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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9402.

9402. The directors shall be empowered to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the conservation of resources and the preventive and control measures and works of improvement needed, publish the results of such surveys, investigations, or research, and disseminate information concerning such preventive control measures and works of improvement; provided, however, that in order to avoid duplication of surveys, investigations, and research activities, the directors shall seek the cooperation of local, state, and federal agencies.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9403.5.

9403.5. The directors may establish and charge fees for services provided by the district to, and upon the request of, persons or governmental entities. No fee shall exceed the cost reasonably borne by the district in providing the service.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 19.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9404.

9404. The directors may execute all necessary contracts. They may employ such agents, officers, and employees as may be necessary, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9405.

9405. The directors may acquire by purchase, lease, contract, or gift all lands and property necessary to carry out the plans and works of the district. The directors may acquire conservation easements as provided in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 815) of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code on lands within the district. A district acquiring a conservation easement shall prepare a management plan for the easement which fully describes the intent and legal obligations respecting the easement and which shall be consistent with the goals of the State Soil Conservation Plan and other policies adopted pursuant to Section 9108.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 20.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9406.

9406. The directors may take conveyances, leases, contracts, or other assurances for all property acquired by the district, in the name, and for the uses and purposes, of the district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9408.

9408. (a) The directors may cooperate and enter into contracts or agreements with the state, the United States, any county, any city, any other resource conservation or other public district in this state, any person, or the commission, in furtherance of the provisions of this division, and to that end may use any funds available to the district as provided in this chapter, and may accept and use contributions of labor, money, supplies, materials, or equipment useful for accomplishing the purposes of the district.
(b) Districts may cooperate with counties and cities on resource issues of local concern. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage districts to facilitate cooperation among agencies of government to address resource issues of local concern.
(c) Districts may cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies and owners of private lands under the agreement between the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts and various public and private entities known as the coordinated resource management and planning memorandum of understanding.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 21.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9409.

9409. The directors may make improvements or conduct operations on public lands, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on private lands, with the consent of the owners thereof, in furtherance of the prevention or control of soil erosion, water conservation and distribution, agricultural enhancement, wildlife enhancement, and erosion stabilization, including, but not limited to, terraces, ditches, levees, and dams or other structures, and the planting of trees, shrubs, grasses, or other vegetation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9410.

9410. The directors may operate and maintain, independently or in cooperation with the United States or this state or any state agency or political subdivision or any person, any and all works constructed by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9411.

9411. The directors may disseminate information relating to soil and water conservation and erosion stabilization, and those purposes identified in Sections 9001 and 9151, and may conduct demonstrational projects within, or adjacent to, the district on public land, with the consent of the agency administering or having jurisdiction thereof, or on private lands, with the consent of the owners thereof, independently or in cooperation with the United States, this state or any political subdivision or public district thereof, or any person.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 585, Sec. 9. (AB 1902) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9412.

9412. Each district may provide technical assistance to private landowners or land occupants within the district to support practices that minimize soil and related resource degradation and support increased resiliency and adaptation to climate change. When in the judgment of the directors it is for the benefit of the district so to do, the directors may give assistance to a private landowner or land occupant within the district in seeds, plants, materials, and labor, and may loan or rent to that private landowner or that land occupant agricultural machinery or other equipment. Assistance shall not be given or loans shall not be made unless the landowner or land occupant receiving the aid or assistance agrees to devote and use the aid or assistance on their lands within the district in furtherance of objectives of the district and in accordance with district plans or regulations. Notwithstanding the fact that the landowner or land occupant is also a director, any landowner is qualified to and may receive assistance or loans under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 585, Sec. 10. (AB 1902) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9413.5.

9413.5. Each district may enter into an interagency agreement with a state agency, for purposes of this chapter, consistent with the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 11250) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and the Department of General Services’ State Contracting Manual.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 585, Sec. 12. (AB 1902) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9414.

9414. The directors may accept, by purchase, lease, or gift, and administer any project or program consistent with Sections 9001 and 9151 located within the district undertaken by the United States or any of its agencies, or by this state or any of its agencies.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 585, Sec. 13. (AB 1902) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9415.

9415. The directors may manage, as agents of the United States or any of its agencies, or of this state or any of its agencies, any project or program consistent with Sections 9001 and 9151, within or adjacent to the district; and may act as agent for the United States, or any of its agencies, or for this state or any of its agencies, in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, or administration of any project or program consistent with Sections 9001 and 9151 within or adjacent to the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 585, Sec. 14. (AB 1902) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9416.

9416. The directors may establish standards of cropping and tillage operations and range practices on private land as a condition to expenditure by the district of district or other funds, or to the doing by the district of any work of any nature, on private lands.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9417.

9417. (a) The directors of any district may cooperate with the directors of any other district in respect to matters of common interest or benefit to the districts. An association of resource conservation districts may be organized to facilitate that cooperation, to provide for the loan of equipment and tools by one district to another, and for the making of investigations and studies and the carrying out of projects of joint interest to the districts participating therein.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage districts to organize in countywide or regional associations for the purposes of (1) providing coordinated representation of districts before federal, state, and local governmental agencies and (2) coordinating program planning, funding, and delivery of services.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 25.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9417.5.

9417.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that concerned state agencies, in cooperation with resource conservation districts and other appropriate local entities, work with the agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal agencies, to maximize cooperative opportunities for federal, state, and private funding for competitive grants and contracts for watershed protection, restoration, and enhancement programs of resource conservation districts.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 719, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9418.

9418. The directors of any district may call upon the district attorney of the principal county for legal advice and assistance in all matters concerning the district, except that if the principal county has a county counsel, then the directors shall call upon him for such legal advice and assistance. The district attorney or county counsel, as may be appropriate, shall, upon the request being made, give such advice and assistance.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9419.

9419. (a) The directors may engage in activities designed to promote a knowledge of the principles of resource conservation throughout the district and for that purpose may develop educational programs both for children and for adults. In the development of those programs, the directors may authorize the giving of awards and prizes for outstanding achievement.
(b) Each district may develop and disseminate or utilize conservation education programs for use in kindergarten through grade 12. As an option to developing these programs independently, it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage both collaboration with other organizations and incorporation of elements of existing programs.
(c) A district may conduct workshops on the relationships between soil and related resource problems and their effects on other resources, such as wildlife and water quality.
(d) A district may sponsor programs that address land use practices which reduce water and wind erosion, soil contamination, soil salinity, agricultural land conversion, loss of soil organic matter, soil subsidence, and soil compaction and associated poor water infiltration.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 26.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District › Section 9420.

9420. The board of directors of a district may appoint advisory committees to provide technical assistance in addressing soil and related resource problems, to assist in coordinating conservation programs and activities, and to share information relating to the functions or purposes of the district. Representatives of state, federal, and local governmental agencies, including school districts, as well as private organizations, may serve on these advisory committees.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 28.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 10 - Property of District › Section 9451.

9451. The legal title to all property acquired by a district under the provisions of this division shall immediately and by operation of law vest in such district, and shall be held by such district for its uses and purposes under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 10 - Property of District › Section 9452.

9452. The directors are hereby authorized and empowered to hold, use, acquire, manage, occupy and possess property of any kind, and may lease or sell it as provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 10 - Property of District › Section 9453.

9453. The directors may determine by resolution entered upon their minutes that any property, real or personal, held by such district is no longer necessary to be retained for the uses and purposes of the district, and may thereafter sell or lease such property.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 10 - Property of District › Section 9454.

9454. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9453, the directors may lease district equipment to any other public district for use by such public district for resource conservation purposes on land within the boundaries of a resource conservation district or on land adjacent to the district and under the jurisdiction of such other district, if such use will directly affect the land within the resource conservation district.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 10 - Property of District › Section 9455.

9455. A sale or conveyance of any property held by a resource conservation district, executed by the president and secretary thereof, in accordance with a resolution of the directors of the district, when the property is sold for a valuable consideration, shall convey good title to the property so conveyed.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 10 - Property of District › Section 9456.

9456. The proceeds of a sale described in Section 9455 shall be paid into the county treasury of the principal county for the use of the district, or to the district treasury, if the district operates pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 9521.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 585, Sec. 15. (AB 1902) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 10 - Property of District › Section 9457.

9457. The board of directors shall adopt purchasing policies and procedures governing the purchase of supplies and equipment as required by Sections 54201 through 54204, inclusive, of the Government Code. The policies shall be in writing, copies of which shall be available for public distribution.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 11 - Inclusion of Lands › Section 9481.

9481. The inclusion of additional lands in a district shall be made in accordance with the District Reorganization Act of 1965, Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 6 of the Government Code, except that unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the lands included in any district need not be contiguous.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 585, Sec. 16. (AB 1902) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 12 - Dissolution › Section 9491.

9491. A district may be dissolved in accordance with the provisions of the District Reorganization Act of 1965, Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 6 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 1 - Regular Assessments › Section 9501.

9501. The directors shall, on or before January 1 of the calendar year during which an assessment is to be levied for the first time, notify the State Board of Equalization as provided in Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 756 and 759 and, annually on or before August lst, furnish the county auditor and the board of supervisors an estimate in writing of the amount of money necessary to be raised by assessment for the purposes of the district for the next ensuing fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 1 - Regular Assessments › Section 9502.

9502. If the district lies in more than one county the directors shall divide the amount of the estimate in the proportion to the value of the land in the district lying in each county. The value shall be determined from the last assessment rolls of the counties. The directors shall furnish the auditors and boards of supervisors of each of the respective counties a statement of the part of the estimate apportioned to the county.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 1 - Regular Assessments › Section 9503.

9503. The total amount of the estimate shall be sufficient to raise the amount of money necessary during the ensuing year to pay the incidental expenses of the district, the costs of the work which the directors may deem advisable to be done during the ensuing year, the estimated costs of repairs to and maintenance of the property and works of the district, and the estimated expenses of any action or proceeding to which the district is or may be a party, including the cost of employing engineers and attorneys.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 1 - Regular Assessments › Section 9505.

9505. The regular assessment in any one year shall not exceed two cents ($0.02) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of the land, exclusive of improvements, trees, and mineral rights, within the district. The valuation shall be determined according to the last assessment roll, reduced proportionately when mineral rights, standing trees, or timber are involved.
The cost to the assessor, if any, of recomputing assessed valuations in accordance with this section shall be paid by the district requesting an assessment levy pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 1 - Regular Assessments › Section 9506.

9506. The board of supervisors of each county in which there lies any portion of the district shall, annually, at the time of levying county taxes, levy an assessment on the land exclusive of improvements, trees, and mineral rights, within the county and within the district to be known as the “ ____ (name of district) Resource Conservation District assessment,” sufficient to raise the amount reported to them in the estimate of the directors.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 1 - Regular Assessments › Section 9507.

9507. The rate, as determined by the board, shall be such as will produce, after due allowance for delinquency, the amount determined as necessary to be raised by taxation on the secured roll. On or before September 1st of each year the board shall fix the rate, composed of the number of cents or fraction thereof for each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of land exclusive of improvements and mineral rights, such as will produce, after due allowance for delinquency, the amount determined as necessary to be raised by taxation on the secured roll.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 1 - Regular Assessments › Section 9510.

9510. The provisions of law relating to the levy and collection of county taxes and the duties of county officers with respect thereto, insofar as they are applicable and not in conflict with this chapter, are hereby adopted and made part of this chapter. Said officers are liable on their several official bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 1 - Regular Assessments › Section 9511.

9511. The treasurers of each of the counties, other than the principal county, shall, not less than twice a year or upon order of the directors, settle with the directors and pay to the treasurer of the principal county all money belonging to the district and in their possession.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 1 - Regular Assessments › Section 9512.

9512. If during the current fiscal year the directors are not, by reason of the fact that no assessment has been levied, collecting a regular assessment levied during the year immediately preceding, then notwithstanding other provisions of this code, the board of supervisors in each county in which a soil conservation district, or a portion thereof is located may, upon a showing by the directors that funds are needed for the purposes of the district for the current year, appropriate money from the general fund of the county for the use of said district in an amount equal, during any one year, to the amount which said district could have raised by assessment, as limited by this code, in said current year, or so much thereof as may be required. This provision shall not be deemed to prohibit the board of supervisors from appropriating to such districts sums in excess of these amounts.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 1 - Regular Assessments › Section 9513.

9513. A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 70, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 2 - District Fiscal Procedure › Section 9521.

9521. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the treasury of the principal county is the depository of all of the funds of the district.
(b) As an alternative to using the county treasury as depository, a district may adopt a resolution transferring responsibility for the district treasury to the board of directors of the district, which shall deposit district funds as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Following adoption of the resolution, the provisions of this article relating to the county treasurer and county treasury shall not apply to the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 831, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 2 - District Fiscal Procedure › Section 9522.

9522. The treasurer of the principal county shall receive and receipt for all money of the district and place the same to the credit of the district. He is responsible on his official bond for the safekeeping and disbursement, in the manner provided in this article, of the money of the district held by him.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 2 - District Fiscal Procedure › Section 9523.

9523. The treasurer shall pay out money of the district only upon warrants approved by the county auditor, drawn upon order of the board of directors signed by the president and attested by the secretary.
Whenever two or more districts enter into a joint powers agreement, or whenever a district enters into a joint powers agreement with other agencies of the state, the agency or entity administering the agreement shall determine where its funds shall be deposited and how such funds shall be paid out.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 2 - District Fiscal Procedure › Section 9524.

9524. The treasurer shall report in writing at each regular meeting of the directors and as often at other times as the directors may request the amount of money on hand, and the receipts and disbursements since his last report. The report shall be verified and filed with the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 2 - District Fiscal Procedure › Section 9525.

9525. The directors or other officers or employees of a district shall have no power to incur any indebtedness or liability in excess of the amount of money available under the provisions of this division. Any debt or liability incurred in excess of the express provisions of this division is void. Except, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent the directors from borrowing from such federal, state, county, public or private funds which are, or which may in the future become, available to the directors for the furthering of the work of the district in any manner or by the sale of bonds payable solely from any revenue of the district, if the assets acquired by such a loan or bond constitute the entire security for the loan or bond and if no indebtedness or liability is incurred by the directors in excess of the amount of the assets acquired.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 2 - District Fiscal Procedure › Section 9526.

9526. The directors at their regular monthly meeting in July of each year shall make and file with the secretary a verified statement of the financial condition of the district showing particularly the receipts and disbursements of the preceding fiscal year together with the source of the receipts and the purposes of the disbursements.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 2 - District Fiscal Procedure › Section 9527.

9527. The annual financial statement shall be posted or published as the directors may determine. Such posting or publication shall be commenced within 10 days after the financial statement is filed with the secretary. If it is posted it shall be posted at the place of regular meeting of the directors and copies thereof shall be made available for delivery to any landowner in the district upon his request to the secretary. If the statement is published, it shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in the principal county and in each other county in which any part of the district lies.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 2 - District Fiscal Procedure › Section 9528.

9528. An annual audit of the books, accounts, records, papers, money, and securities shall be made as required by Section 26909 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 2 - District Fiscal Procedure › Section 9529.

9529. The directors of the district may, at such times as they deem necessary, determine whether any portion of the money on deposit in the treasury of the principal county is not necessary for immediate use; and if so, it shall determine the amount, which amount shall thereupon be designated as “surplus money” and transferred to a “surplus money account” in the treasury of the principal county.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 2 - District Fiscal Procedure › Section 9530.

9530. (a) “Surplus moneys,” as determined pursuant to Section 9529, shall be invested exclusively in bonds or interest-bearing notes or obligations of the United States, or those for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged for the payment of principal and interest.
(b) Interest earned and other increment derived from any investment under this section shall be credited to the surplus money account for investment under this section.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 3 - Claims › Section 9541.

9541. 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.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 4 - District Election Costs › Section 9545.

9545. Except as provided in Section 9546, the county shall pay any and all costs attributable to the conduct of district elections and shall be reimbursed for such expenditure the following year by a special assessment levied and collected in the same manner as regular assessments pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 9501), except that the limitations set forth in Section 9505 shall not apply to such assessment.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 305.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 4 - District Finance › ARTICLE 4 - District Election Costs › Section 9546.

9546. The county shall bill any candidate for district office for the actual prorated costs of printing, handling, and translating his statement of qualifications contained in the voter’s pamphlet accompanying the sample ballot.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 305.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 5 - District Reorganization › ARTICLE 1 - Consolidation › Section 9601.

9601. Any two or more contiguous districts, or districts situated within the same geophysical area, organized under this division may consolidate in accordance with the provisions of the District Reorganization Act of 1965, Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 6 of the Government Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 5 - District Reorganization › ARTICLE 2 - Partition › Section 9611.

9611. A partition of a district shall be made in accordance with the District Reorganization Act of 1965, Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 6 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 5 - District Reorganization › ARTICLE 3 - Changing Name of District › Section 9622.

9622. Whenever in the judgment of the board of directors it is for the best interest of a district that its name be changed to a stated name, it may pass a resolution reciting such fact.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 5 - District Reorganization › ARTICLE 3 - Changing Name of District › Section 9623.

9623. A copy of the resolution shall be forwarded to the board of supervisors of the principal county with the request that the name of the district be changed to the stated name.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 5 - District Reorganization › ARTICLE 3 - Changing Name of District › Section 9624.

9624. The board of supervisors of the principal county shall consider this request at their next regular meeting and may grant or deny the request. Their action shall be officially recorded in their minutes.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 5 - District Reorganization › ARTICLE 3 - Changing Name of District › Section 9625.

9625. If the action of the board of supervisors on this request is negative, they shall forward a copy of the resolution to the board of directors initiating the request.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 5 - District Reorganization › ARTICLE 3 - Changing Name of District › Section 9626.

9626. If the action of the board of supervisors on this request is favorable, it shall cause certified copies of the resolution to be forwarded to the board of directors initiating the request, the boards of supervisors and county clerks of all the other counties in which any portion of the district lies and the State Board of Equalization.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 829, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 5 - District Reorganization › ARTICLE 4 - Transferring Lands From One District to Another › Section 9635.

9635. One district may transfer land within its boundaries to a district contiguous thereto in accordance with the provisions of the District Reorganization Act of 1965, Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 6 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 9 - Federal Aid Projects › Section 9751.

9751. In order to carry out the purposes of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act enacted by the Congress of the United States, the State Resource Conservation Commission (hereinafter referred to as “commission”) is hereby designated as the agency of the State of California to administer any state plan authorized by this chapter which shall be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary of Agriculture”) for the State of California pursuant to the provisions of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 9 - Federal Aid Projects › Section 9752.

9752. The commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to formulate and submit to the Secretary of Agriculture, in conformity with the provisions of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, a state plan for each calendar year beginning with the year 1949. It shall be the purpose of each such plan to promote such utilization of land and such farming practices as the commission finds will tend, in conjunction with the operation of such other plans as may be approved for other states by the Secretary of Agriculture, to preserve and improve soil fertility, promote the economic use of land, diminish the exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of natural soil resources, and reestablish and maintain the ratio between the purchasing power of the net income per person on farms and that of the income per person not on farms as defined in subsection (a) of Section 7 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Each such plan shall provide for adjustments in the utilization of land and in farming practices, through agreements with producers or through other voluntary methods, and for benefit payments in connection therewith, and also for such methods of administration not in conflict with any law of this state and such reports as the Secretary of Agriculture finds necessary for the effective administration of the plan and for ascertaining whether the plan is being carried out according to its terms.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 9 - Federal Aid Projects › Section 9753.

9753. Upon the acceptance of each such plan by the Secretary of Agriculture, the commission is authorized and empowered to accept and receive all grants of money made pursuant to the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act for the purpose of enabling the state to carry out the provisions of such plan, and all such funds, together with any moneys which may be appropriated by the state for such purpose, shall be available to the commission for expenditures necessary in carrying out the plan, including administrative expenses, expenditures in connection with educational programs in aid of the plan, and benefit payments.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 9 - Federal Aid Projects › Section 9754.

9754. In carrying out the provisions of each such plan, the commission shall have power: to employ such agents or agencies, and to establish such agencies, as it may find to be necessary; to cooperate with local and state agencies and with agencies of other states and of the federal government; to conduct research and educational activities in connection with the formulation and operation of such plan; to enter into agreements with producers, and to provide by other voluntary methods, for adjustments in the utilization of land and in farming practices, and for payments in connection therewith in amounts which the commission determines to be fair and reasonable.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 9 - Federal Aid Projects › Section 9755.

9755. For the purpose of carrying out each such plan according to its terms, the commission is hereby authorized to delegate any of the powers herein conferred to such agents or agencies as may be designated by the commission and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 10 - Improvement Districts in Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Formation › Section 9801.

9801. For purposes of cooperating with landowners or any other agency or for purposes of cooperating with the United States under provisions of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Chapter 656, Public Law 566, 83rd Cong., 2nd Session), and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, lands which need not be contiguous may be formed into an improvement district for constructing, both in or for the improvement district, one or more of the following:
(a) Flood prevention improvements, including structural and land treatment measures.
(b) Improvements for the agricultural phases of conservation, development, utilization, drainage disposal, and distribution of water.
(c) Improvements for prevention or stabilization of soil erosion.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 10 - Improvement Districts in Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Formation › Section 9802.

9802. As used in connection with improvement districts:
(a) “Improvement” includes operation, maintenance, change, and acquisition of existing works, and the construction, operation, and maintenance of new works.
(b) “Construction” includes, but is not limited to, the preparation and execution of plans, maintenance and operation.
(c) “Real property” means land only.
(d) “Owner of real property” means “owner of land”.
(e) “Improvement district” means a resource conservation district improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter.
(f) “Land” means land within the improvement district or proposed improvement district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 10 - Improvement Districts in Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Formation › Section 9803.

9803. The formation of an improvement district shall be proposed and the petition therefor shall be signed by two-thirds or more in number of the owners of real property in the proposed improvement district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 10 - Improvement Districts in Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Formation › Section 9804.

9804. A petition for the formation of an improvement district shall contain all of the following:
(a) Statement of the plans of the proposed improvement.
(b) Description of the land of the proposed improvement district.
(c) Names of the owners of all real property within the proposed improvement district with their last known addresses.
(d) Description and assessed value of the real property owned in the proposed improvement district by each owner, which shall be according to the next preceding equalized assessment roll. District owned real property in the proposed improvement district shall be described whether or not it appears on the next preceding assessment roll.
(e) Signatures of the petitioners.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 10 - Improvement Districts in Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Formation › Section 9805.

9805. The petition, all proceedings in reference to it, the improvement district, and the real property in it shall be designated by a number.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 10 - Improvement Districts in Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Formation › Section 9809.

9809. If the survey shows that the improvements are feasible, the directors shall cause to be prepared the following:
(a) Plans and specifications of the improvements proposed to be constructed when the petition proposes the construction of improvements.
(b) An estimate of the cost of the proposed improvements, which may include an amount not in excess of 10 percent of the aggregate cost of the proposed improvements to create a reserve fund to be used and applied as additional security for the payment of principal of and interest on any warrants of the improvement district issued against assessments levied for the payment of the cost of the proposed improvements.
(c) Statement of the proposed assessment for the cost of the proposed improvements apportioned to each parcel of real property in the proposed improvement district as the parcels appear on the last equalized assessment roll and to district owned real property in the proposed improvement district whether or not it appears on the last equalized assessment roll, which assessments shall be apportioned in accordance with the assessed value of the real property, as such value is shown on the next preceding equalized assessment roll.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 10 - Improvement Districts in Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Formation › Section 9810.

9810. If there are any, the plans and specifications, estimate of cost, and the statement of the proposed assessment shall be filed with the secretary of the district and may be inspected by all persons interested.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION › CHAPTER 10 - Improvement Districts in Resource Conservation Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Formation › Section 9811.

9811. After the filing of the formation petition, and if any, the plans and specifications, the estimate of cost, and statement of the proposed assessment, the directors shall give notice of a hearing upon the petition, and if a special assessment is to be levied in the improvement district pursuant to this chapter, the notice shall also state that the hearing is called to determine whether or not the special assessment should be levied.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)