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CA Water Code § 33201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 33201.

33201.  The State and the people thereof have a primary and supreme interest in securing to the inhabitants, property owners and water users within the City of Costa Mesa, the Newport Heights Irrigation District, the Fairview County Water District, and the Newport Mesa County Water District, the greatest possible efficient use and conservation of waters, both local and imported, that may be accomplished economically. Investigation has shown that the water supply problem of the Costa Mesa area and of Orange County is peculiar to that area and it is hereby declared that a general law cannot be made applicable thereto. It is hereby declared necessary for the proper reorganization of water supply, storage, conservation and use that this part be adopted to provide the means of eliminating expensive and wasteful duplication of water systems and securing a greater economy and efficiency of administration.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 33202.

33202.  The City of Costa Mesa was incorporated on June 29, 1953, primarily for the purpose of providing municipal functions and services, including the providing of a water supply to its area; the Newport Heights Irrigation District was formed on August 5, 1918, primarily for providing a water supply to its land and inhabitants; the Fairview County Water District was formed on October 5, 1946, primarily for supplying water to its lands and inhabitants; and the Newport Mesa County Water District was formed on July 26, 1954, primarily for the purpose of supplying water to its land and inhabitants and to replace the Newport Mesa Irrigation District; that there is an overlapping, in whole or in part, of some of these districts and total contiguity, in that all of the districts and the city form a single contiguous unit. The new Costa Mesa County Water District, if formed, will include substantially all of the City of Costa Mesa within its boundaries.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 33203.

33203.  This part is enacted partially under the authority expressly granted in Section 13 of Article XI of the Constitution of this State.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 33204.

33204.  This part shall be given a liberal construction for the purpose of sustaining any and all proceedings taken hereunder.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 33205.

33205.  Nothing in this part shall impair or adversely affect any right of any bondholder or creditor of any of the districts involved in this merger or of the City of Costa Mesa.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33206 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 33206.

33206.  For the purpose of accomplishing the dissolution, merger, and creation of the new district, the City of Costa Mesa may participate to the extent of transferring its water system and appurtenances and contributing its share of funds for the operation of the new district.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33207 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 33207.

33207.  The name of the Costa Mesa County Water District as created pursuant to this part is hereby changed to the Mesa Consolidated Water District. Any reference in this part to the Costa Mesa County Water District shall hereafter be deemed to refer to the Mesa Consolidated Water District.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 634.)
CA Water Code § 33216 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 2 - Merger|Section 33216.

33216.  The name of the new district which succeeds the preceding districts and the city water system is “Costa Mesa County Water District.”(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33217 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 2 - Merger|Section 33217.

33217.  The new district is a public agency of the State and shall in all respects be operated, managed and governed as provided by law for county water districts generally.(Amended by Stats. 1962, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 57.)
CA Water Code § 33218 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 2 - Merger|Section 33218.

33218.  The Newport Heights Irrigation District, Fairview County Water District, the Newport Mesa County Water District, and the Newport Mesa Irrigation District are hereby dissolved and for all purposes shall cease to exist as herein provided. The Costa Mesa County Water District shall and does hereby succeed to all the properties and rights of said districts, and the water system, facilities, and appurtenances of the City of Costa Mesa.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33219 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 2 - Merger|Section 33219.

33219.  The dissolution of the Fairview County Water District, the Newport Mesa County Water District, the Newport Heights Irrigation District, and the Newport Mesa Irrigation District, and their merger into the Costa Mesa County Water District, shall occur and be considered completed for all purposes on the first day of the second month following the sixty-first day after the effective date of this part, unless there has been filed with any of the districts or the City of Costa Mesa a petition signed by at least 5 percent of the registered voters of the area comprising all of the districts and the City of Costa Mesa requesting that an election be held for the purpose of approving or disapproving the dissolution, merger and creation of the new district by popular vote. If such petition is filed and found to be valid, the election shall be held as quickly as possible and pursuant to the general provisions for holding elections as provided for county water districts, beginning with Section 30700 of the Water Code. The certification of the results of the election, if held, shall determine whether the dissolution, merger and creation of the new Costa Mesa County Water District has been accomplished.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33220 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 2 - Merger|Section 33220.

33220.  The boards of directors of the Newport Heights Irrigation District, Fairview County Water District, the Newport Mesa County Water District, and the city council of the City of Costa Mesa, may adopt, any time prior to the first day of the second month following the sixty-first day after this part becomes effective, resolutions approving the dissolution of their districts and merger into the Costa Mesa County Water District pursuant to the provisions of this part. The failure of any of these districts or the city to adopt such a resolution shall not prevent the dissolution, merger and creation of the Costa Mesa County Water District, but shall only prevent the dissolution, merger and transfer of such district or city system as provided in this part. The territory of any district or city not adopting such resolution shall be excluded from Section 33215 hereof and shall not be part of the Costa Mesa County Water District as provided in this part.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33221 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 2 - Merger|Section 33221.

33221.  As the Newport Mesa Irrigation District has been inactive for a number of years by reason of the formation of an overlapping district known as the Newport Mesa County Water District, action by its directors, if any, shall not be necessary for approval of this part. The Newport Mesa Irrigation District is hereby dissolved and any property of the Newport Mesa Irrigation District not already transferred to the Newport Mesa County Water District is hereby transferred.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33222 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 2 - Merger|Section 33222.

33222.  On the first day of the second month following the sixty-first day after the effective date of this part, and if the districts and the city have adopted the resolutions approving this part as herein provided, and if no petition bearing at least 5 percent of the signatures of the registered voters of the area in the districts and the city has been filed requesting an election, the dissolution of the named districts and their merger into and the formation of the new Costa Mesa County Water District shall occur without further action by any of the districts or the city. All of the facilities, properties, assets and liabilities of all the districts are hereby transferred on such date to the Costa Mesa County Water District. The water system and its appurtenances of the City of Costa Mesa are, pursuant to the city’s resolution approving same, transferred as of that date to the Costa Mesa County Water District.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33223 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 2 - Merger|Section 33223.

33223.  The boards of directors of the Newport Heights Irrigation District, Fairview County Water District, and Newport Mesa County Water District, and the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, shall cause to be recorded with the Recorder of Orange County a certified copy of their resolutions approving the dissolution, merger and creation of the Costa Mesa County Water District as provided in this part. Said resolutions for recording shall include the boundary description of the district or city adopting.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33224 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 2 - Merger|Section 33224.

33224.  Any assessments levied by or on behalf of the districts, or any bills or statements rendered by or on behalf of the districts, being dissolved and merged into the new Costa Mesa County Water District shall continue to be a debt or obligation of the person or property against whom levied, assessed or rendered.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33240 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District|Section 33240.

33240.  Except as in this part expressly provided, the new Costa Mesa County Water District shall be in all respects operated, managed and governed, its directors and officers shall be elected or appointed, and its revenue shall be raised and expended, as provided by law for county water districts generally.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33241 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District|Section 33241.

33241.  Any and all actions and proceedings pending by or against any of the districts dissolved hereby at the time of their dissolution and merger into the new district may be prosecuted to final judgment for or against said districts, or the new Costa Mesa County Water District may be substituted as a party.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33242 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District|Section 33242.

33242.  After the effective date of the dissolution and merger of the districts into the new Costa Mesa County Water District, no action or proceeding shall be brought for or against the dissolved and merged districts or their directors or officers or employees, but shall be prosecuted by or against the Costa Mesa County Water District.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33243 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District|Section 33243.

33243.  All outstanding bonded and other indebtednesses of the dissolved and merged districts are hereby assumed by the Costa Mesa County Water District, and all bondholders and creditors of such districts may enforce any rights they may have against the Costa Mesa County Water District in like manner as if the districts had not been dissolved and merged into the Costa Mesa County Water District. All property subject to taxation or assessment for the payment of the principal of or interest on any such outstanding bonded and other indebtedness shall, until such principal and interest is paid or provision is made for the payment thereof, continue to be subject to such taxation or assessment as fully as though said districts had not been merged or dissolved, and all provisions of law which could have been used against the legislative bodies and officers of the merged or dissolved districts to compel the levy and collection of such taxes or assessments had the merger or dissolution not occurred can be used against the board of directors and officers of the Costa Mesa County Water District. As the City of Costa Mesa has no present bonded indebtedness, the new Costa Mesa County Water District is not assuming any present or future indebtedness of the City of Costa Mesa.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33244 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District|Section 33244.

33244.  Upon the dissolution of the named districts, their merger into the Costa Mesa County Water District, and the transfer of the water system by the City of Costa Mesa to the Costa Mesa County Water District as in this part provided, there shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Costa Mesa County Water District a sum equal to three dollars ($3) for each connected consumer by each of the districts and the City of Costa Mesa. All other funds of the district shall be transferred to special accounts for the payment of bond principal and interest of the respective assessment districts as provided in this part. Any surplus remaining after the payment of all bonded indebtedness or after setting aside sufficient funds to pay all bonded indebtedness shall remain in the special fund for the benefit of the territory of the district from which the funds were collected, and shall be used from time to time, until expended, for capital improvements within such territory.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33245 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District|Section 33245.

33245.  The boards of directors of the Newport Heights Irrigation District, the Fairview County Water District, and the Newport Mesa County Water District, and the city council of the City of Costa Mesa, shall, on or before the first day of the first month following the sixty-first day after this part becomes effective, appoint by resolution a director to serve as a director of the Costa Mesa County Water District. The four directors so appointed shall, within 60 days thereafter, appoint the fifth director. If they for any reason should fail to appoint such a director within the time allowed, the board of supervisors of the County of Orange shall appoint such director. If any of the districts or the city fail to appoint a director as herein provided, the directors who are appointed as herein provided shall consider such office vacant and make an appointment therefor. The directors so appointed shall proceed as provided in Water Code Sections 30520 and following, to organize the board, elect officers, and proceed to govern the affairs of the Costa Mesa County Water District. Any director so appointed must qualify as provided by county water district law, and the first directors shall classify themselves by lot as provided in Water Code Section 30501.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33246 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District|Section 33246.

33246.  The board of directors of the Costa Mesa County Water District shall, as soon as possible after the formation of the district, cause an appraisal to be made of all operating (other than pipelines, wells, reservoirs and appurtenances) and non-operating assets acquired from each district and the city. The non-operating assets shall be sold as soon as practicable and the proceeds therefrom credited to the district or city from which received. The operating assets necessary for the proper functioning of the integrated system shall be retained and all surplus operating property shall be sold and the proceeds therefrom credited to the agency from which received. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Costa Mesa County Water District equalize as much as reasonably possible the contribution of retained operating property (other than pipelines, wells, reservoirs and appurtenances) by each of the agencies.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33247 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District|Section 33247.

33247.  The Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa County Water District shall, by January 1, 1977, adopt a resolution dividing the Costa Mesa County Water District into five divisions as nearly equal in population as practicable for the purpose of electing directors thereafter by divisions, as provided in Article 1 (commencing at Section 30730) of Chapter 2, Part 4, Division 12 of the Water Code.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 678.)
CA Water Code § 33248 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District|Section 33248.

33248.  The districts and the city shall, pursuant to this part, execute any and all documents necessary to complete the transfer of assets as herein provided.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 33249 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER|CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District|Section 33249.

33249.  The Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa County Water District shall enforce the same or similar provisions as Ordinance No. 122 of the City of Costa Mesa, respecting extension of water mains and costs thereof and the requirement of annexation to the City of Costa Mesa for water service in the area formerly served by the city system and the contiguous area northerly and easterly thereof, until the full amount of the funds advanced or hereafter advanced by the city for mainline extension, reservoir or well purposes has been collected and refunded to the city.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
CA Water Code § 34000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Short Title|Section 34000.

34000.  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Water District Law.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
CA Water Code § 34010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34010.

34010.  Unless the context otherwise requires the provisions of this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
CA Water Code § 34011 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34011.

34011.  The definition of a word applies to any of its variants.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
CA Water Code § 34012 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34012.

34012.  “Include” except when used in relation to the inclusion of land into a district does not necessarily exclude matters not enumerated.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
CA Water Code § 34013 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34013.

34013.  “District” except as otherwise provided means a water district formed pursuant to the California Water District Act or to this division.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
CA Water Code § 34014 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34014.

34014.  “Land” means the solid material of the earth whatever may be the ingredients of which it is composed, whether soil, rock, or other substance, but there shall not be included in the meaning of land improvements thereon or rights and privileges appertaining to minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances underlying the surface thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2041.)
CA Water Code § 34015 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34015.

34015.  “Principal county” means the county in which the greatest portion of the area of the land is situated at the time of the filing of the petition for formation of the district or to which district records are transferred pursuant to Chapter 6 of Part 2.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
CA Water Code § 34016 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34016.

34016.  “Affected county” means any county in which land is situated.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
CA Water Code § 34017 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34017.

34017.  “Office” means the office for the district selected by the board.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
CA Water Code § 34018 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34018.

34018.  Except as otherwise provided, “board” means the board of directors of a district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
CA Water Code § 34019 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34019.

34019.  “Elective officers,” irrespective of the method of selection in any instance, (1) are the members of the board and (2) may be an assessor and a tax collector.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 206.)
CA Water Code § 34020 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 34020.

34020.  “President” means the president of the board.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)