California

Water Code

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

• § 6004 — (a) An obstruction in a canal used to raise or lower water therein or divert water therefrom, a levee, including, but not limited to, a levee on the bed of a natural lake with the primary purpose to c
• § 6004.5 — “Reservoir” means any reservoir which contains or will contain the water impounded by a dam.
• § 60040 — Districts, regardless of the date of formation, are subject to the provisions of this division.
• § 60041 — The inclusion in or annexation or addition to a replenishment district, of the corporate area of any existing agency, shall not destroy the identity or legal existence or impair the powers of any such
• § 60042 — Whenever by this division a notice is required to be published for a designated number of weeks or once a week for a designated number of weeks, the notice need be published on only one day of each we
• § 60043 — Whenever any act is required to be done or proceeding taken on or set for a particular day or day of the week in any month, the act may be done or proceeding set for and acted upon on a day of the mon
• § 60044 — A district may be organized entirely within unincorporated territory, or partly within unincorporated territory and partly within incorporated territory, and within one or more counties in this State.
• § 60045 — No area included within any existing agency or annexations thereto, one of the purposes of which is replenishing the ground water supplies within such existing agency and which agency is empowered to
• § 60046 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
• § 60047 — The provisions of this division apply to the replenishment of ground water within all areas in this state, except those areas therein now or hereafter included within the Orange County Water District
• § 60048 — No informality in any proceeding or informality in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate any incorporation, an
• § 6005 — “Owner” includes any of the following who own, control, operate, maintain, manage, or propose to construct a dam or reservoir: (a)The state and its departments, institutions, agencies, and political s
• § 60050 — If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase of this act, or of the act or acts of which this act is amendatory or supplemental, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, s
• § 60051 — No language or provision in this division shall be interpreted or construed so as to limit, abridge or otherwise affect the water or water rights of any existing agency or person or affect the rights
• § 6006 — “Alterations,” “repairs,” or either of them, mean only such alterations or repairs as may affect the safety of the dam or reservoir.
• § 60060 — The department shall supply information so far as it may be practicable to persons contemplating the formation of districts.
• § 60061 — Whenever the department deems it in the public interest that preliminary surveys and field investigations of a proposed district project should be made at the expense of the State, the department shal
• § 6007 — “Enlargement” means any change in or addition to an existing dam or reservoir, which raises or may raise the water storage elevation of the water impounded by the dam or reservoir.
• § 6008 — Water storage elevation means that elevation of water surface which could be obtained by the existing dam or reservoir, as previously operated, were there no outflow and were the reservoir full of wat
• § 60080 — A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the county elections official of the principal county in which the proposed water replenishment district is loc
• § 60081 — Such petition shall describe the proposed boundaries of the district, recite the reasons for the proposed formation, pray that the same be organized under this act, and propose a name by which such di
• § 60082 — If the proposed district is situated in more than one county, the county elections official of the principal county shall immediately transmit to the county elections officials of the participating co
• § 60083 — Within 30 days of the date of filing the petition with the county elections official of the principal county, the county elections officials of the affected counties shall examine the petition and asc
• § 6009 — “State jurisdictional dam” means a dam not wholly under the control of the federal government.
• § 60095 — If the certificates of the county elections officials of each affected county as filed with the county elections official of the principal county show the petition to be sufficient, the county electio
• § 60096 — Upon presentation of such petition and certificates, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall immediately file a copy of such petition with the department.
• § 60097 — Upon filing such petition with the department said department shall set the same for a public hearing within sixty (60) days, said hearing to determine whether or not other lands should be included wi
• § 60098 — The department shall publish one copy of said petition, along with names of five of the persons signing such petition, together with a notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing, and the sa
• § 60099 — At said public hearing which may be adjourned from time to time, the department shall hear all evidence relevant to the inclusion of additional lands in or the exclusion of lands from the proposed dis
• § 60100 — In the event the department determines that additional land should be included in the proposed district, it shall forthwith set a date for a public hearing to determine whether or not such land should
• § 60101 — Within thirty (30) days after concluding all said hearings, but in any event within six (6) months of the filing of said petition with said department, the department shall make its determination of t
• § 60102 — If the department determines that the persons or property within the proposed boundaries of the district will not benefit directly or indirectly from the use of or right to use the ground water supply
• § 60110 — If the department determines that the persons or property within a proposed district will benefit directly or indirectly from the use of or right to use the ground water supplies therein or the replen
• § 60111 — When such order dividing the proposed district into five (5) divisions is made, said board of supervisors shall call and provide for the holding of an election to be held in said proposed district for
• § 60120 — The provisions of the Elections Code so far as they may be applicable shall govern all general and special water district elections, except as in this act otherwise provided.
• § 60121 — In such election the first directors shall be elected, and the following measure shall be submitted: “Shall the proposition to organize ____ Water Replenishment District under the Water Replenishment
• § 60122 — Within seven (7) days after such election the vote shall be canvassed by said board of supervisors of the principal county.
• § 60122.5 — The county clerk of the principal county shall immediately cause to be filed with the Secretary of State a certificate listing: (a) The name of the district.
• § 60123 — Upon receipt of said certificate or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, the Secretary of State shall, within ten (10) days, issue his certificate reciting that the named water replen
• § 60124 — Upon filing said certificate of the county clerk of the principal county, or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, with the Secretary of State, the district shall be deemed incorporate
• § 60125 — No informality in any proceeding or informality in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate the incorporation of
• § 60130 — If a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of organizing such district, the persons voted for as directors who receive the highest number of votes within the respective divisions sh
• § 60131 — The board of a district organized under this act shall consist of five members, and one director, who shall be a resident of the division, shall be elected by the voters thereof, for each of the five
• § 60132 — The board of directors shall, by resolution, adjust the boundaries of any divisions pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 22000) of Division 21 of the Elections Code.
• § 60133 — The members of the first board shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of Part 2 of this act, and their successors shall be elected or chosen at the times and in the manne
• § 60134 — Each director shall hold office for the term of four (4) years from and after the date for his taking of office, as herein provided, and until the election and qualification of his successor, except t
• § 60135 — In the case of all districts (except as to the election of the first board) the elections of directors shall be held at the time of the general election and shall be consolidated therewith.
• § 60136 — Each candidate for director who at the election of directors receives votes on a plurality of all the ballots cast for candidates for the office for which he or she seeks election shall be elected to
• § 60138 — Candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, election returns shall be canvassed, the election shall be held and conducted, the results shall be declared, and the certificates of e
• § 60139 — Directors elected hereunder, except the first board, shall take office at the same time provided by the Government Code for county officers.
• § 60140 — The election of directors held at the time of the general election and consolidated therewith shall be known as the general water replenishment district election, and each other election which may be
• § 60141 — If, on the sixty-fifth day prior to the day fixed for the district general election, only one person has been nominated for each office of member of the board to be filled at that election, said board
• § 60141.1 — Notice that such appointment may be made in the event that only one nomination is made, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, once, not less than seven days and not
• § 60143 — Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board or for each day’s service rendered as a director by re
• § 60144 — Any vacancy in the board shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
• § 60150 — The board shall be the governing body of such district.
• § 60151 — It shall hold its first meeting as soon as possible after the election and certification of the first board and not later than the sixth Monday after the date of the first election of directors as her
• § 60153 — A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 60154 — At its first meeting in the month of January of each odd-numbered year, the board shall choose one of its members president.
• § 60155 — The board shall designate a depository or depositories to have the custody of the funds of the district, all of which depositories shall give security sufficient to secure the district against possibl
• § 60160 — The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion.
• § 60161 — On all ordinances the roll shall be called and the ayes and noes recorded in the journal of the proceedings of the board.
• § 60162 — Resolutions and motions may be adopted by voice vote, but on demand of any member the roll shall be called.
• § 60163 — No ordinance, motion or resolution shall be passed or become effective without the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board.
• § 60164 — The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors of _______ Water Replenishment District as follows:”.
• § 60165 — Ordinances may be passed by the voters of any district organized under the provisions of this act in accordance with the methods provided by the Elections Code for direct legislation in cities.
• § 60166 — Ordinances may be disapproved and thereby vetoed by the voters of any such district by proceeding in accordance with the methods provided by the Elections Code for protesting against legislation in ci
• § 60167 — (a) In addition to the prohibitions set forth in the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code), a board member of a district may not make, or in any
• § 60180 — At its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the board shall appoint by a majority vote a secretary, treasurer, attorney, general manager and auditor, define their duties and fix their
• § 60181 — Said board may consolidate the office of secretary and treasurer.
• § 60182 — The president and secretary in addition to the respective duties imposed on them by law shall perform such duties as may be imposed on them by the board.
• § 60183 — The treasurer, or such other person or persons as may be authorized by the board, shall draw checks or warrants to pay demands when such demands shall have been audited and approved in the manner pres
• § 60184 — The general manager shall have full charge and control of the maintenance, operation and construction of the spreading or other works of the district with full power and authority to employ and discha
• § 60185 — The general manager shall perform such other duties as may be imposed on him by the board.
• § 60186 — The attorney shall be the legal adviser of the district and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board.
• § 60187 — The general manager, secretary and treasurer, and all other employees or assistants of said district who may be required to do so by the board, shall give such bonds to the district conditioned for th
• § 60210 — The provisions of the Elections Code so far as they may be applicable shall govern all general district elections and all special district elections, except as in this act otherwise provided.
• § 60211 — No person shall vote at any district election held under the provisions of this act who is not a voter within the meaning of the Elections Code, residing in the division of the district in which he or
• § 60212 — In case the boundary line of a district crosses the boundary line of a county election precinct only those voters within the district and within the precinct who are registered as being voters within
• § 60213 — In counties in which districts are located the county elections official is hereby given authority, and is authorized to have printed upon the official ballots provided for voters at elections for dir
• § 60214 — The board shall call and canvass all elections involving matters of initiative and referendum and shall call all other elections which it is authorized to canvass.
• § 60215 — The governing body calling or conducting any election under the provisions of this act shall fix the compensation to be paid the officers of the election and shall designate the precincts and polling
• § 60216 — The voting precincts for any such election may be established and the boundaries thereof fixed and described by such governing body, or such voting precincts may consist of either the regular election
• § 60217 — If any district election is consolidated with any state or county election, then the voting precincts, polling places, and election officers for the district election shall be the same as those establ
• § 60220 — A district may do any act necessary to replenish the ground water of said district.
• § 60221 — Without being limited to the following enumerations, a district may, among other things but only for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district: (a) Buy and sell water;
• § 60222 — A district may take any action necessary to protect or prevent interference with water, the quality thereof, or water rights of persons or property within the district, subject to the limitations cont
• § 60223 — For the purposes of replenishing the ground water supplies within the district, a district may do any act in order to put to beneficial use any water under its control or management.
• § 60224 — For the purpose of protecting and preserving the groundwater supplies within the district for beneficial uses, a district may take any action, within the district, including, but not limited to, capit
• § 60225 — A district may take any action outside the district, including, but not limited to, those set forth in Section 60224, provided the board finds both of the following: (a) The action is reasonably neces
• § 60226 — A district may sue and recover the amount of any district expenditures under Section 60224 from the person or persons responsible for the contaminants causing the expenditures.
• § 60230 — For the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district, a district shall have power: (a) To have perpetual succession.
• § 60230.5 — All expenditures for construction work, materials, equipment and supplies, and professional services, including, but not limited to, legal, legislative, public affairs, public relations, and engineeri
• § 60231 — (a) The powers and duties herein enumerated, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be exercised and performed by the board of the district.
• § 60232 — Each district has the power generally to perform all acts necessary to carry out fully the provisions of this act.
• § 60240 — Any money belonging to a district may be deposited or invested and drawn out as provided in Title 5, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 4, Article 2 of the Government Code, as now or hereafter amended.
• § 60245 — The board shall fix such rate or rates for the sale or exchange of water for replenishment purposes only as will result in revenues which will pay, insofar as practicable, the operating expenses of th
• § 60246 — The rate charged shall be uniform for like classes and conditions of service.
• § 6025 — It is the intent of the Legislature by this part to provide for the regulation and supervision of dams and reservoirs exclusively by the State.
• § 6025.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision, subject to subdivision (b), the requirements for state regulation and supervision of safety of dams, as contained in this division, shall not be applicable to
• § 6025.6 — (a) An owner of a structure defined as a dam pursuant to Section 6002, but excluded from that definition pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 6004 or otherwise exempted from the requirements of this
• § 60250 — To the extent that the revenues resulting from water charges authorized by Section 60245 of this act are inadequate to meet the obligations and expenses therein set out, the board may cause a tax to b
• § 60251 — The board shall determine the amounts necessary to be raised by taxation during the fiscal year and shall fix the rate or rates of tax to be levied which will raise the amounts of money required by th
• § 60252 — The board shall direct that at the time and in the manner required by law for the levying of taxes for county purposes, such board of supervisors shall levy, in addition to such other tax as may be le
• § 60253 — Taxes for the payment of the interest on or principal of any bonded debt shall be levied on the real property and improvements thereon, but not on personal property within the district, as determined
• § 60254 — Taxes for other purposes of the district shall be levied on all real property and improvements thereon, but not on personal property in the district.
• § 60255 — It shall be the duty of all county officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes to collect the taxes provided for herein in time, form and manner as county taxes are collected, and when collect
• § 60256 — All taxes provided for herein shall be a lien on all the real property and improvements thereon, but not on personal property within the district, and their collection may be enforced by the same mean
• § 60257 — When mineral rights are assessed separately from other rights in any parcel of real property no tax shall be levied under this division upon such mineral rights and any such tax shall be levied upon s
• § 6026 — No city or county has authority, by ordinance enacted by the legislative body thereof or adopted by the people under the initiative power, or otherwise, to regulate, supervise, or provide for the regu
• § 6027 — Whenever supervision of safety of design or construction of a proposed or existing dam or reservoir is exercised by the United States or any of its agencies pursuant to a jurisdiction superior to that
• § 60270 — Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness, the board shall, by resolution, so declare and state the purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, t
• § 60271 — The board shall fix a date upon which an election shall be held for the purpose of authorizing said bonded indebtedness to be incurred.
• § 60272 — It shall be the duty of the board to provide for holding such special election on the day so fixed and in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code so far as the same shall be applicable, e
• § 60273 — Such board shall give notice of the holding of such election, which notice shall contain the text of the resolution adopted by the board of the district, the designation of precincts, the location of
• § 60274 — In case such election is consolidated with a state or county election, the precincts, polling places, and election officers shall be the same as provided for such state or county election, and it shal
• § 60275 — The notice shall be published in such district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper or newspapers designated by the board.
• § 60276 — All the expenses of holding such election shall be borne by the district.
• § 60277 — The returns of such election shall be made, the votes canvassed by said board within seven days following said election, and the results thereof ascertained and declared in accordance with the provisi
• § 60278 — The secretary of the board, as soon as the result is declared, shall enter in the records of such board a statement of such results.
• § 60279 — No irregularities or informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same, if the election shall have otherwise been fairly conducted.
• § 6028 — No action shall be brought against the state or the department or its agents or employees for the recovery of damages caused by the partial or total failure of any dam or reservior or through the oper
• § 60280 — Any action or proceeding, wherein the validity of any such bonds or of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned or denied, shall be commenced within three months from the date of s
• § 60281 — If from such returns it appears that more than two-thirds of the votes cast at such election held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter were in favor of and assented to the incurring of such inde
• § 60282 — Any bonds issued by any district are hereby given the same force, value and use as bonds issued by any city and shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of California.
• § 6029 — Nothing in this part shall be construed to relieve an owner or operator of a dam or reservoir of the legal duties, obligations, or liabilities incident to the ownership or operation of the dam or rese
• § 60292 — (a) The district shall order, review, and maintain on file an independent, audited financial statement not later than 180 days from the conclusion of the district’s fiscal year.
• § 6030 — The findings and orders of the department and the certificate of approval of any dam or reservoir issued by the department are final and conclusive and binding upon all state agencies, regulatory or o
• § 60300 — Not later than the second Tuesday in February each year the board shall order an engineering survey and report to be made regarding the ground water supplies of the district.
• § 60301 — If the district has received an engineering evaluation as to any matter within the powers of the district under Section 60224 and containing proposed action or alternate actions and estimated costs, i
• § 60305 — On or before the second Tuesday in March of each year, and provided the survey and report called for by Section 60300 has been made, the board, by resolution, shall declare whether funds shall be rais
• § 60306 — If the board, by resolution, determines that all or a portion of the funds needed to purchase replenishment water, or to remove contaminants from the groundwater supplies of the district, or to exerci
• § 60307 — Said hearing shall be held before the board and a quorum shall be present.
• § 60308 — The board may appoint a qualified registered engineer familiar with water problems as a hearing officer to conduct said hearing.
• § 60309 — All evidence relevant to the engineering survey and report and the board’s determination that such a replenishment assessment shall be levied may be introduced.
• § 6031 — Nothing in this part shall be construed to deprive any owner of such recourse to the courts as he may be entitled to under the laws of this State.
• § 60315 — Upon completing the hearing, but no later than the second Tuesday in May, the board shall, by resolution, find all of the following: (a) The annual overdraft for the preceding water year.
• § 60316 — Based on the findings pursuant to Section 60315, the board shall, by resolution, determine all of the following: (a) What portion, if any, of the estimated cost of purchasing water for replenishment f
• § 60317 — (a) If the board determines that a replenishment assessment shall be levied upon the production of groundwater from groundwater supplies within the district during the ensuing fiscal year, immediately
• § 60317.5 — Except as set forth in this section, nothing in this division prevents the use of district funds from any source for powers and functions authorized under this division.
• § 60318 — (a) If the board determines, by resolution, that there is a problem of groundwater contamination that a proposed program will remedy or ameliorate, an operator may make extractions of groundwater to r
• § 6032 — If a dam is owned by one or more persons or entities, the owners shall form or delegate legal and financial authority to a single entity that is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the da
• § 60325 — The district, after the levying of the replenishment assessment, shall give notice thereof to the operators of all water-producing facilities in the district as disclosed by the records of such distri
• § 60326 — The operator of each water-producing facility within the district, on or before the last day of the month immediately following the respective quarterly periods ending March 31st, June 30th, September
• § 60326.1 — Notwithstanding Section 60326, the operator of each water-producing facility in the Water Replenishment District of Southern California shall file with the district, by the last day of the month follo
• § 60327 — Any replenishment assessment levied pursuant to this act shall be due and payable to the district by each producer in quarterly installments on the last day for filing the statement of the production
• § 60327.1 — Notwithstanding Section 60327, each producer shall pay the Water Replenishment District of Southern California a replenishment assessment, imposed pursuant to this act, in monthly installments due on
• § 60328 — The board shall authorize, and the district shall make, refunds in whole or in part of replenishment assessments theretofore paid, to any producer who has erroneously overstated his production of grou
• § 60329 — The board, by action uniformly applicable as to any quarter, and adopted prior to the commencement of the quarter, may provide that there shall not be due or payable any quarterly installment of less
• § 60335 — If any producer shall knowingly fail to pay a replenishment assessment within 30 days of when due, such producer shall become liable to the district for interest at the rate of 1 percent per month on
• § 60336 — (a) Should any operator of a water-producing facility knowingly fail to register his or her water-producing facility or knowingly fail to file the groundwater production statement, or knowingly fail t
• § 60337 — The board, at the time of fixing the replenishment assessment rate, may provide by resolution that any producer operating a water-producing facility having a discharge opening not greater than two inc
• § 60339 — (a) The superior court of the county in which the major portion of the district lies may issue a temporary restraining order upon the filing by the district with the court of a verified petition or co
• § 60340 — If the board of a district shall have probable cause to believe that the production of ground water from any water-producing facility is in excess of that disclosed by the sworn statements covering su
• § 60341 — The district may bring a suit in the court having jurisdiction against any producer of ground water from the ground water supplies within the district for the collection of any delinquent replenishmen
• § 60342 — It shall be unlawful to produce groundwater from any water-producing facility within any district from and after one year following the adoption of the resolution provided for in Section 60305 hereof,
• § 60343 — If another public entity, or public entities, or a watermaster, or watermasters, appointed in one or more court adjudications, or any combination of the foregoing (hereafter “other regulator or regula
• § 60350 — Commencing with the third fiscal year following a final adjudication of all or substantially all of the rights to extract ground water and a determination of the natural safe yield of the ground water
• § 60351 — To the extent that ground water supplies are replenished under this act no person shall acquire any property or other right in the waters distributed by the district for replenishment purposes.
• § 60352 — To the extent that the replenishment assessment after adjudication hereunder shifts from all producers to those who extract water in excess of their respective shares of the natural safe yield of the
• § 60370 — Any territory including unincorporated territory or incorporated territory or a part of either, and lying within one or more counties of this State may be annexed to a water replenishment district und
• § 60371 — A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by registered voters residing within the boundaries of the area proposed
• § 60372 — Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed and shall contain a prayer that such area be annexed to such district.
• § 60373 — The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
• § 60374 — Within 10 days of the date of filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition is signed by the requisite number of voters.
• § 60375 — When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of such examination, and if from such
• § 60376 — If, by the certificate of the secretary of the district, the petition is found to be insufficient, he shall also certify to the number of voters required to make such petition sufficient, and it may b
• § 60377 — The secretary of the district shall, within 10 days after the filing of such supplemental petition or petitions, make like examination of the same and certify to the result of such examination as here
• § 60378 — If his certificate shall show any such petition, or such petition as amended, to be insufficient, it shall be filed by him with the board of the district and kept as a public record, without prejudice
• § 60379 — If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in determining the number of voters signing the peti
• § 60380 — After an election for the annexation of such area to the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned.
• § 60381 — Such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of such district.
• § 60382 — If such petition is granted, the proposition of such annexation subject to the terms and conditions so fixed, shall be submitted to the vote of the voters in the proposed addition, at an election call
• § 60383 — Notice of such election shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code.
• § 60384 — Such notice also shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors, as herein provided.
• § 60385 — The measure so submitted at such election shall be stated on the ballot substantially as follows: “Shall ____ (giving the name or other designation of the territory proposed to be annexed, as stated i
• § 60386 — The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if such proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the president and secretary of the board of di
• § 60387 — Upon receipt of such last-mentioned certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and the addition of said area or areas to sa
• § 60388 — From and after the date of such certificate, the area or areas named therein shall be deemed added to, and shall form a part of, said district, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to tax
• § 60400 — Territory included within any district may be excluded from such district and the parcels so to be excluded need not be contiguous one with the other.
• § 60401 — A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by voters residing within the boundaries of the area proposed to be exclu
• § 60402 — Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be excluded, shall state the reason for proposing such exclusion, and shall contain a prayer that such area be exclude
• § 60403 — Within ten (10) days of the date of the filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition is signed by the requisite number of vot
• § 60404 — When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of such examination; and if from such
• § 60405 — If, by the certificate of the secretary of the district, the petition is found to be insufficient, he shall also certify to the number of voters required to make such petition sufficient, and it may b
• § 60406 — If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in determining the number of voters signing the peti
• § 60407 — If his certificate shall show any such petition, or such petition as amended, to be insufficient, it shall be filed by him with the board of the district and kept as a public record, without prejudice
• § 60408 — The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
• § 60409 — After an election for the exclusion of such area from the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned.
• § 60410 — The board of any district, by resolution, may initiate proceedings for the exclusion of territory from such district.
• § 60411 — After an election for the exclusion of such area from the district the sufficiency of such resolution shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned.
• § 60412 — If the proceedings for exclusion have been initiated by petition, such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of directors of such district.
• § 60413 — If such petition is granted, or if such determination is made, the proposition of such exclusion shall be submitted to the vote of the voters within the area proposed to be excluded, at an election ca
• § 60414 — Notice of the election shall be published in the district pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code.
• § 60415 — The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if the proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the president and secretary of the board of dir
• § 60416 — Upon receipt of such last-mentioned certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and the exclusion of said area from the dist
• § 60417 — From and after the date of such certificate, the area named therein shall be deemed excluded from, and shall no longer form a part of, said district, but the taxable property within such excluded area
• § 60420 — 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.
• § 60430 — A petition may be filed with the county elections official of the principal county in which the district is located, signed by at least 25 percent of the voters of the district applying for disorganiz
• § 60431 — Upon the filing of a petition the county elections official shall examine the petition within 30 days and ascertain whether or not the petition is signed by the requisite number of voters.