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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9 - COACHELLA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of Surviving District › Section 33144.

33144. The board of directors and officers of the surviving district shall perform all duties and functions of the board of trustees and corresponding officers of the storm water district relating to the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes for the payment of all outstanding bonds and other indebtedness of the storm water district in the same manner and at the same times as is provided in the Storm Water District Act of 1909, and all county officers and boards of supervisors shall likewise perform their functions and duties with relation to assessment, levy, and collection of taxes for the payment of the bonds and other indebtedness of the storm water district as is provided in the Storm Water District Act of 1909.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9 - COACHELLA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of Surviving District › Section 33145.

33145. All money required for repair, operation, and maintenance of improvements constructed by the storm water district and the cost of which was borne by the owners of particular land in the storm water district may be charged and collected by tax against that land, or notwithstanding anything in the Storm Water District Act of 1909 to the contrary, the board of directors of the surviving district may by ordinance determine that the money shall be raised by tax on the entire storm water unit, in which case the money shall thereafter be so raised.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9 - COACHELLA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of Surviving District › Section 33146.

33146. Land may be added to the surviving district or excluded therefrom in any manner and with the same effect as provided in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9 - COACHELLA MERGER › CHAPTER 4 - Storm Water Unit › Section 33160.

33160. The surviving district contains an improvement district, designated “Storm Water Unit,” which consists of land in the storm water district at the time of the merger plus inclusions, and less exclusions, of land thereafter made pursuant to law.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9 - COACHELLA MERGER › CHAPTER 4 - Storm Water Unit › Section 33161.

33161. The storm water unit shall solely be and remain taxable or assessable for bonds, indebtedness, works, improvements, and functions authorized by the Storm Water District Act of 1909.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9 - COACHELLA MERGER › CHAPTER 4 - Storm Water Unit › Section 33162.

33162. Land may be added to or excluded from the storm water unit in a manner as nearly as may be as land is added to or excluded from county water districts as provided in this division and not in the manner provided in the Storm Water District Act of 1909.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 33201.

33201. The State and the people thereof have a primary and supreme interest in securing to the inhabitants, property owners and water users within the City of Costa Mesa, the Newport Heights Irrigation District, the Fairview County Water District, and the Newport Mesa County Water District, the greatest possible efficient use and conservation of waters, both local and imported, that may be accomplished economically. Investigation has shown that the water supply problem of the Costa Mesa area and of Orange County is peculiar to that area and it is hereby declared that a general law cannot be made applicable thereto. It is hereby declared necessary for the proper reorganization of water supply, storage, conservation and use that this part be adopted to provide the means of eliminating expensive and wasteful duplication of water systems and securing a greater economy and efficiency of administration.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 33202.

33202. The City of Costa Mesa was incorporated on June 29, 1953, primarily for the purpose of providing municipal functions and services, including the providing of a water supply to its area; the Newport Heights Irrigation District was formed on August 5, 1918, primarily for providing a water supply to its land and inhabitants; the Fairview County Water District was formed on October 5, 1946, primarily for supplying water to its lands and inhabitants; and the Newport Mesa County Water District was formed on July 26, 1954, primarily for the purpose of supplying water to its land and inhabitants and to replace the Newport Mesa Irrigation District; that there is an overlapping, in whole or in part, of some of these districts and total contiguity, in that all of the districts and the city form a single contiguous unit. The new Costa Mesa County Water District, if formed, will include substantially all of the City of Costa Mesa within its boundaries.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 33203.

33203. This part is enacted partially under the authority expressly granted in Section 13 of Article XI of the Constitution of this State.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 33205.

33205. Nothing in this part shall impair or adversely affect any right of any bondholder or creditor of any of the districts involved in this merger or of the City of Costa Mesa.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 33206.

33206. For the purpose of accomplishing the dissolution, merger, and creation of the new district, the City of Costa Mesa may participate to the extent of transferring its water system and appurtenances and contributing its share of funds for the operation of the new district.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 33207.

33207. The name of the Costa Mesa County Water District as created pursuant to this part is hereby changed to the Mesa Consolidated Water District. Any reference in this part to the Costa Mesa County Water District shall hereafter be deemed to refer to the Mesa Consolidated Water District.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 634.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 2 - Merger › Section 33217.

33217. The new district is a public agency of the State and shall in all respects be operated, managed and governed as provided by law for county water districts generally.
(Amended by Stats. 1962, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 57.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 2 - Merger › Section 33218.

33218. The Newport Heights Irrigation District, Fairview County Water District, the Newport Mesa County Water District, and the Newport Mesa Irrigation District are hereby dissolved and for all purposes shall cease to exist as herein provided. The Costa Mesa County Water District shall and does hereby succeed to all the properties and rights of said districts, and the water system, facilities, and appurtenances of the City of Costa Mesa.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 2 - Merger › Section 33219.

33219. The dissolution of the Fairview County Water District, the Newport Mesa County Water District, the Newport Heights Irrigation District, and the Newport Mesa Irrigation District, and their merger into the Costa Mesa County Water District, shall occur and be considered completed for all purposes on the first day of the second month following the sixty-first day after the effective date of this part, unless there has been filed with any of the districts or the City of Costa Mesa a petition signed by at least 5 percent of the registered voters of the area comprising all of the districts and the City of Costa Mesa requesting that an election be held for the purpose of approving or disapproving the dissolution, merger and creation of the new district by popular vote. If such petition is filed and found to be valid, the election shall be held as quickly as possible and pursuant to the general provisions for holding elections as provided for county water districts, beginning with Section 30700 of the Water Code. The certification of the results of the election, if held, shall determine whether the dissolution, merger and creation of the new Costa Mesa County Water District has been accomplished.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 2 - Merger › Section 33220.

33220. The boards of directors of the Newport Heights Irrigation District, Fairview County Water District, the Newport Mesa County Water District, and the city council of the City of Costa Mesa, may adopt, any time prior to the first day of the second month following the sixty-first day after this part becomes effective, resolutions approving the dissolution of their districts and merger into the Costa Mesa County Water District pursuant to the provisions of this part. The failure of any of these districts or the city to adopt such a resolution shall not prevent the dissolution, merger and creation of the Costa Mesa County Water District, but shall only prevent the dissolution, merger and transfer of such district or city system as provided in this part. The territory of any district or city not adopting such resolution shall be excluded from Section 33215 hereof and shall not be part of the Costa Mesa County Water District as provided in this part.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 2 - Merger › Section 33221.

33221. As the Newport Mesa Irrigation District has been inactive for a number of years by reason of the formation of an overlapping district known as the Newport Mesa County Water District, action by its directors, if any, shall not be necessary for approval of this part. The Newport Mesa Irrigation District is hereby dissolved and any property of the Newport Mesa Irrigation District not already transferred to the Newport Mesa County Water District is hereby transferred.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 2 - Merger › Section 33222.

33222. On the first day of the second month following the sixty-first day after the effective date of this part, and if the districts and the city have adopted the resolutions approving this part as herein provided, and if no petition bearing at least 5 percent of the signatures of the registered voters of the area in the districts and the city has been filed requesting an election, the dissolution of the named districts and their merger into and the formation of the new Costa Mesa County Water District shall occur without further action by any of the districts or the city. All of the facilities, properties, assets and liabilities of all the districts are hereby transferred on such date to the Costa Mesa County Water District. The water system and its appurtenances of the City of Costa Mesa are, pursuant to the city’s resolution approving same, transferred as of that date to the Costa Mesa County Water District.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 2 - Merger › Section 33223.

33223. The boards of directors of the Newport Heights Irrigation District, Fairview County Water District, and Newport Mesa County Water District, and the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, shall cause to be recorded with the Recorder of Orange County a certified copy of their resolutions approving the dissolution, merger and creation of the Costa Mesa County Water District as provided in this part. Said resolutions for recording shall include the boundary description of the district or city adopting.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 2 - Merger › Section 33224.

33224. Any assessments levied by or on behalf of the districts, or any bills or statements rendered by or on behalf of the districts, being dissolved and merged into the new Costa Mesa County Water District shall continue to be a debt or obligation of the person or property against whom levied, assessed or rendered.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District › Section 33240.

33240. Except as in this part expressly provided, the new Costa Mesa County Water District shall be in all respects operated, managed and governed, its directors and officers shall be elected or appointed, and its revenue shall be raised and expended, as provided by law for county water districts generally.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District › Section 33241.

33241. Any and all actions and proceedings pending by or against any of the districts dissolved hereby at the time of their dissolution and merger into the new district may be prosecuted to final judgment for or against said districts, or the new Costa Mesa County Water District may be substituted as a party.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District › Section 33242.

33242. After the effective date of the dissolution and merger of the districts into the new Costa Mesa County Water District, no action or proceeding shall be brought for or against the dissolved and merged districts or their directors or officers or employees, but shall be prosecuted by or against the Costa Mesa County Water District.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District › Section 33243.

33243. All outstanding bonded and other indebtednesses of the dissolved and merged districts are hereby assumed by the Costa Mesa County Water District, and all bondholders and creditors of such districts may enforce any rights they may have against the Costa Mesa County Water District in like manner as if the districts had not been dissolved and merged into the Costa Mesa County Water District. All property subject to taxation or assessment for the payment of the principal of or interest on any such outstanding bonded and other indebtedness shall, until such principal and interest is paid or provision is made for the payment thereof, continue to be subject to such taxation or assessment as fully as though said districts had not been merged or dissolved, and all provisions of law which could have been used against the legislative bodies and officers of the merged or dissolved districts to compel the levy and collection of such taxes or assessments had the merger or dissolution not occurred can be used against the board of directors and officers of the Costa Mesa County Water District. As the City of Costa Mesa has no present bonded indebtedness, the new Costa Mesa County Water District is not assuming any present or future indebtedness of the City of Costa Mesa.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District › Section 33244.

33244. Upon the dissolution of the named districts, their merger into the Costa Mesa County Water District, and the transfer of the water system by the City of Costa Mesa to the Costa Mesa County Water District as in this part provided, there shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Costa Mesa County Water District a sum equal to three dollars ($3) for each connected consumer by each of the districts and the City of Costa Mesa. All other funds of the district shall be transferred to special accounts for the payment of bond principal and interest of the respective assessment districts as provided in this part. Any surplus remaining after the payment of all bonded indebtedness or after setting aside sufficient funds to pay all bonded indebtedness shall remain in the special fund for the benefit of the territory of the district from which the funds were collected, and shall be used from time to time, until expended, for capital improvements within such territory.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District › Section 33245.

33245. The boards of directors of the Newport Heights Irrigation District, the Fairview County Water District, and the Newport Mesa County Water District, and the city council of the City of Costa Mesa, shall, on or before the first day of the first month following the sixty-first day after this part becomes effective, appoint by resolution a director to serve as a director of the Costa Mesa County Water District. The four directors so appointed shall, within 60 days thereafter, appoint the fifth director. If they for any reason should fail to appoint such a director within the time allowed, the board of supervisors of the County of Orange shall appoint such director. If any of the districts or the city fail to appoint a director as herein provided, the directors who are appointed as herein provided shall consider such office vacant and make an appointment therefor. The directors so appointed shall proceed as provided in Water Code Sections 30520 and following, to organize the board, elect officers, and proceed to govern the affairs of the Costa Mesa County Water District. Any director so appointed must qualify as provided by county water district law, and the first directors shall classify themselves by lot as provided in Water Code Section 30501.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District › Section 33246.

33246. The board of directors of the Costa Mesa County Water District shall, as soon as possible after the formation of the district, cause an appraisal to be made of all operating (other than pipelines, wells, reservoirs and appurtenances) and non-operating assets acquired from each district and the city. The non-operating assets shall be sold as soon as practicable and the proceeds therefrom credited to the district or city from which received. The operating assets necessary for the proper functioning of the integrated system shall be retained and all surplus operating property shall be sold and the proceeds therefrom credited to the agency from which received. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Costa Mesa County Water District equalize as much as reasonably possible the contribution of retained operating property (other than pipelines, wells, reservoirs and appurtenances) by each of the agencies.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District › Section 33247.

33247. The Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa County Water District shall, by January 1, 1977, adopt a resolution dividing the Costa Mesa County Water District into five divisions as nearly equal in population as practicable for the purpose of electing directors thereafter by divisions, as provided in Article 1 (commencing at Section 30730) of Chapter 2, Part 4, Division 12 of the Water Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 678.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District › Section 33248.

33248. The districts and the city shall, pursuant to this part, execute any and all documents necessary to complete the transfer of assets as herein provided.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9.1 - COSTA MESA MERGER › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of New District › Section 33249.

33249. The Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa County Water District shall enforce the same or similar provisions as Ordinance No. 122 of the City of Costa Mesa, respecting extension of water mains and costs thereof and the requirement of annexation to the City of Costa Mesa for water service in the area formerly served by the city system and the contiguous area northerly and easterly thereof, until the full amount of the funds advanced or hereafter advanced by the city for mainline extension, reservoir or well purposes has been collected and refunded to the city.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - REPEALS › Section 33901.

33901. The repeals effected by this part shall not be construed to deprive any district or any person or other entity of any substantial right which would have existed or hereafter exist had such repeals not been effected.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 34014.

34014. “Land” means the solid material of the earth whatever may be the ingredients of which it is composed, whether soil, rock, or other substance, but there shall not be included in the meaning of land improvements thereon or rights and privileges appertaining to minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances underlying the surface thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2041.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 34015.

34015. “Principal county” means the county in which the greatest portion of the area of the land is situated at the time of the filing of the petition for formation of the district or to which district records are transferred pursuant to Chapter 6 of Part 2.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 34019.

34019. “Elective officers,” irrespective of the method of selection in any instance, (1) are the members of the board and (2) may be an assessor and a tax collector.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 206.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 34025.

34025. “General district election” means the district election required to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2019.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 34026.

34026. “Holder of title” shall mean the owner of record of the fee title to land; provided, however, in the event the owner of record of such fee title has conveyed the equitable title to such land by way of a land sale contract and such contract or a memorandum thereof is recorded, “holder of title” shall mean the contract vendee thereunder and not the record owner of the fee title.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1157.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 34030.

34030. “Legal representative” means either of the following:
(a) A duly appointed and acting guardian, executor, or administrator of the estate of a holder of title to land.
(b) A person duly authorized to act for, and on behalf of, a holder of title to land that is not a natural person.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 288, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 34033.

34033. “Works” includes works to supply water for domestic, industrial, and municipal purposes, irrigation works, drainage works, reclamation works, distributing systems, dams, reservoirs, and canals.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1329.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 34036.

34036. Whenever by this division a notice is required to be published for a designated number of weeks or once a week for a designated number of weeks, the notice need be published on only one day of each week and for only the same number of times as the number of weeks designated.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1329.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 34051.

34051. The rights, privileges, and immunities created or continued in force by the California Water District Act or by this division in favor of any holder of title to land may for his benefit and on his behalf be exercised by his legal representative.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 34052.

34052. Whenever an instrument is by this division required to be acknowledged, each signer shall acknowledge the instrument in the manner provided by law before his signature shall be effective.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 34053.

34053. No supervisor, auditor, or county elections official of any county shall receive any fee for any service required to be performed by him or her under the provisions of this division provided, however, that the county elections official shall be compensated for the expense of the conduct of the election.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 161. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petitions and Presentation of Petition › Section 34150.

34150. Unless otherwise stated, in this part “board” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petitions and Presentation of Petition › Section 34151.

34151. As used in this part, “petition” means a petition for the formation of a district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petitions and Presentation of Petition › Section 34152.

34152. As used in this part, “election” means an election on the proposition of the formation of a district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petitions and Presentation of Petition › Section 34153.

34153. The holders of title to a majority in area of land which is capable of using water beneficially for irrigation, domestic, industrial or municipal purposes and which can be serviced from common sources of supply and by the same system of works, may petition for the formation of a district.
The area need not be contiguous if:
(a) The portions of the proposed district are separated by land under the control of a state hospital, or
(b) The boundary of each of the portions of the proposed districts is within two miles of the boundary of another portion of the proposed district.
When a district is proposed to be formed from noncontiguous areas, the petition shall be signed by the holders of title of a majority of the assessed value of land within each of the noncontiguous areas proposed to be included within the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 899.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petitions and Presentation of Petition › Section 34156.

34156. The records of the United States land office for the district in which the land is located, the records of the State Lands Commission, and the records in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land is situated are conclusive evidence of ownership of land for the purposes of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petitions and Presentation of Petition › Section 34157.

34157. The proposed district may include land situated in other distinctive district agencies of the State, including other water districts organized under the provisions of this division having different plans and purposes and the object of which is not the same. The organization of any district prior to the enactment of this section and which included lands in one or more distinctive district agencies of the State, including other water districts organized under the provisions of this division having different plans and purposes and the object of which is not the same, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1131.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Petition › Section 34165.

34165. A petition shall contain:
(a) The name of the proposed district, which name shall contain the words “Water District.”
(b) A description of the proposed boundaries.
(c) The name of each affected county.
(d) The number of acres in the proposed district.
(e) The place where the principal business of the proposed district is to be transacted.
(f) The sources, which may be in the alternative, from which water for the uses of the district is to be secured.
(g) The signatures of the petitioners.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 899.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Petition › Section 34166.

34166. (a) If a consolidation of the offices of assessor and tax collector is deemed advisable in the formation of a district, the petitioners may request the consolidation in their petition. The board calling the election shall in its order therefor announce the consolidation, and at the election only one person shall be elected to fill the offices consolidated.
(b) If it is deemed advisable in the formation of a district that the offices of assessor and tax collector shall be filled by appointment, the petitioners may request the appointment of such officers in their petition. In such event, the assessor shall be appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 34711.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 206.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Petition › Section 34167.

34167. The petition shall be accompanied by an undertaking, to be approved by the board, in a sum not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), conditioned that the sureties will pay all of the costs in connection with the formation in case the formation is not effected. The board may require an additional undertaking if in its judgment the costs in connection with the formation will exceed one-half of the amount of the undertaking submitted.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Petition › Section 34168.

34168. Upon the approval by the board of the undertaking or of any additional undertaking which it may require, the board shall fix a time for the hearing of the petition, which shall be not less than 22 days and not more than 40 days thereafter.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Publication › Section 34180.

34180. The clerk of the board shall cause a notice to be published at least once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county. The notice shall state each of the following:
(a) That the petition has been presented to the board.
(b) The time and place for the hearing.
(c) The text of the petition.
(d) The names signed to the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Publication › Section 34181.

34181. The first publication of the notice shall be at least 21 days before the day set for the hearing. If at the hearing it appears that the notice is defective in any material respect, the board shall set another time for the hearing and cause notice again to be published.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Publication › Section 34182.

34182. No clerical error in the published text of the petition and no error or omission in the publication of the names attached to the petition invalidates any action on the petition or deprives the board of jurisdiction to proceed in the matter.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearing and Order › Section 34300.

34300. During or prior to the hearing of the petition:
(a) Any holder of title to land may request the exclusion of any part of his land from the proposed district.
(b) Any holder of title to land not within the proposed district but contiguous to any part of it and susceptible to irrigation from any source named in the petition may request in writing the inclusion of the land in the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearing and Order › Section 34301.

34301. At the hearing the board shall hear all relevant evidence in support of or in opposition to the petition, or in support of or in opposition to requests for inclusion of land in or exclusion of land from the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearing and Order › Section 34302.

34302. The hearing may be continued by the board from time to time but shall not be continued after 30 days from the time originally fixed for the hearing, except from day to day, if any petitioner objects to the continuance.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearing and Order › Section 34302.5.

34302.5. Following such hearing, the board may terminate the proceeding if it finds that there is good cause for not forming the district. If proceedings are not terminated, the board shall make the determinations, findings, or orders as hereinafter provided.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1323.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearing and Order › Section 34303.

34303. At the hearing the board shall fix the boundaries of the proposed district if it is shown to the board that the petition conforms to the requirements of this division and that the required notice of the hearing has been given.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearing and Order › Section 34305.

34305. Upon application of the owner the board may include in the proposed district any land which is susceptible of water service from any source proposed in the petition and will be benefited by the water service if in the judgment of the board the proposed district will have or may obtain a sufficient supply of water for the water service of that land.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 899.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearing and Order › Section 34306.

34306. After the board has determined the land to be included within the proposed district, it shall make an order doing all of the following:
(a) Establishing and describing the exterior boundaries of the proposed district.
(b) Describing any land within the boundaries which is to be excluded from the district.
(c) Naming the proposed district, which name may be either the name proposed in the petition or another name determined by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearing and Order › Section 34308.

34308. A finding of the board in favor of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and notice is conclusive against all persons except the State in a quo warranto proceeding brought by the Attorney General and commenced before the district has instituted a proceeding to determine the legality of its existence or within one year after the making and entry of the order of the board establishing and describing the boundaries of, and naming, the proposed district if the latter proceeding is not instituted.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling the Election › Section 34400.

34400. After making and entering the order establishing and describing the boundaries of, and naming, the proposed district, the board shall forthwith call and give notice of an election to be held in the proposed district for the purposes of determining whether or not it shall be formed and electing persons to fill the offices of the proposed district if it is formed.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling the Election › Section 34401.

34401. The notice of the election shall contain:
(a) Date and hours of election.
(b) Place of polls.
(c) Description of the boundaries of the proposed district.
(d) Name of the proposed district.
(e) Offices for which candidates shall be elected at the election.
(f) A statement that all voters and legal representatives of voters may vote either in person or by proxy at the election.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling the Election › Section 34402.

34402. Notice of the election shall be published once a week for at least three weeks previous to the election in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling the Election › Section 34402.1.

34402.1. Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the county or principal county in which the territory or major portion of the territory of the proposed district is located. Such written notice shall include the name and a description of the proposed district, and may be in the form of a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the legislative body calling the district formation election.
The executive officer, within five days after being notified that a district formation election has been called, shall submit to the commission, for its approval or modification, an impartial analysis of the proposed district formation.
The impartial analysis shall not exceed 500 words in length and shall include a specific description of the boundaries of the district proposed to be formed.
The local agency formation commission, within five days after the receipt of the executive officer’s analysis, shall approve or modify the analysis and submit it to the officials in charge of conducting the district formation election.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling the Election › Section 34402.2.

34402.2. The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a written argument for or a written argument against the proposed district formation.
Arguments shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall be filed with the officials in charge of conducting the election not less than 54 days prior to the date of the district formation election.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling the Election › Section 34402.3.

34402.3. If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters.
In selecting the arguments, the election officials shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following:
(a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board.
(b) Individual voters or bona fide associations of citizens or a combination of such voters and associations.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling the Election › Section 34402.4.

34402.4. The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question.
The ballot pamphlet shall contain the following in the order prescribed:
(a) The complete text of the proposition.
(b) The impartial analysis of the proposition prepared by the local agency formation commission.
(c) The argument for the proposed district formation.
(d) The argument against the proposed district formation.
The elections officials shall mail a ballot pamphlet to each voter entitled to vote in the district formation election at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The ballot pamphlet is “official matter” within the meaning of Section 13303 of the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 241. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling the Election › Section 34403.

34403. The board shall at the time of calling the formation election for the proposed district, prescribe the procedure for nominating candidates for the offices to be filled at that election.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1676.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 34420.

34420. The board shall designate the polling place for the election and appoint from the persons eligible to the office of district director a board of election. The board may provide for the payment of reasonable compensation for the services of the members of the board of election.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 34421.

34421. For the convenience of voters the board may divide the proposed district into election precincts and establish the boundaries of the precincts. In such case the board shall appoint a board of election for each precinct and designate a polling place in each precinct.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 34422.

34422. At the election the last equalized assessment roll of each affected county shall be used in lieu of the district assessment book.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 34423.

34423. At the election the elective officers shall be elected but only one person shall be elected to fill the offices consolidated, if any.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 34424.

34424. The election shall be held and the result determined and declared as nearly as may be pursuant to Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 4 of this division and the Uniform District Election Law.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2019.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 34425.

34425. The returns of the election shall be forwarded to the board which shall meet on the second Monday following the election and canvass the returns and declare the results.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)