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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Purposes Generally › ARTICLE 11 - Power Generation › Section 31149.5.

31149.5. (a) The Marina County Water District may finance, construct, maintain, operate, lease, use, and sell power to any public utility or public agency from one or more plants within the district’s boundaries for the cogeneration of electric power in conjunction with facilities for removing dissolved solids and impurities from seawater, and may finance, construct, maintain, operate, and lease the transmission lines for the conveyance of the power.
(b) Prior to January 1, 1996, the district may not exercise the authority set forth in subdivision (a) to provide water that is a substitute for water from the Monterey County Water Resources Agency’s seawater intrusion project.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 456, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31150.

31150. Districts may cooperate 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 other act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted permitting cooperation.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31151.

31151. The cooperation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes:
(a) Acquisition, extension, or operation of works for irrigation or drainage or flood control, or the development of electric or other power.
(b) A water supply.
(c) Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31152.

31152. Districts may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31153.

31153. To carry out the preceding sections of this article a district has all powers, rights, and privileges possessed by irrigation districts and may exercise those powers, rights, and privileges in the same manner as irrigation districts as provided in the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31154.

31154. If any provision of the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law is held unconstitutional, that decision shall not affect the validity of the adoption by reference in this article of the remaining portions of that law.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31155.

31155. In any contract made between a county water district and the United States pursuant to this article, the land which may be charged with any taxes or assessments under the contract shall be designated and described.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31156.

31156. The contract shall not include any land which is not susceptible of service with water from the water works or system contemplated in the contract.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31157.

31157. The proceedings for voting at an election upon a proposal to contract with the United States pursuant to this article shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in Articles 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1235.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31158.

31158. Notwithstanding any provision of the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law, or any provision of this division or other law, when any district has contracted with the United States pursuant to this article or any other law for the purposes set forth in Section 31151, if the revenues of the district from water rates are, or in the judgment of the board are likely to be, inadequate to pay all charges payable to the United States or otherwise under the contract, then any tax or assessment levied for the payment of any of those charges in any manner provided by law shall be levied only upon land, exclusive of improvements and personal property, in the portion of the district to be served with water under the contract as therein described or thereunder modified.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31159.

31159. Every county water district which executes a contract with the United States for the purposes set forth in Section 31151 shall, within the meaning of the act of Congress approved August 11, 1916, entitled “An act to promote the reclamation of arid lands” and of the act of Congress approved May 15, 1922, entitled “An act to provide for the application of the reclamation law to irrigation districts,” be deemed to be an irrigation district organized and created under the irrigation district laws of this State.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31160.

31160. Public land of the United States within any such county water district is subject to assessment and taxation for all purposes of such district to the extent provided in said acts of Congress upon full compliance therewith by the county water district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31161.

31161. Whenever the Government of the United States has in conjunction with a district contributed to the cost of building a dam creating a lake and the water impounded by the dam is to be used for domestic, irrigation, and recreational purposes, the district may do either of the following:
(a) Establish and operate recreational facilities and appliances upon the water of the lake and the land adjacent thereto.
(b) Lease the water and land to others for those purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperation Under Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law › Section 31162.

31162. The operation of all facilities and appliances permitted by Section 31161 shall be in accordance with rules and regulations applicable thereto adopted by the board subject to the provisions of Section 531 of the Fish and Game Code.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 2 - Water Service to Indian Land › Section 31175.

31175. A district may contract with the United States, upon such terms the board finds to be to the best interest of the district, for permanent or temporary service of water to Indian lands lying within the exterior boundaries of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion in Municipal Utility District › Section 31180.

31180. A county water district may be annexed to or included within the territory of any municipal utility district organized under the Municipal Utility District Act.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion in Municipal Utility District › Section 31181.

31181. The annexation or inclusion shall not destroy the identity or legal existence of the county water district notwithstanding the identity of purpose or substantial identity of purpose of the municipal utility district to which or into which the county water district is included or annexed or the transfer of any property by the county water district to the municipal utility district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 5 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - Cooperation › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion in Municipal Utility District › Section 31182.

31182. The annexation may be effected pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9 (commencing at Section 13801) of Division 6, Public Utilities Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31300.

31300. A district may borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds or other evidences of the indebtedness, and may refund or retire any indebtedness or lien against the district or its property.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31301.

31301. The district may issue warrants to pay its formation expenses bearing interest at 6 percent per year from date of issue until funds are available to pay the warrants.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31302.

31302. The auditor shall draw warrants to pay demands made against the district when the demands have been approved or authorized by the board, or at least three members thereof, and by the general manager; or, in his absence or inability to act, by an officer or director therefor authorized by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31303.

31303. Any money belonging to a district may be deposited or invested and drawn out as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, as now or hereafter amended. References in that chapter to “treasurer” shall mean, for the purposes of a district, the auditor thereof and to “auditor” shall mean, for the purposes of a district, the secretary thereof. This section provides for a deposit and investment procedure separate from that provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 31335).
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 460.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31304.

31304. The district, or the district on behalf of an improvement district thereof, may issue negotiable promissory notes which shall be payable from general taxes, revenues, and other available funds of the district or the improvement district, as the case may be, other than taxes levied for the payment of principal and interest on any bonded indebtedness of the district or an improvement distict therein. The notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent per annum and shall mature and be payable not later than five years from the date of issue. The balance of such notes unpaid shall not at any one time exceed 2 percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district or the improvement district, as the case may be, or, if said assessed valuation is not obtainable, 2 percent of the county auditor’s estimate of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district, or the improvement district, as evidenced by his certificate; provided, however, that a district which has been formed for less than 18 months may borrow an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or an amount not exceeding 2 percent of the assessed valuation or estimated valuation of the taxable property in the district, whichever is greater.
No district shall borrow, pursuant to this section, for purposes other than flood control, in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000); provided, however, that any district with an assessed valuation in excess of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) may borrow, pursuant to this section, for purposes other than flood control, an amount not exceeding 1 percent of the assessed valuation of all taxable property within the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31304.5.

31304.5. A district may contract with any state agency to finance any district improvement authorized by this division that is related to the provision of water for human consumption. The terms of the contract shall be consistent with this division. Notwithstanding any other provision in this division, the term of the contract may extend up to 30 years.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 606, Sec. 11. Effective October 9, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31305.

31305. The board may designate the county treasurer the depositary to have the custody of all, or a portion of, the district’s money.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1573.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31306.

31306. If designated as depositary the county treasurer shall:
(a) Receive and receipt for all of the district’s money received by him and place it in the county treasury to the credit of the district.
(b) Be responsible upon his official bond for the safekeeping and disbursing of all district money so held by him.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1573.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31307.

31307. When the county treasurer has been designated the depositary to have custody of district money, he shall pay out that money, or any portion thereof, only upon warrants of the county auditor.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1573.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31308.

31308. The county auditor shall draw warrants to pay demands made against the district when the demands have been approved by at least three members of the board and the general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31309.

31309. The county treasurer shall report in writing on the first day of July, October, January, and March of each year to the board with respect to each of the following:
(a) The amount of money he then holds for the district.
(b) The amount of receipts since his last report.
(c) The amount paid out since his last report. The report shall be verified and filed with the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 31310.

31310. The board of supervisors of the county shall determine the charge to be made against the district for any services of either or both of:
(a) The county treasurer as custodian of the district’s money.
(b) The county auditor in drawing warrants to pay demands made and approved against the district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Settlements and Statements › Section 31320.

31320. On Monday in each week the collector shall do both of the following:
(a) Settle with the secretary for all money collected for taxes during the week next preceding.
(b) Pay the money to the depositary designated by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Settlements and Statements › Section 31321.

31321. The collector shall be credited in his settlement with the secretary with the amount due to the district on property he sells to the district for delinquent taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Settlements and Statements › Section 31322.

31322. Within seven days after he settles with the secretary, the collector shall file in the district office with the secretary a statement under oath, showing:
(a) An account of all his transactions and receipts during the period for which the settlement was made.
(b) Payment to the depositary of all money collected by him as collector during the period for which the settlement was made, and the receipts of the depositary for the money.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Investments › Section 31335.

31335. As used in this article “surplus money” means any money in any sinking fund established for the purpose of payment of any bonded or other indebtedness or any money in the treasury not required for the immediate necessities of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Investments › Section 31336.

31336. A district may invest such surplus money, as its board deems wise or expedient in any of the following:
(a) Bonds issued by the district.
(b) Bonds issued by any school district any part of which is in a county containing any part of the county water district.
(c) Bonds issued by the State.
(d) Bonds issued by the United States.
(e) Registered warrants issued by the State.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Investments › Section 31337.

31337. The investment may be made by purchase of the bonds or registered warrants or part thereof at the original sale or by purchase after they have been thus issued.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Investments › Section 31338.

31338. Any bonds or registered warrants purchased pursuant to this article and held may, from time to time, be sold and the proceeds reinvested pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Investments › Section 31339.

31339. Sales of bonds or registered warrants purchased pursuant to this article and held shall be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which the bonds or registered warrants were originally purchased was placed in the treasury of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Notice › Section 31370.

31370. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness, it shall by resolution set forth all of the following:
(a) A declaration of the necessity for the indebtedness.
(b) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred.
(c) The amount of the proposed debt.
(d) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the questions:
(1) Will the whole or only a portion of the district be benefited by the accomplishment of the purpose?
(2) If only a portion of the district will be benefited, what portion will be so benefited?
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Notice › Section 31371.

31371. Notice of the hearing shall be given by the secretary by publication of a copy of the resolution in a newspaper printed and published in the district for at least two weeks or, if there is no newspaper printed and published in the district, by posting a copy of the resolution in three public places within the district at least two weeks before the time fixed for the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Notice › Section 31372.

31372. The copy of the resolution published or posted shall be accompanied by a notice subscribed by the secretary, with the seal of the district attached, that:
(a) The hearing referred to in the resolution will be had at the time and place specified in the resolution.
(b) At that time and place any person interested, including all persons owning property in the district, will be heard upon the questions stated in the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 31385.

31385. At the time and place fixed for the hearing in the resolution declaring the necessity for incurring the bonded indebtedness, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 31386.

31386. At the hearing any person interested, including persons owning property within the district, may appear and present any matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution declaring the necessity for incurring the bonded indebtedness.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 31387.

31387. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution determine whether the whole or part of the district will be benefited by the accomplishment of the purpose stated in the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 31388.

31388. If the board determines that the whole of the district will not be benefited, the resolution shall also describe the portion of the district which will be benefited, in a manner sufficient for identification, which portion of the district described in the resolution shall thereupon constitute and be known as “Improvement District No. _______ of _______ 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 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 31389.

31389. After the formation of an improvement district within a district pursuant to this article, all proceedings for the purpose of a bond election within the improvement district and for the purpose of taxation for the payment of the bonds and interest shall be limited, and apply only to the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 31390.

31390. The determination of the board that the whole of the district will be benefited by the bond issue or that only a described portion of the district will be benefited by the bond issue is final and conclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 31391.

31391. After the board has made its determination pursuant to Section 31387, if it deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness, it shall by resolution state:
(a) That it deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness.
(b) The purpose for which the bonded indebtedness will be incurred.
(c) Either of the following in accordance with its previous determination:
(1) That the whole of the district will be benefited by incurring the bonded indebtedness.
(2) That a portion of the district will be benefited by incurring the bonded indebtedness, which portion shall be described as it is described in the resolution of the board made pursuant to Section 31387.
(d) The amount of debt to be incurred.
(e) The maximum term the bonds to be issued shall run before maturity, which term shall not exceed 40 years from the date of the bonds or any series thereof.
(f) The annual rate of interest to be paid which rate shall not exceed 8 percent, payable annually or semiannually.
(g) The proposition to be submitted to the voters.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 31392.

31392. In determining the amount of debt to be incurred, the legislative body may include:
(a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of the project.
(b) All engineering, inspection, legal and fiscal agent’s fees, costs of the bond election and of the issuance of said bonds, and bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period of not to exceed 12 months after completion of construction.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 962.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 31393.

31393. (a) Any time following the establishment of an improvement district pursuant to this article, the board, by a four-fifths majority vote, may exempt part or all of the territory within the improvement district from liability for payment of principal, interest, and any other amounts which become due on account of any outstanding or then authorized but thereafter issued bonds of the county water district other than bonds issued for the improvement district. The board may adopt a resolution pursuant to this section only if it first makes all of the following findings:
(1) Bonds for the improvement district have received the voter approval required by this chapter and part or all of the improvement district bonds have been issued to provide benefit to the improvement district.
(2) The territory for which exemption is proposed was annexed to the district after the bonds of the county water district were authorized and prior to formation of the improvement district.
(3) The territory proposed for exemption from the county water district bonds receives or will receive greater benefit from the improvement district bonds than it receives or will receive from county water district bonds from which the territory is proposed for exemption.
(b) When the county water district adopts a resolution pursuant to this section, it shall file it, together with a sufficient description of the territory to be exempted from the bonded indebtedness, in accordance with Section 54902 of the Government Code. The county assessor and the State Board of Equalization shall give the resolution the same effect as a term and condition adopted pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56470 of the Government Code; provided, however, the effective date of the resolution for tax purposes shall be determined by the filing date in accordance with Sections 54902 and 54902.1 of the Government Code.
(c) The provisions of this section apply only to the Yorba Linda County Water District.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 693, Sec. 1. Effective September 2, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31405.

31405. The board shall fix a date when an election shall be held to authorize the bonded indebtedness described in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 31391.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31406.

31406. The board shall provide for holding the election on the day fixed therefor in the same manner as provided by law in respect to general water district elections so far as applicable, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 278.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31407.

31407. The board shall give notice of the election to authorize the bonded indebtedness, which notice shall contain all of the following:
(a) The resolution adopted pursuant to Section 31391 calling the election.
(b) The boundaries of voting precincts, which shall include only the portion of the district specified in the resolution.
(c) The location of polling places.
(d) The names of the officers selected to conduct the election in each precinct, who shall consist of one judge, one inspector, and two clerks.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31408.5.

31408.5. In the Pleasant Valley County Water District, every owner of land within the district, but no others, may vote at the election.
The special provisions of this section are necessary because in the Pleasant Valley County Water District much of the land is owned by persons living in the nearby communities of Oxnard, Ventura, Camarillo, and other nearby towns and many of the persons residing on the land are not the owners of the land and the owners may wish to undertake financing through a bond issue. The owners of the land within the district are the ones primarily concerned with the district and the ones who will bear the cost of financing and not the resident nonowners.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2022.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31409.

31409. The notice shall be published for two weeks in at least one newspaper, designated by the board, printed and published in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31410.

31410. If there is no newspaper printed and published in the district, the notice shall be posted in three public places in whichever of the following is to be benefited:
(a) The district.
(b) An improvement district therein.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31411.

31411. The returns of the election shall be made to and the votes canvassed by the board on the first Monday which is six or more days after the election.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 279.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31412.

31412. The results of the election shall be ascertained and declared pursuant to the general water district election laws so far as they may be applicable, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 278.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31413.

31413. As soon as the result is declared, the secretary shall enter in the records of the board a statement of the result.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31415.

31415. All the expenses of holding the election shall be borne by the district, but said expenses may be included in the amount of the debt to be incurred, as provided in Section 31392, and the district may be reimbursed for bond election expenditures from the proceeds of the sale of bonds.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 962.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 31416.

31416. Whenever the electors of a district which has no bonded indebtedness, is not operating a water system, and has not bona fide contracted for the construction of an adequate water system for the district, have refused to authorize the issuance of bonds at three elections, the last of which was held in 1948 or thereafter, no further bond elections shall be held until the question of dissolution has been submitted to the electors as provided in Section 32858 of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 896.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance › Section 31425.

31425. If from the bond election returns it appears that more than two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of incurring the indebtedness, the board may, by resolution, at the time or times it deems proper, provide for the following:
(a) The form of the bonds.
(b) The execution of the bonds.
The board may divide the aggregate principal amount of any issue of bonds authorized in accordance with a proposal submitted to and approved by the eligible voters of the district into two or more series and may fix different dates for the bonds of each series. The bonds of any one series may be made payable at different times from those of any other series, provided that the maturity of each series shall comply with this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance › Section 31426.

31426. The district may dispose of the bonds so issued at the times or in the manner the board deems to be to the public interest.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance › Section 31427.

31427. Any bonds issued by any district organized under the provisions of this act are hereby given the same force, value and use as bonds issued by any municipality and shall be exempt from all taxation within the State.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance › Section 31428.

31428. All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds, and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury to the credit of the proper improvement fund and applied exclusively to the purpose and object recited in the resolution provided for in Section 31391. When the purpose and object has been accomplished any moneys remaining in such improvement fund shall be transferred to the fund to be used for payment of principal and interest on the bonds. When the purpose and object has been accomplished and all principal and interest on the bonds have been paid, any balance of money then remaining shall be transferred to the general fund.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Issuance › Section 31429.

31429. When the board determines by resolution that the expenditure of money raised by the sale of bonds for the purpose for which the bonds were voted is impractical or unwise, it may call a special election to obtain the consent of the electors to use the money for some other specified district purpose.
The election procedure shall be the same as when the bond proposition was originally submitted.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Refunding › Section 31440.

31440. The board may, by resolution, do the following:
(a) Submit to the voters a measure to issue new bonds to refund any or all of the district bonds outstanding.
(b) Submit to the voters of any improvement district of the district a measure to issue new bonds to refund any improvement district bonds outstanding.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Refunding › Section 31442.

31442. The procedure upon the election shall be in accordance, so far as applicable, with the procedure upon an original issue of bonds, except that:
(a) No hearing need be held upon the question whether the bond issue will benefit the entire district or only a portion thereof.
(b) The vote of a majority of the voters voting upon the measure is sufficient to authorize the issue of refunding bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Refunding › Section 31443.

31443. The refunding bonds shall not bear a higher rate of interest than the bonds to be refunded and may be issued and sold in the manner and form prescribed for an original issue of bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Refunding › Section 31444.

31444. Refunding bonds may, if the holders of bonds of an original issue and the board so agree, be exchanged for original bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Refunding › Section 31445.

31445. The face value of refunding bonds exchanged for original bonds shall not exceed the face value of the original bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Refunding › Section 31446.

31446. The board may raise money by water rates or taxes to pay principal and interest of the refunding bonds in the same manner as prescribed for payment of bonds of an original issue.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 6 - Callable Bonds › Section 31460.

31460. Any bonds issued by the district may be subject to call and redemption prior to maturity at such times and prices and upon such other terms as the board may specify.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1567.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 6 - Callable Bonds › Section 31461.

31461. When bonds are made callable, a statement to that effect shall be set forth on the face of the bond.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds › Section 31480.

31480. Subject to the provisions of this article, a district may borrow money to provide funds to pay all costs of any public improvement authorized by this part and may issue revenue bonds to evidence the indebtedness created by such borrowing.
Such revenue bonds shall constitute special obligations and evidence a special indebtedness of the district which shall be a charge upon, and payable, as to the principal thereof, interest thereon, and any premiums upon the redemption of any thereof, solely from, such revenues and funds as are specified therein and in the proceeding for their issuance. They shall not constitute general obligations of the district and they shall neither constitute obligations nor evidence any indebtedness of any other public agency of which the district may be a part, or of the State.
All such bonds shall recite upon their face the substance of the preceding portions of this section and shall also recite upon their face that they are issued under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1590.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds › Section 31481.

31481. Revenue bonds under this article shall be authorized, issued and sold in the same manner as are revenue bonds of irrigation districts under Division 11 of this code and shall in all respects conform to the provisions of that part as near as such provisions can be made applicable.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1590.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 7 - Revenue Bonds › Section 31482.

31482. The Contra Costa Water District may provide for bonds of the district to bear a variable interest rate, which rate shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by Section 53531 of the Government Code or any other applicable provision. If the rate of interest is variable, the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 31391 shall state the manner and intervals at which the rate shall vary, and all bonds shall recite on their face the manner and the intervals at which the rate may vary.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 505, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 31500.

31500. Whenever, in the opinion of the board, the public interest or convenience may require, it may order to be done in, under, or upon the whole or any portion of any one or more of the streets or public places of the district, or any property or rights of way owned by the district, any work or improvement for supplying or distributing an irrigation, domestic, or other water supply or for fire protection, or for collecting, treating, and disposing of sewage, waste, and storm waters, and provide that the cost thereof shall be assessed upon the lots and lands fronting on the streets or public places, or upon any district to be assessed therefor, which district need not be composed of lands contiguous to each other.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 451.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 31501.

31501. The work or improvement shall be done and the cost thereof assessed and collected in accordance with the procedure and in pursuance of the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911.
(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 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 31502.

31502. The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 is also applicable to districts.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 12 - COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS › PART 6 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Adoption of Improvement Acts › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 31503.

31503. The Improvement Bond Act of 1915 is also so applicable for use in conjunction with the Improvement Act of 1911 or with other improvement acts.
(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 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 31504.

31504. Such acts or any of them may be used in the discretion of the board of directors in the contruction of any work to be done or improvements made under this act and in the levying of assessments and reassessments and the issuing of bonds to pay for costs and expenses of the work and improvements done or to be done hereunder.
(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 1 - Authorization of Improvements › Section 31506.

31506. A district may enter into an agreement with any municipality within the district whereby any work or improvement constructed pursuant to the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 may be transferred to the municipality for operation and maintenance. The power to make such an agreement is conditioned upon a finding by the board that the residents of the district would be better served by such municipal operation and maintenance.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1030.)