California

Water Code

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

• § 55406 — “Superintendent of streets” or “streets superintendent” means and includes the county surveyor.
• § 55407 — “Right of way” means and includes any parcel of land through which a right of way has been granted to the county waterworks district for any purpose.
• § 55408 — All references to municipal officers and matters mean and include the corresponding officers of county waterworks districts and matters under this division.
• § 55500 — The board may control and order the expenditure of tax revenues, secured to pay the cost and expenses of maintaining, operating, extending and repairing the district’s waterworks, for that purpose.
• § 55501 — The board may fix and collect rates or charges for the use and supply of water furnished by the system, and to apply the receipts from the rates or charges to the expenses of the administration and go
• § 55501.1 — Any water service standby or immediate availability charge which remains unpaid for a period of 60 or more days after the date upon which they were billed may be collected thereafter by the county as
• § 55501.5 — A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix a water service standby or immediate availability charge to be applied on an area o
• § 55502 — The receipts from the rates or charges may also be used to reduce the principal or interest of any bonded indebtedness that the waterworks district may have.
• § 55502.1 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the board may establish and include in the annual budget for a district a general unappropriated reserve not to exceed 25 percent of the total appropriatio
• § 55503 — The board may borrow funds from the county, other waterworks districts, and, where the district is a subsidiary district, the city, not to exceed 85 percent of the district’s anticipated revenue for t
• § 55503.5 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, such funds, when so borrowed by a waterworks district, shall forthwith increase the appropriations of the district for which they are needed.
• § 55503.6 — The district shall pay interest on all funds borrowed from the county, at the same rate that the county applies to funds of the district on deposit with the county.
• § 55504 — Where a district has an assessed valuation of less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the board of supervisors of the county may loan county funds, in a sum not in excess of ten thousand do
• § 55505 — The board may by resolution establish a revolving fund for any officer or employee of the district in the same manner revolving funds for county officers are established by the board of supervisors of
• § 55506 — Any money belonging to the district or paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district may be deposited by the officer of the district who has legal custody of the money, in accordance wit
• § 55507 — A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix a sewer service standby or immediate availability charge to be applied on a parcel
• § 55520 — The board may issue and sell the bonds of the district, when authorized, at not less than par value, and the proceeds of the sale shall be placed in the county treasury or other depository for the dis
• § 55521 — The board by an order entered upon its minutes, shall, subject to the provisions of this division, prescribe the form of bonds issued and of the interest coupons attached thereto.
• § 55522 — The board shall designate an amount, not less than one-fortieth of the principal amount of the indebtedness, or series thereof, which shall be paid annually at a fixed time and place, together with th
• § 55523 — The board may determine and fix a date for the earliest maturity of the principal of the bonds, or series thereof, not more than 10 years from the date of issue of bonds.
• § 55524 — The bonds shall be issued in such denomination or denominations as the board may determine.
• § 55525 — The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board and countersigned by the auditor of the district, or if one has not been appointed, the auditor of the county and the seal of the district shall
• § 55526 — The interest coupons of the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the auditor of the county by his engraved or lithographed signature.
• § 55527 — In case any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons shall cease to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature or countersignatur
• § 55528 — The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid by the district treasurer, or if one has not been appointed, the county treasurer, in the manner provided by law for the payment of principal and
• § 55529 — The board may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series.
• § 55530 — Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the board may determine that the public economy so requires, and order that less than one-fortieth of the whole amount of the indebtedness, or a series
• § 55531 — District or zone bonds may be made payable on July 1st subsequent to the time fixed for the collection of the second installment of general district taxes with which the first levy of taxes for the pa
• § 55532 — The proceeds of such bonds may be used for the following purposes: (a) All costs or estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving and financing of the improv
• § 55533 — Any bonds issued by the district may be subject to call and redemption prior to maturity at such times and prices and upon such other terms as the board may specify.
• § 55534 — When bonds are made callable, a statement to that effect shall be set forth on the face of the bond.
• § 55550 — Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness in addition to that incurred at the time of the formation of the district for any of the purposes of the district,
• § 55551 — The board shall then fix a date upon which an election shall be held for the purpose of authorizing the bonded indebtedness to be incurred, and shall proceed with the election in accordance with Chapt
• § 55552 — If at the election a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the incurring of the bonded indebtedness, then the board shall enter an order to that effect upon its minutes, and shall thereupon be au
• § 55553 — The provisions contained in Articles 1 and 5 of Chapter 2 of this part and Sections 55701, 55703, and 55704, relating to the form of bonds, the issuance and sale of bonds, the validation thereof, and
• § 55580 — The board may issue refunding bonds of the district for the purpose of refunding any or all outstanding bonds of the district.
• § 55581 — The board shall by resolution determine the amount of the outstanding bonds to be refunded, fix the maximum amount of refunding bonds to be issued, the maximum rate of interest to be paid (which shall
• § 55582 — In the resolution the board shall call an election and submit to the qualified voters of the district the question whether the refunding bonds should be issued.
• § 55583 — The resolution shall fix the time of the election, establish one or more voting precincts, designate the polling place or places, appoint an inspector, judge, and clerk for each precinct, and fix the
• § 55584 — In all particulars not set forth in this article the election shall be held and conducted as provided in Chapter 4 of Part 2 of this division.
• § 55585 — The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the county designated by the board for that purpose, the last publication to
• § 55586 — If at the election a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the issuance of the refunding bonds, the board shall be authorized to issue refunding bonds of the district not exceeding the maximum am
• § 55587 — The board shall, by order entered in its minutes, prescribe the form of the refunding bonds and of the interest coupons to be attached, and fix the date of the refunding bonds, the date of maturity, a
• § 55588 — Refunding bonds may be exchanged at par value for any outstanding bonds to be refunded at their par value or less, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the board and the holders of such bonds, sub
• § 55589 — In lieu of the exchange for outstanding bonds, the refunding bonds may be sold by the board for cash at not less than par and accrued interest, and the proceeds used for the purchase or retirement of
• § 55590 — Any bonds refunded and all interest coupons appurtenant thereto shall be canceled immediately by the county treasurer.
• § 55591 — Taxes for the payment of principal and interest of refunding bonds shall be levied as provided in Chapter 3 of this part except that if the bonds refunded were payable from taxes levied upon land only
• § 55610 — The Revenue Bond Law of 1941 is applicable to districts for the purpose of financing the production, transmission and distribution of water for public or private purposes.
• § 55630 — An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 55640 — The bonds of the district or those issued for any zone pursuant to this act are entitled to the same force or value or use as bonds issued by any municipality.
• § 55650 — Zones may be established within a district for any of the following purposes: (a) Incurring a bonded indebtedness within the zone sufficient to pay the cost of constructing a water system and any othe
• § 55651 — Zones may be established within the district by either of the following methods: (1) A petition for the formation of a zone within a district may be presented to the board, signed by owners representi
• § 55652 — The petition shall contain: (a) The boundaries of the proposed zone.
• § 55653 — The petition shall be accompanied by a map showing the exterior boundaries of the district and of the proposed zone and containing a general description of the proposed improvement.
• § 55654 — The failure of the petition to contain any of the matters specified in Sections 55651 and 55652 shall not affect the legality of the establishment of the zone if it is thereafter established.
• § 55655 — The petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the board, and the board shall thereupon set a time for hearing the petition, which time shall be not less than 21 days nor more than 30 days af
• § 55656 — Notice of the filing and hearing of the petition shall be given by the clerk of the board by publishing in the county pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code a notice containing a copy of the
• § 55657 — The clerk shall also cause a notice, similar in substance, to be posted in three of the most public places within the proposed zone.
• § 55658 — The date set for the hearing shall be at least 13 days after the date of the posting and the date of last publication of the notice.
• § 55659 — A copy of the petition shall be filed with the county engineer of waterworks districts, or district engineer if one has been appointed, at least two weeks before the petition is presented to the board
• § 55660 — At the time fixed for the hearing, the board shall hear and pass upon the petition and any protests in writing that have been filed with the clerk before or at the time set for the hearing, and its de
• § 55661 — If the board determines that the proposed improvement will be of district-wide benefit, the proceedings shall terminate, and the proposed zone shall not be established.
• § 55662 — If the board determines that the proposed improvement will not be of district-wide benefit, the board may make such changes in the boundaries of the proposed zone as may be deemed advisable and shall
• § 55663 — The board shall not modify the boundaries except after notice of its intention has been published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation printed and publ
• § 55664 — Written objections to the proposed modification may be filed with the clerk of the board by any interested person at or before the time set for hearing the objections.
• § 55665 — The board shall hear and pass upon the objections at the time appointed, or at any time to which the hearing may be adjourned, and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.
• § 55666 — If the objections, or any of them, be sustained, no further proceedings pursuant to the petition shall be taken, but a new petition for the same or a similar purpose may be filed at any time.
• § 55667 — If no protests are filed, or if all protests filed are heard and denied, or if authorized modifications are made in the boundaries of the proposed zone and the boundaries are finally established, the
• § 55668 — If the board determines that the petition is signed by owners representing at least 60 percent of the total assessed valuation of the real property within the proposed zone as shown by the last equali
• § 55668.5 — Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2201) of Part 4 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation code, or any other provisions of law to the contrary, the board may levy, without an electi
• § 55669 — The board shall thereupon be authorized to issue bonds of the zone, to fix and collect special rates or charges, as prayed for in the petition, and proceed with the proposed improvement.
• § 55670 — If the petition for formation of the zone is signed by owners representing less than 60 percent of the total assessed valuation of the real property within the proposed zone as shown by the last equal
• § 55671 — The board shall appoint three qualified electors residing in the proposed zone to conduct the election.
• § 55672 — The election shall be called by posting in three of the most public places in the proposed zone, and by publishing in the county pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, a notice specifying th
• § 55673 — The date set for the election shall be at least 13 days after the date of the posting and the date of last publication of the notice.
• § 55674 — The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this State, where applicable.
• § 55675 — The proposition submitted shall be in accordance with the petition and shall be either: (a) “Shall the proposed zone described in the resolution of the board of ________ adopted on the ________ day of
• § 55676 — If 60 percent of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the zone, and of incurring the bonded indebtedness, or fixing and collecting the special rates or charges, as the case may be, the board
• § 55677 — Upon the establishment of the zone the board shall be authorized and empowered to issue bonds of the zone, or to fix and collect special rates and charges, as voted on at the election, and to proceed
• § 55678 — The provisions in this division for the form, issuance, and sale of bonds, the levying and collecting of taxes for the payment thereof and of other matters relating to bonds of the district shall gove
• § 55679 — The taxes and special rates or charges authorized by this article are in addition to all other taxes and rates or charges authorized by this division, and shall be subject to the provisions of Section
• § 55700 — The board of supervisors may in any year levy a tax upon the taxable property in the district, sufficient to pay the cost and expenses of maintaining, operating, extending and repairing the waterworks
• § 55701 — The board of supervisors shall levy a tax, each year, upon the taxable property in the district, sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds for that year authorized at the time of formation of the di
• § 55702 — Where the petition for formation contained a statement that taxes shall be levied only upon the land within the district, all taxes levied under the provisions of this division in a district shall be
• § 55703 — If the maturity of the indebtedness created by the issue of the bonds is made to begin more than one year after the date of issue, the tax shall be levied and collected each year, sufficient to pay th
• § 55704 — All taxes pursuant to this chapter shall be levied and collected at the time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes, and when collected shall be paid into the county treasu
• § 55720 — 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.
• § 55800 — Any portion or portions of a county containing unincorporated territory, or containing the whole or any portion of one or more incorporated cities, and not included in a district, may be added to any
• § 55801 — Territory within the same county but not contiguous with the district may be annexed to the district if the board determines that the district resulting from the annexation may be more efficiently and
• § 55990 — Chapter 370 of the Statutes of 1913 is hereby repealed.
• § 55991 — 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 exists had such repeal not
• § 56000 — This part shall be known and cited as the “County Drainage District Act.
• § 56001 — “District” as used in this part means any county drainage district formed pursuant to this part or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.
• § 56002 — “District board” as used in this part means the board of directors of a district.
• § 56003 — Districts may be formed, maintained and governed in any county as provided in this part.
• § 56010 — Proceedings for the formation of a county drainage district shall be instituted by the board of supervisors of a county when a petition requesting the institution of such proceedings and signed by the
• § 56011 — A petition requesting the institution of proceedings for the formation of a county drainage district shall: (a) Request the board of supervisors of a county in which the district will be located to in
• § 56012 — Proceedings for the formation of a county drainage district shall be instituted by the board of supervisors by the adoption of a resolution of its intention to do so.
• § 56013 — The district as formed may include unincorporated or incorporated and contiguous unincorporated territory.
• § 56014 — The time to be fixed for the hearing of objections to the formation or extent of the district shall be not less than 30 days after the adoption of the resolution of intention to form the district by t
• § 56015 — Prior to the time of hearing, the resolution shall be published at length in the proposed district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
• § 56016 — At the time provided in the resolution of intention or at any time to which the hearing is continued, the board of supervisors shall hear any objections to the formation of the district or to its exte
• § 56017 — If written objection to the formation of the district signed by 10 percent of the voters registered in the district is filed with the board of supervisors, it shall, and in any event it may, either ad
• § 56018 — At the election only voters registered in the proposed district may vote.
• § 56018.1 — Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election ca
• § 56018.2 — The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposit
• § 56018.3 — If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select on
• § 56018.4 — The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on
• § 56019 — At the conclusion of the hearing, or if an election is held and the canvass of the election returns shows that a majority of all the votes cast in the entire proposed district were in favor of the for
• § 56020 — The order of formation shall contain the name of the district, and a description of the boundaries or otherwise indicate its territory.
• § 56030 — The governing body of a county drainage district is a board of directors of not less than five members.
• § 56031 — The district board shall have power to fix the amount of compensation per meeting to be paid each member of the board for his or her services for each meeting attended by him or her; provided, that th
• § 56040 — The objects and purposes of a county drainage district shall be to provide for: (a) The control of storm and other waste waters of or within said district, including waters which arise outside said di
• § 56041 — A county drainage district shall have the power: (a) To sue and be sued in its own name; (b) To adopt a seal; (c) To take by grant, purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise and to hold, use and enjo
• § 56042 — All ordinances of a county drainage district shall be adopted by the board of directors of the district, and shall be certified to, recorded, and published in the same manner as ordinances of a county
• § 56050 — Before constructing any project and before calling any election for the issuance of bonds as hereinafter provided, the district board shall by resolution employ one or more engineers to make a survey
• § 56051 — The engineer or engineers may, subject to the direction of the district board, employ such surveyors and others as may be necessary to prepare the report.
• § 56052 — When the engineer’s report is filed, the district board shall examine it and may thereupon: (a) Reject it and direct that a new report be prepared; (b) Direct that changes be made in it; or (c) If it
• § 56053 — Notice of the hearing shall be published by the district board pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper circulated in the district.
• § 56054 — At the conclusion of the hearing the district board shall either order the report changed to conform to some or all the objections made or shall approve and adopt the report as made.
• § 56055 — If the district board approves and adopts the report of the engineer or engineers, the board shall order the engineer or engineers to prepare precise plans and specifications for the work contained in
• § 56059 — The engineer or engineers employed by the district board to prepare the precise plans and specifications shall be directed by the district board to superintend the doing of the work contained in said
• § 56060 — A right of way in or across any public highway, street or property in the district is hereby granted to the district wherever the right of way is found by the district board to be necessary or conveni
• § 56061 — Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, in the event that prior to the formation of a district a report has been secured by the board of supervisors of the county in which
• § 56070 — After the approval and adoption of an engineer’s report and before ordering the engineer to prepare precise plans and specifications as provided in Chapter 5, the district board may submit to the vote
• § 56071 — The resolution shall state all of the following: (a) The general objects and purposes for which it is proposed to incur an indebtedness.
• § 56072 — For the purposes of the bond election the district board may consolidate into one precinct several precincts established for general election purposes and describe the precinct by reference to the gen
• § 56073 — An election board consisting of one inspector, one judge, and one clerk shall be appointed by the district board for each precinct.
• § 56074 — Only voters registered in the district are eligible to vote at the bond election.
• § 56075 — The resolution calling the election shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code in a newspaper having a general circulation in the district and designated by the district board.
• § 56076 — If two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness as proposed, bonds of the district for the amount stated in the resolution calling the election shall be issued and so
• § 56077 — The validity of the bonds after their issuance shall not be questioned in any court except upon the ground that the provisions of this chapter authorizing their issuance are unconstitutional, or that
• § 56078 — The district board shall prescribe by resolution the form of the bonds, and interest coupons.
• § 56079 — The bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the district board determines, except that no bonds shall be of a denomination less than one hundred dollars ($100) or greater than one thousand doll
• § 56080 — The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the district board, and countersigned by the auditor of the district, and the seal of the district board shall be affixed.
• § 56081 — If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his signature or countersignature shall be as valid a
• § 56082 — The board may issue and sell the bonds of the district at not less than par value, and the proceeds shall be placed in the treasury of the county.
• § 56083 — The construction fund shall be applied exclusively to the purposes and objects mentioned in the resolution calling the bond election.
• § 56084 — When the purposes and objects mentioned in the resolution calling the bond election have been accomplished, any moneys remaining in the construction fund shall be transferred to the fund to be used fo
• § 56085 — If the proposition of issuing bonds submitted at a bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the district board may, at the expiration of six months after that election, call or or
• § 56086 — If bonds have been issued by the district and the proceeds of the sale have been expended, and the district board by resolution passed by a vote of four-fifths of all its members determines that the p
• § 56087 — Bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual tax upon the real property in the district, and all the real property in the district shall be and remain liable to be ta
• § 56088 — (1) An issue of bonds is hereby defined to be the aggregate principal amount of all of the bonds authorized to be issued in accordance with a proposal submitted to and approved by the electors of the
• § 56089 — Bonds may be made payable on a date subsequent to the time fixed for the collection of the second installment of general district taxes with which the first levy of taxes for the payment of the princi
• § 56090 — If the result of any election upon the question of the issuance of bonds is in favor of issuance, the board may, in its discretion, commence in the superior court of the county, a special proceeding t
• § 56095 — In addition to all of the powers enumerated in this part, a county drainage district shall have the power to adopt by resolution and carry out any definite plan or system for accomplishing, facilitati
• § 56100 — The Improvement Act of 1911 and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 are applicable to county drainage districts formed under this part.
• § 56101 — In the application of those acts to proceedings under this part, the terms used in those acts shall have the following meanings: (a) “City council” and “council” mean board.
• § 56102 — The powers and duties conferred by those acts and supplementary acts upon boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the respective boards, officers, and agents of the district.
• § 56103 — No assessment or bond hereafter levied or issued shall become a lien and no person shall be deemed to have notice thereof until a certified copy of said assessment and the diagram thereto attached sha
• § 56104 — Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 to the contrary, in the event the district board shall order the work
• § 56110 — Annually, at least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located is required by law to levy the amount of taxes required by
• § 56111 — The board of supervisors of the county shall annually, at the time and in the manner of levying other county taxes, levy and cause to be collected a tax upon the taxable real property in the district,
• § 56112 — If the district board fails to furnish to the board of supervisors the written statement of the amount necessary, the board of supervisors of the county shall ascertain the amount necessary to pay the
• § 56113 — The tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes, and when collected shall be paid into the treasury of the county to the credit of the di
• § 56114 — The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid by the treasurer of the county in the manner now or hereafter provided by law for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds of the county
• § 56115 — In any year, at least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located, is required by law to levy the amount of taxes require
• § 56116 — The tax shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes, and the revenue derived from the tax shall be paid into the county treasury t
• § 56117 — Payment from the operating fund shall be made upon claims allowed by the district board.
• § 56118 — The cost of preparing the engineer’s report, including the compensation paid engineers and other employees of the district, is a charge against the district and shall be paid from the first available
• § 56130 — Territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, contiguous to a district, and not included in any other county drainage district or other district formed for similar purposes, may be annexed, if th
• § 5900 — The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies and approves that certain compact designated as the “Klamath River Basin Compact between the States of Oregon and California,” as set forth i
• § 5901 — The provisions of said Klamath River Basin Compact are as follows: Article I.
• § 5950 — The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies the Oregon-California Goose Lake Interstate Compact as set forth in Section 5951.
• § 5951 — The provisions of the Oregon-California Goose Lake Interstate Compact are as follows: Article I.
• § 6 — Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this code.
• § 6000 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• § 60000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Water Replenishment District Act.
• § 60001 — The definition of a word applies to any of its variants.
• § 60002 — “Include” except when used in relation to the inclusion of land into a district does not necessarily exclude matters not enumerated.
• § 60003 — “District” means a water replenishment district formed under the provisions of the Water Replenishment District Act, or this division.
• § 60004 — “Board” means the board of directors of a district.
• § 60005 — “Land” means land in the district or proposed district involved.
• § 60006 — “President” means the president of the board.
• § 60007 — “Secretary” means the secretary of the board.
• § 60008 — “General water replenishment district election” means the election required to be held in each district at the time of the general election in each even-numbered year.
• § 60009 — “Special water district election” means any district election other than a general water replenishment district election.
• § 60010 — “Elector,” “voter,” and “precinct board” have respectively the same meaning as in the Elections Code, but an “elector” or “voter” shall also be a resident of the district or proposed district involved
• § 60011 — “Person” means any public agency or public corporation, whether federal, state, or local, or any private corporation, firm, partnership, individual, or group of individuals.
• § 60012 — “Water replenishment district” means a special water replenishment district.
• § 60013 — “Water year” means the period commencing on October 1st of one calendar year and ending on September 30th of the calendar year immediately following.
• § 60014 — “Fiscal year” means the period commencing on July 1st of one calendar year and ending on June 30th of the calendar year immediately following.
• § 60015 — “Ground water” means nonsaline water beneath the surface of the ground, whether or not flowing through known and definite channels.
• § 60016 — “Nonsaline water” means water which has less than 1,000 parts of chlorides to 1,000,000 parts of water.
• § 60017 — “Production” or “producing” means the extraction or extracting of ground water, by pumping or any other method, from shafts, tunnels, wells (including, but not limited to, abandoned oil wells), excava
• § 60018 — “Water-producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or otherwise, for the production of ground water from the ground water supplies within a replenishment district.
• § 60019 — “Owner” means the person or persons owning any water-producing facility or any interest therein other than a lien to secure the payment of a debt or other obligation.
• § 6002 — “Dam” means any artificial barrier, together with appurtenant works, which does or may impound or divert water, and which either (a) is or will be 25 feet or more in height from the natural bed of the
• § 6002.5 — “Critical appurtenant structure” means a water surface barrier or hydraulic control structure that is 25 feet or more in height, that impounds 5,000 acre-feet of water or more, or that the department
• § 60020 — “Operator” means the person or persons operating a water-producing facility; the owner thereof shall be conclusively presumed to be such operator unless satisfactory showing be made to the board of di
• § 60021 — “Producer” means any operator producing ground water.
• § 60022 — “Annual overdraft” means the amount, as determined by the board of directors of the replenishment district, by which the quantity of ground water removed by any natural or artificial means from the gr
• § 60023 — “Accumulated overdraft” means the aggregate amount, as determined from time to time by the board of directors of the replenishment district, by which the quantity of ground water removed by any natura
• § 60024 — “Principal county” means the county in which the greater portion of the land in a district or a proposed district is situated, if the district or proposed district is located in more than one county.
• § 60025 — “Participating county” is any county other than the principal county in which the district or proposed district is situated, if the district or proposed district is located in more than one county.
• § 60026 — “Affected county” means each county in which some land of the district or proposed district is located.
• § 60027 — “Replenishment assessment” means any assessment levied pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section 60300).
• § 60028 — “Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance, or substances, of a concentration which, if contained in water, will cause a significant impairment to a domestic dri
• § 60029 — “Existing agency” shall mean any public corporation, agency, district, or political subdivision created prior or subsequent to the formation of a replenishment district under this law and which has an
• § 6003 — (a) Any barrier that is or will be not in excess of six feet in height, regardless of storage capacity, or that has or will have a storage capacity not in excess of 15 acre-feet, regardless of height,