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CA Water Code § 55501.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 55501.1.

55501.1.  Any water service standby or immediate availability charge which remains unpaid for a period of 60 or more days after the date upon which they were billed may be collected thereafter by the county as provided herein.(a) Once a year the board shall cause to be prepared a report of delinquent fees. The board shall fix a time, date and place for hearing the report and any objections or protests thereto.(b) The board shall cause notice of the hearing to be mailed to the landowners listed on the report not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing.(c) At the hearing the board shall hear any objections or protests of landowners liable to be assessed for delinquent fees. The board may make such revisions or corrections to the report as it deems just, after which, by resolution, the report shall be confirmed.(d) The delinquent fees set forth in the report as confirmed shall constitute special assessments against the respective parcels of land and are a lien on the property for the amount of such delinquent fees. A certified copy of the confirmed report shall be filed with the county auditor for the amounts of the respective assessments against the respective parcels of land as they appear on the current assessment roll. The lien created attaches upon recordation, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated, of a certified copy of the resolution of confirmation. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary 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. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county ad valorem property taxes shall be applicable to such assessment, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the delinquency fees, as confirmed, relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.This remedy is in addition to all other means available for collection.If the district is governed by a board of directors, this section shall only apply to such district if the board of supervisors consents to collect the delinquent fees in the manner prescribed herein.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 874, Sec. 3.)
CA Water Code § 55502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 55502.

55502.  The receipts from the rates or charges may also be used to reduce the principal or interest of any bonded indebtedness that the waterworks district may have.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
CA Water Code § 55502.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 55502.1.

55502.1.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the board may establish and include in the annual budget for a district a general unappropriated reserve not to exceed 25 percent of the total appropriations contained in the budget, exclusive of all items for bond interest and redemption, the general unappropriated reserve, and the general reserve.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1059.)
CA Water Code § 55503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 55503.

55503.  The board may borrow funds from the county, other waterworks districts, and, where the district is a subsidiary district, the city, not to exceed 85 percent of the district’s anticipated revenue for the fiscal year in which they are borrowed or for the next ensuing fiscal year. In levying taxes as authorized by this division, the board may raise sufficient revenues to repay such loans.The board may lend available district funds to another waterworks district, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this section.Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the board from borrowing such funds from banks or other financial institutions when the best interests of the district are served thereby.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
CA Water Code § 55503.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 55503.5.

55503.5.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, such funds, when so borrowed by a waterworks district, shall forthwith increase the appropriations of the district for which they are needed. The governing body of the entity from which the funds are borrowed may specify the date and manner in which the funds shall be repaid. In no case shall repayment of the loan be deferred longer than 10 calendar years.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
CA Water Code § 55503.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 55503.6.

55503.6.  The district shall pay interest on all funds borrowed from the county, at the same rate that the county applies to funds of the district on deposit with the county.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
CA Water Code § 55504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 55504.

55504.  Where a district has an assessed valuation of less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the board of supervisors of the county may loan county funds, in a sum not in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), to the district to be used for the purpose of repairing, improving, extending or renewing the district water system, to be returned to the county by the district from revenues and taxes of the district during the period of 10 years following the date of the loan.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 365.)
CA Water Code § 55505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 55505.

55505.  The board may by resolution establish a revolving fund for any officer or employee of the district in the same manner revolving funds for county officers are established by the board of supervisors of a county pursuant to Sections 29321 to 29330, inclusive, of the Government Code and for such purpose the term “board of supervisors” shall mean the board. Any revolving fund so established shall be limited to the uses and expenditures applicable to revolving funds for county officers.(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1578.)
CA Water Code § 55506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 55506.

55506.  Any money belonging to the district or paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district may be deposited by the officer of the district who has legal custody of the money, in accordance with the general laws governing the deposit of public money.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
CA Water Code § 55700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Taxes|Section 55700.

55700.  The board of supervisors may in any year levy a tax upon the taxable property in the district, sufficient to pay the cost and expenses of maintaining, operating, extending and repairing the waterworks of the district for the ensuing fiscal year.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55701 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Taxes|Section 55701.

55701.  The board of supervisors shall levy a tax, each year, upon the taxable property in the district, sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds for that year authorized at the time of formation of the district, and that portion of the principal which is to become due before the time for making the next general tax levy.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Taxes|Section 55702.

55702.  Where the petition for formation contained a statement that taxes shall be levied only upon the land within the district, all taxes levied under the provisions of this division in a district shall be levied upon the land within the district, and in any extension or additions thereto, and upon no other property.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Taxes|Section 55703.

55703.  If the maturity of the indebtedness created by the issue of the bonds is made to begin more than one year after the date of issue, the tax shall be levied and collected each year, 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 on or before maturity.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Taxes|Section 55704.

55704.  All taxes pursuant to this chapter shall be levied and collected at the time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes, and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury to be used for the payment of the principal and interest on bonds, or paid into the county treasury to the credit of the proper fund of the district.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55720 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Claims|Section 55720.

55720.  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 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
CA Water Code § 55800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 5 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion Generally|Section 55800.

55800.  Any portion or portions of a county containing unincorporated territory, or containing the whole or any portion of one or more incorporated cities, and not included in a district, may be added to any district as prescribed in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 5 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion Generally|Section 55801.

55801.  Territory within the same county but not contiguous with the district may be annexed to the district if the board determines that the district resulting from the annexation may be more efficiently and economically operated than if a separate district were formed. No parcel of noncontiguous territory which contains less than 10 acres may be annexed to any district.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 33.)
CA Water Code § 56000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 56000.

56000.  This part shall be known and cited as the “County Drainage District Act.”(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 56001.

56001.  “District” as used in this part means any county drainage district formed pursuant to this part or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 56002.

56002.  “District board” as used in this part means the board of directors of a district.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 56003.

56003.  Districts may be formed, maintained and governed in any county as provided in this part.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56010.

56010.  Proceedings for the formation of a county drainage district shall be instituted by the board of supervisors of a county when a petition requesting the institution of such proceedings and signed by the requisite number of owners of real property is filed with the board. The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, each of which must comply with all of the requirements of a petition except as to the number of signatures.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56011 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56011.

56011.  A petition requesting the institution of proceedings for the formation of a county drainage district shall:(a) Request the board of supervisors of a county in which the district will be located to institute proceedings to form a county drainage district pursuant to this part;(b) Describe the boundaries of the territory which is proposed for the district;(c) Be signed by not less than 100 owners of real property within the proposed district unless the total number of owners of real property within the proposed district does not exceed 200, in which case the petition shall be signed by a majority of such owners. If the board of supervisors finds that the petition is signed by the requisite number of owners of real property residing within the territory to be included within the proposed district, that finding shall be final and conclusive.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56012 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56012.

56012.  Proceedings for the formation of a county drainage district shall be instituted by the board of supervisors by the adoption of a resolution of its intention to do so. The resolution shall contain all of the following:(a) A statement of the intention to form the district;(b) The boundaries of the proposed district or some other designation of its territorial extent;(c) The name of the proposed district;(d) The time and place where objections to the formation of the district or to its extent will be heard;(e) Instructions to the clerk of the board to publish the resolution and notices of hearing.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56013 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56013.

56013.  The district as formed may include unincorporated or incorporated and contiguous unincorporated territory. The incorporated territory included in the district may include the whole or part of one or more cities. However, the whole or part of a city shall not be included in a district except by the vote of a majority of the governing board of the city. The district shall not include the whole or any part of any other district formed for similar purposes unless the governing body of such other district shall consent thereto and the board of supervisors shall find and determine by resolution duly adopted that the proposed inclusion of the whole or part of such other district is in the best public interest and the territory affected will be benefited thereby.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56014 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56014.

56014.  The time to be fixed for the hearing of objections to the formation or extent of the district shall be not less than 30 days after the adoption of the resolution of intention to form the district by the board of supervisors. The hearing shall be held at the regular meeting place of the board of supervisors or at some place within the proposed district as specified by the board in the resolution of intention to form the district.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56015 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56015.

56015.  Prior to the time of hearing, the resolution shall be published at length in the proposed district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. Brief notices of the passage of the resolution and the time and place of the hearing may be published in the proposed district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
CA Water Code § 56016 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56016.

56016.  At the time provided in the resolution of intention or at any time to which the hearing is continued, the board of supervisors shall hear any objections to the formation of the district or to its extent. At the hearing the board of supervisors shall exclude any territory that in its opinion will not be benefited by being in the district.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56017 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56017.

56017.  If written objection to the formation of the district signed by 10 percent of the voters registered in the district is filed with the board of supervisors, it shall, and in any event it may, either adopt an order abandoning the formation of the district or order the matter of the formation of the district with the boundary lines determined at the close of the hearing submitted to the voters of the proposed district at an election.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)
CA Water Code § 56018 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56018.

56018.  At the election only voters registered in the proposed district may vote. Election precincts shall be established by the board of supervisors, and precinct boards, composed of one inspector, one judge, and one clerk shall be appointed. At least one week prior to the election notice of the election shall be published in the proposed district pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. In other particulars the election shall be conducted in the manner ordered by the board of supervisors.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
CA Water Code § 56018.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56018.1.

56018.1.  Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the county or principal county in which the territory or major portion of the territory of the proposed district is located. Such written notice shall include the name and a description of the proposed district, and may be in the form of a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the legislative body calling the district formation election.The executive officer, within five days after being notified that a district formation election has been called, shall submit to the commission, for its approval or modification, an impartial analysis of the proposed district formation. The impartial analysis shall not exceed 500 words in length and shall include a specific description of the boundaries of the district proposed to be formed. The local agency formation commission, within five days after the receipt of the executive officer’s analysis, shall approve or modify the analysis and submit it to the officials in charge of conducting the district formation election.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
CA Water Code § 56018.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56018.2.

56018.2.  The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a written argument for or a written argument against the proposed district formation.Arguments shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall be filed with the officials in charge of conducting the election not less than 54 days prior to the date of the district formation election.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
CA Water Code § 56018.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56018.3.

56018.3.  If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters.In selecting the arguments, the election officials shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following:(a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board.(b) Individual voters or bona fide associations of citizens or a combination of such voters and associations.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
CA Water Code § 56018.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56018.4.

56018.4.  The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question.The ballot pamphlet shall contain the following in the order prescribed:(a) The complete text of the proposition.(b) The impartial analysis of the proposition prepared by the local agency formation commission.(c) The argument for the proposed district formation.(d) The argument against the proposed district formation.The elections officials shall mail a ballot pamphlet to each voter entitled to vote in the district formation election at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The ballot pamphlet is “official matter” within the meaning of Section 13303 of the Elections Code.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 257. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Water Code § 56019 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 17 - DRAINAGE|PART 1 - COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 2 - Formation|Section 56019.

56019.  At the conclusion of the hearing, or if an election is held and the canvass of the election returns shows that a majority of all the votes cast in the entire proposed district were in favor of the formation of the district, the board of supervisors may, if it deems best, make an order forming the district.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.)