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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 31520.

31520. As used in the laws referred to in this chapter the terms therefrom set forth in this article refer for the purposes of this chapter to that which this article states each respectively refers.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 31522.

31522. “City council” or “legislative body” refers to the board of directors of the county water district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 31523.

31523. “Mayor” refers to the president of the board of directors of the county water district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 31524.

31524. “Clerk” refers to the secretary of the board of directors of the county water district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 31525.

31525. “Council chambers” refers to the place designated by the board of directors of the county water district for holding its regular meetings.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 31526.

31526. “Treasurer” refers to the auditor of the county water district, unless the district elects to use the county treasurer as provided in Section 31305, in which case it is the county treasurer as ex officio treasurer of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1318.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 31527.

31527. “Superintendent of streets” or “street superintendent” and “city engineer” refer to the engineer of the county water district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 31528.

31528. “Right of way” refers to any parcel of land through which a right of way has been granted to the county water district for any purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 2 - Definition of Improvement Act Terms › Section 31529.

31529. All words relating to municipal officers and matters refer to the corresponding officers of county water districts and matters under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work › Section 31545.

31545. The board may appoint officers other than the engineer, without compensation, as the officer to perform any or all of the duties conferred upon the street superintendent or city engineer in any law referred to in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work › Section 31546.

31546. The board may appoint an engineer of work, in which event the duties to be performed by the city engineer as set forth in any law referred to in this chapter shall be performed by the engineer of work, whose compensation and expenses shall constitute an incidental expense in the cost of the work.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work › Section 31547.

31547. The board may provide that the work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of the engineer of work, that the materials used shall comply with his specifications and be to his satisfaction, and that he shall make and sign the assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 3 - Engineer of Work › Section 31548.

31548. The contract shall be entered into by the engineer, and the assessment and warrant, when confirmed, shall be recorded in the office of the engineer.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 31575.

31575. Improvement districts may be formed in districts in the same manner as improvement districts are formed in irrigation districts. When formed, such improvement districts shall be governed in the same manner and shall have the same powers as improvement districts in irrigation districts.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1652.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 31576.

31576. The board of directors of a district shall have the same rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the formation and government of improvement districts in districts as the board of directors of an irrigation district has with respect to improvement districts in irrigation districts.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1052.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 31577.

31577. Assessments in an improvement district in a district shall be levied, collected and enforced at the same time and in as nearly the same manner as practicable as annual taxes for purposes of the district in which formed, except that the assessment shall be made in the same manner as provided with respect to improvement districts in irrigation districts.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1052.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 31578.

31578. If an improvement district is formed in the Kings County Water District to encompass all or a portion of the area within the district served by the Lakeside Ditch Company (a mutual water company) for the purpose of acquiring stock of such company, operating the system of such company, and furnishing the shareholders thereof with water, the voters in such improvement district may elect an advisory board of five members. The members of such advisory board first elected shall be elected at the election of district directors next held following the formation of the improvement district. The members of the advisory board shall be elected in the same manner as district directors. The members first elected shall at their first meeting classify themselves by lot so that three members shall hold office for two years and two members shall hold office for four years. Thereafter all members shall hold office for four years.
The advisory board in such improvement district may make recommendations to the district board solely as to matters pertaining to the operation of the system acquired from the Lakeside Ditch Company and the distribution of the water to which the shareholders of such company have rights. The district board shall follow any such recommendation unless it is rejected by the district board by unanimous vote of its members.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1653.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31585.

31585. The provisions of this chapter are in addition to the provisions of Sections 31388 and 31389, the provisions of Sections 31500 to 31548, inclusive, and the provisions of Sections 31575 to 31577, inclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31586.

31586. Division 4 (commencing at Section 2800) of the Streets and Highways Code shall not be applicable to the formation of any improvement district pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31595.

31595. Improvement districts may be formed to undertake projects to investigate, study, analyze, appraise, finance, acquire, and carry out any of the objects or purposes of this division of special benefit to such improvement districts, including, without limitation, projects to construct, operate, maintain, extend, repair or improve any work or improvement of special benefit to such improvement districts.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31596.

31596. The formation of an improvement district shall be instituted by a resolution of the board which shall contain the following:
(a) A description of the boundaries of the improvement district proposed to be formed;
(b) A brief general description of the project to be undertaken within such improvement district;
(c) A finding that the project will be a special benefit to such improvement district;
(d) A statement of the board’s intention to undertake the project;
(e) An estimate of the cost of the project;
(f) The method by which the project is proposed to be financed. To the extent that the project is to be financed by taxes levied in such improvement district, for purposes other than the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, the proposed maximum amount of such tax which may be levied in any year, which maximum shall not exceed seventy-five cents ($0.75) per one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of the taxable property in such improvement district. To the extent that the project is to be financed by incurring a bonded indebtedness the resolution shall also comply with Section 31370. To the extent that the project is to be financed by taxes levied in such improvement district, for purposes other than the payment of the principal and interest on bonds, and said taxes are levied pursuant to Section 31703.7 of the Water Code, the proposed maximum amount of such tax which may be levied in any year, which maximum shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of the land in such improvement district.
(g) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the formation of the proposed improvement district, on the boundaries thereof, on the project proposed to be undertaken therein and on the method by which the project is proposed to be financed.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 441.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31597.

31597. The secretary shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing by causing a notice thereof to be published for the time provided by Section 31371 in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the proposed improvement district, but if there is no such newspaper, then one within the district, but if there is no such newspaper, then one within the county in which the proposed improvement district is situated. Said publication shall be completed at least seven days prior to said hearing. The secretary shall also cause the notice to be posted in five conspicuous places within the proposed improvement district at least 10 days prior to said hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31598.

31598. The notice shall contain a copy of the resolution and a designation of a public place within the district where a copy of a map of the proposed improvement district may be seen by any interested person.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31599.

31599. At the time and place fixed for the hearing, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing and shall consider all written and oral objections to any matters set forth in the resolution. Any person may appear at the hearing and present any matters material to the subject thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31600.

31600. If prior to the conclusion of the hearing written protests against the formation of the proposed improvement district and the proposed project signed by a majority in number of the holders of title to taxable property within the proposed improvement district and who are also the holders of title to not less than 51 percent of the area thereof are filed with the board, further proceedings relating to the proposed improvement district and the proposed project shall be terminated and no proceedings for the formation of any improvement district to undertake the proposed project shall be instituted for a period of not less than six months following the date of the conclusion of the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31601.

31601. In all matters referred to in this article, the last equalized assessment roll of the district, if any, otherwise of the county, shall be prima facie evidence as to the ownership of taxable property, the names and number of the persons who are the holders of title, or assessable rights therein, and as to the assessed valuation of taxable property within the proposed improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31602.

31602. (a) Each signature on a protest shall be acknowledged or proved in the manner required to entitle deeds to be recorded.
(b) A guardian, executor, administrator, or other person holding property in a trust capacity under appointment of court may sign a protest when authorized by the proper court, which authorization may be made without notice. A certified copy of such authorization shall be filed with such protest.
(c) Where property is assessed in the name of a trustee or trustees, such trustee or trustees shall be deemed to be the person entitled to sign the protest.
(d) The protest of any public or quasi-public corporation, private corporation, or unincorporated association may be signed by any person authorized by the board of directors or trustees or other managing body thereof, which authorization shall be in writing, attested by its seal, and duly acknowledged, and shall be filed with the board.
(e) The owner of any property or interest therein, appearing upon the assessment role, which has been assessed in the wrong name or to unknown owners, or which has passed from the owner appearing as such on the last equalized assessment roll, since the same was made, shall be entitled to sign the protest represented thereby, either by the production of a proxy executed and acknowledged by such former owner, or by furnishing evidence of his ownership by a conveyance duly acknowledged showing the title to be vested in the person claiming the right to sign the protest, accompanied by a certificate of a competent searcher of titles, certifying that a search of the official records of the county since the date of the conveyance discloses no conveyance or transfer out from the grantee or transferee named in the conveyance.
(f) Where the property has been contracted to be sold, the vendee shall be entitled to sign the protest, unless such real property is assessed in the name of the vendor, in which event the vendor shall be entitled to do so, unless the contract of sale otherwise expressly provides.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31603.

31603. The board may inquire and take evidence for the purpose of identifying any person claiming the right to sign the protest as being the person shown on the assessment roll or otherwise as entitled thereto. Unless satisfactory evidence is furnished, the right to file said protest may be denied.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31604.

31604. At the conclusion of the hearing if proceedings relating to the proposed improvement district have not been terminated in the manner set forth in Section 31600 the board may, by resolution, declare that the proposed improvement district is formed.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31605.

31605. No improvement district shall be formed pursuant to this chapter unless the board shall, in the resolution declaring such improvement district to be formed, find and declare that all taxable property located within the improvement district is equally benefited by the project proposed therefor, and if the board so finds and declares such determination shall be final and conclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31606.

31606. The resolution declaring an improvement district to be formed shall contain:
(a) A description of the boundaries thereof and the name of such improvement district which shall thereupon constitute and be known as “Improvement District No. ____ of ____ County Water District.”
(b) A brief description of the project which may be undertaken within the improvement district.
(c) The maximum amount of any improvement district tax, exclusive of taxes for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds, which may be levied in any year, which maximum amount shall not exceed the amount estimated in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 31596.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31607.

31607. The boundaries of an improvement district determined and established by the board in the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed may be the whole or a part of the proposed improvement district described in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 31596 and may include such additional lands, the owners of which have, by written petition filed with the board, requested be included within the improvement district. The territory of an improvement district need not be contiguous, but must be entirely within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31608.

31608. The resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed shall become effective 30 days after its adoption.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31609.

31609. If a petition protesting against the adoption of the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed is presented to the board prior to its effective date, the resolution shall be suspended and the board shall reconsider it. The petition shall be signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters within the proposed improvement district on the date of adoption of said resolution. If the board does not repeal the resolution against which a petition is filed, the board shall submit the resolution to the voters within such improvement district at a regular election or a special election for the purpose. The resolution shall not become effective unless and until a majority of the voters vote in favor thereof. Such election shall be conducted in the manner provided in Article 3 (commencing at Section 31405) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of this division insofar as applicable, except that if a majority of the votes cast at said election are in favor of the resolution then the cost of such election shall be borne by the improvement district. This section shall not apply to any improvement district containing less than 100 registered voters as of the date of adoption of the resolution referred to in Section 31596.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31610.

31610. After the formation of an improvement district pursuant to this chapter and if any portion of the cost of the project proposed therefor is to be financed by the issuance of bonds by the district on behalf of the improvement district, proceedings may be taken by the board for the authorization, issuance, and sale of bonds of the district on behalf of the improvement district pursuant to Section 31391. In taking such proceedings, the board shall not be required to comply with Sections 31370 to 31372, inclusive, or Sections 31385 to 31390, inclusive, but it shall proceed pursuant to Sections 31405 to 31416, inclusive, and Sections 31425 to 31429, inclusive. Any bonds issued may be refunded pursuant to Sections 31440 to 31446, inclusive, and may be made callable pursuant to Sections 31460 and 31461.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation and Projects › Section 31611.

31611. After the formation of an improvement district, additional lands may be included therein upon the written petition of the owners thereof and a resolution of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Taxes › Section 31615.

31615. Subject to such limitations as may be contained in the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed, the board shall have the power in any year to cause taxes to be levied and collected in any improvement district to finance any project of such improvement district or to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued by the district on behalf of such improvement district for the purpose of financing any project in such improvement district, and to pay the costs of administration, maintenance, and operation of any works or facilities of or for said improvement district. In the Cucamonga County Water District such tax may be levied on land only; but such restriction shall be applicable only within any improvement district formed within the district, and only so long as necessary to pay for the water facilities which may be constructed in such improvement district.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 441.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Taxes › Section 31616.

31616. The procedure for estimating, levying, and collecting taxes in any improvement district shall be the same as is provided in Part 7 (commencing at Section 31650) of this division for taxes on property in improvement districts.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Taxes › Section 31617.

31617. All taxes collected pursuant to this article shall be expended only for the payment of bond principal and interest or only for the improvement district project for which levied, except that any surplus tax proceeds levied otherwise than for payment of bond principal and interest which remain after the completion of any improvement district project for which levied shall be transferred to the bond interest and redemption fund of such improvement district, if any, otherwise to the district’s general fund.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Alternative Procedure for Formation of Improvement Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Taxes › Section 31618.

31618. For the purpose of any tax levied under this article, the properties within any improvement district shall be deemed to be equally benefited.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 442.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Kings County Water District Improvement District › Section 31625.

31625. One or more improvement districts may be formed in the Kings County Water District which may include all or any part of the land in the district in the manner prescribed in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 31585) of this part for capital outlay purposes, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of stock of mutual water companies. If any such improvement district is formed pursuant to this section, assessments shall be levied, collected, and enforced exclusively upon land within such improvement district to raise the funds necessary for the purposes of such improvement district. Such assessments shall be levied, collected, and enforced at the same time and as nearly as may be practicable as annual taxes for the purposes of the district. If bonds are to be issued on behalf of any such improvement district pursuant to Section 31610, the board may, in determining the amount of debt to be incurred, include the estimated cost of all stock of mutual water companies which the board determines should be acquired by such improvement district, even though all of such stock is not then available to be so acquired.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 404.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31630.

31630. The Coachella Valley Water District shall have the power to levy and collect water replenishment assessments, as provided in this chapter, for the purpose of replenishing ground water supplies within the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 226, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31630.5.

31630.5. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Annual” or “year” means a calendar year unless the context indicates a contrary meaning.
(b) “District” means the Coachella Valley Water District.
(c) “Fiscal year” means the period of July 1 through June 30, inclusive.
(d) “Production” or “produce” means the extraction of groundwater by pumping or any other method within the boundaries of the district or the diversion within the district of surface supplies which naturally replenish the groundwater supplies within the district and are used therein.
(e) “Producer” means any individual, partnership, association or group of individuals, lessee, firm, private corporation, or any public agency or public corporation, including, but not limited to, the Coachella Valley Water District.
(f) “Minimal pumper” means any producer who produces 25 or fewer acre-feet in any year.
(g) “Replenishment” and “replenishing” include incentive programs encouraging producers to use reclaimed water supplied by the district, or Colorado River water from the district’s Coachella Branch Canal, for irrigation or other purposes, instead of groundwater.
(h) “Supplemental water” means water from the State Water Resources Development System, or from the Colorado River Aqueduct of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, or from any other source which is not part of the natural replenishment of the groundwater supplies within the district, including reclaimed water.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1024, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31631.

31631. By May 1 of each year the board shall have prepared and presented to it an engineering survey and report concerning the groundwater supplies within the district. The report shall include the condition of the groundwater supplies, the need for replenishment, and recommendations for any replenishment program, including the source and amount of replenishment water, the cost of purchasing or producing, transporting, and spreading this water, and the cost of “in lieu” programs, including incentives to use Colorado River water or reclaimed water in place of groundwater. In connection with any proposed replenishment program, the report shall also describe the area or areas benefited, either directly or indirectly, the amount of water production produced in each area during the prior year, and shall recommend the amount of assessment to be levied upon all production within the benefited area or areas.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1024, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31631.5.

31631.5. If the board determines that funds should be raised by a replenishment assessment, it shall call a public hearing, and shall publish notice at least 10 days in advance thereof pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. Notice shall also be mailed by the district to all producers as disclosed by the records of the district who may be affected by the recommended assessment. Failure of any affected producers to receive such notice shall not affect the validity of any subsequent replenishment assessment. The notice shall contain the time and place of the hearing, a generalized or common description of each area of benefit, the amount of each recommended replenishment assessment, and an invitation to all interested parties to attend and be heard in support of or in opposition to the proposed assessment. The notice shall also state that a copy of the engineering report is available for inspection at the office of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31632.

31632. The hearing shall be held before the board and a quorum shall be present. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the president. All evidence relevant to the engineering survey and report, the recommendation that a replenishment assessment pursuant to this chapter be levied, and the determination of the area benefited by such assessment and replenishment program, may be introduced. Upon completion of the hearing, the board shall, by resolution, make specific findings on all facts relevant and material to the purposes for which a replenishment assessment, if any, may be levied under this chapter. In the event the district establishes a replenishment program and levies assessments hereunder, and such program is continued in subsequent years without substantial change and at the same rate of assessment, the board may dispense with the notice, hearing, and findings required by Section 31631.5 and this section.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31632.5.

31632.5. Before July 1 of each year, the board may by resolution levy a replenishment assessment upon all water production during the following fiscal year within each area of benefit as determined by the board. The assessment within each area of benefit shall be at a uniform rate per acre-foot. The resolution shall also state the time or times at which such assessment shall be due and payable, which may be in convenient installments as determined by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31633.

31633. The amount of any replenishment assessment levied within an area of benefit shall be established at the discretion of the board, except that no assessment shall exceed the sum of the following costs and charges:
(a) Those charges imposed under the contract between the district and the state for an imported water supply from the State Water Resources Development System consisting of all of the following:
(1) The variable operation, maintenance, power, and replacement component of the transportation charge.
(2) The off-aqueduct power facilities component of the transportation charge.
(3) The delta water charge.
(4) Any surplus water or unscheduled water charge.
(5) Sums paid by the district to the Desert Water Agency for payment of similar charges under a similar contract the agency has with the state as provided in the water management agreement of July 1, 1976, as amended.
(b) The cost of recharging the groundwater basin with imported water from the State Water Resources Development System not included in subdivision (a).
(c) The cost of importing and recharging water from sources other than the State Water Resources Development System.
(d) The cost of treatment and distribution of reclaimed water for recharge or for direct use in lieu of groundwater.
(e) The cost of programs providing incentives to use reclaimed water or Colorado River water in place of groundwater.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 929, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31633.5.

31633.5. Minimal pumpers may be excluded from the engineering survey and report on water production, and they shall be exempt from any replenishment assessments and reporting provisions under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31634.

31634. The district, after the levying of any replenishment assessment, shall give notice thereof to all affected producers as disclosed by the records of the district. Such notice shall state the rate of assessment for each acre-foot of production during the fiscal year for which the assessment has been levied, and the dates when the assessment or installments thereof are due and payable. The notice shall be sent by first-class mail with the postage prepaid by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31634.5.

31634.5. Except as provided in Section 31636, each producer, on or before the dates when the assessment or installments thereof are due and payable, shall file with the district a sworn statement setting forth the total quantity of water production in acre-feet which is subject to the replenishment assessment. Such production shall be reported as of the end of the month immediately preceding the payment date. The statement shall be on a form prepared by the district, and to the extent practicable, shall identify separately the production from each well or other water-producing facility. The statement shall also include a general description or number locating such well or water-producing facility, the method or basis of the measurement or computation of production, and such other information as the district may require.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31635.

31635. Any replenishment assessment levied pursuant to this chapter shall be due and payable to the district at the time or times determined by the district and stated in the notice of levy, and shall accompany the statement required from each producer.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31636.

31636. If the district has an agreement with any producer whereby the district regularly reads and maintains the water-measuring devices which record the production of such producer, the producer shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 31634.5. In lieu thereof, the district shall send such producer notice of its production and the amount of the replenishment assessment or installment due.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31636.5.

31636.5. If any producer subject to a replenishment assessment, after notice has been given pursuant to Section 31634, shall fail to pay a replenishment assessment or installment thereof when due, such producer shall become liable to the district for interest at the rate of 1 percent per month on the delinquent amount.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31637.

31637. Should any producer, subject to a replenishment assessment, knowingly fail to file the water-production statement, such producer shall, in addition to interest as provided in Section 31636.5, become liable to the district for a penalty of one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31637.5.

31637.5. If the district has probable cause to believe that the production by any producer is unreported or, if reported, is substantially in excess of that disclosed by the statement filed by such producer, the district shall cause an investigation and report to be made concerning such production, which shall include the right to inspect the water-producing facility and any water-measuring device used therewith. The board shall thereupon determine and fix the correct amount of production for any such producer, and give written notice thereof. Any such determination made by the board shall be binding upon the producer, and the replenishment assessments based thereon together with interest and penalties shall be payable immediately, unless the producer shall file with the board within 10 days after the mailing of such notice a written protest setting forth the grounds of protest. Upon the filing of such protest the board shall hold a hearing at which time the total amount of production and the replenishment assessment shall be determined, and the interest and penalties fixed, which action shall be conclusive if based upon substantial evidence. A notice of such hearing shall be mailed to the protestant at least 10 days before the date fixed for the hearing. Notice of the determination by the board shall be mailed to the protestant. The producer shall have 20 days from the date of mailing of such notice to pay the replenishment assessment, interest, and penalties so fixed by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31638.

31638. The district may, in any court having jurisdiction, bring suit against any producer to enjoin any water production in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, and to collect any delinquent replenishment assessments, interest or penalties. The court may award interest, cost and attorney’s fees on any judgment.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 498.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31638.5.

31638.5. It shall be unlawful to produce water from within any area of benefit after one year following the levy of a replenishment assessment within such area, unless the well or other water-producing facility producing such water shall have a water-measuring device affixed thereto which is capable of measuring and registering the accumulated amount of water produced. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to minimal pumpers. The district by written agreement with any producer shall provide, install, maintain, own and read such water-measuring device. Violation thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 413. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Coachella Valley Water District Water Replenishment Assessments › Section 31639.

31639. This chapter, applicable only to the Coachella Valley Water District, is necessary because of the special and unique problems of imported ground water recharge of ground water basins within such district and the necessity of the payment of part of such expense by a water replenishment assessment. This problem is not common to all districts formed under this division. It is therefore hereby declared that a general law cannot be made applicable and that the enactment of this chapter as a special law is necessary for the solution of problems existing in the Coachella Valley Water District.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 226, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 7 - TAXES › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31650.

31650. A district may cause taxes to be levied for the purpose of paying any of its obligations and to accomplish the purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 7 - TAXES › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31651.

31651. If the maturity of the indebtedness created by an issue of bonds begins more than one year after the date of issuance, a tax shall be levied and collected pursuant to this part annually sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds on or before maturity.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 7 - TAXES › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31652.

31652. A district may cause taxes to be levied to pay the expenses of its formation, including fees of attorneys and others employed to conduct the formation proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 7 - TAXES › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31653.

31653. A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 70, Sec. 14.)