DIVISION 15. RECLAMATION DISTRICTS [50000. - 53901.]

Division 15 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.

§§ 50000–53901 · 665 sections

PART 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS §§ 50000–50170 · 39 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Definitions §§ 50000–50016 · 17 sections
  - § 50000 Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
  - § 50001 “District” means any reclamation district formed pursuant to any law of this State prior to April 5, 1911, and any district formed pursuant to Article 2,…
  - § 50002 “Board” means the board of trustees of a reclamation district.
  - § 50003 “President” means the president of the board of trustees.
  - § 50004 “Secretary” means the secretary of the board of trustees.
  - § 50005 “Trustee” means a member of the board of trustees of a reclamation district.
  - § 50006 “Landowner” means the holder of title or evidence of title to land within a district.
  - § 50007 “Parcel” means a tract of land within a district.
  - § 50008 “District lands” means all lands within a district.
  - § 50009 “Principal county” means the county in which the whole or the greater portion of the land of a district is situated.
  - § 50010 “County treasurer” means the county treasurer of the principal county.
  - § 50011 “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
  - § 50012 “County clerk” means the county clerk of the principal county.
  - § 50013 “Reclamation works” means such public works and equipment as are necessary for the unwatering, watering, or irrigation of district lands and other district…
  - § 50014 “Eligible person” means a landowner or the legal representative of a landowner.
  - § 50015 “Legal representative” means an officer or other person or persons appointed to serve in that capacity by a landowner.
  - § 50016 “Voter” means a landowner or the legal representative of a landowner, or if the district uses the alternate tax procedure under Article 4 (commencing with…
2. CHAPTER 2. General Provisions §§ 50100–50170 · 22 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Applicability of Division §§ 50100–50101 · 2 sections
    § 50100 Nothing in this division impairs the validity of any district formed prior to the effective date of this division, its rights, or obligations.
    § 50101 All swamp and overflowed salt-marsh and tidelands within one mile of the State Prison at San Quentin are excluded from the operation of this division.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Districts Within Cities §§ 50110–50111 · 2 sections
    § 50110 Districts may be formed pursuant to this division for the reclamation of any land within any city, which land is subject in any manner, to overflow or…
    § 50111 When districts are formed in cities pursuant to Section 50110 the duties required by this division to be performed by county officers shall be performed by the…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Public Lands §§ 50120–50130 · 9 sections
    § 50120 The purchaser of public land unsold in any district at the date of filing of the by-laws of the district takes the land subject to the provisions of the…
    § 50121 A purchaser of public lands within a district has all the rights and privileges enjoyed by the original signers of the by-laws of the district upon payment of…
    § 50123 When the board, or landowners in districts having no board, certify under oath to the board of supervisors and show to its satisfaction that the reclamation…
    § 50124 The State Lands Commission, upon receipt of the certification from the board of supervisors, shall forward to the treasurer of each county in which any part of…
    § 50126 The county treasurer, upon receipt of the statement from the State Lands Commission showing the amounts paid by each purchaser of swamp and overflowed lands in…
    § 50127 No distribution of the “swamp-land fund” shall be made pursuant to Section 50126 while the district has an outstanding indebtedness represented by Controller’s…
    § 50128 When the purchasers of swamp and overflowed lands have paid for such lands in full, the board may allow a credit of one dollar ($1) per acre on any unpaid or…
    § 50129 No credit shall be given, or agreed to be given, until the landowner has paid all assessments levied on the lands, with interest thereon at the rate of 7…
    § 50130 No credit shall be given, or agreed to be given to any landowner who has previously received such credit.
  4. ARTICLE 4. Damage to Reclamation Works §§ 50140–50142 · 3 sections
    § 50140 Any person who cuts, injures, or destroys reclamation works in any district, is responsible for all damages occasioned thereby to such works.
    § 50141 An action for damages caused by cutting, injuring, or destroying reclamation works may be commenced in the superior court of any county in which the works are…
    § 50142 Damages recovered in the action shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the action is brought, who shall credit the amount to the district.
  5. ARTICLE 4.5. Claims § 50145 · 1 section
    § 50145 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…
  6. ARTICLE 5. Actions Against Districts §§ 50151–50154 · 3 sections
    § 50151 An action against any person by reason of his official connection with a district, or against the board, or the district, shall be instituted and tried in the…
    § 50153 Any landowner may maintain an action on behalf of his district in the superior court of the county in which any part of the district is situated against a…
    § 50154 Any landowner may maintain an action on behalf of his district in the superior court of a county in which any part of the district is situated against a member…
  7. ARTICLE 6. Evidence of Value and Ownership § 50160 · 1 section
    § 50160 For all purposes relating to signing petitions and bylaws and voting, the last equalized tax roll for each county wherein any district land is situated is…
  8. ARTICLE 7. Landowners’ Representatives § 50170 · 1 section
    § 50170 Guardians, conservators, executors, administrators and other persons holding land in a trust capacity under appointment of court may sign petitions or bylaws…
PART 2. FORMATION §§ 50300–50442 · 33 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Petition §§ 50300–50335 · 19 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Form and Publication §§ 50300–50303 · 4 sections
    § 50300 A petition for the formation of a district, verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners, may be presented to the board of supervisors at a regular…
    § 50301 The petition shall state that petitioners desire to reclaim the land, or that the land has been reclaimed, or that the reclamation is in progress, and shall…
    § 50302 The petition shall be published once a week for two weeks preceding the hearing thereof in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county…
    § 50303 An affidavit of publication shall be filed with the petition.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Approval §§ 50310–50318 · 9 sections
    § 50310 If the board of supervisors finds, on the hearing of the petition, that the statements therein are correct, it shall make an order approving the petition.
    § 50311 If it is shown that any land is improperly included in the proposed district, the board of supervisors shall, in its order, exclude the same therefrom.
    § 50312 If the board of supervisors concludes that lands susceptible of the same mode of reclamation are improperly omitted from the proposed district, and the owners…
    § 50313 The notice to nonappearing landowners shall be given either by publication in the same manner and for the same period as the orginal petition, or by personal…
    § 50314 If the notice is given by personal service, the service shall be made at least three days prior to the date fixed for the further hearing.
    § 50315 Proof of publication or personal service of the notice shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors on or before the day to which the hearing is…
    § 50316 The board of supervisors may further continue the hearing from time to time, by order entered upon its minutes, to the end that a full hearing may be had.
    § 50317 Upon the final hearing on the petition the board of supervisors shall make an order approving the petition, as originally presented, or in a modified form.
    § 50318 The order, signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors, and attested by the clerk thereof, shall describe the exterior boundaries of the district, as…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Filing and Recording §§ 50330–50335 · 6 sections
    § 50330 The petition, with the order of the board of supervisors endorsed thereon or attached thereto, shall be recorded by the county recorder.
    § 50331 When a district is situated partly in different counties, the board, after the petition has been granted, shall forward a copy of the petition and the order…
    § 50332 A copy of the petition and order of the board of supervisors approving the same, certified by the county clerk, shall be forwarded to the State Lands…
    § 50333 The State Lands Commission, upon the receipt of a copy of a petition, or certificate of the county clerk that a district has been formed, shall number the…
    § 50334 The county recorder, upon receipt of the notice from the State Lands Commission, shall record the same, and the district shall thereafter be known and…
    § 50335 Districts organized before May 28, 1868, may retain their respective numbers.
2. CHAPTER 2. Organization §§ 50370–50374 · 7 sections
  - § 50370 The owners of a majority of the acreage in the district may adopt bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, for the government and control of the…
  - § 50370.2 As an alternative to the adoption of bylaws by the owners, the board may adopt bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, for the government and…
  - § 50370.4 The notice of public hearing shall be posted in at least three conspicuous places within the district for at least 15 days prior to the date of the public…
  - § 50370.6 At the public hearing held on the bylaws proposed to be so adopted, the board shall receive any comments or proposals concerning the proposed bylaws, and may…
  - § 50371 When the bylaws have been adopted they shall be filed for record with the county recorder.
  - § 50373 By-laws may be amended in the same manner as adopted.
  - § 50374 A board of trustees shall be elected as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 50600) of Part 3 of this division unless the district is formed to…
3. CHAPTER 3. Districts Formed to Operate Without a Board §§ 50400–50403 · 4 sections
  - § 50400 When any land, susceptible of one mode of reclamation, is entirely owned by parties who desire to reclaim the land, and to manage the reclamation without a…
  - § 50401 When the petition is granted, the district is organized and the owners of the lands have all the rights, immunities, privileges, and duties granted to boards…
  - § 50402 The existence of a district formed to operate without a board shall not prevent the owners of the land included therein from forming a district to operate with…
  - § 50403 The presentation of a petition for formation of a district to operate with a board is an abandonment of the rights, immunities, and privileges conferred upon…
4. CHAPTER 4. Validating Proceedings §§ 50440–50442 · 3 sections
  - § 50440 An action to determine the legality of the existence of a district may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of…
  - § 50441 The court shall not adjudge any district invalid when it appears that the district has for five years prior to the commencement of the proceeding been…
  - § 50442 No proceeding in quo warranto, nor any similar action or proceeding shall be maintained in the name of the people of the State against any district that,…
PART 3. BOARD OF TRUSTEES §§ 50600–50660 · 23 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Selection, Tenure and Compensation §§ 50600–50610 · 10 sections
  - § 50600 After the formation of the district, the board of supervisors, on the application of a landowner, shall call an election in compliance with the provisions of…
  - § 50601 The by-laws of a district may provide, or be amended to provide, for a board of five or seven members, and, if the original by-laws so provide, five or seven…
  - § 50602 Members of the board shall be elected for a term of four years and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. The terms of the members shall…
  - § 50602.5 Members of the board of a district whose terms have not been staggered as of the date when this section becomes effective shall meet and classify themselves by…
  - § 50603 After the first election of the board, the district is organized and has power to sue and be sued.
  - § 50604 Vacancies in the board shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
  - § 50605 (a) Each member of the board shall receive such compensation for services actually and necessarily performed as the board determines to be just and reasonable,…
  - § 50606 All claims by or in behalf of a trustee for services rendered or expenses incurred shall be presented to the board, and, if allowed, shall be paid in the same…
  - § 50609 Except as otherwise provided in the by-laws, any meeting of the board at which all members are present, or of which all members have received written notice at…
  - § 50610 Members of the board of trustees appointed pursuant to Section 58762.1 of the Government Code shall be immune from liability to creditors of the district for…
2. CHAPTER 2. Officers §§ 50630–50631 · 2 sections
  - § 50630 The board shall elect one of its members as its president, and one of its members, or any other person, as its secretary.
  - § 50631 The secretary shall have charge of the office of the board, keep the minutes of all meetings, attest all documents, other than bonds, requiring the signature…
3. CHAPTER 3. Powers and Duties §§ 50650–50660 · 11 sections
  - § 50650 The board is the governing body of the district.
  - § 50651 The powers of the district enumerated in this division shall, except as therein otherwise provided, be exercised by the board.
  - § 50652 The board shall exercise general supervision and complete control over the construction, maintenance and operation of the reclamation works, and generally over…
  - § 50653 The board shall receive from the reclamation board any money allowed on account of uncollected assessments previously levied on lands purchased by the board…
  - § 50654 The board, pursuant to an order entered in its minutes, may distribute, among the landowners of the district, any surplus funds in the treasury belonging to…
  - § 50655 The board may adopt and alter a seal.
  - § 50656 All documents requiring approval by the board shall bear the signature of either a trustee or the secretary.
  - § 50657 The board may create a revolving fund by an order entered in its minutes and shall file a copy of the order, certified by the president, with the county…
  - § 50658 No warrant for the creation or replenishment of a revolving fund shall be paid by the county treasurer unless the order creating the revolving fund includes…
  - § 50659 A revolving fund shall be disbursed only by checks or drafts, signed by at least two members of the board, or by some person who is authorized to do so by…
  - § 50660 The county treasurer shall be deemed the ex officio treasurer of the district unless the board, by resolution, and with the written consent of the county…
PART 4. ELECTIONS §§ 50700–50817 · 52 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 50700–50707 · 8 sections
  - § 50700 An election board consists of three landowners of the district or legal representatives who shall be appointed by the board of supervisors and shall consist of…
  - § 50701 The board, prior to each election, shall cause a copy of the appropriate roll to be utilized pursuant to Section 50704 to be prepared and certified by the…
  - § 50702 The certified roll furnished to the election board shall be used by the election board in determining the number of votes each voter may cast.
  - § 50703 If a member of the election board fails to attend at the opening of the polls, the voters present may appoint in his place any landowner or legal…
  - § 50704 Each voter in the district may vote at any election in person or by proxy, and may cast his or her votes as follows: (a) If the district has, within the…
  - § 50704.5 When a parcel is held as community property or in joint tenancy or as tenants in common, any spouse or joint tenant or tenant in common shall be presumed to…
  - § 50705 The polls shall be kept open from 10 a.m. of the day of election until 4 p.m. Where the real property in the district is assessed to 500 or more different…
  - § 50707 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and regardless of the number of eligible voters within its boundaries, a district may, by resolution of its…
2. CHAPTER 2. General Elections §§ 50730–50759 · 18 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Calling §§ 50730–50732 · 5 sections
    § 50730 There shall be an election in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year at such place in or near the…
    § 50731 In addition to the regular election under Section 50730, upon receipt of a recommendation of the board of trustees or upon receipt of a verified petition of 20…
    § 50731.5 (a) Nominations for the office of trustee shall be made by petition filed with the secretary not earlier than 75 days or later than 5 p.m. on the 54th day…
    § 50731.6 The nomination petition shall be in substantially the following form: Official Filing Petition Nomination of Candidate We, the undersigned voters of…
    § 50732 Notice of the election shall be published by the secretary once a week for four weeks beginning not less than one month prior to the date of election in the…
  2. ARTICLE 1.5. Appointments in Lieu of Election §§ 50740–50742 · 3 sections
    § 50740 If by 5 p.m. on the 54th day prior to a general district election the number of nominees does not exceed the number of trustees to be elected and if a petition…
    § 50741 When no election is held pursuant to Section 50740 then the board of supervisors shall appoint those nominated for the positions of trustee, and if no person…
    § 50742 If pursuant to Section 50740 a district election is not held, the board of supervisors of the county in which the district, or the largest part thereof in…
  3. ARTICLE 2. Conducting §§ 50750–50759 · 10 sections
    § 50750 Each member of the election board, upon entering upon his duties, shall be sworn to a faithful performance thereof by some officer authorized to administer…
    § 50751 If the board of supervisors fails to appoint an election board, the voters present at the opening of the polls may appoint the election board.
    § 50752 The election board shall canvass the votes cast and issue certificates of election to the persons elected, and shall place the ballots, when canvassed, in a…
    § 50753 Each voter may cumulate his votes, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of trustees to be elected multiplied by the number of votes he…
    § 50754 The board of directors of irrigation districts holding title to lands obtained through collectors’ deeds may cast the votes belonging to such lands.
    § 50755 Any qualified voter may challenge any vote, and the election board shall determine whether the person challenged is entitled to vote. Any member of the…
    § 50756 The candidates, of the number to be elected, receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected.
    § 50757 Any person who knowingly makes an untrue statement in establishing his right to vote in a district election shall incur all of the penalties provided in the…
    § 50758 If the ownership of any property in the district is changed after the making of the last equalized tax roll for the county wherein the property is situated,…
    § 50759 No person shall vote by proxy at a district election unless authority to vote is evidenced by an instrument in writing acknowledged and certified in the same…
3. CHAPTER 2.5. Reclamation District No. 1000 §§ 50780–50780.22 · 12 sections
  - § 50780 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter applies to the manner in which elections are conducted in the Reclamation District No. 1000.
  - § 50780.2 “District,” for purposes of this chapter, means the Reclamation District No. 1000.
  - § 50780.4 (a) A “land assessment seat,” for purposes of this chapter, means a seat held by a trustee elected by voters as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 50780.10…
  - § 50780.6 (a) A “parcel seat,” for purposes of this chapter, means a seat held by a trustee elected by voters as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 50780.10 which…
  - § 50780.8 (a) A “resident voter seat,” for purposes of this chapter, means a seat held by a trustee elected by voters as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 50780.10.…
  - § 50780.10 A “voter” means any of the following: (a) A landowner or the legal representative of a landowner. (b) A voter as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code…
  - § 50780.12 Commencing with the 1993 district election, the district shall have a seven-member board, whose trustees are residents of the district. The residency…
  - § 50780.14 At the 1993 district election, the board shall designate the seats of the two trustees whose terms expire and the two new seats as “land assessment seats.”
  - § 50780.16 At the 1995 district election, the board shall designate the seats of the three trustees whose terms expire as “parcel seats.”
  - § 50780.18 (a) The manner in which the trustees shall be elected at the 1997 district election, and at every district election thereafter, depends on the percentage of…
  - § 50780.20 At the time of a designation pursuant to Section 50780.18, the board shall adjust, by lot, the length of the terms of any trustees whose terms are not…
  - § 50780.22 Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, this part applies to a district election.
4. CHAPTER 3. Special Elections §§ 50800–50817 · 14 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Calling §§ 50800–50805 · 6 sections
    § 50800 A special election is an election called pursuant to the provisions of this part to submit to the landowners the question of whether or not bonds or refunding…
    § 50801 The board shall call a special election when either: (a) The board determines that the issuance of bonds or refunding bonds is to the best interests of the…
    § 50802 Notice of a special election shall be given by the board by posting notices thereof in at least three public places in the district at least 21 days prior…
    § 50803 When a special election is called to determine whether bonds of the district shall be issued, the notice shall specify the time and place of holding the…
    § 50804 When the special election is called to determine whether refunding bonds shall be issued, the notices shall be substantially in the following form: “Notice of…
    § 50805 An affidavit of the publication and posting of the notice shall be filed with the county elections official, with a copy of the order calling the election…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Conducting §§ 50810–50817 · 8 sections
    § 50810 Each member of the election board, before entering upon his duties, shall take and subscribe an official oath administered by an officer authorized to…
    § 50811 Any person not legally qualified to vote who makes any false statement in respect to his right to vote in a special election to determine whether bonds or…
    § 50812 If the ownership of any property in the district is changed after the making of the last equalized tax roll for the county wherein the property is situated,…
    § 50813 No person shall vote by proxy at a special election unless the authority to vote is evidenced by an instrument in writing, acknowledged and certified in the…
    § 50814 The ballots cast at the special election shall contain the words: “Bonds—yes” or the words “Bonds—no,” or “Refunding Bonds—yes,” or “Refunding Bonds—no,” as…
    § 50815 A list of the ballots cast shall be made by the election board containing the name of each voter, the number of votes cast by him, whether they were cast for…
    § 50816 At the close of the polls the election board shall: (a) Immediately canvass the votes and declare the result. (b) Forward a certificate showing the result and…
    § 50817 Any interested person may contest a special election within 20 days after the filing of the certificate with the county elections official by bringing suit in…
PART 5. DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES §§ 50900–50979 · 40 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General Powers §§ 50900–50907 · 8 sections
  - § 50900 A district may do all things necessary or convenient for accomplishing the purposes for which it was formed.
  - § 50901 If a district is in debt it has no power to impair or destroy any of its indebtedness without the consent of the creditors, but it may make any arrangement…
  - § 50902 (a) In addition to its other powers, a district may, by a resolution of the board at a noticed public hearing, fix and collect charges and fees, including…
  - § 50903 A district of less than 100 acres and situated adjacent to the Stockton Ship Channel may acquire, construct, operate, maintain, repair, and improve lands,…
  - § 50904 A district may, by resolution of the board, provide a procedure for and collect charges and fees, by way of the tax bills of the county or counties in which…
  - § 50905 The Edgerly Island Reclamation District may provide for the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, or other waste and, for that purpose, may design, finance,…
  - § 50906 (a) A reclamation district specified in subdivision (d) may construct, maintain, and operate a plant for the generation of hydroelectric power, together with…
  - § 50907 All districts formed under this division or under a special act of the Legislature and authorized to act, under this division, shall be subject to the…
2. CHAPTER 2. Irrigation §§ 50910–50914 · 5 sections
  - § 50910 A district may acquire, take or hold by gift, purchase, conditional sales contract, lease, condemnation, or other legal means, and maintain and operate the…
  - § 50911 When a district has adopted plans for the irrigation of district lands it may: (a) Adopt rules and regulations for the distribution of water. (b) Adopt a…
  - § 50912 A district, upon payment of and compliance with such tolls, rates, and regulations as the board may adopt, may furnish through its irrigation works, water for…
  - § 50913 Moneys collected by the board for irrigation charges pursuant to Section 50911, when deposited in the county treasury shall be credited to the “irrigation…
  - § 50914 Money deposited in an “irrigation fund” shall be disbursed only on orders or warrants of the board in payment of the expense or cost of irrigation or…
3. CHAPTER 3. Property §§ 50930–50933 · 4 sections
  - § 50930 A district may acquire, by purchase, condemnation, gift, lease or other legal means, such real or personal property as is necessary for accomplishing the…
  - § 50931 A district may sell, convey, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of such of its property as the board determines is no longer necessary for the construction,…
  - § 50932 A district may construct, maintain and operate such drains, canals, sluices, bulkheads, water gates, levees, embankments, pumping plants, dams, diversion…
  - § 50933 A district may construct, maintain, and operate ferry boats, bridges, road systems, and related facilities to provide access to the district’s levee, drainage,…
4. CHAPTER 4. Office, Records and Documents §§ 50940–50942 · 3 sections
  - § 50940 Unless otherwise provided by law the district shall keep an office in the principal county or in a county contiguous thereto for the transaction of the…
  - § 50941 All district books, maps, papers, records, contracts and other documents shall be kept in the office and be open to inspection during all business hours by any…
  - § 50942 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
5. CHAPTER 5. Personnel §§ 50950–50959 · 10 sections
  - § 50950 A district may employ engineers and others to survey, plan, locate and report on the works necessary for the reclamation of the lands of the district, and…
  - § 50951 A district may obtain such professional and other services as is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the district and may employ such assistance as the…
  - § 50952 A district may employ an expert in agriculture and related matters and such assistants as may be deemed necessary to do any of the following: (a) Supervise the…
  - § 50953 A district issuing warrants or levying or collecting assessments may employ a clerk who, under the direction of the county treasurer, shall attend to matters…
  - § 50954 The clerk shall receive for his or her services a yearly sum equal to one and one-half cents ($0.015) per acre based on the net acreage of the district as…
  - § 50955 Each claim for clerk hire must be approved by the county treasurer.
  - § 50956 The board, upon presentation of a proper claim, shall draw semiannually a warrant on the district funds for such clerk hire.
  - § 50957 If the board neglects or refuses to draw a warrant based upon a proper claim for clerk hire, 10 percent of the amount of the claim shall be added thereto, and…
  - § 50958 No county officer shall charge or receive any fee for services which he is required to perform in relation to the registration and payment of warrants or the…
  - § 50959 No member of any board of supervisors, or clerk of such board, shall receive compensation, other than his regular salary, for services performed pursuant to…
6. CHAPTER 6. Co-operation With the United States §§ 50970–50979 · 10 sections
  - § 50970 A district may co-operate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or…
  - § 50971 The co-operation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of…
  - § 50972 A district may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made.
  - § 50973 A proposal to enter into a contract with the United States under terms of this chapter shall be authorized at an election. The board, by order entered upon its…
  - § 50974 Proceedings at the election shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in the case of elections provided for in Chapter 3 (commencing at Section…
  - § 50975 Notice of the election shall specify: (a) The time and place of election. (b) The purpose of the election. (c) A brief statement of the general purpose of the…
  - § 50976 The ballots at the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of election and the…
  - § 50977 The board may execute the contract on behalf of the district if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the contract.
  - § 50978 Without limiting the generality of Section 50971, when a contract has been executed with the United States under this chapter, the board may, by resolution,…
  - § 50979 An action to determine the validity of any contract may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of…
PART 6. RECLAMATION PLANS §§ 51000–51040 · 16 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Adoption §§ 51000–51003 · 4 sections
  - § 51000 A district may adopt an original plan for the reclamation of district lands, and an estimate of the cost thereof, and may modify or change such original plans,…
  - § 51001 The plan and estimate may include reclamation works already constructed or in course of construction, and payments therefor may be made to the person who…
  - § 51002 The plan and estimate may include any irrigation works which the district is empowered to acquire.
  - § 51003 The board shall report to the board of supervisors every original plan, and every new, supplemental or additional plan for the reclamation of district lands in…
2. CHAPTER 2. Approval §§ 51020–51040 · 12 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District §§ 51020–51030 · 11 sections
    § 51020 If any part of a district is located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District the board of trustees shall report each plan for the reclamation…
    § 51021 Within five days after the copies of the plan and estimate are filed with the county clerk he shall certify two of the copies and transmit them to the…
    § 51022 Upon receipt of the certified copies of the plan, the Secretary of the Reclamation Board shall immediately set a date when the Reclamation Board will hold a…
    § 51023 The Secretary of the Reclamation Board shall publish a notice of the hearing once a week for two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published…
    § 51024 The notice shall be in substantially the following form: “Notice to the landowners of reclamation district No. ____. Notice is hereby given to the landowners…
    § 51025 At the hearing the Reclamation Board shall hear any evidence offered with respect to the plan, and thereafter shall approve, modify, amend or reject the plan.
    § 51026 The Reclamation Board shall not modify, amend or reject any plan on the ground that the plan provides for a levee which in its judgment is of excessive…
    § 51027 The Reclamation Board may continue the hearing from time to time and may cause such investigation and report of the plan to be made by the engineers connected…
    § 51028 When the Reclamation Board has approved, modified, or rejected any reclamation plan after a hearing as provided in this article, such action shall be final,…
    § 51029 When an amendatory, additional or supplemental plan is filed with the county clerk, two certified copies thereof shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the…
    § 51030 No city or county shall proceed with the reclamation of any lands located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District until the provisions of this…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Districts Outside the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District § 51040 · 1 section
    § 51040 If no part of a district is within the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, the board shall report each plan for reclamation of…
PART 7. ASSESSMENTS §§ 51200–51894 · 257 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 51200–51207 · 8 sections
  - § 51200 The assessments levied by a district shall include all lands and rights of way within the district, owned by the State or by any city, county, public…
  - § 51201 The assessments upon those lands or rights of way shall be levied in proportion to the benefits in the same manner as assessments are levied upon other lands…
  - § 51202 The governing body of the State, city, county, public corporation, or any utility district formed under the laws of this State owning land or rights of way on…
  - § 51203 No land or rights of way owned by the State, or any city, county, public corporation, or any utility district formed under the laws of the State shall be sold…
  - § 51204 A district may take the procedure prescribed by Chapter 2, Title 1, Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure to compel the payment of any assessment lawfully…
  - § 51205 When any parcel appearing on an assessment list is deeded in whole, the board may, by a minute order, cause to be made such changes in the assessment list as…
  - § 51206 (a) Prior to the levy of any installment upon an original or additional assessment, or the levy of an operation and maintenance assessment, in one or more…
  - § 51207 Any costs associated with notices, public hearings, or filing charges with the board required pursuant to this division shall be recovered through charges,…
2. CHAPTER 2. Levy of Assessments §§ 51230–51485 · 97 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Original Assessments §§ 51230–51260 · 31 sections
    § 51230 When a plan of reclamation has been adopted by a district located entirely outside the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District the board…
    § 51231 The assessment commissioners shall view and assess upon the district land the sum estimated to be the cost of the reclamation plan, and shall apportion the sum…
    § 51232 The assessment shall be collected and paid into the county treasury in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of this part.
    § 51233 Money collected on assessments levied pursuant to Section 51231 shall be paid out for reclamation works upon the warrants of the board of trustees, approved by…
    § 51234 When any part of the district is located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, and the reclamation board has approved the reclamation plan,…
    § 51235 Upon receipt of the petition from the board, the board of supervisors shall appoint assessment commissioners within 60 days, who shall qualify in the manner…
    § 51236 The assessment commissioners shall assess the estimated cost of the reclamation plan upon the district land in the manner provided in Section 51231.
    § 51237 The sums assessed shall be collected in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of this part and paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district.
    § 51238 The money collected on assessments levied pursuant to Section 51236 shall be paid out for the reclamation works upon the warrants of the trustees, or, if bonds…
    § 51239 The assessment commissioners appointed pursuant to Sections 51230 and 51235 shall make a list of the charges assessed against each parcel, containing: (a) A…
    § 51240 If the list of charges contains any error in the description of the land or the name of the owner, or if any land which should be assessed is omitted from the…
    § 51241 No error in the list of charges assessed shall render the assessment of a parcel invalid.
    § 51242 The list of charges assessed, when completed, shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors.
    § 51243 Upon receipt of the list of charges, the board of supervisors shall appoint a time when it will meet for the purpose of hearing any objections to the…
    § 51244 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the principal…
    § 51245 Any time before the hearing, any person interested in land upon which any charge has been assessed may file a written objection to the assessment, which shall…
    § 51246 No objection shall be considered by the board of supervisors, or allowed in any other action or proceeding, unless it is made in writing to the board of…
    § 51247 At the hearing the board of supervisors shall hear any evidence offered in support of written objections and may modify or amend the assessment, or make a…
    § 51248 If the amount of any assessment in the list is changed, the board of supervisors shall set a day for hearing objections to the assessment as changed, and shall…
    § 51249 At the hearing on the changes in the assessment an objection in writing may be made by any person interested, and the board of supervisors shall proceed to…
    § 51250 If the amount of any assessment is again changed the board of supervisors shall proceed as before to give notice and to hear objections to the changes, and…
    § 51251 The board of supervisors shall then make an order approving the assessment, and shall endorse the order upon the assessment list.
    § 51252 The endorsement shall be signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors and attested by the clerk thereof.
    § 51253 The decision of the board of supervisors in approving the assessment list is final, and thereafter the endorsed assessment list is conclusive evidence that the…
    § 51254 The assessment list shall be prepared in duplicate, and one original shall be retained in the office of the district, and the second original shall be filed…
    § 51255 If the district is situated in more than one county, a copy of the assessment list certified by the county treasurer, shall be filed with the treasurer of each…
    § 51256 When the second original assessment list is filed as provided in Section 51254, the charges assessed thereby upon parcels constitute a lien thereon, and the…
    § 51257 The lien of an unpaid assessment upon which bonds have been issued continues until the bonds, and any refunding bonds which have been issued, are paid in full,…
    § 51258 No subsequent act or conduct of the board shall invalidate an assessment after it becomes a lien, and the board may be compelled by mandate, or other proper…
    § 51259 At any time within 30 days after the assessment list is filed with the county treasurer, any person aggrieved by the decision of the board of supervisors in…
    § 51260 If the action is not commenced within 30 days, no action or defense shall thereafter be maintained attacking the legality of the assessment.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Additional Assessments §§ 51300–51302 · 4 sections
    § 51300 If the original assessment is insufficient to provide for the complete reclamation of district lands, or if further assessments are required to provide for the…
    § 51301 If any part of the principal or interest of bonds or refunding bonds is unpaid after enforcement of the assessment securing such bonds, the board of…
    § 51301.5 Whenever the board shall call for redemption any bonds which by their terms are subject to call and redemption at the option of the district at a premium,…
    § 51302 An assessment levied pursuant to this article shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the original assessment.
  3. ARTICLE 3. Operation and Maintenance Assessments §§ 51320–51349 · 35 sections
    § 51320 When the work contemplated by the original or any supplemental reclamation plan is completed, the board may so report to the board of supervisors, and petition…
    § 51321 The report and petition shall state that the work contemplated by the original or supplemental reclamation plan is completed, and that hereafter the district…
    § 51322 Upon receipt of the report and petition the board of supervisors shall appoint three valuation assessment commissioners who shall qualify in the manner…
    § 51323 The commissioners shall view and fix upon the district land an assessment valuation per acre for each parcel which is in proportion to the benefits to be…
    § 51324 The commissioners shall prepare an operation and maintenance assessment roll in duplicate containing the following information in separate columns: (a) A…
    § 51324.5 In preparation of the operation and maintenance assessment roll, the commissioners may, as one of the means of determining the assessment valuation per acre of…
    § 51325 No error in the name of the owner or supposed owner of any parcel assessed, and no error in any other particular, shall render the assessment thereof invalid.
    § 51326 The assessment valuations shall be used as a basis for levying assessments against the parcels described in the operation and maintenance assessment roll for…
    § 51327 The operation and maintenance assessment roll shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors in the same manner as a report made under…
    § 51328 Operation and maintenance assessment rolls adopted by any district prior to September 19, 1939, may be used for any or all of the purposes provided for in this…
    § 51329 Upon receipt of the operation and maintenance assessment roll the board of supervisors shall appoint a time when it will meet for the purpose of hearing…
    § 51330 No objection to the assessment valuations shall be considered by the board of supervisors, or allowed in any other action or proceeding, unless the objection…
    § 51331 Notice of the hearing shall be given in the same manner and for the same time as the notice of the hearing of objections to an original assessment.
    § 51332 At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall hear any evidence offered in support of the written objections and may modify or amend the assessment valuations.
    § 51332.1 The board of supervisors shall then make an order approving the assessment valuation or any modification thereof and shall endorse the order on the assessment…
    § 51332.2 The decision of the board of supervisors in approving the assessment roll is final, and thereafter the endorsed assessment roll is conclusive evidence that the…
    § 51333 Within 30 days after an operation and maintenance assessment roll is approved by the board of supervisors, any person aggrieved by the decision may commence an…
    § 51334 If the action is not commenced within 30 days after approval of the operation and maintenance assessment roll, no action or defense shall thereafter be…
    § 51335 When the board determines that it is necessary to raise any sum for a purpose specified in Section 51326 it shall, by order entered in its minutes, state the…
    § 51335.5 In the event the assessment for any parcel of land separately assessed, based upon the rate fixed pursuant to Section 51335, is less than twenty-five dollars…
    § 51336 Incidental expenses, as used in this article and in Section 52560 include, among other things, the difference in amount between the par value of refunding…
    § 51337 In lieu of completing the operation and maintenance assessment roll, the board may, following each levy of assessment, cause a supplement to be prepared and…
    § 51338 The board, by order entered upon its minutes and endorsed on or made a part of the operation and maintenance assessment roll or supplement, may direct that the…
    § 51339 If the board orders payment of the total assessment inserted in column (g) in installments over a period of years, the due date and the amount of each…
    § 51340 When the operation and maintenance assessment roll or supplement has been completed by inserting the rate and assessment in columns (f) and (g), and an order…
    § 51341 An assessment levy is a lien upon the parcels against which it is levied from the date the completed operation and maintenance assessment roll or supplement is…
    § 51342 The rate of interest on unpaid operation and maintenance assessments is 11/2 percent per month commencing from the date of delinquency unless the board, by…
    § 51343 Additional operation and maintenance assessment levies may be made by the board, as required, so long as the operation and maintenance assessment roll remains…
    § 51344 The operation and maintenance assessment roll shall be returned to and held by the board except during such periods as it is filed in the office of the county…
    § 51345 The operation and maintenance assessment roll referred to in Sections 51337 to 51344, inclusive, shall be the original operation and maintenance assessment…
    § 51346 The operation and maintenance assessment roll shall be used for the purposes specified in Section 51326 until the board, or landowners representing at least 15…
    § 51346.5 If the valuation assessment commissioners have utilized land use categories as a basis for the assessment valuation pursuant to Section 51324.5, the board may,…
    § 51347 Valuation assessment commissioners appointed to prepare a new operation and maintenance assessment roll shall have the same qualifications and take the same…
    § 51348 The new operation and maintenance assessment roll when prepared by the valuation assessment commissioners shall be filed with the clerk of the board of…
    § 51349 No bonds shall be issued nor funds for the payment of the principal or interest of any bonded indebtedness of the district raised on the basis of operation and…
  4. ARTICLE 5. Subsequent Assessments and Reassessments §§ 51380–51383 · 4 sections
    § 51380 When an assessment levied for reclamation purposes is adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, or is adjudged invalid as to any parcel, or any…
    § 51381 In the new assessment or subsequent reassessment each parcel shall be charged with that proportion of the former assessment which the benefits derived by the…
    § 51382 A new assessment or subsequent reassessment shall be made by assessment commissioners appointed by the board of supervisors as provided in Section 51230, and…
    § 51383 When an assessment levied for reclamation purposes upon district lands is adjudged invalid as a whole or as to any parcel upon which it was levied, and any…
  5. ARTICLE 6. Supplemental Assessments §§ 51400–51409 · 10 sections
    § 51400 When the board has authorized the sale of refunding bonds at less than par value and has determined that it is necessary or advisable that an amount be made…
    § 51401 If the board determines that it is for the best interest of the district that the supplemental assessment be levied, it shall prepare and certify an assessment…
    § 51402 The amount of the supplemental assessment shall not exceed 10 percent of the principal of the refunding bonds to be sold, plus the amount to be raised by the…
    § 51403 The amount of the supplemental assessment shall be levied only upon the parcels upon which an assessment is then outstanding for payment of the bonds to be…
    § 51404 The provisions of Article 1 of this chapter relating to the filing of assessment lists, hearings thereon and approval thereof, and actions to correct, modify,…
    § 51405 When a supplemental assessment has been levied, approved, and filed, it shall be called for immediate payment and shall become delinquent by declaration made…
    § 51406 At least 30 days shall elapse between the date of call and the date of delinquency.
    § 51407 The supplemental assessment shall not bear interest and shall be payable only in lawful money of the United States.
    § 51408 Notice of the supplemental assessment and of the call thereon shall be served upon each owner of land in the district in the manner prescribed in Section 51519.
    § 51409 Upon delinquency a penalty of 10 percent shall be added.
  6. ARTICLE 7. Calling Bonded Assessments §§ 51420–51425 · 6 sections
    § 51420 At least 90 days before the interest date of bonds or refunding bonds, the county treasurer shall estimate the amount necessary to pay interest and principal…
    § 51421 The county treasurer shall thereupon cause to be published once a week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in which…
    § 51422 If no newspaper is published in any county in which the district is situated, the publication shall be made in a newspaper published in an adjoining county.
    § 51423 The county treasurer shall credit to the bond fund of the district all money collected by him, by sale or otherwise, upon assessments against which bonds have…
    § 51424 No action contesting the validity of any call of an installment of an assessment pursuant to this article may be commenced, unless commenced within six months…
    § 51425 No action to contest the validity of any credit on, or payment of, any portion of an assessment called pursuant to this article may be commenced unless…
  7. ARTICLE 8. Assessments for Water Charges §§ 51440–51441 · 2 sections
    § 51440 When the district has obtained an irrigation system pursuant to Section 50910, and the charges for furnishing water and making water available have been fixed…
    § 51441 Water charges, included as a part of an operation and maintenance assessment, when collected shall be deposited in the irrigation fund.
  8. ARTICLE 9. Warrant Assessments §§ 51460–51463 · 4 sections
    § 51460 If there are unpaid matured warrants, other than warrants payable from operation and maintenance assessment levies, on January 1st in any year, the board shall…
    § 51461 When, on the first day of January in any year there are outstanding unpaid matured warrants of the district, other than warrants payable from operation and…
    § 51462 The board shall call and collect the assessment in the manner provided in this part in the amount necessary to pay the warrants.
    § 51463 Nothing in this article shall prevent the board from making other arrangements with holders of district warrants.
  9. ARTICLE 11. Assessments for Formation Expenses § 51485 · 1 section
    § 51485 The district may levy an assessment to pay the expenses of its formation, or to pay any warrants issued therefor in an amount not exceeding 2 percent of the…
3. CHAPTER 3. Payment and Collection §§ 51500–51570 · 30 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 51500–51503 · 4 sections
    § 51500 The interest due on any unpaid unbonded assessment, or any part or installment thereof, may be called by the board without calling any installment of the…
    § 51501 All interest paid on any unbonded assessment shall be deposited with the county treasurer in the “warrant interest fund” and be used only for the payment of…
    § 51502 At least 90 days before any installment of interest is due on any time warrants the board shall estimate the amount necessary to pay the interest, after…
    § 51503 All provisions of this division relative to the making of calls on any unbonded assessment, or installment thereof, and the sale of property for nonpayment…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Original and Additional Assessments §§ 51510–51522 · 13 sections
    § 51510 For 30 days after the filing of the second original assessment list in the office of the county treasurer pursuant to Section 51254 the assessment shall not…
    § 51511 Unpaid assessments on which bonds have been issued shall bear interest at the rate of 11/2 percent per month from the date of the bonds originally issued…
    § 51512 If a district is situated partly in different counties the assessment shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which the particular parcel is situated.
    § 51513 When the district is situated in more than one county the county treasurers of each county wherein any of the lands assessed are situated shall report to the…
    § 51514 After the period of 30 days, all unpaid original assessments shall bear interest at the rate of 11/2 percent per month unless the board, by resolution, adopts…
    § 51515 Assessments unpaid after 30 days and accrued interest thereon shall be collected by and paid to the county treasurer of the county wherein the parcel is…
    § 51516 The board shall require that an agent give a bond in the amount it considers sufficient for the faithful performance of his duties.
    § 51517 All payments on unpaid original assessments shall be made in separate installments, of such amounts, and at such times as the board, by order entered in its…
    § 51518 Upon making the order the secretary shall enter in the minutes of the board a notice in substantially the following form: (Name of reclamation district,…
    § 51519 The notice shall be personally served upon each owner of land in the district, or in lieu of personal service, shall be mailed to the owner at his place of…
    § 51520 The county treasurer of each county wherein any of the lands assessed are situated, shall, immediately following the expiration of the period of 60 days from…
    § 51521 (a) Any installment of an assessment for which no bond or time warrant has been issued, which is unpaid after 60 days from the date of the order, is delinquent…
    § 51522 All money, including interest and penalties, derived by sale or otherwise, from original and additional assessments shall be placed by the county treasurer of…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Operation and Maintenance Assessments §§ 51540–51547 · 8 sections
    § 51540 When the board has ordered an operation and maintenance assessment levy and has fixed the installments the secretary shall enter in the minutes of the board a…
    § 51541 The notice shall be published, mailed, or personally served upon each landowner in the manner provided in Section 51519.
    § 51542 When the operation and maintenance assessment levy is to be paid in more than one installment the secretary shall give notice for 60 days immediately preceding…
    § 51543 Except as otherwise specifically provided, unpaid assessments for operation and maintenance levied pursuant to this article shall be collected in the manner…
    § 51544 The principal and interest of any operation and maintenance assessment levy may be paid in lawful money of the United States or approved warrants of the…
    § 51545 The money collected on operation and maintenance assessments shall be placed by the county treasurer to the credit of the district in a separate fund…
    § 51546 The maintenance fund, except as provided in Section 51547, shall be disbursed only upon warrants of the board drawn in payment of the cost or expense of…
    § 51547 When time warrants have been issued in anticipation of an operation and maintenance assessment levy, money collected upon that levy shall be used only for the…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Installments Called to Pay Bonds §§ 51560–51563 · 4 sections
    § 51560 The installment of an assessment called to pay principal or interest on bonds pursuant to Section 51420 may be paid in cash or in bonds of the district, or…
    § 51561 Bonds and interest coupons received in payment for the assessment shall be accepted at face value.
    § 51562 Any bond or coupon received in payment for such an installment shall be canceled forthwith by the county treasurer and filed in his office.
    § 51563 Any part of the installment or any interest thereon which is unpaid at the expiration of 30 days from the date of the notice calling the installment, is…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Removal of Lien § 51570 · 1 section
    § 51570 Any landowner who desires to lessen or remove the lien upon his land of any assessment on which bonds have been issued may deliver to the county treasurer for…
4. CHAPTER 4. Delinquency Sales §§ 51600–51656 · 45 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Delinquency Sales on Unbonded Assessments §§ 51600–51618 · 20 sections
    § 51600 (a) After any installment of an unpaid assessment on which bonds have not been issued has become delinquent, the county treasurer may, only upon the request of…
    § 51601 The notice shall contain the following: (a) A description of the parcels assessed, as described in the assessment list or operation and maintenance assessment…
    § 51602 The date of the sale shall be not less than 10 days after the date of the last publication of the notice.
    § 51603 The county treasurer may postpone the sale for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days at any one time by a written notice posted at the place of sale.
    § 51604 If, for any reason, a parcel upon which an assessment or any installment thereof is delinquent in whole or in part is not sold at the time or place specified…
    § 51605 At the time of the sale, the county treasurer shall sell the parcel to himself or herself and his or her successors in office, as trustee for the district, for…
    § 51606 If more than one installment of an assessment or more than one assessment on the same parcel is delinquent at the time of the sale, the county treasurer may…
    § 51607 The owner of any parcel offered for sale to pay a delinquent assessment or installment thereof may designate in writing to the county treasurer prior to the…
    § 51608 If the owner fails to designate the portion of the parcel he or she wishes sold for a delinquent assessment, the county treasurer may sell the whole or the…
    § 51611 A certificate of sale shall be executed by the county treasurer to the county treasurer, as trustee for the district, and the certificate of sale shall be…
    § 51612 The certificate of sale is prima facie evidence that: (a) The parcel was assessed and the assessment duly apportioned as required by law. (b) The assessment…
    § 51612.5 The county treasurer, at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the redemption period, shall give notice by registered mail of the fact of sale, the purchase…
    § 51613 Any person interested in the parcel may redeem it at any time within one year after the sale by paying to the county treasurer the amount for which it was…
    § 51614 When the parcel is redeemed a certificate of redemption shall be issued by the county treasurer to the redemptioner, and the certificate shall be recorded in…
    § 51615 If no redemption is made within one year, the district is entitled to a deed executed by the county treasurer. The district shall reimburse the county…
    § 51616 The deed shall convey the parcel free of all liens and encumbrances excepting any prior or subsequent district assessment.
    § 51616.1 Each installment of an assessment remaining unpaid at the time of the delinquency sale may be called and collected in the manner provided in this part, except…
    § 51616.2 If a call on an assessment on any parcel sold to the county treasurer as trustee for the district becomes delinquent during the redemption period, the parcel…
    § 51617 No sale, certificate of sale, or deed made for a valid delinquent assessment shall be adjudged invalid, unless the amount of the delinquent assessment,…
    § 51618 If, prior to the redemption, the parcel has been sold at a delinquency sale, the money paid by the county treasurer at the sale shall be refunded to him or her…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Delinquency Sales on Bonded Assessments §§ 51630–51654 · 24 sections
    § 51630 When any installment of an assessment called to pay principal and interest on bonds is delinquent, the county treasurer shall publish once a week for two weeks…
    § 51631 If no newspaper of general circulation is published in the county where the delinquent land is situated, publication shall be made in a newspaper published in…
    § 51632 The notice shall contain: (a) A description of each parcel on which the installment is delinquent, as the description appears on the assessment list or by…
    § 51633 If the notice is published in more than one county, each respective notice need include only the matters and things provided in Section 51632 in reference to…
    § 51634 The date of the sale shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of delinquency.
    § 51635 The county treasurer may continue the sale from day to day by written notice posted at the place of sale to a day not later than the due date of bond principal…
    § 51636 The county treasurer shall sell each parcel described in the notice to the highest bidder at the time stated in the notice, or at the time to which the sale is…
    § 51637 The county treasurer shall not accept any bid for any parcel less than the aggregate sum then due on the installment thereon, with penalty.
    § 51638 Payment for parcels purchased at the sale shall be made in cash or in bonds or interest coupons of the district issued on the assessment and then matured or to…
    § 51639 Bonds or interest coupons tendered in payment for a parcel purchased at a delinquency sale, or the redemption of such a parcel, pursuant to this article shall…
    § 51640 Any bond or coupon received in payment for a parcel purchased at the delinquency sale shall be canceled forthwith by the county treasurer and filed in his…
    § 51641 If the entire amount of a bond or coupon tendered in payment for a parcel at the delinquency sale is not required to complete payment of the purchase money,…
    § 51642 If no bid is made for a parcel equal to the amount of the installment delinquent thereon with penalty, the county treasurer shall sell the parcel to himself,…
    § 51643 Except as otherwise provided in Section 51644 all money derived from sale of land for delinquent installments of assessments on which bonds have been issued,…
    § 51644 After crediting the amount due on the parcel, as shown in the notice of sale, to the bond fund, the county treasurer shall pay to the owner of the parcel any…
    § 51645 The county treasurer shall execute to each purchaser, including himself, a certificate of sale, a duplicate of which shall be recorded in the county recorder’s…
    § 51646 Any person interested in the parcel may redeem it within one year after the date of sale, by paying to the county treasurer for the purchaser a sum equal to…
    § 51647 If no redemption is made within one year, the treasurer, upon demand and surrender of the certificate of sale, shall execute to the purchaser, his heirs or…
    § 51648 The deed shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters therein recited, and of ownership by the grantee of the lands therein described.
    § 51649 Each installment of an assessment remaining unpaid at the time of the delinquent sale may be called and collected in the manner provided in this part, except…
    § 51650 If a call of an assessment on any parcel sold to the county treasurer as trustee for the district becomes delinquent during the redemption period the parcel…
    § 51652 When the parcel is redeemed a certificate of redemption shall be issued by the county treasurer to the redemptioner, and the certificate shall be recorded in…
    § 51653 If, prior to the redemption, the parcel has been sold at a delinquency sale, the money paid by the purchaser at such sale shall be refunded to him upon…
    § 51654 No sale, certificate of sale, or deed made for a valid delinquent assessment shall be adjudged invalid, unless the amount of the delinquent assessment,…
  3. ARTICLE 3. General § 51656 · 1 section
    § 51656 If a call of an assessment on any parcel sold and conveyed to the county treasurer as trustee for the district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter,…
5. CHAPTER 5. Unredeemed Property §§ 51660–51757 · 51 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Sale After Expiration of Redemption Period §§ 51660–51667 · 8 sections
    § 51660 Any parcel purchased by a county treasurer at delinquency sale, as trustee for the district, may, after approval of the board, be sold and conveyed by him at…
    § 51661 When the parcel has been purchased for delinquency of a bonded assessment, payment may be made in cash or in matured bonds and coupons issued on the…
    § 51662 The county treasurer shall convey parcels purchased by him at a sale for the delinquency of an unbonded assessment, free of all liens and encumbrances except…
    § 51663 The county treasurer shall convey parcels purchased by him at a sale for the delinquency of a bonded assessment, free of encumbrance except the unpaid balance…
    § 51664 After the lapse of one year from the expiration of the redemption period the county treasurer may sell the parcel pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter in lieu…
    § 51665 The proceeds of sale of parcels acquired by the county treasurer at delinquency sale for bonded assessments, as trustee for the district, shall be deposited in…
    § 51666 The proceeds of the sale of parcels acquired by the county treasurer as trustee for the district at a delinquency sale for unbonded original and additional…
    § 51667 The proceeds of a sale of parcels acquired by the county treasurer as trustee for the district at a delinquency sale for operation and maintenance assessments…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Sale After One Year After Expiration of Redemption Period §§ 51680–51699 · 21 sections
    § 51680 After one year from the expiration of the period of redemption of any parcel sold to the county treasurer at a delinquency sale as trustee for the district,…
    § 51681 Parcels purchased at delinquent sale by the county treasurer as trustee for the district shall be offered for sale within three years from the expiration of…
    § 51682 Notice describing the parcel to be sold and stating the time and place of the sale shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper…
    § 51683 It shall be sufficient to describe the parcel to be sold in the notice by reference number as set forth in the assessment lists to which reference is made, by…
    § 51684 One or more parcels may be included in the same notice and sold severally at the time and place set forth in the notice.
    § 51685 Prior to the sale of any parcel, the county treasurer shall cause its fair market value to be ascertained by an appraisal made by a board of appraisement.
    § 51685.5 If the total amount of land to be sold at any one sale consists of no more than 50 acres, the board of trustees shall act as the board of appraisement and in…
    § 51686 If the total amount of land to be sold at any one sale consists of more than 50 acres, the board of appraisement shall consist of: (a) One member who is an…
    § 51687 If no such banking corporation or national banking association has a place of business in the county in which the parcel or portion thereof is situated, one…
    § 51688 When all of the members of the board of appraisement cannot agree as to the fair market value of the parcel, the determination of value shall be made in the…
    § 51689 Each appraisal shall be verified by the members of the board of appraisement.
    § 51690 The verfication shall state that: (a) The appraisal is made in good faith. (b) The valuation is honestly determined and represents the bona fide opinion of the…
    § 51691 At the time of the sale of a parcel, the county treasurer shall announce its fair market value, as appraised, and shall not accept any bid therefor less than…
    § 51692 When a sale is made pursuant to this article, the county treasurer shall execute a deed to the purchaser, upon payment of the price bid, which deed shall have…
    § 51693 The deed, duly executed and acknowledged, is prima facie evidence that all the proceedings for the levy and collection of the delinquent assessment for which…
    § 51694 If any parcel remains unsold for want of an acceptable bid, the county treasurer shall have the parcel reappraised and offer it for sale to the highest bidder…
    § 51695 If part of any parcel is sold pursuant to this article the assessments thereon shall be reapportioned as provided in Chapter 6, Article 5 of this part.
    § 51696 An action, proceeding, defense, or cross-complaint based on the alleged invalidity or irregularity of any sale by the county treasurer as trustee of a district…
    § 51697 The proceeds of sale of parcels acquired by the county treasurer at delinquency sale for bonded assessments as trustee for the district, shall be deposited in…
    § 51698 The proceeds of the sale of parcels acquired by the county treasurer as trustee for the district at a delinquency sale for unbonded original and additional…
    § 51699 The proceeds of a sale of parcels acquired by the county treasurer as trustee for the district at a delinquency sale for operation and maintenance assessments…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Subdivision and Sale §§ 51720–51733 · 14 sections
    § 51720 At any time after the expiration of the redemption period, the county treasurer may, after approval of the board, sell and convey, pursuant to this article, a…
    § 51721 Upon receipt of a written offer to purchase a portion of any parcel, the county treasurer shall require the intended purchaser to make a partial payment in…
    § 51722 When the written offer and partial payment are received by the county treasurer he shall notify the board of the offer and intended sale of a portion of the…
    § 51723 When the notification is received the board shall by minute action, approve or disapprove the sale and, in the event of approval, shall reapportion the…
    § 51724 The board shall apportion the costs of making the reapportionment to the several parts into which the parcel is subdivided and between the several assessments…
    § 51725 The board shall set forth in the reapportionment list the date to which the apportioned interest was computed.
    § 51726 The county treasurer, following board approval of the sale and reapportionment shall complete the sale of the subdivided parcel upon payment by the purchaser…
    § 51727 The balance of the purchase price may be paid in cash or, to the extent that a bonded assessment constitutes a part of the purchase price in cash or in any…
    § 51728 The county treasurer shall execute a deed to the purchaser upon completion of the sale conveying the subdivided parcel free of encumbrances, except the unpaid…
    § 51729 The partial payment shall be forfeited if the purchaser fails to complete the purchase of the parcel within 20 days after tender of the deed thereto by the…
    § 51730 A forfeited partial payment shall be applied first to the costs of making the reapportionment, and any balance thereof shall be deposited in the maintenance…
    § 51731 The proceeds of sale of subdivided parcels acquired by the county treasurer at delinquency sale for bonded assessments as trustee for the district, shall be…
    § 51732 The proceeds of the sale of subdivided parcels acquired by the county treasurer as trustee for the district at a delinquency sale for unbonded original and…
    § 51733 The proceeds of a sale of subdivided parcels acquired by the county treasurer as trustee for the district at a delinquency sale for operation and maintenance…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Possession §§ 51750–51757 · 8 sections
    § 51750 When the redemption period has expired, and until the sale thereof, the district has the right to the possession of unredeemed parcels purchased at delinquency…
    § 51751 The board may maintain any action for the protection of the district’s rights in the unredeemed parcels, to the same extent as any other owner and the costs…
    § 51752 The board may expend district funds necessary to retire liens against an unredeemed parcel superior to the title of the county treasurer as trustee for the…
    § 51753 The board shall manage and control, and may lease for such reasonable rental and upon such terms as it deems advisable, and receive and collect the rental for…
    § 51754 The board may apply all rentals collected or moneys received by it from the lease of unredeemed, unsold parcels, or for the use or occupation of such parcels,…
    § 51755 The bonds or coupons purchased by the board shall be forthwith delivered to the county treasurer and canceled.
    § 51756 All rentals collected or moneys received from lease of parcels sold to the county treasurer as trustee for the district pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4…
    § 51757 An amount equal to the revenues derived from each parcel by reason of the leasing, use or occupation thereof, less the incidental expenses of leasing and…
6. CHAPTER 6. Cancellation, Refund and Reapportionment of Assessments §§ 51800–51894 · 26 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Unnecessary Assessments §§ 51800–51810 · 11 sections
    § 51800 When a district has levied an assessment and it appears to the board that it is unnecessary to collect all, or some portion of it, and it also appears to the…
    § 51801 The board shall specify in the resolution the portion of the assessment levied against each parcel which is to be canceled, describing each parcel as described…
    § 51802 The board of supervisors, upon receipt of the request, shall appoint a time when it will meet and hear any objections to the request.
    § 51803 Notice of the hearing shall be given as provided in Section 51244.
    § 51804 Objections shall be written, verified, and filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, and no objection shall be considered by the board of supervisors…
    § 51805 At the hearing the board of supervisors shall hear any evidence offered in support of the written objections and may approve, reject, modify or amend the…
    § 51806 When an order is made approving, rejecting, modifying or amending the request, a certified copy of the order shall be attached to the assessment roll by the…
    § 51807 When the order is attached to the assessment roll the secretary shall endorse upon the assessment roll after each parcel assessed the amount of the assessment…
    § 51808 When a landowner, in any district in which the board of supervisors has canceled any assessment or portion thereof, has paid the assessment levied against his…
    § 51809 The warrants shall be payable out of the fund of the district into which the proceeds of the assessments had been paid.
    § 51810 No assessment or part thereof shall be canceled pursuant to this article if bonds based thereon and secured thereby have been issued and remain unpaid and…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Calls on Bonded Assessments §§ 51830–51834 · 5 sections
    § 51830 If an installment of any assessment has been called to pay the principal, interest, or principal and interest on any outstanding bonds secured by the…
    § 51831 A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed in the office of the county treasurer, and the county treasurer shall make the necessary entry in the records…
    § 51832 The cancellation of any call pursuant to this article shall not be construed as reducing the assessment against any parcel.
    § 51833 If any landowner has paid the whole or any part of the call so canceled, the county treasurer, upon demand of such landowner, shall refund to him the portion…
    § 51834 This article is applicable with respect to all bonds which are exchanged for refunding bonds, or otherwise canceled, either before or after maturity, to any…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Cancellation Prior to Completion of Levy § 51850 · 1 section
    § 51850 When assessment commissioners have been appointed and an assessment has been partially or fully completed but has not been approved by the supervisors, and the…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Erroneous Assessments and Invalid Calls §§ 51870–51872 · 3 sections
    § 51870 Any assessment erroneously made by reason of inadvertence or clerical mistake may be refunded upon order of the board at any time after payment thereof.
    § 51871 When an assessment has been levied upon district lands and any installment of the assessment called by the board or by the county treasurer is adjudged invalid…
    § 51872 When a parcel is sold by the county treasurer for nonpayment of a call of an installment of any assessment which is thereafter adjudged invalid by a court of…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Reapportioning Assessments §§ 51890–51894 · 6 sections
    § 51890 When any parcel located in a district upon which an assessment has been levied is divided, the board, upon written application signed by any or all of the…
    § 51891 If the application for reapportionment is signed by all of the landowners, the reapportionment is final upon entry of the minute order.
    § 51892 If the application for reapportionment is not signed by all of the landowners within the divided parcel, the board upon making the minute order, shall file…
    § 51892.5 If no application for reapportionment is received under Section 51890, the district secretary may, upon learning that a parcel upon which an assessment has…
    § 51893 The board shall require, as a condition to the making of any reapportionment pursuant to this article, that each parcel of the divided or subdivided parcel be…
    § 51894 When any assessment has been reapportioned on any parcel, the board shall cause the divisions or subdivisions and reapportionment to be properly entered or…
PART 8. BONDS AND REFUNDING BONDS §§ 52100–52862 · 141 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 52100–52193 · 28 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Form §§ 52100–52106 · 7 sections
    § 52100 The term bonds, as used in this chapter, includes bonds and refunding bonds, unless otherwise provided.
    § 52101 Bonds shall be of the denomination of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) each.
    § 52102 Bonds shall be signed by the president and attested by the county auditor of the principal county.
    § 52103 Bonds shall be numbered consecutively in the order of their maturity.
    § 52104 Bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 8 percent per year, payable on the first day of January and the first day of July in each year at the office…
    § 52105 Coupons for each installment of interest shall be attached to the bonds and shall bear the facsimile signature of the county auditor of the principal county.
    § 52106 The principal of bonds shall be made payable on the first day of July, or the first day of January in such years as the board prescribes.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Validating Proceedings § 52120 · 1 section
    § 52120 An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Sale of Bonds §§ 52150–52155 · 6 sections
    § 52150 The county treasurer shall publish notice of the sale of bonds, at least once a week for two weeks prior to the sale, in a newspaper of general circulation…
    § 52151 The notice shall state that the county treasurer will sell a specified amount of bonds at the time and place specified therein, and ask sealed proposals for…
    § 52152 At the time stated in the notice of sale, the county treasurer shall open the bids and award the bonds to the highest responsible bidder as provided in Article…
    § 52153 The date fixed for the sale of refunding bonds shall be at least 95 days prior to the maturity date of the principal of the bonds to be refunded by the sale of…
    § 52154 The county treasurer may, and upon written request of a majority of the board, shall reject any and all bids.
    § 52155 A record of the sale shall be made upon the books of the county treasurer.
  4. ARTICLE 4. Callable Bonds §§ 52170–52179 · 10 sections
    § 52170 The board may provide at any time before the sale of the bonds that the bonds shall be callable at face value, plus accrued interest, on any interest payment…
    § 52171 At least 120 days prior to any interest payment date, the board may, by a two-thirds vote, adopt an order calling any amount of callable bonds for payment on…
    § 52172 Less than all of the bonds of any maturity may be called in inverse numerical order or by lot and, if called by lot, the board shall ascertain by a drawing the…
    § 52173 The order calling bonds shall specify the bonds to be called by number, maturity or such other designation as may be provided by the board.
    § 52174 A certified copy of the order shall be delivered to the county treasurer.
    § 52175 The county treasurer shall add the principal of the bonds so called for redemption specified in the order, and any premium provided by those bonds to be paid…
    § 52176 The county treasurer, in his notice of call of assessment, shall specify the amount which is included for payment of principal of and interest on the bonds to…
    § 52177 The county treasurer shall publish, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the principal county once a week for four weeks prior to the…
    § 52178 The notice of the call of bonds shall contain a reference to the order of the board calling the bonds and a notification to all holders of bonds so called to…
    § 52179 In the event the bonds are callable at a premium, the board shall draw a warrant or warrants in favor of the county treasurer from time to time as bonds are…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Bond Fund §§ 52190–52193 · 4 sections
    § 52190 All money, including interest and penalties, derived by sale, or otherwise, from an assessment against which bonds have been issued, and amounts of purchase…
    § 52191 The county treasurer shall charge to the bond fund the expenses of publication and such other incidental expenses of the county treasurer as are necessarily…
    § 52192 All claims by the county treasurer and the expenditures shall be first approved by the board, and a warrant shall be drawn by the board on the bond fund in…
    § 52193 The county treasurer shall transfer the balance remaining in the bond fund, after payment in full of the principal and interest of all outstanding bonds, to…
2. CHAPTER 2. Bonds §§ 52200–52302 · 32 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Issuance §§ 52200–52208 · 9 sections
    § 52200 All provisions of Chapter 1 of this part are applicable to bonds issued pursuant to this article.
    § 52201 When any assessment, except an operation and maintenance assessment, levied and assessed upon district lands remains unpaid in whole or in part and, in the…
    § 52202 At the special election the board shall submit to the landowners the question of whether bonds shall be issued in an amount equal to the amount of such…
    § 52203 If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the issuance of bonds, the board shall cause the amount of bonds stated in the order for the…
    § 52204 If the board deems it advisable, it may order a special election to be held prior to making any assessment, to determine whether bonds shall be issued for an…
    § 52205 The county treasurer shall place the bonds to the credit of the district.
    § 52206 The bonds shall be payable serially within 20 years from their date, as follows: (a) Not less than 10 percent of the aggregate face value of bonds issued shall…
    § 52207 The bonds shall be substantially in the following form: Form of Bonds United States of America State of California County of ______ No. _____ $ ______…
    § 52208 The interest coupons may be substantially in the following form: No. ________ $ _______ The County Treasurer of ____ County, California, will pay to the holder…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Sale §§ 52220–52228 · 9 sections
    § 52220 When directed by resolution of the board, the county treasurer may sell all or any designated number of the bonds for the best price obtainable, but in no…
    § 52221 The bonds shall be sold in the manner provided in Article 3 of Chapter 1 of this part.
    § 52222 The county treasurer may accept in full or partial payment for bonds, outstanding warrants of the district at face value plus the accrued interest thereon.
    § 52223 When bonds have been authorized prior to payment of an assessment during the 30-day period allowed by Section 51510, the amount of bonds to be sold shall be…
    § 52224 The reduction and cancellation of bonds not to be sold shall be only in the latest maturities and the minute order directing such reduction and cancellation…
    § 52225 The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the county treasury to the credit of the district.
    § 52226 A sale and delivery of the bonds by the county treasurer is conclusive evidence in favor of the purchaser and all subsequent holders of the bonds that the sale…
    § 52227 The board may draw demand warrants upon the county treasurer against the funds provided by sale of bonds.
    § 52228 Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter which have been investigated and certified by any officer of this state authorized to make such investigation and…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Additional Series §§ 52240–52241 · 2 sections
    § 52240 When any district, having authorized the issuance of a series of bonds, issues an additional series based on another assessment, the dates of maturity of the…
    § 52241 The provisions of this part relative to the original issue of bonds shall apply to additional series of bonds so far as applicable.
  4. ARTICLE 4. Exchange §§ 52260–52262 · 3 sections
    § 52260 Any district which has issued bonds of different denominations, may, by order entered in its minutes, upon request of holders thereof, and upon the deposit of…
    § 52261 Exchange bonds shall be executed by all persons required by law to execute the bonds for which the exchange is made.
    § 52262 Bonds deposited for exchange shall be canceled by the county treasurer and the board.
  5. ARTICLE 5. Cancellation §§ 52280–52285 · 6 sections
    § 52280 The board, by an order entered in its minutes, may cancel all proceedings taken in connection with bonds remaining unsold one year after they are delivered to…
    § 52281 A certified copy of the order shall be filed with the county treasurer of each county wherein lands affected by the assessment on which the bonds were based…
    § 52282 Upon receipt of the order, the county treasurer to whom the unsold bonds have been delivered shall cancel the unsold bonds and all coupons attached thereto.
    § 52283 Cancellation of unsold or unissued bonds shall not affect the validity of the assessment upon which the bonds were issued, and the board may call for the…
    § 52284 When a portion of any bond issue is canceled, the board shall call the portion of the assessment securing the canceled bonds, in such installment or…
    § 52285 Calls of assessments pursuant to Section 52284 shall be limited to amounts which will leave uncalled a sufficient portion of the assessment to pay principal…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Miscellaneous §§ 52300–52302 · 3 sections
    § 52300 The provisions of this division as to the procedure for calling assessments to meet payments of principal or interest of bonds, the provisions of Section…
    § 52301 In all cases where it is provided in this division that bonds and interest coupons may be used in lieu of cash, and the entire amount of any bonds or coupons…
    § 52302 Bonds and interest coupons which are, without bad faith on the part of the holder, lost, destroyed, or so mutilated as to impair their value to the holder, may…
3. CHAPTER 2.5. Revenue Bonds §§ 52400–52402 · 3 sections
  - § 52400 As an alternate to any other method of financing available to it, a district may, by resolution or indenture, create a special indebtedness evidenced by…
  - § 52401 The proceedings for the issuance of revenue bonds shall be had, the district shall have the powers and duties, and the bondholders shall have the rights and…
  - § 52402 A district may, by resolution or indenture, prescribe and revise charges for the services of its properties, works, and facilities, singly or as a whole, or…
4. CHAPTER 3. General Refunding Bonds §§ 52500–52602 · 35 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Issuance and Form §§ 52500–52510 · 11 sections
    § 52500 A district may refund the whole or any part of any installment of the principal of an outstanding bond issue.
    § 52501 All proceedings for the issuance of refunding bonds commenced prior to August 14, 1929 shall be completed in accordance with the provisions of this part.
    § 52502 When the board determines that it would be for the best interest of the district or the landowners therein to refund any installment, or portion thereof, of…
    § 52503 At the election the board shall submit to the landowners the question of whether any installment of the principal of the outstanding bonds of the district, or…
    § 52504 The order for the election shall state the maturities and rate of interest of the refunding bonds, and the total amount of the principal thereof, and shall…
    § 52505 If a majority of the votes cast at the election approve the issuance of refunding bonds, the board shall prescribe the date and rate of interest of the…
    § 52506 The principal of the refunding bonds shall not exceed 110 percent of the principal amount of the bonds to be refunded.
    § 52507 The principal and interest of refunding bonds shall be based on and payable out of the assessment upon which the bonds to be refunded are payable.
    § 52508 Refunding bonds shall be payable serially within at least 50 years from their date.
    § 52509 Refunding bonds may be in substantially the following form: United States of America State of California County of ______ No. _____ $ Reclamation District No.…
    § 52510 The interest coupons may be substantially in the following form: No. ________ $ _______ The county treasurer of ____ County, California, will pay to the holder…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Exchange §§ 52530–52533 · 4 sections
    § 52530 The board, with the consent of the holders of any or all of the outstanding bonds to be refunded, may direct the county treasurer to deliver to such holders at…
    § 52531 The aggregate principal amount of the refunding bonds delivered to bond holders shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the bonds exchanged therefor.
    § 52532 The bonds delivered to the district in exchange for refunding bonds shall be immediately canceled by the county treasurer.
    § 52533 The outstanding bonds may be refunded pursuant to this article with the consent of the holders thereof at any time before or after their final maturity date.
  3. ARTICLE 3. Sale §§ 52550–52561 · 12 sections
    § 52550 The board, in lieu of exchanging refunding bonds for outstanding bonds, may declare by resolution that it will be for the best interests of the district to…
    § 52551 The board, having adopted a resolution of sale, may declare by resolution, on or before the February 1st or the August 1st prior to the date of maturity of the…
    § 52552 The resolution shall direct the county treasurer to sell the refunding bonds on a date not less than five days, nor more than 10 days, prior to the April 1st…
    § 52553 The refunding bonds shall be sold by the county treasurer in the manner provided in Article 3, Chapter 1 of this part for the sale of bonds and refunding bonds.
    § 52554 A sale by the county treasurer is conclusive evidence in favor of the purchaser and all subsequent holders of the refunding bonds that the sale was made upon…
    § 52555 Refunding bonds which are not sold when offered for sale may again be offered for sale from time to time prior to their fixed maturity, or may be exchanged for…
    § 52556 The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall be placed in the county treasury to the credit of the bond fund, and used only in payment of the principal of…
    § 52557 The board shall sell or exchange refunding bonds only of such maturities as have been declared in the notice of election for the issuance of refunding bonds to…
    § 52558 If any district authorized the issuance of refunding bonds prior to August 14, 1929, and the same or any part thereof are unsold, the board may call an…
    § 52559 If the board, in its resolution, determines that the refunding bonds may be sold for an amount less than their aggregate par value, and that it is necessary or…
    § 52560 The warrant shall be drawn for an amount equal to the sum of: (a) The excess of the par value of the refunding bonds directed to be sold over the amount for…
    § 52561 When the warrant has been drawn, there shall be included in the next succeeding assessment call levied for maintenance purposes, an amount equal to that of the…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Collection and Disposition of Supplemental Assessment §§ 52580–52584 · 5 sections
    § 52580 The board, in lieu of drawing a warrant pursuant to Section 52560 may raise the amounts indicated in that section by a supplemental assessment levied as…
    § 52581 If the landowners in a district voluntarily pay to the county treasurer, on the call of the board the amount required to be made available by reason of the…
    § 52582 If a sale of the refunding bonds is consummated by payment of the purchase price and the delivery of the bonds, the board shall enforce payment of…
    § 52583 The county treasurer shall use the proceeds of the supplemental assessment or of the warrant delivered to him pursuant to Section 52559, as the case may be,…
    § 52584 Any surplus in the supplemental assessment fund after the principal and interest on the bonds next maturing are paid in full shall be refunded by the county…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Cancellation §§ 52600–52602 · 3 sections
    § 52600 Refunding bonds remaining in the hands of the county treasurer after the outstanding bonds to be refunded thereby are discharged, shall be forthwith canceled…
    § 52601 If, upon the expiration of one year after an issue of refunding bonds, heretofore or hereafter issued was deposited with the county treasurer, all or part of…
    § 52602 The cancellation will not affect the validity of the assessment upon which the bonds are based, nor the validity of any bonds previously sold or exchanged, or…
5. CHAPTER 4. Alternate Method for Refunding Bonds §§ 52700–52760 · 30 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Issuance and Forms §§ 52700–52714 · 13 sections
    § 52700 The board may cause refunding bonds to be issued as provided in this chapter for the purpose of refunding any outstanding bonds, including original issues and…
    § 52701 Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued in substantially the manner prescribed by Chapter 3 of this part for the issuance of refunding…
    § 52703 The board shall call and conduct an election of the landowners in the manner provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 50800) of Part 4 of this division…
    § 52704 Prior to the issuance of any refunding bonds pursuant to this chapter the board shall file with the county treasurer a copy of the refunding plan and a…
    § 52705 The refunding bonds may be in substantially the following form: (Form of Bond) United States of America State of California County of _____ Refunding Bond of…
    § 52706 The interest coupons to be attached to the refunding bonds may be in substantially the following form: No. $ The County Treasurer of ____ County, California,…
    § 52707 An action to determine the validity of refunding bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of…
    § 52709 Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be sold from time to time in the same manner as other bonds of the district, or may be exchanged for other…
    § 52710 The outstanding bonds refunded or exchanged shall be immediately canceled by the county treasurer.
    § 52711 The maturity of the refunding bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and the rate of interest thereon shall be fixed by the board, but in no case shall the…
    § 52712 An issue of refunding bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be based upon and payable out of the assessment from which the bonds to be refunded were…
    § 52713 The board may make expenditures, or incur indebtedness, and issue warrants therefor to pay the cost and expenses incident to any refunding plan or in…
    § 52714 The authority to issue refunding bonds pursuant to this chapter is in addition to the authority granted by Chapter 3 of this part, and nothing in this chapter…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Sinking Fund §§ 52730–52737 · 6 sections
    § 52730 The board, prior to, or at the time of, issuance of the refunding bonds under this chapter, shall provide for the creation of an annual sinking fund for the…
    § 52731 The county treasurer, at least 90 days before the first day of January in each year during which the refunding bonds are outstanding, shall levy and collect a…
    § 52732 Ninety days, or more, before the first day of January in any year, the board may modify the amount of the sinking fund payment. The board shall forthwith mail…
    § 52735 In any year in which the district has surplus funds from other sources available for the sinking fund payment and has deposited such funds in the sinking fund…
    § 52736 The board may invest the money in the sinking fund in bonds of the United States or of the State of California, and hold the bonds so purchased, and the income…
    § 52737 The proceeds of sale of any bonds in which any part of the sinking fund is invested shall be deposited in the sinking fund.
  3. ARTICLE 3. Redemption §§ 52750–52760 · 11 sections
    § 52750 When the sinking fund contains at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the county treasurer shall, upon request of the board, by notice published once a week…
    § 52751 The notice shall state the amount available for the redemption of bonds or refunding bonds and shall specify when and where the proposals will be opened.
    § 52752 All proposals shall be opened at the office of the county treasurer at an open meeting of the board convened at the time specified in the notice or at some…
    § 52753 Any or all proposals may be rejected by the county treasurer, and shall be rejected by him if requested to do so in writing by a majority of the board.
    § 52754 If no bids are received, or if the bids accepted are not sufficient to exhaust the money available for the purchase of outstanding bonds or refunding bonds,…
    § 52755 No proposal to sell bonds to the district at a price in excess of the par value thereof shall be accepted.
    § 52756 All bonds purchased with sinking fund moneys shall forthwith be canceled.
    § 52757 The board may, by resolution adopted prior to the time of issuing any refunding bonds, provide for the call and redemption thereof, in numerical order, or by…
    § 52758 Notice of redemption of callable refunding bonds shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation printed and…
    § 52759 The first publication of the notice shall be not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed in the refunding bonds for the redemption.
    § 52760 Interest on refunding bonds declared to be callable shall cease after the date fixed for redemption if the district has provided funds for the payment of the…
6. CHAPTER 5. Creation of Reserve Fund Pursuant to Agreement With the United States §§ 52850–52862 · 13 sections
  - § 52850 When there is an agreement between a district and the United States of America, or any department or agency thereof, which provides for the issuance of…
  - § 52851 The money in the reserve fund shall be used to pay the installments of principal and interest of any outstanding bonds secured by the assessment when the…
  - § 52852 If the bond fund contains a sum derived from an assessment securing the bonds to be refunded pursuant to the agreement which is in excess of the amount…
  - § 52853 The county treasurer shall call such part of the principal of the assessment securing the refunding bonds, not exceeding the amount by which the unpaid…
  - § 52854 The call shall be made at the time prescribed by Section 51420 for making the next call for the payment of principal or interest of the bonds after the reserve…
  - § 52855 The board may direct that the restoration of the reserve fund be effected over a period not exceeding three years next after the reserve fund was depleted, in…
  - § 52856 No call for the purpose of creating a reserve fund shall be made until the United States, or department or agency thereof, has accepted 50 percent or more of…
  - § 52857 The county treasurer may invest any money in the reserve fund in bonds of the United States or of the State of California, and bonds so purchased and held in…
  - § 52858 Sales of bonds of the United States or of the State of California purchased with reserve fund money shall be made by the county treasurer in sufficient time…
  - § 52859 The board of a district which has entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 52850, may, by resolution, direct that any money on deposit in the county…
  - § 52860 The county treasurer shall forthwith cancel all bonds purchased pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 52859.
  - § 52861 No purchase of bonds shall be made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52859 unless the unpaid principal amount of the assessment securing such bonds is in…
  - § 52862 No funds deposited pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 52859 may be withdrawn except to pay the principal or interests upon any bonds of the district held…
PART 9. WARRANTS §§ 53000–53342 · 52 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Issuance, Registration and Payment §§ 53000–53093 · 29 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 53000–53004 · 5 sections
    § 53000 The board may issue warrants drawn on the appropriate funds of the district to pay indebtedness of the district incurred in carrying out the works of…
    § 53001 The board may draw demand warrants or time warrants, subject to the provisions of this part.
    § 53002 Demand warrants are warrants, drawn for any purpose, which are payable upon demand.
    § 53003 Time warrants are warrants, based upon an operation and maintenance assessment, payable at a specified future date expressed in the warrant.
    § 53004 The date of a warrant is the date inserted as such on the face of the warrant.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Demand Warrants §§ 53020–53023 · 4 sections
    § 53020 Demand warrants may be in substantially the following form: Face No. ________ $ ________ Office of the Board of Trustees of Reclamation District No. _________…
    § 53021 Demand warrants shall be presented to the county treasurer, and, if not paid on presentation, shall be registered and an endorsement of nonpayment made thereon.
    § 53022 Demand warrants not paid on presentation shall bear interest from date of registration at the rate adopted by the board, pursuant to Section 53300.
    § 53023 Demand warrants registered for nonpayment shall be paid by the county treasurer either in the order of registration or in the order agreed to, in writing, by…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Time Warrants §§ 53040–53049 · 11 sections
    § 53040 When the board has filed an operation and maintenance assessment roll in the office of the county treasurer, and has directed an assessment levied against that…
    § 53041 Time warrants may be in substantially the following form: Face No. ________ $________ Office of the Board of Trustees of Reclamation District No. ____. ______,…
    § 53042 The time warrants which may be issued to mature in any year shall not exceed the amount of the assessment installment payable in such year, and the principal…
    § 53042.5 Time warrants may be issued for more than the amount set forth in Section 53042 and with a maturity longer than five years, provided that a special election is…
    § 53043 No time warrants shall be issued, sold, or disposed of for less than the face amount thereof and accrued interest thereon to date of delivery.
    § 53044 The proceeds from the issuance and sale of time warrants shall be deposited in the maintenance fund and shall be applicable to the payment of the expenses…
    § 53045 Time warrants shall be registered with the county treasurer prior to their issuance.
    § 53046 Time warrants shall be paid upon their due date upon presentation and surrender to the county treasurer.
    § 53047 If time warrants are not paid by reason of lack of funds, no further registration is required, and they shall continue to bear interest after their due date…
    § 53048 Time warrants which are not paid on their due date because of lack of funds have priority and shall be paid out of the proceeds of the collection of the…
    § 53049 The county treasurer, upon the request of the board, shall pay all time warrants before the maturity thereof, providing there are sufficient funds, after…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Warrants Drawn on Maintenance Fund §§ 53070–53074 · 5 sections
    § 53070 A demand warrant on the maintenance fund pursuant to Section 51546 shall designate that it is so drawn and is to be paid therefrom, and is not required to be…
    § 53071 A demand warrant drawn on the maintenance fund shall be presented to the county treasurer and, if there is insufficient money in the maintenance fund to pay…
    § 53072 A demand warrant unpaid for want of funds at the time of presentation shall be registered by the county treasurer separately from other warrants of the…
    § 53073 A demand warrant issued pursuant to this article, shall be paid only from the maintenance fund, and, when registered, either in the order of its registration…
    § 53074 The provisions of Article 2 of this chapter and Article 2, Chapter 2 of this part relating to the payment or renewal of a demand warrant apply to a warrant…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Warrants Drawn on Irrigation Fund §§ 53090–53093 · 4 sections
    § 53090 A warrant drawn on the irrigation fund shall designate that it shall be paid therefrom, and is not required to be approved by the board of supervisors nor be…
    § 53091 A warrant drawn on the irrigation fund shall be presented for payment to the county treasurer.
    § 53092 If there is insufficient money in the irrigation fund to pay a warrant when presented, endorsement of that fact shall be made thereon by the county treasurer,…
    § 53093 All the provisions of Article 2 of this chapter and Chapter 2, Article 2 of this part relating to the payment or renewal of warrants apply to a warrant drawn…
2. CHAPTER 2. Cancellation and Reissuance §§ 53200–53247 · 18 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Permissive §§ 53200–53202 · 3 sections
    § 53200 The board, at the request of the holder of any warrant, may cancel it and issue two or more warrants in lieu thereof.
    § 53201 If the canceled warrant has been registered each new warrant shall state that it is issued partly in lieu of a registered warrant, giving the dates of issuance…
    § 53202 New warrants issued pursuant to this article shall be issued for the principal only of the old warrant, but, upon registration, shall bear interest from the…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Mandatory §§ 53220–53226 · 7 sections
    § 53220 The board shall, on demand of the holder of any demand warrant outstanding one year or more, or any time warrant overdue one year of more, cancel the same and…
    § 53221 Warrants issued for interest pursuant to this article shall not bear interest.
    § 53222 Upon drawing an interest warrant the board shall endorse on the reverse of the old warrant the fact that interest has been paid to the date of drawing the…
    § 53223 An interest warrant shall state that it is drawn for interest on warrant No. ____ to ____ (date).
    § 53224 The board shall notify the county treasurer upon drawing an interest warrant, and he shall note on his register of warrants the fact that interest has been…
    § 53225 A demand warrant not paid or presented for reissuance within four years after its date, or a time warrant not paid within four years after its maturity may,…
    § 53226 The board and the county treasurer may cancel all warrants which have not been paid or reissued, or which have not been extended one or more times, within four…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Defaced Warrants §§ 53240–53247 · 8 sections
    § 53240 When the board is convinced by clear and unequivocal proof that a warrant of the district, without bad faith on the part of the holder, has been lost,…
    § 53241 A holder desiring to have a duplicate warrant issued shall make a written application to the board stating the facts, and shall accompany the application with…
    § 53242 The holder of a lost or destroyed warrant shall file, with the application, a bond in double the face value of the lost or destroyed warrant.
    § 53243 The bond must be approved by the board and conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the district for any claim upon the lost or destroyed warrant.
    § 53244 The bond of indemnification shall be executed jointly and severally by the holder and a corporate surety approved by the board and duly authorized to do…
    § 53245 The holder of a mutilated or defaced warrant shall, at the time of filing the application for a duplicate, deliver the mutilated or defaced warrant to the…
    § 53246 The board, upon receipt of an application for the replacement of a lost, destroyed, mutilated, or defaced warrant, shall pass a resolution stating the facts,…
    § 53247 The duplicate warrant shall be signed by the same officers and issued in all respects as nearly as possible as the original instrument, and shall have all the…
3. CHAPTER 3. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 53300–53342 · 5 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Interest Rate § 53300 · 1 section
    § 53300 The board may provide, by resolution entered in its minutes, such rate of interest upon warrants as it deems reasonable, not to exceed 12 percent per year.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Calling Warrants § 53320 · 1 section
    § 53320 When there is sufficient money in the hands of the county treasurer applicable to the payment of any outstanding warrants which have not been presented for…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Actions on Warrants §§ 53340–53342 · 3 sections
    § 53340 An action based upon, or connected with, a demand warrant shall be commenced within four years from the date of the warrant, and an action based upon, or…
    § 53341 If an action or proceeding based upon, or connected with, a demand warrant is commenced within four years after the date of the warrant, or within four years…
    § 53342 In any proceeding to compel the board to issue a warrant, if a controversy arises as to the amount that is due to the plaintiff, the court shall determine the…
PART 10. CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION §§ 53500–53805 · 10 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Consolidation §§ 53500–53508 · 3 sections
  - § 53500 A copy of any proposal for consolidation shall be forwarded to the State Lands Commission prior to the circulation of any petition or the adoption of any…
  - § 53504 The State Lands Commission shall assign to the consolidated district the number of the original district containing the largest area of land, and the…
  - § 53508 This chapter shall apply only to those districts formed to operate without a board.
2. CHAPTER 2. Change of Boundaries § 53660 · 1 section
  1. ARTICLE 3. Inclusion § 53660 · 1 section
    § 53660 Land in compact form, capable of being embraced in a district, and not a part of another district, may be annexed to a district.
3. CHAPTER 4. Transfer of Districts From One County to Another §§ 53800–53805 · 6 sections
  - § 53800 When a district, by a legislative act changing county boundaries, is transferred wholly from one county to another, the board of supervisors of the county to…
  - § 53801 The board of supervisors of the county to which the district is transferred, the officers thereof, and the officers of the district shall thereafter perform…
  - § 53802 The auditor and treasurer of the county to which a district is transferred shall draw their warrant upon the treasurer of the county within which the district…
  - § 53803 After a district is transferred to another county, all assessments shall be collected and paid into the treasury of the county to which the district is…
  - § 53804 When, by any change of county boundaries made by the Legislature of this State, any district is transferred in whole or in part to another county than the one…
  - § 53805 When a district is transferred in whole or in part to another county from that in which it was organized, all proceedings, petitions or orders which should…
PART 11. REPEALS §§ 53900–53901 · 2 sections
- § 53900 The following sections of the Political Code are repealed: 3446 3463 3478 3447 3464 3479 3448 3465 3480 3449 3466 3480a 3450 3466a
- § 53901 The following acts are repealed: Yr. Ch. Pg. 1881: 59: 68 1893:147: 174 1895:174: 197 1899: 16: 13 1909:616: 933 1913: 72: 75 1913:365: 777 1917:562: 781