California

Water Code

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

• § 74856 — The principal and interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer or such other place as may be designated or at either place at the option of the holder
• § 74857 — The bonds shall be dated, numbered consecutively, signed by the president, and attested by the secretary with the official seal of the district.
• § 74870 — The bonds as issued may be sold at such times and in such amounts as the board deems expedient, after a notice inviting bids therefor has been published in the district pursuant to Section 6062 of the
• § 74871 — The proceeds from the sale of bonds shall be paid into the treasury of the district, placed to the credit of a special fund, and expended only for the purpose for which the indebtedness was created.
• § 74872 — If the board determines by resolution that (1) the expenditure of money raised by the sale of bonds for the purpose for which the bonds were voted is impracticable or unwise, or (2) that all of the pu
• § 74900 — A district, in the construction of any work to be done or improvement made by it or within an improvement district formed pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 75000) of this division and in the
• § 74901 — Notwithstanding the provisions or limitations of any of the improvement acts relating to the work authorized to be done or the improvements authorized to be made thereunder, a district may acquire or
• § 74902 — In the application of the improvement acts to proceedings under this division, the terms used in those acts shall have the following meanings: (a) “City council” or “council” means the board.
• § 74903 — The powers and duties conferred by the improvement acts upon boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the board, officers, and agents of the district, respectively.
• § 74904 — No assessment or bond levied or issued pursuant to proceedings under any of the improvement acts, as authorized by this chapter, shall become a lien, and no person shall be deemed to have notice there
• § 74950 — The district may issue negotiable promissory notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding the rate set by Article 7 (commencing with Section 53530) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of
• § 74951 — “Taxable property,” as used in Section 74950, means: (a) All lands and improvements within a district or improvement district, as the case may be, if the provisions of Section 74056 were complied with
• § 74952 — If a district undertakes to issue promissory notes pursuant to the limitations set forth in Section 74950, the limitations provided in Sections 75357 and 75358 shall not apply.
• § 74975 — Subject to the limitations of this chapter, revenue bonds, including refunding revenue bonds, may be issued by a district under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300),
• § 74976 — This chapter provides an alternative authority and procedure for the subject to which it relates, but does not affect any other law relating to such subject or a similar subject.
• § 74977 — For the purposes of this chapter, the term “enterprise,” as used in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, shall be limited to and shall include only those works or property authorized to be acquired, construc
• § 75000 — Whenever 1,000 or more of the holders of title or evidence of title of land within a district, as shown by the records of the county assessor, desire to form an improvement district within a district,
• § 75001 — Upon receipt of the formation petition the board shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed improvement, and if it is found that the plan of improvement is feasible, the board shall cause to be p
• § 75002 — The report shall be filed in the office of the district and shall be subject to the inspection of all parties interested.
• § 75010 — After the filing of the report required by Section 75001, the board shall give notice of a hearing upon the formation petition by posting a notice thereof in three public places within the proposed im
• § 75011 — At the hearing the board shall hear such objections to the formation petition, the formation of the improvement district and its boundaries, and the plans, specifications, and estimates as may come be
• § 75012 — At the hearing the board may make such changes in the boundaries of the proposed improvement district as it deems advisable and shall define and establish the boundaries, but the board shall not modif
• § 75013 — At the hearing the board shall determine whether the petition complies with the requirements of Section 75000 and for that purpose shall hear all competent and relevant testimony in support or in oppo
• § 75014 — If more than one-third of the holders of title or evidence of title of lands within the proposed improvement district object in writing at the hearing to the formation of the proposed improvement dist
• § 75015 — At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board determines that the improvement district should be formed, it shall make a final order approving the formation petition.
• § 75016 — The order shall be entered in the minutes of the board and a copy thereof shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which any of the lands of the improvement district ar
• § 75030 — If the board makes the final order approving the formation petition, it may, by resolution adopted by a majority of its members, call an election for the purpose of authorizing the incurring of a bond
• § 75031 — The resolution shall specify all of the following: (a) The purpose for which bonds are proposed to be issued.
• § 75032 — The resolution shall further provide for submitting the question of the incurring of the indebtedness to the qualified electors of the improvement district at an election called for that purpose.
• § 75050 — Notice shall be given of the bond election by publication in a newspaper published in each of the counties in which the improvement district is situated, if there is one, at least once a week for thre
• § 75051 — The notice of the bond election shall designate a name for the improvement district and describe the boundaries thereof.
• § 75060 — The bond election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state as far as applicable and except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
• § 75061 — Several propositions may be submitted at the same bond election.
• § 75062 — Only qualified electors of the improvement district may vote at the bond election.
• § 75063 — The ballots at the bond election shall contain a general statement of the amount and purpose of the bonds to be issued.
• § 75064 — Immediately after the bond election, the election officers shall publicly count the votes and make and transmit a report of the result of the election to the board.
• § 75065 — If two-thirds of the votes cast upon the proposition favor the proposition submitted, the proposition shall be deemed to have been accepted by the voters and to authorize the incurring of a bonded ind
• § 75066 — If the 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
• § 75080 — Any improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the board.
• § 75081 — The board shall have the same power, authority, and jurisdiction over and with reference to an improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter that it possesses over and with reference to the dis
• § 75082 — All provisions of this division, insofar as they are applicable, including provisions for bonds and assessments, shall apply to and govern improvement districts formed pursuant to this chapter.
• § 75090 — The bonded indebtedness of an improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter may be made payable from assessments to be levied upon all real property in the improvement district by proceedings t
• § 75110 — A special improvement district may be formed of an area benefited thereby, a bonded indebtedness of such special improvement district may be incurred under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 74790) of
• § 75120 — Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to form a special improvement district and to perform the other acts provided in this chapter as to an area less than the entire district, it sha
• § 75121 — The resolution of intention shall set forth all of the following: (a) A declaration of the necessity for the special improvement district.
• § 75122 — A copy of the resolution of intention shall be published pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation published in the proposed special improvement district, i
• § 75130 — At the hearing, any person interested, including persons owning property within the proposed special improvement district, may appear and present any matters material to the matters set forth in the r
• § 75131 — The board may exclude from the proposed special improvement district any territory that, in its opinion, would not be benefited by being in the proposed special improvement district.
• § 75132 — Lands not included in the original resolution of intention shall not be included within the proposed special improvement district except at a hearing held by the board on the inclusion thereof, after
• § 75133 — The board shall not modify the boundaries of the proposed special improvement district so as to exclude therefrom any land which would be benefited by the formation thereof, nor shall it include there
• § 75134 — If 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 the applicability of the provision o
• § 75135 — At the conclusion of the hearing, after making all necessary and proper changes in the boundaries, the board shall, by resolution, form the special improvement district and fix and determine its bound
• § 75150 — After the formation of the special improvement district, the board shall call an election for the purpose of submitting to the voters therein the question of incurring the bonded indebtedness, approvi
• § 75151 — When a district has not been formed pursuant to Section 74056, and it is proposed that the basis of taxation in the special improvement district shall be changed from land to land and improvements, a
• § 75152 — If a proposition of incurring the bonded indebtedness is approved by two-thirds of the voters voting on such proposition, or if a proposition of approving a contract, of levying a special assessment,
• § 75153 — No informality in any proceeding under this chapter, including the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any person, shall invalidate any such proceedings.
• § 75160 — Territory may be added to a special improvement district in the manner provided in this chapter for its formation.
• § 75165 — Any special improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter shall be under the supervision, direction and control of the board of directors of the water conservation district, unless proceedings
• § 75165.1 — A petition signed by holders of title or evidence of title of land representing at least fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed valuation of taxable land in the special improvement district may be pres
• § 75165.2 — Upon receiving the petition and determining its adequacy, the board of directors shall set it for hearing and give notice of the time and place of the hearing by causing notices to be posted in 3 publ
• § 75165.3 — At the time fixed for the hearing, the board of directors shall hear all persons appearing for and against the matter, and at the conclusion of the hearing the board shall determine whether or not it
• § 75165.4 — In the event the board determines in favor of the petition, it shall forthwith call a special election within the boundaries of the special improvement district for the purpose of electing a board of
• § 75165.5 — The resolution calling such election shall include an order dividing the special improvement district into four consecutively numbered divisions.
• § 75165.6 — The special election shall be held and conducted, candidates nominated, the results declared and the returns canvassed in the same manner as the regular biennial election of officers of the water cons
• § 75165.7 — The four persons receiving, respectively, the highest number of votes for trustee in each division, plus the one person receiving the highest number of votes for trustee at large, shall be declared to
• § 75165.8 — The trustees so elected shall immediately enter upon their duties as such upon qualifying, and shall hold office, respectively, until their successors are elected and qualified.
• § 75165.9 — Each trustee shall receive an amount to be fixed by the board of trustees for each day’s actual attendance at the meetings of the trustees and actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in o
• § 75166 — 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 of trustees.
• § 75166.1 — The board of trustees shall meet regularly at least once each month at a time and place to be fixed by resolution of the trustees.
• § 75166.2 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, all provisions of this division relating to biennial elections, vacancies, oaths, bonds, terms of office, appointments of sole nominees without elections,
• § 75166.3 — The board of trustees of any special improvement district, the lands within which are obligated to repay a loan or loans from the United States under any loan repayment contract made between the distr
• § 75168 — The board may from time to time order the transfer of funds to a special improvement district for the benefit of such special improvement district, from any available funds of the district.
• § 75168.1 — Prior to the transfer of any funds authorized by Section 75168, the board shall call an election pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 75390) of Part 8 of this division for the purpose of sub
• § 75168.2 — The notice of election shall specify the amount of money proposed to be transferred by the district and the purpose or purposes for which it is intended to be used, and it may state that the assessmen
• § 75168.3 — To the right of or below the question on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets.
• § 75168.4 — If a majority of the votes cast are “Transfer—Yes,” the board shall at the time of the annual estimate under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 75350) of Part 8 of this division, include in the estima
• § 75168.5 — The special assessment shall be levied as generally provided in Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 75350) and 2 (commencing with Section 75370) of Part 8 of this division and when collected shall be
• § 75168.6 — If the provisions of Section 74056 are complied with in the formation of a district or if the provisions of Section 75151 have been complied with as to such special improvement district, special asses
• § 75170 — As an additional and alternative method of creating improvement districts of parts of the area within districts two-thirds of the holders of title or evidence of title of any tract or contiguous tract
• § 75171 — Said formation petition shall contain a statement of the plan of the proposed improvement, a description of the boundaries of the proposed improvement district, and the names of the owners of all land
• § 75172 — The formation petition, and all proceedings in reference thereto, and the lands affected thereby, shall be designated by number, and the description of the parcels of land shall be according to the la
• § 75173 — Upon receipt of the formation petition the board shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed improvement and if it is found that the plan of improvement is feasible, the board shall cause to be pr
• § 75174 — The board constitutes a board of assessment commissioners to levy and apportion such assessment.
• § 75175 — The formation petition, plans, specifications, estimate, and statement and assessment shall be filed in the office of the district and shall be subject to the inspection of all parties interested.
• § 75190 — After the filing of the plans, specifications, estimate, and statement and assessment, the board shall give notice of a hearing upon the formation petition and whether a special assessment shall be le
• § 75191 — Notice of the hearing shall be given by posting a notice thereof in three public places within the proposed improvement district, by publishing the notice once a week for two weeks in some newspaper p
• § 75192 — At the hearing the board shall hear such objections to the formation petition, to the formation of the improvement district and its boundaries, to the plans, specifications, and estimates, and to the
• § 75193 — The board may exclude any part or portion of the lands described in the formation petition from the improvement district, and may include additional lands.
• § 75194 — If more than one-third of the holders of title or evidence of title of lands within the proposed improvement district object, at the hearing, to the formation of the improvement district and the levy
• § 75195 — At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board determines that the improvement district should be formed and assessments levied to pay the costs of the proposed improvement, it shall make a final orde
• § 75196 — The order shall be entered in the minutes of the board and a copy thereof shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which any of the lands of the improvement district ar
• § 75210 — The improvement district assessment shall include a sum that equals interest on any deferred payments at a rate not to exceed 8 percent per year, and 10 percent additional for anticipated delinquencie
• § 75211 — The improvement district assessment may be made payable in not to exceed 10 annual installments and the board shall, at the time of the levy of the annual assessments of the district, if any, add to t
• § 75212 — The improvement district assessment, or any installment thereof, shall be and remain a lien on the lands in the same manner as, and shall be a part of, the annual district assessment.
• § 75213 — The district shall issue warrants for the amount of the improvement district assessment, which warrants shall be made payable in amounts and at the times corresponding substantially to the payment of
• § 75214 — If the improvement district assessment is insufficient to pay in full the cost of the improvements or pay the warrants issued for such improvements, an additional and supplemental assessment shall be
• § 75230 — The board and all other officers of the district shall have all the rights, powers, and privileges concerning an improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter, the lands thereof, and the procee
• § 75231 — The work of improvement for which the improvement district is formed, and the purchase of all necessary supplies, material, and equipment therefor, shall be performed and done by the district or, in t
• § 75350 — As used in this part: (a) “Ensuing fiscal year” means the fiscal year in which the board is required to furnish the annual estimate, as provided in this chapter.
• § 75351 — The board shall, on or before the 10th day of July of each fiscal year, furnish the board of supervisors and the auditor of each affected county, an estimate in writing of the amount of money needed f
• § 75352 — The amount in the annual estimate shall be sufficient to raise a sum of money which shall be sufficient to pay all of the following: (a) The incidental expenses of the district.
• § 75353 — If bonds have been voted and sold by the district, the board shall include in the annual estimate an amount which, together with any moneys available therefor in the bond fund, shall be at least suffi
• § 75354 — If bonds have been voted but not sold, and the board expects to sell such bonds prior to the end of the ensuing fiscal year, there shall be included in the annual estimate an amount estimated to be su
• § 75355 — If the district has voted a special assessment as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 75390) of this part, the board shall include in the annual estimate the amount of the installment of th
• § 75356 — The annual estimate may also include such an amount as the board deems advisable to expend in the acquisition or construction of settling basins, wells, dams, reservoirs, and other works for the stori
• § 75357 — Except as provided in Section 75358, the assessment levied during any year pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed two and one-half mills ($0.
• § 75358 — If the proceeds of bonds voted for the acquisition of properties for, or the construction of, any works or projects of the district are insufficient to pay the cost of such properties, works, or proje
• § 75359 — When a district is in more than one county, the total annual estimate shall be divided by the board in proportion to the value of the land of the district in each county.
• § 75370 — The board of supervisors of each affected county shall, annually, at the time of levying county taxes, levy an assessment tax to be known as the “____ (name of district) water conservation district as
• § 75371 — The board of supervisors of each affected county shall determine the rate of each of the assessments referred to in Section 75370 by deducting 15 percent for anticipated delinquencies from the total a
• § 75372 — The assessment tax levied to pay bond principal and interest, when collected, shall be paid into the bond fund of the district and shall be used only for the payment of principal and interest of the b
• § 75373 — If the provisions of Section 74056 are complied with in the formation of a district so that all bonds of the district and of any improvement district created therein are payable from assessments levie
• § 75374 — The assessments levied pursuant to this chapter shall be computed and entered on the assessment roll by the county auditor, and if the board of supervisors fails to levy the assessments the county aud
• § 75375 — The provisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code, prescribing the manner of levying and collecting assessments and the duties of the several county officers with respect thereto, are, so far as they ar
• § 75390 — The board may at any time call an election and submit to the qualified electors of the district the question whether a special assessment shall be levied for the purpose of raising money to be applied
• § 75391 — The election shall be called upon the notice prescribed in, and shall be held and the result thereof determined and declared in all respects in conformity with, the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing
• § 75392 — The notice of election shall specify the amount of money proposed to be raised and the purpose or purposes for which it is intended to be used, and it may state that the assessment shall be levied in
• § 75393 — To the right of or below the question on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets.
• § 75394 — If a majority of the votes cast are “Assessment—Yes,” the board shall at the time of the annual estimate under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 75350) of this part, include in the estimate the amoun
• § 75395 — The special assessment shall be levied as generally provided in Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 75350) and 2 (commencing with Section 75370) of this part and when collected shall be paid to the tr
• § 75396 — If the provisions of Section 74056 are complied with in the formation of a district so that all bonds of the district and of any improvement district created therein are payable from assessments levie
• § 75410 — If the board determines, by resolution, that it would be inequitable to secure all or any portion of the money necessary for any project of the district (including obligations of the district arising
• § 75411 — The resolution of the board shall also designate that portion of the cost of the project, if any, that the board determines can be secured equitably by means of an assessment on all lands in the distr
• § 75412 — After the adoption of the resolution, the board shall cause to be prepared any necessary plans and specifications of the project, and estimates of the repayment obligations of the district, together w
• § 75413 — The assessment shall be payable in not to exceed 40 annual installments, with interest at an annual rate not to exceed 7 percent.
• § 75414 — The board constitutes a board of commissioners to levy and apportion the assessment.
• § 75415 — The resolution, plans, specifications, estimate, and proposed assessment shall be filed in the district office and shall be subject to public inspection.
• § 75430 — After the filing of the resolution, plans, specifications, estimate, and proposed assessment, the board shall hold a hearing upon the matter, notice of which shall, not later than three weeks prior to
• § 75431 — At the hearing the board shall hear such objections to the resolution, plans, specifications, estimates, and the proposed assessment and apportionment thereof as may come before it and shall make such
• § 75432 — If (a) more than 40 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to land within the boundaries of all cities within the district, or (b) more than 40 percent of the holders of title or evidenc
• § 75440 — If sufficient objections are not presented to the board at the hearing, it shall call an election to be held in the district for the purpose of authorizing the assessment.
• § 75441 — Notice of the election shall be posted and published and the election shall be conducted, insofar as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 74790) of Part
• § 75442 — Several purposes may be submitted at the same election.
• § 75443 — Only qualified electors of the district may vote at the election.
• § 75444 — The ballots at the election shall contain a general statement of the amount and purpose of the assessment to be levied.
• § 75445 — If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors in cities and a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors residing in unincorporated areas for the proposition are marked and count
• § 75460 — The project assessment, or any installment thereof, shall be and remain a lien on the lands in the same manner as, and shall be part of, the annual district assessment.
• § 75461 — The district shall issue warrants for the amount of the project assessment, which warrants shall be made payable in the amount and at times corresponding substantially to the payments of the installme
• § 75462 — Such warrants shall be payable only out of funds derived from the levy and collection of the project assessment and, if so stated in the resolution proposing the project, from the assessments made for
• § 75463 — The proceeds arising from the sale of the warrants shall be paid into the treasury of the district and placed to the credit of a special project fund and expended only for the purpose for which the pr
• § 75470 — The Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District, in addition to its other powers, may fix and collect charges as provided in this chapter.
• § 75470.5 — On or before the 30th day of June of each year, the district may, by resolution of the board, fix and collect charges sufficient to meet and pay the estimated expenses and obligations, including a rea
• § 75471 — The board, in fixing the charges pursuant to Section 75470.
• § 75471.5 — If the charge for any parcel of land separately charged, based on the rate fixed pursuant to Section 75471, is less than ten dollars ($10), a minimum charge may be set by the board which shall not exc
• § 75472 — The district may, by resolution of the board, provide a procedure for and collect the charges by way of the tax bills of the county in which the district is located.
• § 75473 — Any charge erroneously made by reason of inadvertence or clerical mistake may be refunded upon order of the board at any time after payment thereof.
• § 75474 — The board shall annually fix and collect a charge, as provided in Section 75471, until the board, on its own motion or on petition of landowners representing at least 25 percent of the land within the
• § 75475 — The board, pursuant to Section 75474, shall thereafter appoint three commissioners who have no interest in any real property within the district, each of whom, before entering upon his or her duties,
• § 75475.5 — The commissioners shall determine whether the district should be divided into more than one zone of benefit.
• § 75476 — Upon receipt of the commissioners’ map and report, the board shall schedule a hearing thereon.
• § 75476.5 — The notice shall state the time and place of hearing, that the purpose of the hearing is to approve the report and map of the commissioners, and the location of the place or places where the report an
• § 75477 — At the hearing, any landowner within the proposed boundaries of the benefit zone or other interested person may offer any relevant evidence or testimony relating to the boundaries of the benefit zones
• § 75477.5 — At the conclusion of the hearing, the board may alter the boundaries of benefit zones or the percentages of benefits applicable thereto and shall make an order establishing the boundaries of the benef
• § 75478 — Upon an order that the district be divided into more than one zone, the charge per acre made pursuant to Section 75471 shall be multiplied by the percentage of benefit applicable to the zone or zones
• § 75478.5 — The board, subsequent to any redetermination of benefits made pursuant to Section 75474, may, on its own motion or on petition of landowners representing at least 25 percent of the lands within the di
• § 75480 — (a) The North San Joaquin Water Conservation District, in addition to its other powers, may levy assessments as provided in this chapter.
• § 75480.5 — (a) The North San Joaquin Water Conservation District may fix and collect assessments upon taxable land within the district on which surface water or groundwater is applied or delivered.
• § 75481 — (a) The district may, by resolution of the board, provide a procedure for and collect the assessments by way of the tax bills of the county in which the district is located.
• § 75481.5 — Any assessments erroneously made by reason of inadvertence or clerical mistake may be refunded upon order of the board at any time after payment.
• § 75500 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article shall govern the construction of this part.
• § 75501 — “Person” or “operator” means public agencies, federal, state, and local, private corporations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies, individuals, or groups of individuals, whether legally
• § 75502 — “Ground water” means all water beneath the earth’s surface, but does not include water which is produced with oil in the production of oil and gas, or in a bona fide mining operation, or during constr
• § 75502.5 — Notwithstanding Sections 75500 and 75502, for purposes of the United Water Conservation District, “groundwater” means all water beneath the earth’s surface, but does not include water that is produced
• § 75503 — “Production” or “producing” means the act of extracting ground water by pumping or otherwise.
• § 75504 — “Water-producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or otherwise, for the production of water from the ground water supplies within the district.
• § 75505 — “Accumulated overdraft” means the amount of water necessary to be replaced in the intake areas of the ground water basins within the district or any zone or zones thereof to prevent the landward movem
• § 75506 — “Annual overdraft” means the amount, determined by the board, by which the production of water from ground water supplies within the district or any zone or zones thereof during the water year exceeds
• § 75507 — (a) “Water year” means the period beginning October 1 of one calendar year and ending September 30 of the following calendar year.
• § 75508 — “Agricultural water” means water first used on lands in the production of plant crops or livestock for market.
• § 75520 — The provisions of Articles 1 (commencing with Section 75560), 2 (commencing with Section 75570), and 3 (commencing with Section 75590) of Chapter 3 of this part apply only to districts in which a grou
• § 75521 — Ground water charges levied pursuant to this part are declared to be in furtherance of district activities in the protection and augmentation of the water supplies for users within the district or a z
• § 75522 — The ground water charges are authorized to be levied upon the production of ground water from all water-producing facilities, whether public or private, within the district or a zone or zones thereof
• § 75523 — The proceeds of ground water charges levied and collected upon the production of water from ground water supplies within the district or a zone or zones thereof shall be used exclusively by the board
• § 75524 — Any person or operator who augments the water supplies for use within the United Water Conservation District or a zone or zones thereof, by importing water from sources outside the district, and who s
• § 75540 — Prior to the establishment of any ground water charge, the board shall establish a zone or zones within the district within which the ground water charge will be effective.
• § 75541 — Within six months after the date of establishing a zone or zones, all water-producing facilities located within the boundaries of such zone or zones shall be registered with the district and, if requi
• § 75542 — Any new water-producing facility constructed or reestablished after the period prescribed in Section 75541 shall be registered with the district and, if required by the board, measured with a water-me
• § 75543 — Any water-measuring device required by and satisfactory to any other public agency, county, or district, or zone thereof, the boundaries of which substantially contain the area of the district, may be
• § 75544 — The registration form for water-measuring devices shall contain all of the following: (a) Information as to the owner or owners of the land upon which each water-producing facility is located.
• § 75560 — The district shall annually cause to be made an engineering investigation and report upon ground water conditions of the district.
• § 75561 — The engineering investigation and report shall include all of the following: (a) Information for the consideration of the board in its determination of the annual overdraft.
• § 75570 — On or before the day of the regular meeting of the board in March of each year, the engineering investigation and report shall be delivered to the secretary in writing.
• § 75571 — The secretary shall publish a notice of the receipt of the engineering investigation and report and of a public hearing thereon to be held in April.
• § 75572 — The notice, among other information which the district may provide therein, shall contain an invitation to all operators of water-producing facilities within the district to call at the office of the
• § 75573 — The board shall hold a public hearing in April of each year, in the regular meeting place of the board, not sooner than 30 days after receipt of the engineering investigation and report.
• § 75574 — The board shall, before the levy of the ground water charge, find and determine all of the following: (a) The average annual overdraft for the immediate past 10 water years.
• § 75575 — The findings and determinations by the board are conclusive and binding upon all persons and parties.
• § 75590 — Prior to the end of the water year in which the hearing is held, and based upon the findings and determinations from the hearing, the board shall determine whether or not a zone or zones should be est
• § 75591 — If the board determines that a zone or zones should be established and a ground water charge levied therein, it shall establish the zone or zones and levy, assess, and affix the charge against all per
• § 75592 — The charge shall be computed at a fixed and uniform rate per acre-foot for agricultural water, and at a fixed and uniform rate per acre-foot for all water other than agricultural water.
• § 75593 — Different rates may be established in different zones; provided, however, that in each zone the rate for agricultural water shall be fixed and uniform and the rate for water other than agricultural wa
• § 75594 — Except as provided in Section 75595, any ground water charge in any year shall be established at a fixed and uniform rate for each acre-foot for water other than agricultural water which is not less t
• § 75595 — In any county which has a population of 503,000 or more and less than 600,000, any ground water charge in any year shall be established at a fixed and uniform rate for each acre-foot for water other t
• § 75596 — Any ground water charge levied pursuant to this part shall be in addition to any general tax or assessment levied within the district or a zone or zones thereof; provided, that in any fiscal year, the
• § 75598 — In addition to the information required to be given to the board of supervisors and the auditor of each affected county pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 75350) of Part 8 of this division
• § 75600 — Clerical errors occurring or appearing in the name of any person or in the description of the water-producing facility where the production of water therefrom is otherwise properly charged, or in the
• § 75601 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may amend the report prepared pursuant to Section 75561 at any time during the water year.
• § 75610 — The district, after the levying of the ground water charge, shall give notice thereof to each operator of each water-producing facility in the zone or zones as disclosed by the records of the district
• § 75611 — After the establishment of a ground water charge, each operator of a water-producing facility within the affected zone or zones of the district, until such time as such water-producing facility has be