DIVISION 20. MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS [71000. - 73001.]
Division 20 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.
§§ 71000–73001 · 544 sections
PART 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS §§ 71000–71036 · 16 sections
CHAPTER 1. Short Title § 71000 · 1 section
- § 71000 This division shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Water District Law of 1911.
CHAPTER 2. Definitions §§ 71010–71019 · 10 sections
- § 71010 Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter govern the construction of this division.
- § 71011 The definition of a word applies to any of its variants.
- § 71012 “City” means any chartered or general law city.
- § 71013 “District” means a municipal water district formed pursuant to the Municipal Water District Act of 1911 or this division.
- § 71014 “Board” means the board of directors of a district.
- § 71015 “Principal county” means the county in which the greater portion of the land of a district or a proposed district is situated.
- § 71016 “Affected county” means any county in which the land of a district, or proposed district, is situated.
- § 71017 “Voter” means a voter as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code.
- § 71018 “President” means the president of the board of directors of a district.
- § 71019 “Secretary” means the secretary of a district.
CHAPTER 3. General Provisions §§ 71030–71036 · 5 sections
- § 71030 Nothing in this division shall be construed as repealing or modifying any other law relating to water or the supply of water to cities, or the acquisition…
- § 71032 The inclusion in, or annexation or addition to, a district, of the territory of any public corporation or agency shall not destroy the identity or legal…
- § 71034 Except as otherwise provided in Sections 72322 and 72341, whenever provision is made in this division for notice in a county, it shall be construed to require…
- § 71035 Except with respect to formation proceedings, in any district containing lands situated in more than one county, all papers required by this division to be…
- § 71036 Except as otherwise provided in this division, procedure relating to formation, fiscal matters, and taxation in districts containing lands situated in more…
PART 2. FORMATION §§ 71050–71196 · 53 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 71050–71052 · 3 sections
- § 71050 Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this part, “county clerk” means the county clerk of the principal county.
- § 71051 Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this part, “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
- § 71052 As used in this part, “application” means an application for the initiation of proceedings for the formation of a district under the provisions of the…
CHAPTER 2. Territory §§ 71060–71081 · 11 sections
ARTICLE 1. In General §§ 71060–71061 · 2 sections
- § 71060 The people of any county or counties, or of any portions thereof, whether such portions include unincorporated territory only or incorporated territory of any…
- § 71061 The cities proposed to be included in the district need not be contiguous, and the unincorporated territory may consist of one or more parcels which need not…
ARTICLE 2. Inclusion of Cities §§ 71070–71081 · 9 sections
- § 71070 As used in this article, “territory of a city” means the corporate area of the city and all territory as to which proceedings for annexation to the city have…
- § 71071 Except as otherwise provided in this article, if an application includes any portion of a city, the entire territory of the city, at the time of filing the…
- § 71072 If an application includes any territory within the boundaries of a proposed city for which a valid petition for incorporation has been filed with the board of…
- § 71073 If an application is filed, and proceedings for the formation of the district are commenced and prosecuted, in the manner and within the time specified by this…
- § 71074 If an application is filed, and proceedings for the formation of the district are commenced and prosecuted, in the manner and within the time specified by this…
- § 71078 The inclusion within the boundaries of a proposed district of territory formed into a new city or annexed to an existing city, pursuant to proceedings which…
- § 71079 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if, prior to the filing of a formation petition, any portion of the corporate area of a city is included…
- § 71080 If, subsequent to the approval of an application which includes a portion of the corporate area of a city, but prior to the filing of the formation petition,…
- § 71081 If, subsequent to the approval of an application of intention, but prior to circulating the formation petition, a valid petition is filed with, or a resolution…
CHAPTER 4. Formation Petition §§ 71120–71134 · 15 sections
- § 71120 A petition for the formation of a district, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the county elections official.
- § 71121 The formation petition shall be signed by voters equal in number to at least 10 per centum of the voters registered within the boundaries of the proposed…
- § 71122 If only a portion of the corporate area of a city is included within a proposed district, and 12 or more registered voters reside within such portion of the…
- § 71123 The formation petition shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district and shall contain a prayer that the proposed district be formed pursuant to this…
- § 71124 Except as otherwise authorized in this part, the boundaries of the proposed district shall be described in the formation petition in the same manner as in the…
- § 71125 The circulation of a formation petition shall be commenced by the proponents within 30 days from the date of the filing of the declaration of intention with…
- § 71126 Within 30 days of the date of the filing of the formation petition, the county elections official shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed…
- § 71127 When the county elections official has completed the examination of the formation petition, he or she shall attach to it the certificate, properly dated,…
- § 71128 If the county elections official finds from the examination that the formation petition is signed by the requisite number of voters residing within the…
- § 71129 If the county elections official certifies in the certificate that the formation petition is insufficient, he or she shall also certify therein to the number…
- § 71130 Within 30 days after the filing of any supplemental petition or petitions, the county elections official shall examine them and certify to the result of the…
- § 71131 If any supplemental petition is filed, all the signatures on the original and supplemental petitions shall be considered in determining the number of voters…
- § 71132 After the time for filing supplemental petitions has expired and all supplemental petitions have been examined, if the county elections official’s certificate…
- § 71133 If the county elections official’s certificate shows that the formation petition is sufficient, the county elections official shall present the petition to the…
- § 71134 After an election for the formation of a proposed district, the sufficiency of the formation petition shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise…
CHAPTER 5. Formation Election §§ 71160–71172 · 17 sections
- § 71160 When a formation petition is presented to it, the board of supervisors shall make an order dividing the proposed district into five divisions in such manner as…
- § 71161 When the order dividing the proposed district into five divisions is made, the board of supervisors shall by resolution or ordinance call and provide for the…
- § 71162 The formation election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of adoption of the resolution or ordinance…
- § 71163 Notice of the formation election shall be published once, not less than one week nor more than four weeks prior to the election, in at least one newspaper but…
- § 71163.1 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
- § 71163.2 The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled…
- § 71163.3 If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time…
- § 71163.4 The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and…
- § 71164 The notice of the formation election shall contain the following: (a) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district and its divisions. (b) The name…
- § 71165 The following measure shall be submitted at the formation election: “Shall the proposition to form the ____ Municipal Water District under the Municipal Water…
- § 71166 No person may vote at any formation election unless he is a voter.
- § 71167 Within seven days after the formation election the board of supervisors shall canvass the vote.
- § 71168 If less than a majority of the votes cast in any affected county are in favor of the proposition, the formation of the district fails, but without prejudice to…
- § 71169 The first directors shall be elected at the formation election.
- § 71170 One director shall be elected for each division by the voters of the division. Each director shall be a resident of the division for which he is elected.
- § 71171 Except as otherwise provided in this division, the candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, the election shall be held and conducted,…
- § 71172 If a majority of the votes cast in each affected county at the formation election favor the formation of the district, each candidate for director who receives…
CHAPTER 6. Establishment of District §§ 71190–71196 · 7 sections
- § 71190 If a majority of the votes cast in each affected county at the formation election favor the formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall, by an…
- § 71191 The county clerk shall immediately cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each affected county, a certificate stating that the…
- § 71192 Upon the receipt of the county clerk’s certificate, or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days,…
- § 71193 A copy of the Secretary of State’s certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of each affected county.
- § 71194 From and after the date of filing the county clerk’s certificate with the Secretary of State, the district named therein is incorporated as a municipal water…
- § 71195 No informality in any proceeding, or in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall invalidate…
- § 71196 Any proceeding wherein the validity of the incorporation of a district is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of the Secretary of…
PART 3. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION §§ 71250–71365 · 53 sections
CHAPTER 1. Directors §§ 71250–71256 · 9 sections
- § 71250 The board of directors shall consist of five members. Each director shall be a resident of the division from which he is elected.
- § 71250.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 71250, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more…
- § 71250.5 If a director moves his or her residence, as defined in Section 244 of the Government Code, outside the boundaries of that director’s division, and if within…
- § 71251 The directors elected at the formation election shall classify themselves by lot so that two of them shall hold office until the election and qualification of…
- § 71252 Each director elected subsequent to the formation election shall hold office for a term of four years from and after the date for his taking of office and…
- § 71253 Except for the directors elected at a formation election, directors elected to office shall take office at noon on the first Friday in December succeeding…
- § 71254 Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of director it shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code, by a qualified person, who shall be a…
- § 71255 Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board or…
- § 71256 Notwithstanding any other provision of law any person who represents a municipal water district on the board of directors of any metropolitan water district…
CHAPTER 1.5. Three Valleys Municipal Water District §§ 71260–71262 · 3 sections
- § 71260 This chapter applies only to the Three Valleys Municipal Water District. Except as provided in this chapter, this division applies to the Three Valleys…
- § 71261 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Board of Directors of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District shall consist of seven directors.…
- § 71262 The board shall establish the boundaries of the seven divisions from which directors are elected in accordance with Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 71540)…
CHAPTER 1.6. Central Basin Municipal Water District §§ 71265–71267 · 3 sections
- § 71265 For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “District” means the Central Basin Municipal Water District. (b) “Large water purveyor” means a public water system that…
- § 71266 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) and notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the board of directors of the district shall be composed of…
- § 71267 (a) The general manager of the district shall notify each water purveyor of the district and provide a 60-day period during which the district will accept…
CHAPTER 2. The Board §§ 71270–71314 · 28 sections
ARTICLE 1. In General §§ 71270–71282 · 12 sections
- § 71270 The board is the governing body of the district.
- § 71271 The board shall hold its first meeting as soon as possible after the election and certification of the first board of directors and not later than the sixth…
- § 71272 At its first meeting, the board shall provide for the time and place of holding its meetings and the manner in which its special meetings may be called.
- § 71273 At its first meeting, and at its first meeting in the month of January of each odd-numbered year, the board shall elect one of its members president. The board…
- § 71274 A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; however, no ordinance, motion or resolution shall be passed to become…
- § 71276 The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion.
- § 71277 On all ordinances the roll shall be called and the ayes and noes recorded in the journal of the proceedings of the board.
- § 71278 Resolutions and motions may be adopted by voice vote, but on demand of any member of the board the roll shall be called.
- § 71279 Votes of the members of the board shall not be cast or exercised by proxy.
- § 71280 The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors of ____ Municipal Water District as follows:”.
- § 71281 The board may enact any ordinance which adopts any code by reference following the procedures, definitions and provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section…
- § 71282 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties §§ 71300–71314 · 16 sections
- § 71300 All powers, privileges, and duties of a district shall be exercised and performed by the board.
- § 71301 Any executive, administrative, and ministerial powers may be delegated and redelegated by the board to any of the offices created by this part or by the board.
- § 71302 The board may fix the time and place or places at which its regular meetings will be held, and shall provide for the calling and holding of special meetings.
- § 71303 The board may fix the location of the principal place of business of the district and the location of all offices and departments maintained under this…
- § 71304 The board may prescribe by ordinance a system of business administration.
- § 71305 The board may create any necessary offices and establish and re-establish the powers, duties, and compensation of all officers and employees.
- § 71306 The board may require and fix the amount of all official bonds necessary for the protection of the funds and property of the district.
- § 71307 The board may prescribe by ordinance a system of civil service.
- § 71308 The board may by ordinance delegate and redelegate to the officers of the district the power to employ clerical, legal, and engineering assistants and labor.
- § 71309 The board may by ordinance delegate and redelegate to officers of the district, under such conditions and restrictions as shall be fixed by the board, the…
- § 71310 The board may prescribe a method of auditing and allowing or rejecting claims and demands.
- § 71311 The board shall designate a depository or depositories to have the custody of the funds of the district. All such depositories shall give security sufficient…
- § 71312 The board of a district in existence on the effective date of this section shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State on or before January 1, 1964,…
- § 71312.5 A district may issue bonds, borrow money, and incur indebtedness as authorized by law or this division.
- § 71313 A district may refund such bonds, loans, or indebtedness (by the issuance of the same obligations following the same procedure) or retire any indebtedness or…
- § 71314 A district may insure its directors, officers, assistants, employees, agents, and deputies for injury, death, or disability incurred while engaged in the…
CHAPTER 3. Officers and Employees §§ 71340–71365 · 10 sections
ARTICLE 1. In General §§ 71340–71342 · 4 sections
- § 71340 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…
- § 71341 The board may employ such additional assistants and employees as it deems necessary to efficiently maintain and operate the district.
- § 71341.5 (a) A district may employ park rangers who shall have the authority and powers conferred by subdivision (d) of Section 830.34 of the Penal Code upon peace…
- § 71342 The board may consolidate the offices of secretary and treasurer.
ARTICLE 2. Duties §§ 71360–71365 · 6 sections
- § 71360 The president and secretary, in addition to the duties imposed on them by law, shall perform such duties as may be imposed on them by the board.
- § 71361 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 have been…
- § 71362 Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, the general manager shall have full charge and control of the maintenance, operation, and construction of…
- § 71363 The general manager shall perform such duties as may be imposed on him by the board. He shall report to the board in accordance with such rules and regulations…
- § 71364 The attorney shall be the legal adviser of the district and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board.
- § 71365 The general manager, secretary, and treasurer, and other employees or assistants of the district designated by the board, shall give such bonds to the district…
PART 4. ELECTIONS §§ 71450–71540 · 18 sections
CHAPTER 1. Elections Generally §§ 71450–71454 · 5 sections
- § 71450 As used in this part: (a) “District election” means every election held within the district for district purposes, but does not include a formation election.…
- § 71451 Except as otherwise provided in this division, the provisions of the Elections Code, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all district elections.
- § 71452 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…
- § 71453 No person shall vote at any district election unless he is a voter residing in the division of the district in which he casts his vote.
- § 71454 Except with respect to formation elections, whenever lands situated in more than one county are included in a district: (a) The secretary shall perform all…
CHAPTER 2. Preparation of Ballots §§ 71461–71463 · 3 sections
- § 71461 In counties in which districts are located, the county elections official may have printed upon the official ballots provided for voters at elections for…
- § 71462 The ballots provided for voters at elections for directors shall be furnished by the precinct officers only to those voters within their respective precincts…
- § 71463 In precincts which lie only partly within a district, the precinct board shall be supplied with two kinds of ballots by the county elections official, one of…
CHAPTER 3. Precincts and Polling Places § 71473 · 1 section
- § 71473 If any district election is consolidated with any state or county election, the voting precincts, polling places, and election officers for the district…
CHAPTER 4. Election of Directors §§ 71500–71512 · 6 sections
ARTICLE 1. In General §§ 71500–71505 · 5 sections
- § 71500 The successors to the first directors shall be elected or chosen at the times and in the manner provided in this chapter.
- § 71501 One director, who shall be a resident of the division and shall be elected by the voters thereof, shall be elected for each of the five divisions of the…
- § 71502 Except as to the election of the first directors, directors shall be elected at the general district election.
- § 71503 Each candidate for director who at the general district election receives the highest number of votes cast for the candidate for that office is elected as a…
- § 71505 Candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, election returns shall be canvassed, the election shall be held and conducted, the results…
ARTICLE 2. Appointment in Lieu of Election § 71512 · 1 section
- § 71512 A person appointed to office of director shall qualify and take office and serve exactly as if elected at a general district election.
CHAPTER 5. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall §§ 71530–71531 · 2 sections
- § 71530 Ordinances may be passed by the voters of a district in accordance with the methods provided by the Elections Code for direct legislation in cities.
- § 71531 Ordinances may be disapproved and vetoed by the voters of a district in accordance with the methods provided by the Elections Code for protesting against…
CHAPTER 6. Relocation of Division Boundaries § 71540 · 1 section
- § 71540 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…
PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES §§ 71590–71760 · 122 sections
CHAPTER 1. Powers Generally §§ 71590–71601 · 12 sections
- § 71590 A district may exercise the powers which are expressly granted by this division or are necessarily implied.
- § 71591 A district may: (a) Have perpetual succession. (b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
- § 71592 A district may make contracts, employ labor, and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its powers.
- § 71593 A district may provide by ordinance for the pensioning of officers or employees, for the terms and conditions under which such pensions shall be awarded, and…
- § 71594 A district may, in the ordinance providing for the pensioning of officers and employees, create a special fund for the purpose of paying such pensions and…
- § 71595 A district may contract with any insurance corporation, the State Employees’ Retirement System, or any other insurance carrier for the maintenance of a service…
- § 71596 A district may disseminate information concerning the rights, properties, and activities of the district. Such power shall not be construed as an exception to…
- § 71597 A district may by resolution of a four-fifths majority of its directors obtain membership in associations having for their purpose the furtherance of subjects…
- § 71598 A district may, by resolution of the board of directors spread on its minutes, change the name of the district. Certified copies of the resolution changing the…
- § 71599 If, on or after the effective date of this section, substantially all of a district water system is acquired by another public agency by any method other than…
- § 71600 Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of any local ordinance or regulation adopted pursuant to this division shall be punished upon a first…
- § 71601 (a) In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, including an ordinance fixing charges for the furnishing of commodities or services,…
CHAPTER 2. Water §§ 71610–71644 · 33 sections
ARTICLE 1. Development and Sale §§ 71610–71618 · 12 sections
- § 71610 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a district may acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any…
- § 71610.5 A district may undertake a water conservation program to reduce water use and may require, as a condition of new service, that reasonable water-saving devices…
- § 71611 A district may sell water under its control, without preference, to cities, other public corporations and agencies, and persons, within the district for use…
- § 71611.5 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), upon the request of an Indian tribe and the satisfaction of the conditions stated in subdivision (b), a district…
- § 71612 Whenever the board finds that there is a surplus of water above that which may be required by consumers within the district, the district may sell or otherwise…
- § 71612.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Marin Municipal Water District may sell water to any person, firm, public or private corporation, or public…
- § 71613 A district may supply and deliver water to property not subject to district taxes at special rates, terms, and conditions as are determined by the board for…
- § 71614 A district may fix the rates at which water shall be sold. Different rates may be established for different classes or conditions of service, but rates shall…
- § 71615 Any special water rate fixed in accordance with the terms and conditions of an annexation shall be deemed to be a rate for a different class or condition of…
- § 71616 A district, so far as practicable, shall fix such rates for water in the district, and in each improvement district therein, as will result in revenues which…
- § 71617 The rates for water in each improvement district may vary from the rates of the district and from other improvement districts therein.
- § 71618 No district furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of water to or for the tenant’s…
ARTICLE 2. Standby Charges §§ 71630–71637 · 11 sections
- § 71630 The district by ordinance may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix on or before the third…
- § 71631 The standby assessment or availability charge shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) per acre per year for each acre of land on which the charge is levied or ten…
- § 71631.5 Notwithstanding Section 71631, in any improvement district situated within the Eastern Municipal Water District, the Western Municipal Water District of…
- § 71631.6 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 71631, in any improvement district situated within the Otay Municipal Water District in San Diego County, the standby…
- § 71631.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 71631, for the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District, the standby assessment or availability charge shall not exceed thirty dollars…
- § 71632 The ordinance fixing a standby assessment or availability charge shall be adopted by the board pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in…
- § 71633 The ordinance fixing a standby assessment or availability charge may establish schedules varying the charges according to land uses, water uses, and degree of…
- § 71634 On or before the third Monday in August, the board shall furnish in writing to the board of supervisors and the county auditor of each affected county a…
- § 71635 The board shall direct that, at the time and in the manner required by law for the levying of taxes for county purposes the board of supervisors shall levy, in…
- § 71636 All county officers charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect district standby charges with the regular tax payments to the county. Said charges…
- § 71637 Charges fixed by the district shall be a lien on all the property benefited thereby. Liens for said charges shall be of the same force and effect as other…
ARTICLE 2.5. Alternative Provisions for Standby Charges §§ 71638–71638.4 · 4 sections
- § 71638 If the procedures set forth in this article as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the district or improvement district may, by…
- § 71638.1 For property within a district, a portion thereof, or an improvement district, which property was previously charged or assessed for such purposes, the…
- § 71638.2 The resolution fixing a standby assessment or availability charge may establish schedules varying the charges according to land uses, water uses, and degree of…
- § 71638.4 The levy and collection of such assessment or charge shall be made as provided in Sections 71634 through 71637, inclusive.
ARTICLE 2.7. Standby Assessments § 71639 · 1 section
- § 71639 (a) This article applies to the Three Valleys Municipal Water District. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district, by resolution, may adopt…
ARTICLE 3. Water Shortages §§ 71640–71644 · 5 sections
- § 71640 A district may restrict the use of district water during any emergency caused by drought, or other threatened or existing water shortage, and may prohibit the…
- § 71641 A district may prescribe and define by ordinance the restrictions, prohibitions, and exclusions referred to in Section 71640. Such an ordinance is effective…
- § 71642 A finding by the board upon the existence, threat, or duration of an emergency or shortage, or upon the matter of necessity or of any other matter or condition…
- § 71643 The finding made by the board pursuant to Section 71642 shall be received in evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding in which it may be offered, and shall…
- § 71644 From and after the publication or posting of any ordinance pursuant to Section 71641, and until the ordinance has been repealed or the emergency or threatened…
CHAPTER 3. Other Functions §§ 71660–71689.27 · 47 sections
ARTICLE 1. Recreation and Electrical Power §§ 71660–71664 · 6 sections
- § 71660 A district may construct, maintain, improve, and operate public recreational facilities appurtenant to facilities operated or contracted to be operated by the…
- § 71661 In addition to the activities authorized by Section 71660, the Big Bear Municipal Water District may construct, maintain, improve, and operate public…
- § 71662 A district may utilize any part of its water, and any part of its works, facilities, improvements, and property used for the development, storage, and…
- § 71663 A district may (a) pursuant to contract, provide, sell, and deliver hydroelectric power to the United States of America or any board, department or agency…
- § 71663.5 (a) A district may provide, generate, and deliver electric power, and may construct, operate, and maintain any and all works, facilities, improvements, and…
- § 71664 The Marin Municipal Water District may construct, maintain, and operate one or more plants for the generation of power from wind or solar radiation, and the…
ARTICLE 2. Sewage, Waste, and Storm Water Disposal §§ 71670–71674 · 5 sections
- § 71670 A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage, waste, and storm water of the district and its…
- § 71670.5 A district may supply sewage and waste services to property not subject to district taxes at special rates, terms and conditions as are determined by the board…
- § 71671 The revenues from the rates and charges for services and facilities furnished pursuant to this article may be used for the following purposes: (a) To pay the…
- § 71672 The district may provide that the rates and charges for services and facilities furnished pursuant to this article may be collected with the water rates of the…
- § 71674 A district may fix, levy and collect a sewage and waste water service standby or availability charge in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions…
ARTICLE 3. Fire Protection § 71680 · 1 section
- § 71680 (a) A district may exercise any of the powers, functions, and duties which are vested in, or imposed upon, a fire protection district pursuant to the Fire…
ARTICLE 4. Water Replenishment Assessment §§ 71682–71689.9 · 27 sections
- § 71682 The provisions of this article apply only to districts in which the producers of a majority of the production of ground water within the boundaries of the…
- § 71682.1 For the purpose of replenishing the ground water supplies within such district and to provide such makeup water, a district may cause assessments to be levied…
- § 71683 As used in this article: “Include,” except when used in relation to the inclusion of land into a district, does not necessarily exclude matters not enumerated.…
- § 71684 Proceeds raised by the water replenishment assessments hereunder may only be used for the purchase of water for replenishment of the ground waters of the…
- § 71685 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…
- § 71686 On or before the second Tuesday in March of each year, and provided the survey and report called for by Section 71685 has been made, the board, by resolution,…
- § 71686.1 If the board, by resolution, determines that the funds needed to purchase replenishment or makeup water shall be raised by the levy of a replenishment…
- § 71686.2 The 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…
- § 71686.3 The board may appoint a qualified registered engineer familiar with water problems as a hearing officer to conduct the hearing.
- § 71686.4 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.
- § 71687 Upon completing the hearing, but no later than the second Tuesday in May, the board shall, by resolution, find: (a) The annual overdraft for the preceding…
- § 71687.1 Based on such findings the board shall, by resolution, determine what portion, if any, of the estimated cost of purchasing water for replenishment and makeup…
- § 71687.2 If the board determines that a replenishment assessment should be levied upon the production of ground water from ground water supplies within the district…
- § 71688 The district, after the levying of the replenishment assessment, shall give notice thereof to the operators of all water-producing facilities in the district…
- § 71688.1 The operator of each water-producing facility within the district, on or before the last day of the month immediately following the respective quarterly…
- § 71688.2 Any replenishment assessment levied pursuant to this article shall be due and payable to the district by each producer in quarterly installments on the last…
- § 71688.3 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…
- § 71689 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…
- § 71689.1 Should any operator of a water-producing facility knowingly fail to register his water-producing facility or knowingly fail to file the ground water production…
- § 71689.2 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…
- § 71689.3 (a) The superior court of the principal county may issue a temporary restraining order upon the filing by the district with the court of a verified petition or…
- § 71689.4 If the board shall have probable cause to believe that the production of ground water from any water-producing facility is in excess of that disclosed by the…
- § 71689.5 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…
- § 71689.6 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…
- § 71689.7 Following a final adjudication of all or substantially all of the rights to extract ground water and a determination of the natural safe yield of the ground…
- § 71689.8 To the extent that the replenishment assessment after adjudication hereunder shifts from all producers to those who extract water in excess of their respective…
- § 71689.9 To the extent that ground water supplies are replenished under this article no person shall acquire any property or other right in the waters provided by the…
ARTICLE 5. Sanitation Service §§ 71689.20–71689.27 · 8 sections
- § 71689.20 A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for, or may contract with others for, the collection and disposal of the garbage, waste, and trash of…
- § 71689.21 The district may prescribe, revise, and collect rates or other charges for the services furnished pursuant to this article.
- § 71689.22 The district may provide that such rates or charges may be collected with the water or sewer rates, or both, of the district and that all rates shall be billed…
- § 71689.23 The district may determine whether sanitary service is necessary or feasible for all residents or properties within the district and shall thereupon make a…
- § 71689.24 The district shall determine the types of wastes to be excluded from service.
- § 71689.25 Any contract with other parties for the supplying of this service for the district shall be granted by public bid for such periods as the district determines…
- § 71689.26 A district may adopt ordinances relating to the provision of sanitation services and the regulation of such services. Every such ordinance shall be in full…
- § 71689.27 From and after the posting or publication of any ordinance as provided in Section 71689.26, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any ordinance…
CHAPTER 4. Property §§ 71690–71700 · 11 sections
- § 71690 A district may, within or without the district: (a) Take real and personal property of every kind by grant, purchase, gift, device, or lease. (b) Hold, use,…
- § 71691 A district may: (a) Acquire, or contract to acquire, waterworks or a waterworks system, waters, water rights, lands, rights, and privileges. (b) Construct,…
- § 71692 A district may lease from any person, or public corporation or agency, with the privilege of purchasing or otherwise, all or any part of water storage,…
- § 71693 A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to supply the district or any portion thereof with water. The district, in…
- § 71694 A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to carry out any powers of the district. The district, in exercising such…
- § 71695 A district may construct works along and across any stream of water, watercourse, street, avenue, highway, canal, ditch, or flume, or across any railway which…
- § 71696 Every company whose right-of-way is intersected or crossed by district works shall unite with the district in forming the intersections or crossings and grant…
- § 71697 (a) A district may locate, construct, and maintain district works along and across any street or public highway and on any lands that are now or hereafter…
- § 71698 Any use by the district of a public highway now or hereafter constituted a state highway shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with…
- § 71699 No publicly owned utility shall commence to provide any water service for, on, or to any land within a municipal water district which is subject to (1) the…
- § 71700 Any publicly owned utility which commences to provide any water service for, on, or to any land within a municipal water district which is providing service to…
CHAPTER 5. Contracts §§ 71720–71733 · 11 sections
ARTICLE 1. Contracts With Other Agencies §§ 71720–71726 · 7 sections
- § 71720 As used in this article: (a) “Public agency” means and includes the United States or any department or agency thereof, the State or any department or agency…
- § 71721 Contracts mentioned in this article include those made with the United States under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory…
- § 71722 A district may join with one or more public agencies, private corporations, or other persons for the purpose of carrying out any of the powers of the district,…
- § 71723 The contracts with other public agencies, private corporations, or persons may provide for contributions to be made by each party thereto, for the division and…
- § 71724 Any such contract with the United States or any department or agency thereof, or with any private corporation organized under the laws of the United States, by…
- § 71725 The exact final form of a proposed contract required to be approved by the voters of the district or an improvement district need not be available at the time…
- § 71726 Any proposed contract approved by the voters of the Rainbow Municipal Water District, as provided in this article, at a special election held prior to January…
ARTICLE 2. Central Basin Municipal Water District §§ 71730–71733 · 4 sections
- § 71730 (a) For the purposes of this article, “district” means the Central Basin Municipal Water District. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this…
- § 71731 (a) The district shall not use sole source contracts unless one of the following conditions is met: (1) The contract is limited to an emergency circumstance.…
- § 71732 The district shall rebid a contract if the district significantly changes the scope of work of the contract. Significant changes include, but are not limited…
- § 71733 The general manager of the district shall submit a quarterly report to the district’s board detailing all of the district’s contracts, contract amendments, and…
CHAPTER 6. Controversies §§ 71750–71760 · 8 sections
- § 71750 A district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided in this division or by law, in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of…
- § 71751 A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, and compromise, in the name of the district, any action or proceeding involving or affecting the ownership or…
- § 71752 An action to determine the validity of any contract authorized by Article 1 (commencing with Section 71720) of Chapter 5 of this part and any bonds, notes or…
- § 71753 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
- § 71757 To carry out the purposes of this division, a district shall have the power to commence, maintain, intervene in, defend and compromise, in the name of the…
- § 71758 The district may employ counsel to defend any action brought against it or against any of its officers, agents or employees on account of any claimed action or…
- § 71759 If any officer, agent or employee of the district is held liable for any act or omission in his official capacity, except in case of actual fraud or actual…
- § 71760 (a) (1) The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District and the Eastern Municipal Water District shall not be held liable for claims by past or existing County…
PART 6. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS §§ 71800–71823 · 12 sections
CHAPTER 1. Warrants §§ 71800–71801 · 2 sections
- § 71800 A district may issue warrants to pay the formation expenses of the district. The warrants may bear interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent per year from the…
- § 71801 Formation expenses may include the fees of attorneys and others employed to conduct the formation proceedings, but shall not include the expenses of holding…
CHAPTER 2. Promissory Notes §§ 71810–71814 · 6 sections
- § 71810 A district may issue negotiable promissory notes pursuant to Sections 71811 and 71812. Such promissory notes shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 12…
- § 71810.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 71810 which limit the rate of interest which promissory notes issued by a district may bear, the Otay Municipal Water…
- § 71811 A district may issue negotiable promissory notes pursuant to this section to acquire funds for any district purposes. The maturity of the promissory notes…
- § 71812 A district may issue negotiable promissory notes pursuant to this section for the purpose of acquiring funds to finance the construction or acquisition of…
- § 71813 A district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of, but not in excess of the principal amount of, authorized bonds of an improvement district formed…
- § 71814 A district may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of, but not in excess of the principal amount of, authorized bonds of the district which have not yet…
CHAPTER 3. Adoption of Improvement Acts §§ 71820–71823 · 4 sections
- § 71820 A district may use the Improvement Act of 1911, the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 for the construction of any…
- § 71821 The powers and duties conferred pursuant to Section 71820 on the various boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the corresponding boards,…
- § 71822 In the application of the improvement acts specified in Section 71820 to proceedings instituted by a district, the terms used in such improvement acts have the…
- § 71823 Any certificates or documents required by the improvement acts specified in Section 71820 to be filed or recorded in the office of the superintendent of…
PART 7. BONDS §§ 71852–71996 · 80 sections
CHAPTER 1. In General §§ 71852–71854 · 3 sections
- § 71852 A district may issue bonds pursuant to Chapters 2 (commencing with Section 71860) and 5 (commencing with Section 71940) of this part for the purpose of…
- § 71853 A district may issue revenue bonds for any purpose for which general obligation bonds may be issued. Such revenue bonds may be issued pursuant to the Revenue…
- § 71854 A district that has outstanding revenue bonds which were approved by more than two-thirds of the votes cast at the election authorizing such bonds may incur a…
CHAPTER 2. Initiation of Proceedings for Issuance of Bonds for Entire District §§ 71860–71861 · 2 sections
- § 71860 Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, completion, or repair of any or all…
- § 71861 The resolution calling the bond election shall state all of the following: (a) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include…
CHAPTER 3. Formation of Improvement Districts for Issuance of Bonds §§ 71870–71911 · 17 sections
ARTICLE 1. Initiation of Proceedings §§ 71870–71875 · 6 sections
- § 71870 Whenever the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, completion, or repair of any or all improvements,…
- § 71871 The resolution of intention shall state that the board intends to form an improvement district of a portion of the district which in the opinion of the board…
- § 71872 The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred. (b) The amount of debt to be incurred, which may…
- § 71873 The resolution of intention shall also state that a general description of the proposed improvement, together with a map showing the exterior boundaries of the…
- § 71874 The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the questions of the formation and extent of the proposed…
- § 71875 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code prior to the time…
ARTICLE 2. Hearing and Changes §§ 71880–71883 · 4 sections
- § 71880 At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the…
- § 71881 The board may change the purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred or the amount of bonded debt to be incurred, or both. The board may also change…
- § 71882 The purpose or amount of bonded debt or the boundaries of the proposed improvement district shall not be changed by the board except after notice of its…
- § 71883 At the time and place fixed in the notice of intention, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing.…
ARTICLE 3. Formation §§ 71890–71892 · 3 sections
- § 71890 At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether it is deemed necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness. If so, the…
- § 71891 The determinations made in the resolution of formation shall be final and conclusive.
- § 71892 After the formation of the improvement district pursuant to this chapter, all proceedings for the purpose of a bond election shall be limited, and shall apply…
ARTICLE 4. Calling on Bond Election §§ 71900–71901 · 2 sections
- § 71900 After the Board has made its determination of the matters required to be determined by the resolution of formation, and if the board deems it necessary to…
- § 71901 The resolution calling the bond election shall contain all of the statements required by Section 71861 and, in addition, shall state: (a) That the board deems…
ARTICLE 5. Advance of Funds §§ 71910–71911 · 2 sections
- § 71910 The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish the purposes of an improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter.
- § 71911 The board may repay the district for any advance of funds from the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized for the purposes of the improvement district or as…
CHAPTER 4. Formation of Uninhabited Improvement Districts for Issuance of Bonds §§ 71920–71937 · 16 sections
ARTICLE 1. Initiation of Proceedings §§ 71920–71924 · 5 sections
- § 71920 Whenever the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, completion, or repair of any or all improvements,…
- § 71921 For the purposes of this chapter the portion of a district formed into an uninhabited improvement district shall be deemed uninhabited if less than 12 voters…
- § 71922 The resolution of intention shall state that the board intends to form an improvement district of an uninhabited portion of the district which in the opinion…
- § 71923 The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred. (b) The amount of debt to be incurred, which may…
- § 71924 The resolution of intention shall also state that a general description of the proposed improvement, together with a map showing the exterior boundaries of the…
ARTICLE 2. Bond Election §§ 71930–71934 · 9 sections
- § 71930 After the board has made its determination of the matters required to be determined by the resolution of intention, and if the board deems it necessary to form…
- § 71930.5 The provisions of this article apply only to bond elections called pursuant to this chapter. The provisions of Section 2502 of the Elections Code, relating to…
- § 71931 Voter means a person who is a holder of title. Each voter shall have one vote for each dollar’s worth of assessed value of land to which he holds title. The…
- § 71931.5 The form and type of ballot to be used in the election and the manner of distribution thereof, to the voters, will be determined by the board.
- § 71932 All ballots shall be returned to the secretary of the district at the office of the district on or before the last date established for the return of the…
- § 71932.5 Within 10 days after the date on which all ballots must be received by the district, the board shall canvass the votes and declare the result.
- § 71933 Each ballot will give the voter the option of voting in favor of or in opposition to the formation of the improvement district and incurring indebtedness by…
- § 71933.5 If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the formation of the improvement district and incurring indebtedness by the issuance of bonds of the district…
- § 71934 Voting may be by proxy and every appointment of a proxy is revocable at the pleasure of the person executing it by giving written notice to the district any…
ARTICLE 3. Advance of Funds §§ 71936–71937 · 2 sections
- § 71936 The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish the purposes of an improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter.
- § 71937 The board may repay the district for any advance of funds from the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized for the purposes of the improvement district or as…
CHAPTER 5. Bond Election §§ 71940–71947 · 8 sections
- § 71940 The board shall provide for holding the bond election on the day fixed in the resolution calling the election and in accordance with the provisions of the…
- § 71941 Notice of the holding of the bond election shall be given by publishing, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the resolution calling the election…
- § 71942 If the bond election is to be held in an improvement district, notice of the holding of such election shall be given by publishing, pursuant to Section 6066 of…
- § 71943 The returns of the bond election shall be made, the votes canvassed by the board within seven days following the election, and the results thereof ascertained…
- § 71944 The secretary, as soon as the result of the bond election is declared, shall enter in the records of the board a statement of such results.
- § 71945 No irregularities or informalities in conducting the bond election shall invalidate it, if the election has otherwise been fairly conducted.
- § 71946 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of any bonds or of the proceedings in relation thereto (including the formation of an improvement district for…
- § 71947 If bonds have been authorized at an election held pursuant to this chapter prior to January 1, 1960, a portion of which bonds have not yet been issued, and the…
CHAPTER 6. Issuance and Sale of Bonds §§ 71950–71975 · 17 sections
ARTICLE 1. Issuance and Terms §§ 71950–71960 · 11 sections
- § 71950 If from the bond election returns it appears that more than two-thirds of the votes cast in such election were in favor of and assented to the incurring of the…
- § 71951 The full amount of the authorized bonds may be divided into two or more series and different dates fixed for the bonds of each series. The maximum term which…
- § 71952 The board shall, by resolution, prescribe the form of the bonds and of the coupons attached thereto and fix the time when the whole or any part of the…
- § 71953 The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed 8 percent per year, payable semiannually, except that interest for the first year may be payable…
- § 71954 The board may provide for the call and redemption of bonds prior to maturity at such times and prices and upon such other terms as it may specify. A bond shall…
- § 71955 The denomination of the bonds shall be stated in the resolution providing for their issuance but shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100).
- § 71956 The principal and interest on the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer of the district or such other…
- § 71957 The bonds shall be dated, numbered consecutively, signed by the president and treasurer of the district, countersigned by the secretary, and the official seal…
- § 71958 If the bond election proceedings have been limited to and have applied only to an improvement district, the bonds are bonds of the district, shall be issued in…
- § 71959 Any bonds issued by a district have the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by a city and are exempt from all taxation within the State.
- § 71960 The board may, without a vote of the electors, provide for the issuance of, and issue, general obligation bonds of the district or for an improvement district…
ARTICLE 2. Sale of Bonds and Use of Proceeds §§ 71970–71975 · 6 sections
- § 71970 Before selling the bonds, or any part thereof, the board shall give notice inviting sealed bids in such manner as it may prescribe. If satisfactory bids are…
- § 71971 The proceeds from the sale of bonds shall be paid into the treasury of the district, placed to the credit of a special improvement fund, and expended only for…
- § 71972 Any moneys remaining in the special improvement fund from the sale of bonds of the district after the purpose for which the indebtedness was created has been…
- § 71973 Interest on any bonds issued by the district coming due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax levy after the sale of the bonds are…
- § 71974 The proceeds from the sale of bonds of the district issued for an improvement district thereof may be expended for the purpose for which the indebtedness was…
- § 71975 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within the Rainbow Municipal Water District, if bonds have been authorized or issued pursuant to Chapter 4…
CHAPTER 7. Formation of Improvement Districts for Issuance of Revenue Bonds §§ 71980–71996 · 17 sections
ARTICLE 1. Initiation of Proceedings §§ 71980–71985 · 6 sections
- § 71980 Whenever the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, completion, or repair of any or all improvements, works…
- § 71981 The resolution of intention shall state that the board intends to form a revenue improvement district of a portion of the district which in the opinion of the…
- § 71982 The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred and a general description of the enterprise. (b)…
- § 71983 The resolution of intention shall also state that a general description of the proposed enterprise, together with a map showing the exterior boundaries of the…
- § 71984 The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the questions of the formation and extent of the proposed…
- § 71985 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code prior to the time…
ARTICLE 2. Hearing and Changes § 71986 · 1 section
- § 71986 Except as otherwise provided in this article, the board shall proceed with the hearing, conduct the hearing, make changes to the enterprise or the estimated…
ARTICLE 3. Formation of Revenue Improvement District §§ 71987–71990 · 4 sections
- § 71987 At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether it is deemed necessary to form the proposed revenue improvement district and…
- § 71988 The determinations made in the resolution of formation shall be final and conclusive.
- § 71989 After the formation of the revenue improvement district pursuant to this chapter, all proceedings for the purpose of a revenue bond election by the revenue…
- § 71990 Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, after the formation of the improvement district pursuant to this chapter, the improvement district shall be a…
ARTICLE 4. Calling of Revenue Bond Election §§ 71991–71994 · 4 sections
- § 71991 After the board has made its determination of the matters required to be determined by the resolution of formation, and if the board deems it necessary to…
- § 71992 The resolution calling the revenue bond election shall be adopted, contain the statement, be published and provide for issuance of the revenue bonds in…
- § 71993 If the issuance of the revenue bonds is authorized at the election, the board shall provide for their issuance, sale, authentication, form and redemption in…
- § 71994 It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this article shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, the powers and duties of the revenue…
ARTICLE 5. Advance of Funds §§ 71995–71996 · 2 sections
- § 71995 The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish the purposes of a revenue improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter.
- § 71996 The board may repay the district for any advance of funds from the proceeds of the sale of revenue bonds authorized for the purposes of the improvement…
PART 8. FORMATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN ISSUANCE OF BONDS §§ 72000–72077 · 64 sections
CHAPTER 1. Initiation of Proceedings §§ 72000–72004 · 5 sections
- § 72000 Whenever the board deems it necessary to form an improvement district of a portion of the district for a purpose other than the incurring of bonded…
- § 72001 The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) The purpose for which the proposed improvement district is to be formed. (b) The estimated expense of…
- § 72002 The resolution of intention shall also state that a map showing the exterior boundaries of the proposed improvement district, with relation to the territory…
- § 72003 The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the questions of the formation and extent of the proposed…
- § 72004 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time…
CHAPTER 2. Hearing and Adoption of Resolution of Formation §§ 72010–72014 · 5 sections
- § 72010 At the time and place so fixed in the resolution of intention, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the…
- § 72011 At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether it is necessary to form the improvement district. If so, the resolution shall…
- § 72012 The determinations made in the resolution of formation shall be final and conclusive.
- § 72013 After the formation of the improvement district pursuant to this part, all taxes levied for the carrying out of its purpose shall be levied exclusively upon…
- § 72014 A copy of the resolution of formation shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper printed and published in the district,…
CHAPTER 3. Formation Election §§ 72020–72027 · 9 sections
- § 72020 If a petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters of the proposed improvement district requesting that an election be held on the formation…
- § 72020.5 In addition to the provisions of Section 72020, in the Casitas Municipal Water District, the board may by resolution call a special election in the proposed…
- § 72021 The board shall provide for holding the special election on the day fixed in the resolution calling the election and in accordance with the provisions of the…
- § 72022 Notice of the holding of the special election shall be given by publishing the resolution calling the election, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government…
- § 72023 The returns of the special election shall be made, the votes canvassed by the board within seven days following the election, and the results thereof…
- § 72024 The secretary, as soon as the result of the special election is declared, shall enter in the records of the board a statement of such results.
- § 72025 If from the special election returns it appears that a majority of the votes cast at such election were in favor of the formation of the improvement district,…
- § 72026 No irregularities or informalities in conducting the special election shall invalidate it, if the election has otherwise been fairly conducted.
- § 72027 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the formation of the improvement district or of any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested,…
CHAPTER 3.5. Apportionment of Extraordinary Costs of Water Delivery §§ 72028–72028.4 · 5 sections
- § 72028 Whenever the board determines that it is necessary to equitably apportion any extraordinary costs of water delivery, including, but not limited to, filtration…
- § 72028.1 The resolution of intention shall include the nature of the extraordinary costs of water delivery, the amount of the cost which is to be borne by each…
- § 72028.2 The election called by the resolution of intention shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 71940) of Part 7 of…
- § 72028.3 If the majority of the registered voters in all of the combined improvement districts in which the election is held voting on the proposition vote to impose…
- § 72028.4 When additional debt is imposed on improvement districts pursuant to this chapter, the board shall take action at the time and in the manner required by law to…
CHAPTER 4. Advance of Funds §§ 72030–72031 · 2 sections
- § 72030 The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish the purposes of an improvement district formed pursuant to this part.
- § 72031 The board may provide that the district shall be repaid for any advance of funds, with interest at a rate not to exceed the interest value of money to the…
CHAPTER 6. Issuance of Bonds and Payment of Debt Service by the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District §§ 72060–72077 · 38 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 72060–72061 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Bond Election, Issuance, and Sale §§ 72062–72064.1 · 4 sections
- § 72062 Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, completion, or repair of any or all…
- § 72063 The resolution calling the bond election shall state all of the following: (a) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include…
- § 72064 If, from the bond election returns, it appears that more than one-half of the votes cast in such election were in favor of, and assented to, the incurring of…
- § 72064.1 Except as provided otherwise herein, such election, issuance, and sale of bonds shall be governed by the provisions of this division.
ARTICLE 3. Improvement Districts § 72065 · 1 section
- § 72065 For the purpose of issuing bonds pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, nine improvement districts, the designations and boundaries of which are described…
ARTICLE 4. Definitions §§ 72066–72066.6 · 7 sections
- § 72066 As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning described in this article:
- § 72066.1 “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Pomona Valley Municipal Water District.
- § 72066.2 “Charges” shall mean charges made for metered water or for minimum charges for services, including customers’ charges, service charges, demand charges, and…
- § 72066.3 “Month” shall mean a calendar month.
- § 72066.4 “Person” shall mean any domestic or foreign corporation, association, syndicate, joint stock company, partnership of any kind, joint venture, club,…
- § 72066.5 “Service user” shall mean any person required to pay a tax imposed under the provisions of this chapter.
- § 72066.6 “Service supplier” shall mean any person required to collect a tax under the provisions of this chapter.
ARTICLE 5. Powers—Generally §§ 72067–72071.1 · 6 sections
- § 72067 The board may exercise all of its powers and duties in regard to improvement districts established by this chapter in the same manner as to improvement…
- § 72068 Any portion of the district, whether contiguous or not to an improvement district established by this chapter, may be annexed to such improvement district in…
- § 72069 Any portion of the district may be excluded from an improvement district established by this chapter in the manner provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with…
- § 72070 The board may advance general funds of the district to accomplish the purposes of an improvement district performed pursuant to this chapter.
- § 72071 The board may repay the district for any advance of funds, together with interest, at a rate not to exceed the interest value of money to the district, from…
- § 72071.1 The board may levy an ad valorem property tax in each improvement district established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 72062) of this chapter,…
ARTICLE 6. Powers—Utility Tax §§ 72072–72072.12 · 13 sections
- § 72072 In addition to the powers otherwise provided for improvement districts under this division, the board shall have the power to levy a utility tax, as provided…
- § 72072.1 Nothing in this article shall be construed as imposing a tax upon any person when the imposition of such tax upon that person would be in violation of the…
- § 72072.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, persons subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission need not obtain an…
- § 72072.3 The board hereby is authorized to impose a tax upon every person using water within any of the improvement districts established by this chapter or on every…
- § 72072.4 The tax imposed in this article shall be collected from the service user by the service supplier. The amount collected in one month shall be remitted to the…
- § 72072.5 The taxes imposed by this article shall be collected, insofar as practicable, at the same time as, and along with, the charges made in accordance with the…
- § 72072.6 Taxes collected from the service user which are not remitted to the board on or before the due dates provided in this article are delinquent.
- § 72072.7 Interest and penalties for delinquency in remittance of any tax collected by a service supplier and not remitted to the board shall be assessed as follows: (a)…
- § 72072.8 Failure by a service user to pay any tax imposed by this article shall result in the following interest and penalties on the service user: (a) Any service user…
- § 72072.9 Any tax required to be paid by a service user under the provisions of this article shall be deemed a debt owed by the service user to the district. Any tax…
- § 72072.10 The board shall enforce the provisions of this article and may prescribe, adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to the administration and…
- § 72072.11 Whenever the amount of any tax has been overpaid or paid more than once or had been erroneously or illegally collected or received by the board, it may be…
- § 72072.12 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 72072.11, a service supplier may claim a refund or take as credit against taxes collected and remitted the amount…
ARTICLE 7. Determination of and Alternative Methods of Payment of Debt Service and Costs of Maintenance and Operation §§ 72073–72077 · 5 sections
- § 72073 The board annually shall cause to be prepared a written report stating the reasons for and conclusions of the board upon the following, together with any…
- § 72074 Annually, prior to approving the annual budget for the district, the board of directors shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of considering the report…
- § 72075 Notice of the hearing to be held pursuant to Section 72074 shall be given by publishing a copy, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, at least 15…
- § 72076 At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall, by resolution, determine the following: (a) The amount of the total debt service on any bond indebtedness…
- § 72077 The amount of such debt service and maintenance and operation costs to be raised in each improvement district established under this chapter shall be paid by…
PART 8.5. EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY FROM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS §§ 72080–72089.5 · 11 sections
- § 72080 Proceedings to exclude territory from an improvement district, formed pursuant to this division, may be initiated by the board upon its own motion, or shall be…
- § 72081 Upon adoption of a motion to initiate exclusion proceedings or upon receipt of a petition for exclusion, the board shall adopt a resolution of intention to…
- § 72082 The resolution of intention to exclude shall also state that a map showing the exterior boundaries of the proposed territory to be excluded, with relation to…
- § 72083 The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the questions of the proposed exclusion and the effect of…
- § 72084 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention to exclude, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to…
- § 72085 At the time and place so fixed in the resolution of intention to exclude, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed…
- § 72086 At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether it is necessary or desirable to exclude the territory. If so, the resolution…
- § 72087 The determinations made in the resolution of exclusion shall be final and conclusive.
- § 72088 After the exclusion of territory from the improvement district pursuant to this division, all taxes levied for the carrying out of the improvement district’s…
- § 72089 A copy of the resolution of exclusion shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper printed and published in the district,…
- § 72089.5 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the exclusion of territory from the improvement district or of any of the proceedings in relation thereto is…
PART 9. TAXES §§ 72090–72146 · 42 sections
CHAPTER 1. Taxes Generally §§ 72090–72102 · 15 sections
- § 72090 A district may cause taxes to be levied, in the manner provided in this part, for the purpose of paying any obligation of the district, including its formation…
- § 72090.5 A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government…
- § 72091 If the revenues of the district, or of any improvement district therein, are or in the judgment of the board will probably be inadequate for any cause to pay…
- § 72092 If, in the opinion of the board of a municipal water district, the corporate area of which has been included in or annexed to a metropolitan water district as…
- § 72093 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…
- § 72094 On or before September 1, the board shall certify to the board of supervisors and county auditor the tax rate or rates fixed for the district and shall furnish…
- § 72095 The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district,…
- § 72096 Taxes for the payment of the interest on or principal of any bonded debt shall be levied on the property within the district, or improvement district therein,…
- § 72096.5 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a mobilehome which occupies a rental space and is not permanently attached to the land is not property subject to…
- § 72097 All county officers charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect district taxes at the same time and in the same form and manner as county taxes are…
- § 72098 Taxes for the payment of a bonded debt and the interest thereon shall be a lien on all the property benefited thereby as stated in the resolution of the board…
- § 72099 Liens for district taxes, whether for payment of a bonded indebtedness and the interest thereon or for other purposes, shall be of the same force and effect as…
- § 72100 The amount of any charges for water and other services or either included in the statement of delinquent and unpaid charges pursuant to subdivision (c) of…
- § 72101 A district shall notify the holder of title to land whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for water and other services or either which could become a lien on…
- § 72102 In case any charges for water or other services, or either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the discretion of the district be secured at…
CHAPTER 2. Apportionment of Taxes in Multicounty Districts and Improvement Districts §§ 72110–72112 · 3 sections
- § 72110 If a district contains lands situated in more than one county, the duties imposed upon the board of supervisors and county officers by Chapter 1 (commencing…
- § 72111 In a district containing lands situated in more than one county, the auditor of each affected county shall immediately after equalization and not later than…
- § 72112 Whenever an improvement district within a municipal water district is itself located in two or more counties, the method and procedure for the apportionment of…
CHAPTER 3. Payments by Public Agencies in Lieu of Taxes §§ 72125–72132 · 8 sections
- § 72125 “Public agency,” as used in this chapter, means any city, county, district, other local authority or public body of, or within, this state.
- § 72126 On or before July 1st of each year, a district by resolution may authorize public agencies, located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the district,…
- § 72127 On or before the first day of September, in any year the governing body of a public agency located wholly or partially within a district may declare its…
- § 72128 All such declarations shall be made by order and resolution of the governing body of the public agency and shall state that payment shall be made in cash…
- § 72129 Immediately upon the adoption of such declaration a certified copy shall be filed by such public agency with the secretary of the district to whom the taxes…
- § 72130 Upon receipt of a certified copy of such declaration, the board of directors of the district may reject such declaration whenever the public agency has, in the…
- § 72131 Upon receipt of a certifed copy of such declaration, the county assessor, county auditor, or other responsible officer shall reduce the amount of taxes to be…
- § 72132 A public agency which exercises its right to utilize its funds in avoidance of taxes shall retain its rights to state, county, or other public agency…
CHAPTER 4. Chino Basin Production Assessments §§ 72140–72146 · 16 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 72140–72140.2 · 3 sections
- § 72140 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Chino Basin Production Assessment Law.
- § 72140.1 As used in this chapter: (a) “Annual” or “year” means a calendar year unless the context indicates a contrary meaning. (b) “Assessing district” means any Chino…
- § 72140.2 The powers conferred by this chapter are in addition to, and not in place of, any other powers conferred upon the Chino Basin districts. Production assessments…
ARTICLE 2. Assessment § 72141 · 1 section
- § 72141 To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the primary district shall cause a production assessment or assessments to be levied each year at a uniform annual…
ARTICLE 3. Levy of Assessment §§ 72142–72142.4 · 5 sections
- § 72142 On or before 60 days after the effective date of this chapter, and on or before the third Wednesday in April of each year after 1975, the board shall adopt a…
- § 72142.1 Immediately after adopting its resolution levying the assessment, which levy shall thereupon be effective as to all production from the Chino Basin within the…
- § 72142.2 After the levy of a production assessment pursuant to this chapter the Chino Basin districts shall give notice thereof to all affected producers within the…
- § 72142.3 Payment of the assessment shall accompany the filing of the annual report.
- § 72142.4 If any producer after having been given notice as required by Section 72142.2 fails to pay a production assessment when due, such producer shall become liable…
ARTICLE 4. Reports §§ 72143–72143.1 · 2 sections
- § 72143 On or before 120 days after the effective date of this chapter, and on or before the last day of July of each year after 1975, each producer within the Chino…
- § 72143.1 If any producer subject to production assessments, after having been given notice as required by Section 72142.2, fails to file an annual report on production,…
ARTICLE 5. Advisory Committee §§ 72144–72144.2 · 3 sections
- § 72144 The board shall appoint an advisory committee representative of the various categories of water use and institutional concern, including each city which is a…
- § 72144.1 The advisory committee shall organize, elect officers, and adopt reasonable rules for conduct of its affairs; provided, that all meetings of the committee…
- § 72144.2 The advisory committee shall review all proposed studies, programs, and expenditures of proceeds of production assessments under this chapter and shall advise…
ARTICLE 6. Remedies § 72145 · 1 section
- § 72145 Any assessing district may bring a suit in the court having jurisdiction against any producer for the collection of any delinquent production assessments,…
ARTICLE 7. Termination § 72146 · 1 section
- § 72146 The assessment authority conferred pursuant to this chapter shall not extend beyond fiscal year 1976–77 production, and the power to collect production…
PART 10. CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION §§ 72150–72303 · 12 sections
CHAPTER 1. Exclusion §§ 72150–72151 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 1. In General §§ 72150–72151 · 2 sections
- § 72150 Territory included within a district may be excluded from the district. When any part of the corporate area of a city is included in the territory proposed to…
- § 72151 The territory proposed to be excluded may consist of one or more parcels which need not be contiguous to each other and may consist of parcels situated in more…
CHAPTER 3. Automatic Exclusion of Cities §§ 72280–72285 · 6 sections
- § 72280 If, prior to the effective date of the formation of a municipal water district, any territory included therein is annexed to a metropolitan water district…
- § 72281 The board or the secretary of the municipal water district shall file a certified copy of the ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 72280 with the Secretary of…
- § 72282 Upon receipt of the certified copy of the ordinance, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of the ordinance…
- § 72283 A copy of the Secretary of State’s certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of the county in which the municipal water district is…
- § 72284 From and after the date of the Secretary of State’s certificate, the area described therein is excluded from, and no longer forms a part of, the municipal…
- § 72285 The taxable property within the excluded area shall remain subject to any taxes theretofore levied by the municipal water district and shall continue to be…
CHAPTER 4. Inclusion §§ 72300–72303 · 4 sections
ARTICLE 1. In General §§ 72300–72303 · 4 sections
- § 72300 Any portion of a county, or any city situated within such county, or both, may be added to a district. Such portion or city need not be within a county in…
- § 72301 The cities need not be contiguous, and the unincorporated territory, inhabited or uninhabited, may consist of one or more parcels which need not be contiguous…
- § 72302 Any district whose territory is included within a metropolitan water district may nonetheless annex territory outside of the metropolitan water district…
- § 72303 Any district, the territory, or any portion thereof, of which is included within a metropolitan water district, shall be entitled, without penalty or sanction…
PART 11. CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS §§ 72670–72741.2 · 55 sections
CHAPTER 1. Inclusion of Territory §§ 72670–72711 · 33 sections
ARTICLE 1. Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition §§ 72670–72689 · 21 sections
- § 72670 Any portion of a district, whether contiguous or not to an improvement district thereof, may be annexed to such improvement district in the manner provided in…
- § 72671 Annexation proceedings may be initiated by petition. A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary.
- § 72672 The petition shall be signed by the holders of title to at least 60 percent of the land in the portion proposed to be annexed, which land shall have an…
- § 72673 The petition for annexation shall contain all of the following: (a) A description of the area proposed to be annexed. Such description may be made by reference…
- § 72674 The petition for annexation shall be accompanied by a certified check payable to the order of the district in a sufficient amount to reimburse the district for…
- § 72675 Within 10 days of the date of the filing of the petition for annexation, the secretary shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the…
- § 72676 When the secretary has completed his examination of the petition for annexation, he shall attach to it his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of…
- § 72677 If the secretary finds from the examination that the petition for annexation is signed by the requisite number of property owners he shall certify that the…
- § 72678 If the secretary certifies in his certificate that the petition for annexation is insufficient, the petition may be amended by filing a supplemental petition…
- § 72679 Within 10 days after the filing of any supplemental petition or petitions, the secretary shall examine them and certify to the result of such examination as…
- § 72680 After the time for filing supplemental petitions has expired and all supplemental petitions have been examined, if the secretary’s certificate shows that the…
- § 72680.1 In the event the petition for annexation is signed by all of the holders of title of land in the portion proposed to be annexed, the board may proceed and act…
- § 72681 The text of the petition for annexation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time at which it is to be presented…
- § 72682 No more than five of the names attached to the petition for annexation need appear in the publication of the petition and notice, but the number of signers…
- § 72683 The petition and notice shall also be posted in three public places in the improvement district and three public places in the area proposed to be annexed at…
- § 72684 The board shall proceed to hear the petition at the time and place fixed therefor, and any person residing within the district or improvement district or…
- § 72685 At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board finds and determines from the evidence presented at the hearing that the area proposed to be annexed to an…
- § 72686 From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution approving the annexation, the area named therein is added to and forms a part of the improvement…
- § 72687 The taxable property in the annexed areas shall be subject to taxation after the annexation thereof for the purposes of the improvement district, including the…
- § 72688 The board may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed by it.
- § 72689 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall…
ARTICLE 2. Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board §§ 72700–72711 · 12 sections
- § 72700 The board, by resolution, may initiate proceedings for the annexation of territory within the district whether contiguous or not to an improvement district to…
- § 72701 The resolution proposing annexation shall: (a) Declare that proceedings have been initiated by the board pursuant to this article. (b) State the reason for…
- § 72702 The text of the resolution proposing annexation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time of hearing in at least…
- § 72703 A copy of the resolution proposing annexation shall also be posted in three public places within the improvement district and three public places in the area…
- § 72704 The board shall proceed with the hearing at the time and place fixed therefor and may continue the hearing, if need be, from time to time. All interested…
- § 72705 If written protests are filed by the holders of title of one-half of the value of the territory proposed to be annexed as shown by the last equalized…
- § 72706 If written protest is not made by the owners of one-half of the value of the territory proposed to be annexed, and if, at the conclusion of the hearing, the…
- § 72707 If the board finds and determines that either the area proposed to be annexed to the improvement district will not be benefited thereby or that the improvement…
- § 72708 From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution approving the annexation, the area described therein is added to and forms a part of the improvement…
- § 72709 The taxable property in the annexed area shall be subject to taxation after the annexation thereof for the purposes of the improvement district, including the…
- § 72710 The board may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed by it.
- § 72711 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall…
CHAPTER 2. Dissolution of Improvement Districts §§ 72730–72738 · 9 sections
- § 72730 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 72738, whenever the board deems it necessary for any improvement district formed pursuant to this division to be…
- § 72731 The resolution of intention shall state: (a) The reason why the improvement district should be dissolved. (b) If the improvement district was formed pursuant…
- § 72732 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the…
- § 72733 At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the…
- § 72734 At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by ordinance determine whether it is necessary to dissolve the improvement district. If so, the ordinance…
- § 72735 When the ordinance declaring an improvement district dissolved becomes effective, the dissolution of such improvement district is complete.
- § 72736 The taxable property within the boundaries of the dissolved improvement district shall continue to be taxed for any indebtedness of the district contracted for…
- § 72737 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the dissolution of an improvement district, or of any of the proceedings in relation thereto, is contested,…
- § 72738 After a bond election has been held in an improvement district formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 71870) of Part 7 of this division and less…
CHAPTER 3. Consolidation of Improvement Districts §§ 72740–72741.2 · 13 sections
- § 72740 Two or more improvement districts formed for a purpose other than the incurring of bonded indebtedness, whose powers and purposes are limited to those…
- § 72740.1 Whenever the board intends to consolidate two or more improvement districts in accordance with this chapter, the board shall adopt a resolution of intention…
- § 72740.2 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time…
- § 72740.3 At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the…
- § 72740.4 At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board determines that it is necessary to consolidate the improvement districts, the board shall adopt a resolution of…
- § 72740.5 A copy of the resolution of consolidation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, in a newspaper circulated in the improvement…
- § 72740.6 The determinations made in the resolution of consolidation shall be final and conclusive, and the resolution of consolidation shall be effective on the 91st…
- § 72740.7 Upon completion of the consolidation, a statement of consolidation, certified by the secretary of the district, shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
- § 72740.8 After the consolidation of the improvement districts pursuant to this chapter, all taxes levied for the carrying out of its purpose shall be levied exclusively…
- § 72740.9 When consolidated, the consolidated improvement district, under the name specified for it in the resolution of consolidation, succeeds to all of the rights,…
- § 72741 When consolidated, the consolidated improvement district possesses all of the powers of, is governed by, and is subject to all of the provisions of this…
- § 72741.1 Nothing contained in this chapter shall impair the rights of creditors of an improvement district participating in the consolidation, and each creditor may…
- § 72741.2 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the consolidation of the improvement districts, or of any of the proceedings in relation thereto, is…
PART 11.5. MARIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT §§ 72750–72760 · 3 sections
CHAPTER 1. Supplemental Water Supplies § 72750 · 1 section
- § 72750 The Marin Municipal Water District, in addition to or in conjunction with any provision of this division, may do any of the following in order to implement the…
CHAPTER 2. Taxes and Other Revenues § 72755 · 1 section
- § 72755 If the revenues of the district, or of any improvement district therein, are, or in the judgment of the board will probably be, inadequate for any cause to pay…
CHAPTER 3. Elections § 72760 · 1 section
- § 72760 The Marin Municipal Water District in Marin County shall not exercise any powers under this part by which the district incurs an indebtedness or liability…
PART 11.6. Central Basin Municipal Water District § 72770 · 1 section
- § 72770 Notwithstanding Section 71274, no ordinance, motion, or resolution relating to the ethics, compensation, or benefits of the members of the Central Basin…
PART 12. REPEALS §§ 73000–73001 · 2 sections