PART 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS [60000. - 60061.]
Part 1 added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.
§§ 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