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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Water and Electricity › ARTICLE 1 - Water › Section 43005.

43005. The board may enter into contracts with any or all interested parties for settlement or determination of any or all water rights on any stream system or on any part thereof which concerns the district or for the administration of water rights or of waters of any such stream system or any part thereof, whether by watermaster or otherwise; and if, in connection with any such contract and to make such contract efficiently operable for the benefit of the district, the board shall expressly find that the district should act for others also, whether their lands and water rights are within or without the district, then the district, with the written approval of any interested party for whom the district undertakes to act, may do so to the extent and under the terms which are expressed in any such contract.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 821.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Water and Electricity › ARTICLE 1 - Water › Section 43006.

43006. In addition to levying assessments or fixing tolls and charges under Part 9 (commencing with Section 46000) of this division, and in lieu either in whole or in part of calling such assessments, the board may fix tolls or charges for the use of water, including the use of groundwater, or for any other service of any type or nature whether or not related to water use, rendered by the district, and collect the same from all persons receiving the benefit of the water or other services. The tolls and charges shall be proportional, as nearly as practicable, to the services rendered. Such tolls or charges may be levied and collected in order to provide, in whole or in part, for the payment of amounts due to the state, the department, any other district, or the United States, whether for capital charges or service charges or otherwise, pursuant to contracts made in accordance with Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 44000) of this part, or in order to provide, in whole or in part, for the payment of the costs of a project or the principal of and interest on bonds or warrants of the district, or in order to provide a bond reserve fund to secure bonds of the district, or in order to provide for the operation and maintenance of a project pursuant to Section 47180, or to obtain funds for any lawful purpose of the district. The provisions of Sections 47181 to 47185, inclusive, shall be applicable to any such tolls or charges.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1086.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Water and Electricity › ARTICLE 1 - Water › Section 43007.

43007. If tolls or charges are levied and collected in order to provide, in whole or in part, for the payment of amounts due under more than one contract, such tolls and charges may be fixed, levied and collected in such a manner as to, as nearly as practicable, charge the lands served under a particular contract with the amounts due under such contract. The assessment commissioners appointed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 46150) of Part 9 of this division may apply this principle in determining the portion of the total benefits to accrue to the district under a particular contract which will be realized by each parcel of land in separate ownership in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 181.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Water and Electricity › ARTICLE 2 - Electricity › Section 43025.

43025. The board may provide for the generation and distribution of hydroelectric energy incidental to water storage and distribution.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Water and Electricity › ARTICLE 2 - Electricity › Section 43026.

43026. The board may sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of hydroelectric energy not necessary for the uses and purposes of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43151.

43151. The board may enter into any agreement with the United States or with any state, county, district, public corporation, or municipality of any kind, for a purpose appertaining to or beneficial to the project of the district, and it may do any acts necessary or proper for the performance of the agreement.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43152.

43152. The board may:
(a) Adopt a seal.
(b) Make and execute all necessary contracts.
(c) Employ and appoint such agents, officers, and employees as may be required, and prescribe their duties.
(d) Itself or by agents enter upon any lands to make surveys, locate works, or for any other necessary and lawful purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43153.

43153. The board may construct works across or intersecting any stream of water, watercourse, street, avenue, highway, railway, or conduit in such manner as to afford security for life and property.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43154.

43154. The board shall restore any property altered or damaged when so crossed or intersected to its former state as nearly as may be, or in a manner so as not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43155.

43155. Every company whose railroad is intersected or crossed by the works shall unite with the board in forming intersections and crossings, and grant privileges necessary to construct the works.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43156.

43156. If any railroad company and the board, or the owners and controllers of the property to be crossed, cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for the privilege, or the points or the matter of the crossings or intersections, the same shall be ascertained and determined in all respects as provided in this division in respect to the taking of land.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43157.

43157. The right of way is hereby given, dedicated, and set apart for the location, construction, and maintenance of works over and through any land which is or may be the property of this State.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43158.

43158. All waters and water rights belonging to this State within the district are given, dedicated, and set apart for the uses and purposes of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43159.

43159. The department and board shall, respectively, cause to be entered in books to be kept for that purpose a complete and connected record of all their acts and transactions. All contracts and other written instruments shall be executed in duplicate, one copy of each of which, together with any other documents, instruments, or other papers filed with them, shall be kept and preserved on file in their respective offices and open to inspection by the public during business hours.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43160.

43160. The records and all documents, instruments, or other papers filed with the department, commission, or board, or a copy or copies of any thereof certified by the department, commission, or secretary, shall be received in evidence without further proof in any court of this State, or before any board or tribunal authorized to hear or consider a matter wherein the same are properly admissible in evidence.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1607.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers and Functions › Section 43161.

43161. Whenever it deems it necessary for its own guidance or for the best interests of the district, the board may submit any question or proposition relating to the construction, improvement, or operation of the works or the carrying out of the project of the district to the qualified voters of the district at any general election or at a special election called for the purpose. The election shall be in all respects conducted as other elections in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition of Property › Section 43500.

43500. The board may acquire by any means any property or interest in property to carry out the district purposes, including any of the following:
(a) Property either within or without the boundaries of the district for the construction, maintenance, improvement, or operation of works or the carrying out of the project in this State or in any other state or foreign nation.
(b) Property and rights of private owners devoted to a public use.
(c) Stocks of domestic or foreign corporations.
(d) Rights to store water in any reservoir.
(e) Rights to carry water through any conduit within or without the State not owned or controlled by the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 239.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition of Property › Section 43501.

43501. The board may pay for property and rights with bonds of the district upon such terms and conditions as it deems best.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition of Property › Section 43502.

43502. No bonds shall be given in payment for property or rights at a valuation less than 90 percent of their face value and accrued interest.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition of Property › Section 43504.

43504. The board may take conveyances, leases, contracts, or other assurances for all property acquired by it under the provisions of this division in the name of the district, to and for the uses and purposes expressed in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition of Property › Section 43505.

43505. The legal title to all property acquired under the provisions of this division vests in the district immediately. All property is held by the district in trust for the uses and purposes set forth in this division and is hereby dedicated and set apart to such uses and purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition of Property › Section 43506.

43506. The board may hold, use, manage, occupy, and possess property of the district, and may lease property of the district for oil, gas and other mineral development or for agricultural or other purposes if in the opinion of the board such action will not interfere substantially with the district’s operations.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 821.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition of Property › Section 43507.

43507. The board may determine by resolution entered upon its minutes that any property, real or personal, held by the district is not necessary for the uses and purposes thereof and may sell the same for an adequate consideration. Title may be conveyed or transferred to the purchaser by the president and secretary pursuant to the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition of Property › Section 43508.

43508. The rights of way, ditches, canals, flumes, pipelines, dams, water rights, reservoirs, power plants, and transmission lines, and all other property of like character belonging to a district shall not be taxed for State and county or municipal purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 2 - Eminent Domain › Section 43530.

43530. The board may acquire by condemnation all property it deems necessary for the construction, maintenance, improvement, and operation of the works or the carrying out of the project of the district, except that private property devoted to the use of one water storage district or any irrigation district or other district or any city or county shall not be taken by any water storage district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 2 - Eminent Domain › Section 43532.5.

43532.5. Notwithstanding any other provision in this article, the board shall not commence any proceedings in eminent domain with respect to property located outside of a county in which the district is located unless the board of supervisors of the county in which such property is situated gives its approval to such proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 3 - Sale of Excess Land Acquired by Condemnation › Section 43555.

43555. Where the district has acquired fee title to, or any interest in, land through condemnation proceedings and the board, pursuant to Section 43507, determines that said property or any part thereof or interest therein is no longer necessary for the uses and purposes of said district and that said property or any part thereof or interest therein shall be disposed of by sale, such sale shall be made as hereinafter provided.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 239.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 3 - Sale of Excess Land Acquired by Condemnation › Section 43556.

43556. Written notice of sale shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district, or if there is no such newspaper, then within the county in which the district or any part thereof is situated, pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code. The notice shall describe the land or interest therein to be sold; set forth in general terms the interests, easements or reservations to be reserved to the district; state the time, place and terms or conditions of the sale; and call for sealed bids in writing.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 239.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 3 - Sale of Excess Land Acquired by Condemnation › Section 43557.

43557. At the time and place set for the sale the board shall open any bids received in response to the notice, announce such bids, and call for oral bids. When all persons present shall have ceased bidding, the board shall declare the bidding closed, subject to the preference right of owners of contiguous land as hereinafter provided, and shall announce the amount of the highest bidder. In the event no oral bids are made and there are duplicate written bids, the highest bidder shall be the one whose bid was received first in time by the board. In no event may land be sold or a purchaser declared before the end of the 30-day period for assertion by contiguous landowners of their preference right of purchase.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 239.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 3 - Sale of Excess Land Acquired by Condemnation › Section 43558.

43558. The owners of contiguous land have a preference for a period of thirty (30) days after the highest bid is announced to purchase at such highest bid price. No right of preference shall be given in cases of owners of cornering land.
Where there is a conflict between two or more owners of contiguous land claiming a preference right of purchase, the one from whom such land was acquired by the district by eminent domain shall take preference. If such prior owner does not assert a preference right to purchase, the property shall be sold to that owner of contiguous land claiming preference who, in the opinion of the board, by acquisition of such land would be enabled to make the most beneficial use thereof based on topography, land pattern, location of water, improvements and similar factors.
If no owners of contiguous land qualify within said thirty (30) day period the sale shall be declared closed and sale made to the highest bidder.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 239.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Property › ARTICLE 3 - Sale of Excess Land Acquired by Condemnation › Section 43559.

43559. Upon the expiration of the 30-day period any sale and conveyance made pursuant to the board’s award of bid or any sale and conveyance made pursuant to the exercise of a preference by the owner of contiguous land pursuant to this article shall be conclusively presumed to be valid as being in compliance with the provisions of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1037.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Controversies › ARTICLE 1 - Actions and Proceedings › Section 43700.

43700. A district may commence and maintain any actions and proceedings to carry out its purposes or protect its interests and may defend in any action or proceeding brought against it.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Controversies › ARTICLE 1 - Actions and Proceedings › Section 43701.

43701. In all actions or proceedings the board may sue, appear, and defend in person or by attorneys and in the name of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Controversies › ARTICLE 1 - Actions and Proceedings › Section 43702.

43702. Service of summons upon a district may be made by serving it upon the secretary or a majority of the directors.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Controversies › ARTICLE 1 - Actions and Proceedings › Section 43703.

43703. The costs of any action, proceeding, or contest may be allowed and apportioned between the parties or taxed to the defeated party in the discretion of the court or other tribunal before which it is heard.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Controversies › ARTICLE 1 - Actions and Proceedings › Section 43704.

43704. All findings of fact or conclusions of the department, commission, or board upon all matters shall be conclusive unless the action, proceeding, or contest is instituted within 60 days after the findings or conclusions are made.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 592.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Controversies › ARTICLE 1 - Actions and Proceedings › Section 43705.

43705. If two or more actions or contests are pending at the same time in the same court or before the same tribunal for the purpose of contesting or determining the validity of identical or similar acts or matters under the provisions of this division, the actions or contests shall be consolidated and tried together.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Controversies › ARTICLE 1 - Actions and Proceedings › Section 43706.

43706. The court or other tribunal before which any action, proceeding, or contest is brought involving the regularity, legality, validity, or correctness of any proceeding taken or thing done pursuant to any of the provisions of this division, shall disregard any error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties concerned.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Controversies › ARTICLE 1 - Actions and Proceedings › Section 43707.

43707. In all actions, proceedings, or contests the rules of pleading and practice provided by the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply, insofar as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Controversies › ARTICLE 2 - Validating Proceedings › Section 43730.

43730. An action to determine the validity of bonds, assessments, contracts, including contracts with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States, the adoption of a project or the taking of any other action by the district or by the board under the provisions of this division may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 5 - Controversies › ARTICLE 3 - Limitations › Section 43850.

43850. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no action, proceeding, or contest shall be brought or maintained before any court or other tribunal unless the action, proceeding, or contest is brought within the times specified in the following subdivisions, or any lesser time that may be specified in this division:
(a) Attacking the organization of any district, within six months of the date of the organization thereof.
(b) Attacking the inclusion of land within or the exclusion of land from any district, within six months of the date of the inclusion or exclusion.
(c) Attacking any assessment of any district, within 60 days of the date upon which the assessment roll is filed with the county treasurer or treasurers.
(d) Attacking the validity of any bonds issued by any district, within 60 days of the date of adoption of the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 592.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Contracts › Section 44000.

44000. Any district may cooperate and contract with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States under any laws of the state or the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or under any other act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted authorizing or permitting the cooperation or contract.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Contracts › Section 44001.

44001. The cooperation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes:
(a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation, or maintenance of works for irrigation, drainage, storage, flood control, generation and distribution of hydroelectric energy incidental thereto, or any of these.
(b) A water supply.
(c) Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the state, the department, any other district, or the United States.
(d) To carry out the terms of any contract between the district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Contracts › Section 44002.

44002. Any contract made between a district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States may designate and describe the land which is to be served with water from the waterworks or system contemplated under the contract and, in that case, only such land may be charged with any of the assessments mentioned in this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Contracts › Section 44003.

44003. The board may provide by contract with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States for the delivery and distribution of water for the land of the district under any laws of the state or acts of Congress and under any rules and regulations established thereunder.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Contracts › Section 44006.

44006. The board shall perform all acts necessary to carry out the enlarged powers enumerated in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Levy of Assessments › Section 44030.

44030. If a contract with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States requires the payment by the district of periodic service charges, the amount shall be levied from time to time as an assessment on land in the district, to the extent that funds are not otherwise available for the payment of such charges. Upon request of the board, assessment commissioners shall be appointed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 46150) of Part 9 of this division who shall determine the portion of the total benefits to accrue to the district under the contract which will be realized by each parcel of land in separate ownership in the district. The determination shall be stated in apportionment rolls substantially in form and manner as provided in Chapter 2 of Part 9 of this division, except that the apportionment of benefits shall be stated in percentages of benefits to the district as a whole, or in such other manner as may be determined upon by the commissioners. Thereafter all assessments levied in order to meet the payments due or to become due under the contract shall be apportioned among the respective tracts of land in accordance with the rolls. Any such assessment shall be collected in the same manner as an original assessment.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 688.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Levy of Assessments › Section 44031.

44031. If a contract with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States requires the payment by the district of capital charges in periodic installments, the total amount of such charges may be levied in the same manner as an original assessment pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 46150) of Part 9 of this division, or the respective amounts of such installments may be levied from time to time in the same manner as periodic service charges, as provided in Section 44030, but an assessment or assessments shall in any event be levied in such a manner as to provide for the payment of all such charges, for which funds are not otherwise available, as they become due under the contract.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 688.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Levy of Assessments › Section 44032.

44032. If a contract with the state, the department, any other district, or the United States requires the establishment of a reserve fund for the payment by the district under the contract of periodic service charges or capital charges, or both, or if the board finds it to be necessary or desirable in the interest of the district, the board may determine to levy an assessment to provide such a reserve fund. In that event the board shall also determine the amount of the initial deposit or deposits to be made in the reserve fund and the amount of the balance, if any, to be maintained therein. The total amount of the initial deposit or deposits to be made in the reserve fund may be levied at one time, or in a series of installments from time to time, in the same manner as periodic service charges, as provided in Section 44030. Any later deposits necessary in order to maintain a required balance in the reserve fund shall be levied in the same manner. The reserve fund shall be used solely for the payment of the charges for which it is established, until all the charges have been paid. Any balance then remaining in the reserve fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 83. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Transfer or Deposit of Bonds › Section 44055.

44055. In case any contract is made with the United States, bonds of the district may be transferred to or deposited with the United States if so provided by the contract, at not less than their par value, to the amount, or any part thereof, to be paid by the district to the United States. The interest or principal, or both, of the bonds may be regularly paid to the United States and applied as provided in the contract.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Transfer or Deposit of Bonds › Section 44056.

44056. The bonds may:
(a) Call for the payment of interest not exceeding 6 percent per year.
(b) Be of the denomination specified in the contract.
(c) Call for the repayment of the principal at such times as specified in the contract.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Transfer or Deposit of Bonds › Section 44057.

44057. The contract with the United States may call for the payment of the amount, or any part thereof, to be paid by the district to the United States at specified times, in installments, and with interest not exceeding 6 percent per year.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Transfer or Deposit of Bonds › Section 44058.

44058. The board may accept, on behalf of the district, appointment of the district as fiscal agent of the United States or authorization of the district by the United States to make collection of money for and on behalf of the United States and to assume the duties and liabilities incident to such action.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Transfer or Deposit of Bonds › Section 44059.

44059. The board as fiscal agent of the United States may do any and all things required by the federal statutes now or hereafter enacted in connection therewith and all things required by any rules or regulations now or hereafter established under any such federal statutes.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Distribution of Water › Section 44080.

44080. All water which the district has the right to use under any contract with the United States may be distributed and apportioned by the district in accordance with acts of Congress applicable thereto and any rules or regulations thereunder.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Distribution of Water › Section 44081.

44081. Provision may be made in the contract between the district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States for the refusal of water service to any land which may become delinquent in the payment of any assessment levied for the purpose of carrying out any contract between the district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Distribution of Water › Section 44082.

44082. As partial consideration for privileges obtained by the district under contract with the United States, any rights of way or rights to water or other property owned or acquired by the district may be conveyed by the board to the United States insofar as the same may be needed for the construction, operation, and maintenance of works by the United States for the benefit of the district under any contract that may be entered into with the United States pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Cooperation With the United States, the State and Other Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Dissolution or Change of Boundaries › Section 44105.

44105. A contract between the district and the state, the department, any other district, or the United States may provide that the district shall not be dissolved nor shall the boundaries be changed except upon the written consent of the state, the department, any other district, or a specified official of the United States, filed with the official records of the district. If the consent of the state, the department, any other district, or the United States official is given and land is excluded, the areas excluded shall be free from all liens and charges for payments to become due to the state, the department, any other district, or the United States under the contract.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Semitropic Water Storage District › Section 44200.

44200. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter:
(a) “Basin” means the Kern County Groundwater Basin, as defined in Bulletin 118.
(b) “District” means the Semitropic Water Storage District and its improvement districts.
(c) “Groundwater extraction facility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10721.
(d) “Management area” means the portion of the basin within the boundaries of the district where the district has jurisdiction to implement specific management practices.
(e) “Project” means the “Tulare Lake Storage and Floodwater Protection Project” as described in the concept paper received by the California Water Commission on March 31, 2016, and any other groundwater storage or recharge project authorized by the district and for which the district completes environmental review on or before January 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 453) Effective September 22, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Semitropic Water Storage District › Section 44202.

44202. This chapter applies only to the district.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 453) Effective September 22, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Semitropic Water Storage District › Section 44204.

44204. (a) The district may collect groundwater extraction information and require the reporting of groundwater information within the management area and, in furtherance of that goal, may do the following:
(1) Require registration of groundwater extraction facilities within the management area.
(2) Require that the use of every groundwater extraction facility within the management area be measured by a water-measuring device satisfactory to the district.
(3) Require that all costs associated with the purchase and installation of the water-measuring device pursuant to paragraph (2) be borne by the owner or operator of each groundwater extraction facility. Water-measuring devices shall be installed by the district or, at the district’s option, by the owner or operator of the groundwater extraction facility. Water-measuring devices shall be calibrated on a reasonable schedule as may be determined by the district.
(4) Require that the owner or operator of a groundwater extraction facility within the management area file an annual statement with the district setting forth the total extraction in acre-feet of groundwater from the facility during the previous year.
(b) In addition to the measurement of groundwater extractions pursuant to subdivision (a), the district may use any other reasonable method to determine groundwater extraction.
(c) The district may exempt from this section a person who, for domestic purposes, extracts two acre-feet or less of groundwater per year.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 453) Effective September 22, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Semitropic Water Storage District › Section 44206.

44206. (a) In addition to levying assessments or fixing tolls and charges pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 46000) and in lieu of imposing assessments in whole or in part, the district may impose fees on the extraction of groundwater from the basin to fund the costs of the following:
(1) Design, administration, operation, and maintenance of a project, including a prudent reserve.
(2) Acquisition of lands or other properties, facilities, and services to implement a project.
(3) Other costs directly related to design, implementation, maintenance, and operation of a project.
(b) (1) If the owner or operator of a groundwater extraction facility fails to timely comply with the requirements for reporting groundwater extractions pursuant to Section 44204, the district may make a determination of the quantity of groundwater extracted following an investigation. The determined amount shall not exceed the maximum production capacity of the groundwater extraction facility. The district shall mail notice to the owner or operator of the district’s determination of the quantity of groundwater extracted.
(2) The groundwater charges based on the determination pursuant to paragraph (1), together with any interest and penalties, shall be payable immediately unless, within 20 days after the district’s mailing of notice to the owner or operator of the district’s determination, the owner or operator files with the district a written protest setting forth the grounds for protesting the amount of groundwater extraction or groundwater charges, interest, or penalties.
(3) If a protest is filed pursuant to paragraph (2), the district shall hold a hearing to determine the total amount of groundwater extracted and the groundwater charges, interest, and penalties. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed to each protestant at least 20 days before the date fixed for the hearing.
(c) Fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution.
(d) Fees imposed pursuant to this section may include fixed fees and fees charged on a volumetric basis, including, but not limited to, fees that increase based on the quantity of groundwater produced annually, the year in which the production of groundwater commenced from a groundwater extraction facility, and impacts to the basin.
(e) Fees imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be collected in the same manner as otherwise provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 47180) of Chapter 7 of Part 9.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 453) Effective September 22, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 6 - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS › CHAPTER 7 - Semitropic Water Storage District › Section 44208.

44208. (a) This chapter shall not be construed as state approval, authorization, or funding of a project, including, but not limited to, funding available pursuant to the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014.
(b) A project shall comply with all applicable state laws, including, but not limited to, Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code, Division 2 (commencing with Section 1000), and Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 453) Effective September 22, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 7 - FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Limitations on Liabilities › Section 44400.

44400. A district may not incur any debt or liability whatever in excess of the express provisions of this division. Any debt or liability so incurred is void.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 7 - FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Limitations on Liabilities › Section 44401.

44401. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to limit the right of the board to enter into any contract or lease for property, as in this division provided, and to bind the district for the payment of the rental or consideration specified in the lease or contract.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 7 - FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Statements and Reports › Section 44425.

44425. The county treasurer of each of the several counties shall report all transactions of delinquencies on district assessments and sales of land within the district to the treasurer of the district who shall keep a record thereof in the office of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 7 - FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Statements and Reports › Section 44426.

44426. The district treasurer shall report to the board in writing at its regular meeting in each month the amount of money in the district treasury and the amount of receipts and the amount and items of expenditures for the month preceding. The report shall be verified and filed with the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 7 - FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Statements and Reports › Section 44428.

44428. The board, following each fiscal year, shall render and promptly thereafter cause to be published in the county at least once a week for two successive weeks a verified statement of the financial condition of the district, showing particularly the receipts and disbursements of the last preceding fiscal year, together with the source of the receipts and purpose of the disbursements.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 85. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 7 - FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Payment of Claims › Section 44456.

44456. To provide a fund for payment of claims, the board may from time to time draw from the general fund deposited and kept to the credit of the district in the office of the county treasurer of a county having funds belonging to the district in his possession such sums as may be necessary. The sums shall be deposited with the treasurer of the district and paid out by him upon warrants of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)