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CA Water Code § 71365 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 3 - Officers and Employees|ARTICLE 2 - Duties|Section 71365.

71365.  The general manager, secretary, and treasurer, and other employees or assistants of the district designated by the board, shall give such bonds to the district conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as the board from time to time may provide. The premiums on the bonds shall be paid by the district.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Election of Directors|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 71500.

71500.  The successors to the first directors shall be elected or chosen at the times and in the manner provided in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Election of Directors|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 71501.

71501.  One director, who shall be a resident of the division and shall be elected by the voters thereof, shall be elected for each of the five divisions of the district.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Election of Directors|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 71502.

71502.  Except as to the election of the first directors, directors shall be elected at the general district election.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 7, Sec. 6. Effective February 8, 1984.)
CA Water Code § 71503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Election of Directors|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 71503.

71503.  Each candidate for director who at the general district election receives the highest number of votes cast for the candidate for that office is elected as a director of the district.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 7, Sec. 7. Effective February 8, 1984.)
CA Water Code § 71505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Election of Directors|ARTICLE 1 - In General|Section 71505.

71505.  Candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, election returns shall be canvassed, the election shall be held and conducted, the results shall be declared, and the certificates of election shall be issued, in the same manner as the declaration of candidacy, nomination, election, canvassing of returns, declaration of results, and issuance of certificates of election are made, declared, held, and conducted, and issued, under the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code).(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 264. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Water Code § 71512 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 4 - ELECTIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Election of Directors|ARTICLE 2 - Appointment in Lieu of Election|Section 71512.

71512.  A person appointed to office of director shall qualify and take office and serve exactly as if elected at a general district election.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71610 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71610.

71610.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a district may acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any water, including sewage and storm waters, for the beneficial use or uses of the district, its inhabitants, or the owners of rights to water in the district.(b) For a district located in a county with a population greater than 8 million persons and where 80 percent of the area of the district is included within the boundaries of a water replenishment district organized pursuant to Division 18 (commencing with Section 60000), the district shall have no authority to do any of the following:(1) Manage, control, or administer the importation of water for the storage of groundwater.(2) Store water underground except pursuant to either of the following:(A) A contract with an independent holder of adjudicated groundwater extraction rights within the boundaries of the district and for the account of the water rights holder.(B) A court order issued by a court having jurisdiction over the adjudication of groundwater extraction rights within the groundwater basin where storage is sought.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 215, Sec. 1. (SB 1386) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Water Code § 71610.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71610.5.

71610.5.  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. 1975, Ch. 893.)
CA Water Code § 71611 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71611.

71611.  A district may sell water under its control, without preference, to cities, other public corporations and agencies, and persons, within the district for use within the district. As used in this part, the term “water” includes potable water and nonpotable water.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 418.)
CA Water Code § 71612 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71612.

71612.  Whenever the board finds that there is a surplus of water above that which may be required by consumers within the district, the district may sell or otherwise dispose of such surplus water to any persons, public corporations or agencies, or other consumers.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71612.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71612.5.

71612.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Marin Municipal Water District may sell water to any person, firm, public or private corporation, or public agency or other consumer within or without the district.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 933, Sec. 15.)
CA Water Code § 71613 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71613.

71613.  A district may supply and deliver water to property not subject to district taxes at special rates, terms, and conditions as are determined by the board for such service.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 83.)
CA Water Code § 71614 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71614.

71614.  A district may fix the rates at which water shall be sold. Different rates may be established for different classes or conditions of service, but rates shall be uniform throughout the district for like classes and conditions of service.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71615 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71615.

71615.  Any special water rate fixed in accordance with the terms and conditions of an annexation shall be deemed to be a rate for a different class or condition of service.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71616 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71616.

71616.  A district, so far as practicable, shall fix such rates for water in the district, and in each improvement district therein, as will result in revenues which will:(a) Pay the operating expenses of the district and the improvement district. (b) Provide for repairs and depreciation of works.(c) Provide a reasonable surplus for improvements, extensions, and enlargements.(d) Pay the interest on any bonded debt.(e) Provide a sinking or other fund for the payment of the principal of such bonded debt as it becomes due.(f) Repay advances, together with interest at a rate not to exceed the interest value of money to the district, made from the district to an improvement district.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 708.)
CA Water Code § 71617 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71617.

71617.  The rates for water in each improvement district may vary from the rates of the district and from other improvement districts therein.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71618 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 1 - Development and Sale|Section 71618.

71618.  No district furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of water to or for the tenant’s residential use from any subsequent tenant on account of nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant. The district may, however, require that service to subsequent tenants be furnished on the account of the landlord or property owner.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1251, Sec. 9.)
CA Water Code § 71630 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71630.

71630.  The district by ordinance may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix on or before the third Monday of August, in each fiscal year, a water standby assessment or availability charge in the district, in any portion thereof, or in any improvement district, to which water is made available by the district, whether the water is actually used or not.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 38. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 71631 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71631.

71631.  The standby assessment or availability charge shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) per acre per year for each acre of land on which the charge is levied or ten dollars ($10) per year for a parcel less than one acre.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 310.)
CA Water Code § 71631.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71631.5.

71631.5.  Notwithstanding Section 71631, in any improvement district situated within the Eastern Municipal Water District, the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, the Rincon Del Diablo Municipal Water District, the Ramona Municipal Water District, the Rainbow Municipal Water District, or the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District, the standby assessment 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. In any such improvement district, the proceeds from any standby assessment or availability charge in excess of ten dollars ($10) per acre per year or ten dollars ($10) per year for a parcel less than one acre shall only be used for the purposes of such improvement district.This section, applicable only to the Eastern Municipal Water District, the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, the Rincon Del Diablo Municipal Water District, the Ramona Municipal Water District, the Rainbow Municipal Water District, and the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District, is necessary because of the unique and special water management problems of those areas included within those districts.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 267, Sec. 6.)
CA Water Code § 71631.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71631.6.

71631.6.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 71631, in any improvement district situated within the Otay Municipal Water District in San Diego County, the standby assessment or availability charge shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for land on which the charge is levied or ten dollars ($10) per year for a parcel less than one acre. In any such improvement district the proceeds from any standby assessment or availability charge in excess of ten dollars ($10) per acre per year shall only be used for the purposes of such improvement district.This section, applicable only to the Otay Municipal Water District of San Diego County is necessary because of the unique and special water management problems of the area included within such district.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 281.)
CA Water Code § 71631.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71631.7.

71631.7.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 71631, for the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District, the standby assessment 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. The proceeds from any standby assessment or availability charge shall only be used for the purposes of management of local water supply and its quality.(b) This section, applicable only to the San Luis Rey Municipal Water District, is necessary because of the unique and special water management problems of those areas included within that district.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 818, Sec. 1. (AB 2446) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Water Code § 71632 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71632.

71632.  The ordinance fixing a standby assessment or availability charge shall be adopted by the board pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code and only after adoption of a resolution setting forth the particular schedule or schedules of charges or assessments proposed to be established by ordinance and after a hearing on said resolution.If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby assessment or availability charge was established were followed, the board may, by ordinance, continue the charge pursuant to this article 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. 39. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 71633 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71633.

71633.  The ordinance fixing a standby assessment or availability charge may establish schedules varying the charges according to land uses, water uses, and degree of water availability.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 105.)
CA Water Code § 71634 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71634.

71634.  On or before the third Monday in August, the board shall furnish in writing to the board of supervisors and the county auditor of each affected county a description of each parcel of land within the district upon which a standby charge is to be levied and collected for the current fiscal year, together with the amount of standby charge fixed by the district on each parcel of land.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 132.)
CA Water Code § 71635 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71635.

71635.  The board shall direct that, at the time and in the manner required by law for the levying of taxes for county purposes the board of supervisors shall levy, in addition to any other tax it levies, the standby charge in the amounts for the respective parcels fixed by the board.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 132.)
CA Water Code § 71636 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71636.

71636.  All county officers charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect district standby charges with the regular tax payments to the county. Said charges shall be collected in the same form and manner as county taxes are collected, and shall be paid to the district.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 132.)
CA Water Code § 71637 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2 - Standby Charges|Section 71637.

71637.  Charges fixed by the district shall be a lien on all the property benefited thereby. Liens for said charges shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes, and their collection may be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens for state and county taxes.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 132.)
CA Water Code § 71638 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2.5 - Alternative Provisions for Standby Charges|Section 71638.

71638.  If the procedures set forth in this article as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the district or improvement district may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this article in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the district or improvement district shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 71638.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2.5 - Alternative Provisions for Standby Charges|Section 71638.1.

71638.1.  For property within a district, a portion thereof, or an improvement district, which property was previously charged or assessed for such purposes, the district by resolution may fix on or before the third Monday of August, in each fiscal year, a water standby assessment or availability charge in the district, in any portion thereof, or in any improvement district, to which water is made available by the district, whether the water is actually used or not.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 139.)
CA Water Code § 71638.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2.5 - Alternative Provisions for Standby Charges|Section 71638.2.

71638.2.  The resolution fixing a standby assessment or availability charge may establish schedules varying the charges according to land uses, water uses, and degree of water availability, subject to the maximum charges provided in Section 71631.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 139.)
CA Water Code § 71638.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2.5 - Alternative Provisions for Standby Charges|Section 71638.4.

71638.4.  The levy and collection of such assessment or charge shall be made as provided in Sections 71634 through 71637, inclusive.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 139.)
CA Water Code § 71639 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 2.7 - Standby Assessments|Section 71639.

71639.  (a) This article applies to the Three Valleys Municipal Water District.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district, by resolution, may adopt an assessment with a schedule of annual adjustments, and adjust the amount of an assessment in accordance with this section, if the adjustment is made in the same manner as provided for taxes, fees, and charges in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 53750 of the Government Code.(c) The district shall cause notice of the intent to adopt the resolution to be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code prior to the date set for the adoption of the assessment, and shall hear any and all objections at the time and place set forth in the notice. The district, at the time and place specified in the notice, shall conduct the hearing and consider all objections to the assessment. Thereafter, the district may adjust the assessment, if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The amount of the assessment does not exceed twenty-nine dollars and forty-one cents ($29.41) per equivalent dwelling unit.(2) The revenue raised by the assessment, including its annual adjustments, is used exclusively to fund the readiness-to-serve charge, or equivalent charge, imposed upon the district by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and related administrative costs.(3) The district adjusts its water rates to its retail agencies by an amount necessary to prevent surplus funding of the readiness-to-serve charge imposed upon the district by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.(d) For the purposes of Article XIII C and Article XIII D of the California Constitution, the district has not increased an assessment if the district adjusts an assessment in the same manner as provided for taxes, fees, and charges in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 53750 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 210, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Water Code § 71640 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 2 - Water|ARTICLE 3 - Water Shortages|Section 71640.

71640.  A district may restrict the use of district water during any emergency caused by drought, or other threatened or existing water shortage, and may prohibit the wastage of district water or the use of district water during such periods for any purpose other than household uses or such other restricted uses as the district determines to be necessary. A district may also prohibit use of district water during such periods for specific uses which it finds to be nonessential.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)