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CA Water Code § 50121 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands|Section 50121.

50121.  A purchaser of public lands within a district has all the rights and privileges enjoyed by the original signers of the by-laws of the district upon payment of all charges assessed against the land for the cost and expense of reclamation, with interest from the date such charges became due.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1745.)
CA Water Code § 50123 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands|Section 50123.

50123.  When the board, or landowners in districts having no board, certify under oath to the board of supervisors and show to its satisfaction that the reclamation works are completed, or that two dollars ($2) per acre has been expended for reclamation works on swamp or overflowed lands purchased pursuant to an application filed with the State Lands Commission prior to September 19, 1939, the board of supervisors shall certify such facts to the State Lands Commission.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1745.)
CA Water Code § 50124 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands|Section 50124.

50124.  The State Lands Commission, upon receipt of the certification from the board of supervisors, shall forward to the treasurer of each county in which any part of the district is situated a statement showing the amount paid by each purchaser, including interest.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1745.)
CA Water Code § 50126 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands|Section 50126.

50126.  The county treasurer, upon receipt of the statement from the State Lands Commission showing the amounts paid by each purchaser of swamp and overflowed lands in the district, shall, after deducting all amounts chargeable against the lands in the district by reason of moneys drawn from the “swamp-land fund” of the county, pay the balance thereof pro rata to the original purchasers of land in the district, or their heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1745.)
CA Water Code § 50127 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands|Section 50127.

50127.  No distribution of the “swamp-land fund” shall be made pursuant to Section 50126 while the district has an outstanding indebtedness represented by Controller’s warrants drawn on the State Treasury.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50128 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands|Section 50128.

50128.  When the purchasers of swamp and overflowed lands have paid for such lands in full, the board may allow a credit of one dollar ($1) per acre on any unpaid or future assessment levied for reclamation purposes on all other lands in the district.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1745.)
CA Water Code § 50129 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands|Section 50129.

50129.  No credit shall be given, or agreed to be given, until the landowner has paid all assessments levied on the lands, with interest thereon at the rate of 7 percent per year from date of delinguency, and all judgments therefor in full, less the amount of such credit.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50130 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands|Section 50130.

50130.  No credit shall be given, or agreed to be given to any landowner who has previously received such credit.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50140 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 4 - Damage to Reclamation Works|Section 50140.

50140.  Any person who cuts, injures, or destroys reclamation works in any district, is responsible for all damages occasioned thereby to such works.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50141 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 4 - Damage to Reclamation Works|Section 50141.

50141.  An action for damages caused by cutting, injuring, or destroying reclamation works may be commenced in the superior court of any county in which the works are situated, in the names of the trustees of the district. If there is no board, the action may be brought in the name of any landowner in the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50142 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 4 - Damage to Reclamation Works|Section 50142.

50142.  Damages recovered in the action shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the action is brought, who shall credit the amount to the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50145 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 4.5 - Claims|Section 50145.

50145.  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 § 50151 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 5 - Actions Against Districts|Section 50151.

50151.  An action against any person by reason of his official connection with a district, or against the board, or the district, shall be instituted and tried in the proper court in the principal county. No court in any other county shall have jurisdiction over such action.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50153 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 5 - Actions Against Districts|Section 50153.

50153.  Any landowner may maintain an action on behalf of his district in the superior court of the county in which any part of the district is situated against a member of the board and his sureties upon his bond for any improper disbursement from the revolving fund.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50154 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 5 - Actions Against Districts|Section 50154.

50154.  Any landowner may maintain an action on behalf of his district in the superior court of a county in which any part of the district is situated against a member of the board for an improper disbursement of any district funds made with the member’s consent.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50160 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 6 - Evidence of Value and Ownership|Section 50160.

50160.  For all purposes relating to signing petitions and bylaws and voting, the last equalized tax roll for each county wherein any district land is situated is sufficient evidence of ownership and of value of lands in the district.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1763.)
CA Water Code § 50170 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 7 - Landowners Representatives|Section 50170.

50170.  Guardians, conservators, executors, administrators and other persons holding land in a trust capacity under appointment of court may sign petitions or bylaws or vote without obtaining special authority therefor. Corporation landowners may sign petitions or bylaws or vote by action of their legal representatives.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 730.)
CA Water Code § 50300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 1 - Form and Publication|Section 50300.

50300.  A petition for the formation of a district, verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners, may be presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting thereof by:(a) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, susceptible of one mode of reclamation who desire to reclaim the land.(b) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands susceptible of one mode of reclamation, and already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in any district, who desire to form a district for the maintenance, protection, or repair of the reclamation works, in, upon, or appertaining to such body of lands, or for the completion of the reclamation thereof.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 1 - Form and Publication|Section 50301.

50301.  The petition shall state that petitioners desire to reclaim the land, or that the land has been reclaimed, or that the reclamation is in progress, and shall contain:(a) A description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district.(b) A statement as to the total number of acres situated within the exterior boundaries.(c) The name of each owner of record of real property situated within the exterior boundaries.(d) The name of each county within which the proposed district lies, and if in more than one county, the number of acres of the district in each county.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 1 - Form and Publication|Section 50302.

50302.  The petition shall be published once a week for two weeks preceding the hearing thereof in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county with a notice of the time when the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 1 - Form and Publication|Section 50303.

50303.  An affidavit of publication shall be filed with the petition.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50310 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 2 - Approval|Section 50310.

50310.  If the board of supervisors finds, on the hearing of the petition, that the statements therein are correct, it shall make an order approving the petition.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50311 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 2 - Approval|Section 50311.

50311.  If it is shown that any land is improperly included in the proposed district, the board of supervisors shall, in its order, exclude the same therefrom.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50312 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 2 - Approval|Section 50312.

50312.  If the board of supervisors concludes that lands susceptible of the same mode of reclamation are improperly omitted from the proposed district, and the owners thereof have not appeared at the hearing, it shall continue the hearing on the petition, and direct that notice be given to the nonappearing landowners to appear before the board of supervisors, and show cause, why their lands should not be included in the proposed district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50313 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 2 - Approval|Section 50313.

50313.  The notice to nonappearing landowners shall be given either by publication in the same manner and for the same period as the orginal petition, or by personal service on each such landowner.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50314 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 2 - Approval|Section 50314.

50314.  If the notice is given by personal service, the service shall be made at least three days prior to the date fixed for the further hearing.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50315 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 2 - Approval|Section 50315.

50315.  Proof of publication or personal service of the notice shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors on or before the day to which the hearing is continued.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50316 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 2 - Approval|Section 50316.

50316.  The board of supervisors may further continue the hearing from time to time, by order entered upon its minutes, to the end that a full hearing may be had.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50317 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 2 - Approval|Section 50317.

50317.  Upon the final hearing on the petition the board of supervisors shall make an order approving the petition, as originally presented, or in a modified form.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50318 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 2 - Approval|Section 50318.

50318.  The order, signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors, and attested by the clerk thereof, shall describe the exterior boundaries of the district, as determined by the board of supervisors, and shall be indorsed upon or attached to the petition.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50330 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording|Section 50330.

50330.  The petition, with the order of the board of supervisors endorsed thereon or attached thereto, shall be recorded by the county recorder.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)
CA Water Code § 50331 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording|Section 50331.

50331.  When a district is situated partly in different counties, the board, after the petition has been granted, shall forward a copy of the petition and the order approving the same to the clerk of the board of supervisors of each of the counties in which any portion of the district is situated.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50332 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording|Section 50332.

50332.  A copy of the petition and order of the board of supervisors approving the same, certified by the county clerk, shall be forwarded to the State Lands Commission which shall thereupon forward to the county treasurer a statement showing the names of purchasers of public land in the district who have paid in full therefor.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
CA Water Code § 50333 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording|Section 50333.

50333.  The State Lands Commission, upon the receipt of a copy of a petition, or certificate of the county clerk that a district has been formed, shall number the district and send a notice containing the number so assigned to the county recorder of the county from which the copy or certificate came.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)
CA Water Code § 50334 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording|Section 50334.

50334.  The county recorder, upon receipt of the notice from the State Lands Commission, shall record the same, and the district shall thereafter be known and designated by the number shown in said notice.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)
CA Water Code § 50335 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition|ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording|Section 50335.

50335.  Districts organized before May 28, 1868, may retain their respective numbers.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50730 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Elections|ARTICLE 1 - Calling|Section 50730.

50730.  There shall be an election in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year at such place in or near the district as designated by the board. The costs of the election shall be a charge upon the district.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 218.)
CA Water Code § 50731 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Elections|ARTICLE 1 - Calling|Section 50731.

50731.  In addition to the regular election under Section 50730, upon receipt of a recommendation of the board of trustees or upon receipt of a verified petition of 20 percent of the landowners who, together, own at least 20 percent in value of the lands in the district, as determined from the last tax roll of the county, the board of supervisors shall appoint a time, not less than 75 days or more than 90 days after receipt of the petition, and place for holding a general district election for the unexpired term of the trustees then serving.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 824, Sec. 4. Effective September 15, 1986.)
CA Water Code § 50731.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Elections|ARTICLE 1 - Calling|Section 50731.5.

50731.5.  (a) Nominations for the office of trustee shall be made by petition filed with the secretary not earlier than 75 days or later than 5 p.m. on the 54th day before the election.(b) The petition shall be signed as follows:(1) If there are 15 or more qualified voters in the district, by five or more qualified voters.(2) If there are less than 15 qualified voters in the district, by one or more qualified voters.(c) Notice that the petitions may be received shall be published once by the secretary at least seven days prior to the final date for receiving petitions. If the election includes the balance of an unexpired term, the notice shall state that the petition must indicate whether the nomination is for that unexpired term. The notice shall be published in a newspaper in each county in which any of the district lands are situated, if any newspaper is published therein, and if not, in a newspaper having general circulation therein.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 454, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Water Code § 50731.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Elections|ARTICLE 1 - Calling|Section 50731.6.

50731.6.  The nomination petition shall be in substantially the following form: Official Filing Petition Nomination of CandidateWe, the undersigned voters of Reclamation District No. ____, hereby nominate ___________ (name of candidate) for the office of Trustee of the District for a term of ____ years.NameDateResidenceAffidavit of CirculatorState of California ⎫County of ⎭ss.__________ (name of circulator), being duly sworn, deposes and says:That __________ (he/she) circulated the foregoing petition and saw all the signa­tures appended thereto and knows that they are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be. _____  _____ (Signature of circulator)Subscribed and sworn to before methis ___ day of ________, 20__.Notary Public in and for the Countyof ____, State of California.My commission expires ____. _____  Affidavit of NomineeState of California  ⎫County of ⎭ss._________ (name of nominee), being duly sworn, says that he/she is the above-named nominee for the office of _____ (office), that he/she will accept the office in the event of his/her election, that he/she desires his/her name to appear on the ballot as follows:(Print name above)that he/she desires the following occupational designation, containing not more than three words, to appear on the ballot under his/her name, and that this designation is correct.(Print desired designation, if any, above) _____  _____ (Signature of nominee)Subscribed and sworn to before methis ___ day of ________, 20__.Notary Public in and for the Countyof ____, State of California.My commission expires ____. _____ (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 454, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Water Code § 50732 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Elections|ARTICLE 1 - Calling|Section 50732.

50732.  Notice of the election shall be published by the secretary once a week for four weeks beginning not less than one month prior to the date of election in the same newspaper or newspapers used for publication of the notice calling for nomination petitions.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 218.)
CA Water Code § 50740 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Elections|ARTICLE 1.5 - Appointments in Lieu of Election|Section 50740.

50740.  If by 5 p.m. on the 54th day prior to a general district election the number of nominees does not exceed the number of trustees to be elected and if a petition signed by 5 percent of the voters requesting that the election be held has not been presented to the board, an election shall not be held.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 218.)
CA Water Code § 50741 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 2 - General Elections|ARTICLE 1.5 - Appointments in Lieu of Election|Section 50741.

50741.  When no election is held pursuant to Section 50740 then the board of supervisors shall appoint those nominated for the positions of trustee, and if no person has been nominated for said position, the board of supervisors shall appoint any qualified person or persons. In lieu of the notice provided in Section 50732, notice shall than be published only once stating that the board of supervisors will appoint the trustees and that no election will be held.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 218.)