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CA Water Code § 50910 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 2 - Irrigation|Section 50910.

50910.  A district may acquire, take or hold by gift, purchase, conditional sales contract, lease, condemnation, or other legal means, and maintain and operate the whole or any part of any irrigation system through which any lands in the district and lands contiguous thereto may be supplied with water for irrigation, including water rights, dams, diversion works, rights of way, canals, pumps and all property or things, real or personal, incidental thereto.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50911 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 2 - Irrigation|Section 50911.

50911.  When a district has adopted plans for the irrigation of district lands it may:(a) Adopt rules and regulations for the distribution of water.(b) Adopt a schedule of rates to be charged by the district for furnishing water for the irrigation of district lands. The schedule of rates may include standby charges to holders of title to land to which water may be made available, whether the water is actually used or not. The standby charge shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20) per year for each acre of land or for a parcel less than one acre, unless the standby 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).(c) If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the district 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 district shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.(d) Collect the charges from the persons to or for whom the water was furnished and from the holders of title to land to which water has been made available, whether used or not.(e) Sue for the recovery of the unpaid charges.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 50912 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 2 - Irrigation|Section 50912.

50912.  A district, upon payment of and compliance with such tolls, rates, and regulations as the board may adopt, may furnish through its irrigation works, water for irrigation of district lands, and may furnish, to nondistrict land contiguous to the district, water where it can be furnished through canals or ditches which may be used for the irrigation of lands within the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50913 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 2 - Irrigation|Section 50913.

50913.  Moneys collected by the board for irrigation charges pursuant to Section 50911, when deposited in the county treasury shall be credited to the “irrigation fund.”(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50914 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 2 - Irrigation|Section 50914.

50914.  Money deposited in an “irrigation fund” shall be disbursed only on orders or warrants of the board in payment of the expense or cost of irrigation or irrigation works constructed by the district, or incidental expenses incurred in connection therewith.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50930 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 3 - Property|Section 50930.

50930.  A district may acquire, by purchase, condemnation, gift, lease or other legal means, such real or personal property as is necessary for accomplishing the purposes of the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50931 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 3 - Property|Section 50931.

50931.  A district may sell, convey, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of such of its property as the board determines is no longer necessary for the construction, maintenance or operation of the reclamation works of the district, and lease or operate for hire any district tools or machinery not at the time needed by the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50932 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 3 - Property|Section 50932.

50932.  A district may construct, maintain and operate such drains, canals, sluices, bulkheads, water gates, levees, embankments, pumping plants, dams, diversion works, or irrigation works, and all things reasonably necessary or convenient for accomplishing the purposes of the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50933 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 3 - Property|Section 50933.

50933.  A district may construct, maintain, and operate ferry boats, bridges, road systems, and related facilities to provide access to the district’s levee, drainage, and irrigation systems, and to provide access to the lands within the district.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 268, Sec. 1. Effective August 2, 1989.)
CA Water Code § 50940 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 4 - Office, Records and Documents|Section 50940.

50940.  Unless otherwise provided by law the district shall keep an office in the principal county or in a county contiguous thereto for the transaction of the business of the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50941 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 4 - Office, Records and Documents|Section 50941.

50941.  All district books, maps, papers, records, contracts and other documents shall be kept in the office and be open to inspection during all business hours by any person interested.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50942 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 4 - Office, Records and Documents|Section 50942.

50942.  A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Water Code § 50950 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|Section 50950.

50950.  A district may employ engineers and others to survey, plan, locate and report on the works necessary for the reclamation of the lands of the district, and estimate the cost thereof.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50951 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|Section 50951.

50951.  A district may obtain such professional and other services as is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the district and may employ such assistance as the board deems necessary.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
CA Water Code § 50952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|Section 50952.

50952.  A district may employ an expert in agriculture and related matters and such assistants as may be deemed necessary to do any of the following:(a) Supervise the construction of works for the irrigation or protection of district lands.(b) Advise landowners, or any person engaged in farming district land, of methods of increasing the productiveness of such land or as to any matters of husbandry.(c) Conduct experiments as prescribed by the board.(d) Perform duties for the general welfare of the people of the district as prescribed by the board.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50953 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|Section 50953.

50953.  A district issuing warrants or levying or collecting assessments may employ a clerk who, under the direction of the county treasurer, shall attend to matters pertaining to the registration and payment of warrants and to the levying and collecting of assessments.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
CA Water Code § 50954 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|Section 50954.

50954.  The clerk shall receive for his or her services a yearly sum equal to one and one-half cents ($0.015) per acre based on the net acreage of the district as indicated by the records of the district, or, if the net acreage is not obtainable from the records of the district, based upon the records of the county elections official or, if the district has outstanding bonds it shall pay the clerk three cents ($0.03) per acre.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 177. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Water Code § 50955 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|Section 50955.

50955.  Each claim for clerk hire must be approved by the county treasurer.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50956 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|Section 50956.

50956.  The board, upon presentation of a proper claim, shall draw semiannually a warrant on the district funds for such clerk hire.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50957 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|Section 50957.

50957.  If the board neglects or refuses to draw a warrant based upon a proper claim for clerk hire, 10 percent of the amount of the claim shall be added thereto, and thereafter 2 percent per month shall be added to the claim until a warrant is issued.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50958 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|Section 50958.

50958.  No county officer shall charge or receive any fee for services which he is required to perform in relation to the registration and payment of warrants or the collection of assessments but reasonable and necessary expense actually incurred by a county treasurer in connection with such acts shall be paid out of the funds of the districts.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
CA Water Code § 50959 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 5 - Personnel|Section 50959.

50959.  No member of any board of supervisors, or clerk of such board, shall receive compensation, other than his regular salary, for services performed pursuant to this division.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 50970 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States|Section 50970.

50970.  A district may co-operate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto or any act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted permitting co-operation.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
CA Water Code § 50971 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States|Section 50971.

50971.  The co-operation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes:(a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of works and facilities for irrigation, storage, drainage, flood control or either or any of these, or the use or enjoyment of any such works or facilities, or any rights or interests therein.(b) A water supply.(c) Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States. (d) To receive or borrow money from the United States and provide for the repayment thereof, for the purpose of constructing projects, distribution systems or other works for the district or for any distribution district or improvement district formed therein, which said works shall be used for the storage, regulation, control, development and distribution of water for irrigation of land or for the use, control and distribution of drainage water within the district or for flood control purposes.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
CA Water Code § 50972 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States|Section 50972.

50972.  A district may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
CA Water Code § 50973 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States|Section 50973.

50973.  A proposal to enter into a contract with the United States under terms of this chapter shall be authorized at an election. The board, by order entered upon its records, shall order a special election to be held at some place in the district to be designated by the board, and at such special election the board shall submit to the landowners the question of whether the contract shall be entered into by the district.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
CA Water Code § 50974 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States|Section 50974.

50974.  Proceedings at the election shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in the case of elections provided for in Chapter 3 (commencing at Section 50800) of Part 4 of this division.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
CA Water Code § 50975 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States|Section 50975.

50975.  Notice of the election shall specify:(a) The time and place of election.(b) The purpose of the election.(c) A brief statement of the general purpose of the contract.(d) The amount of money to be paid to the United States under the contract.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
CA Water Code § 50976 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States|Section 50976.

50976.  The ballots at the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of election and the amount of money to be paid to the United States under the contract with the words “Contract—Yes” and “Contract—No.”(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
CA Water Code § 50977 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States|Section 50977.

50977.  The board may execute the contract on behalf of the district if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the contract.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
CA Water Code § 50978 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States|Section 50978.

50978.  Without limiting the generality of Section 50971, when a contract has been executed with the United States under this chapter, the board may, by resolution, provide for an assessment upon the land to be benefited by such contract to pay all or any portion of the amounts to become due under the contract. Such assessment may be levied and collected in the same manner as any other district assessment might be levied and collected, as deemed appropriate by the board.As an alternative to such levy of an assessment, or in addition thereto, the board may derive all or a portion of the amounts to be paid to the United States under the contract by the collection of charges from the persons to or for whom the water was furnished, under the provisions of Section 50911.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
CA Water Code § 50979 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES|CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States|Section 50979.

50979.  An action to determine the validity of any contract may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1533.)
CA Water Code § 51000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS|CHAPTER 1 - Adoption|Section 51000.

51000.  A district may adopt an original plan for the reclamation of district lands, and an estimate of the cost thereof, and may modify or change such original plans, or adopt new, supplemental, or additional plans when necessary.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 51001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS|CHAPTER 1 - Adoption|Section 51001.

51001.  The plan and estimate may include reclamation works already constructed or in course of construction, and payments therefor may be made to the person who constructed them or to the grantee of the lands for the benefit of which the reclamation works were constructed by the owner of the lands.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 51002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS|CHAPTER 1 - Adoption|Section 51002.

51002.  The plan and estimate may include any irrigation works which the district is empowered to acquire.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 51003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS|CHAPTER 1 - Adoption|Section 51003.

51003.  The board shall report to the board of supervisors every original plan, and every new, supplemental or additional plan for the reclamation of district lands in the manner provided in Sections 51020 and 51040.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 51200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 51200.

51200.  The assessments levied by a district shall include all lands and rights of way within the district, owned by the State or by any city, county, public corporation, or utility district formed under the laws of the State other than public roads, highways, and school districts.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 51201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 51201.

51201.  The assessments upon those lands or rights of way shall be levied in proportion to the benefits in the same manner as assessments are levied upon other lands or rights of way within the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 51202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 51202.

51202.  The governing body of the State, city, county, public corporation, or any utility district formed under the laws of this State owning land or rights of way on which an assessment has been levied by a district, shall pay the assessment before it becomes delinquent.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 51203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 51203.

51203.  No land or rights of way owned by the State, or any city, county, public corporation, or any utility district formed under the laws of the State shall be sold for nonpayment of an assessment.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 51204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 51204.

51204.  A district may take the procedure prescribed by Chapter 2, Title 1, Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure to compel the payment of any assessment lawfully levied by it upon the land or rights of way within the district belonging to the State, or any city, county, public corporation, or any utility district formed under the laws of the State.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 51205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 51205.

51205.  When any parcel appearing on an assessment list is deeded in whole, the board may, by a minute order, cause to be made such changes in the assessment list as are necessary to show the name of the new owner, as it appears on the record of the tax rolls of the county in which the land is situated, and shall file notice of all such changes with the county treasurer.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
CA Water Code § 51206 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 51206.

51206.  (a) Prior to the levy of any installment upon an original or additional assessment, or the levy of an operation and maintenance assessment, in one or more installments, by a district pursuant to this division, notice shall be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county of the intent to levy an installment or operation and maintenance assessment, together with the time and place for a public hearing to be held by the board to consider and adopt an installment or assessment levy.(b) If an installment upon an original or additional assessment or an operation and maintenance assessment levy has been approved by the board at a noticed public hearing, notice of subsequent installments or operation and maintenance assessments shall be required only if the amount of the installment or assessment levy is proposed to be increased.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 38, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 51207 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 51207.

51207.  Any costs associated with notices, public hearings, or filing charges with the board required pursuant to this division shall be recovered through charges, fees, or assessments.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 38, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Water Code § 52400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS|PART 8 - BONDS AND REFUNDING BONDS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Revenue Bonds|Section 52400.

52400.  As an alternate to any other method of financing available to it, a district may, by resolution or indenture, create a special indebtedness evidenced by revenue bonds to finance the costs of carrying out a plan for any works, singly or as a whole.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 978.)