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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election › Section 55186.5.

55186.5. The county clerk of the county shall immediately file with the Secretary of State a certificate listing:
(a) The name of the district.
(b) The date of formation.
(c) The county in which the district is located, and a description of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a map showing such boundaries, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded.
If the order declaring the district formed contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the county clerk may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.
(Added by renumbering Section 55187 by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2132.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election › Section 55187.

55187. All acts and proceedings heretofore or hereafter taken by or on behalf of a county waterworks district for the formation of a district or for the annexation to an existing district and for the authorization, issuance, sale, or exchange of bonds of the district or for the annexed territory may be confirmed, validated, and declared legally effective in the manner provided in this section.
The board may instruct the clerk of the board to mail a notice to all owners of property within the county waterworks district, as their names and addresses appear on the last equalized county assessment roll, or as known to the clerk. Such notice shall include the name of the district, the date the district was ordered formed or the date of the annexation to an existing district, the amount of bonds authorized, and a statement that, commencing with the date of mailing of said notice there shall be a 60-calendar-day period during which period any property owner may file an action contesting the validity of the district’s formation, the annexation to an existing district or the bond authorization. The clerk shall make and file, with the board a certificate of mailing of the notices. The board may order the clerk to include such other additional information that it deems pertinent.
If no action is filed during the 60-day period, the district’s formation or the annexation to an existing district and the bond authorization are valid and uncontestable.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 356.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Formation of Zones With Formation of District › Section 55200.

55200. A separate petition for the formation of a zone or zones within a proposed district for any of the purposes specified in Section 55650 may be presented to the board of supervisors at the same time and in conjunction with a formation petition.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 394.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Formation of Zones With Formation of District › Section 55201.

55201. The petition for the formation of a zone or zones and the proceedings thereon shall be in conformity with and subject to the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 2, Part 4 of this division, and except as otherwise provided, the proceedings shall be conducted and regarded as separate and distinct from proceedings upon the petition for formation of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Formation of Zones With Formation of District › Section 55202.

55202. The board of supervisors may direct that notice of hearing, hearing, notice of election, or election upon the formation and zone petitions shall be consolidated and combined into one notice of hearing, one hearing, one notice of election, or one election; except that the requirements of this division with respect to the proceedings upon each of the petitions shall be complied with.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Formation of Zones With Formation of District › Section 55203.

55203. The formation of a zone or zones pursuant to this chapter shall in no event be effective for any purpose unless and until the district is established; but the nonformation of a proposed zone or zones for whatever reason shall in no way affect the formation of the district or of other proposed zones within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 1 - Governing Body › Section 55301.

55301. The board of supervisors of the county is the governing board of the district unless a board of directors has been appointed under the provisions of this chapter as they existed prior to their repeal at the 1967 Regular Session of the Legislature. Each member of an appointed board of directors in existence on the effective date of the amendment of this section at the 1967 Regular Session of the Legislature shall continue to serve at the pleasure of the board of supervisors of the county, rather than for the term for which he was appointed.
Where the district becomes a subsidiary district of a city pursuant to the District Reorganization Act of 1965, the city council of such city is the governing board of the district, as provided in Section 56539 of the Government Code. If, on the date the district becomes a subsidiary district of a city, there is an appointed board of directors, such appointed board of directors is automatically dissolved as of that date. The term “board of supervisors,” as used in this division, shall in regard to any such district which has become a subsidiary district of a city, refer to the city council of such city.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 1 - Governing Body › Section 55302.

55302. The board of supervisors of the county may, at any time, dissolve any board of directors governing any district, and thereafter the board of supervisors shall serve as the governing board of the district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 839.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 1 - Governing Body › Section 55305.

55305. (a) The board of directors may fix the compensation of its members for their services as directors not to exceed ten dollars ($10) for each meeting attended, not exceeding two meetings in any calendar month. If allowed by the board, a director shall also receive for performing duties for the district other than attending board meetings the following:
(1) An amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each day performing such duties.
(2) Traveling and other expenses incurred by him or her in performing his duties.
(b) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a director’s activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 1 - Governing Body › Section 55307.

55307. Any board of directors in existence on the effective date of the amendment of this section at the 1967 Regular Session of the Legislature succeeds to and has all the powers conferred upon the board of supervisors in reference to the waterworks district. Except as provided in Section 55302, the board of supervisors shall have no further jurisdiction except the appointment of the board of directors.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 839.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 1 - Governing Body › Section 55308.

55308. The board of directors shall appoint a clerk who shall perform all of the duties pertaining to the district required to be performed by the clerk of the board of supervisors and such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the board of directors. The clerk shall receive such compensation as the board of directors shall determine and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. No director shall be eligible to the position of clerk.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 1 - Governing Body › Section 55309.

55309. The board of a district in existence on the effective date of this section shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State on or before January 1, 1964, listing:
(a) The name of the district.
(b) The date of formation.
(c) The county in which the district is located, and a description of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a map showing such boundaries, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded.
If the order declaring the district formed contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the board may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 1 - Governing Body › Section 55310.

55310. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 55301, the Board of Supervisors of Madera County may appoint a board of directors to serve as the governing board of Madera County Waterworks District #2. A determination by the board of supervisors to appoint a board of directors shall be made following a public hearing at a regular meeting of the board. In the event the board of supervisors determines to appoint a board of directors, it shall appoint five directors for the district, and each director shall serve at the pleasure of the board of supervisors. Any appointed board of directors succeeds to and has all the powers conferred upon the board of supervisors in reference to the Madera County Waterworks District #2. Except as provided in Section 55302, the board of supervisors shall have no further jurisdiction except for the appointment of directors.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 243, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 1 - Governing Body › Section 55311.

55311. When a district is a subsidiary district of a city, the city council may, by resolution, change the name of the district. The change of name shall be effective upon the filing of a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and the recording of a certified copy in the office of the county recorder of the county or counties in which the district is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 243, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55330.

55330. A district may provide for the supplying of the inhabitants of the district with water for irrigation, domestic, industrial, or fire protection purposes, through facilities of the district or other facilities, including but not limited to facilities of private water companies, mutual water companies, and private water systems within the district, and may provide for the development and conservation of water supplies for those purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55332.

55332. The district may appoint or employ and prescribe the authorities and duties of a general manager, auditor, treasurer, and other officers, employees, attorneys, and engineers necessary or convenient for the business of the district, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55333.

55333. The district may adopt and enforce all rules, regulations and ordinances which may be necessary and proper for:
(a) The administration and government of the district.
(b) The acquisition, purchase or construction and use and operation of the waterworks, property and other facilities of the district.
(c) All other purposes of the district not in conflict with laws of this State.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2393.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55333.5.

55333.5. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55334.

55334. Any violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a misdemeanor punishable by fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 415. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55335.

55335. A district may acquire and conserve water supplies from any available source, including underground water basins within the same county, imported supplies, streams, waste water and storm water.
A district may acquire, purify, treat and reclaim saline water or sewage or both; may store, distribute, and sell the water and byproducts resulting from such purification, treatment and reclamation; and may acquire, construct and maintain pipelines, flumes, ditches, reservoirs, sewage purification plants, sewage collection systems, saline water demineralization plants, and such other works and facilities as are necessary or convenient to carry out these powers.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 681.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55335.5.

55335.5. A district may construct, maintain, and operate sewage collection and treatment facilities and dispose of the effluent therefrom in any lawful manner and also do all things necessary or proper to accomplish such powers.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 394.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55336.

55336. Subject to Section 56133 of the Government Code, a district may sell water to any person, firm, public or private corporation, public agency, or other consumer outside the district when the governing body finds that the district has a surplus of water above that which is required by the consumers within the district. Additionally, a district may sell water to any person, firm, public or private corporation, public agency, or other consumer outside the district when the governing body finds that the sale of the water is required in response to an emergency as defined in Section 1102 of the Public Contract Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 90.1. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55337.

55337. A district may construct, maintain, improve, and operate recreational facilities in connection with any dams, reservoirs, or other works owned or controlled by the district. A district may prescribe reasonable rules and regulations to govern the use of the recreational facilities and may fix and assess reasonable charges for the use of the recreational facilities by members of the public. Revenues from such charges may be expended for the following purposes:
(a) To pay the operating and maintenance expenses of the recreational facilities.
(b) To pay the interest on any bonded or other debt for the recreational facilities.
(c) To provide a sinking or other fund for the payment of the principal of any bonded or other debt for the recreational facilities as it becomes due.
(d) To provide a reasonable surplus for improvements, extensions, and enlargements of the recreational facilities.
This section shall be applicable only to districts located within Ventura County.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55338.

55338. (a) The Department of Corrections and the Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 4 shall enter into a contract for the district to meet the operational needs of the California State Prison—Los Angeles County for water, to be supplied to the district by the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency.
(b) The Department of Corrections shall use the water supplied to it by the Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 4 pursuant to subdivision (a) as its primary source of water and shall use the Antelope Valley groundwater basin only as a supplementary source of drinking water or as an emergency backup supply.
(c) Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code does not apply to any action undertaken pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b).
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1117, Sec. 1. Effective October 14, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 55339.

55339. A district may contract with any state agency to finance any district improvement if the term of the contract does not exceed 30 years. A contract between the district and a state agency that creates an indebtedness or liability that exceeds the district’s annual revenue shall be repaid with revenue derived from the imposition of standby charges pursuant to Section 55501.5.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 722, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 4 - Property › Section 55370.

55370. A district may acquire property by purchase, gift, devise, exchange, descent, and eminent domain. The title to all property which may have been acquired for a district shall be vested in the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 441.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 4 - Property › Section 55371.

55371. The board may sell, exchange, or lease any property, or any interest in property, of the district, real or personal, if the board determines that the property is no longer needed for the uses of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 90.2. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 4 - Property › Section 55371.5.

55371.5. If the board determines that the property is needed for the uses of another county waterworks district governed by the same board or another public agency with a service area or jurisdictional boundary that overlaps the district, the property, or an interest in the property, may be sold, exchanged, or leased to that district or public agency at its reasonable market value without notice.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 90.3. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 4 - Property › Section 55372.

55372. If the board determines the value of the property, or interest in the property, to be of a value of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, or is being leased for one year or less, it may be sold, exchanged, or leased without notice.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 90.4. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 4 - Property › Section 55373.

55373. If the board determines the property, or interest in the property, to have a value of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or is being leased for more than one year, a notice of time and place of sale or leasing shall be given by posting three notices in three public places within the district five days before the date of sale or leasing. At the time fixed for the sale or leasing, bids shall be received and the board may sell or lease to the highest bidder or may reject any or all bids.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 90.5. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 4 - Property › Section 55374.

55374. Whenever any portion of the territory of a district shall be annexed to, or otherwise included within any one municipal corporation which owns works for supplying its inhabitants with water, the board may lease to the municipal corporation, for periods not exceeding five years, the portion of the district’s distributing system that is in the portion of the district annexed to or included in the municipal corporation.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1615.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 4 - Property › Section 55375.

55375. The municipal corporation may use the leased distributing system for the purpose of distributing water directly to individual consumers, with the same power of regulating the service of water, and of charging and collecting for the service, as if the leased distributing system were part of the municipally owned water plant.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 4 - Property › Section 55376.

55376. The board shall, in the lease, reserve the right to use the leased distributing system, for the benefit of that portion of the district not annexed to or included in the municipal corporation, to the extent that the leased system is essential to the efficient operation of the balance of the system.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 4 - Property › Section 55377.

55377. Any improvement provided for in this division may be located, constructed and maintained in, along, or across any public road or highway, or publicly owned right of way in the county, in such manner as to afford security for life and property; but the board shall restore, or cause to be restored, the road or highway, or publicly owned right of way to its former state, as near as may be, or in a sufficient manner not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 4 - Property › Section 55378.

55378. The board of supervisors of any county which employs a purchasing agent may authorize the purchasing agent to sell or dispose of any personal property of the district no longer needed for the uses of the district, pursuant to Section 25505 of the Government Code. Where such authorization is given, the provisions of Sections 55371, 55372, and 55373 shall not apply.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1059.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization to Use Improvement Act of 9 › Section 55385.

55385. Whenever in the opinion of the governing body of a county waterworks district the public interest and necessity require, it may order the formation of an improvement district for the purpose of constructing any authorized improvement within the boundaries of said waterworks district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 1 - Authorization to Use Improvement Act of 9 › Section 55386.

55386. The district shall be formed, the work or improvement done, and the cost thereof assessed and collected in accordance with the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Definitions › Section 55400.

55400. For the purposes of this chapter the following terms used in the Improvement Act of 1911 shall mean and include that which this article states each means and includes.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Definitions › Section 55401.

55401. “City” means and includes county waterworks district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Definitions › Section 55402.

55402. “City council” or “legislative body” means and includes the governing body of the county waterworks district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Definitions › Section 55403.

55403. “Clerk” means and includes the secretary of the governing body of the county waterworks district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Definitions › Section 55404.

55404. “Council chambers” means and includes the place designated by the governing body of the county waterworks district for holding its regular meetings.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Definitions › Section 55405.

55405. “Treasurer” means and includes the county treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Definitions › Section 55406.

55406. “Superintendent of streets” or “streets superintendent” means and includes the county surveyor.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Definitions › Section 55407.

55407. “Right of way” means and includes any parcel of land through which a right of way has been granted to the county waterworks district for any purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES › CHAPTER 5 - Use of the Improvement Act of 1911 › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Definitions › Section 55408.

55408. All references to municipal officers and matters mean and include the corresponding officers of county waterworks districts and matters under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 452.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55500.

55500. The board may control and order the expenditure of tax revenues, secured to pay the cost and expenses of maintaining, operating, extending and repairing the district’s waterworks, for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55501.

55501. The board may fix and collect rates or charges for the use and supply of water furnished by the system, and to apply the receipts from the rates or charges to the expenses of the administration and government of the district and the use, operation and extension of the waterworks and water supply.
The revenues obtained from such rates or charges may be in lieu of or supplemental to revenues obtained by the levy of taxes.
The district board may provide for the collection of the charges for services rendered in the current or immediately preceding fiscal year as a part of the annual general county tax bill provided the district furnishes, on or before August 10, in writing to the board of supervisors and to the county auditor the description of each parcel for which a charge is to be billed together with the amount of the charge applicable to each parcel. The parcel description may be the parcel number assigned by the county assessor to the parcel. In such case the charge shall become a lien against the parcel of land to which it is charged in the same manner as the county general taxes. Penalties may be collected for late payment of the charge or the amount thereof unpaid in the manner and at the same rates as that applicable for late payment or the amount thereof unpaid of county general taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of municipal ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to such charges, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the charges relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.
If the district collects charges through the county general tax bill, the amount of the charge and any applicable penalty shall be stated on the tax bill separately from all other taxes, if practicable.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 713, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55501.1.

55501.1. Any water service standby or immediate availability charge which remains unpaid for a period of 60 or more days after the date upon which they were billed may be collected thereafter by the county as provided herein.
(a) Once a year the board shall cause to be prepared a report of delinquent fees. The board shall fix a time, date and place for hearing the report and any objections or protests thereto.
(b) The board shall cause notice of the hearing to be mailed to the landowners listed on the report not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing.
(c) At the hearing the board shall hear any objections or protests of landowners liable to be assessed for delinquent fees. The board may make such revisions or corrections to the report as it deems just, after which, by resolution, the report shall be confirmed.
(d) The delinquent fees set forth in the report as confirmed shall constitute special assessments against the respective parcels of land and are a lien on the property for the amount of such delinquent fees. A certified copy of the confirmed report shall be filed with the county auditor for the amounts of the respective assessments against the respective parcels of land as they appear on the current assessment roll. The lien created attaches upon recordation, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated, of a certified copy of the resolution of confirmation. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county ad valorem property taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for such taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county ad valorem property taxes shall be applicable to such assessment, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the delinquency fees, as confirmed, relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.
This remedy is in addition to all other means available for collection.
If the district is governed by a board of directors, this section shall only apply to such district if the board of supervisors consents to collect the delinquent fees in the manner prescribed herein.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 874, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55502.

55502. The receipts from the rates or charges may also be used to reduce the principal or interest of any bonded indebtedness that the waterworks district may have.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55502.1.

55502.1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the board may establish and include in the annual budget for a district a general unappropriated reserve not to exceed 25 percent of the total appropriations contained in the budget, exclusive of all items for bond interest and redemption, the general unappropriated reserve, and the general reserve.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1059.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55503.

55503. The board may borrow funds from the county, other waterworks districts, and, where the district is a subsidiary district, the city, not to exceed 85 percent of the district’s anticipated revenue for the fiscal year in which they are borrowed or for the next ensuing fiscal year. In levying taxes as authorized by this division, the board may raise sufficient revenues to repay such loans.
The board may lend available district funds to another waterworks district, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this section.
Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the board from borrowing such funds from banks or other financial institutions when the best interests of the district are served thereby.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55503.5.

55503.5. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, such funds, when so borrowed by a waterworks district, shall forthwith increase the appropriations of the district for which they are needed. The governing body of the entity from which the funds are borrowed may specify the date and manner in which the funds shall be repaid. In no case shall repayment of the loan be deferred longer than 10 calendar years.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55503.6.

55503.6. The district shall pay interest on all funds borrowed from the county, at the same rate that the county applies to funds of the district on deposit with the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55504.

55504. Where a district has an assessed valuation of less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the board of supervisors of the county may loan county funds, in a sum not in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), to the district to be used for the purpose of repairing, improving, extending or renewing the district water system, to be returned to the county by the district from revenues and taxes of the district during the period of 10 years following the date of the loan.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 365.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55505.

55505. The board may by resolution establish a revolving fund for any officer or employee of the district in the same manner revolving funds for county officers are established by the board of supervisors of a county pursuant to Sections 29321 to 29330, inclusive, of the Government Code and for such purpose the term “board of supervisors” shall mean the board. Any revolving fund so established shall be limited to the uses and expenditures applicable to revolving funds for county officers.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1578.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 55506.

55506. Any money belonging to the district or paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district may be deposited by the officer of the district who has legal custody of the money, in accordance with the general laws governing the deposit of public money.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55520.

55520. The board may issue and sell the bonds of the district, when authorized, at not less than par value, and the proceeds of the sale shall be placed in the county treasury or other depository for the district’s fund to the credit of the proper district fund and shall be applied exclusively to the purposes and objects mentioned in the ordinance or resolution ordering the holding of the bond election; provided, however, that when said purposes and objects have been accomplished any moneys remaining in said fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the district and may be used by the board for any lawful purpose of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55521.

55521. The board by an order entered upon its minutes, shall, subject to the provisions of this division, prescribe the form of bonds issued and of the interest coupons attached thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55522.

55522. The board shall designate an amount, not less than one-fortieth of the principal amount of the indebtedness, or series thereof, which shall be paid annually at a fixed time and place, together with the interest on all sums unpaid. The rate of interest shall be designated in the bonds and shall be paid semiannually at a rate not in excess of 8 percent per year; except that interest for the first year after the date of the bonds may be made payable at the end of said year.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 69.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55523.

55523. The board may determine and fix a date for the earliest maturity of the principal of the bonds, or series thereof, not more than 10 years from the date of issue of bonds. The principal amount of the indebtedness, or series thereof, must be made payable in not to exceed 40 years from the time of contracting the same; and beginning with the date of earliest maturity of the bonds, or series thereof, not less than one-fortieth of the principal amount of the indebtedness, or series thereof, shall be paid annually.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 69.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55524.

55524. The bonds shall be issued in such denomination or denominations as the board may determine.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 736.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55525.

55525. The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board and countersigned by the auditor of the district, or if one has not been appointed, the auditor of the county and the seal of the district shall be affixed thereto. All such signatures and countersignatures, except one, may be printed, lithographed, engraved, or otherwise mechanically reproduced. Any such signature may be affixed in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Facsimile Signatures of Public Officials Act, Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 5500) of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55526.

55526. The interest coupons of the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the auditor of the county by his engraved or lithographed signature.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55527.

55527. In case any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons shall cease to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature or countersignature shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55528.

55528. The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid by the district treasurer, or if one has not been appointed, the county treasurer, in the manner provided by law for the payment of principal and interest on bonds of the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55529.

55529. The board may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series. The bonds of one series may be made payable at different times from those of any other series. The maturity of each series shall comply with this article.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 69.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55530.

55530. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the board may determine that the public economy so requires, and order that less than one-fortieth of the whole amount of the indebtedness, or a series thereof, shall be payable annually.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1567.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55531.

55531. District or zone bonds may be made payable on July 1st subsequent to the time fixed for the collection of the second installment of general district taxes with which the first levy of taxes for the payment of the principal or interest of the bonds is to be collected. In such event, the first interest coupons shall be for interest from the date of the bonds of such issue or series to January 1st next prior thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1567.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55532.

55532. The proceeds of such bonds may be used for the following purposes:
(a) All costs or estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving and financing of the improvements for which they are issued.
(b) All engineering, inspection, legal and fiscal agent’s fees, costs of the bond election and of the issuance of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1567.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55533.

55533. 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.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - Issuance and Sale › Section 55534.

55534. When bonds are made callable, a statement to that effect shall be set forth on the face of the bond.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Additional Bond Issues › Section 55550.

55550. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness in addition to that incurred at the time of the formation of the district for any of the purposes of the district, the board shall, by resolution, so declare and state the proposition to be submitted to the electors, the purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, the amount of the debt to be incurred, the maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity, which shall not exceed 40 years, and the maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not exceed 8 percent per year, payable semiannually.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS › PART 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Additional Bond Issues › Section 55551.

55551. The board shall then fix a date upon which an election shall be held for the purpose of authorizing the bonded indebtedness to be incurred, and shall proceed with the election in accordance with Chapter 4 of Part 2 of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)