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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 60050.

60050. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase of this act, or of the act or acts of which this act is amendatory or supplemental, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses or phrases of the act or acts of which this act is amendatory or supplemental, be declared unconstitutional. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase of this act for any reason be held to be unconstitutional and such unconstitutional provision shall have purported to repeal or amend any provision of the acts or acts of which this act is amendatory or supplemental, the provision existing and in force at the time of the enactment of this act shall remain and be in full force and effect notwithstanding such purported repeal or amendment.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 60051.

60051. No language or provision in this division shall be interpreted or construed so as to limit, abridge or otherwise affect the water or water rights of any existing agency or person or affect the rights of existing agencies or persons with respect to any legal proceeding pending on May 1, 1955, wherein any water or water right or the protection thereof is involved; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the provisions of subdivision (7) of Section 60230 of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Information by Department › Section 60061.

60061. Whenever the department deems it in the public interest that preliminary surveys and field investigations of a proposed district project should be made at the expense of the State, the department shall make the surveys and field investigations.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 60080.

60080. A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the county elections official of the principal county in which the proposed water replenishment district is located, signed by registered voters residing within the boundaries of the proposed district equal in number to at least 10 percent of the number of the voters residing within the proposed district; provided, that where the proposed district is situated partly in different counties, the petition must be signed by at least 10 percent of the voters of each area situated within each county, and each petition shall clearly designate in which affected county it was circulated, and each petition shall contain names only of the voters of the affected county in which the petition was circulated.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 179. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 60081.

60081. Such petition shall describe the proposed boundaries of the district, recite the reasons for the proposed formation, pray that the same be organized under this act, and propose a name by which such district shall be known. The persons seeking to organize a district shall include in the petition a statement limiting the annual property tax rate, not to exceed twenty cents ($0.20) for each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation, which may be levied by the board for the purpose of purchasing water for replenishment purposes, and the board shall thereafter be limited to the rate so fixed in the petition for formation, unless a majority of the electors voting at an election held for that purpose later change the rate so fixed in the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 60082.

60082. If the proposed district is situated in more than one county, the county elections official of the principal county shall immediately transmit to the county elections officials of the participating counties the petitions containing the signatures of the voters of each participating county.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 180. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 60083.

60083. Within 30 days of the date of filing the petition with the county elections official of the principal county, the county elections officials of the affected counties shall examine the petition and ascertain whether or not the petition is signed by the requisite number of voters within the county. When the county elections officials of the affected counties have completed their examination of the petition, they shall each attach to the petition their certificates, properly dated, showing the results of the examination, and if from the examination they shall find that the petition is signed by the requisite number of voters residing within the boundaries of that portion of the proposed district within the affected county, or is not so signed, they shall certify the petition as sufficient or insufficient, as the case may be, and the certificates shall forthwith be transmitted to the county elections official of the principal county.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 181. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation › Section 60095.

60095. If the certificates of the county elections officials of each affected county as filed with the county elections official of the principal county show the petition to be sufficient, the county elections official of the principal county shall present the petition, together with the certificates of the county elections officials of the affected counties to the board of supervisors of the principal county.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 182. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation › Section 60096.

60096. Upon presentation of such petition and certificates, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall immediately file a copy of such petition with the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation › Section 60097.

60097. Upon filing such petition with the department said department shall set the same for a public hearing within sixty (60) days, said hearing to determine whether or not other lands should be included within the proposed district, or whether some lands which are included should be excluded, and whether the proposed district, as modified by inclusions and exclusions, will be of benefit generally to all persons or property which rely directly or indirectly upon the use of or right to use the ground water supplies within such proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation › Section 60098.

60098. The department shall publish one copy of said petition, along with names of five of the persons signing such petition, together with a notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing, and the same shall be published within each affected county pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation › Section 60099.

60099. At said public hearing which may be adjourned from time to time, the department shall hear all evidence relevant to the inclusion of additional lands in or the exclusion of lands from the proposed district, as well as all evidence relevant to the benefits to be derived by the persons or property within said proposed district by a ground water replenishment program.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation › Section 60100.

60100. In the event the department determines that additional land should be included in the proposed district, it shall forthwith set a date for a public hearing to determine whether or not such land should be included. Notice of such hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in each affected county in which the proposed land is to be included, and said notice shall contain time, place and purpose of such hearing, and shall describe the land so proposed to be included in the proposed district. In the event such hearing is held to consider the inclusion of additional land the department shall hear all evidence relevant to the inclusion of such additional land and the benefits to be derived by the persons or property within said land so to be included in the proposed district.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation › Section 60101.

60101. Within thirty (30) days after concluding all said hearings, but in any event within six (6) months of the filing of said petition with said department, the department shall make its determination of the lands to be included within the proposed district and state whether or not the persons or property within such proposed district will benefit directly or indirectly from the use or right to use the ground water supplies within such proposed district and the replenishment thereof, and this determination shall be filed with the board of supervisors of the principal county.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation › Section 60102.

60102. If the department determines that the persons or property within the proposed boundaries of the district will not benefit directly or indirectly from the use of or right to use the ground water supply therein and the replenishment thereof, the board of supervisors of the principal county will take no further action, but the petition and report will be filed as a public record without prejudice to the filing of a new petition for organization of a water replenishment district, except that no such new petition shall be filed within six months after any such adverse determination by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Calling an Election › Section 60110.

60110. If the department determines that the persons or property within a proposed district will benefit directly or indirectly from the use of or right to use the ground water supplies therein or the replenishment waters thereof, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall forthwith divide the proposed district into five (5) divisions, according to and based upon the population, as estimated by the board of supervisors of the principal county from the register of voters used at the last general election, in such manner as to equalize, as nearly as practicable, the population in the respective divisions. Such divisions shall be numbered first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and one director, who shall be a resident thereof, shall be elected for each division by the voters thereof, and shall take office as hereinafter provided.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Calling an Election › Section 60111.

60111. When such order dividing the proposed district into five (5) divisions is made, said board of supervisors shall call and provide for the holding of an election to be held in said proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not the same shall be incorporated, and for the purpose of electing the first board of directors, if the district is incorporated. The election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of the adoption of the resolution or ordinance calling the election. The notice of such election shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district, as modified by the report of the department, and of the divisions thereof as so established, and shall state the proposed name of the proposed district (which name shall contain the words “____ Water Replenishment District”), and shall state that the first directors will be elected at such election, who shall take office if the district is incorporated, and shall set forth the names of the candidates of the offices of the directors from the respective divisions. The notice of election shall be published in each affected county pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least seven, but not more than 28, days prior to the date of the election.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Conduct of Election › Section 60120.

60120. The provisions of the Elections Code so far as they may be applicable shall govern all general and special water district elections, except as in this act otherwise provided.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Conduct of Election › Section 60121.

60121. In such election the first directors shall be elected, and the following measure shall be submitted:
“Shall the proposition to organize ____ Water Replenishment District under the Water Replenishment District Act be adopted?”
The candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, the election shall be held and conducted, the vote canvassed, the result declared and the certificate of election issued in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code, so far as they may be applicable, except as in this act otherwise provided. No person shall be entitled to vote at any election under the provisions of this act unless such person possesses all of the qualifications required of voters under the Elections Code.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Conduct of Election › Section 60122.

60122. Within seven (7) days after such election the vote shall be canvassed by said board of supervisors of the principal county. If a majority of the votes cast in such election shall be in favor of organizing such district, said board shall, by order, entered on its minutes, declare the territory included within the proposed boundaries duly organized, as a water replenishment district under the name theretofore designated, and the county clerk of the principal county shall immediately cause to be recorded in the offices of the county recorders of each affected county a certificate stating that such proposition was adopted.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Conduct of Election › Section 60122.5.

60122.5. The county clerk of the principal county shall immediately cause to be filed with the Secretary of State a certificate listing:
(a) The name of the district.
(b) The date of formation.
(c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a description of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a map showing such boundaries, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded.
If the order declaring the district organized contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the county clerk may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Conduct of Election › Section 60123.

60123. Upon receipt of said certificate or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, the Secretary of State shall, within ten (10) days, issue his certificate reciting that the named water replenishment district has been duly incorporated according to the laws of the State of California. A copy of such certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of each affected county.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Conduct of Election › Section 60124.

60124. Upon filing said certificate of the county clerk of the principal county, or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, with the Secretary of State, the district shall be deemed incorporated as a water replenishment district, with all the rights, privileges and powers set forth in this act.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Conduct of Election › Section 60125.

60125. No informality in any proceeding or informality in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate the incorporation of any district, and any proceedings, wherein the validity of such incorporation is denied, shall be commenced within three (3) months from the date of the certificate of incorporation, otherwise said incorporation and the legal existence of said district and all proceedings in respect thereto shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60130.

60130. If a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of organizing such district, the persons voted for as directors who receive the highest number of votes within the respective divisions shall be duly elected as directors of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60131.

60131. The board of a district organized under this act shall consist of five members, and one director, who shall be a resident of the division, shall be elected by the voters thereof, for each of the five divisions of such district, which divisions shall be numbered first, second, third, fourth and fifth, and shall be established as provided in Section 60110 of this act.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60132.

60132. The board of directors shall, by resolution, adjust the boundaries of any divisions pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 22000) of Division 21 of the Elections Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 435, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60133.

60133. The members of the first board shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of Part 2 of this act, and their successors shall be elected or chosen at the times and in the manner hereinafter provided.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60134.

60134. Each director shall hold office for the term of four (4) years from and after the date for his taking of office, as herein provided, and until the election and qualification of his successor, except that the five members of the first board shall classify themselves by lot so that two of them shall hold office until the qualification of, and taking office by, their successors elected at an election held in the next succeeding even-numbered year, and so that three shall hold office until the qualification of, and taking of office by, their successors elected at an election held in the second succeeding even-numbered year.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60135.

60135. In the case of all districts (except as to the election of the first board) the elections of directors shall be held at the time of the general election and shall be consolidated therewith.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 7, Sec. 1.5. Effective February 8, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60136.

60136. Each candidate for director who at the election of directors receives votes on a plurality of all the ballots cast for candidates for the office for which he or she seeks election shall be elected to that office.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 7, Sec. 2. Effective February 8, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60138.

60138. Candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, election returns shall be canvassed, the election shall be held and conducted, the results shall be declared, and the certificates of election shall be issued, in the same manner as the declaration of candidacy, nomination, election, canvassing of returns, declaration of results, and issuance of certificates of election for county officers are made, declared, held, and conducted, and issued, so far as consistent with the provisions of this act and except as otherwise herein expressly provided.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60140.

60140. The election of directors held at the time of the general election and consolidated therewith shall be known as the general water replenishment district election, and each other election which may be held by authority of this division or the Elections Code or other law applicable thereto shall be known as a special water replenishment district election.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 7, Sec. 4. Effective February 8, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60141.

60141. If, on the sixty-fifth day prior to the day fixed for the district general election, only one person has been nominated for each office of member of the board to be filled at that election, said board shall by resolution entered in their minutes order that an election shall not be held, and shall immediately request that the board of supervisors of the principal county, at a regular or special meeting held prior to the day of election, appoint, and the board of supervisors shall thereupon appoint, to the office or offices the person or persons who have been nominated. The person appointed shall qualify and take office and serve exactly as if elected at a district general election.
In such case, the publication provided for in Section 60111 shall, instead of calling an election, state that no election is to be held but that the board of supervisors will appoint those nominated for the positions of directors.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60141.1.

60141.1. Notice that such appointment may be made in the event that only one nomination is made, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, once, not less than seven days and not more than 14 days prior to the final day on which nominations may be made.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 523.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60143.

60143. Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board or for each day’s service rendered as a director by request of the board, not exceeding a total of six days in any calendar month, together with any expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties required or authorized by the board. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a director’s activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Directors › Section 60144.

60144. Any vacancy in the board shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code. The person so chosen shall be a resident of and otherwise qualified to be a director from the division in which the vacancy shall occur.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1059.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Directors › Section 60151.

60151. It shall hold its first meeting as soon as possible after the election and certification of the first board and not later than the sixth Monday after the date of the first election of directors as herein provided; it shall choose one of its members president, and shall thereupon provide for the time and place of holding its meetings and the manner in which its special meetings may be called.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Board of Directors › Section 60155.

60155. The board shall designate a depository or depositories to have the custody of the funds of the district, all of which depositories shall give security sufficient to secure the district against possible loss, and who shall pay the warrants drawn by the treasurer for demands against the district under such rules as the directors may prescribe.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Action › Section 60163.

60163. No ordinance, motion or resolution shall be passed or become effective without the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Action › Section 60164.

60164. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors of _______ Water Replenishment District as follows:”.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Action › Section 60165.

60165. Ordinances may be passed by the voters of any district organized under the provisions of this act in accordance with the methods provided by the Elections Code for direct legislation in cities.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Action › Section 60166.

60166. Ordinances may be disapproved and thereby vetoed by the voters of any such district by proceeding in accordance with the methods provided by the Elections Code for protesting against legislation in cities.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Action › Section 60167.

60167. (a) In addition to the prohibitions set forth in the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code), a board member of a district may not make, or in any way attempt to use his or her official position to influence, a decision in which the board member knows, or has reason to know that any of the board member’s relatives or cohabitants, whose interests are not otherwise regulated by that act, has a financial interest.
(b) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Relative” means any person related to the board member by blood or adoption, including all relatives whose status is preceded by the words “step,” “great,” or “grand,” or the spouse of any of these persons, even if the marriage was terminated by death or dissolution.
(2) “Cohabitant” means any person who regularly resides in the board member’s household or who uses the board member’s residence address to receive mail.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 829, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Officers and Employees › Section 60180.

60180. At its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the board shall appoint by a majority vote a secretary, treasurer, attorney, general manager and auditor, define their duties and fix their compensation, and each shall serve at the pleasure of the board, and may employ such additional assistants and employees as they may deem necessary to efficiently maintain and operate said district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Officers and Employees › Section 60182.

60182. The president and secretary in addition to the respective duties imposed on them by law shall perform such duties as may be imposed on them by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Officers and Employees › Section 60183.

60183. The treasurer, or such other person or persons as may be authorized by the board, shall draw checks or warrants to pay demands when such demands shall have been audited and approved in the manner prescribed by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Officers and Employees › Section 60184.

60184. The general manager shall have full charge and control of the maintenance, operation and construction of the spreading or other works of the district with full power and authority to employ and discharge all employees and assistants at pleasure, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, subject to the approval of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Officers and Employees › Section 60185.

60185. The general manager shall perform such other duties as may be imposed on him by the board. The general manager shall report to the board in accordance with such rules and regulations as they may direct.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Officers and Employees › Section 60187.

60187. The general manager, secretary and treasurer, and all other employees or assistants of said district who may be required to do so by the board, shall give such bonds to the district conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as the board from time to time may provide. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 6 - Conduct of Elections › Section 60210.

60210. The provisions of the Elections Code so far as they may be applicable shall govern all general district elections and all special district elections, except as in this act otherwise provided.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 6 - Conduct of Elections › Section 60211.

60211. No person shall vote at any district election held under the provisions of this act who is not a voter within the meaning of the Elections Code, residing in the division of the district in which he or she casts his or her vote. For the purpose of registering voters who shall be entitled to vote at district elections, the county elections official is authorized, in any county in which there is a district, to indicate upon the affidavit of registration whether the voter is a voter of a district.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 183. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 6 - Conduct of Elections › Section 60212.

60212. In case the boundary line of a district crosses the boundary line of a county election precinct only those voters within the district and within the precinct who are registered as being voters within the district shall be permitted to vote, and for that purpose the county elections official may provide two sets of ballots within those precincts, one containing the names of candidates for office in the district, and the other not containing those names, and it shall be the duty of the election officers in those precincts to furnish only those persons registered as voters within the district with the ballots upon which are printed the names of the candidates for office in the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 184. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 6 - Conduct of Elections › Section 60213.

60213. In counties in which districts are located the county elections official is hereby given authority, and is authorized to have printed upon the official ballots provided for voters at elections for directors a heading in the same form as that provided by the Elections Code for nonpartisan officers, which heading shall be marked “Water Replenishment District,” with a subheading “For a Member of the Board of Directors, Division ____ (here inserting the number of the division)—Vote for One,” and beneath which shall appear the names of the candidates for the office of member of the board for the division of the district, with the appropriate blank space for the writing in of the name of a candidate if desired by the voters, and with a voting square placed opposite the space. The ballots thus provided shall be furnished by the precinct officers only to those voters within their respective precincts who shall appear on the register as duly registered voters within that division of the district, and in precincts that lie partly within that district and partly without the precinct board shall be supplied with two kinds of ballots by the county elections official, one of which shall contain the matters hereinabove set forth for the use of voters of the district, and the other of which shall be without the heading containing the names of candidates for the office of member of the board, and which shall be furnished to those voters who are not voters of the district and who are voters of the precinct.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 185. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 6 - Conduct of Elections › Section 60214.

60214. The board shall call and canvass all elections involving matters of initiative and referendum and shall call all other elections which it is authorized to canvass.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 6 - Conduct of Elections › Section 60215.

60215. The governing body calling or conducting any election under the provisions of this act shall fix the compensation to be paid the officers of the election and shall designate the precincts and polling places for each division of the district and shall appoint the officers of such election, who shall consist of one inspector, one judge, and two clerks, unless, in case of consolidated elections, other officers of election are required by law.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 6 - Conduct of Elections › Section 60216.

60216. The voting precincts for any such election may be established and the boundaries thereof fixed and described by such governing body, or such voting precincts may consist of either the regular election precincts or portions thereof within the district established for holding state or county elections, or a consolidation of any or all of such regular election precincts or portions thereof last established.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 6 - Conduct of Elections › Section 60217.

60217. If any district election is consolidated with any state or county election, then the voting precincts, polling places, and election officers for the district election shall be the same as those established for such state or county election.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - POWERS › CHAPTER 1 - Purposes and Powers › Section 60221.

60221. Without being limited to the following enumerations, a district may, among other things but only for the purposes of replenishing the groundwater supplies within the district:
(a) Buy and sell water;
(b) Exchange water;
(c) Distribute water to persons in exchange for ceasing or reducing ground water extractions;
(d) Spread, sink and inject water into the underground;
(e) Store, transport, recapture, recycle, purify, treat or otherwise manage and control water for the beneficial use of persons or property within the district.
(f) Build the necessary works to achieve ground water replenishment.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 28, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - POWERS › CHAPTER 1 - Purposes and Powers › Section 60222.

60222. A district may take any action necessary to protect or prevent interference with water, the quality thereof, or water rights of persons or property within the district, subject to the limitations contained in Section 60230.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - POWERS › CHAPTER 1 - Purposes and Powers › Section 60223.

60223. For the purposes of replenishing the ground water supplies within the district, a district may do any act in order to put to beneficial use any water under its control or management.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - POWERS › CHAPTER 1 - Purposes and Powers › Section 60224.

60224. For the purpose of protecting and preserving the groundwater supplies within the district for beneficial uses, a district may take any action, within the district, including, but not limited to, capital expenditures and legal actions, which in the discretion of the board is necessary or desirable to accomplish any of the following:
(a) Prevent contaminants from entering the groundwater supplies of the district, whether or not the threat is immediate.
(b) Remove contaminants from the groundwater supplies of the district.
(c) Determine the existence, extent, and location of contaminants in, or which may enter, the groundwater supplies of the district.
(d) Determine persons, whether natural persons or public entities, responsible for those contaminants.
(e) Perform or obtain engineering, hydrologic, and scientific studies for any of the foregoing purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 389, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - POWERS › CHAPTER 1 - Purposes and Powers › Section 60225.

60225. A district may take any action outside the district, including, but not limited to, those set forth in Section 60224, provided the board finds both of the following:
(a) The action is reasonably necessary to protect groundwater supplies within the district.
(b) There is a direct, material relationship between the groundwater supply where the action is to be taken and the groundwater supply within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 389, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - POWERS › CHAPTER 1 - Purposes and Powers › Section 60226.

60226. A district may sue and recover the amount of any district expenditures under Section 60224 from the person or persons responsible for the contaminants causing the expenditures. In proceeding under any state or federal law, a district may recover those expenses from responsible persons and governmental insurance funds. In any action the district, if successful, may recover reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs, as determined by the court. The right or power to recover damages shall not be deemed an adequate remedy at law precluding use of injunctive relief under this section or any other provision of this division or any other statute. In any action for injunctive relief relating to contaminants, no bond shall be required of a district as a condition to granting a preliminary injunction.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 389, Sec. 4.5.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - POWERS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers › Section 60230.5.

60230.5. All expenditures for construction work, materials, equipment and supplies, and professional services, including, but not limited to, legal, legislative, public affairs, public relations, and engineering services, regardless of price shall be made pursuant to contract. All district contracts shall be in writing in a form prescribed by the general manager and approved by the general counsel. At minimum, each contract shall include the relevant scope of work, duration, and terms of payment.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 894, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - POWERS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers › Section 60231.

60231. (a) The powers and duties herein enumerated, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be exercised and performed by the board of the district. If an existing agency has facilities available and adequate to accomplish any part of the purposes of a district created under this act, the district shall investigate and determine the cost of contracting for the accomplishment of that purpose through that existing agency. Thereupon, the board shall make a finding , by resolution and supported by evidence, whether or not the purpose proposed to be accomplished by the district can be achieved more economically and for the best interests of the area to be benefited by entering into such a contract with an existing agency. If the board finds that such contract is more economical and for the best interests of the area to be benefited, it shall so contract for the accomplishment of said purpose, if such agency so agrees. The purpose of this section is to avoid duplication of similar operations by existing agencies and replenishment districts.
(b) Prior to constructing, leasing, purchasing, or contracting for a capital improvement project, a district shall determine the feasibility of such a project by ordering or preparing and reviewing a cost-benefit analysis based upon reasonable assumptions.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 894, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 5 - FINANCES › CHAPTER 1 - Depositary › Section 60240.

60240. Any money belonging to a district may be deposited or invested and drawn out as provided in Title 5, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 4, Article 2 of the Government Code, as now or hereafter amended.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 5 - FINANCES › CHAPTER 2 - Water Charge › Section 60245.

60245. The board shall fix such rate or rates for the sale or exchange of water for replenishment purposes only as will result in revenues which will pay, insofar as practicable, the operating expenses of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 5 - FINANCES › CHAPTER 3 - Taxes › Section 60250.

60250. To the extent that the revenues resulting from water charges authorized by Section 60245 of this act are inadequate to meet the obligations and expenses therein set out, the board may cause a tax to be levied, as herein provided, sufficient to pay the expenses and charges set out in Section 60245.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 18 - WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS › PART 5 - FINANCES › CHAPTER 3 - Taxes › Section 60251.

60251. The board shall determine the amounts necessary to be raised by taxation during the fiscal year and shall fix the rate or rates of tax to be levied which will raise the amounts of money required by the district, and within a reasonable time previous to the time when the board of supervisors is required by law to fix its tax rate, the board shall certify to the board of supervisors a statement in writing containing the following: (a) an estimate of the minimum amount of money required to be raised by taxation during the fiscal year for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonded debt of the district as it becomes due; (b) a statement that the entire district was benefited by incurring the bonded indebtedness; (c) an estimate of the minimum amount of money required to be raised by taxation during the fiscal year for all other purposes of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.)