California

Water Code

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

• § 5004 — After the year 1959, failure to file with the board a notice for any calendar year within six months after the close of such calendar year shall be deemed equivalent for all purposes to nonuse for suc
• § 5005 — Except as specified in Section 5004, failure to file the notice or delay in filing the same shall not cause the loss of rights to ground water which existed on January 1, 1956.
• § 5006 — Each notice shall be sworn to and shall be accompanied by a filing fee which shall be fixed by the board pursuant to Section 1529.
• § 5007 — Any person may apply to the board to investigate the facts stated in any specified notice so filed and to state in writing its determination of the facts found by it upon such investigation.
• § 5008 — The making of any willful misstatement in any notice shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed
• § 5009 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on and after January 1, 2005, each person who extracts groundwater in a board-designated local area, and who is otherwise subject to this part
• § 50100 — Nothing in this division impairs the validity of any district formed prior to the effective date of this division, its rights, or obligations.
• § 50101 — All swamp and overflowed salt-marsh and tidelands within one mile of the State Prison at San Quentin are excluded from the operation of this division.
• § 50110 — Districts may be formed pursuant to this division for the reclamation of any land within any city, which land is subject in any manner, to overflow or incursions from the tide or inland waters of the
• § 50111 — When districts are formed in cities pursuant to Section 50110 the duties required by this division to be performed by county officers shall be performed by the officers of the city who usually perform
• § 50120 — The purchaser of public land unsold in any district at the date of filing of the by-laws of the district takes the land subject to the provisions of the by-laws, and the charges assessed in pursuance
• § 50121 — A purchaser of public lands within a district has all the rights and privileges enjoyed by the original signers of the by-laws of the district upon payment of all charges assessed against the land for
• § 50123 — When the board, or landowners in districts having no board, certify under oath to the board of supervisors and show to its satisfaction that the reclamation works are completed, or that two dollars ($
• § 50124 — The State Lands Commission, upon receipt of the certification from the board of supervisors, shall forward to the treasurer of each county in which any part of the district is situated a statement sho
• § 50126 — The county treasurer, upon receipt of the statement from the State Lands Commission showing the amounts paid by each purchaser of swamp and overflowed lands in the district, shall, after deducting all
• § 50127 — No distribution of the “swamp-land fund” shall be made pursuant to Section 50126 while the district has an outstanding indebtedness represented by Controller’s warrants drawn on the State Treasury.
• § 50128 — When the purchasers of swamp and overflowed lands have paid for such lands in full, the board may allow a credit of one dollar ($1) per acre on any unpaid or future assessment levied for reclamation p
• § 50129 — No credit shall be given, or agreed to be given, until the landowner has paid all assessments levied on the lands, with interest thereon at the rate of 7 percent per year from date of delinguency, and
• § 50130 — No credit shall be given, or agreed to be given to any landowner who has previously received such credit.
• § 50140 — Any person who cuts, injures, or destroys reclamation works in any district, is responsible for all damages occasioned thereby to such works.
• § 50141 — An action for damages caused by cutting, injuring, or destroying reclamation works may be commenced in the superior court of any county in which the works are situated, in the names of the trustees of
• § 50142 — Damages recovered in the action shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the action is brought, who shall credit the amount to the district.
• § 50145 — All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.
• § 50151 — An action against any person by reason of his official connection with a district, or against the board, or the district, shall be instituted and tried in the proper court in the principal county.
• § 50153 — Any landowner may maintain an action on behalf of his district in the superior court of the county in which any part of the district is situated against a member of the board and his sureties upon his
• § 50154 — Any landowner may maintain an action on behalf of his district in the superior court of a county in which any part of the district is situated against a member of the board for an improper disbursemen
• § 50160 — For all purposes relating to signing petitions and bylaws and voting, the last equalized tax roll for each county wherein any district land is situated is sufficient evidence of ownership and of value
• § 50170 — Guardians, conservators, executors, administrators and other persons holding land in a trust capacity under appointment of court may sign petitions or bylaws or vote without obtaining special authorit
• § 50300 — A petition for the formation of a district, verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners, may be presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting thereof by: (a) The owners of one-hal
• § 50301 — The petition shall state that petitioners desire to reclaim the land, or that the land has been reclaimed, or that the reclamation is in progress, and shall contain: (a) A description of the exterior
• § 50302 — The petition shall be published once a week for two weeks preceding the hearing thereof in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county with a notice of the time when the petit
• § 50303 — An affidavit of publication shall be filed with the petition.
• § 50310 — If the board of supervisors finds, on the hearing of the petition, that the statements therein are correct, it shall make an order approving the petition.
• § 50311 — If it is shown that any land is improperly included in the proposed district, the board of supervisors shall, in its order, exclude the same therefrom.
• § 50312 — If the board of supervisors concludes that lands susceptible of the same mode of reclamation are improperly omitted from the proposed district, and the owners thereof have not appeared at the hearing,
• § 50313 — The notice to nonappearing landowners shall be given either by publication in the same manner and for the same period as the orginal petition, or by personal service on each such landowner.
• § 50314 — If the notice is given by personal service, the service shall be made at least three days prior to the date fixed for the further hearing.
• § 50315 — Proof of publication or personal service of the notice shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors on or before the day to which the hearing is continued.
• § 50316 — The board of supervisors may further continue the hearing from time to time, by order entered upon its minutes, to the end that a full hearing may be had.
• § 50317 — Upon the final hearing on the petition the board of supervisors shall make an order approving the petition, as originally presented, or in a modified form.
• § 50318 — The order, signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors, and attested by the clerk thereof, shall describe the exterior boundaries of the district, as determined by the board of supervisors, and
• § 50330 — The petition, with the order of the board of supervisors endorsed thereon or attached thereto, shall be recorded by the county recorder.
• § 50331 — When a district is situated partly in different counties, the board, after the petition has been granted, shall forward a copy of the petition and the order approving the same to the clerk of the boar
• § 50332 — A copy of the petition and order of the board of supervisors approving the same, certified by the county clerk, shall be forwarded to the State Lands Commission which shall thereupon forward to the co
• § 50333 — The State Lands Commission, upon the receipt of a copy of a petition, or certificate of the county clerk that a district has been formed, shall number the district and send a notice containing the num
• § 50334 — The county recorder, upon receipt of the notice from the State Lands Commission, shall record the same, and the district shall thereafter be known and designated by the number shown in said notice.
• § 50335 — Districts organized before May 28, 1868, may retain their respective numbers.
• § 50370 — The owners of a majority of the acreage in the district may adopt bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, for the government and control of the affairs of the district.
• § 50370.2 — As an alternative to the adoption of bylaws by the owners, the board may adopt bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, for the government and control of the district, after notice of a pu
• § 50370.4 — The notice of public hearing shall be posted in at least three conspicuous places within the district for at least 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing, and shall state the date, time, and
• § 50370.6 — At the public hearing held on the bylaws proposed to be so adopted, the board shall receive any comments or proposals concerning the proposed bylaws, and may adopt or reject such comments or proposals
• § 50371 — When the bylaws have been adopted they shall be filed for record with the county recorder.
• § 50373 — By-laws may be amended in the same manner as adopted.
• § 50374 — A board of trustees shall be elected as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 50600) of Part 3 of this division unless the district is formed to operate without trustees pursuant to Chapter 3
• § 50400 — When any land, susceptible of one mode of reclamation, is entirely owned by parties who desire to reclaim the land, and to manage the reclamation without a board or the establishment of by-laws, they
• § 50401 — When the petition is granted, the district is organized and the owners of the lands have all the rights, immunities, privileges, and duties granted to boards and in all proceedings the names of the ow
• § 50402 — The existence of a district formed to operate without a board shall not prevent the owners of the land included therein from forming a district to operate with a board by presenting to the board of su
• § 50403 — The presentation of a petition for formation of a district to operate with a board is an abandonment of the rights, immunities, and privileges conferred upon the owners or their predecessors in intere
• § 50440 — An action to determine the legality of the existence of a district may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 50441 — The court shall not adjudge any district invalid when it appears that the district has for five years prior to the commencement of the proceeding been prosecuting or maintaining reclamation works in g
• § 50442 — No proceeding in quo warranto, nor any similar action or proceeding shall be maintained in the name of the people of the State against any district that, continuously for five years next preceding the
• § 50600 — After the formation of the district, the board of supervisors, on the application of a landowner, shall call an election in compliance with the provisions of Part 4 (commencing with Section 50700) of
• § 50601 — The by-laws of a district may provide, or be amended to provide, for a board of five or seven members, and, if the original by-laws so provide, five or seven eligible persons respectively shall be ele
• § 50602 — Members of the board shall be elected for a term of four years and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
• § 50602.5 — Members of the board of a district whose terms have not been staggered as of the date when this section becomes effective shall meet and classify themselves by lot into two classes as nearly equal in
• § 50603 — After the first election of the board, the district is organized and has power to sue and be sued.
• § 50604 — Vacancies in the board shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
• § 50605 — (a) Each member of the board shall receive such compensation for services actually and necessarily performed as the board determines to be just and reasonable, and shall be reimbursed for expenses nec
• § 50606 — All claims by or in behalf of a trustee for services rendered or expenses incurred shall be presented to the board, and, if allowed, shall be paid in the same manner as other indebtedness of the distr
• § 50609 — Except as otherwise provided in the by-laws, any meeting of the board at which all members are present, or of which all members have received written notice at least one day prior thereto, is a regula
• § 50610 — Members of the board of trustees appointed pursuant to Section 58762.
• § 50630 — The board shall elect one of its members as its president, and one of its members, or any other person, as its secretary.
• § 50631 — The secretary shall have charge of the office of the board, keep the minutes of all meetings, attest all documents, other than bonds, requiring the signature of the president, and keep accounts of all
• § 50650 — The board is the governing body of the district.
• § 50651 — The powers of the district enumerated in this division shall, except as therein otherwise provided, be exercised by the board.
• § 50652 — The board shall exercise general supervision and complete control over the construction, maintenance and operation of the reclamation works, and generally over the affairs of the district.
• § 50653 — The board shall receive from the reclamation board any money allowed on account of uncollected assessments previously levied on lands purchased by the board for rights of way, and shall distribute the
• § 50654 — The board, pursuant to an order entered in its minutes, may distribute, among the landowners of the district, any surplus funds in the treasury belonging to the district not needed for reclamation pur
• § 50655 — The board may adopt and alter a seal.
• § 50656 — All documents requiring approval by the board shall bear the signature of either a trustee or the secretary.
• § 50657 — The board may create a revolving fund by an order entered in its minutes and shall file a copy of the order, certified by the president, with the county treasurer.
• § 50658 — No warrant for the creation or replenishment of a revolving fund shall be paid by the county treasurer unless the order creating the revolving fund includes the assumption by the district of the respo
• § 50659 — A revolving fund shall be disbursed only by checks or drafts, signed by at least two members of the board, or by some person who is authorized to do so by unanimous vote of the board.
• § 50660 — The county treasurer shall be deemed the ex officio treasurer of the district unless the board, by resolution, and with the written consent of the county treasurer, appoints a district treasurer.
• § 50700 — An election board consists of three landowners of the district or legal representatives who shall be appointed by the board of supervisors and shall consist of one inspector and two judges of election
• § 50701 — The board, prior to each election, shall cause a copy of the appropriate roll to be utilized pursuant to Section 50704 to be prepared and certified by the proper officer and furnished to the election
• § 50702 — The certified roll furnished to the election board shall be used by the election board in determining the number of votes each voter may cast.
• § 50703 — If a member of the election board fails to attend at the opening of the polls, the voters present may appoint in his place any landowner or legal representative.
• § 50704 — Each voter in the district may vote at any election in person or by proxy, and may cast his or her votes as follows: (a) If the district has, within the calendar year preceding that in which the elect
• § 50704.5 — When a parcel is held as community property or in joint tenancy or as tenants in common, any spouse or joint tenant or tenant in common shall be presumed to have authority to cast all votes for the pa
• § 50705 — The polls shall be kept open from 10 a.
• § 50707 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and regardless of the number of eligible voters within its boundaries, a district may, by resolution of its governing board, conduct any election by all-
• § 50730 — There shall be an election in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year at such place in or near the district as designated by the board.
• § 50731 — In addition to the regular election under Section 50730, upon receipt of a recommendation of the board of trustees or upon receipt of a verified petition of 20 percent of the landowners who, together,
• § 50731.5 — (a) Nominations for the office of trustee shall be made by petition filed with the secretary not earlier than 75 days or later than 5 p.
• § 50731.6 — The nomination petition shall be in substantially the following form: Official Filing Petition Nomination of Candidate We, the undersigned voters of Reclamation District No.
• § 50732 — Notice of the election shall be published by the secretary once a week for four weeks beginning not less than one month prior to the date of election in the same newspaper or newspapers used for publi
• § 50740 — If by 5 p.
• § 50741 — When no election is held pursuant to Section 50740 then the board of supervisors shall appoint those nominated for the positions of trustee, and if no person has been nominated for said position, the
• § 50742 — If pursuant to Section 50740 a district election is not held, the board of supervisors of the county in which the district, or the largest part thereof in area, is situated shall at its next regular m
• § 50750 — Each member of the election board, upon entering upon his duties, shall be sworn to a faithful performance thereof by some officer authorized to administer oaths.
• § 50751 — If the board of supervisors fails to appoint an election board, the voters present at the opening of the polls may appoint the election board.
• § 50752 — The election board shall canvass the votes cast and issue certificates of election to the persons elected, and shall place the ballots, when canvassed, in a sealed envelope and forward it to the count
• § 50753 — Each voter may cumulate his votes, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of trustees to be elected multiplied by the number of votes he is entitled to cast, or to distribute the
• § 50754 — The board of directors of irrigation districts holding title to lands obtained through collectors’ deeds may cast the votes belonging to such lands.
• § 50755 — Any qualified voter may challenge any vote, and the election board shall determine whether the person challenged is entitled to vote.
• § 50756 — The candidates, of the number to be elected, receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected.
• § 50757 — Any person who knowingly makes an untrue statement in establishing his right to vote in a district election shall incur all of the penalties provided in the Elections Code for persons illegally voting
• § 50758 — If the ownership of any property in the district is changed after the making of the last equalized tax roll for the county wherein the property is situated, the owner thereof or his legal representati
• § 50759 — No person shall vote by proxy at a district election unless authority to vote is evidenced by an instrument in writing acknowledged and certified in the same manner as grants of real property and file
• § 50780 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter applies to the manner in which elections are conducted in the Reclamation District No.
• § 50780.10 — A “voter” means any of the following: (a) A landowner or the legal representative of a landowner.
• § 50780.12 — Commencing with the 1993 district election, the district shall have a seven-member board, whose trustees are residents of the district.
• § 50780.14 — At the 1993 district election, the board shall designate the seats of the two trustees whose terms expire and the two new seats as “land assessment seats.
• § 50780.16 — At the 1995 district election, the board shall designate the seats of the three trustees whose terms expire as “parcel seats.
• § 50780.18 — (a) The manner in which the trustees shall be elected at the 1997 district election, and at every district election thereafter, depends on the percentage of land in the district that is used for agric
• § 50780.2 — “District,” for purposes of this chapter, means the Reclamation District No.
• § 50780.20 — At the time of a designation pursuant to Section 50780.
• § 50780.22 — Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, this part applies to a district election.
• § 50780.4 — (a) A “land assessment seat,” for purposes of this chapter, means a seat held by a trustee elected by voters as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 50780.
• § 50780.6 — (a) A “parcel seat,” for purposes of this chapter, means a seat held by a trustee elected by voters as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 50780.
• § 50780.8 — (a) A “resident voter seat,” for purposes of this chapter, means a seat held by a trustee elected by voters as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 50780.
• § 50800 — A special election is an election called pursuant to the provisions of this part to submit to the landowners the question of whether or not bonds or refunding bonds shall be issued.
• § 50801 — The board shall call a special election when either: (a) The board determines that the issuance of bonds or refunding bonds is to the best interests of the district, or (b) A petition requesting such
• § 50802 — Notice of a special election shall be given by the board by posting notices thereof in at least three public places in the district at least 21 days prior thereto, and by publication for 21 days in a
• § 50803 — When a special election is called to determine whether bonds of the district shall be issued, the notice shall specify the time and place of holding the election, the aggregate face value of bonds pro
• § 50804 — When the special election is called to determine whether refunding bonds shall be issued, the notices shall be substantially in the following form: “Notice of special election to determine whether or
• § 50805 — An affidavit of the publication and posting of the notice shall be filed with the county elections official, with a copy of the order calling the election which is certified by the president.
• § 50810 — Each member of the election board, before entering upon his duties, shall take and subscribe an official oath administered by an officer authorized to administer oaths or by any landowner.
• § 50811 — Any person not legally qualified to vote who makes any false statement in respect to his right to vote in a special election to determine whether bonds or refunding bonds shall be issued shall incur a
• § 50812 — If the ownership of any property in the district is changed after the making of the last equalized tax roll for the county wherein the property is situated, the owner thereof or his legal representati
• § 50813 — No person shall vote by proxy at a special election unless the authority to vote is evidenced by an instrument in writing, acknowledged and certified in the same manner as grants of real property and
• § 50814 — The ballots cast at the special election shall contain the words: “Bonds—yes” or the words “Bonds—no,” or “Refunding Bonds—yes,” or “Refunding Bonds—no,” as the case may be, the name of the person cas
• § 50815 — A list of the ballots cast shall be made by the election board containing the name of each voter, the number of votes cast by him, whether they were cast for or against the issuing of the bonds or ref
• § 50816 — At the close of the polls the election board shall: (a) Immediately canvass the votes and declare the result.
• § 50817 — Any interested person may contest a special election within 20 days after the filing of the certificate with the county elections official by bringing suit in the superior court of the principal count
• § 50900 — A district may do all things necessary or convenient for accomplishing the purposes for which it was formed.
• § 50901 — If a district is in debt it has no power to impair or destroy any of its indebtedness without the consent of the creditors, but it may make any arrangement with the creditors for the surrender of such
• § 50902 — (a) In addition to its other powers, a district may, by a resolution of the board at a noticed public hearing, fix and collect charges and fees, including minimum and standby charges, for the provisio
• § 50903 — A district of less than 100 acres and situated adjacent to the Stockton Ship Channel may acquire, construct, operate, maintain, repair, and improve lands, works, and facilities for the collection, tre
• § 50904 — A district may, by resolution of the board, provide a procedure for and collect charges and fees, by way of the tax bills of the county or counties in which such district is located.
• § 50905 — The Edgerly Island Reclamation District may provide for the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, or other waste and, for that purpose, may design, finance, construct, operate, and maintain sewage tre
• § 50906 — (a) A reclamation district specified in subdivision (d) may construct, maintain, and operate a plant for the generation of hydroelectric power, together with transmission lines for the conveyance ther
• § 50907 — All districts formed under this division or under a special act of the Legislature and authorized to act, under this division, shall be subject to the requirements for competitive bidding under Articl
• § 50910 — A district may acquire, take or hold by gift, purchase, conditional sales contract, lease, condemnation, or other legal means, and maintain and operate the whole or any part of any irrigation system t
• § 50911 — When a district has adopted plans for the irrigation of district lands it may: (a) Adopt rules and regulations for the distribution of water.
• § 50912 — A district, upon payment of and compliance with such tolls, rates, and regulations as the board may adopt, may furnish through its irrigation works, water for irrigation of district lands, and may fur
• § 50913 — Moneys collected by the board for irrigation charges pursuant to Section 50911, when deposited in the county treasury shall be credited to the “irrigation fund.
• § 50914 — Money deposited in an “irrigation fund” shall be disbursed only on orders or warrants of the board in payment of the expense or cost of irrigation or irrigation works constructed by the district, or i
• § 50930 — A district may acquire, by purchase, condemnation, gift, lease or other legal means, such real or personal property as is necessary for accomplishing the purposes of the district.
• § 50931 — A district may sell, convey, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of such of its property as the board determines is no longer necessary for the construction, maintenance or operation of the reclamat
• § 50932 — A district may construct, maintain and operate such drains, canals, sluices, bulkheads, water gates, levees, embankments, pumping plants, dams, diversion works, or irrigation works, and all things rea
• § 50933 — A district may construct, maintain, and operate ferry boats, bridges, road systems, and related facilities to provide access to the district’s levee, drainage, and irrigation systems, and to provide a
• § 50940 — Unless otherwise provided by law the district shall keep an office in the principal county or in a county contiguous thereto for the transaction of the business of the district.
• § 50941 — All district books, maps, papers, records, contracts and other documents shall be kept in the office and be open to inspection during all business hours by any person interested.
• § 50942 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 50950 — A district may employ engineers and others to survey, plan, locate and report on the works necessary for the reclamation of the lands of the district, and estimate the cost thereof.
• § 50951 — A district may obtain such professional and other services as is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the district and may employ such assistance as the board deems necessary.
• § 50952 — A district may employ an expert in agriculture and related matters and such assistants as may be deemed necessary to do any of the following: (a) Supervise the construction of works for the irrigation
• § 50953 — A district issuing warrants or levying or collecting assessments may employ a clerk who, under the direction of the county treasurer, shall attend to matters pertaining to the registration and payment
• § 50954 — The clerk shall receive for his or her services a yearly sum equal to one and one-half cents ($0.
• § 50955 — Each claim for clerk hire must be approved by the county treasurer.
• § 50956 — The board, upon presentation of a proper claim, shall draw semiannually a warrant on the district funds for such clerk hire.
• § 50957 — If the board neglects or refuses to draw a warrant based upon a proper claim for clerk hire, 10 percent of the amount of the claim shall be added thereto, and thereafter 2 percent per month shall be a
• § 50958 — No county officer shall charge or receive any fee for services which he is required to perform in relation to the registration and payment of warrants or the collection of assessments but reasonable a
• § 50959 — No member of any board of supervisors, or clerk of such board, shall receive compensation, other than his regular salary, for services performed pursuant to this division.
• § 50970 — A district may co-operate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto or any act of Congress heret
• § 50971 — The co-operation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of works and facilities for irrigation, stor
• § 50972 — A district may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made.
• § 50973 — A proposal to enter into a contract with the United States under terms of this chapter shall be authorized at an election.
• § 50974 — Proceedings at the election shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in the case of elections provided for in Chapter 3 (commencing at Section 50800) of Part 4 of this division.
• § 50975 — Notice of the election shall specify: (a) The time and place of election.
• § 50976 — The ballots at the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of election and the amount of money to be paid to the United St
• § 50977 — The board may execute the contract on behalf of the district if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the contract.
• § 50978 — Without limiting the generality of Section 50971, when a contract has been executed with the United States under this chapter, the board may, by resolution, provide for an assessment upon the land to
• § 50979 — An action to determine the validity of any contract may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 510 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 5100 — As used in this part: (a) “Best available technologies” means technologies at the highest technically practical level, using flow totaling devices, and if necessary, data loggers and telemetry.
• § 51000 — A district may adopt an original plan for the reclamation of district lands, and an estimate of the cost thereof, and may modify or change such original plans, or adopt new, supplemental, or additiona
• § 51001 — The plan and estimate may include reclamation works already constructed or in course of construction, and payments therefor may be made to the person who constructed them or to the grantee of the land
• § 51002 — The plan and estimate may include any irrigation works which the district is empowered to acquire.
• § 51003 — The board shall report to the board of supervisors every original plan, and every new, supplemental or additional plan for the reclamation of district lands in the manner provided in Sections 51020 an
• § 5101 — (a) Each person who, after December 31, 1965, diverts water shall file with the board a statement of their diversion and use, as provided in subdivision (b), except that a statement is not required to
• § 5102 — The statement may be filed either by the person who is diverting water or, on his behalf, by an agency which he designates and which maintains a record of the water diverted.
• § 51020 — If any part of a district is located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District the board of trustees shall report each plan for the reclamation of district lands to the board of supervis
• § 51021 — Within five days after the copies of the plan and estimate are filed with the county clerk he shall certify two of the copies and transmit them to the Secretary of the Reclamation Board.
• § 51022 — Upon receipt of the certified copies of the plan, the Secretary of the Reclamation Board shall immediately set a date when the Reclamation Board will hold a hearing for considering any objections ther
• § 51023 — The Secretary of the Reclamation Board shall publish a notice of the hearing once a week for two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published within the district, or, if no newspaper is pu
• § 51024 — The notice shall be in substantially the following form: “Notice to the landowners of reclamation district No.
• § 51025 — At the hearing the Reclamation Board shall hear any evidence offered with respect to the plan, and thereafter shall approve, modify, amend or reject the plan.
• § 51026 — The Reclamation Board shall not modify, amend or reject any plan on the ground that the plan provides for a levee which in its judgment is of excessive strength either in height, slopes or crown width
• § 51027 — The Reclamation Board may continue the hearing from time to time and may cause such investigation and report of the plan to be made by the engineers connected with the Reclamation Board or by such oth
• § 51028 — When the Reclamation Board has approved, modified, or rejected any reclamation plan after a hearing as provided in this article, such action shall be final, and the sufficiency of the plan shall not b
• § 51029 — When an amendatory, additional or supplemental plan is filed with the county clerk, two certified copies thereof shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Reclamation Board and thereafter the same
• § 5103 — Each statement shall be prepared on a form provided by the board.
• § 51030 — No city or county shall proceed with the reclamation of any lands located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District until the provisions of this article have been complied with.
• § 5104 — (a) Supplemental statements shall be filed annually, as provided in subdivision (b).
• § 51040 — If no part of a district is within the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, the board shall report each plan for reclamation of district lands to the board of supervisors by
• § 5105 — Upon failure of any person to file a statement required by this part, the board may, at the expense of such person, investigate and determine in writing the facts required by either Sections 5103 or 5
• § 5106 — (a) Neither the statements submitted under this part nor the determination of facts by the board pursuant to Section 5105 shall establish or constitute evidence of a right to divert or use water.