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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Personnel › Section 50958.

50958. No county officer shall charge or receive any fee for services which he is required to perform in relation to the registration and payment of warrants or the collection of assessments but reasonable and necessary expense actually incurred by a county treasurer in connection with such acts shall be paid out of the funds of the districts.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 5 - Personnel › Section 50959.

50959. No member of any board of supervisors, or clerk of such board, shall receive compensation, other than his regular salary, for services performed pursuant to this division.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States › Section 50970.

50970. A district may co-operate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto or any act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted permitting co-operation.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States › Section 50971.

50971. The co-operation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes:
(a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of works and facilities for irrigation, storage, drainage, flood control or either or any of these, or the use or enjoyment of any such works or facilities, or any rights or interests therein.
(b) A water supply.
(c) Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States.
(d) To receive or borrow money from the United States and provide for the repayment thereof, for the purpose of constructing projects, distribution systems or other works for the district or for any distribution district or improvement district formed therein, which said works shall be used for the storage, regulation, control, development and distribution of water for irrigation of land or for the use, control and distribution of drainage water within the district or for flood control purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States › Section 50973.

50973. A proposal to enter into a contract with the United States under terms of this chapter shall be authorized at an election. The board, by order entered upon its records, shall order a special election to be held at some place in the district to be designated by the board, and at such special election the board shall submit to the landowners the question of whether the contract shall be entered into by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States › Section 50974.

50974. Proceedings at the election shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in the case of elections provided for in Chapter 3 (commencing at Section 50800) of Part 4 of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States › Section 50975.

50975. Notice of the election shall specify:
(a) The time and place of election.
(b) The purpose of the election.
(c) A brief statement of the general purpose of the contract.
(d) The amount of money to be paid to the United States under the contract.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States › Section 50976.

50976. The ballots at the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of election and the amount of money to be paid to the United States under the contract with the words “Contract—Yes” and “Contract—No.”
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States › Section 50977.

50977. The board may execute the contract on behalf of the district if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the contract.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States › Section 50978.

50978. Without limiting the generality of Section 50971, when a contract has been executed with the United States under this chapter, the board may, by resolution, provide for an assessment upon the land to be benefited by such contract to pay all or any portion of the amounts to become due under the contract. Such assessment may be levied and collected in the same manner as any other district assessment might be levied and collected, as deemed appropriate by the board.
As an alternative to such levy of an assessment, or in addition thereto, the board may derive all or a portion of the amounts to be paid to the United States under the contract by the collection of charges from the persons to or for whom the water was furnished, under the provisions of Section 50911.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1111.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 5 - DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES › CHAPTER 6 - Co-operation With the United States › Section 50979.

50979. An action to determine the validity of any contract may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1533.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 1 - Adoption › Section 51000.

51000. A district may adopt an original plan for the reclamation of district lands, and an estimate of the cost thereof, and may modify or change such original plans, or adopt new, supplemental, or additional plans when necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 1 - Adoption › Section 51001.

51001. The plan and estimate may include reclamation works already constructed or in course of construction, and payments therefor may be made to the person who constructed them or to the grantee of the lands for the benefit of which the reclamation works were constructed by the owner of the lands.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 1 - Adoption › Section 51003.

51003. The board shall report to the board of supervisors every original plan, and every new, supplemental or additional plan for the reclamation of district lands in the manner provided in Sections 51020 and 51040.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51020.

51020. If any part of a district is located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District the board of trustees shall report each plan for the reclamation of district lands to the board of supervisors by filing, with the county clerk, three copies thereof with the estimate of the cost of the contemplated reclamation works, including incidental expenses, maintenance and repair necessary for the reclamation of the district lands in pursuance of such plan.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51021.

51021. Within five days after the copies of the plan and estimate are filed with the county clerk he shall certify two of the copies and transmit them to the Secretary of the Reclamation Board.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51022.

51022. Upon receipt of the certified copies of the plan, the Secretary of the Reclamation Board shall immediately set a date when the Reclamation Board will hold a hearing for considering any objections thereto, which hearing shall be held not less than 20, nor more than 60 days after the Secretary of the Reclamation Board received the certified copies of the plan.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51023.

51023. The Secretary of the Reclamation Board shall publish a notice of the hearing once a week for two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published within the district, or, if no newspaper is published within the district, then in the county seat of the principal county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51024.

51024. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:
“Notice to the landowners of reclamation district No. ____. Notice is hereby given to the landowners of reclamation district No. ____ that there has been filed with the county clerk of the County of ____ and with the Secretary of the Reclamation Board, an original (supplemental or new, as the case may be) plan for the reclamation of lands of the district; that the Reclamation Board will hold a meeting at its office in the City of Sacramento, County of Sacramento, State of California, on the ____ day of ____, 19__, at ____ o’clock, at which time any interested party may appear and object to the said plan.”
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51025.

51025. At the hearing the Reclamation Board shall hear any evidence offered with respect to the plan, and thereafter shall approve, modify, amend or reject the plan.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51026.

51026. The Reclamation Board shall not modify, amend or reject any plan on the ground that the plan provides for a levee which in its judgment is of excessive strength either in height, slopes or crown width, but no claim for compensation shall thereafter be made against the Reclamation Board or the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District for any part of the levees which the Reclamation Board considers in excess of what is required to comply with its plans for flood control.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51027.

51027. The Reclamation Board may continue the hearing from time to time and may cause such investigation and report of the plan to be made by the engineers connected with the Reclamation Board or by such other competent authority as the board deems necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51028.

51028. When the Reclamation Board has approved, modified, or rejected any reclamation plan after a hearing as provided in this article, such action shall be final, and the sufficiency of the plan shall not be subject to attack before the reclamation board or in any court, but nothing in this section shall prevent the board from filing with the county clerk any amendatory, additional or supplemental plan of reclamation at any time.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51029.

51029. When an amendatory, additional or supplemental plan is filed with the county clerk, two certified copies thereof shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Reclamation Board and thereafter the same proceedings shall be had, and with like effect, with respect to such plan as are provided for the original plan.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 1 - Districts Within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51030.

51030. No city or county shall proceed with the reclamation of any lands located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District until the provisions of this article have been complied with.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2122.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RECLAMATION PLANS › CHAPTER 2 - Approval › ARTICLE 2 - Districts Outside the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District › Section 51040.

51040. If no part of a district is within the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, the board shall report each plan for reclamation of district lands to the board of supervisors by filing with the county clerk two copies thereof with an estimate of the cost of the contemplated works, including incidental expenses, maintenance and repairs, necessary for the reclamation of district lands pursuant to the plan.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 51200.

51200. The assessments levied by a district shall include all lands and rights of way within the district, owned by the State or by any city, county, public corporation, or utility district formed under the laws of the State other than public roads, highways, and school districts.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 51201.

51201. The assessments upon those lands or rights of way shall be levied in proportion to the benefits in the same manner as assessments are levied upon other lands or rights of way within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 51202.

51202. The governing body of the State, city, county, public corporation, or any utility district formed under the laws of this State owning land or rights of way on which an assessment has been levied by a district, shall pay the assessment before it becomes delinquent.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 51203.

51203. No land or rights of way owned by the State, or any city, county, public corporation, or any utility district formed under the laws of the State shall be sold for nonpayment of an assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 51204.

51204. A district may take the procedure prescribed by Chapter 2, Title 1, Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure to compel the payment of any assessment lawfully levied by it upon the land or rights of way within the district belonging to the State, or any city, county, public corporation, or any utility district formed under the laws of the State.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 51205.

51205. When any parcel appearing on an assessment list is deeded in whole, the board may, by a minute order, cause to be made such changes in the assessment list as are necessary to show the name of the new owner, as it appears on the record of the tax rolls of the county in which the land is situated, and shall file notice of all such changes with the county treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 51206.

51206. (a) Prior to the levy of any installment upon an original or additional assessment, or the levy of an operation and maintenance assessment, in one or more installments, by a district pursuant to this division, notice shall be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county of the intent to levy an installment or operation and maintenance assessment, together with the time and place for a public hearing to be held by the board to consider and adopt an installment or assessment levy.
(b) If an installment upon an original or additional assessment or an operation and maintenance assessment levy has been approved by the board at a noticed public hearing, notice of subsequent installments or operation and maintenance assessments shall be required only if the amount of the installment or assessment levy is proposed to be increased.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 38, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 51207.

51207. Any costs associated with notices, public hearings, or filing charges with the board required pursuant to this division shall be recovered through charges, fees, or assessments.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 38, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51230.

51230. When a plan of reclamation has been adopted by a district located entirely outside the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District the board of supervisors shall appoint three assessment commissioners, who have no interest in any real estate within the district, each of whom, before entering upon his duties, shall make and subscribe an oath that he is not in any manner interested in any real estate within the district, directly or indirectly, and that he will perform the duties of a commissioner to the best of his ability.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51231.

51231. The assessment commissioners shall view and assess upon the district land the sum estimated to be the cost of the reclamation plan, and shall apportion the sum according to the benefits that will accrue to each parcel by reason of the expenditures of the sums of money.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51232.

51232. The assessment shall be collected and paid into the county treasury in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51233.

51233. Money collected on assessments levied pursuant to Section 51231 shall be paid out for reclamation works upon the warrants of the board of trustees, approved by the board of supervisors, or, if bonds of the district have been issued upon the assessment, shall be deposited in a separate fund for the sole purpose of paying principal and interest on the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51234.

51234. When any part of the district is located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, and the reclamation board has approved the reclamation plan, the board shall so report to the board of supervisors, stating the estimated cost of the reclamation works, and petitioning the board of supervisors to appoint three assessment commissioners.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51235.

51235. Upon receipt of the petition from the board, the board of supervisors shall appoint assessment commissioners within 60 days, who shall qualify in the manner provided in Section 51230.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51236.

51236. The assessment commissioners shall assess the estimated cost of the reclamation plan upon the district land in the manner provided in Section 51231.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51237.

51237. The sums assessed shall be collected in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of this part and paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51238.

51238. The money collected on assessments levied pursuant to Section 51236 shall be paid out for the reclamation works upon the warrants of the trustees, or, if bonds of the district have been issued upon the assessment, shall be deposited in a separate fund for the sole purpose of paying principal and interest on the bonds and the expenses of the county treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51239.

51239. The assessment commissioners appointed pursuant to Sections 51230 and 51235 shall make a list of the charges assessed against each parcel, containing:
(a) A description of each parcel assessed, by legal subdivisions, swamp-land surveys, or other boundaries sufficient to identify the same.
(b) A statement as to the number of acres in each parcel.
(c) The names of the owners of each parcel, if known, and if unknown, that fact.
(d) A statement as to the amount of the charge assessed against each parcel.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51240.

51240. If the list of charges contains any error in the description of the land or the name of the owner, or if any land which should be assessed is omitted from the list, or if there is an error in any other respect, the assessment commissioners may correct the list at any time before it is approved by the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51241.

51241. No error in the list of charges assessed shall render the assessment of a parcel invalid.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51242.

51242. The list of charges assessed, when completed, shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51243.

51243. Upon receipt of the list of charges, the board of supervisors shall appoint a time when it will meet for the purpose of hearing any objections to the assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51244.

51244. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51245.

51245. Any time before the hearing, any person interested in land upon which any charge has been assessed may file a written objection to the assessment, which shall state the grounds of objections and be verified by the affidavit of the person objecting, or some other person who is familiar with the facts.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51246.

51246. No objection shall be considered by the board of supervisors, or allowed in any other action or proceeding, unless it is made in writing to the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51247.

51247. At the hearing the board of supervisors shall hear any evidence offered in support of written objections and may modify or amend the assessment, or make a reapportionment of the entire assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51248.

51248. If the amount of any assessment in the list is changed, the board of supervisors shall set a day for hearing objections to the assessment as changed, and shall publish notice of the hearing as provided in Section 51244.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51249.

51249. At the hearing on the changes in the assessment an objection in writing may be made by any person interested, and the board of supervisors shall proceed to hear that objection in the same manner as upon the original hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51250.

51250. If the amount of any assessment is again changed the board of supervisors shall proceed as before to give notice and to hear objections to the changes, and shall proceed in a similar manner until the amount of each assessment is finally fixed and approved.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51251.

51251. The board of supervisors shall then make an order approving the assessment, and shall endorse the order upon the assessment list.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51252.

51252. The endorsement shall be signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors and attested by the clerk thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51253.

51253. The decision of the board of supervisors in approving the assessment list is final, and thereafter the endorsed assessment list is conclusive evidence that the charges were levied according to law, except in an action commenced pursuant to Section 51259.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51254.

51254. The assessment list shall be prepared in duplicate, and one original shall be retained in the office of the district, and the second original shall be filed with the county treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51255.

51255. If the district is situated in more than one county, a copy of the assessment list certified by the county treasurer, shall be filed with the treasurer of each of the other counties.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51256.

51256. When the second original assessment list is filed as provided in Section 51254, the charges assessed thereby upon parcels constitute a lien thereon, and the filing constitutes notice thereof to all persons.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51257.

51257. The lien of an unpaid assessment upon which bonds have been issued continues until the bonds, and any refunding bonds which have been issued, are paid in full, except as provided in reference to the use of bonds as payment of assessments.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51258.

51258. No subsequent act or conduct of the board shall invalidate an assessment after it becomes a lien, and the board may be compelled by mandate, or other proper proceeding, to perform its duties as required by law.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51259.

51259. At any time within 30 days after the assessment list is filed with the county treasurer, any person aggrieved by the decision of the board of supervisors in approving the list may commence an action in the superior court of the principal county to have the list corrected, modified or annulled.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments › Section 51260.

51260. If the action is not commenced within 30 days, no action or defense shall thereafter be maintained attacking the legality of the assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 2 - Additional Assessments › Section 51300.

51300. If the original assessment is insufficient to provide for the complete reclamation of district lands, or if further assessments are required to provide for the protection, maintenance and repair of the reclamation works, the board may file with the clerk of the board of supervisors two copies of the reclamation plan and a statement of the work done, or to be done, and its estimated cost, and the same proceedings shall be had as provided for an original reclamation plan.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 2 - Additional Assessments › Section 51301.

51301. If any part of the principal or interest of bonds or refunding bonds is unpaid after enforcement of the assessment securing such bonds, the board of supervisors shall order an additional or supplemental assessment to be made as provided in Section 51300, sufficient to pay the unpaid principal and interest.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 2 - Additional Assessments › Section 51301.5.

51301.5. Whenever the board shall call for redemption any bonds which by their terms are subject to call and redemption at the option of the district at a premium, then, unless district funds are otherwise available for payment of such premium, the board shall request the board of supervisors to order an additional or supplemental assessment to be made as provided in Section 51300 sufficient to pay the premium on the bonds so called for redemption.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 310.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 2 - Additional Assessments › Section 51302.

51302. An assessment levied pursuant to this article shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the original assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51320.

51320. When the work contemplated by the original or any supplemental reclamation plan is completed, the board may so report to the board of supervisors, and petition the board of supervisors to appoint valuation assessment commissioners.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51321.

51321. The report and petition shall state that the work contemplated by the original or supplemental reclamation plan is completed, and that hereafter the district will only require funds for the maintenance, repair and operation of the reclamation works, or construction of works supplemental thereto or in replacement thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51322.

51322. Upon receipt of the report and petition the board of supervisors shall appoint three valuation assessment commissioners who shall qualify in the manner provided in Section 51230.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51323.

51323. The commissioners shall view and fix upon the district land an assessment valuation per acre for each parcel which is in proportion to the benefits to be derived from the continuance in operation of the district reclamation works.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51324.

51324. The commissioners shall prepare an operation and maintenance assessment roll in duplicate containing the following information in separate columns:
(a) A description of each parcel assessed by legal subdivisions, swamp-land surveys, or other boundaries sufficient to identify the same.
(b) The number of acres in each parcel.
(c) The names of the owners of each parcel, if known, and if unknown, that fact.
(d) The assessment valuation per acre of each parcel assessed.
(e) The total assessment valuations of each parcel, exclusive of improvements situated thereon.
(f) A blank column for rate to be fixed as shown hereinafter.
(g) A blank column for amount of assessment to be computed as shown hereinafter.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51324.5.

51324.5. In preparation of the operation and maintenance assessment roll, the commissioners may, as one of the means of determining the assessment valuation per acre of each parcel, establish a base value per acre for each parcel of land according to the land use category or type of land use category for the parcel as reflected on the records of the county assessor. The base value may be adjusted to reflect the benefits derived by the parcel from continuance in operation of the district reclamation works in accordance with the benefit formula adopted by the commissioners. If land use categories are utilized by the commissioners, they shall file, with the operation and maintenance assessment roll, a report describing the basis for identifying the categories or category types utilized in establishing the assessment valuation per acre and the basis for future adjustment of that valuation, pursuant to Section 51346.5, to reflect changes in the land use category or type of land use category shown for each parcel on the records of the county assessor.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 104, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51325.

51325. No error in the name of the owner or supposed owner of any parcel assessed, and no error in any other particular, shall render the assessment thereof invalid.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51326.

51326. The assessment valuations shall be used as a basis for levying assessments against the parcels described in the operation and maintenance assessment roll for the purpose of raising funds for the maintenance, repair and operation of the district reclamation works, the payment of incidental expenses thereof, and for the construction of reclamation works supplemental to, or in replacement of, those already possessed, when in the opinion of the board, such works are necessary for carrying out the original or any supplemental plan of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51327.

51327. The operation and maintenance assessment roll shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors in the same manner as a report made under an original, supplemental or additional plan of reclamation.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51328.

51328. Operation and maintenance assessment rolls adopted by any district prior to September 19, 1939, may be used for any or all of the purposes provided for in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51329.

51329. Upon receipt of the operation and maintenance assessment roll the board of supervisors shall appoint a time when it will meet for the purpose of hearing objections thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51330.

51330. No objection to the assessment valuations shall be considered by the board of supervisors, or allowed in any other action or proceeding, unless the objection is made in writing to the board of supervisors before the date of the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51331.

51331. Notice of the hearing shall be given in the same manner and for the same time as the notice of the hearing of objections to an original assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51332.

51332. At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall hear any evidence offered in support of the written objections and may modify or amend the assessment valuations.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51332.1.

51332.1. The board of supervisors shall then make an order approving the assessment valuation or any modification thereof and shall endorse the order on the assessment roll. The endorsement shall be signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors and attested by the clerk thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51332.2.

51332.2. The decision of the board of supervisors in approving the assessment roll is final, and thereafter the endorsed assessment roll is conclusive evidence that the assessment valuations were determined and fixed according to law, except in an action commenced pursuant to Section 51333.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51333.

51333. Within 30 days after an operation and maintenance assessment roll is approved by the board of supervisors, any person aggrieved by the decision may commence an action in the superior court of the principal county to have the assessment valuations corrected, modified or annulled.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51334.

51334. If the action is not commenced within 30 days after approval of the operation and maintenance assessment roll, no action or defense shall thereafter be maintained attacking the legality of the assessment valuations therein.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51335.

51335. When the board determines that it is necessary to raise any sum for a purpose specified in Section 51326 it shall, by order entered in its minutes, state the total amount necessary to be raised and fix a rate designating the number of cents to be levied on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessment valuation shown on the operation and maintenance assessment roll.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51335.5.

51335.5. In the event the assessment for any parcel of land separately assessed, based upon the rate fixed pursuant to Section 51335, is less than twenty-five dollars ($25), a minimum assessment may be set by the board at an amount determined by the board to be adequate to defray the cost of collecting each minimum assessment, but which shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) for each separately assessed parcel of land.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 298, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 15 - RECLAMATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - ASSESSMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Levy of Assessments › ARTICLE 3 - Operation and Maintenance Assessments › Section 51336.

51336. Incidental expenses, as used in this article and in Section 52560 include, among other things, the difference in amount between the par value of refunding bonds and the amount less than par for which the bonds are sold, and also the amount necessary to be made available for the payment of interest upon the refunding bonds directed to be sold from the date of sale thereof to the date of maturity of the bonds to be refunded out of the proceeds of the sale.
Amounts assessed for incidental expenses for the difference in amount between the par value of the refunding bonds and the amount less than par for which they are sold, with any interest thereon shall be assessed against the several parcels of district land in the same proportion as the original assessment, or any subsequent reapportionments thereof which secure the payment of the refunding bonds sold for less than par value.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)