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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - Assessment and Levy by County › Section 26503.

26503. The board of supervisors shall meet and equalize each assessment made pursuant to this article with the assessment of other land in the district. The same notice shall be given by the board of supervisors of a meeting for the purpose of equalizing the assessment to be made as herein directed as is provided to be given by a district secretary when a board is to meet to equalize assessments.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - Assessment and Levy by County › Section 26504.

26504. All expenses incurred in levying the assessment shall be borne by the district concerned. Unless the expenses are paid within 60 days from the time when a demand for them is made, they shall be collected by an action commenced by the district attorney of the county whose board of supervisors prepared the assessment roll.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Collection by County › Section 26525.

26525. In case of the neglect or refusal of the collector of any district to perform the duties imposed upon him, the tax collector of the office county shall perform his duties and be accountable therefor upon his official bond.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Collection by County › Section 26526.

26526. When any county tax collector collects any assessments for any district, he shall pay the proceeds to the county treasurer of the office county.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Collection by County › Section 26527.

26527. As to money collected by the county tax collector and paid to the county treasurer, the county treasurer shall perform the duties ordinarily imposed on the treasurer of a district and be accountable therefor upon his official bond.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Collection by County › Section 26528.

26528. The county treasurer shall place the money of the district in a special fund to the credit of the district and shall disburse it to the proper persons for the purposes for which the assessments raising it were levied.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Collection by County › Section 26529.

26529. The county treasurer shall not pay any part of the money to the treasurer of the district until the county treasurer is satisfied that all of the valid obligations for which the assessments were levied and for which payment has been demanded have been paid.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Supervision by District Attorney and Attorney General › Section 26550.

26550. The district attorney of each office county shall ascertain each year whether the duties relating to the levying and collection of assessments in districts have been performed or not, and if he learns that the board or any official of any district has neglected or refused to perform any of these duties, he shall notify the board of supervisors or the county official required to perform the duty in the circumstances.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Supervision by District Attorney and Attorney General › Section 26551.

26551. Unless the board of supervisors or county official proceeds to perform the duties he has been notified to perform within 30 days after the receipt of notice, the district attorney shall take action in court to compel performance.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Supervision by District Attorney and Attorney General › Section 26552.

26552. The district attorney shall give notice to other officials and take any action necessary to secure the performance in their proper sequence of subsequent duties relating to the levying and collection of assessments.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 7 - Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Supervision by District Attorney and Attorney General › Section 26553.

26553. For the enforcement of the levying and collection of any assessment required to be levied and collected for the payment of any debt incurred, when complaint is made to the Attorney General that the district attorney of any county has not performed any duty devolving upon him by the provisions of this article or is not proceeding with due diligence or in the proper manner in the performance of the duty, the Attorney General shall make an investigation. If he finds the charge to be true, the Attorney General shall take any action necessary to enforce the performance of the duties relating to the levying and collection of assessments.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 26600.

26600. The procedure provided by this chapter shall be optional with any district electing as herein provided to proceed hereinunder and shall be an alternate procedure to that set forth in Chapters 1 to 7, inclusive, of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 35.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 26601.

26601. At its option, the board of directors of a district may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to dispense with either the office of assessor or both the offices of assessor and collector of the district, and to transfer the duties of either the assessor or of both such officers to the assessor or to the assessor and tax collector of the county or counties in which the lands within such districts are located. Such resolution shall specify whether, under the proposed procedure, lands subject to sale for unpaid assessments shall be sold to the district or be declared tax-defaulted for nonpayment of the taxes.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1420, Sec. 27.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 26601.1.

26601.1. (a) At its option, the board of directors of the Madera Irrigation District may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to dispense with either the office of the assessor or the office of the collector of the district. Such resolution shall specify either or both of the following:
(1) The county assessor is to assess all lands in the district in accordance with Section 401 of the Revenue and Taxation Code as of 12:01 a.m. on the first day of March of that year, and the assessor is to deliver a roll of all such assessments to the clerk of the district.
(2) The county collector is to collect the district’s annual assessment levy in the manner prescribed in Article 3 (commencing with Section 26650) of this chapter.
(b) Such resolution shall specify whether, under the proposed procedure, lands subject to sale for unpaid assessments shall be sold to the district or sold to the state.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 944.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 26602.

26602. Certified copies of such resolution shall be served on the clerk of the board of supervisors and on the auditor, assessor and collector of the county or counties in which the lands within the district are located and shall be filed with the State Board of Equalization.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 63.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 26603.

26603. Within 30 days of the receipt of such resolution, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution advising the district of the charges to be made for the services to be performed by the county. If the board of directors elects to accept the terms offered by the county, it shall adopt a resolution reciting its acceptance, dispensing with the office of district assessor or with both the offices of district assessor and district collector, and transferring their duties to the assessor or to the assessor and tax collector of the county or counties in which the lands within the district are located. Such resolution shall specify whether, under the agreed upon procedure, lands subject to sale for unpaid assessments shall be sold to the district or be declared tax-defaulted for the nonpayment of those assessments.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1420, Sec. 28.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 26604.

26604. The acceptance of the county’s terms by the district as evidenced by the board’s resolution shall constitute a contract between the county and the district which shall become effective on the last Friday of December next following its adoption and which shall continue for a term of four years from its effective date. The contract shall be automatically renewed for successive four-year terms unless terminated by either the district or the county by the adoption of a resolution and its service on either the clerk of the board of supervisors by the district, or on the secretary of the district by the county, at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the then current term of the contract.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2019.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 26604.5.

26604.5. The district shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code. The statement and map or plat shall also set forth the boundaries of any portion of the district in which a rate of taxation is to be levied which is different from the rate to be levied in any other portion of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 955.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 26604.6.

26604.6. The board of supervisors may require in the contract that upon the effective date of the contract, the district officers shall continue to perform all the duties relative to the collection of district assessments, including delinquent assessments, levied prior to the effective date of the contract, the enforcement of their payment, and the sale of property for nonpayment and redemption from sale pursuant to the laws in force in the district at such effective date.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 955.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 26605.

26605. Upon termination of the contract, the board of directors of the district shall appoint an assessor, or both an assessor and collector, who shall serve until the election of their successor at the next general district election.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 26606.

26606. After termination of the contract, the county officers shall continue with the collection of district assessments on the county rolls and with the redemption or deeding of property subject to delinquent district assessments on county rolls until all such assessments have been collected or all such property has been either redeemed or tax-defaulted for unpaid assessments.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1420, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Assessment and Equalization › Section 26625.

26625. The applicable part of the county assessment rolls as made by the county assessor and equalized or corrected by the board of supervisors or the State Board of Equalization shall be the basis for levying the district’s assessments; provided, that in any case where the board of directors of a district has, prior to November 8, 1967, adopted a formal resolution or entered into a written agreement with an owner of land within the district providing a different basis for levying the district’s assessments against the land of such owner, such resolution or agreement shall be the basis for levying the district’s assessments.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 618.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Assessment and Equalization › Section 26625.1.

26625.1. If in the Madera Irrigation District, the county assessment roll reflects assessed value based on the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 (Williamson Act), (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code) for any parcel, then, upon the request of the Madera Irrigation District, such parcel shall also be assessed by the county assessor pursuant to Section 401 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. The assessed value for such parcel thus determined shall be entered on a supplemental assessment roll for district assessment purposes only and shall be used by the assessor for district assessments. The Madera Irrigation District shall reimburse the county for any increased cost incurred in making such additional assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 944.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Assessment and Equalization › Section 26626.

26626. On or before the first Monday of March of each year, the board of directors of the district shall cause to be filed with the county auditor a description of the exterior boundaries of any portion of the district in which a rate of assessment is to be levied which is different from the rate to be levied in any other portion of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Assessment and Equalization › Section 26627.

26627. Annually, on or before the third Monday in August, the county auditor shall transmit to the directors of the district a written statement showing separately the total value of all lands within the district subject to assessment and the total value of all such lands in any portion of the district within which a different rate of assessment is to be levied. The values so reported shall be those obtained from the assessment books of the county as last equalized and corrected together with an estimate of the values of the lands within the district subject to assessment by the State Board of Equalization.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Assessment and Equalization › Section 26628.

26628. Where the district has not elected to transfer the duties of collector to the county tax collector, the county assessor shall furnish the district a duplicate of the applicable portions of the county’s assessment rolls at the time of transmittal of the statement of values required by Section 26627 and, upon receipt, a duplicate statement of the assessed values of all lands within the district subject to assessment by the State Board of Equalization. The rolls and statement so delivered shall for all purposes become the assessment rolls of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Assessment and Equalization › Section 26629.

26629. Within 15 days after receipt of the statement of values and duplicate rolls, the district’s board of directors shall levy an annual assessment upon the land within the district in the same manner as provided in Chapters 2 and 3 of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Assessment and Equalization › Section 26630.

26630. Where the district has not elected to transfer the duties of collector to the county tax collector, the secretary shall compute and enter in a separate column of the assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as an annual district assessment on the land listed and deliver the completed assessment roll to the collector before the first day of November.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 2 - Assessment and Equalization › Section 26631.

26631. Upon receiving the roll from the secretary, the collector shall proceed with the collection of the assessment in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of this part, and such provisions shall apply to all proceedings for the enforcement of the collection of the assessment or the sale of the property as when property is assessed as provided in Chapters 2 and 3 of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Collection › Section 26650.

26650. Where the district has elected to transfer the duties of collector to the county tax collector, the delivery of duplicate assessment rolls shall not be required, but the county auditor shall furnish to the directors the statement of assessed values as provided in Section 26627.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1480.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Collection › Section 26651.

26651. Annually before September 1st, the district’s directors shall levy an annual assessment upon the lands within the district for all district purposes in the manner provided in Chapter 2 of this part, and fix the rate of assessment as provided in Chapter 3, and shall thereupon transmit to the county auditor a statement of the rates fixed. The rate shall be sufficient to recover the expense of collection in addition to other amounts required by law. If different portions of the district require different rates of assessment the statement shall include the applicable rates for such portions. The rate shall be designated in the number of cents upon each one hundred dollars ($100), using as a basis the value of the land as assessed and equalized. The statement shall include the amount of any charges which may be added to the assessment pursuant to this division and a description of the property to which the charge applies as such property is described upon the county rolls.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Collection › Section 26652.

26652. The county auditor shall compute and enter in the assessment book the district assessment on all lands assessed as being in the district using the rates fixed by the district’s board of directors and the assessed value of the lands in the assessment book at the time and in the manner he computes and enters county taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Collection › Section 26653.

26653. The assessment so levied shall be collected at the time and in the manner of county taxes and paid into the county treasury. The net amount of the taxes, after the deduction of the county’s compensation for the services of its treasurer, assessor and tax collector shall be paid to the district by warrant of the county auditor.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Collection › Section 26654.

26654. The compensation paid to the county for assessing or collecting assessments for a district shall be that fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors and the district’s board of directors.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Collection › Section 26655.

26655. Unpaid district assessments are delinquent on the same hour and day that county taxes are delinquent and the lands subject thereto shall either be sold to the district or be declared tax-defaulted in the manner, at the time, and upon the penalties of default of property for nonpayment of county taxes.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1420, Sec. 30.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Collection › Section 26656.

26656. Lands sold for delinquent district assessments may be redeemed within five years from date of sale in the same manner as the redemption of property after sale for nonpayment of county taxes.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1346.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Collection › Section 26657.

26657. The county auditor shall apportion to the district the money paid for redemption in the manner provided by Division 1, Part 8, Chapter 1(c) of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1938.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Assessment and Collection by County › ARTICLE 3 - Collection › Section 26658.

26658. Lands sold to the district remaining unredeemed after five years have elapsed from the date of their sale for delinquent district assessments shall be deeded to the district by the county tax collector. The deed shall be substantially in the form provided for collector’s deeds by Section 26276 of the Water Code and shall have the same effect and be recorded in the same manner as irrigation district’s collector’s deeds under the provisions of Articles 4 and 5 of Chapter 6 of this part. Land which has been declared to be tax-defaulted remaining unredeemed after five years have elapsed from the date of the tax-default for delinquent district assessments shall become subject to the tax collector’s power of sale pursuant to Section 3691 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1420, Sec. 31.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 9 - Collection, Payment in Lieu of Assessment and Distribution of Water by Public Agencies › Section 26670.

26670. As used in this chapter, “public agency” means any city or district, other than an irrigation district, authorized to distribute water, which is in whole or in part included within the exterior boundaries of an irrigation district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 9 - Collection, Payment in Lieu of Assessment and Distribution of Water by Public Agencies › Section 26671.

26671. Any district may enter into a contract with any public agency which provides in effect as follows:
1. The public agency shall:
a. Collect for the district assessments levied by the district against all or part of the lands within the district and shall collect such assessments and pay the amount thereof over to the district at such times and in the manner agreed upon between the district and the public agency; or, in the alternative,
b. Pay to the district in lieu of assessments by the district upon all or any part of the lands within the district a sum of money which shall not be less than the total amount of assessments which would have been levied by the district against those lands in the absence of such contract calculated upon the same basis as assessments made upon an acreage basis against other land in the district receiving gravity water service. Such payment shall be made at such time and in the manner agreed upon between the district and the public agency.
2. If the contract provides for the payment of a water charge in addition to the assessment upon district lands, then in determining the sum of money which may be paid to the district in lieu of assessments by the district under paragraph b of subdivision 1, the district may determine that a lesser rate of assessment or no assessment would be appropriate upon lands covered by the contract and, if such determination is made, may so provide in the contract and adjust or eliminate the assessment.
3. The district shall make available to the public agency each year for distribution and use upon the lands within the district covered by the contract, such a quantity of water as may be agreed upon by the district and the public agency.
4. The owner of lands within the district covered by such a contract shall each year be entitled to receive and use from the water so made available by the district to the public agency, or from other water available to the public agency, an amount of water sufficient to supply his reasonable and beneficial needs, limited however to his proportionate share of such water made available by the district based upon the ratio which the number of acres owned by him bears to the total number of acres within the district receiving a surface supply of water from the district and the public agency.
5. The public agency may charge such rates as it may determine for the service of water to any lands covered by the contract unless such rates are limited by agreement between the district and the public agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 559.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 9 - Collection, Payment in Lieu of Assessment and Distribution of Water by Public Agencies › Section 26672.

26672. The water made available by the district to the public agency may be used upon the lands covered by such contract for such irrigation, municipal, domestic or other uses as the district and the public agency may agree upon.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 9 - Collection, Payment in Lieu of Assessment and Distribution of Water by Public Agencies › Section 26673.

26673. Upon the execution of such contract and so long as the contract remains in force and effect, the district shall be relieved of any further obligation to furnish water for use on the lands covered by the contract.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 9 - Collection, Payment in Lieu of Assessment and Distribution of Water by Public Agencies › Section 26674.

26674. Nothing in this chapter authorizes the sale or transfer of any water right nor shall the agreement authorized in Section 26671 be construed or deemed to constitute the sale or transfer of a water right.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 9 - Collection, Payment in Lieu of Assessment and Distribution of Water by Public Agencies › Section 26675.

26675. No right in any water or water right owned by the district or the public agency shall be acquired or lost by the use permitted by this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 9 - Collection, Payment in Lieu of Assessment and Distribution of Water by Public Agencies › Section 26676.

26676. Except as otherwise provided herein the contract between the district and the public agency may include such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the district and the public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 603.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 1 - Petition and Notice › Section 26875.

26875. Land which is not a part of the district, whether or not contiguous to it, may be included within the district.
If such land is not capable of being served water at the time of inclusion, the board may exempt the included parcel from the imposition of district assessments, in whole or in part, until such time as a water supply is available for service to such land.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 817.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 12 - REPEALS › Section 29975.

29975. The following acts are hereby repealed:
Yr. Ch.Pg.
Yr.Ch. Pg.
1854   : 57 :  76
1893:211 : 295
1860   :220 : 182
1897:189 : 254
1863–4 : 89 :  87
1903:  5 :   3
1863–4 :174 : 167
1907:298 : 569
1865–6 :470 : 609
1915:  1 :   1
1865–6 :556 : 777
1917:160 : 243
1867–8 :135 : 112
1917:591 : 905
1871–2 :634 : 945
1919:356 : 751
1873–4 :214 : 312
1919:370 : 778
1875–6 :110 :  79
1921:600 :1018
1875–6 :347 : 486
1923:225 : 449
1875–6 :396 : 547
1927:748 :1415
1875–6 :491 : 731
1929: 64 : 136
1877–8 :300 : 374
1931: 53 :  46
1877–8 :306 : 387
1933: 75 : 513
1877–8 :345 : 468
1937: 24 :  92
1877–8 :526 : 820
1941:466 :1765
1887   : 34 :  29
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 12 - REPEALS › Section 29976.

29976. The following acts are hereby repealed:
Yr. Ch. Pg.
1917: 606:  936
1933: 994:  2557
1935: 833: 2250
Notwithstanding the repeal of said acts the provisions thereof as codified in this division shall continue to apply to the Palo Verde Irrigation District.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 12 - REPEALS › Section 29978.

29978. The repeals effected by this part shall not be construed to deprive any district or any person or other entity of any substantial right which would have existed or hereafter exist had such repeals not been effected.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 30019.

30019. “General district election” means the election required to be held in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2019.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 30021.

30021. “Elector,” “voter,” and “precinct board” have respectively the same meaning as defined in the Elections Code, but an “elector” or “voter” shall also be a resident of the district or proposed district involved.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 233. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 30024.

30024. “Works” includes water works, conduits, reservoirs, storage sites, water sheds, machinery, wells, pumps, dams, storage tanks, tunnels, hydrants, meters, works and facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, waste and storm waters, fire protection works and facilities, other appliances and their appurtenances.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1295.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 30060.

30060. Nothing in this division shall be so construed as repealing or in anywise modifying any other law relating to water or the supply of water to or the acquisition thereof by counties or municipalities.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 30062.

30062. All land which is now privately owned and situate within the exterior boundaries of any district, but which was public land of the United States or of this State at the time of the formation of the district and has not heretofore been added to the district is hereby added to the district. The Legislature hereby finds and determines that all of the land is and will be benefited by the formation, existence and operation of the district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 270.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 30063.

30063. Whenever by this division a notice is required to be published for a designated number of weeks or once a week for a designated number of weeks, the notice need be published on only one day of each week and for only the same number of times as the number of weeks designated.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 276.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 30064.

30064. Wherever in this division a reference is made to the county in which a district is situated or to any of the officers thereof, such reference, with respect to a district located in more than one county, shall be deemed to be to the county in which the greater portion of the district is located or to the officers of such county.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 30065.

30065. The inclusion in, or annexation or addition to, a county water district, of all or any part of the corporate area of any public corporation or public agency, shall not destroy the identity or legal existence or impair the powers of any such public corporation or public agency, notwithstanding the identity of purpose, or substantial identity of purpose, of such county water district.
No public corporation or public agency having identity of purpose or substantial identity of purpose shall be formed partly or entirely within a county water district existing under the provisions of this code without the consent of such county water district. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any city from annexing territory within a county water district without the consent of such county water district.
All county water districts heretofore formed partly or entirely within another county water district previously existing under the provisions of this code, with or without the consent of such previously existing county water district and for a purpose not then actually exercised, or to provide a service not then provided by said previously existing county water district, are hereby declared to be valid and legally existing districts.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 934.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 30066.

30066. An action to determine the validity of an assessment, or of warrants, contracts, obligations, or evidences of indebtedness pursuant to this division may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 30200.

30200. The people of a county or two or more contiguous counties or of a portion of such county or counties, whether the portion includes unincorporated territory or not, may form a county water district pursuant to this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 30202.

30202. The petition shall be signed by voters equal in number to at least 10 percent of the voters registered within the boundaries of the proposed district 30 days prior to the date the petition is filed.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1233.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 30203.

30203. But, if one or more municipal corporations or part thereof is included in the proposed district, the petition shall be signed by at least 10 percent of the voters of each municipal corporation or part thereof and of the unincorporated territory included in the proposed district voting at the election.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 30205.

30205. The petition for the formation of a county water district to include all or part of Pleasant Valley, Ventura County, may be signed by either:
(a) The number of voters required by Section 30202, or
(b) Ten percent of the owners of land within the proposed district.
The provisions of this section shall apply only to the formation of a county water district in all or part of Pleasant Valley, Ventura County.
The special provisions are necessary because in the Pleasant Valley area in Ventura County much of the land is owned by persons living in the near-by communities of Oxnard, Ventura, Camarillo, and other near-by towns and many of the persons residing on the land are not the owners of the land and the owners wish to form a county water district. The owners will be the ones primarily concerned with such a district and the ones who will be supporting such a district and not the resident nonowners.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1287.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Notice of Hearing on Formation › Section 30230.

30230. The county elections official of the county containing the proposed district shall publish a notice of a hearing on the formation petition once a week for at least two weeks before the time when the petition is to be presented and considered in at least one, but not to exceed three, newspapers printed and published in the county.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 158. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Notice of Hearing on Formation › Section 30231.

30231. The notice of the hearing on the formation petition shall contain all of the following:
(a) The text of the petition, which need be set forth only once even though contained upon more than one instrument.
(b) The number of signers of the petition.
(c) At least five of the names attached to the petition.
(d) The time of the meeting of the board of supervisors at which the petition will be presented and considered.
(e) A statement that all persons interested may then appear and be heard.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Notice of Hearing on Formation › Section 30232.

30232. No defect in the contents of the petition, the title to or form of the notice, signatures, or lack of signatures thereto shall vitiate the proceedings if the petition has a sufficient number of qualified signatures attached thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 30261.

30261. At the time stated in the notice of the hearing on the formation petition for its consideration the board of supervisors shall hear the petition and those appearing thereon together with any written protests filed with the clerk of the board prior to the hearing by or on behalf of owners of taxable property situated within the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 30263.

30263. Upon the hearing of the petition the board of supervisors shall determine whether or not the petition complies with this part and for that purpose shall hear all competent and relevant testimony offered in support of or in opposition thereto. The determination shall be entered upon the minutes of the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 30264.

30264. On the final hearing the board of supervisors shall make changes in the proposed boundaries of the proposed district as may be deemed advisable and shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district. In doing this:
(a) No land included in the proposed district in the petition which will be benefited by the proposed district shall be excluded.
(b) No land which will not in the judgment of the board be benefited by the district shall be included.
(c) Upon the application of any person whose land was not included in the petition but whose land will be benefited by the proposed district, the land may in the discretion of the board be included.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 30264.1.

30264.1. If the board of supervisors at its final hearing determines and finds, for good cause on reasons specified in writing, from the evidence taken at the hearing that the proposed district as its boundaries are described in the petition or as changed by the board is not in the public interest, it may dismiss the petition and terminate the proceedings, but if the board determines and finds that the proposed district is in the public interest it shall call an election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not the district shall be organized.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1343.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 30265.

30265. A finding of the board of supervisors in favor of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and notice shall be conclusive against all persons except the State upon suit by the Attorney General commenced within one year after the order of the board of supervisors declaring the district formed.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › Section 30290.

30290. If it determines that an election should be held, the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of the election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not it shall be formed.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1343.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › Section 30292.

30292. The notice of the formation election shall contain:
(a) The date of the election.
(b) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district.
(c) The name of the proposed district, which name shall contain the words “County Water District.”
(d) A statement that the first directors will be elected at that election, who will take office if the district is formed.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › Section 30293.

30293. The county clerk shall publish the notice once a week for at least two weeks prior to the formation election in at least one, but not to exceed three, newspapers printed and published in the county.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)