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Water Code

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Local custom is only one factor in judging the reasonableness of a water use, method of use, or diversion; it cannot by itself decide the issue. This section says the coordinated state water conservation, development, and utilization plan is called the “State Water Plan.” The American River Development is included in the State Water Plan. The State may not issue a water appropriation permit for a project that would flood any part of Gold Discovery Site State Park at Coloma unless the issuance is specifically authorized by law. This section gives the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District rights to pursue a federal permit and license, limits water-rights filings and permits for certain South Fork of the American River projects for set periods, and requires some applicants to evaluate alternatives or replace lost uses.

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  1. 30529.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. The Board [30520 - 30530] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The board must hold all of its legislative sessions in public.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. The Board [30520 - 30530] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30529. All legislative sessions of the board shall be public. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  2. 30530.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. The Board [30520 - 30530] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The board must establish rules for its proceedings.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. The Board [30520 - 30530] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30530. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  3. 30540.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The board must appoint a general manager and a secretary, and must also choose either to appoint an auditor or treasurer, or to retain an auditor for an annual audit.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30540. (a) The board shall, at its first meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable, appoint by a majority vote a general manager and a secretary. (b) The board shall also, by majority vote, do either of the following: (1) Appoint an auditor or treasurer to carry out the duties required by Section 30582 and other duties required by the board. (2) Retain an auditor as an independent contractor, other than the auditor or treasurer appointed pursuant to paragraph (1), to conduct an annual audit of the district’s books, records, and financial affairs. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 906, Sec. 15. Effective October 8, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 24 of Ch. 906.)
  4. 30541.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A director may not also serve as the general manager, secretary, treasurer, or auditor.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30541. A director shall not be the general manager, secretary, treasurer, or auditor. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 454, Sec. 4.)
  5. 30542.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The board sets the compensation for the general manager, secretary, treasurer, and auditor, and those officers serve at the board’s pleasure.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30542. The general manager, secretary, treasurer, and auditor shall each receive the compensation determined by the board and shall serve at its pleasure. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 454, Sec. 5.)
  6. 30543.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The same person may hold certain pairs of county water district offices.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30543. The same person may serve as general manager and secretary, secretary and auditor, or secretary and treasurer. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 454, Sec. 6.)
  7. 30544.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The board may appoint or employ other officers, employees, attorneys, and engineers, and set their authorities and duties, when needed or convenient for district business.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30544. The board may at any time appoint or employ and prescribe the authorities and duties of other officers, employees, attorneys, and engineers necessary or convenient for the business of the district, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the board. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  8. 30545.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Certain district officers and employees must each give a bond to the district.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30545. The general manager, secretary, auditor, treasurer, and other employees or assistants of the district, as required by the board, shall each give a bond to the district conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties as the board may provide. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 454, Sec. 7.)
  9. 30546.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Certain district employees may be authorized by board resolution to issue citations for specified violations involving district property or water-related facilities.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30546. Any regular employee of a district who is a deputy sheriff, or who has successfully completed the peace officer training course described in subdivision (a) of Section 832 of the Penal Code, and is designated by appropriate resolution of the board, has the authority to issue citations in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5c (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code for violations of laws of the state and ordinances of a city, a county, or the district, respecting trespass upon, damage to, interference with, or contamination of, any water, watercourse, land, structure, or facility owned, used, or controlled by the district for any purpose. (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 532, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
  10. 30547.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may create a security force, but its security officers must meet peace-officer standards and designated security officers get specified peace-officer powers.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Officers and Employees Generally [30500 - 30547] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Other Officers and Employees [30540 - 30547] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30547. (a) A district may employ a suitable security force. The employees of the district that are designated by the general manager as security officers shall have the authority and powers conferred by Section 830.34 of the Penal Code upon peace officers. The district shall adhere to the standards for recruitment and training of peace officers established by the Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part 4 of the Penal Code. (b) Every security officer employed by a district shall conform to the standards for peace officers of the Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training. Any officer who fails to conform to those standards shall not have the powers of a peace officer. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 853, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2000.)
  11. 30575.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The board is the district’s governing body.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30575. The board is the governing body of the district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  12. 30576.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The board must exercise the powers of districts listed in this division, unless the division says otherwise.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30576. The powers of districts enumerated in this division shall, except as therein otherwise provided, be exercised by the board. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  13. 30577.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Board members and the secretary may administer oaths and affirmations for testimony-related matters before the board.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30577. Each member of the board, or the secretary, may administer oaths and affirmations in connection with the taking of testimony at any hearing, investigation, or other matter pending before the board. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  14. 30578.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The district president must sign all contracts for the district and carry out any other duties assigned by the board.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30578. The president shall: (a) Sign all contracts on behalf of the district. (b) Perform other duties imposed by the board. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  15. 30579.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The secretary must countersign all district contracts and perform other duties assigned by the board.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30579. The secretary shall: (a) Countersign all contracts on behalf of the district. (b) Perform other duties imposed by the board. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  16. 30579.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The board may let other district officers execute contracts for the district, if it sets the limits and conditions.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30579.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 30578 and subdivision (a) of Section 30579, the board may alternatively authorize, subject to such limitations and conditions as it may determine, the execution of contracts on behalf of the district by another officer or officers of the district. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 241.)
  17. 30580.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The general manager controls water system operations and staffing, and may set employee compensation only with board approval.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30580. The general manager shall: (a) Have full charge and control of the maintenance, operation, and construction of the water works or water-works system of the district. (b) Have full power and authority to employ and discharge all employees and assistants at pleasure. (c) Prescribe the duties of employees and assistants. (d) Fix and alter the compensation of employees and assistants subject to approval by the board. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  18. 30581.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The general manager must do other duties assigned by the board and report to the board under the board’s adopted rules and regulations.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30581. The general manager shall also: (a) Perform other duties imposed by the board. (b) Report to the board in accordance with the rules and regulations as it adopts. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  19. 30582.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    If the board appoints an auditor or treasurer under Section 30540, that person must install and keep up a system of auditing and accounting.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30582. If the board appoints an auditor or treasurer pursuant to Section 30540, the auditor or treasurer shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting that shall completely and at all times show the financial condition of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 454, Sec. 8.)
  20. 30586.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district board in existence on the section’s effective date must file a certificate with the Secretary of State by January 1, 1964, unless a qualifying order or prior voter-approval certificate already contains the required information.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION [30500 - 30586] ( Part 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Board and Officer Activities [30575 - 30586] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30586. The board of a district in existence on the effective date of this section shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State on or before January 1, 1964, listing: (a) The name of the district. (b) The date of formation. (c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a description of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a map showing such boundaries, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded. If the order declaring the district formed contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the board may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate. If the certificate filed with the Secretary of State stating that the formation of the district was approved by the voters contains all of the information required by this section, no further certificate need be filed. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
  21. 306.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. )

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    A landowner, tenant, or occupant can commit a misdemeanor if they cause, allow, or let continue a public nuisance involving a well on the land.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## 306. The owner, tenant, or occupant of the land upon which a well which is a public nuisance under the next preceding section is situated, who causes, permits, or suffers such public nuisance to exist or continue is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
  22. 307.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. )

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    A person who owns, possesses, or occupies land with an artesian well must not let water unnecessarily flow from the well or go to waste.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## 307. Any person owning, possessing, or occupying any land upon which is situated an artesian well, who causes, suffers, or permits water unnecessarily to flow from the well or to go to waste is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
  23. 30700.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Elections Generally [30700 - 30700.6] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    For water district elections, the Elections Code rules on qualifications of electors apply if they are applicable, with specified exceptions and override rules.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Elections Generally [30700 - 30700.6] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30700. The provisions of the Elections Code relating to the qualifications of electors, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all water district elections except: (a) To the extent that the provisions of the Elections Code pertaining to the qualification of voters at local elections are inconsistent with the provisions of that code pertaining to general elections, the provisions of the Elections Code pertaining to local elections shall control. (b) This division shall control over any inconsistent provision of the Elections Code except the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code). (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 237. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  24. 30700.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Elections Generally [30700 - 30700.6] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    In the Pleasant Valley County Water District, landowners may vote in district elections even if they do not live there, and voting rights are based on assessed land value.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Elections Generally [30700 - 30700.6] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30700.5. Notwithstanding Section 30021 or any other provision of the law, in the Pleasant Valley County Water District every owner of land within the district, but no others, may vote at the election for directors or otherwise. Such owners need not be residents of the district in order to qualify as voters. Each voter shall be entitled to cast one vote for each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of land, exclusive of improvements, minerals, and mineral rights therein, to which he had title. The last equalized county assessment roll is conclusive evidence of ownership and of the value of the real property so owned. Upon request by the county clerk, the county assessor shall provide within 45 days a certified list of every owner of real property within the district and the assessed value of the land, exclusive of improvements, minerals, and mineral rights therein, owned by the voter in the district. Where the land is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the owners of such land shall designate in writing which one of the owners shall be deemed the owner of such land for purposes of qualifying as a voter. The legal representative of a corporation or estate owning real property may vote on behalf of such corporation or estate. As used in this section, legal representative means an official of a corporation owning real property or a guardian, executor, or administrator of the estate of the holder of title to real property who: (a) Is appointed under the laws of the state. (b) Is entitled to possession of the estate in real property. (c) Is authorized by the appointing court to exercise the particular right, privilege or immunity which he seeks to exercise. Before a legal representative votes at a district election he shall present to the precinct board a certified copy of his authority which shall be kept and filed with the returns of the election. Every voter, or his legal representative may vote at any district election either in person or by a person duly appointed as his proxy, but shall be entitled to cast only one vote. The appointment of a proxy shall be as provided in Section 35005. The provisions of this section shall apply only to a county water district heretofore formed in Pleasant Valley, Ventura County. These special provisions are necessary for reasons similar to those expressed in Section 30205. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 728.)
  25. 30700.6.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Elections Generally [30700 - 30700.6] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    This section sets who may vote in Sierra Lakes County Water District elections and limits each voter to one vote.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Elections Generally [30700 - 30700.6] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30700.6. (a) Notwithstanding Section 30021 or any other provision of the law, qualified voters at elections for directors or otherwise in the Sierra Lakes County Water District shall be (1) voters who are residents of the district, and (2) every owner of real property within the district, who is not a resident of the district. (b) The last equalized county assessment roll shall be conclusive evidence of ownership of the real property so owned. Where land is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the owners of the land shall designate in writing which one of the owners shall be deemed the owner of the land for purposes of qualifying as a voter. (c) The legal representative of a corporation or estate owning real property may vote on behalf of the corporation or estate. As used in this section, legal representative means an official of a corporation owning real property or a guardian, executor, or administrator of the estate of the holder of title to real property who: (1) Is appointed under the laws of this state. (2) Is entitled to the possession of the estate’s real property. (3) Is authorized by the appointing court to exercise the particular right, privilege, or immunity which he or she seeks to exercise. Before a legal representative votes at a district election, he or she shall present to the precinct board a certified copy of his or her authority which shall be kept and filed with the returns of the election. (d) Every voter, or his or her legal representative, may vote at any district election either in person or by a person duly appointed as his or her proxy, but shall be entitled to cast only one vote. The appointment of a proxy shall be as provided in Section 35005. Elections shall be conducted pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 35106) of Chapter 2 of Part 4 of Division 13. (e) This section shall not affect incumbent directors of the district, but in the event of a vacancy or upon the expiration of each present term, each director, upon taking office or commencing a new term, shall be a voter as defined in this section. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1652, Sec. 1.)
  26. 30730.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Creation of Divisions [30730 - 30735] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The board may submit a division-election question to voters by resolution, and certain boards must decide by ordinance how directors will be elected.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Creation of Divisions [30730 - 30735] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30730. The board may, if it deems it to be for the best interest of the district, by resolution submit to the voters at any district election the question whether the directors shall be elected by divisions or from divisions. The term “by divisions,” as used in this article, means election of the directors by voters of the division alone. The term “from divisions,” as used in this article, means election of directors who are residents of the division from which they are elected by the voters of the entire district. The board of any district which is electing directors by divisions on the effective date of the amendment of this section at the 1971 Regular Session of the Legislature shall determine by ordinance, subject to referendum as provided in Section 30831, whether directors shall be elected by divisions or from divisions. The board shall thereupon comply with the requirements of Section 30733 or Section 30734, whichever is applicable, in the same manner as if the question of whether the directors shall be elected by divisions or from divisions had been submitted to and approved by the voters of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 173.)
  27. 30731.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Creation of Divisions [30730 - 30735] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Election notices and ballots must include the question being submitted to voters, with the exact form depending on the type of district election.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Creation of Divisions [30730 - 30735] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30731. If the question is submitted to the voters at a general district election, the notices required by Section 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on the ballot. If the question is submitted to the voters at any district election, other than a general district election, the notice of election and ballot shall contain a statement of the question. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 588, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2007.)
  28. 30733.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Creation of Divisions [30730 - 30735] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    If voters approve electing directors by division, the board must divide the district into five roughly equal-population divisions, designate which divisions elect directors at the next election, and adjust division boundaries by resolution.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Creation of Divisions [30730 - 30735] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30733. If the question submitted to the voters of the district pursuant to this article provides for the election of directors by divisions and is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question, then: (a) The board shall promptly by resolution divide the district into five divisions as nearly equal in population as practicable and assign a number to each division. (b) The board shall, not less than 85 days prior to the general district election next after the election approving the election of directors by division, by resolution designate which divisions shall elect directors at that election to succeed the directors whose terms then expire. The remaining divisions shall elect directors at the general district election next following that election. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subdivision (d) applies to districts in which directors are elected by divisions. (d) 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. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 435, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1999.)
  29. 30734.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Creation of Divisions [30730 - 30735] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    If voters approve electing directors from divisions, the board must divide the district into five roughly equal divisions and assign each a number.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Creation of Divisions [30730 - 30735] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30734. If the question submitted to the voters of the district pursuant to this article provides for the election of directors from divisions and is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question, then: (a) The board shall promptly by resolution divide the district into five divisions as nearly equal in acreage as practicable and assign a number to each division. (b) The board shall, not less than 85 days prior to the general district election next after the election approving the election of directors from divisions, by resolution designate the division from which directors shall be elected at that election to succeed directors whose terms then expire. Directors shall be elected from the remaining divisions at the general district election next following that election. (c) The board may, at any time after initially dividing the district into divisions but not less than 85 days before a general district election, by resolution change the boundaries of the divisions to keep them as nearly as equal in size as practicable. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 173.)
  30. 30735.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Creation of Divisions [30730 - 30735] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Directors elected by a division must be voters of the division that elects them.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Creation of Divisions [30730 - 30735] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30735. Directors elected by division shall be voters of the divisions by which they are elected. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  31. 30773.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    This article applies only to the Pleasant Valley County Water District and the Kings County Water District.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30773. The provisions of this article shall apply only to the Pleasant Valley County Water District, heretofore formed in Pleasant Valley, Ventura County, and the Kings County Water District, heretofore formed in Kings County. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2019.)
  32. 30774.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Ballots printed must all be made the same size, quality, paper tint, type, and ink color.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30774. All ballots printed shall be precisely on the same size, quality, tint of paper, kind of type, and color of ink so that without the number it would be impossible to distinguish one ballot from another. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  33. 30775.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Candidate names printed on the ballot must be in the same type size and style.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30775. The names of all candidates printed upon the ballot shall be in type of the same size and style. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  34. 30776.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A column may be provided on the right-hand side for questions that this division allows to be voted on at water district elections.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30776. A column may be provided on the right-hand side for questions permitted by this division to be voted upon at water district elections. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  35. 30777.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The order of candidates’ names on the ballot must follow the Elections Code.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30777. The order of candidates names on the ballot shall be as provided by the Elections Code. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1287.)
  36. 30778.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The county elections official must make the ballots printed, bound, and numbered as required by the Elections Code, unless this division requires something different.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30778. The county elections official shall cause the ballots to be printed, bound, and numbered as provided in the Elections Code, except as otherwise required in this division. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 159. Effective January 1, 2003.)
  37. 30779.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Ballots must list the candidate names and offices from the proclamation, and voters are instructed to mark one choice with a cross; other marks are forbidden.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30779. The ballots shall contain the list of names and the respective offices as published in the proclamation and shall be in substantially the following form: General (or Special) Water District Election, ____ County Water District (Inserting date thereof). Instructions to Voters: To vote, stamp or write a cross (+) opposite the name of the candidate for whom you desire to vote. All marks otherwise made are forbidden. All distinguishing marks are forbidden and make the ballot void. If you wrongly mark, tear, or deface this ballot, return it to the inspector of elections and obtain another. (Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 240. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.)
  38. 30780.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The ballot must include the instruction: “For director vote for (giving number).”

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30780. The ballot shall contain the following instruction: “For director vote for (giving number).” (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  39. 30781.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A half-inch square must be provided to the right of each candidate’s name for marking a cross.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30781. A half-inch square shall be provided at the right of the name of each candidate wherein to mark the cross. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  40. 30782.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Ballots must leave half-inch spaces under candidate names for write-in votes.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Election of Directors [30730 - 30782] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Preparation for Election [30773 - 30782] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30782. Half-inch spaces shall be left below the printed names of candidates for each office, equal in number to the number of offices to be filled, wherein the voter may write the name of any person for whom he wishes to vote. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  41. 308.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. )

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    Each day that waste continues is treated as a new offense.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## 308. Each day’s continuance of waste constitutes a new offense. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
  42. 30830.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Initiative; Referendum; Recall [30830 - 30831] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Voters may pass ordinances under the Elections Code procedure cited here.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Initiative; Referendum; Recall [30830 - 30831] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30830. Ordinances may be passed by voters in accordance with Article 1 (commencing with Section 9100) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 239. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  43. 30831.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Initiative; Referendum; Recall [30830 - 30831] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    County water district ordinances may be subject to referendum under the specified Elections Code procedure.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 4. ELECTIONS [30700 - 30831] ( Part 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Initiative; Referendum; Recall [30830 - 30831] ( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 30831. Ordinances may be subject to referendum in accordance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 9140) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 240. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  44. 309.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. )

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    Anyone who violates this article is punishable by a fine, jail time, or both.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## 309. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is punishable for each offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 405. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
  45. 310.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. )

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    Violations of this article must be prosecuted in the superior court of the county where the well is located.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## 310. All prosecutions for the violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be instituted in the superior court of the county where the well is situated. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2004.)
  46. 31000.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    County water districts must be managed under this division and may exercise powers expressly granted or necessarily implied by it.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31000. County water districts shall be managed under the provisions of this division and may exercise the powers therein expressly granted or necessarily implied therefrom. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  47. 31001.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Each district has the power to do whatever acts are necessary to carry out this division.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31001. Each district has the power generally to perform all acts necessary to carry out fully the provisions of this division. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  48. 31002.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district continues to exist indefinitely as a legal entity.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31002. A district has perpetual succession. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  49. 31003.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may adopt a seal and change it whenever it wants.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31003. A district may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  50. 31004.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may make contracts and hire labor to carry out its purposes.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31004. A district may make contracts and employ labor to carry out the purposes of the district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  51. 31005.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may hire a contractor for construction or other work, or do the work itself under its own superintendence.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31005. A district may have construction or other work performed by contract or may do the work under its own superintendence. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  52. 31006.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district formed under this division may change its name by board resolution, and must record and send certified copies of that resolution to the county recorder of each affected county and to the department.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31006. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any district formed under this division may, by resolution of the board of the district spread on its minutes, change the name of the district. That changed name need not include the word “county.” Certified copies of the resolution changing the name of the district shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of every county, included in whole or in part, in the district and sent to the department. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 829, Sec. 62. Effective January 1, 1999.)
  53. 31007.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The district must set rates and charges high enough to cover operating costs, repairs, depreciation, and bonded debt needs.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31007. The rates and charges to be collected by the district shall be so fixed as to yield an amount sufficient to do each of the following: (a) Pay the operating expenses of the district. (b) Provide for repairs and depreciation of works owned or operated by the district. (c) Pay the interest on any bonded debt. (d) So far as possible, provide a fund for the payment of the principal of the bonded debt as it becomes due. It is intended by this section to require the district to pay the interest and principal of its bonded debt from the revenues of the district, except that this requirement is not intended to apply to a bonded debt for sewage disposal purposes. (Added by renumbering Section 31006 by Stats. 1953, Ch. 451.)
  54. 31007.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A water district may not try to collect a tenant’s unpaid water charges or penalties from a later tenant, but it may require the later tenant’s service to be billed to the landlord or property owner.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31007.5. No district furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of water to or for the tenant’s residential use from any subsequent tenant on account of nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant. The district may, however, require that service to subsequent tenants be furnished on the account of the landlord or property owner. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1251, Sec. 7.)
  55. 31008.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may set up pensions and related benefit funds for officers or employees, and may contract with insurers for group insurance, group annuities, and pension services.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31008. A district may provide for the pension of officers or employees and the creation of a special fund for the purpose of paying such pension and the accumulation of contributions to said fund from the revenues of the district, the wages of officers or employees, voluntary contributions, gifts, donations, or any source of revenue, not inconsistent with the general powers of the board, and may contract with any insurance corporation or any other insurance carrier for the establishment and maintenance of group insurance, a system of group annuities, and a pension service for such officers and employees, and may provide for the terms and conditions under which such pensions, group insurance, or group annuities shall be allowed, and for the time and extent of service of officers or employees before such pensions, group insurance, or group annuities shall be available to them. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1375.)
  56. 31009.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    In districts authorized to provide fire protection services, the district board may enforce Public Resources Code Sections 4291 to 4296.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31009. In any district authorized to provide fire protection services, the district board is authorized to enforce the provisions of Sections 4291 to 4296, inclusive, of the Public Resources Code. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1013.)
  57. 31010.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district and a county may make a contract to share costs for locating, removing, repairing, or relocating facilities on each other’s roads or property.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31010. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 1450) of Division 2 of the Streets and Highways Code, any district and any county may enter into a contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of locating, removing, repairing, or relocating any facilities owned or to be owned by either party on the roads or other property of the other in such proportion and upon such terms as the governing boards of the parties shall determine to be equitable. This section shall not supersede the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7030) of Division 4 of this code. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 163.)
  58. 31011.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may share public information about its rights, property, and activities.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31011. A district may disseminate information to the public concerning the rights, properties, and activities of the district. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 330.)
  59. 31012.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    If a district water system is taken over by another public agency without voter approval, the former system’s funds must be kept separate and used only for maintenance, operations, improvements, and bond debt service of the acquired system.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31012. If, on or after the effective date of this section, substantially all of a district water system is acquired by another public agency by any method other than a vote of the electorate of that district so authorizing, the following provisions shall apply: (a) All funds derived from the operation of the former district system shall be separately accounted for and used exclusively for the purposes of maintenance, operation, betterments, and bond debt service of the acquired system. (b) No funds derived from the former district system shall be used for any other such purpose until all debt of that former system has been paid in full or until a majority vote of the electorate of the area served by that former system has authorized such other expenditures. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 791.)
  60. 31013.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The Mammoth County Water District may operate a propane gas distribution service for district residents and may take any necessary action to provide enough propane gas.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31013. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mammoth County Water District may operate a propane gas distribution service for residents of the district and may do any act necessary to furnish sufficient propane gas to residents of the district. The provisions of this section are necessary because of the great need for propane gas service within the area of the Mammoth County Water District. There is no other local governmental entity willing to provide such service to the people of the district. This problem is not common to all districts formed under this division. It is therefore hereby declared that a general law cannot be made applicable and that the enactment of this section as a special law is necessary for the solution of problems existing in the Mammoth County Water District. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 791.)
  61. 31013.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The Mammoth Community Water District may acquire, build, operate, sell, lease, and finance facilities for geothermal water resources to provide space heating within the district.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31013.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mammoth Community Water District may acquire property and construct, maintain, operate, sell, and lease facilities, including, but not limited to, wells, plants, and pipes for the distribution of heated water or steam, that are necessary to develop, extract, and distribute geothermal water resources in order to provide space heating for buildings and other facilities within the boundaries of the district. (b) The district may finance the acquisition of property and the construction of facilities under this section by utilizing the same financing methods that are available to the district under this division to finance water facilities. (c) The powers granted by other provisions of this division may be exercised by the district in connection with the authority granted to the district under this section. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 166, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
  62. 31014.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The Juniper-Riviera County Water District may improve and maintain a highway or street in its district if the county or city governing body with jurisdiction consents.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31014. Subject to the consent of the governing body of the county or city having jurisdiction over the highway or street, the Juniper-Riviera County Water District may open, widen, extend, straighten, surface, or otherwise improve and maintain, in whole or in part, that highway or street, as the case may be, in such district. This special provision is necessary because of special circumstances in the area served by the Juniper-Riviera County Water District. This area is located in a sparsely populated desert area, and the people of the county have an urgent and immediate need for improved and maintained roads within the boundaries of this county water district. The people of the county would be substantially benefited by having road improvement and maintenance provided by the existing district instead of by the formation of other and additional districts. It is, therefore, hereby declared that a general law cannot be made applicable and that this enactment is necessary for the solution of problems within the Juniper-Riviera County Water District. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 583.)
  63. 31014.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    This section says “irrigation district” in Chapter 1046 of the Statutes of 1969 includes a county water district and the Orange County Water District.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31014.5. The term “irrigation district” as used in Chapter 1046 of the Statutes of 1969 includes a county water district and the Orange County Water District. (Added by renumbering Section 31014 by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)
  64. 31015.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The Sierra Lakes County Water District may not exercise the powers and purposes listed in Articles 7, 8, and 9 of this chapter.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31015. The Sierra Lakes County Water District shall not exercise any of the powers and purposes set forth in Article 7 (commencing with Section 31120), Article 8 (commencing with Section 31130), and Article 9 (commencing with Section 31135). (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1652, Sec. 2.)
  65. 31016.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The district may enforce its ordinances by correcting violations, seeking injunctions or service disconnection orders, and entering private property to investigate possible violations. If a violation is found, it must notify the relevant county or city official in writing within a reasonable time.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [31000 - 31016] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31016. (a) In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, including an ordinance fixing charges for the furnishing of commodities or services, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of the district. The district may also petition the superior court for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, as may be appropriate, restraining any person from the continued violation of any ordinance of the district or for the issuance of an order stopping or disconnecting a service if the charges for that service are unpaid at the time specified in the ordinance. (b) The district may enter upon the private property of any person within the jurisdiction of the district in order to investigate possible violations of an ordinance of the district. The investigation shall be made with consent of the owner or tenant of the property or, if consent is refused, with a warrant duly issued pursuant to the procedures set forth in Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except that, notwithstanding Section 1822.52 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the warrant shall be issued only upon probable cause. (c) The district shall notify the county or city building inspector, county health inspector, or other affected county or city employee or office, in writing, within a reasonable time if an actual violation of a district, city, or county ordinance is discovered during the investigation. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 798, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
  66. 31020.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may take any necessary action to provide sufficient water within the district for present or future beneficial use.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31020. A district may do any act necessary to furnish sufficient water in the district for any present or future beneficial use. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  67. 31021.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may store and conserve water, and may appropriate, acquire, and conserve water rights for any useful purpose.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31021. A district may store water for the benefit of the district, conserve water for future use, and appropriate, acquire, and conserve water and water rights for any useful purpose. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  68. 31022.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may operate water-related rights, works, property, and privileges needed to convey, supply, store, or use water for purposes authorized by the division.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31022. A district may operate water rights, works, property, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any purpose authorized by this division. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  69. 31023.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may sell water, let others use it, and dispose of surplus water to municipalities, public agencies, or consumers outside the district.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31023. A district may sell water or the use thereof for any useful purpose and whenever there is a surplus, dispose of the surplus to municipalities, public agencies, or consumers located without the district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  70. 31024.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may make rules for the sale, distribution, and use of water, and may deny water service to people with delinquent water rates.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31024. A district may establish rules and regulations for the sale, distribution, and use of water and may therein provide that water shall not be furnished to persons against whom there are delinquent water rates. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  71. 31025.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The district must set water rates and collect them through the general manager.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31025. The district shall fix and through the general manager collect the water rates. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  72. 31026.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may restrict or prohibit uses of district water during drought or other water-shortage emergencies.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31026. A district shall have the power to restrict the use of district water during any emergency caused by drought, or other threatened or existing water shortage, and to prohibit the wastage of district water or the use of district water during such periods, for any purpose other than household uses or such other restricted uses as may be determined to be necessary by the district and may prohibit use of such water during such periods for specific uses which the district may from time to time find to be nonessential. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 622.)
  73. 31027.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may adopt ordinances defining restrictions, prohibitions, and exclusions, but the ordinance must be published or posted within 10 days; alternative summary or display-advertisement publication rules also apply.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31027. (a) A district may prescribe and define by ordinance the restrictions, prohibitions, and exclusions. Every such ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon adoption, but shall be published once in full in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the district within 10 days after adoption, or if there be no such newspaper it shall be posted within 10 days after adoption in three public places within the district. (b) The publication of ordinances, as required by subdivision (a), may be satisfied by either of the following actions: (1) The district may publish a summary of a proposed ordinance or proposed amendment to an existing ordinance. The summary shall be prepared by an official designated by the board. A summary shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance or proposed amendment shall be posted in the office of the board at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, the board shall publish a summary of the ordinance or amendment with the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment and the official shall post in the office of the board a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance or amendment along with the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment. (2) If the official designated by the board determines that it is not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment, and if the board so orders, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page in a newspaper of general circulation in the county shall be published at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page shall be published. The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide information about, the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment, including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain copies of the complete text of the ordinance or amendment, and the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 553, Sec. 1.)
  74. 31028.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may make findings on matters listed in Section 31026. Board findings about emergencies, shortages, necessity, or similar matters must be made by resolution or ordinance and are treated as prima facie evidence until rebutted.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31028. A district shall have power to make findings upon each and all of the matters referred to in Section 31026. A finding by the board of directors upon the existence, threat or duration of an emergency or shortage or upon the matter of necessity or any other matter or condition shall be made by resolution or ordinance, and shall be prima facie evidence of the fact or matter so found, and such fact or matter shall be presumed to continue unchanged unless and until a contrary finding shall have been made by the board by resolution or ordinance. Such finding shall be received in evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding in which it may be offered, and shall be proof and evidence of the fact or matter found until rebutted or overcome by other sufficient evidence received in such proceeding. Copy of any resolution or ordinance setting forth any finding shall, when certified by the secretary of the district, be evidence that the finding was made by the district as shown by the resolution or ordinance and certification. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 622.)
  75. 31029.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A person must not use district water contrary to a posted or published ordinance restriction; doing so is a misdemeanor and can lead to jail, a fine, or both.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31029. After the publication or posting of any ordinance as provided in Section 31027, it is a misdemeanor for any person to use or apply water received from the district contrary to or in violation of the restriction or prohibition, until the ordinance has been repealed or the emergency or threatened emergency has ceased, and, upon conviction thereof, that person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days or by fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600), or by both the fine and imprisonment. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 214.)
  76. 31029.1.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A Monterey County water district ordinance may classify conservation-rule violations as infractions or nuisances and may authorize civil enforcement and abatement.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31029.1. (a) An ordinance to require water conservation and to prevent waste which is adopted by a district which includes territory in Monterey County may provide that violation is an infraction or nuisance. A violation may be prosecuted in the name of the people of the State of California, or redressed by civil action. (b) Every violation determined to be an infraction shall be punishable pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 36900 of the Government Code. (c) For any violation declared to be a nuisance, the ordinance may provide for the summary abatement of the nuisance, and may provide for the initiation of civil proceedings to abate the nuisance. The ordinance may provide that any person committing a nuisance shall be liable for the costs incurred by the district to abate the nuisance, including, but not limited to, the costs of investigation, costs of time and materials expended to eliminate or mitigate the nuisance, court costs, attorneys’ fees, and costs of monitoring compliance. The ordinance may further establish civil penalties that may be assessed by a court against persons found by the court to have committed a nuisance. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 25.5. Effective January 1, 1993.)
  77. 31030.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    District boards may issue revenue bonds and set bond terms, but the bonds must stay within the section’s limits on maturity, interest, and use of proceeds.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31030. (a) The Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code) is applicable to districts for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of any public improvement authorized by this division which is not inconsistent with the provisions of Section 54310 of the Government Code. However, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 54382, 54400, and 54402 of the Government Code and any other provisions of law, the board may determine and provide, in any resolution providing for the issuance of such revenue bonds, for the following: (1) For maturity dates of the bonds not exceeding 50 years from their respective dates. (2) If, before the issuance of the bonds, the board determines, to the best of its knowledge and belief, that the interest on the bonds will be subject to federal income taxation under then existing law, for interest on the bonds at a rate or rates not exceeding 10 percent a year, payable annually or semiannually. (b) The powers conferred upon districts by this section are in addition to the powers conferred by Article 7 (commencing with Section 31480) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of this division and none of the provisions of such Article 7 are applicable to proceedings taken by a district pursuant to this section. (c) The board may issue revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 on behalf of any portion of the district created as an improvement district pursuant to this division and any election for the issuance of such revenue bonds shall be limited to the area of such improvement district. If revenue bonds are so issued on behalf of an improvement district: (1) No proceeds of such revenue bonds shall be used to finance public improvements to provide service outside the service area of the improvement district. (2) Only revenues which are derived from rates or charges for the providing of service within the service area of the improvement district shall be pledged to or used to pay such revenue bonds. (d) As used in this section, the words “service area of the improvement district” are defined to mean the territory of the improvement district as it existed at the time of the bond election plus lands outside the improvement district, if any, being served at the time of the bond election by the improvement district facilities plus additional territory, if any, annexed to the improvement district as the same existed at the time of the bond election, not exceeding in the aggregate 40 percent by area of the improvement district as the same existed at the time of the bond election. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1480.)
  78. 31031.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may set a water standby or availability charge, but it must follow Section 53753 procedures and the annual timing rule, and the charge is capped at $10 per acre per year or $10 per year for parcels under an acre unless the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act applies.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31031. A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, on or before the first day of July in each calendar year, a water standby or availability charge. The water standby or availability charge shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) per acre per year for each acre of land, or ten dollars ($10) per year for each parcel of land less than an acre within the district to which water is made available for any purpose by the district, whether the water is actually used or not, unless the standby charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). The board of directors of a district which fixes such a charge may establish schedules varying such charge according to the land uses and the degree of availability or quantity of use of such water to the affected lands, and may restrict such charge to lands lying within one or more improvement districts within such district. If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby or immediate availability charge was established were followed, the board of directors may, by resolution, continue the charge in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  79. 31031.6.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    In the Coachella Valley Water District, the water standby or availability charge or assessment is capped at $30 per acre per year, or $30 per year for parcels under one acre.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31031.6. Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.1 in the Coachella Valley Water District, the water standby or availability charge or assessment shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for land on which the charge or assessment is levied, or thirty dollars ($30) per year for a parcel less than one acre. This section applicable only to the Coachella Valley Water District is necessary because of the unique and special water management and financing problems of the area included within the district. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 564, Sec. 6.)
  80. 31031.7.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The Twentynine Palms Water District may not set its water standby or availability charge above $30 per acre per year, or $30 per year for a parcel under one acre.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31031.7. Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.1, the water standby or availability charge or assessment in the Twentynine Palms Water District shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for land on which the charge or assessment is levied or thirty dollars ($30) per year for a parcel less than one acre. This section, applicable only to the Twentynine Palms Water District, is necessary because of the unique and special water management and financing problems of the area included within the district. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 279, Sec. 1.)
  81. 31031.8.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The Tuolumne Regional Water District may set, levy, and collect a water standby or availability charge, but it generally cannot exceed $30 per acre per year or $30 per year for parcels under one acre, and it must follow the required notice, protest, and hearing procedures.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31031.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Tuolumne Regional Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, levy, and collect a water standby or availability charge. The water standby or availability charge shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for each acre of land, or thirty dollars ($30) per year for each parcel of land less than an acre, to which water is made available for any purpose by the district, unless the standby charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the Tuolumne Regional Water District may, by a four-fifths vote of the members of the board of directors, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  82. 31032.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Unpaid water standby charges get a 6% penalty, become part of the annual tax on the land, and create a lien on that land.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032. In case any water standby charge remains unpaid on the first day of the month before the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the district or any part thereof is located is required by law to levy the amount of taxes required for county purposes, a 6 percent penalty thereon shall accrue. The amount of the unpaid standby charge plus the said penalty shall be added to and become a part of the annual tax levied upon the land to which water for which the standby charge is unpaid was available and same shall constitute a lien on that land. If a district collects taxes pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 31700) of Part 7 of this division, the amount of tax attributable to unpaid water standby charges, and the penalty thereon, shall be stated on the tax bill separately from all other taxes. If a district collects taxes pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31730) of Part 7 of this division, it shall provide each person whose property is subject to taxation for unpaid water standby charges, and the penalty thereon, with a tax bill stating the amount of such charges and penalty separately. In such case and at least fifteen (15) days before the first day of the month in which said board of supervisors is required by law to levy the amount of taxes required for county purposes, the board of directors of the district shall furnish in writing to the board of supervisors and to the county auditor, respectively, a description of each and every parcel of land within the district upon which a standby charge remains unpaid, together with the amount of said unpaid charge plus said penalty on each said parcel of land. Whenever land in two or more counties is included in a district, the board of directors of the district shall furnish in writing to the board of supervisors and to the county auditor of each of said counties, respectively, a description of each and every parcel within said county upon which a standby charge remains unpaid, together with the amount of said unpaid standby charge plus penalty thereon. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 674.)
  83. 31032.1.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may set water standby or availability assessments, subject to stated procedures and a $30 maximum, and the board must follow notice, protest, and hearing procedures for new or increased assessments.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.1. A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, as an alternative to the charge prescribed by Section 31031, in each fiscal year, water standby or availability assessments of not to exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for each acre of land, or thirty dollars ($30) per year for each parcel of land less than an acre within the district to which water is made available for any purpose by the district, whether the water is actually used or not, unless the standby charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). The board of directors of a district that fixes the assessment may establish schedules varying the assessment according to the land uses and the degree of availability or quantity of use of water to the affected lands, and may restrict the assessment to lands lying within one or more improvement districts within the district. If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the board of directors may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code. A district may elect to have the assessments for the fiscal year collected on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, its general taxes. In that event, it shall cause a written report to be prepared and filed with the secretary which report shall contain a description of each parcel of real property and the amount of the assessment for each parcel for the year. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  84. 31032.10.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The district may set annual water standby or availability assessments in Improvement District No. 2, subject to stated procedures and limits.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.10. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Yorba Linda County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, in each fiscal year, within Improvement District No. 2 of the district, water standby or availability assessments of not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per year for (1) each acre or portion thereof or, in the alternative, (2) each residential unit, or the equivalent thereof as to property designated for other than residential purposes, not to exceed the maximum number of residential units or the equivalent thereof established in the General Plan for the property within Improvement District No. 2 adopted by the City of Yorba Linda on June 1, 1981, regardless of any amendment or revision of the General Plan, whether or not a residential unit or the equivalent thereof is actually constructed and whether the water is actually used or not. The Board of Directors of the Yorba Linda County Water District shall establish schedules varying the assessment according to the land uses and the degree of availability or quantity of use of the water to the affected lands within Improvement District No. 2. If the assessment is to be collected on the basis of units, the written consent of the owner of the property to be assessed on the basis of units shall be obtained. (b) The Yorba Linda County Water District may elect to have the assessments authorized by subdivision (a) for the fiscal year collected on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, and together with and not separately from, county taxes. In that event, the district shall prepare a written report which shall be filed with the secretary. The report shall contain a description of each parcel of real property and the amount of the assessment for each parcel for the year. If the assessment is to be assessed on a residential unit or equivalent basis as described in subdivision (a), the assessment for each assessor’s parcel shall be determined by multiplying the estimated number of residential units or the equivalent thereof proposed at that time for the assessor’s parcel by the proposed amount per residential unit as shown in the assessor’s parcels in Improvement District No. 2 for the particular fiscal year. (c) The water standby or availability assessment authorized by this section shall not be imposed on any subdivided parcel upon which there exists a residential unit which has been connected to domestic water facilities of the Yorba Linda County Water District. (d) If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby or availability assessment was established were followed, the district may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the district shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code. (e) This section shall have no force or effect after January 1, 1989, except to the extent necessary to raise funds for interest or principal payments on bonds of Improvement District No. 2 issued prior to such date. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2008. Inoperative after January 1, 1989, with exception, as provided in subd. (e).)
  85. 31032.12.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The district may set annual water standby or availability assessments in Improvement District No. 1, subject to stated procedures and a $90 per acre-or-portion cap, and some parcels are exempt.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.12. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Yorba Linda County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, in each fiscal year, within Improvement District No. 1 of the district, water standby or availability assessments of not to exceed ninety dollars ($90) per year for each acre or portion thereof, unless the standby charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). The Board of Directors of the Yorba Linda County Water District may vary the assessment according to the land uses and the degree of availability or quantity of use of water upon the affected lands within Improvement District No. 1. (b) The Yorba Linda County Water District may elect to have the assessments authorized by subdivision (a) for the fiscal year collected on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time, as, and together with and not separately from, county taxes. In that event, the district shall prepare a written report which shall be filed with the secretary. The report shall contain a description of each parcel of real property and the amount of the assessment for each parcel for the year. (c) The water standby or availability assessment authorized by this section shall not be imposed on any subdivided parcel with respect to which building permits have been issued prior to March 1 of each year or which has been connected to domestic water facilities of the Yorba Linda County Water District prior to July 1 of each year. (d) If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the board of directors may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code. (e) The purpose of this section is to provide a method whereby the Yorba Linda County Water District may more fairly allocate the cost of providing capital water facilities among the lands and present and future inhabitants of Improvement District No. 1 according to the benefit received. Accordingly, the proceeds of the assessment authorized by subdivision (a) shall be used only: (1) to supplement the proceeds of the ad valorem property tax levied by the Yorba Linda County Water District within Improvement District No. 1 to pay debt service on the Series A and Series B 1978 Water Bonds and additional general obligation bonded indebtedness, not to exceed the amount of five million dollars ($5,000,000), of the Improvement District No. 1; and (2) to pay the cost of the proceedings incurred pursuant to this section. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  86. 31032.2.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The secretary must publish notice of the report filing and hearing before the hearing date, and mail written notice to each assessed person listed in the report.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.2. The secretary shall cause notice of the filing of the report and of a time and place of hearing thereon to be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the date set for hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the district, if there is one and if not then in such paper printed and published in the county, and shall cause a notice in writing of the filing of the report to be mailed to each person to whom any parcel or parcels of real property described in such report is assessed in the last equalized assessment roll available on the date the report is prepared, at the address shown on the assessment roll or as known to the secretary. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2005.)
  87. 31032.3.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The board must hear and consider objections or protests at the noticed time, and it may continue the hearing or change the assessment afterward.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.3. At the time stated in the notice, the board shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the report referred to in the notice and may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the board may adopt, revise, change, reduce or modify an assessment or overrule any or all objections. The board shall make its determination upon each assessment as described in the report which determination shall be final. The board may make appropriate adjustments that may be necessary as a result of the equalization of the assessment roll subsequent to the filing of the report. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2005.)
  88. 31032.4.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The secretary must file the report with the county auditor by August 10 each year after final determination, unless the district collects taxes under the cited chapter, in which case the report goes to the collector; the auditor must then enter the assessment amounts on the current roll.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.4. On or before the 10th day of August of each year following such final determination, the secretary shall file with the county auditor a copy of the report with a statement endorsed thereon over his signature that it has been finally adopted by the board and the auditor shall enter the amounts of the assessment against the respective lots or parcels of land as they appear on the current assessment roll. If a district collects taxes pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31730), Part 7 of this division, the secretary shall file the report with the collector. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 427.)
  89. 31032.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The amount of the assessments becomes a lien on the lot or parcel of land that was assessed.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.5. The amount of the assessments shall constitute a lien against the lot or parcel of land against which the assessment has been imposed as of noon on the first Monday in March immediately preceding the date of levy. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2005.)
  90. 31032.6.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The county tax collector or district collector must add the assessment amount to tax bills for the affected lots and parcels.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.6. The county tax collector or district collector shall include the amount of the assessments on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land. Thereafter the amount of the assessments shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same persons as, together with and not separately from, the general taxes for the district, and shall be delinquent at the same time and thereafter be subject to the same delinquency penalties. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of general taxes of the district, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the matters of delinquency, correction, cancellation, refund and redemption, are applicable to such assessments. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2005.)
  91. 31032.7.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    If a district does not choose to collect assessments with its general taxes, it may send separate bills.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.7. In the event a district does not elect to collect such assessments with the general taxes of the district, it may issue separate bills payable in the time and manner designated by the board. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2005.)
  92. 31032.8.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may set late-payment penalties for unpaid assessments.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.8. A district may provide for a basic penalty of not more than 6 percent for nonpayment of the assessment within the time and in the manner prescribed by it, and in addition may provide for a penalty of not exceeding one-half of 1 percent per month for nonpayment of the assessment and basic penalty. It may provide for collection of the penalties herein provided for. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2005.)
  93. 31032.9.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may make the Section 31032.1 election only for delinquent assessments.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31032.9. Any district may make the election specified in Section 31032.1 with respect only to delinquent assessments and may do so by preparing and filing the written report, giving notice and holding the hearing therein required only as to such delinquencies. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2005.)
  94. 31033.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may drain and reclaim land within the district, and may also acquire and manage certain water by lawful means for beneficial use.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31033. A district may drain and reclaim lands within the district either by surface or underground works or both; and may acquire, by appropriation or other lawful means, and divert, store, conserve, transport or dispose of water resulting from such operations; and may acquire, by appropriation or other lawful means, and divert, store, conserve, transport or dispose of flood and storm water within the district, and flood and storm water of streams or watercourses outside of the district which flow into the district, for any beneficial purpose or use. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1565.)
  95. 31034.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Before the Public Utilities Commission acts on certain water-service petitions, it must notify the district if the district has already asked to receive notice.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31034. If a public utility subject to the control and regulation of the Public Utilities Commission petitions the Public Utilities Commission to extend its water service or to establish water service within a district or any area served by a district, prior to acting on the petition the Public Utilities Commission shall notify the district of such petition where the district has previously filed with the public Utilities Commission a request to be notified of such petitions which request contains a description of the boundaries of the district and any area outside of the district boundaries which is served by the district. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1657.)
  96. 31035.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may run a water conservation program and may require certain water-saving or water reclamation devices as a condition of new service.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31035. A district may undertake a water conservation program to reduce water use and may require as a condition of new service that reasonable water-saving devices and water reclamation devices be installed to reduce water use. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 274.)
  97. 31035.1.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A Monterey County district that has a water-conservation ordinance may specify that violating it is an infraction or nuisance.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Water [31020 - 31035.1] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31035.1. A district which includes territory in Monterey County and which has adopted an ordinance to require water conservation and to prevent waste, may provide that violation of the ordinance is an infraction or nuisance, with penalties as provided by Section 31029.1. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 25.7. Effective January 1, 1993.)
  98. 31040.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may acquire property needed to carry out its business, including by grant, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease, with or without an option to buy.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31040. A district may take any property necessary to carry out the business of the district by grant, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease with or without the privilege of purchase. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)
  99. 31041.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may hold, use, lease, or dispose of property, inside or outside the district, when needed to fully exercise its powers.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31041. A district may hold, use, enjoy, lease, or dispose of property within or without the district necessary to the full exercise of its powers. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  100. 31042.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may acquire property and water-related rights needed to convey, supply, store, or use water for authorized purposes.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31042. A district may construct, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire works, water rights, land, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or otherwise make use of water for any purposes authorized by this division. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  101. 31045.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may transfer, sell, lease, or convey certain works, land, or structures, and may transfer bond proceeds, if the board and the municipal water district’s board of directors agree on the terms and conditions.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31045. A district may, on terms and conditions agreed upon by the board and the board of directors of a municipal water district formed pursuant to the Municipal Water District Act of 1911: (a) Transfer, sell, lease, or convey to the municipal water district any works, land, or structures within any improvement district formed pursuant to any of the provisions of this division. (b) Transfer to the municipal water district the proceeds of any bonds theretofore authorized by or for the improvement district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  102. 31046.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may sell or lease mineral or hydrocarbon rights in land it owns if the board decides it is in the district’s best interest.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31046. A district may sell or lease the mineral or hydrocarbon rights in any land belonging to it when deemed by the board for the best interest of the district. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  103. 31047.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may manage water, including sewage and storm water, for beneficial use.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31047. A district may control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recapture and salvage any water, including sewage and storm waters, for the beneficial use or uses of the district or its inhabitants or the owners of rights to water therein. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 695.)
  104. 31048.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may cooperate and contract with California, local governments, corporations, and persons on water-related activities and works.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31048. A district may cooperate, act in conjunction and contract with the State of California or any agency thereof, municipalities, public and private corporations of any kind, and persons with respect to the salvage, control, storage, spreading, distribution, treatment, purification, and recapture of any waters, including sewage and storm waters, and the construction of any works, the acquisition of any property, or the doing of any act with respect thereto, or for the protection of property, watersheds, water courses, and underground water supplies, and for the use, operation, management, or control of any public works or property. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 695.)
  105. 31049.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may enter and perform agreements with California, its agencies, corporations, or persons for joint work on property or works the district could itself handle.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31049. A district may make and perform any agreement with the State of California or any agency thereof, any public or private corporation of any kind, and any person, or any of them for the joint construction, acquisition, disposition or operation of any property or works of a kind which might be constructed, acquired, disposed of or operated by the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 695.)
  106. 31051.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may acquire stock of a mutual water company or corporation to provide water for public, municipal, or governmental purposes.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31051. A district may acquire by any means stock of any mutual water company or corporation for the purpose of furnishing a supply of water for public, municipal or governmental purposes. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1652.)
  107. 31052.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The North Marin County Water District may buy solar energy generation devices and resell them within the district.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31052. The North Marin County Water District may purchase devices for generation of energy from solar radiation and may resell such devices for use within the district. Resales shall be on reasonable terms and conditions, which may include warranties and guarantees by the district of payment of purchase loans. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1101.)
  108. 31053.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A publicly owned utility generally may not start providing service to certain land in a county water district, unless the district board permits it by resolution or local voters approve it in a special election.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31053. No publicly owned utility shall commence to provide any service for, on, or to any land within a county water district which is subject to the lien of a general obligation bonded indebtedness or which was the subject of a lease-purchase, revenue, or other type of debt incurred for capital improvements by or on behalf of the district incurred by the district for the purpose of providing a service similar to that which the utility proposes to provide. However, a publicly owned utility may commence to provide service, otherwise prohibited, upon either of the following conditions: (a) If the board of directors of the county water district, by resolution permits the service. (b) In any portion of such a county water district proposed to be served by the publicly owned utility in which the total number of registered voters residing therein exceeds 200, if at least two-thirds of the voters voted at a special county water district election to permit the service. The election shall be called and held as an initiative measure pursuant to Section 30830. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 926, Sec. 3.)
  109. 31054.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A publicly owned utility generally may not start providing water service to land in a county water district covered by the stated lien and voter-approval conditions, unless an exception applies.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040 - 31054] ( Article 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31054. No publicly owned utility shall commence to provide any water service for, on, or to any land within a county water district which is subject to a lien of an indebtedness arising under any contract between the district and the United States of America incurred or contracted by the district for the purpose of providing water service, provided two-thirds of the voters voting at an election within the district have approved the incurrence of the indebtedness and, provided further, that the district has water available and is ready, able, and willing to serve such land. However, a publicly owned utility may commence to provide service, otherwise prohibited, upon either of the following conditions: (a) If the board of directors of such a county water district shall by resolution permit such service; or (b) In any portion of such a county water district proposed to be served by the publicly owned utility in which the total number of registered voters residing therein exceeds 200, and in which at least a majority of the voters voting on the proposition shall have voted at a special county water district election to permit such service within that portion of the district. The election shall be called and held within that portion of the district as an initiative measure pursuant to Section 30830. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 18.)
  110. 31060.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Construction on Rights of Way [31060 - 31062] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may build works along, under, or across streets, watercourses, railways, or conduits, but it must do so in a way that protects life and property.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Construction on Rights of Way [31060 - 31062] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31060. A district may construct any works along, under, or across any street, water course, railway, or conduit in a manner that will afford security for life and property. The district shall restore the property crossed as near as may be to its former state or so as not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  111. 31061.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Construction on Rights of Way [31060 - 31062] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A company whose right of way is crossed or intersected by district works must cooperate with the district to make the crossings and intersections and grant the related rights.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Construction on Rights of Way [31060 - 31062] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31061. Every company whose right of way is intersected or crossed by works of the district shall unite with the district in forming the intersections and crossings and grant the rights therefor. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  112. 31062.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Construction on Rights of Way [31060 - 31062] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may locate, construct, and maintain district works on state-owned land, and it has the same rights and privileges about rights of way as municipalities in the state.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Construction on Rights of Way [31060 - 31062] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31062. The right is hereby granted to locate, construct, and maintain any of the works of a district on any land which is now or hereafter owned by the State, and a district has the same rights and privileges appertaining to the rights of way as are granted to municipalities within the State. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  113. 31080.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080 - 31088] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may sue and be sued in competent courts and tribunals, unless another rule in this division or other law provides otherwise.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080 - 31088] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31080. 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. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  114. 31081.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080 - 31088] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may bring, join, settle, and pay for actions about water ownership or use within the district when the water or water rights are used or useful for district purposes or to benefit land.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080 - 31088] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31081. A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, compromise, and assume the costs of any action or proceeding involving or affecting the ownership or use of waters or water rights within the district used or useful for any purpose of the district or a benefit to any land. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  115. 31082.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080 - 31088] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may bring or defend legal actions to stop interference with, or reduction of, natural water flow in streams or underground water supplies.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080 - 31088] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31082. 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 natural subterranean supply of waters which may: (a) Be used or be useful for any purpose of the district. (b) Be of common benefit to the land or its inhabitants. (c) Endanger the inhabitants or land. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  116. 31084.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080 - 31088] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Claims for money or damages against the district are handled under the specified Government Code claim provisions, unless other applicable statutes or regulations apply.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080 - 31088] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31084. 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 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
  117. 31088.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080 - 31088] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The district may hire counsel to defend certain lawsuits or proceedings against it, and the related fees and expenses are a lawful charge to the district.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080 - 31088] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31088. The district may employ counsel to defend any action or proceeding brought against it on account of any injury, taking, damage, or destruction, or to defend as provided in Part 7 (commencing with Section 995) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code an action or proceeding brought against any of its officers, employees or servants, and the fees and expenses involved therein are a lawful charge against the district. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1683.)
  118. 311.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. )

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    A fine under this article may be collected like a criminal case, and the justice may issue execution on the judgment, enforceable like a civil case.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 1. GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER [100 - 550] ( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Powers of Department [205 - 347] ( Heading of Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 52. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Waste from Artesian Wells [300 - 311] ( Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368. ) ## 311. Any fine imposed under the provisions of this article may be collected as in other criminal cases, and the justice may also issue an execution upon the judgment therein rendered, which may be enforced and collected as in civil cases. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
  119. 31100.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    A district may build, run, and contract for sewer-related facilities, but it cannot serve another public agency’s inhabitants without that agency’s consent.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31100. A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, waste and storm water of the district and its inhabitants and may contract with any public agency including but not limited to sanitation districts for sewer outfall facilities. A district also may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, waste and storm water of inhabitants outside its boundaries; provided that it shall not furnish any such service to the inhabitants of any other public agency without the consent of such other public agency expressed by resolution or ordinance. The term “public agency” as used in this section, shall include a city, county, city and county, public district, municipal or public corporation, state agency or other political subdivision of the state, but shall not include a public utility subject to the jurisdiction, control and regulation of the Public Utilities Commission under the provisions of Divisions 5 (commencing with Section 10001) and 6 (commencing with Section 11501) of the Public Utilities Code. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 898.)
  120. 31101.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    The district may set, change, and collect rates or other charges for services and facilities provided under this article.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31101. The district may prescribe, revise and collect rates or other charges for the services and facilities furnished pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114.)
  121. 31101.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    A district may provide sewage and waste services to property that is not subject to district taxes, and the board sets the rates, terms, and conditions.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31101.5. A district may supply sewage and waste services to property not subject to district taxes at special rates, terms, and conditions as are determined by the board for the services. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 254, Sec. 1.)
  122. 31102.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    The district may add its rates or charges to the water bill, bill them together as one item, and discontinue service if the bill is not paid.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31102. The district may provide that such rates or other charges may be collected with the water rates of the district and that all rates shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as one item, and that in the event of failure to pay the whole or any part thereof, the district may discontinue any and all service for which such bill is rendered, but this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the collection of rates or charges by the district in any other lawful manner. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114.)
  123. 31103.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    After providing a sewer system, the district may treat cesspools or other local sewage disposal as a public nuisance and may require nearby buildings to connect to the sewer system.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31103. Upon providing a sewer system in any area of the district the district may declare the further maintenance or use of cesspools or other local means of sewage disposal in such area to be a public nuisance and may require all buildings used by human beings to be connected with the sewer system within such period not less than ninety days from the completion of the sewer system as may be prescribed by the district; provided, that such buildings to be connected are within one hundred feet of the system. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114.)
  124. 31104.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    A district may impose and collect a sewage and waste service standby or availability charge if it follows the required notice, protest, and hearing procedures.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31104. A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, levy and collect a sewage and waste service standby or availability charge. If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the county board of supervisors may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  125. 31104.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    The Crescenta Valley County Water District may charge for sewage and waste service standby or availability, but generally not more than $60 per available sewer connection per year, subject to stated procedures and exceptions.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31104.5. In lieu of the standby or availability charge authorized to be levied and collected pursuant to Section 31104, the Crescenta Valley County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, levy, and collect a sewage and waste service standby or availability charge not to exceed sixty dollars ($60) per available sewer connection per year, unless the standby or availability charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the Crescenta Valley County Water District may, by an ordinance approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the legislative body thereof, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the district shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  126. 31104.6.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    The Coachella Valley Water District may not set sewage and waste service standby or availability charges above $30 per acre per year for land, or $30 per year for parcels under one acre.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31104.6. Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.1, in the Coachella Valley Water District, the sewage and waste service standby or availability charge shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for land on which the charge is levied or thirty dollars ($30) per year for a parcel less than one acre. This section, applicable only to the Coachella Valley Water District, is necessary because of the unique and special sewage and waste water management and financing problems in the area included within the district. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 267, Sec. 5.)
  127. 31104.7.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    The Tuolumne Regional Water District may charge up to $30 per acre per year, or $30 per year for smaller parcels, for sewage and waste service standby or availability, subject to specified notice, protest, and hearing procedures.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31104.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Tuolumne Regional Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, levy, and collect a sewage and waste service standby or availability charge of not more than thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for each acre of land, or thirty dollars ($30) per year for each parcel of land less than an acre, to which sewer service is made available by the district, unless the standby or availability charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby or availability charge was established were followed, the Tuolumne Regional Water District may, by a four-fifths vote of the members of the board of directors, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the district shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  128. 31104.8.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    The district may set certain sewer standby or availability assessments in Community Facilities District No. 2, up to $250 per acre or portion, and can vary them by land use and sewer capacity use.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31104.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Santa Ana Mountains County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, in each fiscal year, within Community Facilities District No. 2 of the district, sewage and waste service standby or availability assessments of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per year for each acre or portion thereof to which sewage and waste service is immediately available, unless the standby or availability assessment is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). The Board of Directors of the Santa Ana Mountains County Water District may establish schedules varying the assessment according to the land uses and the degree of availability or quantity of use of the sewer capacity to the affected lands. (b) The Santa Ana Mountains County Water District may elect to have the assessments authorized by subdivision (a) for the fiscal year collected on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time, as, and together with and not separately from, county taxes. In that event, the district shall prepare a written report which shall be filed with the secretary. The report shall contain a description of each parcel of real property and the amount of the assessment for each parcel for the year. (c) The sewage and waste service standby or availability assessment authorized by this section shall not be imposed on any subdivided parcel upon which there exists a residential unit which has been connected to domestic sewer facilities of the Santa Ana Mountains County Water District. (d) If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby or availability assessment was established were followed, the Santa Ana Mountains County Water District may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  129. 31105.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    A county water district may adopt ordinances for sewer services and facilities, but the ordinances must be published or posted after adoption, with summary or display-advertisement procedures available.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31105. (a) A district may adopt ordinances relating to the provision of services and facilities pursuant to this article and the regulation of those services and facilities. Every such ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon adoption, but shall be published once in full in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the district within 10 days after adoption, or if there be no such newspaper it shall be posted within 10 days after adoption in three public places within the district. (b) The publication of ordinances, as required by subdivision (a), may be satisfied by either of the following actions: (1) The district may publish a summary of a proposed ordinance or proposed amendment to an existing ordinance. The summary shall be prepared by an official designated by the board. A summary shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance or proposed amendment shall be posted in the office of the board at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, the board shall publish a summary of the ordinance or amendment with the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment and the official shall post in the office of the board a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance or amendment along with the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment. (2) If the official designated by the board determines that it is not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment, and if the board so orders, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page in a newspaper of general circulation in the county shall be published at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page shall be published. The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide information about, the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment, including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain copies of the complete text of the ordinance or amendment, and the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 553, Sec. 2.)
  130. 31106.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. )

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    A person who violates a district ordinance adopted under Section 31105, after it has been posted or published as required, commits a misdemeanor.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Sewer Facilities [31100 - 31106] ( Article 6 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114. ) ## 31106. From and after the posting or publication of any ordinance as provided in Section 31105 above, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any ordinance of the district adopted pursuant to Section 31105. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 930.)
  131. 31110.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6.5. Sewer and Garbage Facilities in the Calaveras County Water District [31110 - 31113] ( Article 6.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440. )

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    The Calaveras County Water District, and any improvement district formed within it, may authorize and finance sewage, waste, storm water, and garbage facilities within the district.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6.5. Sewer and Garbage Facilities in the Calaveras County Water District [31110 - 31113] ( Article 6.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440. ) ## 31110. Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this division, the Calaveras County Water District, or an improvement district formed therein pursuant to the provisions of this division, may pursuant to the provisions of this article authorize and finance the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities for the collection, transmission, treatment, and disposal of sewage, waste and storm water and garbage, waste and trash within the district. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440.)
  132. 31111.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6.5. Sewer and Garbage Facilities in the Calaveras County Water District [31110 - 31113] ( Article 6.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440. )

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    The Board of Directors of the Calaveras County Water District may levy and collect taxes for this article, and the revenue may be used for capital outlay or reserved for future capital outlay.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6.5. Sewer and Garbage Facilities in the Calaveras County Water District [31110 - 31113] ( Article 6.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440. ) ## 31111. For the purposes of this article, the Board of Directors of the Calaveras County Water District may levy and collect taxes in the manner provided in this division. Such tax revenues shall be available for capital outlay purposes or for the accumulation of a reserve fund for capital outlay purposes. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440.)
  133. 31112.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6.5. Sewer and Garbage Facilities in the Calaveras County Water District [31110 - 31113] ( Article 6.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440. )

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    The Board of Directors of the Calaveras County Water District may levy and collect taxes for maintaining and operating facilities built under Section 31110.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6.5. Sewer and Garbage Facilities in the Calaveras County Water District [31110 - 31113] ( Article 6.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440. ) ## 31112. The Board of Directors of the Calaveras County Water District may levy and collect taxes in the manner provided in this division for the purpose of the maintenance and operation of any facilities constructed pursuant to Section 31110. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440.)
  134. 31113.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6.5. Sewer and Garbage Facilities in the Calaveras County Water District [31110 - 31113] ( Article 6.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440. )

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    The Calaveras County Water District may place up to $400,000 of district funds into a revolving fund, if the board approves by a four-fifths vote.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 6.5. Sewer and Garbage Facilities in the Calaveras County Water District [31110 - 31113] ( Article 6.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440. ) ## 31113. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by a fourth-fifths vote of all the members of the board, the Calaveras County Water District may deposit any funds of the district, not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) in amount, in a revolving fund to be available for the acquisition of real or personal property, for engineering services, or for the construction of structures or improvements needed in whole or in part to provide facilities and services within the district, or an improvement district therein, as authorized pursuant to Section 31110. Such revolving fund shall be reimbursed from service fees, connection charges, tax revenues, or other moneys available from the service area, and no sums shall be disbursed from the fund until the board has, by resolution, established the method by which, and the term, not to exceed five years, within which the fund shall be reimbursed. The fund shall be reimbursed within five years together with interest at the current legal rate per annum. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 440.)
  135. 31120.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Fire Protection [31120- 31120.] ( Article 7 repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 18. )

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    A district may take on fire-protection powers, but it cannot handle fire prevention or suppression in territory served by another local agency unless that agency consents.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Fire Protection [31120- 31120.] ( Article 7 repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 18. ) ## 31120. (a) A district may exercise any of the powers, functions, and duties which are vested in, or imposed upon, a fire protection district pursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, Part 3 (commencing with Section 13800) of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) If the district includes any part of a local agency which provides fire protection service to any territory in the district, the district shall have no authority regarding the prevention and suppression of fires in that territory unless the district has obtained the consent of the other local agency. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 18.)
  136. 31130.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Recreational Facilities [31130 - 31133] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 574. )

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    A district may use water or land it controls for recreation, and may build, maintain, and operate related works or facilities. Recreational use of water needs approval from the public health authority with jurisdiction.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Recreational Facilities [31130 - 31133] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 574. ) ## 31130. A district may use any water or land under its control for recreational purposes and in connection therewith may construct, maintain, and operate any works or facilities appropriate or ancillary to such recreational use; provided, that recreational use of water shall be subject to the approval of the public health authority having jurisdiction. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 664.)
  137. 31131.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Recreational Facilities [31130 - 31133] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 574. )

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    A district may set reasonable rules for using its facilities and may include reasonable user charges. It is not required to charge users.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Recreational Facilities [31130 - 31133] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 574. ) ## 31131. A district may prescribe reasonable rules and regulations to govern the use of such facilities, including regulations imposing reasonable charges for the use thereof. A district is not required to charge for the use of such facilities. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 574.)
  138. 31132.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Recreational Facilities [31130 - 31133] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 574. )

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    A county water district’s eminent domain power for recreational purposes is limited to land inside the district or land next to it.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Recreational Facilities [31130 - 31133] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 574. ) ## 31132. The exercise of the power of eminent domain to acquire any land or interest therein for recreational purposes is limited to land within the district or land contiguous to the district. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 214.)
  139. 31133.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Recreational Facilities [31130 - 31133] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 574. )

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    The Malaga County Water District may create and run community recreation facilities, but it needs voter approval before using those powers, and it cannot take on more than 1% bonded debt for these purposes.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Recreational Facilities [31130 - 31133] ( Article 8 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 574. ) ## 31133. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Malaga County Water District may: (a) Organize, promote, conduct, and advertise programs of community recreation. (b) Establish systems of recreation and recreation centers, including parks and parkways. (c) Acquire, construct, improve, maintain and operate recreation centers within the district. The district shall not incur a bonded indebtedness for the purposes authorized by this section exceeding 1 percent of the assessed value of all the taxable property in the district, and no bonded indebtedness shall be incurred except for capital outlay purposes. The district shall not exercise any powers under this section unless the exercise of those powers is approved by the voters of the district at an election held within the district at which a majority of the voters voting on the proposition approve the exercise of those powers. The election may be consolidated with any other election held within the district. If a majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of the proposition, the county elections official shall immediately cause to be filed with the Secretary of State a certificate reciting that fact. If the voters of the district do not approve the exercise of any of those powers at an election held prior to January 1, 1974, this section shall become inoperative on that date and shall have no further force or effect. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 160. Effective January 1, 2003. Conditionally inoperative January 1, 1974, by its own provisions.)
  140. 31135.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. )

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    A district may build, run, or contract for facilities to collect and dispose of garbage, waste, and trash for the district and its inhabitants.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. ) ## 31135. A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for, or may contract with others for, the collection and disposal of the garbage, waste, and trash of the district and its inhabitants. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981.)
  141. 31136.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. )

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    The district may set, change, and collect rates or other charges for services provided under this article.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. ) ## 31136. The district may prescribe, revise, and collect rates or other charges for the services furnished pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981.)
  142. 31137.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. )

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    The district may set rules to collect certain rates or charges together with its water or sewer rates and may bill them on one bill. If payment is not made in full or in part, the district may stop any services covered by the bill.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. ) ## 31137. The district may provide that such rates or charges may be collected with the water or sewer rates, or both, of the district and that all rates shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as one item, and that in the event of failure to pay the whole or any part thereof, the district may discontinue any and all services for which such bill is rendered. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981.)
  143. 31138.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. )

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    The district may decide sanitary service is not necessary or feasible for everyone in the district and must then identify which customers or areas are excluded from service.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. ) ## 31138. The district may determine that sanitary service may not be necessary or feasible for all residents or properties within the district and shall thereupon make a finding as to which type of customer or area shall be excluded from service. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981.)
  144. 31139.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. )

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    The district must determine which types of waste are excluded from service.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. ) ## 31139. The district shall determine the types of wastes to be excluded from service. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981.)
  145. 31140.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. )

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    The district must award contracts for supplying this service by public bid, but if no suitable bid is received, it may negotiate a contract.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. ) ## 31140. Any contract with other parties for the supplying of this service for the district shall be granted by public bid for such periods as the district determines is in the best interest of the district. In the event of failure to receive a suitable bid, the district may negotiate a contract for service. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981.)
  146. 31141.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. )

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    A district may adopt sanitation ordinances, but published notice is required after adoption and before certain pre-adoption meetings.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. ) ## 31141. (a) A district may adopt ordinances relating to the provision of sanitation services and the regulation of those services. Every such ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon adoption, but shall be published once in full in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the district within 10 days after adoption, or if there be no such newspaper it shall be posted within 10 days after adoption in three public places within the district. (b) The publication of ordinances, as required by subdivision (a), may be satisfied by either of the following actions: (1) The district may publish a summary of a proposed ordinance or proposed amendment to an existing ordinance. The summary shall be prepared by an official designated by the board. A summary shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance or proposed amendment shall be posted in the office of the board at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, the board shall publish a summary of the ordinance or amendment with the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment and the official shall post in the office of the board a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance or amendment along with the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment. (2) If the official designated by the board determines that it is not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment, and if the board so orders, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page in a newspaper of general circulation in the county shall be published at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page shall be published. The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide information about, the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment, including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain copies of the complete text of the ordinance or amendment, and the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 553, Sec. 3.)
  147. 31142.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. )

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    After an ordinance is posted or published under Section 31141, any person who violates a district ordinance adopted under that section commits a misdemeanor.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Sanitation Service [31135 - 31142] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1981. ) ## 31142. After the posting or publication of any ordinance as provided in Section 31141, it is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any ordinance of the district adopted pursuant to Section 31141, and, upon conviction thereof, that person shall be punished by being imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or by fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600), or by both the fine and imprisonment. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 215.)
  148. 31142.20.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. )

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    This article may be cited as the Alameda County Water District Groundwater Protection Act.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.20. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alameda County Water District Groundwater Protection Act. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 133) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  149. 31142.22.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. )

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    This article applies only to property within the boundaries of Fremont, Newark, and Union City.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.22. This article only applies to all property within the boundaries of the Cities of Fremont, Newark, and Union City. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 133) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  150. 31142.24.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. )

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    This section defines terms used in the article, including aquifer, aquitard, board, district, exploratory hole, general manager, groundwater, other excavation, and well.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.24. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Aquifer” means a geologic formation from which groundwater may be extracted. (b) “Aquitard” means a geologic formation with very low permeability. (c) “Board” means the board of directors of the district. (d) “District” means the Alameda County Water District. (e) “Exploratory hole” means a temporary excavation constructed by any method, for the purpose of determining subsurface geological or hydrogeological information. (f) “General manager” means the general manager of the district. (g) “Groundwater” means water beneath the natural surface of the ground, whether or not flowing through known and definite channels. (h) “Other excavation” means an excavation or structure, other than a well or an exploratory hole, constructed by any method that intersects an aquifer, or that may impact the integrity of any aquitard located directly above an aquifer. (i) “Well” means any artificial excavation constructed by any method for the purpose of monitoring groundwater levels, extracting, injecting, or circulating water, or extracting, injecting, or circulating other fluid or gas solely for the purpose of soil or groundwater remediation, beneath the natural surface of the ground. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 133) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  151. 31142.26.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. )

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    The district may, within specified city boundaries, adopt regulations, inspect and investigate wells and excavations, collect groundwater data, require permits, charge fees, and require sealing of abandoned or unused wells.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.26. The district may take the following actions within the boundaries of the Cities of Fremont, Newark, and Union City to carry out this article: (a) Adopt, by ordinance, regulations the board deems necessary or proper to carry out this article. (b) Inspect and investigate wells, exploratory holes, and other excavations and enforce regulations adopted by the board regarding the construction, use, maintenance, repair, improvement, decommissioning, or destruction of wells, exploratory holes, other excavations, and appurtenances. (c) Take measurements, collect data, including samples of groundwater, and make analyses pertaining to wells and the use of groundwater within the district. (d) Require persons or entities to obtain a permit from the district to construct, operate, decommission, abandon, or destroy a well, exploratory hole, or other excavation. (e) Impose and collect fees to recover the cost of inspecting wells, exploratory holes, and other excavations and otherwise implement and enforce this article. (f) Require the sealing of abandoned or unused wells according to regulations adopted by the board that are designed to protect groundwater from contamination. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 133) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  152. 31142.28.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. )

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    A person applying for a land development permit or approval in the specified area must get documentation from the district about wells or excavations.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.28. Any person applying for any land development permit or approval within the boundaries described in Section 31142.22 shall obtain documentation from the district indicating that existing wells or other excavations are in compliance with the regulations of the district or that no wells or other excavations have been identified within the boundaries of the property proposed to be developed. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 133) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  153. 31142.30.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. )

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    An abandoned or unused well, exploratory hole, or similar excavation that creates or threatens a water contamination hazard is a public nuisance. The board must adopt regulations to carry out this section.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.30. Any abandoned or unused well, exploratory hole, or other excavation that creates or threatens to create a water contamination hazard is a public nuisance. The board shall adopt, by ordinance, regulations to carry out this section. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 133) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  154. 31142.32.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. )

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    If the district finds a public nuisance, it must notify the property’s record owner by certified mail and set a hearing notice and timetable.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.32. If the district determines that a public nuisance exists, it shall, by certified mail, notify the record owner of the property to abate the public nuisance. The notice of public nuisance shall describe the public nuisance and specify the time, date, and place for a hearing regarding the public nuisance. The hearing shall take place no sooner that 10 calendar days and no later than 60 calendar days from the date of mailing of the notice of public nuisance. At the hearing, district staff shall present evidence of a public nuisance and the record owner may present evidence to the general manager that a public nuisance does not exist or has been abated. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 133) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  155. 31142.34.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. )

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    If the general manager finds a public nuisance after the hearing, the district must mail a certified notice to the record owner requiring abatement within a specified time.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.34. If, after the hearing, the general manager determines that a public nuisance exists, the district shall, by certified mail, send a notice to the record owner requiring that the record owner abate the public nuisance within a specified time. The notice shall state that, unless the public nuisance is abated within the time specified by the district, the district may abate the public nuisance and the costs of the abatement will be assessed against the property. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 133) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  156. 31142.36.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. )

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    The district may abate a public nuisance if it is not fixed within the time stated in the notice, but it must give written notice before entering private property.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.36. If the public nuisance is not abated within the time specified by the district in the notice, the district may abate the public nuisance. Any entry upon private property by the district for this purpose shall be preceded by written notice to the record owner of the property stating the date and place of entry and that the purpose of entry is to abate the public nuisance. If the mailed notice is returned undelivered, the district shall post a copy of the notice at the proposed entry point of the property at least five days prior to entry. Thereafter, the district may take all actions necessary to abate the public nuisance. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 133) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  157. 31142.38.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. )

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    The district must record a notice of lien for nuisance abatement costs and include specified information in the notice.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.3. Alameda County Water District [31142.20 - 31142.39] ( Article 9.3 added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.38. (a) All costs incurred by the district in abating a public nuisance pursuant to this article are a lien upon the property. (b) Notice of the lien shall include the name of the record owner, the property on which the nuisance was abated, and the amount of the lien. The notice of lien shall be recorded by the district in the Office of the Alameda County Recorder within one year after the date on which the district initially incurs costs to abate the public nuisance or within 90 days after the completion of the abatement of the public nuisance, whichever occurs first. Upon recordation of the notice of lien, the lien shall have the same force, effect, and priority as a judgment lien, except that it will attach only to the property described in the notice, and shall continue until released or otherwise discharged. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (SB 133) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  158. 31142.50.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.4. Sierra Lakes County Water District [31142.50- 31142.50.] ( Article 9.4 added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 109, Sec. 1. )

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    The Sierra Lakes County Water District may use ordinances to regulate petroleum tank use and to prevent pollution, waste, nuisance, and contamination of its drinking water source.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.4. Sierra Lakes County Water District [31142.50- 31142.50.] ( Article 9.4 added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 109, Sec. 1. ) ## 31142.50. (a) In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Sierra Lakes County Water District shall have, but is not limited to, the authority to prevent nuisance, pollution, waste, and contamination of its drinking water source. (b) (1) To regulate, prohibit, or control the discharge of pollutants, waste, or other materials in groundwater or surface waters, the district may adopt by ordinance requirements relating to the installation and use of small aboveground or small underground tanks, including, but not limited to, the following: (A) An existing small underground tank for the storage of petroleum located within the tributary watershed of Lake Serena and Lake Dulzura shall be annually tested in accordance with the Non-Visual Monitoring/Quantitative Release Detection Methods provided in Section 2643 of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations. (B) An existing small aboveground tank or new small aboveground tanks for the storage of petroleum located within the tributary watershed of Lake Serena and Lake Dulzura shall include a secondary containment system that meets the requirements of Section 5704.2.9.7 of the California Fire Code. (2) To regulate, prohibit, or control the discharge of pollutants, waste, or other materials in groundwater or surface waters, the district may adopt an ordinance that prohibits the installation of new small underground tanks or new underground storage tanks, as defined in Section 25281 of the Health and Safety Code, for the storage of petroleum within the tributary watershed of Lake Serena and Lake Dulzura. (c) An ordinance adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) may provide that: (1) A violation of the ordinance is an infraction, constitutes a nuisance, or both. (2) The district may seek redress for violations of the ordinance by bringing a civil action against the violator. (3) If the violation is an infraction, the district may request that the court impose punishment consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 36900 of the Government Code. For purposes of calculating the punishment, each day of the violation constitutes a separate offense. (4) If the violation constitutes a nuisance, the district may pursue summary abatement of the nuisance or initiate civil proceedings to abate the nuisance. A person found by the court to have committed the nuisance shall be liable for the costs incurred by the district to abate the nuisance, including, but not limited to, the costs of investigation, costs of time and materials expended to eliminate or mitigate the nuisance, court costs, attorney’s fees, and costs of monitoring compliance. The court may also assess any civil penalties established in the ordinance against persons found by the court to have committed a nuisance. (d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Petroleum” includes crude oil, including heating oil, or any fraction thereof, that is liquid at standard conditions of temperature and pressure. Standard conditions of temperature and pressure for crude oil is 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute. (2) “Small aboveground tank” means a tank that is substantially or totally above the surface of the ground with a capacity of 550 gallons or less and not subject to Chapter 6.67 (commencing with Section 25270) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code. (3) “Small underground tank” means any one or combination of tanks, including pipes connected thereto, that is used for storage of hazardous substances and that is substantially or totally beneath the surface of the ground with a capacity of 1,100 gallons or less. (4) “Tank” means a stationary device designed to contain an accumulation of hazardous substances that is constructed primarily of nonearthen materials, including, but not limited to, wood, concrete, steel, or plastic that provides structural support. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 218. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
  159. 31143.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. )

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    The San Lorenzo Valley Water District may investigate, register, charge fees for, review, and regulate onsite wastewater disposal systems, and must use those powers to prevent pollution of the San Lorenzo River and related waters.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. ) ## 31143. In addition to the other powers provided by law, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District, Santa Cruz County, shall have all of the following powers and shall promptly and effectively exercise such powers as may be appropriate to ensure that onsite waste water disposal systems, as defined in Section 6952 of the Health and Safety Code, along the San Lorenzo River do not pollute the river, its tributaries, and ground water: (a) To carry on technical and other investigations, examinations, or tests, of all kinds, make measurements, collect data, and make analyses, studies, and inspections pertaining to the water supply, use of water, water quality, nuisance, pollution, waste, and contamination of water within the district as such activities relate to the use of public, combined, or private onsite waste water disposal systems. (b) To require all persons discharging from onsite waste water disposal systems within the district to register the system with the district, and to charge annual registration fees in such amount as will defray all or a portion of the costs of exercising the powers provided in this article. Applications for permits for onsite waste water disposal systems within the district to the County of Santa Cruz shall be referred to the district for the district’s review and comment. (c) To adopt and enforce regulations for onsite waste water disposal systems within the district, after holding a public hearing on reasonable notice thereof, to control and enhance the quality of the ground and surface waters of the district, in order to eliminate the pollution, waste, and contamination of water flowing into, through, or originating within watercourses, both natural and artificial, within the district, to prevent contamination, nuisance, pollution, or otherwise rendering unfit for beneficial use the surface or ground water used or useful in the district, and to expend such amounts as are necessary to exercise such powers from the funds of the district. Such regulations shall not be in conflict with state law or county ordinances. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1.)
  160. 31143.1.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. )

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    The district must take reasonably necessary steps to secure compliance with laws and rules on water pollution and onsite waste water disposal systems. Its authorized representatives may enter premises with an onsite system to inspect it, take discharge samples, or review required records, subject to credentials, a warrant if needed, or the owner’s permission.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. ) ## 31143.1. The district shall immediately do all such acts as are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with any federal, state, regional, or local law, order, regulation, or rule relating to water pollution or discharges from onsite waste water disposal systems within the area of the district. For such purpose, any authorized representative of the district, upon presentation of his credentials, or, if necessary under the circumstances, after obtaining an inspection warrant pursuant to Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, or with the permission of the owner, shall have the right of entry to any premises on which an onsite waste water disposal system is located for the purpose of inspecting such system, including securing samples of discharges therefrom, or any records required to be maintained in connection therewith by federal, state, or local law, order, regulation, or rule. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1.)
  161. 31143.2.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. )

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    The district may abate violations of its regulations as public nuisances and may charge the abatement cost to the violator.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. ) ## 31143.2. (a) Violation of any of the provisions of a district regulation adopted pursuant to Section 31143 may be abated as a public nuisance by the district, and the board of directors may by regulation establish a procedure for the abatement of such a nuisance and to assess the cost of such abatement to the violator. If the violator maintains the nuisance upon real property in which he has a fee title interest, the assessment shall constitute a lien upon such real property. (b) The amount of any costs incurred by the district in abating such a nuisance upon real property shall be added to the annual taxes next levied upon the real property subject to abatement and shall constitute a lien upon that real property as of the same time and in the same manner as does the tax lien securing such annual taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of district taxes shall be applicable to such assessment, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attached thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then a lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the delinquent and unpaid charges relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. Any amounts of such assessments collected are to be credited to the funds of the district from which the costs of abatement were expended. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1.)
  162. 31143.3.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. )

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    An owner may ask the district to repair or replace a qualifying onsite waste water disposal system, and the board may approve the work and related financing measures.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. ) ## 31143.3. (a) The owner of any real property upon which is located an onsite waste water disposal system, which system is subject to abatement as a public nuisance by the district, may request the district to replace or repair, as necessary, such system. If replacement or repair is feasible, the board of directors, in its sole discretion, may provide for the necessary replacement or repair work. (b) The person or persons employed by the board of directors to do the work shall have a lien, subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 31143.2, for work done and materials furnished, and the work done and materials furnished shall be deemed to have been done and furnished at the request of the owner. The district, in the discretion of the board of directors, may pay all, or any part, of the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished; and, to the extent that the district pays the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished, the district shall succeed to and have all the rights, including, but not limited to, the lien, of such person or persons employed to do the work against the real property and the owner. (c) As an alternative power to the enforcement of the lien provided in subdivision (b), the board of directors may, by ordinance adopted by two-thirds vote of the members, fix the costs of replacement or repair; fix the times at which such costs shall become due; provide prior to the replacement or repair for the payment of the costs in installments over a period not to exceed 15 years; establish a rate of interest not to exceed 8 percent per annum, to be charged on the unpaid balance of the costs; and provide that the amount of the costs and the interest shall constitute a lien, subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 31143.2, against the respective lots or parcels upon which the work is done. (d) With the written consent of the owner and the lienholder, if other than the district, the board of directors may issue an improvement bond pursuant to the improvement bond provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 (Part 5 (commencing with Section 6400) of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code), to represent and be secured by the lien established pursuant to subdivision (b). The bond may be delivered to the lienholder if other than the district or may be sold by the board of directors at public or private sale. The amount of the bond shall be the amount of the lien, including incidental expenses allowable under the Improvement Act of 1911. The bond term and interest rate shall be determined by the board of directors within the limits established by the Improvement Act of 1911 and other applicable provisions of law. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1257, Sec. 1.)
  163. 31143.4.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. )

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    The district and the County of Santa Cruz may contract with each other for services or activities authorized by this article, to avoid duplication.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. ) ## 31143.4. In order to avoid duplication, either the district or the County of Santa Cruz may contract with the other party for any services or activities authorized to be performed pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1.)
  164. 31143.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. )

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    Violating a district regulation adopted under Section 31143 is a misdemeanor with fines, jail time, or both.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.5. San Lorenzo Valley Water District [31143 - 31143.5] ( Article 9.5 added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1. ) ## 31143.5. Any violation of a regulation of the district adopted pursuant to Section 31143 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment not to exceed 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of such a violation shall constitute a separate offense. Any violation or threatened violation of a regulation of the district may also be enjoined by civil suit. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1135, Sec. 1.)
  165. 31144.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. )

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    The Lompico County Water District has powers to investigate wastewater impacts, require system registration, charge annual registration fees, and adopt and enforce regulations, as long as they do not conflict with state law or county ordinances.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. ) ## 31144. In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Lompico County Water District, Santa Cruz County, shall have all of the following powers and shall promptly and effectively exercise such powers as may be appropriate to ensure that onsite waste water disposal systems, as defined in Section 6952 of the Health and Safety Code, along the San Lorenzo River do not pollute the river, its tributaries, and groundwater: (a) To carry on technical and other investigations, examinations, or tests, of all kinds, make measurements, collect data, and make analyses, studies, and inspections pertaining to the water supply, use of water, water quality, nuisance, pollution, waste, and contamination of water within the district as those activities relate to the use of public, combined, or private onsite waste water disposal systems. (b) To require all persons discharging from onsite waste water disposal systems within the district to register the system with the district, and to charge annual registration fees in such amount as will defray all or a portion of the costs of exercising the powers provided in this article. Applications for permits for onsite waste water disposal systems within the district to the County of Santa Cruz shall be referred to the district for the district’s review and comment. (c) To adopt and enforce regulations for onsite waste water disposal systems within the district, after holding a public hearing on reasonable notice thereof, to control and enhance the quality of the ground and surface waters of the district, in order to eliminate the pollution, waste, and contamination of water flowing into, through, or originating within watercourses, both natural and artificial, within the district, to prevent contamination, nuisance, pollution, or otherwise rendering unfit for beneficial use the surface or groundwater used or useful in the district, and to expend such amounts as are necessary to exercise these powers from the funds of the district. The regulations shall not be in conflict with state law or county ordinances. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. Effective June 27, 1984.)
  166. 31144.1.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. )

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    The district must take reasonably necessary steps to secure compliance with water pollution and onsite wastewater rules, and its authorized representative may enter certain premises to inspect systems and related records or take discharge samples, subject to stated conditions.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. ) ## 31144.1. The district shall immediately do all such acts as are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with any federal, state, regional, or local law, order, regulation, or rule relating to water pollution or discharges from onsite waste water disposal systems within the area of the district. For that purpose, any authorized representative of the district, upon presentation of his credentials, or, if necessary under the circumstances, after obtaining an inspection warrant pursuant to Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, or with the permission of the owner, shall have the right of entry to any premises on which an onsite waste water disposal system is located for the purpose of inspecting the system, including securing samples of discharges therefrom, or any records required to be maintained in connection therewith by federal, state, or local law, order, regulation, or rule. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. Effective June 27, 1984.)
  167. 31144.2.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. )

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    The district may treat violations of district regulations as a public nuisance, abate the nuisance, and charge the violator for abatement costs. Those costs can become a lien on certain real property, with an exception for later-transferred property sold to a bona fide purchaser or encumbered by a bona fide encumbrancer before tax delinquency.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. ) ## 31144.2. (a) Violation of any of the provisions of a district regulation adopted pursuant to Section 31144 may be abated as a public nuisance by the district, and the board of directors may by regulation establish a procedure for the abatement of such a nuisance and to assess the cost of abatement to the violator. If the violator maintains the nuisance upon real property in which the violator has a fee title interest, the assessment shall constitute a lien upon the real property. (b) The amount of any costs incurred by the district in abating such a nuisance upon real property shall be added to the annual taxes next levied upon the real property subject to abatement and shall constitute a lien upon that real property as of the same time and in the same manner as does the tax lien securing those annual taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of district taxes shall be applicable to the assessment, except that if any real property to which the lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attached thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of those taxes would become delinquent, then a lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to the real property and the delinquent and unpaid charges relating to the property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. Any amounts of those assessments collected are to be credited to the funds of the district from which the costs of abatement were expended. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. Effective June 27, 1984.)
  168. 31144.3.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. )

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    The property owner may ask the district to repair or replace an onsite wastewater disposal system, and the board of directors has discretion to approve related work and financing measures.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. ) ## 31144.3. (a) The owner of any real property upon which is located an onsite waste water disposal system, which system is subject to abatement as a public nuisance by the district, may request the district to replace or repair the system, as necessary. If replacement or repair is feasible, the board of directors, in its sole discretion, may provide for the necessary replacement or repair work. (b) The person or persons employed by the board of directors to do the work shall have a lien, subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 31144.2, for work done and materials furnished, and the work done and materials furnished shall be deemed to have been done and furnished at the request of the owner. The district, in the discretion of the board of directors, may pay all, or any part, of the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished; and, to the extent that the district pays the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished, the district shall succeed to and have all the rights, including, but not limited to, the lien, of the person or persons employed to do the work against the real property and the owner. (c) As an alternative power to the enforcement of the lien provided in subdivision (b), the board of directors may, by ordinance adopted by two-thirds vote of the members, fix the costs of replacement or repair; fix the times at which the costs shall become due; provide prior to the replacement or repair for the payment of the costs in installments over a period not to exceed 15 years; establish a rate of interest not to exceed 8 percent per annum, to be charged on the unpaid balance of the costs; and provide that the amount of the costs and the interest shall constitute a lien, subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 31144.2, against the respective lots or parcels upon which the work is done. (d) With the written consent of the owner and the lienholder, if other than the district, the board of directors may issue an improvement bond pursuant to the improvement bond provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 (Part 5 (commencing with Section 6400) of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code), to represent and be secured by the lien established pursuant to subdivision (b). The bond may be delivered to the lienholder if other than the district or may be sold by the board of directors at public or private sale. The amount of the bond shall be the amount of the lien, including incidental expenses allowable under the Improvement Act of 1911. The bond term and interest rate shall be determined by the board of directors within the limits established by the Improvement Act of 1911 and other applicable provisions of law. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. Effective June 27, 1984.)
  169. 31144.4.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. )

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    The district or the County of Santa Cruz may contract with each other for services or activities authorized by this article, to avoid duplication.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. ) ## 31144.4. In order to avoid duplication, either the district or the County of Santa Cruz may contract with the other party for any services or activities authorized to be performed pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. Effective June 27, 1984.)
  170. 31144.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. )

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    The board of directors may do work to prevent, reduce, stop, or repair water pollution damage, and may do that work on private property only with the owner’s prior written consent and a public-interest finding.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. ) ## 31144.5. (a) Whenever, in the opinion of the board of directors, the public interest or convenience may require, the board of directors may undertake any work necessary or incidental to the prevention, mitigation, abatement, or control of water pollution from public, combined, or private onsite waste water disposal systems, or to repair damages resulting therefrom. (b) For purposes of this section, “water pollution” means actual or threatened pollution to the San Lorenzo River and its tributaries, ground and surface waters of the district, and water flowing into, through, or originating within watercourses, both natural and artificial, within the district. (c) The work may be performed on private property with the prior written consent of the owner thereof, if the board of directors of the district, in the resolution of intention, determines that it is in the public interest to do so. (d) The work or improvement shall be done and the cost thereof assessed and collected in accordance with the procedures of the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code), or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code). (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. Effective June 27, 1984.)
  171. 31144.6.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. )

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    Violating a district regulation adopted under Section 31144 is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $500 fine, up to 60 days in county jail, or both. Each day counts as a separate offense, and violations or threatened violations may also be enjoined in a civil suit.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.6. Lompico County Water District [31144 - 31144.6] ( Article 9.6 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. ) ## 31144.6. Any violation of a regulation of the district adopted pursuant to Section 31144 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 60 days, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Each day of the violation shall constitute a separate offense. Any violation or threatened violation of a regulation of the district may also be enjoined by civil suit. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. Effective June 27, 1984.)
  172. 31144.7.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    The Malaga County Water District has broad powers to protect water quality and supply, control discharges, and inspect water pollution sources within the district.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 31144.7. In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Malaga County Water District, Fresno County, shall, within the boundaries of the district, have all of the following powers and shall promptly and effectively exercise those powers that are appropriate for improving water quality and supply, reducing the use of water, and preventing nuisance, pollution, waste, and contamination of water: (a) To carry on technical and other investigations, examinations, or tests, of all kinds, make measurements, collect data, and make analyses, studies, and inspections pertaining to the water supply, use of water, water quality, nuisance, pollution, waste, and contamination of water, both within and without the district, including, but not limited to, those activities related to use of public, combined, or private septic and septic tank disposal systems. (b) To regulate, prohibit, or control the discharge of pollutants, waste, or any other material into the district’s facilities by requiring dischargers to obtain a permit from the district prior to any discharge and by prohibiting the discharge of pollutants or other material which does or may cause a nuisance into the district’s facilities without first obtaining a permit from the district, but if a federal permit has been issued for the discharge, a permit may be issued by the district at no fee to the discharger; to require a fee to be collected prior to the issuance of a discharge permit, if the amount of the fee does not exceed the cost of issuing the permit; to require all permitholders to indemnify the district from any and all damages, penalties, or other expenses imposed on or required of the district by state or federal agencies due to any discharge by the permitholders into district facilities. (c) To establish compliance with any federal, state, or local law, regulation, order, or rule relating to water pollution or the discharge of pollutants, waste, or any other material into the district’s facilities. For this purpose, any authorized representative of the district, upon presentation of his or her credentials or, if necessary under the circumstances, after obtaining an inspection warrant pursuant to Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, has the right of entry to any premises on which a water pollution, waste, or contamination source is located for the purpose of inspecting the source, including securing samples of discharges therefrom, or any records required to be maintained in connection therewith by federal, state, or local law, regulation, order, or rule. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)
  173. 31144.71.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    The Malaga County Water District may carry out a range of groundwater and water-management activities for the district’s common benefit and groundwater protection.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 31144.71. (a) For the common benefit of the district and for the purpose of managing the groundwater basin and managing, replenishing, regulating, and protecting the groundwater supplies within the district, the Malaga County Water District may exercise any of the following powers: (1) Provide for the conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water resources within the district. (2) Store water in underground water basins or reservoirs within or outside of the district. (3) Exchange water. (4) Distribute water to persons in exchange for ceasing or reducing groundwater extractions. (5) Transport, reclaim, purify, treat, inject, extract, or otherwise manage and control water for the beneficial use of persons or property within the district and to improve and protect the quality of groundwater supplies within the district. (b) The district may, pursuant to Sections 31020 and 31021, enter into an agreement or agreements with other public agencies for the purpose of participating in basinwide groundwater management activities. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)
  174. 31144.72.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    The Malaga County Water District may levy and collect fees or charges for activities under Section 31144.71, using the manner provided in this division.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 31144.72. In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Malaga County Water District may levy and collect fees or charges in the manner provided for in this division for activities undertaken pursuant to Section 31144.71. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)
  175. 31144.73.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    The district must prepare a written report every two years about its water-supply protection and augmentation activities.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 31144.73. The district shall biennially prepare a written report on the district’s activities in the protection and augmentation of the water supplies of the district. The report shall include, among other information the board may order, a financial analysis of the district’s water utility system; information as to the present and future water requirements of the district, the water supply available to the district, and future capital improvement and maintenance and operating requirements; a method of financing those requirements; a recommendation as to whether or not a groundwater charge should be levied in any zone or zones of the district during the ensuing water year and, if any groundwater charge is recommended, a proposal of a rate per acre-foot for all water other than agricultural water for the zone or zones. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)
  176. 31144.74.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    This section defines terms used for a groundwater charge in the Malaga County Water District.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 31144.74. As used in connection with the groundwater charge authorized by this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (a) “District” means the Malaga County Water District. (b) “Person,” “owner,” or “operator” means federal, state, or local agencies, private corporations, firms, or partnerships, and individuals or groups of individuals, whether legally organized or not. “Owner” or “operator” also means the person to whom a water-producing facility is assessed by the county assessor, or, if not separately assessed, the person who owns the land upon which a water-producing facility is located. (c) “Groundwater” means nonsaline water beneath the natural surface of the ground, whether or not flowing through known and definite channels. “Nonsaline water” means water which has less than 1,000 parts of chlorides to 1,000,000 parts of water, both quantities measured by weight. (d) “Production” or “producing” means the extraction or extracting of groundwater, by pumping or any other method, from shafts, tunnels, wells (including, but not limited to, abandoned oil wells), excavations or other sources of groundwater, for domestic, municipal, irrigation, industrial, or other beneficial use, but does not mean or include the extraction of groundwater produced in the construction or reconstruction of a well, or water incidentally produced in a bona fide mining or excavation operation or water incidentally produced in the bona fide construction of a tunnel, unless the groundwater so extracted shall be used or sold by the producer for domestic, municipal, irrigation, industrial, or other beneficial use. (e) “Water-producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or otherwise, for the production of water from the groundwater supplies within the district or a zone thereof. (f) “Water production statement” means the certified statement filed by the owner or operator of a water-producing facility with the district of the production of groundwater from the facility in a specified period. (g) “Water year” means July 1 of one calendar year to June 30 of the following calendar year. (h) “Agricultural water” means water primarily used in the commercial production of agricultural crops or livestock. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)
  177. 31144.75.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    The report must be delivered to the district board clerk in writing in February of each even-numbered year, notice must be published, and a public hearing must be held in March.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 31144.75. On the second Tuesday in February of each even-numbered year, the report shall be delivered to the clerk of the district board in writing. The clerk shall publish, pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, a notice of the receipt of the report and of the public hearing to be held on the second Tuesday in March in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the district, at least 10 days prior to the date at which the public hearing regarding the report shall be held. 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, or any person interested in the district’s activities in the protection and augmentation of the water supplies of the district, to call at the offices of the district to examine the report. A public hearing shall be held on the second Tuesday of March of each even-numbered year in the chambers of the board, at which time any operator of a water-producing facility in the district, or any person interested in the district’s activities in the protection and augmentation of the water supplies of the district, may in person, or by representative, appear and submit evidence concerning the subject of the report. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)
  178. 31144.76.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    The board must decide whether to levy a groundwater charge, and if it does, it must impose the charge on persons operating water-producing facilities in the affected zone or zones.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 31144.76. (a) Prior to the end of the water year in which the hearing is held, and based upon the findings and determinations at the hearing, the board shall determine whether or not a groundwater charge should be levied in any zone or zones. If the board determines that a groundwater charge should be levied, the board shall levy, assess, and affix the charge or charges against all persons operating water-producing facilities within that zone or zones during the ensuing water year. The charge shall be computed at a fixed and uniform rate per acre-foot for all water other than agricultural water. The rates shall be established each year in accordance with a budget for that year and shall be at a fixed and uniform rate for all water other than agricultural water. (b) Any groundwater charge levied pursuant to this article shall be in addition to any general tax or assessment levied within the district or any zone or zones thereof. (c) 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 making or extension of any charge upon the records which do not affect the substantial rights of the assessee or assessees, shall not invalidate the groundwater charge. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)
  179. 31144.77.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    Owners or operators in a zone with a groundwater charge must file a water production statement, pay the charge on time, and report abandonment; the district can add interest or a penalty for nonpayment or nonfiling.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 31144.77. (a) After the establishment of a zone in which a groundwater charge may be levied, each owner or operator of a water-producing facility within the zone, until such time as the water-producing facility has been permanently abandoned, shall file with the district, on or before the 30th day following the end of collection periods established by the board, a water production statement setting forth the total production in acre-feet of water for the preceding collection period, a general description or number locating each water-producing facility, the method or basis of the computation of that water production, and the amount of the groundwater charge based on that computation. The collection periods may be established at not greater than a year or less than six months. If no water has been produced from the water-producing facility during a preceding collection period, this statement shall be filed, setting forth that no water has been produced during that period. The statement shall be verified by a written declaration that it is made under the penalties of perjury. The groundwater charge is payable to the district on or before the last date upon which the water production statements shall be filed, and is computed by multiplying the production in acre-feet of water for each classification as disclosed in the statement by the groundwater charge for each classification of water. At the time any water-producing facility has been permanently abandoned, the operator shall give written notice of the abandonment to the district. If any operator of a water-producing facility fails to pay the groundwater charge when due, the district shall charge interest at the rate of 1 percent each month on the delinquent amount of the groundwater charge. (b) If any owner or operator of a water-producing facility fails to register each water-producing facility, or fails to file the water production statements as required by this article, the district shall, in addition to charging interest as provided, assess a penalty charge against that owner or operator in subdivision (a), an amount of 10 percent of the amount found by the district to be due. The board may adopt regulations to provide that in excusable or justifiable circumstances the penalty may be reduced or waived. (c) When a water-measuring device is permanently attached to a water-producing facility, the record or production as disclosed by that water-measuring device shall be presumed to be accurate and shall be used as the basis for computing the water production of that water-producing facility in completing the water production statement, unless it can be shown that the water-measuring device is not measuring accurately. (d) When a water-measuring device is not permanently attached to a water-producing facility, the board may establish a method or methods to be used in computing the amount of water produced from the water-producing facility. The methods may be based upon any, or any combination, of the following criteria: (1) The minimum charge sufficient to cover administrative costs of collection. (2) The size of the water-producing facility discharge opening. (3) The area served by the water-producing facility. (4) The number of persons served by the water-producing facility. (5) The use of land served by the water-producing facility. (6) Any other criteria which may be used to determine with reasonable accuracy the amount of water produced from the water-producing facility. (e) The district may levy an annual charge upon a water-producing facility for which no production has been recorded but which has not been permanently abandoned, except that this charge shall not exceed the annual cost to the district of maintaining and administering the registration of that facility. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)
  180. 31144.78.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    An amended water production statement or record correction may be filed within six months of filing the original statement if good cause is shown.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 31144.78. Upon good cause shown, an amended statement of water production may be filed or a correction of the records may be made at any time within six months of filing the water production statement. If pursuant to Section 31144.79, the owner or operator has been notified of a determination by the district that the production of water from the water-producing facility is in excess of that disclosed by the sworn statement covering the water-producing facility, and that owner or operator fails to protest the determination in the manner and in the time set forth in Section 31144.79, the owner or operator shall be precluded from later filing an amended water production statement for that period for the water-producing facility. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)
  181. 31144.79.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. )

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    The district may investigate and set water-production amounts if it suspects underreporting, then must notify the operator. A protest can trigger a board hearing, and deadlines apply for protesting and paying.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 9.7. Malaga County Water District [31144.7 - 31144.79] ( Article 9.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. ) ## 31144.79. (a) If the district has probable cause to believe that the production of water from any water-producing facility is in excess of that disclosed by the sworn statements covering the water-producing facility, or if no statements are filed covering any water-producing facility, the district may cause an investigation and report to be made concerning the production of water from each such water-producing facility. The district may fix the amount of water production from any such water-producing facility at an amount not to exceed the maximum production capacity of the water-producing facility. (b) After the determination has been made by the district, a written notice thereof shall be mailed to the person operating the water-producing facility at the address shown by the district’s records. The determination made by the district shall be conclusive on all persons having an interest in the water-producing facility, and the groundwater charge, interest, and penalties thereon, shall be paid forthwith, unless that person files with the board within 15 days after the mailing of the notice, a written protest setting forth the ground or grounds for protesting the amount of production so fixed. Upon the filing of that protest, the board shall hold a hearing at which time the total amount of the water production and the groundwater charge thereon shall be determined, which shall be conclusive if based upon substantial evidence. If the water production statement was filed and the amount disclosed thereon was paid within the time required under this article, and the board finds that the failure to report the amount of water actually produced resulted from excusable or justifiable circumstances, the board may waive the charge of interest on the amount found to be due. A notice of the hearing shall be mailed to the protestant at least 10 days before the date fixed for the hearing. Notice of the determination by the board shall be mailed to each protestant, who shall have 30 days from the date of mailing to pay the groundwater charge, interest, or penalties provided under this article. (c) Notice as required in this section shall be given by deposit thereof in any postal facility regularly maintained by the government of the United States in a sealed envelope with postage paid, addressed to the person on whom it is served at the name and address disclosed by the records of the district. This service is complete at the time of deposit. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 580, Sec. 1.)
  182. 31145.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 10. Stinson Beach County Water District [31145 - 31149] ( Article 10 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925. )

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    The Stinson Beach County Water District is given powers to investigate water issues, regulate discharges, charge permit fees, require indemnity and other permits, adopt and enforce water-quality regulations, spend needed funds, and manage and sell water.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 10. Stinson Beach County Water District [31145 - 31149] ( Article 10 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925. ) ## 31145. In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Stinson Beach County Water District, Marin County, shall have all of the following powers and shall promptly and effectively exercise such powers as may be appropriate for improving water quality and supply, reducing use of water, and preventing nuisance, pollution, waste, and contamination of water: (a) To carry on technical and other investigations, examinations, or tests, of all kinds, make measurements, collect data, and make analyses, studies, and inspections pertaining to the water supply, use of water, water quality, nuisance, pollution, waste, and contamination of water, both within and without the district, including, but not limited to, such activities related to use of public, combined, or private septic and septic tank disposal systems. (b) To regulate, prohibit, or control the discharge of pollutants, waste, or any other materials into the ground or surface waters of the district or the contiguous seashores of the district by requiring dischargers to obtain a permit from the district prior to any such discharge and by prohibiting the discharge of pollutants, sewage, septic drainage, or any other material which does or may cause a nuisance into the ground or surface waters of the district or the contiguous seashores of the district without a permit having first been obtained from the district; to charge fees for the issuance and periodic renewal of such permits in such amount as will defray all or a portion of the costs of exercising the powers provided in this article; to require all permittees to indemnify the district from any and all damages, penalties, or other expenses imposed on or required of the district by federal, state, regional, or local agencies due to any discharge by such permittees into ground or surface waters of the district or the contiguous seashores of the district; to require as a condition of obtaining discharge permits from the district that all such dischargers also obtain state and federal waste discharge permits and any other permits required by federal, state, regional, or local law. (c) To adopt and enforce regulations within the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the district, after holding a public hearing on reasonable notice thereof, to control and enhance the quality of the ground and surface waters of the district, to eliminate the pollution, waste, and contamination of water flowing into, through, or originating within water courses and impoundments, both natural and artificial, within the district, to prevent contamination, nuisance, pollution, or otherwise rendering unfit for beneficial use the surface or ground water used or useful in the district, and to expend such amounts as are necessary to exercise such powers from the funds of the district. (d) To increase, to improve the quality of, and to prevent the waste or diminution of the water supply in, or unlawful exportation of water from, the district; to obtain, retain, conserve, treat by physical, chemical, or biological processes, or otherwise reclaim sanitary, sewage, drainage, storm, flood, and other water for beneficial use within the district or for storage, discharge, or disposal in accordance with legally established water quality specifications; and, whenever the board of directors shall find it to be in the best interests of the district so to do, to sell such water for agricultural, domestic, or other beneficial purposes within or without the district upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the board. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925.)
  183. 31146.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 10. Stinson Beach County Water District [31145 - 31149] ( Article 10 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925. )

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    The district must take reasonably necessary steps to secure compliance with pollution-related laws and rules. Its authorized representatives may enter relevant premises, with credentials and sometimes an inspection warrant, to inspect sources and collect samples or required records.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 10. Stinson Beach County Water District [31145 - 31149] ( Article 10 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925. ) ## 31146. The district shall immediately do all such acts as are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with any federal, state, regional or local law, order, regulation or rule relating to water pollution or the discharge of pollutants, waste or any other material within the area of the district. For such purpose, any authorized representative of the district, upon presentation of his credentials, or, if necessary under the circumstances, after obtaining an inspection warrant pursuant to Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, shall have the right of entry to any premises on which a water pollution, waste, or contamination source, including, but not limited to, septic tanks, is located for the purpose of inspecting such source, including securing samples of discharges therefrom, or any records required to be maintained in connection therewith by federal, state, or local law, order, regulation, or rule. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925.)
  184. 31147.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 10. Stinson Beach County Water District [31145 - 31149] ( Article 10 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925. )

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    The district may treat violations of certain district regulations as a public nuisance, abate them, and charge the violator for abatement costs; those costs can become a lien on the property in some cases.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 10. Stinson Beach County Water District [31145 - 31149] ( Article 10 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925. ) ## 31147. (a) Violation of any of the provisions of a district regulation adopted pursuant to Section 31145 may be abated as a public nuisance by the district, and the board may by regulation establish a procedure for the abatement of such a nuisance and to assess the cost of such abatement to the violator. If the violator maintains the nuisance upon real property in which he has a fee title interest, the assessment shall constitute a lien upon such real property. (b) The amount of any costs incurred by the district in abating such a nuisance upon real property, shall be added to, and become part of, the annual taxes next levied upon the real property subject to abatement and shall constitute a lien upon that real property as of the same time and in the same manner as does the tax lien securing such annual taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of district taxes shall be applicable to such assessment, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attached thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then a lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the delinquent and unpaid charges relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. Any amounts of such assessments collected are to be credited to the funds of the district from which the costs of abatement were expended. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925.)
  185. 31148.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 10. Stinson Beach County Water District [31145 - 31149] ( Article 10 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925. )

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    The owner of a qualifying property may ask the district to repair or replace a nuisance sewage/septic system, and the board may authorize the work if feasible.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 10. Stinson Beach County Water District [31145 - 31149] ( Article 10 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925. ) ## 31148. (a) The owner of any real property upon which is located a sanitary sewage, septic, or septic tank disposal system, which system is subject to abatement as a public nuisance by the district, may request the district to replace or repair, as necessary, such system. If replacement or repair is feasible, the board of directors, in its sole discretion, may provide for the necessary replacement or repair work. (b) The person or persons employed by the board of directors to do the work shall have a lien, subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 31147, for work done and materials furnished, and the work done and materials furnished shall be deemed to have been done and furnished at the request of the owner. The district, in the discretion of the board of directors, may pay all, or any part, of the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished; and, to the extent that the district pays the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished, the district shall succeed to and have all the rights, including, but not limited to, the lien, of such person or persons employed to do the work against the real property and the owner. (c) As an alternative power to the enforcement of the lien provided in subdivision (b), the board of directors may, by ordinance adopted by two-thirds vote of the members, fix the costs of replacement or repair; fix the times at which such costs shall become due; provide prior to the replacement or repair for the payment of the costs in installments over a period, not to exceed 15 years; establish a rate of interest, not to exceed 8 percent per annum, to be charged on the unpaid balance of the costs; and provide that the amount of the costs and the interest shall constitute a lien, subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 31147, against the respective lots or parcels upon which the work is done. (d) With the written consent of the owner and the lienholder, if other than the district, the board of directors may issue an improvement bond pursuant to the improvement bond provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 (Part 5 (commencing with Section 6400) of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code), to represent and be secured by the lien established pursuant to subdivision (b). The bond may be delivered to the lienholder if other than the district or may be sold by the board of directors at public or private sale. The amount of the bond shall be the amount of the lien, including incidental expenses allowable under the Improvement Act of 1911. The bond term and interest rate shall be determined by the board of directors within the limits established by the Improvement Act of 1911 and other applicable provisions of law. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1257, Sec. 2.)
  186. 31149.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 10. Stinson Beach County Water District [31145 - 31149] ( Article 10 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925. )

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    Violating a district regulation adopted under Section 31145 is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $1,000, up to 60 days in jail, or both.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 10. Stinson Beach County Water District [31145 - 31149] ( Article 10 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 925. ) ## 31149. Any violation of a regulation of the district adopted pursuant to Section 31145 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisonment not to exceed 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of such a violation shall constitute a separate offense. Any violation or threatened violation of a regulation of the district may also be enjoined by civil suit. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 412. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
  187. 31149.1.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. )

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    A district may build, maintain, and run hydroelectric plants and related transmission lines using its water supplies, but it must operate them compatibly with its water storage, transmission, and distribution system.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. ) ## 31149.1. A district may, by using any water or water supplies furnished to the district or used by the district, construct, maintain, and operate one or more plants for the generation of hydroelectric power from the water, and the transmission lines for the conveyance thereof. “Plant for the generation of hydroelectric power” includes water driven generators and appurtenant facilities for the generation of electric power and structures for the protection of the generators on appurtenant facilities. The plant or plants so constructed shall be operated in a manner which is compatible with the proper operation of the district’s water storage, transmission, and distribution system. Construction of the plant or plants and transmission lines may be financed by the issuance of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds or any other method of financing district works authorized in this division. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2.)
  188. 31149.2.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. )

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    A district may use generated hydroelectric power for its own purposes or for water production or transmission, but it may not sell that power directly to ordinary customers. It also cannot use its acquisition power to take property already used for public-utility hydroelectric generation unless the owner and district agree.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. ) ## 31149.2. The hydroelectric power plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to this article may be leased for operation by, or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility or public agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of electricity. The power generated may be used by a district for its own purposes, or for the production or transmission of water, but shall not be offered for sale directly by a district to customers other than such a public utility or public agency. The power to acquire works and facilities shall not include, and nothing in this article shall be interpreted to allow, the acquisition of property already employed in the generation of hydroelectric energy for public utility purposes, except by mutual agreement between the district and the owner of that property. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2.)
  189. 31149.3.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. )

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    The North Marin County Water District may build, run, and maintain wind or solar power plants and related transmission lines, and may use water for hydroelectric power, subject to other law and required project approvals.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. ) ## 31149.3. (a) The North Marin County Water District may construct, maintain, and operate one or more plants for the generation of power from wind or solar radiation, and the transmission lines for the conveyance thereof, and in connection therewith shall have all the powers set forth in this article for the generation of hydroelectric power. (b) Notwithstanding Section 31149.1, the North Marin County Water District may use any water for the generation of hydroelectric power subject, however, to any limitations or provisions contained in Section 106.7, Part 2 (commencing with Section 1200) of Division 2, or any other provisions of law. The hydroelectric power shall be developed so as to meet the direct and indirect energy requirements of the district for the proper operation of the district’s water storage, transmission, and distribution system. (c) The authority contained in subdivision (b), in the case of sole projects of the North Marin County Water District, may only be exercised by the district if the project is approved by the board of supervisors of the county in which the project is located or, in the case of joint projects, may only be exercised by the district if the project is approved by contract with the public agency acting as lead agency on the project. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 468, Sec. 1.)
  190. 31149.4.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. )

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    The Sierra Lakes County Water District may build, operate, maintain, and jointly exercise hydroelectric power works, but it cannot directly sell the generated power to most customers.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. ) ## 31149.4. Notwithstanding Section 31149.1 or any other provision of law, the Sierra Lakes County Water District may construct works for generating hydroelectric power, at Lake Dulzura and Lake Serena and on Serena Creek in Placer County, and may operate and maintain the works, or contract for that operation or maintenance. Construction of the works authorized by this section may be financed by the issuance of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds or any other method of financing authorized by law for public agencies. The power generated may be used by the district for its own purposes, but shall not be offered for sale directly by the district to customers other than a public utility or public agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of electricity. Any of the powers may be exercised jointly with other public agencies authorized to exercise those powers. The power to acquire works and facilities does not include, and nothing in this section authorizes, the acquisition of property already employed in the generation of hydroelectric energy for public utility purposes, except by mutual agreement between the district and the owner of that property. The authority to construct, maintain, and operate works pursuant to this section applies only to works constructed and maintained after January 1, 1984. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 795, Sec. 1.)
  191. 31149.5.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. )

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    The Marina County Water District may carry out power-generation and transmission-related activities, but before January 1, 1996 it may not use that authority to provide substitute water for the Monterey County Water Resources Agency’s seawater intrusion project.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. ) ## 31149.5. (a) The Marina County Water District may finance, construct, maintain, operate, lease, use, and sell power to any public utility or public agency from one or more plants within the district’s boundaries for the cogeneration of electric power in conjunction with facilities for removing dissolved solids and impurities from seawater, and may finance, construct, maintain, operate, and lease the transmission lines for the conveyance of the power. (b) Prior to January 1, 1996, the district may not exercise the authority set forth in subdivision (a) to provide water that is a substitute for water from the Monterey County Water Resources Agency’s seawater intrusion project. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 456, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
  192. 31149.7.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. )

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    A county water district may generate and deliver electric power for its own purposes, but it cannot sell power at retail and may only acquire certain utility property by mutual agreement.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000 - 31149.7] ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 11. Power Generation [31149.1 - 31149.7] ( Article 11 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 79, Sec. 2. ) ## 31149.7. (a) A district may provide, generate, and deliver electric power, and may construct, operate, and maintain any and all works, facilities, improvements, and property, or portion thereof, necessary or convenient for that generation and delivery. (b) The electric powerplant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to this section may be leased for operation. The power generated shall be used by a district for its own purposes. A district may sell surplus power to a public or private entity that is engaged in the distribution or sale of electricity. For purposes of this section, “for its own purposes” means a district performing only functions in its capacity as a water district, including, but not be limited to, any of the following: (1) Pumping operations. (2) Water treatment operations. (3) Barrier intrusion operations. (4) Desalination operations. (c) Nothing in this section grants to a district the authority to provide, sell, or deliver electric power at retail. (d) A district may not acquire property employed in the generation or delivery of electric power for public or private utility purposes, except by mutual agreement between the district and the owner of that property. (e) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature, that each district that has purchased electricity from an electrical corporation on or after February 1, 2001, regardless of whether the district thereafter generates its own electricity, bear a pro rata share of the Department of Water Resources’ electricity purchase costs, that are recoverable from electrical corporation customers in commission-approved rates. It is the further intent of the Legislature to prevent any shifting of recoverable costs from districts that generate their own electricity pursuant to this section, to electrical corporation bundled customers. (2) To the extent that any shifting of recoverable costs would occur, in the determination of the commission, those costs shall be recovered from districts that generate their own electricity, pursuant to this section. (3) The Legislature finds and declares that the revisions of this subdivision are consistent with the requirements of Chapter 4 of the Statutes of 2001, First Extraordinary Session, and do not constitute a change in, but are declaratory of existing law. (f) A district that generates its own electricity pursuant to this section shall be responsible for paying the following: (1) A charge equivalent to the charges that would otherwise be imposed on the district by the commission to recover bond related costs pursuant to any agreement between the commission and the Department of Water Resources pursuant to Section 80110 of the Water Code, which charges shall be payable until all obligations of the Department of Water Resources pursuant to Division 27 (commencing with Section 80000) of the Water Code are fully paid or otherwise discharged. All bond charges are the property of the Department of Water Resources. (2) If a district generates new offsite power, it shall be responsible for the additional costs of the Department of Water Resources, equal to the share of the Department of Water Resources’ estimated net unavoidable electricity purchase contract costs attributable to the district as determined by the commission, for the period commencing with the district’s initial generation of its offsite electricity, through the expiration of all then existing electricity purchase contracts entered into by the Department of Water Resources. (g) A district generating its own electricity pursuant to this section shall reimburse the electrical corporation that previously served the district for all of the following: (1) The electrical corporation’s unrecovered past undercollections for electricity purchases, including any financing costs, attributable to that district, that the commission lawfully determines may be recovered in rates. (2) Any additional costs of the electrical corporation recoverable in commission approved rates, equal to the share of the electrical corporation’s estimated net unavoidable electricity purchase contract costs attributable to the district, as determined by the commission, for the period commencing with the district’s initial generation of electricity pursuant to this section, through the expiration of all then existing electricity purchase contracts entered into by the electrical corporation. (h) (1) Any charges imposed pursuant to subdivision (f) shall be the property of the Department of Water Resources. Any charges imposed pursuant to subdivision (g) shall be the property of the particular electrical corporation. The commission shall establish sufficient mechanisms, including agreements with, or orders with respect to, electrical corporations as are necessary to ensure that charges payable pursuant to this section shall be promptly remitted to the party entitled to the payment. (2) Charges imposed pursuant to this section shall be nonbypassable. (i) Prior to implementing this section, the commission shall submit a report certifying its satisfaction of the provisions of this section to the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, or its successor, and the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce, or its successor. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 848, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
  193. 31150.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Districts may cooperate and contract with the United States if the cooperation is allowed under the Federal Reclamation Act and related federal enactments.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31150. Districts may cooperate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto or any other act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted permitting cooperation. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  194. 31151.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    This section says cooperation and contracts may be used for specified purposes.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31151. The cooperation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Acquisition, extension, or operation of works for irrigation or drainage or flood control, or the development of electric or other power. (b) A water supply. (c) Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  195. 31152.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Districts may carry out and perform the terms of any contract made under this provision.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31152. Districts may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  196. 31153.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    A district may exercise the powers, rights, and privileges that irrigation districts have, and it may do so in the same manner allowed under the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31153. To carry out the preceding sections of this article a district has all powers, rights, and privileges possessed by irrigation districts and may exercise those powers, rights, and privileges in the same manner as irrigation districts as provided in the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  197. 31154.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    If part of the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law is ruled unconstitutional, the rest of the law adopted by reference in this article remains valid.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31154. If any provision of the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law is held unconstitutional, that decision shall not affect the validity of the adoption by reference in this article of the remaining portions of that law. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  198. 31155.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    Contracts between a county water district and the United States must identify and describe any land that can be taxed or assessed under the contract.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31155. In any contract made between a county water district and the United States pursuant to this article, the land which may be charged with any taxes or assessments under the contract shall be designated and described. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  199. 31156.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    The contract must not include land that cannot be served by the water works or system described in the contract.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31156. The contract shall not include any land which is not susceptible of service with water from the water works or system contemplated in the contract. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
  200. 31157.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. )

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    For elections on a proposal to contract with the United States under this article, the voting proceedings must follow the procedures in Articles 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 2 of Part 6, as far as applicable.

    ## Water Code - WAT ## DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000 - 33901] ( Division 12 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000 - 31182] ( Part 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## CHAPTER 2. Cooperation [31150 - 31182] ( Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law [31150 - 31162] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274. ) ## 31157. The proceedings for voting at an election upon a proposal to contract with the United States pursuant to this article shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in Articles 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1235.)

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