California

Water Code

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

• § 73502 — (a) The city, on or before February 1, 2003, shall adopt the program of capital improvement projects designed to restore and improve the bay area regional water system that are described in the capita
• § 73503 — (a) The city, in consultation with the association and the offices of emergency services in Alameda County, Santa Clara County, and San Mateo County, shall prepare an emergency response plan describin
• § 73504 — (a) Commencing in 2003, a regional wholesale water supplier shall submit a report to the Legislature and the State Water Resources Control Board on or before February 1 of each year, describing the pr
• § 73505 — The State Department of Health Services shall conduct an audit, or arrange for an audit to be performed by contract, of the city’s program of maintenance of the bay area regional water system prior to
• § 73506 — The State Department of Health Services shall conduct an audit of the regional water systems operated by all regional wholesale water suppliers, other than the city, subject to this division and shall
• § 73508 — If the city and the bay area wholesale customers that are public agencies form a special district with authority and responsibility to own, operate, and manage the bay area regional water system and w
• § 73510 — Notwithstanding Section 116500 of the Health and Safety Code, the State Water Resources Control Board shall ensure that the bay area regional water system is operated in compliance with the California
• § 73511 — A special district composed of some or all of the bay area wholesale customers may receive state funds for the purpose of protecting the bay area regional water system against seismic risk, without re
• § 73512 — A regional wholesale water supplier shall reimburse the state for all costs incurred by the State Department of Public Health or the Seismic Safety Commission in carrying out the duties imposed by thi
• § 73513 — Nothing in this division affects the rights and obligations of the city, the Modesto Irrigation District, or the Turlock Irrigation District, as between themselves, whether arising from statute or con
• § 73513.5 — Nothing in this division changes the governance, control, or ownership of the bay area regional water system.
• § 73514 — This division shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2036, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2036, deletes or extends that date.
• § 74000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Water Conservation District Law of 1931.
• § 74001 — This division shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes and intent hereof.
• § 74010 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• § 74011 — The definition of a word applies to any of its variants.
• § 74012 — “District” means a water conservation district formed pursuant to the Conservation Act of California (Chapter 332, Statutes of 1919), the Water Conservation Act of 1929 (Chapter 166, Statutes of 1929)
• § 74013 — “Board” means the board of directors of a district.
• § 74014 — “Principal county” means the county in which the lands within a district or a proposed district, or the greater portion thereof, are situated, and is the county in which the petition for the formation
• § 74015 — “Affected county” means any county in which the land of a district is situated.
• § 74016 — “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
• § 74017 — “President” means the president of the board of directors of a district and “secretary” means the secretary of the board of directors.
• § 74018 — “Treasurer” means the treasurer of the principal county.
• § 74019 — “General district election” means the election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year, after the organization of the district, at which directors for th
• § 74030 — A district may be organized and established by the board of supervisors of any county in this state, as expressly provided in this part, when the conditions stated in this part are found to exist, and
• § 74031 — A district may be organized upon petition by the qualified electors in an area comprising the whole or a part or parts of one or more watersheds of any stream or streams of water or unnavigable river
• § 74032 — A district may be entirely within unincorporated territory or partly within unincorporated and partly within incorporated territory, and may be within one or more counties.
• § 74033 — The territory to be included within a district need not be contiguous.
• § 74050 — A petition for the formation of a district, signed by at least 20 percent or 500 of the qualified electors within the proposed district, shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the principal
• § 74051 — Any elector residing within the proposed district, whose name appears on the register of voters of the last general election, or on the register of voters at any time within 30 days preceding the pres
• § 74052 — The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the proposed boundaries of the district, shall pray that the district be organized under the provisions of this division, and shall propose a nam
• § 74053 — The petition shall be published once a week for at least three weeks before the presentation to the board of supervisors in some newspaper printed and published in the principal county, together with
• § 74054 — The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, and, when contained upon more than one instrument, one copy only of the petition need be published, but the names of all the petitioners
• § 74055 — All copies of the petition filed prior to the hearing of the petition shall be considered by the board of supervisors the same as though filed with the petition first placed on file.
• § 74056 — The petition may include a statement that all bonds of the district and all bonds of any improvement district created therein shall be payable from assessments to be levied upon all real property in t
• § 74070 — When a formation petition is presented, the board of supervisors shall hear it, and may adjourn the hearing from time to time.
• § 74071 — On the final hearing the board of supervisors shall make such changes in the proposed boundaries as may be deemed advisable, and shall define and establish such boundaries.
• § 74072 — Any person whose lands would be benefited by the district may, upon his application and in the discretion of the board of supervisors, have such lands included within the proposed district.
• § 74073 — Upon the hearing of the formation petition the board of supervisors shall determine whether or not the petition complies with the requirements of this division, and for that purpose shall hear all com
• § 74074 — No defect in the contents of the formation petition, or in the title to or form of the notice, or signature, shall vitiate any proceedings thereon; provided, such petition or petitions have a sufficie
• § 74075 — The determination of the board of supervisors shall be entered upon the minutes of the board.
• § 74076 — If the board of supervisors finds that protest has been made prior to its final determination for formation of the district, by the owners of land, or by the owners of real property in the event of th
• § 74090 — When the boundaries of the proposed district are defined and established by the board of supervisors, it shall make an order dividing the district into three, five, or seven divisions, as requested in
• § 74091 — One director, who shall be an elector of the division, shall be elected from each division by vote of the electors of the division in which such director resides.
• § 74092 — When the order dividing the proposed district into divisions has been made, the board of supervisors shall call an election within the proposed district to determine whether the district shall be form
• § 74093 — The formation election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after the date of filing the formation petition.
• § 74094 — The board of supervisors shall divide the district, and the divisions thereof, into convenient precincts and fix a polling place in each precinct.
• § 74095 — The board of supervisors shall appoint an inspector, a judge, and two clerks for each of the precincts established to conduct the election.
• § 74096 — The inspector shall be chairman of the election board, and may appoint judges and clerks, if, during the progress of the election, any judge or clerk cease to act.
• § 74097 — The formation election shall be called by publication of notice thereof in a daily or weekly paper in each of the counties in which the district is situated, if there is one, at least once a week for
• § 74098 — The notice of the formation election shall designate a name for the proposed district and describe the boundaries thereof.
• § 74099 — The board of supervisors shall require the clerk of the board to provide and furnish ballots for the formation election.
• § 74100 — A nominating petition for a director in any division shall be signed by 10 or more electors entitled to vote in such division and shall be filed with the board of supervisors calling the formation ele
• § 74101 — The ballots shall contain instructions that the voters shall completely select the voting target next to the words that indicate the voter’s choice.
• § 74102 — The ballots shall contain as many blank spaces for the names of directors as there are directors to be elected, and the writing of the name of any qualified person in any of the spaces shall be deemed
• § 74103 — Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the formation election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this state so far as applicable.
• § 74104 — The election officers shall publicly count the votes immediately after the close of the formation election, and shall make a report of the result of the election to the board of supervisors within fiv
• § 74105 — The board of supervisors shall, on the first Monday succeeding the formation election, if then in session, or at its next meeting, general or special, proceed to canvass the votes cast at the election
• § 74106 — Where a vote to form a district is lost, no petition for the formation of a district comprising any portion of the same territory shall be presented or considered for a period of 12 months thereafter.
• § 74120 — If a majority of all the votes cast at the formation election are “Water conservation district—Yes,” the board of supervisors shall by an order entered in its minutes declare the territory duly formed
• § 74121 — The board of supervisors shall immediately cause a copy of the order declaring the district formed, duly certified by the clerk of the board, to be filed for record in the office of the county recorde
• § 74122 — The clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately file with the Secretary of State a certificate listing: (a) The name of the district.
• § 74130 — The formation election may be contested by any person holding property within the proposed district liable to be assessed for the raising of funds to carry out the purposes of the district.
• § 74131 — The directors elected at the formation election shall be made parties defendant in the election contest.
• § 74132 — The election contest shall be brought in the superior court of the principal county.
• § 74133 — The court shall immediately try the election contest, and determine, upon the hearing, whether the election was fairly conducted and in substantial compliance with the requirements of this division.
• § 74134 — The election contest shall be brought within 20 days after the canvass of the votes and declaration of the result by the board of supervisors.
• § 74135 — Either party to the record may appeal to the Supreme Court of this state within 30 days from entry of judgment.
• § 74136 — The appeal shall be heard and determined by the Supreme Court within 60 days from the time of filing the notice of appeal.
• § 74200 — The board of directors shall consist of three, five, or seven members, depending on the number of divisions in the district.
• § 74200.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a sing
• § 74201 — The directors elected at the formation election shall immediately enter upon their duties as such upon qualifying in the manner provided in this chapter.
• § 74202 — The directors of any district who are elected shall hold office pursuant to Section 10505 of the Elections Code.
• § 74203 — Each director elected subsequent to the formation election shall hold office for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified.
• § 74204 — Vacancies occurring in the board, by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
• § 74205 — Upon his election or appointment, each person who shall be elected or appointed to the office of director shall qualify as such by taking and subscribing to an official oath and executing and filing a
• § 74206 — Each director shall execute an official bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
• § 74207 — All official bonds shall be in the form prescribed by law for the official bonds of county officers.
• § 74208 — 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
• § 74209 — (a) A district with a board consisting of seven directors may reduce the number of directors to five pursuant to this section.
• § 74220 — On the first Tuesday next following the formation election, as to the first board, and at the first meeting of the board following the time of taking office of the directors elected in each subsequent
• § 74221 — The board shall manage and conduct the business and affairs of the district.
• § 74222 — The office of the board may be established by it at some proper and convenient place within or near the district, but after the office is once established, it shall not be changed without giving notic
• § 74223 — The board shall hold regular meetings in its office on the first Tuesday in March, June, September, and December, and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business.
• § 74224 — Notwithstanding Section 74223, the board may, by resolution, change the day and location for holding regular meetings.
• § 74225 — Special meetings may be ordered by the president or by a majority of the members of the board, specifying in writing the business to be transacted.
• § 74226 — All meetings of the board shall be open to the public.
• § 74227 — A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 74228 — A minute of all proceedings of the board shall be kept by the secretary.
• § 74228.5 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 74229 — The board shall, annually, make and render a verified statement of the financial condition of the district, showing particularly the receipts and disbursements of the last preceding year, together wit
• § 74250 — At each of its organization meetings the board shall elect a president from their number, and shall appoint a secretary, who shall each hold office at the pleasure of the board.
• § 74251 — The secretary need not be one of the directors.
• § 74252 — The salary of the secretary and the amount of the bond to be given for the faithful performance of his duties shall be fixed by the board.
• § 74253 — The bond of the secretary shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of the principal county and then filed with the district.
• § 74430 — 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.
• § 74431 — Before any change of the boundaries of the divisions is made pursuant to Section 74430, the board shall give notice of its intention to do so.
• § 74432 — The notice of intention to change the boundaries of the divisions shall be published at least once a week for two weeks before the time appointed for the hearing in some newspaper or newspapers publis
• § 74433 — If land is excluded from a district pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 75750) of Part 10 of this division, the board not less than 30 days before any election in the district, may reestabl
• § 74434 — If land is included within a district pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 75850) of Part 10 of this division, the board shall, not less than 30 days before any election in the district, ree
• § 74435 — If another district is annexed to a district pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 75940) of Part 10 of this division the board of the annexing district shall reestablish the boundaries of th
• § 74450 — The provisions of this chapter apply only to districts within Ventura County.
• § 74451 — Except as provided in this chapter every district within Ventura County shall be governed by the provisions of this division.
• § 74460 — The number of members of the board and the basis for dividing a district into divisions for the election of directors may be changed in the manner prescribed in this chapter.
• § 74461 — The change may be initiated by the board by resolution or may be initiated by a petition signed by not less than 5 percent of the electors of the district.
• § 74462 — If the divisions are based on population, the population of each as determined by the last published decennial federal census shall be substantially equal in population.
• § 74463 — When such change has been initiated the board within 60 days thereafter shall submit to the board of supervisors its report thereon containing a map or description of recommended division boundaries i
• § 74464 — Within 40 days after receipt of the report of the board, the board of supervisors may change the division boundaries recommended by the board provided such change is in accordance with such resolution
• § 74465 — The clerk of the board of supervisors shall cause a notice of the time and place of the hearing to be given by publication within the district in accordance with Section 6066 of the Government Code.
• § 74466 — (a) The board of supervisors shall hear all interested persons and may adjourn the hearing from time to time.
• § 74467 — The election on the proposed redivision of the district shall be held in the same manner as elections for the formation of a district so far as applicable.
• § 74468 — Directors to fill vacancies in new divisions in the event the redivision is approved by the voters shall be nominated and elected at the same election in the same manner as for election of directors o
• § 74469 — Following approval by the voters of a redivision of the district, the directors shall, to the extent necessary, classify themselves in the manner provided by Section 74202.
• § 74470 — If the board of supervisors, at any time after making an order as provided by Section 74466 and prior to the election on the proposed redivision of the district, finds that it is in the public interes
• § 74500 — A district may: (a) Have perpetual succession.
• § 74501 — A district may make contracts and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its powers.
• § 74502 — A district may appoint and employ such engineer or engineers and such attorney or attorneys as the board deems necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of the district.
• § 74503 — A district may employ and hire such men, teams, tools, implements, machinery, and equipment as the board deems expedient or advisable to perform the work which it deems necessary or advisable to accom
• § 74504 — A district shall cause such work to be done and shall acquire such property as the board deems necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of the district, and the board shall estimate the cost
• § 74505 — A district shall provide for the payment, from the proper fund, of all the debts and just claims against the district.
• § 74506 — A district may disseminate information concerning the rights, properties, activities, plans, and proposals of the district; provided, however, that expenditures during any fiscal year for such purpose
• § 74507 — A district may vote bonds, cause assessments to be levied, cause elections to be held for the voting of bonds, or on the question of special assessments.
• § 74508 — A district may levy and collect a ground water charge for the production of water from the ground water supplies within the district or within a zone or zones thereof in the manner prescribed in Part
• § 74509 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may, by resolution of the board of the district, change the name of the district.
• § 74510 — A district may construct, operate, and maintain one or more plants, which plants are constructed after the effective date of this section, for the generation of hydroelectric power and transmission li
• § 74511 — The hydroelectric plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 74510 may be leased for operation to, or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility or public agency
• § 74520 — A district may make surveys and investigations of the water supply and resources of the district.
• § 74521 — A district may appropriate, acquire, and conserve water and water rights for any useful purpose.
• § 74522 — A district may conserve, store, spread, and sink water and for such purposes may acquire or construct dams, damsites, reservoirs and reservoir sites, canals, ditches and conduits, spreading basins, si
• § 74523 — A district may maintain, operate, and repair any of the works described in Section 74522.
• § 74524 — A district may provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such works, facilities, or operations within or without the district boundaries as the board deems necessary to protect the l
• § 74525 — A district may drill, construct, install, and operate wells, pumps, pipelines, conduits, valves, gates, meters, and other appurtenances to such wells, pipelines and conduits, and may pump water theref
• § 74526 — A district may sell, deliver, distribute, or otherwise dispose of any water that may be stored or appropriated, owned, or controlled by the district.
• § 74527 — A district may fix the rates at which water may be sold by the district.
• § 74540 — A district may acquire, construct, maintain, and operate recreational facilities in connection with any dams, reservoirs, or other works owned or controlled by the district.
• § 74541 — A district may fix and assess reasonable charges for the use of the recreational facilities by members of the public, and may deposit any funds collected thereby with the treasurer to the credit of th
• § 74550 — A district, for the full exercise of its powers and the accomplishment of the purposes of this division, may within or without the district: (a) Take real and personal property of every kind by grant,
• § 74551 — The legal title to all property acquired by a district shall immediately and by operation of law vest in such district, and shall be held in trust for and set apart for the uses and purposes set forth
• § 74552 — A district may take conveyances or other assurances for all property acquired by it.
• § 74553 — A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to be used for dams, damsites, reservoirs, reservoir sites, canals, ditches and conduits, spreading basins, sinking w
• § 74554 — The right of eminent domain shall not extend to any property used for, or dedicated to, cemetery purposes.
• § 74570 — A district may cooperate and contract with one or more other districts or public corporations or agencies, whenever, in the opinion of the board, such cooperation or contract is desirable or advantage
• § 74570.5 — A district may contract with any state agency to finance any district improvement authorized by this division that is related to the provision of water for human consumption.
• § 74571 — In furtherance of such cooperation a district may: (a) Join with another district or districts organized under the laws of this state in the acquisition, purchase or construction of works or other pro
• § 74572 — If the district is annexed to a cooperating district, all bonds of the annexed district authorized for payment of its agreed share of the cost and expense of the construction and operation of works or
• § 74590 — A district may contract with any city, city and county, county, or district organized under the laws of this state for a water supply.
• § 74591 — A district may enter into contracts with municipalities, water districts of any type or kind, counties, cities and counties, the State of California, or the United States, under such terms as may be m
• § 74592 — A district may enter into contracts with municipalities, water districts of any type or kind, counties, cities and counties, the State of California, or the United States, under such terms as may be m
• § 74593 — A district, whenever the board deems it to be to the advantage of the district so to do, may: (a) Enter into contracts with municipalities, sanitary districts or other incorporated bodies, either with
• § 74610 — A district may cooperate and contract with the United States either under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or under any other act
• § 74611 — The cooperation or contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Acquisition or construction of works authorized by this division.
• § 74612 — A district may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made.
• § 74613 — As used in this article, “United States” includes the United States, and any board, bureau, agency, office or officers, department, or corporation of the United States.
• § 74614 — The board shall generally perform all acts necessary to exercise the authority conferred by this article, except that if the issuance of bonds of the district is necessary for such purposes, the bonds
• § 74615 — When, in furtherance of a contract made with the United States, bonds of a district are authorized, such bonds may be transferred to or deposited with the United States, at not less than their par val
• § 74616 — The board may accept, on behalf of the district, appointment of the district as fiscal agent of the United States, or authorization of the district by the United States to make collection of money for
• § 74617 — A contract entered into between a district and the United States may provide that the district shall not be dissolved, nor shall the boundaries be changed except upon the written consent of an officia
• § 74618 — As whole or partial consideration for any privileges obtained by a district under any contract with the United States, any rights-of-way or rights to water or to the property owned or acquired by the
• § 74630 — If a district undertakes to execute a contract pursuant to this chapter, no part of the annual payments for the obligations assumed therein, as principal or guarantor, or the interest thereon, or the
• § 74640 — A district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided in this division or by law, in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 74641 — A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, and compromise, in the name of the district, and assume the costs of, any action or proceeding involving or affecting the ownership or use of water or
• § 74642 — A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, and compromise actions and proceedings to prevent interference with or diminution of the natural flow of any stream or streams or unnavigable r
• § 74643 — A district may institute and maintain any and all actions, proceedings, and suits at law or in equity necessary or proper to fully carry out the provisions of this division, or to enforce, maintain, p
• § 74644 — In all courts, actions, suits, or proceedings, the board may sue, appear, and defend in the name of the district in person or by attorneys.
• § 74645 — 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.
• § 74650 — (a) A district may act by ordinance in exercising its powers under this division over lands, structures, and facilities in which the district has a real property interest.
• § 74651 — An ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon adoption, but shall be published once in full in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published, and circulated in the district within 10 da
• § 74652 — It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any district ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 74650 from and after the publication or posting of the ordinance pursuant to Section 74651.
• § 74750 — The treasury of the principal county is the repository of all the funds of a district.
• § 74751 — No claim shall be paid by the treasurer until allowed by the board.
• § 74752 — The treasurer shall pay out the moneys of the district only upon warrants of the county auditor, drawn upon order of the board signed by the president and attested by the secretary.
• § 74753 — Upon presentation of any matured bond, or any matured interest coupon on any bond of the district, the treasurer shall pay it from the bond fund.
• § 74754 — The treasurer shall report in writing at each regular meeting of the board, and as often thereafter as requested by the board, the amount of money on hand, the amount of receipts since his last report
• § 74755 — As an alternative to the functions of the county treasurer and the county auditor provided in this chapter, the board may elect to disburse funds of the district.
• § 74756 — The election made pursuant to Section 74755 may be rescinded by resolution of the board.
• § 74770 — The board has no power, except as provided in this division as to certificates of indebtedness, notes, special assessments, and the issuance of bonds by the district, to incur any debt or liability wh
• § 74771 — For the purposes of organization, or for any of any purpose for which the board is authorized to expend the collection of the first assessment, an indebtedness not exceeding in the aggregate an amount
• § 74772 — The expenses of organization, including the fees of attorneys and others employed to conduct the organization proceedings, are a charge upon the district, and are payable by the district.
• § 74790 — A district may incur a bonded indebtedness for any purpose for which the board is authorized to expend the funds of the district, including any works, property, or rights, contract or otherwise, acqui
• § 74791 — Bonds issued by a district, and bonds issued for any improvement district therein, shall be payable, both principal and interest, from assessments upon the lands in the district or improvement distric
• § 74792 — Bonds of the district may be issued in the manner provided in this chapter payable, both principal and interest, from assessments levied upon all real property in the district in the manner provided i
• § 74800 — The board, whenever the interest of the district shall require it, may cause a report to be made to the effect that the acquisition of certain property or works or the construction of such works is co
• § 74801 — After the printing of the report the board, by resolution adopted by a majority of its members, may call an election to be held in the district for the purpose of authorizing the incurring of a bonded
• § 74802 — The resolution shall specify all of the following: (a) The purpose for which the indebtedness is to be incurred.
• § 74803 — The resolution shall further provide for submitting the question of the incurring of the indebtedness to the qualified electors of the district at an election called for that purpose.
• § 74804 — In determining the amount of bonded indebtedness to be incurred, the board may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction or financing of the w
• § 74820 — Notice shall be given of the bond election by publication pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district and the first publication shal
• § 74821 — The notice of the bond election shall state all of the following: (a) The time and place for holding the election.
• § 74822 — The notice of the bond election shall also state all of the following: (a) The amount of the debt proposed to be incurred.
• § 74830 — The manner of holding and conducting the bond election, the selection of officers to conduct the election, the designation of precincts and polling places, the preparation, receipt, counting, and retu
• § 74831 — Several propositions may be submitted at the same bond election.
• § 74832 — Only qualified electors of the district may vote at the bond election.
• § 74833 — The ballots at the bond election shall contain a general statement of the amount and purpose of the bonds to be issued.
• § 74834 — If a bond election has been fairly held and conducted, no informality or omission to perform a prescribed duty shall be held to invalidate or affect the legality of any bonded debt authorized to be in
• § 74850 — If two-thirds of the votes cast upon the proposition at the bond election favor the proposition submitted, the proposition shall be deemed to have been accepted by the voters and to authorize the incu
• § 74851 — The board may issue the bonds of the district for the whole or any part of the amount of the indebtedness authorized, and may, from time to time, provide for the issuance of such amounts as are necess
• § 74852 — The board shall, by a resolution adopted by a majority of its members, prescribe the form of the bonds and of the coupons attached thereto and fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal
• § 74853 — The bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent per year, payable annually or semiannually as may be prescribed by the board at the time of the issuance of the bonds.
• § 74854 — The board may provide for redemption of bonds before maturity at prices determined by it.
• § 74855 — The bonds shall be in such denominations as the board may prescribe.