California

Water Code

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

• § 70078 — Each member of the board shall receive compensation for services actually and necessarily performed, as the board determines to be just and reasonable, and shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily
• § 7008 — The summons shall contain the names of the parties, and an order to the defendants to appear and show cause why the determination of rights as prayed for in the complaint should not be granted.
• § 7009 — The court shall determine the manner in which all improvements, repairs, maintenance and other matters relating to the conduit, well, or pumping plant shall be authorized, and thereafter no user of su
• § 70090 — The treasurer of the county in which a district is located shall be the treasurer of the district.
• § 70091 — The treasurer, tax collector, auditor, and assessor shall each enter into a bond to the district in an amount to be determined by the board of directors for the faithful performance of their official
• § 70092 — The directors may appoint a district engineer.
• § 70093 — The directors shall have the power to employ an attorney or attorneys for the purpose of advising them or advising other officers of the district and to prosecute or defend actions brought by or again
• § 7010 — The decree shall include a determination of the proportionate amount which all users shall contribute to the maintenance, repair, improvement and other expenses relating to the conduit, well, or pumpi
• § 70120 — Except as otherwise provided in this part, districts governed under this part are subject to the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10
• § 70121 — In order to vote at any district election, including the formation election, a person must be a qualified elector of the district.
• § 70150 — The district may acquire by purchase, condemnation, gift or other action, drains, canals, sluices, bulkheads, watergates, levees, embankments, pumping plants and pipelines and to purchase, construct o
• § 70151 — The district may co-operate and contract with the United States, the State of California, or any department or agency of either, in order to accomplish any of the purposes of the district.
• § 70200 — 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.
• § 70201 — The auditor shall keep all necessary and proper books of account which shall contain all receipts and expenditures with their source and nature.
• § 70202 — All moneys received or collected for or on behalf of the district shall be paid to the treasurer in the same manner as county money is paid to the treasurer.
• § 70203 — The treasurer shall pay out funds only on warrants drawn by the auditor upon district funds in the same manner as county money is paid out.
• § 70204 — Claims for salaries and services shall be sworn and approved by the board of directors before a warrant is drawn for the same.
• § 70230 — The board of directors shall avail itself of the equalized assessment roll of the county in which the district is situated, and take such assessments as the basis for district taxation.
• § 70231 — On or before the third Monday in August each year, the county auditor shall transmit to the board of directors a written statement showing the total value of all taxable land and improvements within t
• § 70234 — The board of directors shall meet on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of September of each year to determine the rate of tax to be levied for district purposes for the next ensuing year.
• § 70235 — The board shall, after fixing the tax rate, certify the same to the county auditor.
• § 70237 — The county auditor shall compute the district tax on the property within the district using the rate of levy so fixed by the board and the assessed value as found in such assessment roll.
• § 70238 — The district taxes shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes.
• § 70239 — All taxes levied under the provisions of this part shall be a lien on the property on which they are levied.
• § 70240 — The tax collector shall sell to the district, for the nonpayment of taxes, the property assessed at the same time and in the same manner as property assessed for state and county taxes is sold.
• § 70241 — All acts of the officials of the district in the levy and collection of district taxes shall be given the same credence and shall have the same presumptions as to the regularity of such actions as are
• § 70242 — All deeds executed by the officers of the district shall be conclusive as to all recitals contained therein and that all acts required by law have been regularly done, and all steps required by law ha
• § 70243 — The tax collector shall, when requested, furnish the board a complete list of all delinquent taxes, of the persons owing the same and a certified copy of the assessment contained in the assessment rol
• § 70244 — In the case of a sale of property for taxes or assessments, except where the sale is conducted and the funds are accounted for as provided in Division 1 (commencing with Section 101) of the Revenue an
• § 70270 — Whenever any district formed under the Protection District Act of 1880 or any other act for the protection of lands from overflow desires to reorganize under this part the district may bring itself wi
• § 70271 — The original district directors shall be deemed the successors and legal representatives of the district so reorganized.
• § 70272 — This reorganization shall in no manner impair any obligation heretofore legally incurred by the reorganized levee district.
• § 7030 — As used in this chapter, “conduit” includes canal, ditch, culvert, pipeline, flume, or other appliance for conducting water.
• § 7031 — As used in this chapter, except in Section 7034, “highway” includes both state and county highways as defined by or identified in the Streets and Highways Code.
• § 7031.5 — As used in this chapter, “bridge” means a structure constructed to allow the conducting of water underneath by canal, ditch, flume or other uncovered appliance for conducting water.
• § 7032 — No conduit shall be laid, constructed, or maintained so as to obstruct any highway.
• § 7033 — Every person or public district or agency who or which initially constructs, or improves for his or its own benefit, any conduit crossing or running along any pre-existing highway, shall construct or
• § 7034 — Bridges or conduits heretofore or hereafter constructed in a permanent manner, whether by encroachment permit or otherwise, which cross county highways and which have been constructed or brought up to
• § 7035 — Whenever any conduit for conducting water crosses a highway and no written records exist showing that the highway rights-of-way existed prior to the conduit rights-of-way, it shall be conclusively pre
• § 7036 — Any public district or private utility and any county may enter into a contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of locating, removing, repairing, or relocating any facilities owne
• § 7040 — The flow of water in any natural stream to the intake of any canal diverting water from the stream for any public use, or the use of any farming neighborhood may be maintained by the person in charge
• § 7041 — The flow may be maintained by restoring or repairing any break in the bank of the stream, by maintaining the banks of the stream, and by preventing by physical structure and other appropriate means an
• § 7042 — No act authorized in this chapter when performed, shall prevent, retard or obstruct the building and maintenance thereafter of any reclamation, protection, or flood control levee.
• § 7043 — No act authorized in this chapter shall prevent the use or enlargement of any natural channel for municipal purposes or for use in connection with any artificial system of drainage, irrigation, or flo
• § 7043.5 — Only as applied to the New River in Imperial County, as used in this chapter, “use or enlargement of any natural channel for municipal purposes” includes, but is not limited to, sewage treatment and p
• § 7044 — No act authorized in this chapter shall prevent the use or enlargement of any natural channel to convey water appropriated under the laws of this State, where the channel is designated as the means, o
• § 7045 — No acts authorized by this chapter shall limit the powers of the Department of Water Resources to accomplish in its own way the purposes of this chapter nor interfere with the construction of any floo
• § 7047 — No person may alter, divert or deflect the course of any nonnavigable stream in any surface mining dredging operation without first obtaining the approval of the board of supervisors of the county in
• § 7048 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the protection, restoration, and enhancement of urban creek channels provide potential benefits to the state by combining an effective and efficient
• § 7049 — (a) Upon an appropriation of funds from the Legislature, the department shall establish a program to implement watershed-based riverine and riparian stewardship improvements by providing technical and
• § 7050 — Every person owning or occupying lands upon the bank of any stream where the lands lying back of the stream are lower than the bank, is responsible for all damages sustained by the owners or occupants
• § 7051 — If the cuts were made for the purpose of irrigation, and headgates and culverts were installed which competent persons consider sufficient to restrain the water, and if great diligence was used to pre
• § 7075 — Water which has been appropriated may be turned into the channel of another stream, mingled with its water, and then reclaimed; but in reclaiming it the water already appropriated by another shall not
• § 7080 — (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2030, a water supplier shall have access to sufficient backup energy sources to operate critical fire suppression infrastructure needed to supply water for at least 24 hours
• § 71000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Water District Law of 1911.
• § 71010 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• § 71011 — The definition of a word applies to any of its variants.
• § 71012 — “City” means any chartered or general law city.
• § 71013 — “District” means a municipal water district formed pursuant to the Municipal Water District Act of 1911 or this division.
• § 71014 — “Board” means the board of directors of a district.
• § 71015 — “Principal county” means the county in which the greater portion of the land of a district or a proposed district is situated.
• § 71016 — “Affected county” means any county in which the land of a district, or proposed district, is situated.
• § 71017 — “Voter” means a voter as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code.
• § 71018 — “President” means the president of the board of directors of a district.
• § 71019 — “Secretary” means the secretary of a district.
• § 71030 — Nothing in this division shall be construed as repealing or modifying any other law relating to water or the supply of water to cities, or the acquisition thereof by cities.
• § 71032 — The inclusion in, or annexation or addition to, a district, of the territory of any public corporation or agency shall not destroy the identity or legal existence, or impair the powers, of the public
• § 71034 — Except as otherwise provided in Sections 72322 and 72341, whenever provision is made in this division for notice in a county, it shall be construed to require notice in each affected county.
• § 71035 — Except with respect to formation proceedings, in any district containing lands situated in more than one county, all papers required by this division to be filed with a county clerk shall be filed wit
• § 71036 — Except as otherwise provided in this division, procedure relating to formation, fiscal matters, and taxation in districts containing lands situated in more than one county shall conform as near as may
• § 71050 — Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this part, “county clerk” means the county clerk of the principal county.
• § 71051 — Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this part, “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
• § 71052 — As used in this part, “application” means an application for the initiation of proceedings for the formation of a district under the provisions of the Knox-Nisbet Act, Chapter 6.
• § 71060 — The people of any county or counties, or of any portions thereof, whether such portions include unincorporated territory only or incorporated territory of any city or cities, or both such incorporated
• § 71061 — The cities proposed to be included in the district need not be contiguous, and the unincorporated territory may consist of one or more parcels which need not be contiguous to each other or to any such
• § 71070 — As used in this article, “territory of a city” means the corporate area of the city and all territory as to which proceedings for annexation to the city have been commenced by a valid petition filed w
• § 71071 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, if an application includes any portion of a city, the entire territory of the city, at the time of filing the application, shall be included within the bo
• § 71072 — If an application includes any territory within the boundaries of a proposed city for which a valid petition for incorporation has been filed with the board of supervisors of the affected county, the
• § 71073 — If an application is filed, and proceedings for the formation of the district are commenced and prosecuted, in the manner and within the time specified by this part, the inclusion within the boundarie
• § 71074 — If an application is filed, and proceedings for the formation of the district are commenced and prosecuted, in the manner and within the time specified by this part, the inclusion within the boundarie
• § 71078 — The inclusion within the boundaries of a proposed district of territory formed into a new city or annexed to an existing city, pursuant to proceedings which were not commenced by the filing of a valid
• § 71079 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if, prior to the filing of a formation petition, any portion of the corporate area of a city is included within an existing municipal water distric
• § 71080 — If, subsequent to the approval of an application which includes a portion of the corporate area of a city, but prior to the filing of the formation petition, such portion of the corporate area of the
• § 71081 — If, subsequent to the approval of an application of intention, but prior to circulating the formation petition, a valid petition is filed with, or a resolution is adopted by, the governing body of a c
• § 71120 — A petition for the formation of a district, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the county elections official.
• § 71121 — The formation petition shall be signed by voters equal in number to at least 10 per centum of the voters registered within the boundaries of the proposed district 30 days prior to the date the petitio
• § 71122 — If only a portion of the corporate area of a city is included within a proposed district, and 12 or more registered voters reside within such portion of the city, the formation petition shall be signe
• § 71123 — The formation petition shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district and shall contain a prayer that the proposed district be formed pursuant to this division.
• § 71124 — Except as otherwise authorized in this part, the boundaries of the proposed district shall be described in the formation petition in the same manner as in the declaration of intention and shall includ
• § 71125 — The circulation of a formation petition shall be commenced by the proponents within 30 days from the date of the filing of the declaration of intention with the county elections official.
• § 71126 — Within 30 days of the date of the filing of the formation petition, the county elections official shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the requisite number of voters.
• § 71127 — When the county elections official has completed the examination of the formation petition, he or she shall attach to it the certificate, properly dated, showing the result of the examination.
• § 71128 — If the county elections official finds from the examination that the formation petition is signed by the requisite number of voters residing within the boundaries of the proposed district, and within
• § 71129 — If the county elections official certifies in the certificate that the formation petition is insufficient, he or she shall also certify therein to the number of voters required to make the petition su
• § 71130 — Within 30 days after the filing of any supplemental petition or petitions, the county elections official shall examine them and certify to the result of the examination as provided in Sections 71126 t
• § 71131 — If any supplemental petition is filed, all the signatures on the original and supplemental petitions shall be considered in determining the number of voters signing the petition.
• § 71132 — After the time for filing supplemental petitions has expired and all supplemental petitions have been examined, if the county elections official’s certificate shows that the formation petition is insu
• § 71133 — If the county elections official’s certificate shows that the formation petition is sufficient, the county elections official shall present the petition to the board of supervisors without delay.
• § 71134 — After an election for the formation of a proposed district, the sufficiency of the formation petition shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned.
• § 71160 — When a formation petition is presented to it, the board of supervisors shall make an order dividing the proposed district into five divisions in such manner as to equalize, as nearly as practicable, t
• § 71161 — When the order dividing the proposed district into five divisions is made, the board of supervisors shall by resolution or ordinance call and provide for the holding of an election in the proposed dis
• § 71162 — The formation election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of adoption of the resolution or ordinance calling the election.
• § 71163 — Notice of the formation election shall be published once, not less than one week nor more than four weeks prior to the election, in at least one newspaper but not exceeding three newspapers, printed a
• § 71163.1 — 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
• § 71163.2 — 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
• § 71163.3 — 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
• § 71163.4 — 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
• § 71164 — The notice of the formation election shall contain the following: (a) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district and its divisions.
• § 71165 — The following measure shall be submitted at the formation election: “Shall the proposition to form the ____ Municipal Water District under the Municip
• § 71166 — No person may vote at any formation election unless he is a voter.
• § 71167 — Within seven days after the formation election the board of supervisors shall canvass the vote.
• § 71168 — If less than a majority of the votes cast in any affected county are in favor of the proposition, the formation of the district fails, but without prejudice to renewing proceedings at any time after s
• § 71169 — The first directors shall be elected at the formation election.
• § 71170 — One director shall be elected for each division by the voters of the division.
• § 71171 — Except as otherwise provided in this division, the candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, the election shall be held and conducted, the vote canvassed, the result declared, a
• § 71172 — If a majority of the votes cast in each affected county at the formation election favor the formation of the district, each candidate for director who receives the highest number of votes in his divis
• § 71190 — If a majority of the votes cast in each affected county at the formation election favor the formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall, by an order entered on its minutes, declare the t
• § 71191 — The county clerk shall immediately cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each affected county, a certificate stating that the proposition to form the district was adopted.
• § 71192 — Upon the receipt of the county clerk’s certificate, or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting that the munic
• § 71193 — A copy of the Secretary of State’s certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of each affected county.
• § 71194 — From and after the date of filing the county clerk’s certificate with the Secretary of State, the district named therein is incorporated as a municipal water district, with all the rights, privileges
• § 71195 — No informality in any proceeding, or in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall invalidate the incorporation of any municipal water di
• § 71196 — Any proceeding wherein the validity of the incorporation of a district is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of the Secretary of State’s certificate of incorporation; otherwis
• § 71250 — The board of directors shall consist of five members.
• § 71250.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 71250, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single municipal water
• § 71250.5 — If a director moves his or her residence, as defined in Section 244 of the Government Code, outside the boundaries of that director’s division, and if within 180 days of the move or the effective date
• § 71251 — The directors elected at the formation election shall classify themselves by lot so that two of them shall hold office until the election and qualification of their successors at the first succeeding
• § 71252 — Each director elected subsequent to the formation election shall hold office for a term of four years from and after the date for his taking of office and until the election and qualification of his s
• § 71253 — Except for the directors elected at a formation election, directors elected to office shall take office at noon on the first Friday in December succeeding their election.
• § 71254 — Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of director it shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code, by a qualified person, who shall be a resident of, and otherwise qualified to be
• § 71255 — Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board or for each day’s service rendered as a direct
• § 71256 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law any person who represents a municipal water district on the board of directors of any metropolitan water district formed pursuant to the Metropolitan Water D
• § 71260 — This chapter applies only to the Three Valleys Municipal Water District.
• § 71261 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Board of Directors of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District shall consist of seven directors.
• § 71262 — The board shall establish the boundaries of the seven divisions from which directors are elected in accordance with Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 71540) of Part 4.
• § 71265 — For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “District” means the Central Basin Municipal Water District.
• § 71266 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) and notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the board of directors of the district shall be composed of seven directors as follows: (1) Four dir
• § 71267 — (a) The general manager of the district shall notify each water purveyor of the district and provide a 60-day period during which the district will accept nominations for appointment of individuals to
• § 71270 — The board is the governing body of the district.
• § 71271 — The board shall hold its first meeting as soon as possible after the election and certification of the first board of directors and not later than the sixth Monday after the date of the formation elec
• § 71272 — At its first meeting, the board shall provide for the time and place of holding its meetings and the manner in which its special meetings may be called.
• § 71273 — At its first meeting, and at its first meeting in the month of January of each odd-numbered year, the board shall elect one of its members president.
• § 71274 — A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; however, no ordinance, motion or resolution shall be passed to become effective without the affirmative vote of a maj
• § 71276 — The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion.
• § 71277 — On all ordinances the roll shall be called and the ayes and noes recorded in the journal of the proceedings of the board.
• § 71278 — Resolutions and motions may be adopted by voice vote, but on demand of any member of the board the roll shall be called.
• § 71279 — Votes of the members of the board shall not be cast or exercised by proxy.
• § 71280 — The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors of ____ Municipal Water District as follows:”.
• § 71281 — The board may enact any ordinance which adopts any code by reference following the procedures, definitions and provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 50020) of Chapter 1, Part 1, Division 1,
• § 71282 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 71300 — All powers, privileges, and duties of a district shall be exercised and performed by the board.
• § 71301 — Any executive, administrative, and ministerial powers may be delegated and redelegated by the board to any of the offices created by this part or by the board.
• § 71302 — The board may fix the time and place or places at which its regular meetings will be held, and shall provide for the calling and holding of special meetings.
• § 71303 — The board may fix the location of the principal place of business of the district and the location of all offices and departments maintained under this division.
• § 71304 — The board may prescribe by ordinance a system of business administration.
• § 71305 — The board may create any necessary offices and establish and re-establish the powers, duties, and compensation of all officers and employees.
• § 71306 — The board may require and fix the amount of all official bonds necessary for the protection of the funds and property of the district.
• § 71307 — The board may prescribe by ordinance a system of civil service.
• § 71308 — The board may by ordinance delegate and redelegate to the officers of the district the power to employ clerical, legal, and engineering assistants and labor.
• § 71309 — The board may by ordinance delegate and redelegate to officers of the district, under such conditions and restrictions as shall be fixed by the board, the power to bind the district by contract.
• § 71310 — The board may prescribe a method of auditing and allowing or rejecting claims and demands.
• § 71311 — The board shall designate a depository or depositories to have the custody of the funds of the district.
• § 71312 — The board of a district in existence on the effective date of this section shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State on or before January 1, 1964, listing: (a) The name of the district.
• § 71312.5 — A district may issue bonds, borrow money, and incur indebtedness as authorized by law or this division.
• § 71313 — A district may refund such bonds, loans, or indebtedness (by the issuance of the same obligations following the same procedure) or retire any indebtedness or lien that may exist against the district o
• § 71314 — A district may insure its directors, officers, assistants, employees, agents, and deputies for injury, death, or disability incurred while engaged in the business of the district and the cost of such
• § 71340 — 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, and shall define their duties a
• § 71341 — The board may employ such additional assistants and employees as it deems necessary to efficiently maintain and operate the district.
• § 71341.5 — (a) A district may employ park rangers who shall have the authority and powers conferred by subdivision (d) of Section 830.
• § 71342 — The board may consolidate the offices of secretary and treasurer.
• § 71360 — The president and secretary, in addition to the duties imposed on them by law, shall perform such duties as may be imposed on them by the board.
• § 71361 — 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 have been audited and approved in the manner prescribed
• § 71362 — Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, the general manager shall have full charge and control of the maintenance, operation, and construction of the waterworks or waterworks system of the
• § 71363 — The general manager shall perform such duties as may be imposed on him by the board.
• § 71364 — The attorney shall be the legal adviser of the district and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board.
• § 71365 — The general manager, secretary, and treasurer, and other employees or assistants of the district designated by the board, shall give such bonds to the district conditioned for the faithful performance
• § 71450 — As used in this part: (a) “District election” means every election held within the district for district purposes, but does not include a formation election.
• § 71451 — Except as otherwise provided in this division, the provisions of the Elections Code, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all district elections.
• § 71452 — 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.
• § 71453 — No person shall vote at any district election unless he is a voter residing in the division of the district in which he casts his vote.
• § 71454 — Except with respect to formation elections, whenever lands situated in more than one county are included in a district: (a) The secretary shall perform all duties prescribed by law to be performed by
• § 71461 — In counties in which districts are located, the county elections official may have printed upon the official ballots provided for voters at elections for directors a heading in the same form as that p
• § 71462 — The ballots provided for voters at elections for directors shall be furnished by the precinct officers only to those voters within their respective precincts who appear on the register as duly registe
• § 71463 — In precincts which lie only partly within a district, the precinct board shall be supplied with two kinds of ballots by the county elections official, one of which shall contain the matters set forth
• § 71473 — If any district election is consolidated with any state or county election, the voting precincts, polling places, and election officers for the district election shall be the same as those established
• § 71500 — The successors to the first directors shall be elected or chosen at the times and in the manner provided in this chapter.
• § 71501 — One director, who shall be a resident of the division and shall be elected by the voters thereof, shall be elected for each of the five divisions of the district.
• § 71502 — Except as to the election of the first directors, directors shall be elected at the general district election.
• § 71503 — Each candidate for director who at the general district election receives the highest number of votes cast for the candidate for that office is elected as a director of the district.
• § 71505 — 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
• § 71512 — A person appointed to office of director shall qualify and take office and serve exactly as if elected at a general district election.
• § 71530 — Ordinances may be passed by the voters of a district in accordance with the methods provided by the Elections Code for direct legislation in cities.
• § 71531 — Ordinances may be disapproved and vetoed by the voters of a district in accordance with the methods provided by the Elections Code for protesting against legislation in cities.
• § 71540 — 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.
• § 71590 — A district may exercise the powers which are expressly granted by this division or are necessarily implied.
• § 71591 — A district may: (a) Have perpetual succession.
• § 71592 — A district may make contracts, employ labor, and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its powers.
• § 71593 — A district may provide by ordinance for the pensioning of officers or employees, for the terms and conditions under which such pensions shall be awarded, and for the time and extent of service of offi
• § 71594 — A district may, in the ordinance providing for the pensioning of officers and employees, create a special fund for the purpose of paying such pensions and provide for the accumulation of contributions
• § 71595 — A district may contract with any insurance corporation, the State Employees’ Retirement System, or any other insurance carrier for the maintenance of a service covering the pension of the district off