{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"31053","citation":"Wat. Code, § 31053","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000. - 33901.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-12"},{"name":"PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000. - 31182.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-12/part-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000. - 31149.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-12/part-5/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Property Generally [31040. - 31054.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-12/part-5/chapter-1/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 926, Sec. 3.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p><p>However, a publicly owned utility may commence to provide service, otherwise prohibited, upon either of the following conditions:</p><p>(a) If the board of directors of the county water district, by resolution permits the service.</p><p>(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 <a href=\"/wat/30830\">30830</a>.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/property-generally-31053","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}