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CA Water Code § 31600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31600.

31600.  If prior to the conclusion of the hearing written protests against the formation of the proposed improvement district and the proposed project signed by a majority in number of the holders of title to taxable property within the proposed improvement district and who are also the holders of title to not less than 51 percent of the area thereof are filed with the board, further proceedings relating to the proposed improvement district and the proposed project shall be terminated and no proceedings for the formation of any improvement district to undertake the proposed project shall be instituted for a period of not less than six months following the date of the conclusion of the hearing.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31601.

31601.  In all matters referred to in this article, the last equalized assessment roll of the district, if any, otherwise of the county, shall be prima facie evidence as to the ownership of taxable property, the names and number of the persons who are the holders of title, or assessable rights therein, and as to the assessed valuation of taxable property within the proposed improvement district.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31602.

31602.  (a) Each signature on a protest shall be acknowledged or proved in the manner required to entitle deeds to be recorded.(b) A guardian, executor, administrator, or other person holding property in a trust capacity under appointment of court may sign a protest when authorized by the proper court, which authorization may be made without notice. A certified copy of such authorization shall be filed with such protest.(c) Where property is assessed in the name of a trustee or trustees, such trustee or trustees shall be deemed to be the person entitled to sign the protest. (d) The protest of any public or quasi-public corporation, private corporation, or unincorporated association may be signed by any person authorized by the board of directors or trustees or other managing body thereof, which authorization shall be in writing, attested by its seal, and duly acknowledged, and shall be filed with the board.(e) The owner of any property or interest therein, appearing upon the assessment role, which has been assessed in the wrong name or to unknown owners, or which has passed from the owner appearing as such on the last equalized assessment roll, since the same was made, shall be entitled to sign the protest represented thereby, either by the production of a proxy executed and acknowledged by such former owner, or by furnishing evidence of his ownership by a conveyance duly acknowledged showing the title to be vested in the person claiming the right to sign the protest, accompanied by a certificate of a competent searcher of titles, certifying that a search of the official records of the county since the date of the conveyance discloses no conveyance or transfer out from the grantee or transferee named in the conveyance.(f) Where the property has been contracted to be sold, the vendee shall be entitled to sign the protest, unless such real property is assessed in the name of the vendor, in which event the vendor shall be entitled to do so, unless the contract of sale otherwise expressly provides.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31603.

31603.  The board may inquire and take evidence for the purpose of identifying any person claiming the right to sign the protest as being the person shown on the assessment roll or otherwise as entitled thereto. Unless satisfactory evidence is furnished, the right to file said protest may be denied.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31604.

31604.  At the conclusion of the hearing if proceedings relating to the proposed improvement district have not been terminated in the manner set forth in Section 31600 the board may, by resolution, declare that the proposed improvement district is formed.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31605.

31605.  No improvement district shall be formed pursuant to this chapter unless the board shall, in the resolution declaring such improvement district to be formed, find and declare that all taxable property located within the improvement district is equally benefited by the project proposed therefor, and if the board so finds and declares such determination shall be final and conclusive.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31606.

31606.  The resolution declaring an improvement district to be formed shall contain:(a) A description of the boundaries thereof and the name of such improvement district which shall thereupon constitute and be known as “Improvement District No. ____ of ____ County Water District.”(b) A brief description of the project which may be undertaken within the improvement district.(c) The maximum amount of any improvement district tax, exclusive of taxes for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds, which may be levied in any year, which maximum amount shall not exceed the amount estimated in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 31596.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31607 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31607.

31607.  The boundaries of an improvement district determined and established by the board in the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed may be the whole or a part of the proposed improvement district described in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 31596 and may include such additional lands, the owners of which have, by written petition filed with the board, requested be included within the improvement district. The territory of an improvement district need not be contiguous, but must be entirely within the district.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31608 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31608.

31608.  The resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed shall become effective 30 days after its adoption.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31609 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31609.

31609.  If a petition protesting against the adoption of the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed is presented to the board prior to its effective date, the resolution shall be suspended and the board shall reconsider it. The petition shall be signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters within the proposed improvement district on the date of adoption of said resolution. If the board does not repeal the resolution against which a petition is filed, the board shall submit the resolution to the voters within such improvement district at a regular election or a special election for the purpose. The resolution shall not become effective unless and until a majority of the voters vote in favor thereof. Such election shall be conducted in the manner provided in Article 3 (commencing at Section 31405) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of this division insofar as applicable, except that if a majority of the votes cast at said election are in favor of the resolution then the cost of such election shall be borne by the improvement district. This section shall not apply to any improvement district containing less than 100 registered voters as of the date of adoption of the resolution referred to in Section 31596.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31610 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31610.

31610.  After the formation of an improvement district pursuant to this chapter and if any portion of the cost of the project proposed therefor is to be financed by the issuance of bonds by the district on behalf of the improvement district, proceedings may be taken by the board for the authorization, issuance, and sale of bonds of the district on behalf of the improvement district pursuant to Section 31391. In taking such proceedings, the board shall not be required to comply with Sections 31370 to 31372, inclusive, or Sections 31385 to 31390, inclusive, but it shall proceed pursuant to Sections 31405 to 31416, inclusive, and Sections 31425 to 31429, inclusive. Any bonds issued may be refunded pursuant to Sections 31440 to 31446, inclusive, and may be made callable pursuant to Sections 31460 and 31461.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31611 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects|Section 31611.

31611.  After the formation of an improvement district, additional lands may be included therein upon the written petition of the owners thereof and a resolution of the board.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31615 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Taxes|Section 31615.

31615.  Subject to such limitations as may be contained in the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed, the board shall have the power in any year to cause taxes to be levied and collected in any improvement district to finance any project of such improvement district or to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued by the district on behalf of such improvement district for the purpose of financing any project in such improvement district, and to pay the costs of administration, maintenance, and operation of any works or facilities of or for said improvement district. In the Cucamonga County Water District such tax may be levied on land only; but such restriction shall be applicable only within any improvement district formed within the district, and only so long as necessary to pay for the water facilities which may be constructed in such improvement district.(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 441.)
CA Water Code § 31616 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Taxes|Section 31616.

31616.  The procedure for estimating, levying, and collecting taxes in any improvement district shall be the same as is provided in Part 7 (commencing at Section 31650) of this division for taxes on property in improvement districts.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31617 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Taxes|Section 31617.

31617.  All taxes collected pursuant to this article shall be expended only for the payment of bond principal and interest or only for the improvement district project for which levied, except that any surplus tax proceeds levied otherwise than for payment of bond principal and interest which remain after the completion of any improvement district project for which levied shall be transferred to the bond interest and redemption fund of such improvement district, if any, otherwise to the district’s general fund.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31618 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Taxes|Section 31618.

31618.  For the purpose of any tax levied under this article, the properties within any improvement district shall be deemed to be equally benefited.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 31650.

31650.  A district may cause taxes to be levied for the purpose of paying any of its obligations and to accomplish the purposes of this division.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31651 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 31651.

31651.  If the maturity of the indebtedness created by an issue of bonds begins more than one year after the date of issuance, a tax shall be levied and collected pursuant to this part annually sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds on or before maturity.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31652 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 31652.

31652.  A district may cause taxes to be levied to pay the expenses of its formation, including fees of attorneys and others employed to conduct the formation proceedings.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31653 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 31653.

31653.  A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 70, Sec. 14.)
CA Water Code § 31665 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31665.

31665.  Whenever the board by ordinance finds that because of circumstances existing in the district it is just and reasonable that petitions for special rates of taxation be heard and determined, any person having an interest in land may file with the secretary a verified petition alleging all of the following:(a) His land or a described portion of it was, prior to the acquisition or establishment by the district of any water system or waterworks serving the territory in which the land is situated, irrigated from another system of works than the works of the district.(b) It has continued ever since to be exclusively so irrigated.(c) It is entitled to a special rate of taxation.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31666 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31666.

31666.  The petition shall request that the board determine what percentage of the reqular rates of taxation of the district should be used in levying taxes on the land described in the petition.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31667 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31667.

31667.  A fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the secretary before the filing of each petition for a special rate of taxation. The money shall be applied to the cost of the publication of the notice and other expenses of the hearing. If there is any balance after the conclusion of the hearing, it shall be returned to the petitioner or divided among the petitioners contributing thereto in proportion to the respective areas described in their petitions.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31668 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31668.

31668.  The board shall set a time and place for the hearing of a petition for a special rate of taxation or of all the petitions if more than one has been filed and shall give notice of it in a newspaper published in the county wherein the office of the district is situated.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31669 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31669.

31669.  The notice for a special rate of taxation hearing shall state all of the following:(a) Petitions have been presented to the board praying for a determination that certain land, which need not be described in the notice, is entitled to a special rate of taxation.(b) The names of the petitioners.(c) The time and place set for the hearing.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31670 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31670.

31670.  The board shall meet at the time and place set for the hearing and proceed in the order it deems proper to hear the petitions and shall hear all competent and relevant evidence offered in support of any petition or in opposition to it and may adjourn the hearing from time to time.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31671 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31671.

31671.  After the conclusion of the hearing, if the board finds that any of the land described in any petition has been irrigated as alleged and is not and will not be benefited by the operations of the district in a manner that would justify its taxation at the regular rate of taxation, the board shall reduce the rate of taxation on the land in an ordinance or resolution entered in full upon its minutes.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31672 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31672.

31672.  The ordinance or resolution shall:(a) Describe the land entitled to a special rate of taxation or the respective parcels of it if separate parcels are to be assessed.(b) Fix the percentage of the regular rate of taxation which shall be applied in levying district taxes on the land described or on each parcel of it if various parcels are found to be entitled to different special rates in order that the taxes to be levied on this land will be proportionate with the benefits which it receives or will receive from the operations of the district.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31673 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31673.

31673.  A certified copy of the ordinance or resolution determining that any land is entitled to a special rate of taxation shall be delivered to the county assessor, and thereafter until notified of a change in the determination, he shall enter the land described in the ordinance or resolution separately on the assessment roll and so designate it and the percentage of the regular rate of taxation to which it is entitled that it may readily be distinguished from other land not entitled to a special rate.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 592. Note: The earlier version in Stats. 1949, Ch. 274, remains applicable as prescribed by Stats. 1967, Ch. 592, Sec. 8.)
CA Water Code § 31674 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31674.

31674.  After a copy of the ordinance or resolution is delivered to the county assessor, the officer charged with the duty of entering on the assessment roll the amount of district taxes on the land shall in making the entry observe and conform to the ordinance or resolution.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 592. Note: The earlier version in Stats. 1949, Ch. 274, remains applicable as prescribed by Stats. 1967, Ch. 592, Sec. 8.)
CA Water Code § 31675 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - Special Rate|Section 31675.

31675.  The determination of the board granting or denying a special rate of taxation as to any land after a hearing pursuant to this article shall not be changed unless the board on petition by a party affected consents to another hearing or on its own motion causes notice to be served on the owner of the land to show cause why the determination should not be changed, in either of which cases another hearing shall be advertised and held as provided in this article.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31680 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 7 - TAXES|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 3 - Taxation Within the Kings County Water District|Section 31680.

31680.  Within the Kings County Water District, the board may by ordinance provide for the establishment of special rates of taxation, for general fund purposes and for purposes of paying principal and interest upon general obligation bonds, for relatively low water using, nonfarm, heavy manufacturing industries located entirely within the district and upon which the district’s regular rate of taxation may bear unfairly relative to benefits received from the district as compared to other taxpayers in the district. The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 31665) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 12 of the Water Code shall apply herein, except for Sections 31665 and 31671.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 454.)