ARTICLE 5. Water

Article 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.

§§ 38730–38745 · 16 sections

• § 38730 A city may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation, water, water rights, reservoir sites, rights of way for pipes, aqueducts, flumes, or other conduits, and…
• § 38731 Two or more cities may jointly acquire and develop a source of water supply for municipal and domestic purposes and construct the works necessary for their…
• § 38732 When a city legislative body deems it advisable to investigate the desirability of joint action with any other city for acquiring and maintaining a water…
• § 38733 The commissioners from the several cities shall meet and consider the desirability of the joint acquisition and development of a water supply and the plans and…
• § 38734 If the legislative bodies approve the plans and terms reported by the commissioners, they shall declare their approval by resolution and submit them to the…
• § 38735 If the terms and plans are approved by a majority of the voters voting on the proposition at the election, the cities may begin developing or acquiring the…
• § 38736 Any city may issue bonds to complete the acquisition of a water supply jointly with other cities. All proceedings relating to the issue of such bonds shall be…
• § 38737 Joint ownership and costs shall be restricted to those portions of the sources and works which are common to all the cities served. Each city shall exclusively…
• § 38738 The apportionment of all costs of acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of the joint properties shall be made upon the basis of the amount of…
• § 38739 The total costs of works which exclusively serve one city shall be borne by that city exclusively.
• § 38740 The plans and terms or other agreement for acquiring the water supply may be modified by agreement between the cities, as declared by the legislative bodies.
• § 38741 Before a resolution or ordinance relating to the joint acquisition of a water supply is binding upon a city, it shall be approved by the mayor or passed over…
• § 38742 The legislative body of any city may: (a) Contract for supplying the city with water for municipal purposes. (b) Acquire, construct, repair, and manage pumps,…
• § 38743 A city may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753, fix, on or before the first day of July in each calendar year, an annual…
• § 38744 If any water standby charge authorized to be collected pursuant to Section 38743 remains unpaid on the first day of the month before the month in which the…
• § 38745 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city council of a city may, by resolution, establish zones or areas of benefit within the city for purposes of…