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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4.95 - Alternative Provisions for the Issuance of Bonds of Improvement Districts › Section 36447.12.

36447.12. In lieu of refunding outstanding bonds by defeasing or calling for redemption, the board may also refund under Article 6 (commencing with Section 36060) of Chapter 2 by purchasing the bonds to be refunded with proceeds of the refunding bonds or by acquiring the bonds to be refunded and exchanging them for the refunding bonds, in either case in a negotiated transaction with the bondholder or through an intermediary agent of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 645, Sec. 4. Effective September 17, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4.95 - Alternative Provisions for the Issuance of Bonds of Improvement Districts › Section 36447.14.

36447.14. All acts and proceedings taken prior to the effective date of this chapter, which would be in accordance with this chapter if taken after the effective date, are hereby confirmed, validated, and declared legally effective.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 998, Sec. 3. Effective September 11, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Improvement Districts › Section 36450.

36450. Improvement districts may be formed in districts in the same manner as improvement districts are formed in irrigation districts. When formed, such improvement districts shall be governed in the same manner as improvement districts in irrigation districts.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Improvement Districts › Section 36451.

36451. The board of directors of a district shall have the same rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the formation and government of improvement districts in districts as the board of directors of an irrigation district has with respect to improvement districts in irrigation districts.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Improvement Districts › Section 36452.

36452. The board shall also have, in addition to its other powers, the same powers with respect to improvement districts in districts as the board of directors of an irrigation district has with respect to distribution districts in irrigation districts.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Improvement Districts › Section 36453.

36453. Assessments in an improvement district in a district shall be levied, collected and enforced at the same time and in as nearly the same manner as practicable as annual taxes for purposes of the district in which formed, except that the assessment shall be made in the same manner as provided with respect to improvement districts or distribution districts in irrigation districts.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 991.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Alternative Provisions for the Consolidation of Coterminous Improvement Districts › Section 36454.

36454. This chapter provides an alternative method for the consolidation of coterminous improvement districts formed pursuant to Chapter 4.9 (commencing with Section 36410) of this part. This chapter shall not apply to or affect any other provisions of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 5.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Alternative Provisions for the Consolidation of Coterminous Improvement Districts › Section 36454.1.

36454.1. Pursuant to the procedure set forth in this chapter, two or more existing coterminous improvement districts formed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4.9 (commencing with Section 36410) of this part may be consolidated into one improvement district. In such instance the consolidated improvement district may be designated in such manner as the board may designate. Any authorized but unissued bonds of any of the coterminous improvement districts may be issued and sold as the bonds of the consolidated improvement district. Such bonds, as well as any funds on hand from bonds previously issued by any of the improvement districts consolidated into one improvement district as hereinafter provided or any other funds of any such improvement districts, shall be used in the manner provided by law for the original authorized purposes. However, any such use of funds shall be to accomplish the plan of works originally established or as subsequently amended.
Any bonds which were issued by any of the coterminous improvement districts prior to their consolidation and which remain outstanding at the time of consolidation shall be assumed by and become the liability of the consolidated improvement district.
To the extent assessment, standby charges, or other charges are necessary to be levied or collected by reason of any such improvement districts consolidated hereunder into one improvement district, such assessment, standby charges, or other charges may be collected by the consolidated improvement district provided for hereunder. Thereafter, the amount so collected shall be utilized to satisfy the obligations for which such assessments or standby charges were levied and collected, except that any amount over and above that necessary to satisfy said obligations may be used for any of the purposes of the consolidated improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 5.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Alternative Provisions for the Consolidation of Coterminous Improvement Districts › Section 36454.2.

36454.2. For purposes of Section 2270 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, bonds authorized by any of the coterminous improvement districts which remain outstanding or unissued at the time the districts are consolidated shall be treated as having been authorized by the consolidated district. Further, for purposes of Section 2270 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, bonds authorized by the voters of the coterminous improvement districts which remain outstanding or unissued at the time the districts are consolidated shall be treated as having been authorized by the voters of the consolidated improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 5.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Alternative Provisions for the Consolidation of Coterminous Improvement Districts › Section 36454.3.

36454.3. In the event that the board determines it to be in the best interests of the district to consolidate any two or more existing coterminous improvement districts formed under Chapter 4.9 (commencing with Section 36410) of this part, it may, by resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote, declare its intention to consolidate such improvement districts. The resolution so adopted shall identify the improvement districts to be consolidated and shall set forth the total amount of authorized bonds, as well as the amount of outstanding bonds, of each of the improvement districts proposed to be consolidated, the purposes of each such improvement district, and the designation of the proposed consolidated improvement district. The resolution of intention shall set forth a legal description of the existing coterminous improvement districts to be consolidated and provide that notice be given in a manner provided in Section 36414. Additionally, the resolution shall fix a date, time, and place for a public hearing on the proposed consolidation.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 5.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5.5 - Alternative Provisions for the Consolidation of Coterminous Improvement Districts › Section 36454.4.

36454.4. At the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention provided for in Section 36454.3, the board may adopt a resolution declaring the existing coterminous improvement districts described in the resolution of intention to be consolidated in one improvement district which shall be designated therein. The resolution shall contain the legal description thereof as well as a statement of the purposes of the consolidated improvement district. If the parent district has adopted the alternative method for the levy, collection and enforcement of district assessment by the county and is operating under the provisions of Part 7.5 (commencing with Section 37200) of this division, it shall file a statement as required by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code. The resolution shall contain a determination that such consolidation is in the best interests of the present and future property owners and taxpayers. Any such resolution shall be subject to referendum held within the boundaries described in the resolution adopted as provided for herein.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 5.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 36455.

36455. Whenever, in the opinion of the board, the public interest or convenience may require, the board may order the acquisition or construction in, under, or upon the whole or any portion of any one or more of the streets or public places of the district, or any property or rights-of-way owned by the district, of any work or improvement for the production, storage, transmission and distribution of water for irrigation, domestic, industrial and municipal purposes, or for collecting, treating, and disposing of sewage, waste and storm waters, and provide that the cost thereof shall be assessed upon any district to be assessed therefor, which district need not be composed of lands contiguous to each other.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 36455.1.

36455.1. The work or improvement shall be done and the cost thereof assessed and collected in accordance with the procedures of the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code), or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code).
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 36455.2.

36455.2. Such acts or any of them may be used in the discretion of the board of directors in the construction of any work to be done or improvements made under this act and in the levying of assessments and reassessments and the issuing of bonds to pay for costs and expenses of the work and improvements done or to be done hereunder.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 36455.3.

36455.3. As additional notice a certified copy of any assessment and the diagram attached thereto issued under any of said acts shall be recorded in the office of the county surveyor if the improvement district or any part thereof is in unincorporated territory and with the superintendent of streets of the city or cities if the improvement district or any part thereof is in incorporated territory and shall remain an official record in the office in which it may be filed. Such filing, however, shall not affect or qualify the district record thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 36455.4.

36455.4. A district may enter into an agreement with any municipality within the district whereby any work or improvement constructed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be transferred to the municipality for operation and maintenance. The power to make such an agreement is conditioned upon a finding by the board that the residents of the district would be better served by such municipal operation and maintenance.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 36456.

36456. As used in the laws referred to in this chapter the terms therefrom set forth in this article refer for the purposes of this chapter to that which this article states each respectively refers.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 36456.2.

36456.2. “City council” or “legislative body” refers to the board of directors of the water district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 36456.3.

36456.3. “Mayor” refers to the president of the board of directors of the water district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 36456.4.

36456.4. “Clerk” refers to the secretary of the board of directors of the water district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 36456.5.

36456.5. “Council chambers” refers to the place designated by the board of directors of the water district for holding its regular meetings.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 36456.6.

36456.6. “Treasurer” refers to the treasurer of the water district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 36456.7.

36456.7. “Superintendent of streets” or “street superintendent” and “city engineer” refer to the engineer of the water district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 36456.8.

36456.8. “Right-of-way” refers to any parcel of land through which a right-of-way has been granted to the water district for any purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 36456.9.

36456.9. All words relating to municipal officers and matters refer to the corresponding officers of water districts and matters under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work › Section 36457.

36457. The board may appoint officers other than the engineer, without compensation, as the officer to perform any or all of the duties conferred upon the street superintendent or city engineer in any law referred to in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work › Section 36457.1.

36457.1. The board may appoint an engineer of work, in which event the duties to be performed by the city engineer as set forth in any law referred to in this chapter shall be performed by the engineer of work, whose compensation and expenses shall constitute an incidental expense in the cost of the work.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work › Section 36457.2.

36457.2. The board may provide that the work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer of work, that the materials used shall comply with his specifications and be to his satisfaction, and that he shall make and sign the assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work › Section 36457.3.

36457.3. The contract shall be entered into by the engineer, and the assessment and warrant, when confirmed, shall be recorded in the office of the engineer.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 4 - Assessments and Bonds for Agricultural Water Delivery Facilities › Section 36458.

36458. Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter for facilities for delivery primarily of agricultural water supplies, in accordance with the provisions of any of the improvement acts mentioned in this chapter, may extend over a period not exceeding 24 years from the 2nd day of January next succeeding the next September 1st following their date and may provide that the first maturity date shall be the 2nd day of January, three years succeeding the next September 1st following their date and shall be paid in equal annual installments on January 2nd thereafter until the whole principal amount with accrued interest is paid.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 4 - Assessments and Bonds for Agricultural Water Delivery Facilities › Section 36458.1.

36458.1. In determining the amount of the assessments to be levied and bonds to be issued pursuant to this chapter, the board of directors may include bond interest for facilities for delivery primarily of agricultural water supplies estimated to accrue during the period of construction, but not exceeding three years from the date of issuance of said bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 268.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 36460.

36460. Land within a water district, which need not be contiguous, may be formed into a distribution district for the purpose of contracting with the United States, pursuant to federal reclamation laws, or for the purpose of contracting with the district for the construction of a distribution system separate from or supplemental to the works of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 36461.

36461. As used in this part, “federal reclamation law” shall mean the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stats. 388), and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 36462.

36462. The formation of a distribution district may be proposed and the petition therefor shall be signed by two-thirds or more in number of the holders of title to the land in the proposed distribution district appearing on the last equalized assessment roll of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 36463.

36463. A petition for the formation of a distribution district shall contain all of the following:
(a) Statement of the plans of the proposed distribution system.
(b) Description of the land in the proposed distribution district.
(c) Names of the owners of all land within the proposed distribution district with their last known addresses.
(d) Description of the land owned in the proposed distribution district by each owner, which shall be according to the next preceding equalized assessment book of the district.
(e) Signatures of the petitioners.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 36464.

36464. The petition, all proceedings in reference to it, the distribution district, and the land in it shall be designated by a number.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 36465.

36465. The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 36466.

36466. A petition to form a distribution district shall be filed with the secretary in the office of the district and may be inspected by all persons interested.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Estimate of Assessment › Section 36470.

36470. Upon receipt of a petition to form a distribution district the board shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed distribution system.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Estimate of Assessment › Section 36471.

36471. If the survey shows that the improvements are feasible, the board shall cause to be prepared the following:
(a) Plans and specifications of the proposed distribution system.
(b) An estimate of the cost of the proposed distribution system, which may include an amount not in excess of ten percent (10%) of the aggregate cost of the proposed distribution system, to create a reserve fund to be used and applied as additional security for the payment of any sums due under a contract with the United States or the district for the payment of the cost of the proposed distribution system.
(c) Statement of the proposed assessment which probably will be necessary to meet the distribution district’s obligation to the United States or the district under the proposed contract or contracts, apportioned to each tract of land in the proposed distribution district as the tracts appear on the last equalized district assessment book and to district-owned land in the proposed distribution district, whether or not it appears on the last equalized district assessment book, which apportionment shall be according to the benefits that will accrue to each tract by virtue of the construction of the distribution system.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Estimate of Assessment › Section 36472.

36472. The plans and specifications, estimate of cost and the statement of the proposed assessment shall be filed with the secretary in the office of the district and may be inspected by all persons interested.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 36480.

36480. After the filing of the formation petition, the plans and specifications, the estimate of cost and statement of the proposed assessment, the board shall give notice of a hearing upon the petition, which said notice shall also state that the hearing is called to determine whether or not the special assessment should be levied.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 36481.

36481. Notice of the hearing shall be given by all of the following:
(a) Posting a notice in three public places within the proposed distribution district.
(b) Publication of the notice once a week for two weeks in a newspaper published in the office county.
(c) Mailing a copy of the notice to the last known address of all of the owners of land in the proposed distribution district to the addresses appearing on the last equalized assessment role of the district.
The notices shall be posted and mailed not less than 20 days prior to the date set for the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 36482.

36482. At the hearing the board shall hear any objections coming before it to any of the following:
(a) The petition.
(b) The formation of the distribution district.
(c) The land to be included within the distribution district.
(d) The plans and specifications.
(e) The estimate of cost.
(f) The proposed assessment.
(g) The apportionment of the assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 36483.

36483. At the hearing the board shall make any changes in reference to matters set forth in Section 36482 as it considers proper. The board may exclude any part of the land described in the petition from the proposed distribution district and may include additional land.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 36484.

36484. If any additional land is included within the proposed distribution district, the hearing shall be continued and the owners of the added land given personal notice of not less than 20 days of the addition of the land to the distribution district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 36490.

36490. Regardless of any findings made by the board, if more than one-third in number of the holders of title to land within the proposed distribution district object at the hearing to its formation or to the levy of the proposed assessment, the board shall deny the petition and no further proceeding shall be had on it.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 36491.

36491. If at the hearing the board finds that it would not be for the best interests of the district to form the distribution district, the board shall order the proceedings dismissed without prejudice to their renewal.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 36492.

36492. If the board finds that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed distribution district to form the distribution district, it shall make and enter in its minutes a final order:
(a) Approving the petition.
(b) Forming the distribution district.
(c) Providing that the assessment shall be levied each year in the same manner as district assessments to meet the obligations of the contract with the United States under federal reclamation laws or the obligations of the contract with the district.
(d) Apportioning the assessment to the land in the distribution district according to benefits.
(e) Describing the land in the distribution district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 36493.

36493. Assessments levied for the purpose of meeting obligations accruing under a contract with the United States pursuant to the reclamation laws or under a contract with the district, shall be payable in the same manner and at the same time as district assessments, and such distribution district assessments shall be made in the number and amount sufficient to meet the obligations accruing under such contract.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 36494.

36494. The secretary shall cause a certified copy of the order creating the distribution district to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in each county in which any land of the distribution district is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 36495.

36495. The assessment, and each installment of it, shall be and remain a lien on the land in the distribution district in the same manner as, and be a part of, the annual assessment of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
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36496. All lands of the distribution district shall remain jointly liable for all obligations accruing to the United States or accruing to the district under any contract between the distribution district and the United States or any contract between the distribution district and the district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 36497.

36497. Upon a change or resubdivision upon the assessment book of the district of any parcel of land in a distribution district, the board upon its own initiative or upon petition of the owner of the parcel so changed or resubdivided, may reapportion the distribution district assessment upon the parcel, and the order of reapportionment shall be recorded in the same manner as the order levying the original assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 36498.

36498. If the actual amount to be paid by the distribution district to the United States or to the district under the contract to be executed is substantially less than the estimated amount, the assessment may be reduced proportionately on each parcel by recomputing it, based on the actual amount to be repaid as set forth in said contract. The reapportionment or a statement that the assessment on each parcel has been reduced by a designated percentage shall be recorded in the same manner as the order levying the original assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 36499.

36499. Installments of assessments levied on district owned land becoming due while the land is still owned by the district shall be paid by the district. Conveyance of such lands into private ownership shall not release the lien thereon of the assessment and the unpaid installments of it.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion and Exclusion of Land › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion of Land › Section 36500.

36500. If at any time it is desired to include additional land in a distribution district, a petition for inclusion signed by the owners of the land to be included and by two-thirds in number of the holders of title to the land in the distribution district may be filed with the board.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion and Exclusion of Land › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion of Land › Section 36501.

36501. The inclusion petition shall describe the land in the distribution district as enlarged by the proposed inclusions and give the names and addresses of the owners of the additional land in substantially the same manner as in the original petition for forming a distribution district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion and Exclusion of Land › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion of Land › Section 36502.

36502. The same proceedings shall be had on the distribution district inclusion petition as upon the original petition for the formation of a distribution district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion and Exclusion of Land › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Land › Section 36510.

36510. At any time before a district has incurred any indebtedness or obligation, or after all indebtedness and obligations have been discharged, two-thirds or more in number of the holders of title to an area of land in the distribution district, as appears on the last equalized assessment roll, desiring to be excluded therefrom may by verified petition filed with the board of the district, request that the area be excluded from the distribution district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion and Exclusion of Land › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Land › Section 36511.

36511. The secretary of the district, upon the filing of the petition, shall examine it and if, in his opinion, the petition has been signed by the requisite number of landowners, he shall set it for hearing at the first regular meeting of the board of the district held after the expiration of 30 days after the filing of the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion and Exclusion of Land › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Land › Section 36512.

36512. The secretary of the board shall cause notice of the time and place of hearing to be posted for a period of two weeks next preceding the hearing (a) in three public places in the area requested to be excluded, and (b) in three public places in the area of the distribution district which has not been requested to be excluded, and to be published once a week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which any portion of the distribution district is located.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion and Exclusion of Land › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Land › Section 36513.

36513. At the time and place of the hearing, anyone interested in the petition for exclusion may appear before the board of the district and urge or oppose its approval. After the hearing, if the board of the district determines that it is for the best interests of the distribution district that the land requested to be excluded, or any portion thereof, should be excluded, the board of the district shall make an order excluding the land, or portion thereof, and cause it to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which the excluded land is located.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion and Exclusion of Land › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Land › Section 36514.

36514. All expenses incurred in connection with a petition to exclude lands from a distribution district shall be paid by the petitioners.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Functioning of Distribution Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Distribution District Management › Section 36520.

36520. In a district containing a distribution district the board and all of the officers of the district each respectively has all of the rights, powers and privileges as to the distribution district, its land, and the proceedings in relation to the distribution district that each respectively has for the district of which the distribution district is a part, including the right of the district to acquire, own, hold and dispose of property, and to contract in the name of the distribution district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Functioning of Distribution Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Distribution District Management › Section 36521.

36521. The board may also hold or dispose of property used or acquired in connection with the distribution district in the name of the directors and their successors in office as trustees for the distribution district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Functioning of Distribution Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Distribution District Management › Section 36522.

36522. The board of the district may in lieu in whole or in part of levying assessments for repayment of construction costs under a contract with the United States or with the district, fix and collect charges for the use of water or for any other service furnished by means of the distribution system in the same manner and with the same effect as charges are made and collected by districts for the use of water or for services. Such charges may be in excess of charges made and collected by the district for the use of water or for services in other areas of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Functioning of Distribution Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Distribution District Management › Section 36523.

36523. The board of the district may provide for any maintenance and operation of the distribution system of a distribution district that may be required by the provisions of the contract between the distribution district and the United States under the federal reclamation laws or under the contract between the distribution district and the district, from funds of the district in lieu of levying further distribution district assessments for such purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Functioning of Distribution Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Distribution District Management › Section 36524.

36524. The board of the district may provide for any maintenance and operation of the distribution system of a distribution district that may be required by the provisions of the contract between the distribution district and the United States under the federal reclamation laws or under the contract between the distribution district and the district, from funds raised by charges which are fixed and collected for the use of water or for any other such service furnished by means of the distribution system, in the same manner and with the same effect as charges are made and collected by district for the use of water or for services. Such charges may be in addition to other charges made by the district for the furnishing of water or other services.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Functioning of Distribution Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Distribution District Management › Section 36525.

36525. A district may issue distribution district warrants signed by its president and secretary from receipts of distribution district assessments and charges in such amounts and to the United States, the district or such persons as may be required to carry out the provisions of a contract between a distribution district and the United States, executed under the federal reclamation laws, or a contract between the distribution district and the district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Functioning of Distribution Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Actions and Proceedings › Section 36530.

36530. All acts, proceedings, conclusions, and findings of fact, including the levy of assessments or charges, by a board of a district concerning a distribution district herein shall be conclusive except in an action or proceeding instituted within six months after the acts, proceedings, conclusions, or findings were had or made.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Functioning of Distribution Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Actions and Proceedings › Section 36531.

36531. An action to determine the validity of an assessment may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1530.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dissolution of Distribution Districts › Section 36540.

36540. At any time prior to incurring any indebtedness or obligation, or upon the full payment of all indebtedness or obligations of a distribution district a petition, signed and acknowledged by not less than the number of owners of land constituting the distribution district required to sign a petition to form the distribution district, may be filed with the board requesting that the distribution district be dissolved.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6.5 - DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dissolution of Distribution Districts › Section 36541.

36541. A hearing on dissolution shall be had in the same manner and after the same notice as is required for the formation of a distribution district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Assessment › ARTICLE 1 - Annual Estimate › Section 36552.

36552. Between the date on which the district was formed and 90 days thereafter, and between those dates annually thereafter, the board shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors an estimate of the sum required by the district to discharge all of its obligations:
(a) That are unpaid and matured at that date.
(b) That will mature during the next year.
(c) That it is probable will be incurred and mature during the next year.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 717, Sec. 1. Effective September 18, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Assessment › ARTICLE 1 - Annual Estimate › Section 36553.

36553. The annual estimate shall specify the portion thereof which will be required for the payment of bonds and of the interest on bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Assessment › ARTICLE 1 - Annual Estimate › Section 36554.

36554. The annual estimate may include an amount to be determined by the board but not to exceed 1 percent of the total assessed value of the land, which sum shall be apportioned to the bond fund and used for the redemption or purchase of unmatured bonds or for the creation of a sinking fund to pay bonds as they become due.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)