DIVISION 18. WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS [60000. - 60622.]
Division 18 added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.
§§ 60000–60622 · 238 sections
PART 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS §§ 60000–60061 · 43 sections
CHAPTER 1. Short Title § 60000 · 1 section
- § 60000 This division shall be known and may be cited as the Water Replenishment District Act.
CHAPTER 2. Definitions §§ 60001–60029 · 29 sections
- § 60001 The definition of a word applies to any of its variants.
- § 60002 “Include” except when used in relation to the inclusion of land into a district does not necessarily exclude matters not enumerated.
- § 60003 “District” means a water replenishment district formed under the provisions of the Water Replenishment District Act, or this division.
- § 60004 “Board” means the board of directors of a district.
- § 60005 “Land” means land in the district or proposed district involved.
- § 60006 “President” means the president of the board.
- § 60007 “Secretary” means the secretary of the board.
- § 60008 “General water replenishment district election” means the election required to be held in each district at the time of the general election in each…
- § 60009 “Special water district election” means any district election other than a general water replenishment district election.
- § 60010 “Elector,” “voter,” and “precinct board” have respectively the same meaning as in the Elections Code, but an “elector” or “voter” shall also be a resident of…
- § 60011 “Person” means any public agency or public corporation, whether federal, state, or local, or any private corporation, firm, partnership, individual, or group…
- § 60012 “Water replenishment district” means a special water replenishment district.
- § 60013 “Water year” means the period commencing on October 1st of one calendar year and ending on September 30th of the calendar year immediately following.
- § 60014 “Fiscal year” means the period commencing on July 1st of one calendar year and ending on June 30th of the calendar year immediately following.
- § 60015 “Ground water” means nonsaline water beneath the surface of the ground, whether or not flowing through known and definite channels.
- § 60016 “Nonsaline water” means water which has less than 1,000 parts of chlorides to 1,000,000 parts of water.
- § 60017 “Production” or “producing” means the extraction or extracting of ground water, by pumping or any other method, from shafts, tunnels, wells (including, but not…
- § 60018 “Water-producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or otherwise, for the production of ground water from the ground water supplies within a…
- § 60019 “Owner” means the person or persons owning any water-producing facility or any interest therein other than a lien to secure the payment of a debt or other…
- § 60020 “Operator” means the person or persons operating a water-producing facility; the owner thereof shall be conclusively presumed to be such operator unless…
- § 60021 “Producer” means any operator producing ground water.
- § 60022 “Annual overdraft” means the amount, as determined by the board of directors of the replenishment district, by which the quantity of ground water removed by…
- § 60023 “Accumulated overdraft” means the aggregate amount, as determined from time to time by the board of directors of the replenishment district, by which the…
- § 60024 “Principal county” means the county in which the greater portion of the land in a district or a proposed district is situated, if the district or proposed…
- § 60025 “Participating county” is any county other than the principal county in which the district or proposed district is situated, if the district or proposed…
- § 60026 “Affected county” means each county in which some land of the district or proposed district is located.
- § 60027 “Replenishment assessment” means any assessment levied pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section 60300).
- § 60028 “Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance, or substances, of a concentration which, if contained in water, will cause a…
- § 60029 “Existing agency” shall mean any public corporation, agency, district, or political subdivision created prior or subsequent to the formation of a replenishment…
CHAPTER 3. General Provisions §§ 60040–60051 · 11 sections
- § 60040 Districts, regardless of the date of formation, are subject to the provisions of this division.
- § 60041 The inclusion in or annexation or addition to a replenishment district, of the corporate area of any existing agency, shall not destroy the identity or legal…
- § 60042 Whenever by this division a notice is required to be published for a designated number of weeks or once a week for a designated number of weeks, the notice…
- § 60043 Whenever any act is required to be done or proceeding taken on or set for a particular day or day of the week in any month, the act may be done or proceeding…
- § 60044 A district may be organized entirely within unincorporated territory, or partly within unincorporated territory and partly within incorporated territory, and…
- § 60045 No area included within any existing agency or annexations thereto, one of the purposes of which is replenishing the ground water supplies within such existing…
- § 60046 Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
- § 60047 The provisions of this division apply to the replenishment of ground water within all areas in this state, except those areas therein now or hereafter included…
- § 60048 No informality in any proceeding or informality in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be…
- § 60050 If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase of this act, or of the act or acts of which this act is amendatory or supplemental, is for…
- § 60051 No language or provision in this division shall be interpreted or construed so as to limit, abridge or otherwise affect the water or water rights of any…
CHAPTER 4. Information by Department §§ 60060–60061 · 2 sections
PART 2. FORMATION §§ 60080–60125 · 21 sections
CHAPTER 1. Petition for Formation §§ 60080–60083 · 4 sections
- § 60080 A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the county elections official of the principal county in which the…
- § 60081 Such petition shall describe the proposed boundaries of the district, recite the reasons for the proposed formation, pray that the same be organized under this…
- § 60082 If the proposed district is situated in more than one county, the county elections official of the principal county shall immediately transmit to the county…
- § 60083 Within 30 days of the date of filing the petition with the county elections official of the principal county, the county elections officials of the affected…
CHAPTER 2. Hearings on Formation §§ 60095–60102 · 8 sections
- § 60095 If the certificates of the county elections officials of each affected county as filed with the county elections official of the principal county show the…
- § 60096 Upon presentation of such petition and certificates, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall immediately file a copy of such petition with the…
- § 60097 Upon filing such petition with the department said department shall set the same for a public hearing within sixty (60) days, said hearing to determine whether…
- § 60098 The department shall publish one copy of said petition, along with names of five of the persons signing such petition, together with a notice of the time,…
- § 60099 At said public hearing which may be adjourned from time to time, the department shall hear all evidence relevant to the inclusion of additional lands in or the…
- § 60100 In the event the department determines that additional land should be included in the proposed district, it shall forthwith set a date for a public hearing to…
- § 60101 Within thirty (30) days after concluding all said hearings, but in any event within six (6) months of the filing of said petition with said department, the…
- § 60102 If the department determines that the persons or property within the proposed boundaries of the district will not benefit directly or indirectly from the use…
CHAPTER 3. Calling an Election §§ 60110–60111 · 2 sections
- § 60110 If the department determines that the persons or property within a proposed district will benefit directly or indirectly from the use of or right to use the…
- § 60111 When such order dividing the proposed district into five (5) divisions is made, said board of supervisors shall call and provide for the holding of an election…
CHAPTER 4. Conduct of Election §§ 60120–60125 · 7 sections
- § 60120 The provisions of the Elections Code so far as they may be applicable shall govern all general and special water district elections, except as in this act…
- § 60121 In such election the first directors shall be elected, and the following measure shall be submitted: “Shall the proposition to organize ____ Water…
- § 60122 Within seven (7) days after such election the vote shall be canvassed by said board of supervisors of the principal county. If a majority of the votes cast in…
- § 60122.5 The county clerk of the principal county shall immediately cause to be filed with the Secretary of State a certificate listing: (a) The name of the district.…
- § 60123 Upon receipt of said certificate or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, the Secretary of State shall, within ten (10) days, issue his…
- § 60124 Upon filing said certificate of the county clerk of the principal county, or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, with the Secretary of State,…
- § 60125 No informality in any proceeding or informality in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be…
PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION §§ 60130–60217 · 43 sections
CHAPTER 1. Directors §§ 60130–60144 · 14 sections
- § 60130 If a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of organizing such district, the persons voted for as directors who receive the highest number of…
- § 60131 The board of a district organized under this act shall consist of five members, and one director, who shall be a resident of the division, shall be elected by…
- § 60132 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…
- § 60133 The members of the first board shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of Part 2 of this act, and their successors shall be…
- § 60134 Each director shall hold office for the term of four (4) years from and after the date for his taking of office, as herein provided, and until the election and…
- § 60135 In the case of all districts (except as to the election of the first board) the elections of directors shall be held at the time of the general election and…
- § 60136 Each candidate for director who at the election of directors receives votes on a plurality of all the ballots cast for candidates for the office for which he…
- § 60138 Candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, election returns shall be canvassed, the election shall be held and conducted, the results…
- § 60139 Directors elected hereunder, except the first board, shall take office at the same time provided by the Government Code for county officers.
- § 60140 The election of directors held at the time of the general election and consolidated therewith shall be known as the general water replenishment district…
- § 60141 If, on the sixty-fifth day prior to the day fixed for the district general election, only one person has been nominated for each office of member of the board…
- § 60141.1 Notice that such appointment may be made in the event that only one nomination is made, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the…
- § 60143 Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board or for each…
- § 60144 Any vacancy in the board shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code. The person so chosen shall be a resident of and otherwise qualified…
CHAPTER 2. Board of Directors §§ 60150–60155 · 5 sections
- § 60150 The board shall be the governing body of such district.
- § 60151 It shall hold its first meeting as soon as possible after the election and certification of the first board and not later than the sixth Monday after the date…
- § 60153 A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
- § 60154 At its first meeting in the month of January of each odd-numbered year, the board shall choose one of its members president.
- § 60155 The board shall designate a depository or depositories to have the custody of the funds of the district, all of which depositories shall give security…
CHAPTER 3. Board Action §§ 60160–60167 · 8 sections
- § 60160 The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion.
- § 60161 On all ordinances the roll shall be called and the ayes and noes recorded in the journal of the proceedings of the board.
- § 60162 Resolutions and motions may be adopted by voice vote, but on demand of any member the roll shall be called.
- § 60163 No ordinance, motion or resolution shall be passed or become effective without the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board.
- § 60164 The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors of _______ Water Replenishment District as…
- § 60165 Ordinances may be passed by the voters of any district organized under the provisions of this act in accordance with the methods provided by the Elections Code…
- § 60166 Ordinances may be disapproved and thereby vetoed by the voters of any such district by proceeding in accordance with the methods provided by the Elections Code…
- § 60167 (a) In addition to the prohibitions set forth in the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code), a board…
CHAPTER 4. Officers and Employees §§ 60180–60187 · 8 sections
- § 60180 At its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the board shall appoint by a majority vote a secretary, treasurer, attorney, general manager and…
- § 60181 Said board may consolidate the office of secretary and treasurer.
- § 60182 The president and secretary in addition to the respective duties imposed on them by law shall perform such duties as may be imposed on them by the board.
- § 60183 The treasurer, or such other person or persons as may be authorized by the board, shall draw checks or warrants to pay demands when such demands shall have…
- § 60184 The general manager shall have full charge and control of the maintenance, operation and construction of the spreading or other works of the district with full…
- § 60185 The general manager shall perform such other duties as may be imposed on him by the board. The general manager shall report to the board in accordance with…
- § 60186 The attorney shall be the legal adviser of the district and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board.
- § 60187 The general manager, secretary and treasurer, and all other employees or assistants of said district who may be required to do so by the board, shall give such…
CHAPTER 6. Conduct of Elections §§ 60210–60217 · 8 sections
- § 60210 The provisions of the Elections Code so far as they may be applicable shall govern all general district elections and all special district elections, except as…
- § 60211 No person shall vote at any district election held under the provisions of this act who is not a voter within the meaning of the Elections Code, residing in…
- § 60212 In case the boundary line of a district crosses the boundary line of a county election precinct only those voters within the district and within the precinct…
- § 60213 In counties in which districts are located the county elections official is hereby given authority, and is authorized to have printed upon the official ballots…
- § 60214 The board shall call and canvass all elections involving matters of initiative and referendum and shall call all other elections which it is authorized to…
- § 60215 The governing body calling or conducting any election under the provisions of this act shall fix the compensation to be paid the officers of the election and…
- § 60216 The voting precincts for any such election may be established and the boundaries thereof fixed and described by such governing body, or such voting precincts…
- § 60217 If any district election is consolidated with any state or county election, then the voting precincts, polling places, and election officers for the district…
PART 4. POWERS §§ 60220–60232 · 11 sections
CHAPTER 1. Purposes and Powers §§ 60220–60226 · 7 sections
- § 60220 A district may do any act necessary to replenish the ground water of said district.
- § 60221 Without being limited to the following enumerations, a district may, among other things but only for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies…
- § 60222 A district may take any action necessary to protect or prevent interference with water, the quality thereof, or water rights of persons or property within the…
- § 60223 For the purposes of replenishing the ground water supplies within the district, a district may do any act in order to put to beneficial use any water under its…
- § 60224 For the purpose of protecting and preserving the groundwater supplies within the district for beneficial uses, a district may take any action, within the…
- § 60225 A district may take any action outside the district, including, but not limited to, those set forth in Section 60224, provided the board finds both of the…
- § 60226 A district may sue and recover the amount of any district expenditures under Section 60224 from the person or persons responsible for the contaminants causing…
CHAPTER 2. Powers §§ 60230–60232 · 4 sections
- § 60230 For the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district, a district shall have power: (a) To have perpetual succession. (b) To sue and be…
- § 60230.5 All expenditures for construction work, materials, equipment and supplies, and professional services, including, but not limited to, legal, legislative, public…
- § 60231 (a) The powers and duties herein enumerated, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be exercised and performed by the board of the district. If an…
- § 60232 Each district has the power generally to perform all acts necessary to carry out fully the provisions of this act.
PART 5. FINANCES §§ 60240–60292 · 25 sections
CHAPTER 1. Depositary § 60240 · 1 section
- § 60240 Any money belonging to a district may be deposited or invested and drawn out as provided in Title 5, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 4, Article 2 of the Government…
CHAPTER 2. Water Charge §§ 60245–60246 · 2 sections
CHAPTER 3. Taxes §§ 60250–60257 · 8 sections
- § 60250 To the extent that the revenues resulting from water charges authorized by Section 60245 of this act are inadequate to meet the obligations and expenses…
- § 60251 The board shall determine the amounts necessary to be raised by taxation during the fiscal year and shall fix the rate or rates of tax to be levied which will…
- § 60252 The board shall direct that at the time and in the manner required by law for the levying of taxes for county purposes, such board of supervisors shall levy,…
- § 60253 Taxes for the payment of the interest on or principal of any bonded debt shall be levied on the real property and improvements thereon, but not on personal…
- § 60254 Taxes for other purposes of the district shall be levied on all real property and improvements thereon, but not on personal property in the district.
- § 60255 It shall be the duty of all county officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes to collect the taxes provided for herein in time, form and manner as…
- § 60256 All taxes provided for herein shall be a lien on all the real property and improvements thereon, but not on personal property within the district, and their…
- § 60257 When mineral rights are assessed separately from other rights in any parcel of real property no tax shall be levied under this division upon such mineral…
CHAPTER 4. Bonds §§ 60270–60282 · 13 sections
- § 60270 Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness, the board shall, by resolution, so declare and state the purpose for…
- § 60271 The board shall fix a date upon which an election shall be held for the purpose of authorizing said bonded indebtedness to be incurred.
- § 60272 It shall be the duty of the board to provide for holding such special election on the day so fixed and in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code…
- § 60273 Such board shall give notice of the holding of such election, which notice shall contain the text of the resolution adopted by the board of the district, the…
- § 60274 In case such election is consolidated with a state or county election, the precincts, polling places, and election officers shall be the same as provided for…
- § 60275 The notice shall be published in such district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper or newspapers designated by the board. If there…
- § 60276 All the expenses of holding such election shall be borne by the district.
- § 60277 The returns of such election shall be made, the votes canvassed by said board within seven days following said election, and the results thereof ascertained…
- § 60278 The secretary of the board, as soon as the result is declared, shall enter in the records of such board a statement of such results.
- § 60279 No irregularities or informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same, if the election shall have otherwise been fairly conducted.
- § 60280 Any action or proceeding, wherein the validity of any such bonds or of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned or denied, shall be…
- § 60281 If from such returns it appears that more than two-thirds of the votes cast at such election held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter were in favor of…
- § 60282 Any bonds issued by any district are hereby given the same force, value and use as bonds issued by any city and shall be exempt from all taxation within the…
CHAPTER 5. District Reserves and Accounting § 60292 · 1 section
- § 60292 (a) The district shall order, review, and maintain on file an independent, audited financial statement not later than 180 days from the conclusion of the…
PART 6. WATER REPLENISHMENT ASSESSMENT §§ 60300–60352 · 30 sections
CHAPTER 1. Survey §§ 60300–60301 · 2 sections
- § 60300 Not later than the second Tuesday in February each year the board shall order an engineering survey and report to be made regarding the ground water supplies…
- § 60301 If the district has received an engineering evaluation as to any matter within the powers of the district under Section 60224 and containing proposed action or…
CHAPTER 2. Hearings §§ 60305–60309 · 5 sections
- § 60305 On or before the second Tuesday in March of each year, and provided the survey and report called for by Section 60300 has been made, the board, by resolution,…
- § 60306 If the board, by resolution, determines that all or a portion of the funds needed to purchase replenishment water, or to remove contaminants from the…
- § 60307 Said hearing shall be held before the board and a quorum shall be present. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the president or presiding officer…
- § 60308 The board may appoint a qualified registered engineer familiar with water problems as a hearing officer to conduct said hearing.
- § 60309 All evidence relevant to the engineering survey and report and the board’s determination that such a replenishment assessment shall be levied may be introduced.
CHAPTER 3. Findings and Order §§ 60315–60318 · 5 sections
- § 60315 Upon completing the hearing, but no later than the second Tuesday in May, the board shall, by resolution, find all of the following: (a) The annual overdraft…
- § 60316 Based on the findings pursuant to Section 60315, the board shall, by resolution, determine all of the following: (a) What portion, if any, of the estimated…
- § 60317 (a) If the board determines that a replenishment assessment shall be levied upon the production of groundwater from groundwater supplies within the district…
- § 60317.5 Except as set forth in this section, nothing in this division prevents the use of district funds from any source for powers and functions authorized under this…
- § 60318 (a) If the board determines, by resolution, that there is a problem of groundwater contamination that a proposed program will remedy or ameliorate, an operator…
CHAPTER 4. Collection of Assessments §§ 60325–60329 · 7 sections
- § 60325 The district, after the levying of the replenishment assessment, shall give notice thereof to the operators of all water-producing facilities in the district…
- § 60326 The operator of each water-producing facility within the district, on or before the last day of the month immediately following the respective quarterly…
- § 60326.1 Notwithstanding Section 60326, the operator of each water-producing facility in the Water Replenishment District of Southern California shall file with the…
- § 60327 Any replenishment assessment levied pursuant to this act shall be due and payable to the district by each producer in quarterly installments on the last day…
- § 60327.1 Notwithstanding Section 60327, each producer shall pay the Water Replenishment District of Southern California a replenishment assessment, imposed pursuant to…
- § 60328 The board shall authorize, and the district shall make, refunds in whole or in part of replenishment assessments theretofore paid, to any producer who has…
- § 60329 The board, by action uniformly applicable as to any quarter, and adopted prior to the commencement of the quarter, may provide that there shall not be due or…
CHAPTER 5. Penalties and Exemptions §§ 60335–60343 · 8 sections
- § 60335 If any producer shall knowingly fail to pay a replenishment assessment within 30 days of when due, such producer shall become liable to the district for…
- § 60336 (a) Should any operator of a water-producing facility knowingly fail to register his or her water-producing facility or knowingly fail to file the groundwater…
- § 60337 The board, at the time of fixing the replenishment assessment rate, may provide by resolution that any producer operating a water-producing facility having a…
- § 60339 (a) The superior court of the county in which the major portion of the district lies may issue a temporary restraining order upon the filing by the district…
- § 60340 If the board of a district shall have probable cause to believe that the production of ground water from any water-producing facility is in excess of that…
- § 60341 The district may bring a suit in the court having jurisdiction against any producer of ground water from the ground water supplies within the district for the…
- § 60342 It shall be unlawful to produce groundwater from any water-producing facility within any district from and after one year following the adoption of the…
- § 60343 If another public entity, or public entities, or a watermaster, or watermasters, appointed in one or more court adjudications, or any combination of the…
CHAPTER 6. Adjudication §§ 60350–60352 · 3 sections
- § 60350 Commencing with the third fiscal year following a final adjudication of all or substantially all of the rights to extract ground water and a determination of…
- § 60351 To the extent that ground water supplies are replenished under this act no person shall acquire any property or other right in the waters distributed by the…
- § 60352 To the extent that the replenishment assessment after adjudication hereunder shifts from all producers to those who extract water in excess of their respective…
PART 7. CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION §§ 60370–60449 · 58 sections
CHAPTER 1. Inclusion §§ 60370–60388 · 19 sections
- § 60370 Any territory including unincorporated territory or incorporated territory or a part of either, and lying within one or more counties of this State may be…
- § 60371 A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by registered voters residing…
- § 60372 Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed and shall contain a prayer that such area be annexed to such…
- § 60373 The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the affected county pursuant…
- § 60374 Within 10 days of the date of filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition is signed…
- § 60375 When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the…
- § 60376 If, by the certificate of the secretary of the district, the petition is found to be insufficient, he shall also certify to the number of voters required to…
- § 60377 The secretary of the district shall, within 10 days after the filing of such supplemental petition or petitions, make like examination of the same and certify…
- § 60378 If his certificate shall show any such petition, or such petition as amended, to be insufficient, it shall be filed by him with the board of the district and…
- § 60379 If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in…
- § 60380 After an election for the annexation of such area to the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be…
- § 60381 Such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of such district. No petition for inclusion may be granted unless and until the board finds that the…
- § 60382 If such petition is granted, the proposition of such annexation subject to the terms and conditions so fixed, shall be submitted to the vote of the voters in…
- § 60383 Notice of such election shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least…
- § 60384 Such notice also shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors, as herein provided.
- § 60385 The measure so submitted at such election shall be stated on the ballot substantially as follows: “Shall ____ (giving the name or other designation of the…
- § 60386 The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if such proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the…
- § 60387 Upon receipt of such last-mentioned certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and…
- § 60388 From and after the date of such certificate, the area or areas named therein shall be deemed added to, and shall form a part of, said district, and the taxable…
CHAPTER 2. Exclusion §§ 60400–60417 · 18 sections
- § 60400 Territory included within any district may be excluded from such district and the parcels so to be excluded need not be contiguous one with the other.
- § 60401 A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by voters residing within the…
- § 60402 Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be excluded, shall state the reason for proposing such exclusion, and shall…
- § 60403 Within ten (10) days of the date of the filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition…
- § 60404 When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the…
- § 60405 If, by the certificate of the secretary of the district, the petition is found to be insufficient, he shall also certify to the number of voters required to…
- § 60406 If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in…
- § 60407 If his certificate shall show any such petition, or such petition as amended, to be insufficient, it shall be filed by him with the board of the district and…
- § 60408 The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the district pursuant to…
- § 60409 After an election for the exclusion of such area from the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or…
- § 60410 The board of any district, by resolution, may initiate proceedings for the exclusion of territory from such district. Such resolution shall describe the…
- § 60411 After an election for the exclusion of such area from the district the sufficiency of such resolution shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise…
- § 60412 If the proceedings for exclusion have been initiated by petition, such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of directors of such district. If such…
- § 60413 If such petition is granted, or if such determination is made, the proposition of such exclusion shall be submitted to the vote of the voters within the area…
- § 60414 Notice of the election shall be published in the district pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least 7, but not…
- § 60415 The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if the proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the…
- § 60416 Upon receipt of such last-mentioned certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and…
- § 60417 From and after the date of such certificate, the area named therein shall be deemed excluded from, and shall no longer form a part of, said district, but the…
CHAPTER 2.5. Consolidation § 60420 · 1 section
- § 60420 A district may be consolidated in the same manner as is provided for the consolidation of county water districts in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 32650)…
CHAPTER 3. Disincorporation §§ 60430–60449 · 20 sections
- § 60430 A petition may be filed with the county elections official of the principal county in which the district is located, signed by at least 25 percent of the…
- § 60431 Upon the filing of a petition the county elections official shall examine the petition within 30 days and ascertain whether or not the petition is signed by…
- § 60432 When the county clerk has completed his examination of the petition he shall attach to the same his certificate properly dated, showing the result of such…
- § 60433 After an election for the disincorporation of a district hereunder the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or…
- § 60434 If by the certificate of the county elections official the petition is shown to be sufficient, the county elections official of the principal county shall…
- § 60435 Said notice of election shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in said district and determined by said…
- § 60436 The board of supervisors shall cause a copy of said notice to be mailed by the clerk of said board to each of the directors of said district, within five days…
- § 60437 Such election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as the election on the organization of said district, as nearly as practicable.
- § 60438 Within seven days after the date of said election, the board of supervisors shall proceed to canvass the vote cast thereat; if it be found by the canvass of…
- § 60439 In case it should appear from said canvass of said votes that a majority of all the votes cast were in favor of disincorporation, said board of supervisors…
- § 60440 The board of supervisors shall in case the district is disincorporated, forthwith cause its county elections official to make and transmit to the Secretary of…
- § 60441 Twenty days from and after the holding of the election, in case a majority of said votes were cast in favor of said disincorporation, said district shall be…
- § 60442 Upon the disincorporation of any district in the manner hereinbefore provided for, the board of supervisors shall forthwith, after ascertaining by said canvass…
- § 60443 Upon the disincorporation of said district every public officer of said district shall immediately turn over to the board of supervisors of the principal…
- § 60444 Nothing contained in this act shall be held to relieve said district, or the territory included within it, from any liability or any debt contracted by said…
- § 60445 All warrants for said indebtedness shall be drawn on order of the board of supervisors of the principal county in which said district is situated, on the fund…
- § 60446 All moneys paid into the county treasury under the provisions of this act shall be placed in the special fund hereinbefore provided for. If at any time after…
- § 60447 If after payment of all debts of said district there shall remain any surplus in the hands of said county treasurer to the credit of the fund hereinbefore…
- § 60448 The board of supervisors of the principal county in which any such district has been disincorporated, shall have the power and it shall be the duty of said…
- § 60449 It is the intent of the Legislature that no district shall be disincorporated until all bonded indebtedness shall have been fully paid, and by the word…
PART 8. COMPETITIVE BIDDING §§ 60600–60622 · 7 sections
- § 60600 This part applies to contracts by water replenishment districts established pursuant to this division.
- § 60602 (a) An expenditure for the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of a public structure or building of twenty-five thousand dollars…
- § 60604 (a) For any improvement or unit of work done by district personnel, the estimated cost of the work shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000),…
- § 60614 In case of an emergency relating to the repair or replacement of district facilities, if notice for bids to let contracts will not be given, the district shall…
- § 60618 Upon receipt of an offer for a less price than that specified in the lowest rejected bid, the board may enter into a contract for the furnishing of the…
- § 60620 Any person to whom a contract is awarded shall enter into a bond, to be approved by the district, payable to the district for its use, for 25 percent of the…
- § 60622 (a) Contracts and other documents executed by the district that require or authorize the district to expend forty thousand dollars ($40,000) or more shall be…