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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion Elections › Section 48253.

48253. The notice shall be published and the election shall be held and conducted, returns thereof shall be made and canvassed, and the result of the election ascertained and declared, and all things pertaining thereto conducted in the manner prescribed by this division in the case of a special election to determine whether bonds of a district shall be issued.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion Elections › Section 48254.

48254. The notice of election shall state that the election is for the purpose of determining whether certain land, describing its boundaries, shall or shall not be included in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion Elections › Section 48255.

48255. The ballots cast at the election shall contain the words “For change of boundary—Yes” and “For change of boundary—No.”
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion Elections › Section 48256.

48256. If at the election a majority of all the votes cast are against the change of the boundaries of the district, the petition is denied.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion Elections › Section 48257.

48257. If a majority of the votes are in favor of the change of boundaries, the board shall make its order, as provided in Article 2 of this chapter, that the boundaries of the district are changed so as to include the land therein.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1607.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion Elections › Section 48258.

48258. A certified copy of the inclusion order shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county wherein land to be included is situated. Thereupon the land becomes a part of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion Elections › Section 48259.

48259. In case land is included within any district as provided in this chapter, the board shall re-establish the boundaries of the divisions within the district so as to include the land therein, and so as to segregate into separate divisions land possessing the same general character of water rights or interests in and to the waters of the common source of supply of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion Elections › Section 48260.

48260. The board shall also re-establish the boundaries of the election precincts within the district, except that in the case of the inclusion of any land within less than 30 days before an election within the district, the election precincts shall not be re-established until after the election, and the holders of title to the newly included land shall not be entitled to vote at such election.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2.5 - Notification of Secretary of State of Exclusion or Inclusion › Section 48300.

48300. Whenever land is excluded from the district or land is included in the district pursuant to this part, the board shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State listing:
(a) The name of the district.
(b) The effective date of the exclusion or inclusion.
(c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a description of the excluded or included land, or reference to a map showing the boundaries of such excluded or included land, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded.
If any order adopted by the board pursuant to this part with respect to the exclusion or inclusion of land contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the board may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2.6 - Consolidation › Section 48350.

48350. A district may be consolidated in the same manner as is provided for the consolidation of county water districts in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 32650) of Part 8 of Division 12.
(Added by renumbering Section 48300 (as added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 163) by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2132.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Dissolution › Section 48400.

48400. Any district organized pursuant to this division may be dissolved as provided by law.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 129. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Dissolution › Section 48401.

48401. In case a contract authorized by law has been made between a district and the United States pertaining to the construction, maintenance, or operation of the works of the district, or the delivery or supply of water therefor, no such district shall be dissolved nor shall any proceedings be initiated by a court or otherwise for the purpose of dissolving such district, unless and until the consent in writing of the Secretary of the Interior to such dissolution or proceedings has first been obtained.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 50001.

50001. “District” means any reclamation district formed pursuant to any law of this State prior to April 5, 1911, and any district formed pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 1, Title 8, Part 3 of the Political Code or pursuant to this division.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 50013.

50013. “Reclamation works” means such public works and equipment as are necessary for the unwatering, watering, or irrigation of district lands and other district operations.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 50015.

50015. “Legal representative” means an officer or other person or persons appointed to serve in that capacity by a landowner.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 38, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 50016.

50016. “Voter” means a landowner or the legal representative of a landowner, or if the district uses the alternate tax procedure under Article 4 (commencing with Section 51360) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this division for the levying of a special tax on all taxable land and improvements, then “voter” means the owner of taxable land or land and improvements as shown on the last equalized tax roll of any county in which the lands of the district are situated.
(Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 135.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Applicability of Division › Section 50100.

50100. Nothing in this division impairs the validity of any district formed prior to the effective date of this division, its rights, or obligations.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Applicability of Division › Section 50101.

50101. All swamp and overflowed salt-marsh and tidelands within one mile of the State Prison at San Quentin are excluded from the operation of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Districts Within Cities › Section 50110.

50110. Districts may be formed pursuant to this division for the reclamation of any land within any city, which land is subject in any manner, to overflow or incursions from the tide or inland waters of the State.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Districts Within Cities › Section 50111.

50111. When districts are formed in cities pursuant to Section 50110 the duties required by this division to be performed by county officers shall be performed by the officers of the city who usually perform like duties.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands › Section 50120.

50120. The purchaser of public land unsold in any district at the date of filing of the by-laws of the district takes the land subject to the provisions of the by-laws, and the charges assessed in pursuance thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands › Section 50121.

50121. A purchaser of public lands within a district has all the rights and privileges enjoyed by the original signers of the by-laws of the district upon payment of all charges assessed against the land for the cost and expense of reclamation, with interest from the date such charges became due.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1745.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands › Section 50123.

50123. When the board, or landowners in districts having no board, certify under oath to the board of supervisors and show to its satisfaction that the reclamation works are completed, or that two dollars ($2) per acre has been expended for reclamation works on swamp or overflowed lands purchased pursuant to an application filed with the State Lands Commission prior to September 19, 1939, the board of supervisors shall certify such facts to the State Lands Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1745.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands › Section 50124.

50124. The State Lands Commission, upon receipt of the certification from the board of supervisors, shall forward to the treasurer of each county in which any part of the district is situated a statement showing the amount paid by each purchaser, including interest.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1745.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands › Section 50126.

50126. The county treasurer, upon receipt of the statement from the State Lands Commission showing the amounts paid by each purchaser of swamp and overflowed lands in the district, shall, after deducting all amounts chargeable against the lands in the district by reason of moneys drawn from the “swamp-land fund” of the county, pay the balance thereof pro rata to the original purchasers of land in the district, or their heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1745.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands › Section 50127.

50127. No distribution of the “swamp-land fund” shall be made pursuant to Section 50126 while the district has an outstanding indebtedness represented by Controller’s warrants drawn on the State Treasury.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands › Section 50128.

50128. When the purchasers of swamp and overflowed lands have paid for such lands in full, the board may allow a credit of one dollar ($1) per acre on any unpaid or future assessment levied for reclamation purposes on all other lands in the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1745.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands › Section 50129.

50129. No credit shall be given, or agreed to be given, until the landowner has paid all assessments levied on the lands, with interest thereon at the rate of 7 percent per year from date of delinguency, and all judgments therefor in full, less the amount of such credit.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Public Lands › Section 50130.

50130. No credit shall be given, or agreed to be given to any landowner who has previously received such credit.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 4 - Damage to Reclamation Works › Section 50140.

50140. Any person who cuts, injures, or destroys reclamation works in any district, is responsible for all damages occasioned thereby to such works.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 4 - Damage to Reclamation Works › Section 50141.

50141. An action for damages caused by cutting, injuring, or destroying reclamation works may be commenced in the superior court of any county in which the works are situated, in the names of the trustees of the district. If there is no board, the action may be brought in the name of any landowner in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 4 - Damage to Reclamation Works › Section 50142.

50142. Damages recovered in the action shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the action is brought, who shall credit the amount to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 4.5 - Claims › Section 50145.

50145. All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 5 - Actions Against Districts › Section 50151.

50151. An action against any person by reason of his official connection with a district, or against the board, or the district, shall be instituted and tried in the proper court in the principal county. No court in any other county shall have jurisdiction over such action.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 5 - Actions Against Districts › Section 50153.

50153. Any landowner may maintain an action on behalf of his district in the superior court of the county in which any part of the district is situated against a member of the board and his sureties upon his bond for any improper disbursement from the revolving fund.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 5 - Actions Against Districts › Section 50154.

50154. Any landowner may maintain an action on behalf of his district in the superior court of a county in which any part of the district is situated against a member of the board for an improper disbursement of any district funds made with the member’s consent.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 6 - Evidence of Value and Ownership › Section 50160.

50160. For all purposes relating to signing petitions and bylaws and voting, the last equalized tax roll for each county wherein any district land is situated is sufficient evidence of ownership and of value of lands in the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1763.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 7 - Landowners Representatives › Section 50170.

50170. Guardians, conservators, executors, administrators and other persons holding land in a trust capacity under appointment of court may sign petitions or bylaws or vote without obtaining special authority therefor. Corporation landowners may sign petitions or bylaws or vote by action of their legal representatives.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 730.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 1 - Form and Publication › Section 50300.

50300. A petition for the formation of a district, verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners, may be presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting thereof by:
(a) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, susceptible of one mode of reclamation who desire to reclaim the land.
(b) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands susceptible of one mode of reclamation, and already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in any district, who desire to form a district for the maintenance, protection, or repair of the reclamation works, in, upon, or appertaining to such body of lands, or for the completion of the reclamation thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 1 - Form and Publication › Section 50301.

50301. The petition shall state that petitioners desire to reclaim the land, or that the land has been reclaimed, or that the reclamation is in progress, and shall contain:
(a) A description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district.
(b) A statement as to the total number of acres situated within the exterior boundaries.
(c) The name of each owner of record of real property situated within the exterior boundaries.
(d) The name of each county within which the proposed district lies, and if in more than one county, the number of acres of the district in each county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 1 - Form and Publication › Section 50302.

50302. The petition shall be published once a week for two weeks preceding the hearing thereof in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county with a notice of the time when the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 2 - Approval › Section 50310.

50310. If the board of supervisors finds, on the hearing of the petition, that the statements therein are correct, it shall make an order approving the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 2 - Approval › Section 50311.

50311. If it is shown that any land is improperly included in the proposed district, the board of supervisors shall, in its order, exclude the same therefrom.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 2 - Approval › Section 50312.

50312. If the board of supervisors concludes that lands susceptible of the same mode of reclamation are improperly omitted from the proposed district, and the owners thereof have not appeared at the hearing, it shall continue the hearing on the petition, and direct that notice be given to the nonappearing landowners to appear before the board of supervisors, and show cause, why their lands should not be included in the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 2 - Approval › Section 50313.

50313. The notice to nonappearing landowners shall be given either by publication in the same manner and for the same period as the orginal petition, or by personal service on each such landowner.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 2 - Approval › Section 50314.

50314. If the notice is given by personal service, the service shall be made at least three days prior to the date fixed for the further hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 2 - Approval › Section 50315.

50315. Proof of publication or personal service of the notice shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors on or before the day to which the hearing is continued.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 2 - Approval › Section 50316.

50316. The board of supervisors may further continue the hearing from time to time, by order entered upon its minutes, to the end that a full hearing may be had.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 2 - Approval › Section 50317.

50317. Upon the final hearing on the petition the board of supervisors shall make an order approving the petition, as originally presented, or in a modified form.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 2 - Approval › Section 50318.

50318. The order, signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors, and attested by the clerk thereof, shall describe the exterior boundaries of the district, as determined by the board of supervisors, and shall be indorsed upon or attached to the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording › Section 50330.

50330. The petition, with the order of the board of supervisors endorsed thereon or attached thereto, shall be recorded by the county recorder.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording › Section 50331.

50331. When a district is situated partly in different counties, the board, after the petition has been granted, shall forward a copy of the petition and the order approving the same to the clerk of the board of supervisors of each of the counties in which any portion of the district is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording › Section 50332.

50332. A copy of the petition and order of the board of supervisors approving the same, certified by the county clerk, shall be forwarded to the State Lands Commission which shall thereupon forward to the county treasurer a statement showing the names of purchasers of public land in the district who have paid in full therefor.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording › Section 50333.

50333. The State Lands Commission, upon the receipt of a copy of a petition, or certificate of the county clerk that a district has been formed, shall number the district and send a notice containing the number so assigned to the county recorder of the county from which the copy or certificate came.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition › ARTICLE 3 - Filing and Recording › Section 50334.

50334. The county recorder, upon receipt of the notice from the State Lands Commission, shall record the same, and the district shall thereafter be known and designated by the number shown in said notice.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 51.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 50370.

50370. The owners of a majority of the acreage in the district may adopt bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, for the government and control of the affairs of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 625.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 50370.2.

50370.2. As an alternative to the adoption of bylaws by the owners, the board may adopt bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, for the government and control of the district, after notice of a public hearing and the holding of a public hearing on the bylaws proposed to be so adopted. Adoption shall be by a resolution adopted after the close of the public hearing on the bylaws.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 625.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 50370.4.

50370.4. The notice of public hearing shall be posted in at least three conspicuous places within the district for at least 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing, and shall state the date, time, and place of the public hearing. The notice shall contain a statement that copies of the proposed bylaws will be available to the public at a location and at times which shall be set forth in the notice.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 625.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 50370.6.

50370.6. At the public hearing held on the bylaws proposed to be so adopted, the board shall receive any comments or proposals concerning the proposed bylaws, and may adopt or reject such comments or proposals, or may continue the hearing from time to time, not to exceed 30 days from the date specified in the notice of hearing. The board may further continue the hearing, from time to time, but each continuance shall be for not more than 30 days.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 625.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 50374.

50374. A board of trustees shall be elected as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 50600) of Part 3 of this division unless the district is formed to operate without trustees pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 50400) of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 625.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Districts Formed to Operate Without a Board › Section 50400.

50400. When any land, susceptible of one mode of reclamation, is entirely owned by parties who desire to reclaim the land, and to manage the reclamation without a board or the establishment of by-laws, they may file the petition provided for in Chapter 1 of this part, and state therein that they intend to undertake the reclamation on their own responsibility.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Districts Formed to Operate Without a Board › Section 50401.

50401. When the petition is granted, the district is organized and the owners of the lands have all the rights, immunities, privileges, and duties granted to boards and in all proceedings the names of the owners shall be used instead of the names of trustees.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Districts Formed to Operate Without a Board › Section 50402.

50402. The existence of a district formed to operate without a board shall not prevent the owners of the land included therein from forming a district to operate with a board by presenting to the board of supervisors the petition provided for in Chapter 1 of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Districts Formed to Operate Without a Board › Section 50403.

50403. The presentation of a petition for formation of a district to operate with a board is an abandonment of the rights, immunities, and privileges conferred upon the owners or their predecessors in interest in the land by the creation of the original district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Validating Proceedings › Section 50440.

50440. An action to determine the legality of the existence of a district may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1532.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Validating Proceedings › Section 50441.

50441. The court shall not adjudge any district invalid when it appears that the district has for five years prior to the commencement of the proceeding been prosecuting or maintaining reclamation works in good faith.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1532.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Validating Proceedings › Section 50442.

50442. No proceeding in quo warranto, nor any similar action or proceeding shall be maintained in the name of the people of the State against any district that, continuously for five years next preceding the commencement of the proceeding, has been acting as a district and prosecuting or maintaining its works of reclamation in good faith.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1532.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 1 - Selection, Tenure and Compensation › Section 50600.

50600. After the formation of the district, the board of supervisors, on the application of a landowner, shall call an election in compliance with the provisions of Part 4 (commencing with Section 50700) of this division at which election there shall be elected three eligible persons, who shall constitute, when elected and qualified the first board of trustees of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 625.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 1 - Selection, Tenure and Compensation › Section 50601.

50601. The by-laws of a district may provide, or be amended to provide, for a board of five or seven members, and, if the original by-laws so provide, five or seven eligible persons respectively shall be elected as trustees at each election, or, if the by-laws are amended, then five or seven eligible persons shall be elected at the next district election held subsequent to the date of amendment, and at each election held thereafter.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 879.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 1 - Selection, Tenure and Compensation › Section 50602.

50602. Members of the board shall be elected for a term of four years and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. The terms of the members shall be staggered.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 218.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 1 - Selection, Tenure and Compensation › Section 50602.5.

50602.5. Members of the board of a district whose terms have not been staggered as of the date when this section becomes effective shall meet and classify themselves by lot into two classes as nearly equal in number as possible in order to determine when their respective terms shall expire. Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, the term of office of the class having the lesser number of members shall be deemed to expire on the date for the general district election in 1969. The terms of the other members shall be deemed to expire on the date for the general district election in 1971.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 218.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 1 - Selection, Tenure and Compensation › Section 50605.

50605. (a) Each member of the board shall receive such compensation for services actually and necessarily performed as the board determines to be just and reasonable, and shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties as trustee.
(b) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a director’s activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 1 - Selection, Tenure and Compensation › Section 50606.

50606. All claims by or in behalf of a trustee for services rendered or expenses incurred shall be presented to the board, and, if allowed, shall be paid in the same manner as other indebtedness of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 1 - Selection, Tenure and Compensation › Section 50609.

50609. Except as otherwise provided in the by-laws, any meeting of the board at which all members are present, or of which all members have received written notice at least one day prior thereto, is a regular meeting at which any business may be transacted.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 1 - Selection, Tenure and Compensation › Section 50610.

50610. Members of the board of trustees appointed pursuant to Section 58762.1 of the Government Code shall be immune from liability to creditors of the district for debts incurred prior to their appointment.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 625.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 2 - Officers › Section 50631.

50631. The secretary shall have charge of the office of the board, keep the minutes of all meetings, attest all documents, other than bonds, requiring the signature of the president, and keep accounts of all expenditures made in behalf of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 50652.

50652. The board shall exercise general supervision and complete control over the construction, maintenance and operation of the reclamation works, and generally over the affairs of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 50653.

50653. The board shall receive from the reclamation board any money allowed on account of uncollected assessments previously levied on lands purchased by the board for rights of way, and shall distribute the money among the landowners of the district in proportion to their payments on the last assessment roll or place the money in the county treasury to the credit of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 50654.

50654. The board, pursuant to an order entered in its minutes, may distribute, among the landowners of the district, any surplus funds in the treasury belonging to the district not needed for reclamation purposes, in the proportion that the landowners were assessed on the last assessment made by the district and which assessment produced such surplus money by collections thereon or by rental or sale of delinquent land thereunder.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 50655.

50655. The board may adopt and alter a seal.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 39. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 50656.

50656. All documents requiring approval by the board shall bear the signature of either a trustee or the secretary.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 40. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 50657.

50657. The board may create a revolving fund by an order entered in its minutes and shall file a copy of the order, certified by the president, with the county treasurer.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 50658.

50658. No warrant for the creation or replenishment of a revolving fund shall be paid by the county treasurer unless the order creating the revolving fund includes the assumption by the district of the responsibility for the disbursement of the fund and contains an agreement to hold and save the county treasurer harmless from any improper disbursement of the fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 939, Sec. 26. Effective September 28, 1994. Operative January 1, 1995, by Sec. 29 of Ch. 939.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 50659.

50659. A revolving fund shall be disbursed only by checks or drafts, signed by at least two members of the board, or by some person who is authorized to do so by unanimous vote of the board. No person shall be so authorized until the person has filed with the board a bond in the amount required by the board and in no event less than double the amount of the fund. The bond shall be conditioned as security for the safety and proper disbursements of the fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 407.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES › CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 50660.

50660. The county treasurer shall be deemed the ex officio treasurer of the district unless the board, by resolution, and with the written consent of the county treasurer, appoints a district treasurer. If the resolution is adopted and a district treasurer is appointed, all references to a county treasurer or county treasury within this division shall be deemed to apply to the treasurer appointed by the board and the treasury of the district, and no further consent of the county treasurer will be required. The person so appointed shall file a bond with the board in the manner prescribed in Section 50659.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 246, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 50700.

50700. An election board consists of three landowners of the district or legal representatives who shall be appointed by the board of supervisors and shall consist of one inspector and two judges of election.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1763.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 50701.

50701. The board, prior to each election, shall cause a copy of the appropriate roll to be utilized pursuant to Section 50704 to be prepared and certified by the proper officer and furnished to the election board.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1109, Sec. 1.5. Effective September 28, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 50702.

50702. The certified roll furnished to the election board shall be used by the election board in determining the number of votes each voter may cast.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1109, Sec. 1.2. Effective September 28, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 50703.

50703. If a member of the election board fails to attend at the opening of the polls, the voters present may appoint in his place any landowner or legal representative.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1763.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 50704.

50704. Each voter in the district may vote at any election in person or by proxy, and may cast his or her votes as follows:
(a) If the district has, within the calendar year preceding that in which the election occurs, levied an operation and maintenance assessment pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this division, then each voter shall be entitled to cast one vote for each dollar’s worth of assessment valuation as shown on that assessment roll for all parcels owned by the voter or his principal.
(b) If the district has not levied an operation and maintenance assessment pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this division during the calendar year preceding that in which the election occurs, but has during that year ordered payment of an installment on an original or additional assessment pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 51510) of Chapter 3 of Part 7 of this division, or levied fees and charges pursuant to Section 50902, then each voter shall be entitled to cast one vote for each dollar’s worth of installment or fee and charge levied in the preceding year upon all parcels owned by the voter or his principal.
(c) If neither an operation and maintenance assessment nor an installment upon an original or additional assessment nor fee or charge was levied or ordered paid by the district during the calendar year preceding that in which the election occurs, then each voter shall be entitled to cast one vote for each acre owned by the voter or his principal within the district, provided that if the voter or his principal owns less than one acre then the voter shall be entitled to one vote and any fraction shall be rounded to the nearest full acre.
(d) When a district elects to have the board of supervisors levy a special tax on behalf of the district on all taxable land and improvements pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 51360) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this division, then each voter may vote at any district election in person or by proxy, and may cast one vote for each dollar’s worth of taxable land and improvements owned by him or his principal in the district, as determined from the last equalized tax roll of each county in which the lands of the district are situated.
(e) The ownership and number of acres owned for the purpose of this section shall be determined from the last equalized tax roll of each county in which the lands of the district are situated.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1109, Sec. 1.4. Effective September 28, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 50704.5.

50704.5. When a parcel is held as community property or in joint tenancy or as tenants in common, any spouse or joint tenant or tenant in common shall be presumed to have authority to cast all votes for the parcel upon filing with the election board a certification under penalty of perjury identifying the spouse, joint tenants, or tenants in common for whom the votes are to be cast. A legal representative, upon filing with the election board a certification under penalty of perjury identifying the principal and the authority of the legal representative, shall be presumed to have authority to cast all votes for the principal identified in the certification.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1109, Sec. 2. Effective September 28, 1983.)