CHAPTER 2. Definitions
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.
§§ 60001–60029 · 29 sections
- § 60001 The definition of a word applies to any of its variants.
- § 60002 “Include” except when used in relation to the inclusion of land into a district does not necessarily exclude matters not enumerated.
- § 60003 “District” means a water replenishment district formed under the provisions of the Water Replenishment District Act, or this division.
- § 60004 “Board” means the board of directors of a district.
- § 60005 “Land” means land in the district or proposed district involved.
- § 60006 “President” means the president of the board.
- § 60007 “Secretary” means the secretary of the board.
- § 60008 “General water replenishment district election” means the election required to be held in each district at the time of the general election in each…
- § 60009 “Special water district election” means any district election other than a general water replenishment district election.
- § 60010 “Elector,” “voter,” and “precinct board” have respectively the same meaning as in the Elections Code, but an “elector” or “voter” shall also be a resident of…
- § 60011 “Person” means any public agency or public corporation, whether federal, state, or local, or any private corporation, firm, partnership, individual, or group…
- § 60012 “Water replenishment district” means a special water replenishment district.
- § 60013 “Water year” means the period commencing on October 1st of one calendar year and ending on September 30th of the calendar year immediately following.
- § 60014 “Fiscal year” means the period commencing on July 1st of one calendar year and ending on June 30th of the calendar year immediately following.
- § 60015 “Ground water” means nonsaline water beneath the surface of the ground, whether or not flowing through known and definite channels.
- § 60016 “Nonsaline water” means water which has less than 1,000 parts of chlorides to 1,000,000 parts of water.
- § 60017 “Production” or “producing” means the extraction or extracting of ground water, by pumping or any other method, from shafts, tunnels, wells (including, but not…
- § 60018 “Water-producing facility” means any device or method, mechanical or otherwise, for the production of ground water from the ground water supplies within a…
- § 60019 “Owner” means the person or persons owning any water-producing facility or any interest therein other than a lien to secure the payment of a debt or other…
- § 60020 “Operator” means the person or persons operating a water-producing facility; the owner thereof shall be conclusively presumed to be such operator unless…
- § 60021 “Producer” means any operator producing ground water.
- § 60022 “Annual overdraft” means the amount, as determined by the board of directors of the replenishment district, by which the quantity of ground water removed by…
- § 60023 “Accumulated overdraft” means the aggregate amount, as determined from time to time by the board of directors of the replenishment district, by which the…
- § 60024 “Principal county” means the county in which the greater portion of the land in a district or a proposed district is situated, if the district or proposed…
- § 60025 “Participating county” is any county other than the principal county in which the district or proposed district is situated, if the district or proposed…
- § 60026 “Affected county” means each county in which some land of the district or proposed district is located.
- § 60027 “Replenishment assessment” means any assessment levied pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section 60300).
- § 60028 “Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance, or substances, of a concentration which, if contained in water, will cause a…
- § 60029 “Existing agency” shall mean any public corporation, agency, district, or political subdivision created prior or subsequent to the formation of a replenishment…