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CA Water Code § 31426 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 4 - Issuance|Section 31426.

31426.  The district may dispose of the bonds so issued at the times or in the manner the board deems to be to the public interest.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31427 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 4 - Issuance|Section 31427.

31427.  Any bonds issued by any district organized under the provisions of this act are hereby given the same force, value and use as bonds issued by any municipality and shall be exempt from all taxation within the State.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31428 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 4 - Issuance|Section 31428.

31428.  All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds, and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury to the credit of the proper improvement fund and applied exclusively to the purpose and object recited in the resolution provided for in Section 31391. When the purpose and object has been accomplished any moneys remaining in such improvement fund shall be transferred to the fund to be used for payment of principal and interest on the bonds. When the purpose and object has been accomplished and all principal and interest on the bonds have been paid, any balance of money then remaining shall be transferred to the general fund.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2003.)
CA Water Code § 31429 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 4 - Issuance|Section 31429.

31429.  When the board determines by resolution that the expenditure of money raised by the sale of bonds for the purpose for which the bonds were voted is impractical or unwise, it may call a special election to obtain the consent of the electors to use the money for some other specified district purpose.The election procedure shall be the same as when the bond proposition was originally submitted.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2003.)
CA Water Code § 31440 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 5 - Refunding|Section 31440.

31440.  The board may, by resolution, do the following:(a) Submit to the voters a measure to issue new bonds to refund any or all of the district bonds outstanding.(b) Submit to the voters of any improvement district of the district a measure to issue new bonds to refund any improvement district bonds outstanding.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31441 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 5 - Refunding|Section 31441.

31441.  The measure may be voted on at any district election.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31442 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 5 - Refunding|Section 31442.

31442.  The procedure upon the election shall be in accordance, so far as applicable, with the procedure upon an original issue of bonds, except that:(a) No hearing need be held upon the question whether the bond issue will benefit the entire district or only a portion thereof.(b) The vote of a majority of the voters voting upon the measure is sufficient to authorize the issue of refunding bonds.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31443 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 5 - Refunding|Section 31443.

31443.  The refunding bonds shall not bear a higher rate of interest than the bonds to be refunded and may be issued and sold in the manner and form prescribed for an original issue of bonds.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31444 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 5 - Refunding|Section 31444.

31444.  Refunding bonds may, if the holders of bonds of an original issue and the board so agree, be exchanged for original bonds.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31445 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 5 - Refunding|Section 31445.

31445.  The face value of refunding bonds exchanged for original bonds shall not exceed the face value of the original bonds.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31446 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 5 - Refunding|Section 31446.

31446.  The board may raise money by water rates or taxes to pay principal and interest of the refunding bonds in the same manner as prescribed for payment of bonds of an original issue.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31460 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 6 - Callable Bonds|Section 31460.

31460.  Any bonds issued by the district may be subject to call and redemption prior to maturity at such times and prices and upon such other terms as the board may specify.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1567.)
CA Water Code § 31461 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 6 - Callable Bonds|Section 31461.

31461.  When bonds are made callable, a statement to that effect shall be set forth on the face of the bond.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31480 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds|Section 31480.

31480.  Subject to the provisions of this article, a district may borrow money to provide funds to pay all costs of any public improvement authorized by this part and may issue revenue bonds to evidence the indebtedness created by such borrowing.Such revenue bonds shall constitute special obligations and evidence a special indebtedness of the district which shall be a charge upon, and payable, as to the principal thereof, interest thereon, and any premiums upon the redemption of any thereof, solely from, such revenues and funds as are specified therein and in the proceeding for their issuance. They shall not constitute general obligations of the district and they shall neither constitute obligations nor evidence any indebtedness of any other public agency of which the district may be a part, or of the State.All such bonds shall recite upon their face the substance of the preceding portions of this section and shall also recite upon their face that they are issued under this article.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1590.)
CA Water Code § 31481 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds|Section 31481.

31481.  Revenue bonds under this article shall be authorized, issued and sold in the same manner as are revenue bonds of irrigation districts under Division 11 of this code and shall in all respects conform to the provisions of that part as near as such provisions can be made applicable.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1590.)
CA Water Code § 31482 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Bonds|ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds|Section 31482.

31482.  The Contra Costa Water District may provide for bonds of the district to bear a variable interest rate, which rate shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by Section 53531 of the Government Code or any other applicable provision. If the rate of interest is variable, the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 31391 shall state the manner and intervals at which the rate shall vary, and all bonds shall recite on their face the manner and the intervals at which the rate may vary.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 505, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 31500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements|Section 31500.

31500.  Whenever, in the opinion of the board, the public interest or convenience may require, it may order to be done in, under, or upon the whole or any portion of any one or more of the streets or public places of the district, or any property or rights of way owned by the district, any work or improvement for supplying or distributing an irrigation, domestic, or other water supply or for fire protection, or for collecting, treating, and disposing of sewage, waste, and storm waters, and provide that the cost thereof shall be assessed upon the lots and lands fronting on the streets or public places, or upon any district to be assessed therefor, which district need not be composed of lands contiguous to each other.(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 451.)
CA Water Code § 31501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements|Section 31501.

31501.  The work or improvement shall be done and the cost thereof assessed and collected in accordance with the procedure and in pursuance of the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements|Section 31502.

31502.  The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 is also applicable to districts.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)
CA Water Code § 31503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements|Section 31503.

31503.  The Improvement Bond Act of 1915 is also so applicable for use in conjunction with the Improvement Act of 1911 or with other improvement acts.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements|Section 31504.

31504.  Such acts or any of them may be used in the discretion of the board of directors in the contruction of any work to be done or improvements made under this act and in the levying of assessments and reassessments and the issuing of bonds to pay for costs and expenses of the work and improvements done or to be done hereunder.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements|Section 31506.

31506.  A district may enter into an agreement with any municipality within the district whereby any work or improvement constructed pursuant to the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 may be transferred to the municipality for operation and maintenance. The power to make such an agreement is conditioned upon a finding by the board that the residents of the district would be better served by such municipal operation and maintenance.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1030.)
CA Water Code § 31520 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms|Section 31520.

31520.  As used in the laws referred to in this chapter the terms therefrom set forth in this article refer for the purposes of this chapter to that which this article states each respectively refers.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31521 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms|Section 31521.

31521.  “City” refers to county water district.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31522 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms|Section 31522.

31522.  “City council” or “legislative body” refers to the board of directors of the county water district.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31523 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms|Section 31523.

31523.  “Mayor” refers to the president of the board of directors of the county water district.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31524 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms|Section 31524.

31524.  “Clerk” refers to the secretary of the board of directors of the county water district.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31525 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms|Section 31525.

31525.  “Council chambers” refers to the place designated by the board of directors of the county water district for holding its regular meetings.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31526 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms|Section 31526.

31526.  “Treasurer” refers to the auditor of the county water district, unless the district elects to use the county treasurer as provided in Section 31305, in which case it is the county treasurer as ex officio treasurer of the district.(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1318.)
CA Water Code § 31527 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms|Section 31527.

31527.  “Superintendent of streets” or “street superintendent” and “city engineer” refer to the engineer of the county water district.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31528 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms|Section 31528.

31528.  “Right of way” refers to any parcel of land through which a right of way has been granted to the county water district for any purpose.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31529 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms|Section 31529.

31529.  All words relating to municipal officers and matters refer to the corresponding officers of county water districts and matters under this division.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31545 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work|Section 31545.

31545.  The board may appoint officers other than the engineer, without compensation, as the officer to perform any or all of the duties conferred upon the street superintendent or city engineer in any law referred to in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31546 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work|Section 31546.

31546.  The board may appoint an engineer of work, in which event the duties to be performed by the city engineer as set forth in any law referred to in this chapter shall be performed by the engineer of work, whose compensation and expenses shall constitute an incidental expense in the cost of the work.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31547 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work|Section 31547.

31547.  The board may provide that the work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer of work, that the materials used shall comply with his specifications and be to his satisfaction, and that he shall make and sign the assessment.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31548 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts|ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work|Section 31548.

31548.  The contract shall be entered into by the engineer, and the assessment and warrant, when confirmed, shall be recorded in the office of the engineer.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31585 (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 1 - In General|Section 31585.

31585.  The provisions of this chapter are in addition to the provisions of Sections 31388 and 31389, the provisions of Sections 31500 to 31548, inclusive, and the provisions of Sections 31575 to 31577, inclusive.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31586 (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 1 - In General|Section 31586.

31586.  Division 4 (commencing at Section 2800) of the Streets and Highways Code shall not be applicable to the formation of any improvement district pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31595 (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 31595.

31595.  Improvement districts may be formed to undertake projects to investigate, study, analyze, appraise, finance, acquire, and carry out any of the objects or purposes of this division of special benefit to such improvement districts, including, without limitation, projects to construct, operate, maintain, extend, repair or improve any work or improvement of special benefit to such improvement districts.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31596 (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 31596.

31596.  The formation of an improvement district shall be instituted by a resolution of the board which shall contain the following:(a) A description of the boundaries of the improvement district proposed to be formed;(b) A brief general description of the project to be undertaken within such improvement district;(c) A finding that the project will be a special benefit to such improvement district;(d) A statement of the board’s intention to undertake the project;(e) An estimate of the cost of the project;(f) The method by which the project is proposed to be financed. To the extent that the project is to be financed by taxes levied in such improvement district, for purposes other than the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, the proposed maximum amount of such tax which may be levied in any year, which maximum shall not exceed seventy-five cents ($0.75) per one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of the taxable property in such improvement district. To the extent that the project is to be financed by incurring a bonded indebtedness the resolution shall also comply with Section 31370. To the extent that the project is to be financed by taxes levied in such improvement district, for purposes other than the payment of the principal and interest on bonds, and said taxes are levied pursuant to Section 31703.7 of the Water Code, the proposed maximum amount of such tax which may be levied in any year, which maximum shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of the land in such improvement district.(g) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the formation of the proposed improvement district, on the boundaries thereof, on the project proposed to be undertaken therein and on the method by which the project is proposed to be financed.(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 441.)
CA Water Code § 31597 (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 31597.

31597.  The secretary shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing by causing a notice thereof to be published for the time provided by Section 31371 in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the proposed improvement district, but if there is no such newspaper, then one within the district, but if there is no such newspaper, then one within the county in which the proposed improvement district is situated. Said publication shall be completed at least seven days prior to said hearing. The secretary shall also cause the notice to be posted in five conspicuous places within the proposed improvement district at least 10 days prior to said hearing.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31598 (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 31598.

31598.  The notice shall contain a copy of the resolution and a designation of a public place within the district where a copy of a map of the proposed improvement district may be seen by any interested person.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
CA Water Code § 31599 (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 31599.

31599.  At the time and place fixed for the hearing, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing and shall consider all written and oral objections to any matters set forth in the resolution. Any person may appear at the hearing and present any matters material to the subject thereof.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)