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CA Water Code § 31033 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 2 - Water|Section 31033.

31033.  A district may drain and reclaim lands within the district either by surface or underground works or both; and may acquire, by appropriation or other lawful means, and divert, store, conserve, transport or dispose of water resulting from such operations; and may acquire, by appropriation or other lawful means, and divert, store, conserve, transport or dispose of flood and storm water within the district, and flood and storm water of streams or watercourses outside of the district which flow into the district, for any beneficial purpose or use.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1565.)
CA Water Code § 31034 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 2 - Water|Section 31034.

31034.  If a public utility subject to the control and regulation of the Public Utilities Commission petitions the Public Utilities Commission to extend its water service or to establish water service within a district or any area served by a district, prior to acting on the petition the Public Utilities Commission shall notify the district of such petition where the district has previously filed with the public Utilities Commission a request to be notified of such petitions which request contains a description of the boundaries of the district and any area outside of the district boundaries which is served by the district.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1657.)
CA Water Code § 31035 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 2 - Water|Section 31035.

31035.  A district may undertake a water conservation program to reduce water use and may require as a condition of new service that reasonable water-saving devices and water reclamation devices be installed to reduce water use.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31035.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 2 - Water|Section 31035.1.

31035.1.  A district which includes territory in Monterey County and which has adopted an ordinance to require water conservation and to prevent waste, may provide that violation of the ordinance is an infraction or nuisance, with penalties as provided by Section 31029.1.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 25.7. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 31040 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31040.

31040.  A district may take any property necessary to carry out the business of the district by grant, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease with or without the privilege of purchase.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)
CA Water Code § 31041 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31041.

31041.  A district may hold, use, enjoy, lease, or dispose of property within or without the district necessary to the full exercise of its powers.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31042 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31042.

31042.  A district may construct, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire works, water rights, land, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or otherwise make use of water for any purposes authorized by this division.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31045 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31045.

31045.  A district may, on terms and conditions agreed upon by the board and the board of directors of a municipal water district formed pursuant to the Municipal Water District Act of 1911:(a) Transfer, sell, lease, or convey to the municipal water district any works, land, or structures within any improvement district formed pursuant to any of the provisions of this division.(b) Transfer to the municipal water district the proceeds of any bonds theretofore authorized by or for the improvement district.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31046 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31046.

31046.  A district may sell or lease the mineral or hydrocarbon rights in any land belonging to it when deemed by the board for the best interest of the district.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31047 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31047.

31047.  A district may control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recapture and salvage any water, including sewage and storm waters, for the beneficial use or uses of the district or its inhabitants or the owners of rights to water therein.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 695.)
CA Water Code § 31048 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31048.

31048.  A district may cooperate, act in conjunction and contract with the State of California or any agency thereof, municipalities, public and private corporations of any kind, and persons with respect to the salvage, control, storage, spreading, distribution, treatment, purification, and recapture of any waters, including sewage and storm waters, and the construction of any works, the acquisition of any property, or the doing of any act with respect thereto, or for the protection of property, watersheds, water courses, and underground water supplies, and for the use, operation, management, or control of any public works or property.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 695.)
CA Water Code § 31049 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31049.

31049.  A district may make and perform any agreement with the State of California or any agency thereof, any public or private corporation of any kind, and any person, or any of them for the joint construction, acquisition, disposition or operation of any property or works of a kind which might be constructed, acquired, disposed of or operated by the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 695.)
CA Water Code § 31049.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31049.1.

31049.1.  (a) The South Coast Water District may contract for the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project in compliance with the following:(1) Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 5956) of Division 6 of Title 1 of the Government Code, except that the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project shall not constitute a state project within the meaning of Section 5956.10 of the Government Code.(2) Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(3) This division.(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 500, Sec. 1. (AB 1752) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.)
CA Water Code § 31051 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31051.

31051.  A district may acquire by any means stock of any mutual water company or corporation for the purpose of furnishing a supply of water for public, municipal or governmental purposes.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1652.)
CA Water Code § 31052 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31052.

31052.  The North Marin County Water District may purchase devices for generation of energy from solar radiation and may resell such devices for use within the district. Resales shall be on reasonable terms and conditions, which may include warranties and guarantees by the district of payment of purchase loans.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1101.)
CA Water Code § 31053 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31053.

31053.  No publicly owned utility shall commence to provide any service for, on, or to any land within a county water district which is subject to the lien of a general obligation bonded indebtedness or which was the subject of a lease-purchase, revenue, or other type of debt incurred for capital improvements by or on behalf of the district incurred by the district for the purpose of providing a service similar to that which the utility proposes to provide.However, a publicly owned utility may commence to provide service, otherwise prohibited, upon either of the following conditions:(a) If the board of directors of the county water district, by resolution permits the service.(b) In any portion of such a county water district proposed to be served by the publicly owned utility in which the total number of registered voters residing therein exceeds 200, if at least two-thirds of the voters voted at a special county water district election to permit the service. The election shall be called and held as an initiative measure pursuant to Section 30830.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 926, Sec. 3.)
CA Water Code § 31054 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 3 - Property Generally|Section 31054.

31054.  No publicly owned utility shall commence to provide any water service for, on, or to any land within a county water district which is subject to a lien of an indebtedness arising under any contract between the district and the United States of America incurred or contracted by the district for the purpose of providing water service, provided two-thirds of the voters voting at an election within the district have approved the incurrence of the indebtedness and, provided further, that the district has water available and is ready, able, and willing to serve such land.However, a publicly owned utility may commence to provide service, otherwise prohibited, upon either of the following conditions:(a) If the board of directors of such a county water district shall by resolution permit such service; or(b) In any portion of such a county water district proposed to be served by the publicly owned utility in which the total number of registered voters residing therein exceeds 200, and in which at least a majority of the voters voting on the proposition shall have voted at a special county water district election to permit such service within that portion of the district. The election shall be called and held within that portion of the district as an initiative measure pursuant to Section 30830.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 18.)
CA Water Code § 31060 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 4 - Construction on Rights of Way|Section 31060.

31060.  A district may construct any works along, under, or across any street, water course, railway, or conduit in a manner that will afford security for life and property. The district shall restore the property crossed as near as may be to its former state or so as not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31061 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 4 - Construction on Rights of Way|Section 31061.

31061.  Every company whose right of way is intersected or crossed by works of the district shall unite with the district in forming the intersections and crossings and grant the rights therefor.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31062 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 4 - Construction on Rights of Way|Section 31062.

31062.  The right is hereby granted to locate, construct, and maintain any of the works of a district on any land which is now or hereafter owned by the State, and a district has the same rights and privileges appertaining to the rights of way as are granted to municipalities within the State.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31080 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 5 - Controversies|Section 31080.

31080.  A district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided in this division or by law, in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31081 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 5 - Controversies|Section 31081.

31081.  A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, compromise, and assume the costs of any action or proceeding involving or affecting the ownership or use of waters or water rights within the district used or useful for any purpose of the district or a benefit to any land.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31082 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 5 - Controversies|Section 31082.

31082.  A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, and compromise actions and proceedings to prevent interference with or diminution of the natural flow of any stream or natural subterranean supply of waters which may:(a) Be used or be useful for any purpose of the district.(b) Be of common benefit to the land or its inhabitants.(c) Endanger the inhabitants or land.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
CA Water Code § 31084 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 5 - Controversies|Section 31084.

31084.  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 § 31088 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 5 - Controversies|Section 31088.

31088.  The district may employ counsel to defend any action or proceeding brought against it on account of any injury, taking, damage, or destruction, or to defend as provided in Part 7 (commencing with Section 995) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code an action or proceeding brought against any of its officers, employees or servants, and the fees and expenses involved therein are a lawful charge against the district.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1683.)
CA Water Code § 31100 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 6 - Sewer Facilities|Section 31100.

31100.  A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, waste and storm water of the district and its inhabitants and may contract with any public agency including but not limited to sanitation districts for sewer outfall facilities. A district also may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, waste and storm water of inhabitants outside its boundaries; provided that it shall not furnish any such service to the inhabitants of any other public agency without the consent of such other public agency expressed by resolution or ordinance. The term “public agency” as used in this section, shall include a city, county, city and county, public district, municipal or public corporation, state agency or other political subdivision of the state, but shall not include a public utility subject to the jurisdiction, control and regulation of the Public Utilities Commission under the provisions of Divisions 5 (commencing with Section 10001) and 6 (commencing with Section 11501) of the Public Utilities Code.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 898.)
CA Water Code § 31101 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 6 - Sewer Facilities|Section 31101.

31101.  The district may prescribe, revise and collect rates or other charges for the services and facilities furnished pursuant to this article.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114.)
CA Water Code § 31101.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 6 - Sewer Facilities|Section 31101.5.

31101.5.  A district may supply sewage and waste services to property not subject to district taxes at special rates, terms, and conditions as are determined by the board for the services.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 254, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 31102 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 6 - Sewer Facilities|Section 31102.

31102.  The district may provide that such rates or other charges may be collected with the water rates of the district and that all rates shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as one item, and that in the event of failure to pay the whole or any part thereof, the district may discontinue any and all service for which such bill is rendered, but this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the collection of rates or charges by the district in any other lawful manner.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114.)
CA Water Code § 31103 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 6 - Sewer Facilities|Section 31103.

31103.  Upon providing a sewer system in any area of the district the district may declare the further maintenance or use of cesspools or other local means of sewage disposal in such area to be a public nuisance and may require all buildings used by human beings to be connected with the sewer system within such period not less than ninety days from the completion of the sewer system as may be prescribed by the district; provided, that such buildings to be connected are within one hundred feet of the system.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1114.)
CA Water Code § 31104 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 6 - Sewer Facilities|Section 31104.

31104.  A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, levy and collect a sewage and waste service standby or availability charge. If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the county board of supervisors may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 31104.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 6 - Sewer Facilities|Section 31104.5.

31104.5.  In lieu of the standby or availability charge authorized to be levied and collected pursuant to Section 31104, the Crescenta Valley County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, levy, and collect a sewage and waste service standby or availability charge not to exceed sixty dollars ($60) per available sewer connection per year, unless the standby or availability charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the Crescenta Valley County Water District may, by an ordinance approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the legislative body thereof, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the district shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 31104.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally|ARTICLE 6 - Sewer Facilities|Section 31104.6.

31104.6.  Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.1, in the Coachella Valley Water District, the sewage and waste service standby or availability charge shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for land on which the charge is levied or thirty dollars ($30) per year for a parcel less than one acre.This section, applicable only to the Coachella Valley Water District, is necessary because of the unique and special sewage and waste water management and financing problems in the area included within the district.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 267, Sec. 5.)