California

Water Code

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

• § 9369 — Duplicate original affidavits of publication and posting of the notice, shall be filed in the office of the board.
• § 9375 — The board shall, prior to the election, cause to be prepared and certified by its secretary or assistant secretary, and furnished to the board of election in each voting district, a true and correct v
• § 9376 — The voting list shall be used by the board of election in determining the right to vote and the number of votes to be cast by each voter, and shall be sufficient evidence of these matters.
• § 9377 — The ballot cast at the election shall contain the words “Bonds—Yes,” or the words “Bonds—No,” and also the signature of the person casting the ballot, with the number of votes cast by the voter.
• § 9378 — A ballot cast by proxy shall contain the name of the landowner for whom the ballot is cast and the signature of the person casting the vote as proxy.
• § 9379 — A list of the ballots cast shall be made by the board of election, containing the name of each voter, and if the ballot is cast by proxy, the name of the person casting it, the number of votes cast by
• § 9385 — The polls at each polling place for the election shall be kept open from 9 o'clock in the forenoon until 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the day appointed for the election.
• § 9386 — At the close of the polls the board of election shall deliver to the elections official all ballots, voting lists, lists of ballots cast at the election, and all documents and paper used at the electi
• § 9387 — The board shall examine and canvass the certificates received from the boards of election, and shall determine therefrom and declare, and enter in its minutes as the managing body of the drainage dist
• § 9388 — Any person interested may within 10 days after the result of the election has been determined and declared by the board, contest the election so far and to such an extent as the contest depends upon t
• § 9389 — If no contest is commenced within the time mentioned in the next preceding section, the declaration of the result by the board is final and conclusive.
• § 9395 — If a majority of the votes cast at the bond election are in favor of the issuance of bonds, the board shall cause bonds of the drainage district, in the amount stated in the order calling the election
• § 9396 — The bonds shall be of the denomination of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) each.
• § 9397 — The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board, attested by its secretary with the seal of the board affixed thereto, numbered consecutively in the order of their maturity, and shall bear dat
• § 9398 — The bonds shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the order of the board for issuance of the bonds not to exceed 6 per cent per annum payable semiannually on the first day of January and the firs
• § 9399 — Coupons for each installment of interest shall be attached to the bonds and shall bear the facsimile signature of the Controller.
• § 9400 — Whenever any of the bonds are sold or delivered by the State Treasurer either to a purchaser thereof or upon an order from the board payable in such bonds, the State Treasurer shall first detach there
• § 9401 — The State Treasurer shall certify and deliver to the board or its secretary a list of bonds sold or delivered, showing the serial numbers, denominations, date of maturity, the price received for each
• § 9402 — The State Treasurer shall certify and deliver to the board or its secretary, whenever requested, a statement of all bonds and coupons for interest thereon paid by him and of all bonds or coupons prese
• § 9403 — The bonds of the drainage district issued pursuant to this part which are investigated and approved by any commission or officer authorized by any law of this state to conduct the investigation and gi
• § 9404 — If within one year from the time bonds are authorized to be issued as provided in this part, the bonds are not sold or disposed of, the board may at its discretion by an order duly made and entered in
• § 9405 — The board may thereafter call for the payment of the assessment in such installments from time to time as it shall determine and as provided in Part 4 of this division.
• § 9410 — The bonds may be substantially in the following form: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No.
• § 9411 — The interest coupons may be substantially in the following form: No.
• § 9415 — An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 9440 — The State Treasurer shall receive and place the bonds to the credit of the drainage district, and shall when and as directed by the board sell any of the bonds for the best price obtainable.
• § 9441 — The bonds shall not be sold for less than 95 per cent of their face value and the accrued interest thereon.
• § 9442 — Before making a sale of any of the bonds, notice shall be given by the State Treasurer that he will sell a specified amount of the bonds, stating the day, hour and place of the sale.
• § 9443 — The notice shall state that sealed proposals will be received by him for the purchase of the bonds or any part thereof at the day and hour named in the notice.
• § 9444 — The notice shall be given by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Sacramento.
• § 9445 — At the time and place appointed in the notice the State Treasurer shall open the bids and shall award the purchase of the bonds or any part thereof to the highest responsible bidder.
• § 9446 — If the highest bid is not equal to par and accrued interest the State Treasurer shall notify the board of the amounts of the highest bids received, and reject any or all bids if so required by the boa
• § 9447 — At any time before all the bonds held by the State Treasurer have been sold by him, the board may: (a) Draw upon the State Treasurer for, and issue and deliver any unsold bonds at not less than their
• § 9448 — In making payments in bonds, the board shall draw orders upon the State Treasurer payable in bonds to the amount therein named.
• § 9449 — The orders shall be countersigned by the Controller and shall be paid with bonds by the State Treasurer upon presentation to the amount therein provided for.
• § 9450 — In drawing any order upon the State Treasurer payable in bonds, the board may specify the maturity of the bonds which are to be delivered in compliance with the order and the specifications shall be c
• § 9455 — The principal of the bonds shall, by an order of the board entered in its minutes, be made payable on the first day of July or the first day of January and in such years as the board may prescribe, bu
• § 9456 — Not less than 10 per cent of the aggregate face value of the bonds shall be payable within 10 years from their date, and not less than 9 per cent of the aggregate face value of the bonds issued shall
• § 9457 — The board may call and redeem in their numerical order such an amount of the bonds as it may see fit on any interest date subsequent to the first day of July, 1921, at their face value, with accrued i
• § 9458 — To effect such redemption, the board shall cause to be published once each week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the City of Sacramento, a notice stating that at the next semiannu
• § 9459 — Out of the bond fund of the assessment the State Treasurer shall, on presentation at or after its maturity, pay the holder of each bond or interest coupon which has been sold or which has been issued
• § 9460 — If any bond or interest coupon has not been presented to the State Treasurer for payment when it becomes due, it shall cease to bear interest, but if presented at or after such time and not paid for w
• § 9461 — The indorsed bond or coupon shall bear interest at the rate expressed in the bond until paid or until funds have been provided in the State Treasury applicable to its payment.
• § 9465 — The money derived from the sale of any of the bonds shall be received by the State Treasurer and placed to the credit of the following funds in the following manner: (a) An amount equal to the accrued
• § 9466 — Whenever the drainage district has any money in the bond fund of any assessment which money is not immediately required for the purpose of paying principal or interest on bonds of the assessment, all
• § 9467 — The investment may be made by the board by direct purchase of the bonds from time to time and in such manner as it determines and at such price or prices as it deems advisable but not to exceed par, p
• § 9468 — Any bonds purchased pursuant to the provisions of this article, and held in the bond fund may from time to time be sold and the proceeds temporarily reinvested in bonds as provided in this article.
• § 9469 — Sales of any bonds purchased and held in the bond fund shall from time to time be made so that the proceeds may be applied to the purpose for which the bond fund was created.
• § 9470 — Any bonds purchased pursuant to the provisions of this article, may be delivered to the State Treasurer for cancellation and the bonds shall thereupon be canceled by the State Treasurer and after canc
• § 9471 — The bond fund of each assessment shall be held by the State Treasurer and shall be applied by him toward the payment of the bonds and coupons thereon based upon the assessment, as the bonds and coupon
• § 9472 — If any balance remains in the bond fund of the assessment after payment in full of the principal and interest of all outstanding bonds issued upon the assessment, the balance shall be held for the ben
• § 9473 — The balance may be distributed by the board to the owners or other persons interested in the lands.
• § 9474 — The board shall from time to time when necessary, present its written request to the Controller for the issuance of warrants for the purpose of paying the cost and expenses of the works or project, fo
• § 9475 — The board’s request shall specify the amount of the warrant and the name of the payee thereof and upon receipt of the request the Controller shall draw his warrants upon the State Treasurer payable ou
• § 9476 — The State Treasurer shall pay the warrants or make delivery of the bonds as provided in this part.
• § 9477 — Warrants issued by the Controller and payable out of the assessment as provided by Part 4 of this division shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of and only out of the Construction Fund of the asse
• § 9478 — No warrant issued pursuant to any of the provisions of this part or of Part 4 of this division shall be accepted or received by the county treasurer in payment of all or any part of any assessment upo
• § 9485 — Upon the sale of any of the bonds of the drainage district based upon any assessment levied by the board, as provided by this part, the board shall annually thereafter, by an order entered in its minu
• § 9486 — The board may also in the order fix and determine upon such additional sum as the board deems proper to be collected to provide a sinking fund for the retirement of bonds on or before maturity.
• § 9487 — Immediately upon making the order the board shall prepare in duplicate, retaining one original, and causing the other original to be certified by its secretary or assistant secretary and delivered to
• § 9488 — To the assessment referred to in the preceding section shall be added and collected an additional amount of 15 per cent of the amount to cover possible delinquencies.
• § 9489 — The statement provided for in Section 9487 shall also include, and there shall be added and collected, such additional sum as the board in its order may have fixed and determined upon to provide a sin
• § 9490 — The amount necessary to pay the interest and principal, or either, falling due, together with the additional 15 per cent of that amount and the amount for sinking fund purposes, shall constitute the a
• § 9491 — Unless otherwise determined by the board or by an order entered in its minutes, a copy of which duly certified shall be transmitted to the county treasurer of each of the counties wherein are situated
• § 9492 — For convenience in entering payments of the installment for bonds, the board shall furnish to the county treasurer of each county affected, an annual collection list setting forth the following: (a) T
• § 9493 — The list shall contain appropriate columns for the entry of payments, sales and redemptions.
• § 9494 — The county treasurer shall enter on the annual collection list in the proper column the following: (a) All payments, with date of payment.
• § 9495 — The county treasurer shall make a report to the board as often as requested of all entries made by him on the collection list.
• § 9496 — When either portion of any installment for bonds becomes delinquent, a penalty of one dollar ($1) together with 20 per cent of the amount of the installment on each tract delinquent, shall be added th
• § 9497 — All money collected by the several county treasurers upon the installment for bonds or for the penalty thereon in case of delinquency shall, within 30 days after collection, be paid over to the State
• § 9505 — The board shall maintain in its office and open to public inspection at all reasonable times during office hours, a book or books to be known as the bond record of the drainage district, containing a
• § 9506 — In case there are several bond issues under this part based upon several different assessments all of the proceedings, records and transactions of every kind provided for by this part shall be had and
• § 9510 — The board may, by resolution entered in its minutes, order the refunding of the whole or any part of the principal of any bond issue now or hereafter outstanding at lower rates of interest whenever in
• § 9511 — Refunding bonds may be issued for the purpose, and when issued their proceeds may be used to refund outstanding bonds either as they mature or to call and redeem outstanding bonds as provided in this
• § 9512 — The resolution ordering refunding of bonds shall designate the numbers, denominations, dates of maturity and aggregate principal amounts of the bonds to be refunded, and shall fix and prescribe the fo
• § 9513 — Refunding bonds shall mature serially in amounts to be fixed by the board in its resolution.
• § 9514 — The payment of the refunding bonds shall begin not later than five years from the date thereof and shall be completed in not more than 25 years from the date thereof.
• § 9515 — The refunding bonds, together with interest thereon, shall be payable at the office of the State Treasurer.
• § 9516 — Refunding bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board may determine except that no bonds shall be of a denomination of less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor of a greater denomination t
• § 9517 — The refunding bonds shall be signed by the president of the board or such other member of the board as the board may by resolution designate and shall be countersigned by the secretary of the board wi
• § 9518 — The interest coupons of the refunding bonds shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the secretary of the board by his engraved or lithographed signature.
• § 9519 — In case any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the refunding bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature or counters
• § 9520 — The refunding bonds may be issued and sold by the board as it may determine but for not less than their par value and accrued interest thereon.
• § 9521 — The proceeds of the refunding bonds shall be placed in the State Treasury to the credit of the drainage district in the bond fund of the assessment upon which the bonds are based, and the proceeds sha
• § 9522 — The proceeds may also be used to defray the expenses of refinancing the obligations.
• § 9523 — The principal and interest of the refunding bonds shall be based upon, secured by and payable out of the assessment or assessments upon which the bonds refunded were payable in accordance with the pro
• § 9524 — Upon the sale of any of the refunding bonds, installments of the assessment upon which the bonds are based shall be called and collected and the installments shall become delinquent, with the penaltie
• § 9525 — The refunding bonds or any part thereof when sold may be called and redeemed by the board in the manner provided by Chapter 6 of this part.
• § 9526 — The refunding bonds issued by the drainage district pursuant to this part shall be legal investments for all trust funds and for the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and saving
• § 9527 — Whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties or school districts may by law be issued as security for the performance of any act or as security for the deposit of public funds of the State
• § 9535 — If both portions of the installments, levied pursuant to Chapter 6 of this part, are not paid before the last Monday in April at 6 o'clock p.
• § 9536 — The notice shall contain the following: (a) A description of each parcel of land assessed within the county whereon an installment or installments are delinquent, as such description appears on the as
• § 9537 — The sale shall be held not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days from the date of delinquency.
• § 9538 — At the time and place stated in the notice the county treasurer shall sell each parcel of land described in the notice to the highest bidder unless prior thereto he has received payment in full of the
• § 9539 — No bid for any parcel shall be accepted less than the aggregate sum then due for the installment or installments thereon, together with the penalty, except that the county treasurer may receive from a
• § 9540 — Any bonds or coupons so received in payment shall be canceled by the county treasurer and transmitted to the State Treasurer.
• § 9541 — If the entire amount of any bond or coupon tendered in payment is not required to complete payment of the purchase money, the county treasurer shall indorse thereon as paid the amount of the purchase
• § 9542 — The bond fund of the assessment shall be credited with the amount of purchase money paid in bonds or coupons on delinquent sales, and of all sums indorsed as paid upon account of purchase money on any
• § 9543 — The county treasurer shall execute to each purchaser at the delinquent sale including the drainage district, a certificate of sale, which shall be recorded by the purchaser in the county recorder’s of
• § 9544 — The county treasurer may if directed by the board postpone the delinquent sale from time to time for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days by a written notice posted at the place of sale.
• § 9550 — If no bid is made for any parcel at the delinquent sale equal to the amount of installment or installments delinquent thereon, including the penalty, the county treasurer shall bid in and sell the par
• § 9551 — Any parcel of land bid in and purchased by the drainage district at the delinquent sale shall be held in trust for the bond fund of the assessment upon which the land was sold and may be sold and conv
• § 9552 — Payment for the land purchased under the next preceding section may be made by the purchaser either in cash or matured bonds and coupons issued upon assessment taken at their face value.
• § 9553 — The board shall execute a deed to the purchaser at the sale conveying the property, free of encumbrances except State, county and other municipal taxes, assessments levied or assessed by statutory aut
• § 9554 — The purchase price received in cash shall be paid by the board to the State Treasurer and any bonds or coupons received in payment by the board shall be canceled by the board and delivered to the Stat
• § 9555 — All such money paid over and the canceled bonds or coupons delivered to the State Treasurer shall be credited to the bond fund of the assessment.
• § 9556 — If any land held by the drainage district, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, remains unsold after the final installment of the assessment has been collected by payment or sale, then the boar
• § 9557 — The board shall execute to the purchaser a conveyance of the land free of incumbrances except State, county and municipal taxes, and assessments levied or assessed by statutory authority.
• § 9558 — The board shall deposit the proceeds of the sale with the State Treasurer to the credit of the bond fund of the assessment.
• § 9565 — Any person interested in any tract of land sold at a delinquent sale, made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, may redeem the tract of land at any time within one year after the date of sale b
• § 9566 — If no redemption is made within one year the board upon demand and the surrender of the certificate of purchase and the delivery of a certificate of the county treasurer that no redemption has been ma
• § 9567 — The deed shall convey to the grantee therein named the land free and clear of all encumbrances except State, county and municipal taxes, assessments levied or assessed by statutory authority, and the
• § 9568 — Each installment of the encumbrances mentioned in the preceding section may be called and collected as provided by law.
• § 9569 — No parcel sold and conveyed to the drainage district shall thereafter, until redeemed or until sold and disposed of by the board, be subject to sale by the treasurer for delinquent installments of any
• § 9570 — Every deed by the board purporting to be executed under this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters therein recited and of ownership by the grantee of the lands therein desc
• § 9571 — All deeds required by this chapter to be executed by the board may be executed by the president and secretary thereof on behalf of the board.
• § 9575 — Out of the proceeds of a delinquent sale, made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the county treasurer shall transmit to the State Treasurer the amount due on the property so sold as shown in
• § 9576 — The State Treasurer shall place the amount to the credit of the bond fund of the drainage district for the particular bond issue upon the assessment.
• § 9577 — The county treasurer shall pay to the owner of the property any surplus remaining after the payment to the State Treasurer.
• § 9600 — This act shall be known and may be cited as the Central Valley Flood Protection Act of 2008.
• § 9601 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Central Valley of California is experiencing unprecedented development, resulting in the conversion of historically agricultural lands
• § 9602 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this part.
• § 9603 — (a) The Central Valley Flood Protection Plan shall be a descriptive document, and neither the plan nor anything in this part shall be construed to expand the liability of the state for the operation o
• § 9610 — (a) (1) By July 1, 2008, the department shall develop preliminary maps for the 100- and 200-year flood plains protected by project levees.
• § 9611 — The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Flood Management System comprises all of the following: (a) The facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control as that plan may be amended pursuant to this part.
• § 9612 — (a) The department shall prepare, and the board shall adopt, a plan identified as the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan in accordance with this part.
• § 9613 — (a) Consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 5096.
• § 9614 — The plan shall include all of the following: (a) A description of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Flood Management System and the cities and counties included in the system.
• § 9615 — For the purposes of preparing the plan, the department shall collaborate with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the owners and operators of flood management facilities.
• § 9616 — (a) The plan shall include a description of both structural and nonstructural means for improving the performance and elimination of deficiencies of levees, weirs, bypasses, and facilities, including
• § 9620 — Upon the adoption of the plan by the board, all of the following apply: (a) The facilities identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 9614 shall be deemed to be part of the system.
• § 9621 — Consistent with the adoption of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan pursuant to this part, each county shall collaborate with cities within its jurisdiction to develop flood emergency plans withi
• § 9622 — Consistent with the adoption of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan pursuant to this part, each city, county, and city and county shall collaborate with the state and local flood management agenc
• § 9623 — Consistent with the adoption of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan pursuant to this part, each city, county, and city and county shall collaborate with the state and local flood management agenc
• § 9624 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this part applies to all cities, including charter cities, and counties included in the plan pursuant to Section 9614.
• § 9625 — (a) By January 1, 2010, the department shall develop cost-sharing formulas, as needed, for funds made available by the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006 (Chapter 1.
• § 9650 — (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2008, the allocation or expenditure of funds by the state for the upgrade of a project levee, if that upgrade is authorized on or after July 1, 2008, that protects an area i
• § 9651 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this part.