a form provided by the board.
• § 5003 — No prescriptive right that might otherwise accrue to extract ground water shall arise or accrue to, nor shall any statute of limitations operate in regard to the ground water in the four counties afte