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CA Water Code § 50704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 50704.

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 calendar year preceding that in which the election occurs, levied an operation and maintenance assessment pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this division, then each voter shall be entitled to cast one vote for each dollar’s worth of assessment valuation as shown on that assessment roll for all parcels owned by the voter or his principal.(b) If the district has not levied an operation and maintenance assessment pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this division during the calendar year preceding that in which the election occurs, but has during that year ordered payment of an installment on an original or additional assessment pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 51510) of Chapter 3 of Part 7 of this division, or levied fees and charges pursuant to Section 50902, then each voter shall be entitled to cast one vote for each dollar’s worth of installment or fee and charge levied in the preceding year upon all parcels owned by the voter or his principal.(c) If neither an operation and maintenance assessment nor an installment upon an original or additional assessment nor fee or charge was levied or ordered paid by the district during the calendar year preceding that in which the election occurs, then each voter shall be entitled to cast one vote for each acre owned by the voter or his principal within the district, provided that if the voter or his principal owns less than one acre then the voter shall be entitled to one vote and any fraction shall be rounded to the nearest full acre.(d) When a district elects to have the board of supervisors levy a special tax on behalf of the district on all taxable land and improvements pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 51360) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this division, then each voter may vote at any district election in person or by proxy, and may cast one vote for each dollar’s worth of taxable land and improvements owned by him or his principal in the district, as determined from the last equalized tax roll of each county in which the lands of the district are situated.(e) The ownership and number of acres owned for the purpose of this section shall be determined from the last equalized tax roll of each county in which the lands of the district are situated.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1109, Sec. 1.4. Effective September 28, 1983.)
CA Water Code § 50704.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 50704.5.

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 have authority to cast all votes for the parcel upon filing with the election board a certification under penalty of perjury identifying the spouse, joint tenants, or tenants in common for whom the votes are to be cast. A legal representative, upon filing with the election board a certification under penalty of perjury identifying the principal and the authority of the legal representative, shall be presumed to have authority to cast all votes for the principal identified in the certification.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1109, Sec. 2. Effective September 28, 1983.)
CA Water Code § 50705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 50705.

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 individual, joint, or corporate owners, the board may elect to keep the polls open from 7 a.m. of the day of election until 7 p.m. and in that event shall include the time of polling in the notice as provided in Section 50732. However, when the board holds an election which does not involve added costs to any other local governmental entity, the board may elect to keep the polls open from 7 a.m. of the day of election until 8 p.m. and in that event shall include the time of polling in the notice as provided in Section 50732.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1327, Sec. 16.)
CA Water Code § 50707 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 50707.

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 governing board, conduct any election by all-mailed ballots pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000) of the Elections Code.(b) An election conducted pursuant to this section shall be held on a date prescribed in Section 1500 of the Elections Code or on any other date other than an established election date.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 132, Sec. 3. (SB 1188) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Water Code § 50780 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.

50780.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter applies to the manner in which elections are conducted in the Reclamation District No. 1000.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50780.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.2.

50780.2.  “District,” for purposes of this chapter, means the Reclamation District No. 1000.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50780.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.4.

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 in accordance with Sections 50701, 50702, 50704, and 50704.5.(b) For the purpose of voting for a trustee to hold a land assessment seat, each voter may cast his or her votes for each land assessment seat in accordance with this part.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50780.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.6.

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 have one vote for each parcel owned.(b) For the purpose of voting for a trustee to hold a parcel seat, each landowner may cast his or her vote or votes for each parcel seat.(c) The last equalized assessment book of the district is conclusive evidence of ownership for the purpose of voting for a parcel seat, except that the last equalized assessment roll of the county in which the land is located shall be used in lieu of the assessment book of the district if an assessment is not levied for the year in which the election is held.(d) Section 50704.5 applies for the purpose of voting for any parcel seat.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50780.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.8.

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.(b) For purposes of voting for a trustee to hold a resident voter seat, each voter may cast one vote for each resident voter seat.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50780.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|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 who resides within the boundaries of the district.(c) A voter as defined in subdivision (a) may vote for both parcel seats and land assessment seats.(d) A voter as defined in subdivision (a) who is also a voter as defined in subdivision (b) may vote for both resident voter seats and land assessment seats.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 130, Sec. 241. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 50780.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.12.

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 requirement does not apply to any trustee holding office on July 1, 1992.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50780.14 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.14.

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.”(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50780.16 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.16.

50780.16.  At the 1995 district election, the board shall designate the seats of the three trustees whose terms expire as “parcel seats.”(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50780.18 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.18.

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 land in the district that is used for agricultural purposes that is subject to an assessment pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 in accordance with subdivisions (b), (c), and (d).(b) Between 180 and 200 days before the election, the board shall determine whether the percentage of land described in subdivision (a) has equaled or exceeded 35 percent during the immediately preceding two years. If so, the board shall designate four seats as “land assessment seats” and three seats as “parcel seats.”(c) Between 180 and 200 days before the election, the board shall determine whether the percentage of land described in subdivision (a) has been below 35 percent and has equaled or exceeded 20 percent during the immediately preceding two years. If so, the board shall designate four seats as “parcel seats” and three seats as “land assessment seats.”(d) Between 180 and 200 days before the election, the board shall determine whether the percentage of land described in subdivision (a) has been below 20 percent during the immediately preceding two years. If so, the board shall designate five seats as “resident voter seats” and two seats as “land assessment seats.”(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50780.20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.20.

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 otherwise scheduled to expire if the adjustment is necessary to comply with the designation.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50780.22 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Reclamation District No. 1000|Section 50780.22.

50780.22.  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, this part applies to a district election.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 50900 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers|Section 50900.

50900.  A district may do all things necessary or convenient for accomplishing the purposes for which it was formed.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50901 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers|Section 50901.

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 with the creditors for the surrender of such indebtedness at less than par, and may levy an assessment on the lands in the district for the payment thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
CA Water Code § 50902 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers|Section 50902.

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 minimum and standby charges, for the provision of benefits and services.(b) Notice of the public hearing shall be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county.(c) The board, in fixing the charges and fees, may establish the dates of delinquency and may impose penalties for delinquency not exceeding 10 percent of the amount of the charge or fee and may, in addition, collect interest at a rate not to exceed 1.5 percent per month from the date of delinquency on all delinquent charges and fees. The district may sue for the recovery of unpaid charges and fees or the unpaid charges or fees may be added to the operation and maintenance assessment in the same manner as unpaid water charges pursuant to Section 51440.(d) The revenue obtained from charges and fees may be in lieu of, or supplemental to, revenue obtained in any other manner and may be used for any district purpose and the payment of any district obligation.(e) After a charge or fee is initially fixed by the board at a noticed public hearing, the board may subsequently reduce that amount of that charge or fee without notice or a public hearing.(f) If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the board may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 50903 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers|Section 50903.

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, works, and facilities for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage and waste; herein called sanitation, and perform all matters germane thereto; provided, that no district may exercise any of the powers conferred by this section unless a petition approving the exercise of such powers is signed by a majority of the voters within the district and submitted to the district. In such event, it shall cause to be prepared and approved a plan therefor and prepare an estimate of the costs thereof, and may modify, change, or adopt a new, supplemental, or additional plan and estimate. The plan and estimate may include properties, works, and facilities already existing, or in the course of acquisition or construction, and payments therefor may be made to the landowner owning same, or to his legal representative. Such plan shall be reported and may be financed in the same manner as a plan for reclamation of district lands pursuant to this division.Because of the recreational uses being made of the smaller islands in the vicinity of the improved Stockton Ship Channel, in order to protect the quality of the water, the Legislature finds and declares that it is necessary that reclamation districts of less than 100 acres and situated adjacent to the Stockton Ship Channel be able to exercise sanitation powers. Such circumstances are not generally applicable to reclamation districts. It is therefore declared that a general law cannot be made applicable and that the enactment of this section as special legislation applicable only to such districts is necessary.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 978.)
CA Water Code § 50904 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers|Section 50904.

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 such district is located. A district may also collect assessments levied under Part 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of the division by way of the tax bills of the county or counties in which such district is located. Such charges and fees or assessments shall appear as a separate item on the tax bill, shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county ad valorem property taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for such taxes. The district shall, on or before August 1st of each year, certify to the county auditor the charges and fees or assessments to be collected. The county may deduct from the revenue so collected for the district an appropriate amount for the billing and collection services rendered to the district.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 153, Sec. 1. Effective June 11, 1980.)
CA Water Code § 50905 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers|Section 50905.

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, construct, operate, and maintain sewage treatment works.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1048, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1981.)
CA Water Code § 50906 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers|Section 50906.

50906.  (a) A reclamation district specified in subdivision (d) may construct, maintain, and operate a plant for the generation of hydroelectric power, together with transmission lines for the conveyance thereof and with other facilities that may be necessary or appropriate for the construction, maintenance, and operation of that plant. Construction of the plant and transmission lines may be financed by the issuance of time warrants pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 53040) of Chapter 1 of Part 9 to pay the cost of construction of the plant, transmission lines, and related facilities, except that the board may, by resolution, provide for the payment of those time warrants solely from the proceeds derived from the operation of the hydroelectric powerplant, in lieu of the assessment described in Section 53040, and may, in that event, pledge the plant, transmission lines, and related facilities and the revenues from the operation of the hydroelectric powerplant as the sole security for the payment of the time warrants.(b) The hydroelectric powerplant, transmission lines, and related facilities constructed pursuant to this section may be leased for operation to, or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility or public agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of electricity, but shall not be offered for sale directly by the district to customers other than a public utility or public agency.(c) Proceeds from the sale of electricity shall be utilized to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed.(d) This section applies only to the following reclamation districts:(1) Reclamation District No. 1004 acting in conjunction with the County of Colusa.(2) Reclamation District No. 108.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 307) by Stats. 2020, Ch. 371, Sec. 30. (SB 1473) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 31 of Stats. 2020, Ch. 371.)
CA Water Code § 50906 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers|Section 50906.

50906.  (a) A reclamation district specified in subdivision (d) may construct, maintain, and operate a plant for the generation of hydroelectric power, together with transmission lines for the conveyance thereof and with other facilities that may be necessary or appropriate for the construction, maintenance, and operation of that plant. Construction of the plant and transmission lines may be financed by the issuance of time warrants pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 53040) of Chapter 1 of Part 9 to pay the cost of construction of the plant, transmission lines, and related facilities, except that the board may, by resolution, provide for the payment of those time warrants solely from the proceeds derived from the operation of the hydroelectric powerplant, in lieu of the assessment described in Section 53040, and may, in that event, pledge the plant, transmission lines, and related facilities and the revenues from the operation of the hydroelectric powerplant as the sole security for the payment of the time warrants.(b) The hydroelectric powerplant, transmission lines, and related facilities constructed pursuant to this section may be leased for operation to, or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility or public agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of electricity, but shall not be offered for sale directly by the district to customers other than a public utility or public agency.(c) Proceeds from the sale of electricity shall be utilized to retire any time warrants issued for construction of the facilities and otherwise for the powers and purposes for which the district was formed.(d) This section applies only to Reclamation District No. 1004 acting in conjunction with the County of Colusa.(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2026.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 308) by Stats. 2020, Ch. 371, Sec. 31. (SB 1473) Effective January 1, 2021. Section operative on January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)
CA Water Code § 50907 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 1 - General Powers|Section 50907.

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 requirements for competitive bidding under Article 60.5 (commencing with Section 20920) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1042, Sec. 2.)