California

Water Code

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

• § 60432 — When the county clerk 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 examination he
• § 60433 — After an election for the disincorporation of a district hereunder the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned.
• § 60434 — If by the certificate of the county elections official the petition is shown to be sufficient, the county elections official of the principal county shall present the petition to the board of supervis
• § 60435 — Said notice of election shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in said district and determined by said board most likely to give notice to those in
• § 60436 — The board of supervisors shall cause a copy of said notice to be mailed by the clerk of said board to each of the directors of said district, within five days after the date of the first publication t
• § 60437 — Such election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as the election on the organization of said district, as nearly as practicable.
• § 60438 — Within seven days after the date of said election, the board of supervisors shall proceed to canvass the vote cast thereat; if it be found by the canvass of said votes that less than a majority of the
• § 60439 — In case it should appear from said canvass of said votes that a majority of all the votes cast were in favor of disincorporation, said board of supervisors shall make and cause to be entered upon the
• § 60440 — The board of supervisors shall in case the district is disincorporated, forthwith cause its county elections official to make and transmit to the Secretary of State a certified copy of the notice of e
• § 60441 — Twenty days from and after the holding of the election, in case a majority of said votes were cast in favor of said disincorporation, said district shall be forever disincorporated.
• § 60442 — Upon the disincorporation of any district in the manner hereinbefore provided for, the board of supervisors shall forthwith, after ascertaining by said canvass that the disincorporation has been carri
• § 60443 — Upon the disincorporation of said district every public officer of said district shall immediately turn over to the board of supervisors of the principal county in which said district is situated, all
• § 60444 — Nothing contained in this act shall be held to relieve said district, or the territory included within it, from any liability or any debt contracted by said district prior to its disincorporation.
• § 60445 — All warrants for said indebtedness shall be drawn on order of the board of supervisors of the principal county in which said district is situated, on the fund hereinabove provided for in the county tr
• § 60446 — All moneys paid into the county treasury under the provisions of this act shall be placed in the special fund hereinbefore provided for.
• § 60447 — If after payment of all debts of said district there shall remain any surplus in the hands of said county treasurer to the credit of the fund hereinbefore mentioned, the board of supervisors shall app
• § 60448 — The board of supervisors of the principal county in which any such district has been disincorporated, shall have the power and it shall be the duty of said board, if the board of directors of such dis
• § 60449 — It is the intent of the Legislature that no district shall be disincorporated until all bonded indebtedness shall have been fully paid, and by the word “indebtedness” as used herein is meant all indeb
• § 6052 — The department shall employ such clerical, engineering, and other assistants as are necessary for carrying on the work of dam and reservoir supervision in accordance with this part.
• § 6053 — The department may employ consultants.
• § 6054 — When the safety and technical considerations pertaining to a certificate of approval, dam, reservoir, or plans and specifications require it, or when requested in writing to do so by the owner, the de
• § 6055 — The cost and expense of a consulting board if appointed on the request of an owner shall be paid by the owner.
• § 6056 — The department shall retain a board of three consultants who shall make an independent report to the director upon the issuance, modification, or renewal of any certificate of approval for any dam own
• § 60600 — This part applies to contracts by water replenishment districts established pursuant to this division.
• § 60602 — (a) Before making any contract totaling twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more within any 12-month period, the district shall advertise for bids.
• § 60604 — (a) For any improvement or unit of work done by district personnel, the estimated cost of the work shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), except under either of the following circums
• § 60614 — In case of an emergency relating to the repair or replacement of district facilities, if notice for bids to let contracts will not be given, the district shall comply with Chapter 2.
• § 60618 — Upon receipt of an offer for a less price than that specified in the lowest rejected bid, the board may enter into a contract for the furnishing of the materials with the person who has offered them a
• § 60620 — Any person to whom a contract is awarded shall enter into a bond, to be approved by the district, payable to the district for its use, for 25 percent of the amount of the contract price, conditioned f
• § 60622 — (a) Contracts and other documents executed by the district that require or authorize the district to expend forty thousand dollars ($40,000) or more shall be authorized by the board of directors and s
• § 6075 — The department, under the police power of the state, shall supervise the construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, maintenance, operation, and removal of dams and reservoirs for the protection of
• § 6076 — All dams and reservoirs in the state are under the jurisdiction of the department.
• § 6077 — It is unlawful to construct, enlarge, repair, alter, remove, maintain, or operate any dam or reservoir except upon approval of the department as provided in this part.
• § 6078 — The department shall adopt and revise from time to time such rules and regulations and issue such general orders as may be necessary for carrying out, but not inconsistent with, the provisions of this
• § 6079 — In carrying out the provisions of this part the department may cooperate with the United States or any of its agencies.
• § 6080 — In making any investigations or inspections required or authorized by this part the department or its representatives may enter upon private property as may be necessary.
• § 6081 — In determining whether or not a dam or reservoir or proposed dam or reservoir constitutes or would constitute a danger to life or property, the department shall take into consideration the possibility
• § 6100 — Supervision over the maintenance and operation of dams and reservoirs insofar as necessary to safeguard life and property from injury by reason of the failure thereof is vested in the department.
• § 6101 — The department may require owners to keep records of, and to report on, maintenance, operation, staffing, and engineering and geologic investigations and shall issue such rules and regulations and ord
• § 6102 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Division of Safety of Dams as part of the department inspects and reevaluates its jurisdictional dams and reservoirs for the purpose of
• § 6102.5 — (a) The department shall inspect dams, reservoirs, and appurtenant structures to verify their safety in accordance with the following schedule: (1) A facility that has been determined by the departmen
• § 6103 — (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division of Safety of Dams, in consultation with independent, national dam safety and dam safety risk management organizations, including, but not limited to,
• § 6110 — The department shall immediately employ any remedial means necessary to protect life and property if either: (a) The condition of any dam or reservoir is so dangerous to the safety of life or property
• § 6111 — In applying the remedial means provided for in this article, the department may in emergency do any of the following: (a) Lower the water level by releasing water from the reservoir.
• § 6112 — The department shall continue in full charge and control of such dam or reservoir, or both, and its appurtenances until they are rendered safe or the emergency occasioning the action has ceased.
• § 6113 — The cost and expenses of the remedial means provided in this article, including cost of any work done to render a dam or reservoir or its appurtenances safe, shall be recoverable by the state from the
• § 6120 — For the purpose of enabling it to make decisions as compatible with economy and public safety as possible the department shall make or cause to be made such investigations and shall gather or cause to
• § 6121 — The department shall also make or cause to be made such watershed investigations and studies as may facilitate its decisions.
• § 6150 — The department may commence an action or proceeding under this article, either by mandamus or injunction, for the purpose of stopping or preventing violations or threatened violations.
• § 6151 — An action or proceeding under this article may be commenced whenever any owner or any person acting as a director, officer, agent, or employee of any owner, or any contractor or agent or employee of s
• § 6152 — Any action or proceeding under this article shall be commenced in the superior court in and for the county in which (a) the cause or some part thereof arose, (b) the owner or person complained of has
• § 6153 — Any action or proceeding under this article shall be brought by petition in the superior court, alleging the violation or threatened violation complained of, and praying for appropriate relief by way
• § 6154 — The court shall specify a time, not exceeding 20 days after the service of the copy of the petition, within which the owner or person complained of shall answer the petition, and in the meantime the o
• § 6155 — In case of default in answer or after answer the court shall immediately inquire into the facts and circumstances of the case.
• § 6156 — The court may join such parties as it deems necessary or proper in order to make its judgment, order, or writ effective.
• § 6157 — The final judgment in such action or proceeding shall either dismiss the action or proceeding or direct that the writ of mandamus or injunction issue or be made permanent as prayed for in the petition
• § 6160 — (a) An owner of a dam that is regulated by the state is responsible for emergency preparedness with regard to the potential for loss of life and property resulting from the failure of a dam, as define
• § 6161 — (a) (1) An owner of a state jurisdictional dam, except an owner of a dam classified by the department pursuant to Section 6160 as a low hazard dam, shall submit electronically to the department an inu
• § 6162 — Any regulation promulgated pursuant to this article shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare.
• § 6200 — Construction of any new dam or reservoir or the enlargement of any dam or reservoir shall not be commenced until the owner has applied for and obtained from the department written approval of plans an
• § 6201 — A separate application for each dam or reservoir shall be filed with the department upon forms to be provided by it, except that only one application need be filed for a dam and the reservoir which wi
• § 6202 — The application shall give the following information: (a) The name and address of the owner.
• § 6203 — The department may also require the following: (a) Data concerning subsoil and foundation conditions and the materials entering into construction of the dam or reservoir.
• § 6204 — In instances wherein the physical conditions involved and the size of the dam or reservoir are such as to render the above requirements as to drainage areas, rainfall, streamflow, floodflow, and drill
• § 6205 — The application shall set forth the purpose for which the impounded or diverted water is to be used.
• § 6206 — The application shall be accompanied by maps and plans and specifications of such character and size and setting forth such pertinent details and dimensions as the department requires.
• § 6225 — Before commencing the repair, alteration, or removal of a dam or reservoir, including the alteration or removal of a dam or reservoir so that it no longer constitutes a dam or reservoir as defined in
• § 6226 — The application shall give such pertinent information or data concerning the dam or reservoir, or both, as may be required by the department and such information as to other matters appropriate to a t
• § 6227 — The application shall state the proposed time of commencement and of completion of construction.
• § 6228 — The application shall give the name and address of applicant, shall adequately detail, with appropriate references to the existing dam or reservoir, the changes which it is proposed to effect, and sha
• § 6229 — In case of an emergency where repairs are necessary to safeguard life and property repairs may be started immediately, but the department shall be notified at once of proposed repairs and of work unde
• § 6230 — The proposed repairs and work shall be made to conform to such orders as the department issues.
• § 6250 — Unless application for approval of the dam has heretofore been made, every owner of a dam completed prior to August 14, 1929 shall, immediately after the effective date of this part, file an applicati
• § 6251 — A separate application shall be made for each dam and shall be filed with the department upon forms to be supplied by it and shall supply such appropriate information concerning the dam as the departm
• § 6252 — The department shall give notice to file to owners who have failed to do so as required by this article, and a failure to file within 30 days after such notice shall be punishable as provided in this
• § 6253 — The notice provided for in this article may be given by registered mail and a return receipt signed by the owner shall constitute prima facie evidence of service.
• § 6260 — Upon receipt of any application other than an application provided for in Article 3 of this chapter the department shall give its consideration thereto and shall approve or disapprove the same within
• § 6261 — A defective application made in a bona fide attempt to conform to the law and rules and regulations of the department shall not be rejected but notice of defect shall be sent to the applicant by ordin
• § 6262 — If within 30 days of the date of mailing the notice the applicant does not file an amended and perfected application, the application shall be rejected and canceled unless for good cause shown the dep
• § 6263 — No application shall be approved in less than 10 days from its receipt but all applications shall be approved or disapproved as soon as practicable after the receipt of all data and information found
• § 6264 — Approvals may be granted under terms, conditions, and limitations necessary to safeguard life and property.
• § 6265 — Actual construction shall be commenced within one year after date of approval, otherwise the approval becomes void.
• § 6266 — The department may, upon written application and for good cause shown, extend the time for commencing construction.
• § 6267 — Notice shall be given to the department at least 10 days before construction is to be commenced and such other notices shall be given to the department as it may require.
• § 6300 — (a) The application for a new dam or reservoir, or the enlargement, repair, alteration, or removal of an existing dam or reservoir, shall set forth the estimated cost, as defined in this article, of t
• § 6301 — One filing fee only shall be collected for an enlargement to be effected by flashboards, sandbags, earthen levees, gates, or other works, devices, or obstructions which are, from time to time, to be r
• § 6302 — For the purposes of this part, the estimated cost of a new dam or reservoir, or the enlargement, repair, alteration, or removal of an existing dam or reservoir shall include all of the following: (a)
• § 6303 — The costs of right-of-way, detached powerhouses, electrical generating machinery, and roads and railroads affording access to the dam or reservoir shall not be included among the items used in the det
• § 6304 — An application shall not be considered by the department until at least 20 percent of the filing fee is received, unless the department, in its discretion, decides to consider the application.
• § 6305 — In the event the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost by more than 15 percent, a further fee shall be required by the department and shall be 115 percent of the amount by which the original fee is l
• § 6306 — Applications for dams found by the department to have been less than 90 per cent constructed on August 14, 1929, shall be accompanied by fees as much less than provided for dams commenced after the da
• § 6307 — (a) (1) The department shall adopt, by regulation, a schedule of fees to cover the department’s reasonable regulatory costs in carrying out the supervision of dam safety, which may include, but is not
• § 6308 — All fees, penalties, interest, fines, or charges collected by the department under this division shall be deposited in the Dam Safety Fund, which is hereby established in the State Treasury.
• § 6309 — The fees provided for in this chapter shall be required of any “owner,” as defined in Section 6005.
• § 6350 — Immediately upon completion of a new dam or reservoir or enlargement of a dam or reservoir the owner shall give a notice of completion to the department and as soon thereafter as possible shall file w
• § 6351 — In connection with the enlargement of a dam or reservoir, the supplementary drawings and descriptive matter need apply only to the new work.
• § 6352 — As soon as possible after giving notice of completion, the owner shall file an affidavit with the department stating the actual cost of the dam or reservoir in such detail as the department requires t
• § 6354 — As soon as practicable the completed dam or reservoir shall be inspected by the department.
• § 6355 — A certificate of approval shall be issued upon a finding that the dam or reservoir is safe to impound water within the limitations prescribed in the certificate.
• § 6357 — Each certificate of approval issued by the department under this part may contain such terms and conditions as the department may prescribe.
• § 6357.1 — The department may revoke any certificate of approval whenever it determines that the dam or reservoir constitutes a danger to life and property.
• § 6357.2 — The owner of a dam or reservoir for which a certificate of approval has been issued shall not, through action or inaction, cause the dam or reservoir to impound water after the certificate terminates
• § 6357.3 — With respect to each certificate of approval or written consent for use of a dam which has been issued by the department or a predecessor of the department and which is in effect prior to the effectiv
• § 6357.4 — Before any certificate of approval is revoked by the department, the department shall hold a hearing.
• § 6360 — Immediately upon completion of the repair or alteration of any dam or reservoir, the owner shall give notice of completion to the department and as soon thereafter as possible shall file with it suppl
• § 6362 — As soon as practicable the dam or reservoir as repaired or altered shall be inspected by the department.
• § 6363 — A certificate of approval shall be issued upon a finding that the dam or reservoir is safe to impound water within the limitations prescribed in the certificate.
• § 6364 — The certificate of approval shall supersede any previous certificate of approval issued for the dam or reservoir so repaired or altered.
• § 6370 — Upon completion of the removal of a dam or reservoir such evidence as to the manner in which the work was performed and as to the conditions obtaining after the removal as the department requires shal
• § 6371 — This evidence shall show that a sufficient portion of the dam has been removed to permit the safe passage of floods down the watercourse across which the dam was located.
• § 6372 — Before final approval of the removal of a dam or reservoir is issued, the department shall inspect the work and determine that all danger to life and property has been eliminated.
• § 6380 — The department shall make inspections at State expense of all dams in the State completed prior to August 14, 1929.
• § 6381 — The department shall require owners to perform at their expense such work or tests as necessary to disclose information sufficient to enable the department to determine whether to issue certificates o
• § 6382 — If, upon inspection or upon completion to the satisfaction of the department of all work that may be ordered, the department finds that the dam is safe to the full extent for which use is or will be m
• § 6390 — Upon receipt of a written complaint alleging that the person or property of the complainant is endangered by the construction, maintenance, or operation of any dam or reservoir the department shall ca
• § 6391 — If the complainant insists upon an inspection and deposits with the department a sum estimated by it to be sufficient to cover costs of an inspection, the department shall cause an inspection to be ma
• § 6392 — If it is found that an unsafe condition exists, the department shall take such action as is necessary to render or cause the condition to be rendered safe and any money deposited to secure an inspecti
• § 6393 — If, after an inspection is made on account of a complaint, the complaint is found by the department to have been without merit, any money deposited therefor shall be payable into the State Treasury.
• § 6400 — During the construction, enlargement, repair, alteration, or removal of any dam or reservoir the department shall make continuous or periodical inspections at state expense for the purpose of securing
• § 6401 — If, after any inspections, investigations, or examinations, or at any time as the work progresses, or at any time prior to issuance of a certificate of approval it is found by the department that amen
• § 6402 — If conditions are revealed which will not permit the construction of a safe dam or reservoir the approval may be revoked.
• § 6403 — In the event that conditions imposed may be waived or made less burdensome without sacrificing a proper margin of safety, the department may authorize an owner to revise the plans and specifications a
• § 6404 — If at any time during construction, enlargement, repair, or alterations of any dam or reservoir the department finds that the work is not being done in accordance with the provisions of the approval a
• § 6405 — The notice and order shall state the particulars in which the approval and approved plans and specifications or the approval and approved plans and specifications as revised are not being or have not
• § 6406 — The department may order that no further work be done until such compliance has been effected and approved by the department.
• § 6407 — A failure to comply with the approval and approved plans and specifications as originally approved or as revised shall render the approval subject to revocation by the department, if compliance is not
• § 6425 — Every person who violates any of the provisions of this part or of any approval, order, rule, regulation, or requirement of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not mo
• § 6426 — Any person who wilfully obstructs, hinders, or prevents the department or its agents or employees from performing the duties imposed by this part or who wilfully resists the exercise of the control an
• § 6427 — Any owner or any person acting as a director, officer, agent, or employee of an owner, or any contractor or agent or employee of a contractor who engages in the construction, enlargement, repair, alte
• § 6428 — (a) Any owner who fails to pay any further fee or any part of a further fee required to be paid pursuant to Section 6305 within the time required shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the further fee o
• § 6429 — (a) The department may impose reservoir restrictions and levy property liens on an owner of a dam who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this part or any approval, order, rule, regulation,
• § 6430 — Any person who unlawfully constructs or operates a dam without approval from the department shall pay a fine in the amount of the annual fees and the late penalties that would have been due for the pe
• § 6431 — An owner of a dam who fails to comply with a department order to prepare an acceptable emergency action plan shall pay the cost and expense incurred by the department to prepare the emergency action p
• § 6432 — In addition to any penalties imposed by any other law, the department may impose a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day upon any owner of a dam who fails to comply with any pro
• § 6433 — (a) The Attorney General, upon request of the department, shall bring an action in superior court seeking injunctive relief, penalties, fees, costs, or any other remedies available to the department u
• § 6450 — Any dam which the department finds was not 90 percent constructed on August 14, 1929 shall be subject to the same provisions as a dam commenced after that date.
• § 6451 — Construction work on such a dam may proceed, if an application for approval thereof is filed, until an order from the department is received approving the dam or specifying how its construction must b
• § 6452 — Dams found to be 90 per cent or more constructed on August 14, 1929 shall be subject to the same supervision as dams which were completed prior to that date.
• § 6455 — Every owner of a dam or reservoir that falls within the definition of a dam or reservoir in this part by virtue of the amendment of Section 6002 or the addition of Section 6004.
• § 6456 — A separate application shall be made for each dam or reservoir and shall be filed with the department upon forms to be supplied by it and shall include or be accompanied by such appropriate informatio
• § 6457 — The department shall give notice to file an application to owners of such dams or reservoirs who have failed to do so as required by this article, and a failure to file within 30 days after such notic
• § 6458 — The notice provided for in this article may be given by registered or certified mail and a return receipt signed by the owner shall constitute prima facie evidence of service.
• § 6459 — The department shall make inspections of such dams or reservoirs at state expense.
• § 6460 — The department shall require owners of such dams or reservoirs to perform at their expense such work or tests as necessary to disclose information sufficient to enable the department to determine whet
• § 6461 — If, upon inspection or upon completion to the satisfaction of the department of all work that may be ordered, the department finds that the dam or reservoir is safe to impound water, a certificate of
• § 6465 — Any dam or reservoir that falls within the definition of a dam or reservoir in this part by virtue of the amendment of Section 6002 or the addition of Section 6004.
• § 6466 — Construction work on such a dam or reservoir may proceed, provided an application for approval of the plans and specifications therefor is filed, until a certificate of approval is received by the own
• § 6467 — Such dams or reservoirs as are 90 percent or more constructed on September 17, 1965, shall be subject to the same supervision as dams or reservoirs which were completed prior thereto.
• § 6470 — The owners of completed dams or reservoirs and dams or reservoirs that are 90 percent or more constructed that are made subject to the provisions of this part by the amendment of Section 6002 or the a
• § 6500 — Whenever an application for approval of plans and specifications for a new dam, or for the enlargement of any dam, in any stream in this State, is filed pursuant to Part 1 of this division, a copy of
• § 6501 — The provisions for the installation of fishways over or around dams and for the protection and preservation of fish in streams obstructed by dams are contained in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 59
• § 6600 — As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Commission” means the Citizens Advisory Commission created pursuant to Section 6602.
• § 6602 — (a) There is hereby created within the Natural Resources Agency the Citizens Advisory Commission for Oroville Dam.
• § 6604 — (a) The members of the commission appointed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 6602, if any, shall select the vice chairperson by a majority vote of those members.
• § 6606 — (a) The commission shall do all of the following: (1) Serve as a representative to the public for the purposes of providing public input and receiving information from the dam operator.
• § 6608 — The department shall do all of the following for the commission: (a) Provide onsite tours of the dam and its grounds.
• § 6610 — The commission shall have the power to visit the dam, its site, and site personnel in furtherance of the goals of this part.
• § 6612 — The commission may receive in-kind assistance or funds, or both, from public and private sources.
• § 6700 — (a) (1) The department shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, develop and administer the Dam Safety and Climate Resilience Local Assistance Program established pursuant to this section.
• § 7 — Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized, pursuant to l
• § 7000 — As used in this chapter “conduit” includes ditch, pipe line, and flume.
• § 7000.5 — (a) This article shall only apply to conduits located within the County of Siskiyou.
• § 70000 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Levee District Law of 1959.
• § 70001 — Nothing in this part affects the provisions of any statute in relation to levee districts now in force.
• § 7001 — When two or more persons are associated by agreement in the use of a conduit, well, or pumping plant, for the conveyance, obtaining or disposing of water, or are using such conduit, well, or pumping p
• § 7002 — If any person neglects, after demand in writing, to pay his proportion of the expenses under the next preceding section, he is liable therefor in an action for contribution, and in any judgment obtain
• § 7003 — The action authorized by this article may be brought by any or all of the parties who have contributed more than his or their just proportion of the expenses, and the plaintiff may recover, as costs,
• § 70030 — The people of a county or a portion of a county, whether the portion includes unincorporated territory or not, may form a levee district for the protection of the lands of the district from overflow a
• § 70031 — The formation petition shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district and shall pray that it be incorporated into a district.
• § 70032 — The formation petition shall be signed by at least 50 percent of the landowners and shall also be signed by the owners of 50 percent of the land to be included in the levee district.
• § 70033 — The county elections official of the county containing the proposed district shall publish notice of a hearing on the formation petition pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
• § 70034 — The notice of the hearing on the formation petition shall contain all of the following: (a) The text of the petition, which need be set forth only once even though contained upon more than one instrum
• § 70035 — No defects in the contents of the petition, or in the form of the required notice, shall vitiate the formation proceedings, if the petition has a sufficient number of qualified signatures attached.
• § 70036 — The formation petition shall be presented and considered at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district is to be situated.
• § 70037 — At the time stated in the notice of the hearing the board of supervisors shall hear the petition, and shall hear from any of those who signed the petition and who wish to appear, and shall consider an
• § 70038 — At the hearing of the formation petition the board of supervisors shall determine whether or not the petition complies with this part and for that purpose shall hear all competent and relevant testimo
• § 70039 — At the final hearing the board of supervisors may make changes in the boundaries of the proposed district, as may be deemed advisable, and shall then describe the boundaries of the proposed district.
• § 70040 — Upon the final determination of the boundaries of the proposed district, the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of a formation election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose
• § 70041 — The notice of the formation election shall contain: (a) The date of the election.
• § 70041.1 — 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
• § 70041.2 — 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
• § 70041.3 — 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
• § 70041.4 — 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
• § 70042 — At the formation election: (a) The measure “Shall the proposition to form ____ Levee District under the Levee District Law of 1959 be adopted?” shall be submitted.
• § 70043 — The election shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner provided by the Elections Code, so far as applicable, except as otherwise provided in this part.
• § 70044 — If less than a majority of the votes cast are in favor of formation, the formation shall fail, but without prejudice to renewing proceedings at any time in the future.
• § 70045 — If a majority of the votes cast at the formation election are in favor of forming the district, the board of supervisors shall, by an order entered on its minutes, declare the territory formed as a di
• § 70046 — No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of the formation election, not substantially adversely affecting the legal rights of any citizen shall invalidate the organizatio
• § 70047 — Except as provided in Section 70038, any proceeding, contesting the validity of the organization of a levee district pursuant to this part, shall be commenced within three months from the date of the
• § 7005 — When two or more persons are using any conduit, well, or pumping plant for the conveyance of water or any part thereof for the irrigation of land or for any other lawful purpose, to the construction o
• § 7006 — The complaint shall contain the names, if known, of all users, and if there are users whose names are unknown, a statement that they are unknown.
• § 7007 — The users other than those bringing the action shall be styled defendants.
• § 70070 — A district shall have a board of three directors, each of whom shall be an elector of the district.
• § 70071 — The three directors elected at the election held pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code), or appoi
• § 70072 — Any vacancies in the offices of the directors shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
• § 70073 — Each director shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take an oath of office and file the same with the county clerk.
• § 70074 — The majority of the members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 70075 — The directors shall keep a minute book in which shall be entered the proceedings of all meetings and shall keep an office for the transaction of the district’s business.
• § 70076 — The directors shall hold regular meetings on the second Monday of each and every month.