PART 8.1. WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT MERGER [37800. - 37861.]
Part 8.1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 746.
§§ 37800–37861 · 23 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 37800–37806 · 7 sections
- § 37800 This part shall be known and may be cited as the Westlands Water District Merger Law.
- § 37801 The state and the people thereof have a primary and supreme interest in securing to the inhabitants and property owners within and adjacent to the federal…
- § 37802 Investigation having shown that conditions in and surrounding the federal service area of the San Luis unit of the Central Valley project are peculiar to that…
- § 37803 The Westlands Water District, situated in Fresno and Kings Counties, was formed, prior to the enactment of this part, and is operating under this division,…
- § 37804 This part is enacted in part under the authority expressly granted in Section 13 of Article XI of the Constitution of the state.
- § 37805 This part shall be given a liberal construction for the purpose of sustaining any and all proceedings taken hereunder.
- § 37806 Nothing in this part shall impair or adversely affect any right of any bondholder or creditor of the water storage district or the California water district.
CHAPTER 2. The Merger §§ 37820–37826 · 7 sections
- § 37820 The West Plains Water Storage District is, on the effective date of this section, hereby merged into the Westlands Water District.
- § 37821 The surviving district comprises all land in the water district immediately following the merger plus inclusion, and less exclusions, of land thereafter made…
- § 37822 The name of the surviving district is Westlands Water District.
- § 37823 The surviving district is a public agency of the state.
- § 37824 Upon the merger of the two districts, the water storage district for all purposes ceases to exist, and the offices of its directors and officers are terminated.
- § 37825 Upon the merger, the directors and officers of the California water district then in office constitute the directors and officers of the surviving district.
- § 37826 Upon the merger, the surviving district succeeds to all properties, rights, and contracts of each of the two districts and any funds to which it succeeds may…
CHAPTER 3. Operation of Surviving District §§ 37850–37856 · 7 sections
- § 37850 Except as in this part expressly provided, the surviving district shall in all respects be operated, managed, and governed, its directors and officers shall be…
- § 37851 All actions and proceedings pending by or against the water storage district at the time of the merger may be prosecuted to final judgment for or against the…
- § 37852 After the merger, no action or proceeding shall be brought for or against the water storage district or its directors or officers.
- § 37853 All actions and proceedings commenced after the merger, either on account of the affairs of the water storage district or affairs of the California water…
- § 37854 All outstanding bonded and other indebtedness of the water storage district and of the California water district at the time of the merger is hereby assumed by…
- § 37855 The board of directors and officers of the surviving district shall peform all duties and functions of the board of directors and corresponding officers of the…
- § 37856 Lands which were within the Westlands Water District immediately prior to the merger shall, so long as said lands remain in the said district, have a prior…
CHAPTER 4. Additional Powers of the District §§ 37860–37861 · 2 sections
- § 37860 (a) For purposes of this section, “for its own purposes” means the Westlands Water District performing only functions within its capacity as a water district,…
- § 37861 (a) The Westlands Water District shall establish a community benefits agreement plan for the Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan and related transmission and…