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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 3 - Groundwater Management Authority › Section 37928.

37928. The district may collect data and conduct technical and other investigations deemed necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this act. All hydrological investigations and studies carried out by or on behalf of the district shall be conducted by or under the supervision of licensed engineers or other persons qualified in groundwater geology or hydrology.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 3 - Groundwater Management Authority › Section 37929.

37929. The district may prepare annually or receive reports on groundwater and supplemental water supplies and conditions in the territory of the district, including groundwater management and conjunctive use objectives and a plan for implementation of those objectives.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 3 - Groundwater Management Authority › Section 37930.

37930. The district may recommend and encourage wastewater reuse and other water development projects, if those projects will enhance and contribute to the responsible management of groundwater resources, as part of its annual plan for implementation of groundwater management objectives.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 3 - Groundwater Management Authority › Section 37931.

37931. In addition to the powers identified here, the district shall have the authority afforded to local agencies as provided in Part 2.75 (commencing with Section 10750) of Division 6 as that part may be amended, consistent with the requirements and limitations of applicable law.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 4 - Groundwater Management Plans › Section 37940.

37940. In order to balance the water supply and demand within the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin, the district may do the following:
(a) Develop, adopt, and implement a groundwater management plan to control extractions from the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin aquifers with the objective of balancing water supply and demand in the region.
(b) The groundwater management plan may also include and address the following:
(1) Existing groundwater storage.
(2) Long-term recoverable storage, including an estimate of nonrecoverable storage.
(3) The expected adverse effects of projected extractions.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 4 - Groundwater Management Plans › Section 37941.

37941. The groundwater management plan may establish distinct zones or regions based on the geology of the basin, land use, water use, the location of extraction facilities, or other concerns as determined by the board.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 4 - Groundwater Management Plans › Section 37942.

37942. The groundwater management plan may include a policy for the issuance of new well permits that takes into consideration the location of proposed wells and area of use, projected extractions from the wells, and the effect of the extractions on existing users and on storage. In developing the management plan, the district may consider a ban on new irrigated acreage or new municipal water system wells. The district may include a contingency plan to deal with seawater intrusion, basin contamination, or other risks that could impair the ability to rely on the basin for groundwater.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 5 - Groundwater management › Section 37950.

37950. If the board determines after a noticed public hearing, and consideration of any relevant investigations, studies, and evidence, that groundwater management activities are necessary in order to improve or protect the quantity or quality of groundwater supplies within a groundwater basin or aquifer, the board may, by ordinance, exercise any of the following powers:
(a) Require conservation practices and measures within the affected portion of its territory.
(b) Control groundwater extractions by regulating, limiting, or suspending extractions from extraction facilities, the construction of new extraction facilities, the enlarging of existing extraction facilities, and the reactivation of abandoned extraction facilities.
(c) Commence and prosecute legal actions to enjoin unreasonable uses or methods of use of water within the district or outside the territory of the district to the extent those uses or methods of use adversely affect the groundwater supply within the district.
(d) Impose spacing requirements on new extraction facility construction to minimize well interference.
(e) Impose reasonable operating regulations on extraction facilities to minimize well interference, including requiring pumpers to operate on a rotation basis.
(f) Require extraction facilities to be registered with the district within 30 days of notice being given to the operator of the extraction facility.
(g) Require that the operator of a registered extraction facility provide the district annually with the following information regarding the extraction facility:
(1) The name and address of the operator of the extraction facility.
(2) The name and address of the owner of the land upon which the extraction facility is located.
(3) A description of the equipment associated with the extraction facility.
(4) The location of the water extraction facility.
(h) Require extraction facilities to be equipped with waterflow measuring devices installed and calibrated by the district or, at the district’s option, by the extraction facility operator.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 5 - Groundwater management › Section 37951.

37951. When an extraction facility is equipped with a waterflow measuring device, the record of extraction, as disclosed by the waterflow measuring device, may, at the election of the board, be presumed to be accurate, and shall be used as the basis for computing the water extraction of the extraction facility in completing the groundwater extraction statement.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 5 - Groundwater management › Section 37952.

37952. The district may, by ordinance, require proof of the accuracy of the waterflow measuring device from the operator and may, absent adequate proof of accuracy, order the operator, at the operator’s sole cost, to have the waterflow measuring device calibrated in a manner acceptable to the district. If the district has probable cause to believe that the extraction of groundwater from any extraction facility is in excess of the amount reported in groundwater extraction statements, or if no statements are filed covering an extraction facility, the district may investigate the extraction of water from each extraction facility.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 5 - Groundwater management › Section 37953.

37953. The board may, by ordinance, establish reasonable methods to be used in computing the amount of water extracted by extraction facilities.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 5 - Groundwater management › Section 37954.

37954. The district may, by ordinance, require the operator of each extraction facility to file semiannually, or more frequently, with the district, a groundwater extraction statement that contains, but is not limited to, the following information:
(a) Total extraction in acre-feet of water from the extraction facility for the preceding groundwater extraction statement period.
(b) The static groundwater level for the extraction facility.
(c) A description of the location of the extraction facility.
(d) The crop types or other uses and the acreage served by the extraction facility.
(e) The method of measuring or computing groundwater extraction.
(f) Other information deemed reasonable and necessary by the board to meet the purposes of this act.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 561. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 5 - Groundwater management › Section 37955.

37955. If required by ordinance, each groundwater extraction statement shall be verified by a written declaration under penalty of perjury that the information contained in the statement is true and correct. The operator of an extraction facility that has been permanently abandoned after January 1, 2015, shall give written notice of the abandonment to the district.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Extraction Charges › Section 37960.

37960. The district may, by ordinance, levy groundwater extraction charges, including volumetric charges intended to provide an incentive for reduced water use, on the extraction of groundwater from all water extraction facilities within the territory of the district for the purposes of paying the costs of initiating, carrying on, and completing any of the powers, purposes, and groundwater management activities described in this act. Any groundwater extraction charges shall be uniform for groundwater extraction within the territory of the district.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Extraction Charges › Section 37961.

37961. The Legislature hereby finds and determines that the groundwater management activities of the district are of equal benefit to all operators of groundwater extraction facilities within the territory of the district.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Extraction Charges › Section 37962.

37962. If any operator of any extraction facility fails to pay a groundwater extraction charge when due, the district may charge and collect interest at the rate of 1
1
/
2
percent each month on the delinquent amount of the groundwater extraction charge. In addition, the district may exercise any of the provisions of Sections 75630 to 75633, inclusive, for the purpose of collecting delinquent groundwater extraction charges.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Extraction Charges › Section 37963.

37963. All moneys collected by the district pursuant to this act shall be available for expenditure by the district to carry out its groundwater management functions pursuant to this act.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Extraction Charges › Section 37964.

37964. The district may, by ordinance, establish an operator’s extraction allocation for each groundwater extraction facility located within the district. The district may, by ordinance, impose upon the operator of any groundwater extraction facility located within the district, extraction surcharges, including volumetric surcharges intended to provide an incentive for reduced water use, for extractions in excess of his or her extraction allocation and late penalties for nonpayment of extraction surcharges.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Extraction Charges › Section 37965.

37965. The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:
(a) Extraction allocations and extraction surcharges authorized pursuant to this chapter are necessary to eliminate overdraft caused by excess extractions from the aquifer systems within the district and to bring the groundwater basins underlying the territory to safe yield within 10 years of the formation of the district and to sustain that safe yield thereafter.
(b) The extraction surcharges are intended to discourage the use of groundwater beyond the extraction allocation. They are not intended to generate tax revenues or proceeds from regulatory licenses, user charges, or user fees. Consequently, they are not special taxes for purposes of Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution or proceeds of taxes for purposes of Section 8 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Extraction Charges › Section 37966.

37966. The maximum amount of the extraction surcharge shall be two hundred dollars ($200) per acre-foot of groundwater extracted in excess of the extraction allocation, except that the district may increase the maximum amount of the extraction surcharge to an amount that is necessary to achieve safe yield.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Extraction Charges › Section 37967.

37967. If an operator of a groundwater extraction facility fails to pay the extraction surcharge when due, the district shall charge and collect a late penalty at the rate of 1
1
/
2
percent each month, or portion thereof, on the delinquent amount of the extraction surcharge.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Extraction Charges › Section 37968.

37968. The district may bring a cause of action, in any court having jurisdiction, against an operator of a groundwater extraction facility for the collection of any delinquent extraction surcharge, and Article 5 (commencing with Section 75630) of Chapter 3 of Part 9 of Division 21 applies to those actions.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 8.2 - Paso Robles Basin Water District › CHAPTER 6 - Groundwater Extraction Charges › Section 37969.

37969. In addition to any other authority, the district may order that an extraction surcharge or late penalty be a personal obligation of the operator or an assessment against the property on which the extraction facility is located. The assessment constitutes a lien upon the property, and the lien attaches upon recordation in the office of the county recorder. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for those taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to an assessment, except that, if any real property to which the 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 the taxes would become delinquent, the lien that would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to the real property and an assessment relating to the property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 2453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 13 - CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS › PART 9 - REPEALS › Section 38501.

38501. The repeal effected by this part shall not be construed to deprive any district or any person or other entity of any substantial right which would have existed or hereafter exist had such repeal not been effected.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 39013.

39013. “Include,” except when used in relation to the inclusion of land into a district, does not necessarily exclude matters not enumerated.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 39020.

39020. “Holder of title” includes a holder of evidence of title and, also, a holder of land under a possessory right acquired by entry or purchase from the United States or the State of California.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 39021.

39021. “Property,” except in Part 9, embraces all real and personal property, including water, water rights, works, franchises, concessions and rights.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 39022.

39022. “Works” includes water works, conduits, reservoirs, storage sites, water sheds, machinery, wells, pumps, dams, storage tanks, tunnels, hydrants, meters, other appliances, and their appurtenances.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 39023.

39023. “Conduit” includes canals, laterals, ditches, flumes, pipes, and their appurtenances.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 39024.

39024. “Acquire” includes construct, purchase, lease, exchange, condemn, jointly acquire when joint acquisition is permitted, and contract to acquire.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 39030.

39030. “Acknowledged” means acknowledged and certified in the same form and manner as is required for recording of conveyances of real property.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 39034.

39034. “Principal county” means the county in which the greater portion of the land of a district is located.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 779, Sec. 8. Effective October 10, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 39035.

39035. “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 779, Sec. 9. Effective October 10, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39050.

39050. For all purposes of this division relating to signing petitions and voting at any election, and for all other purposes when the question of title to or value of land claimed to be owned by a petitioner or voter is involved, the most recent county assessment roll in each affected county, or the last final election roll prepared in accordance with Section 41027 if the board elects to follow the procedure provided in Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 41025) of Part 4, shall be sufficient evidence of ownership and value.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 1.6. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39051.

39051. If any parcel of land is assessed on any assessment roll to unknown or fictitiously named owners or to unnamed owners in addition to any owners named thereon, the parcel of land shall be deemed for any of the purposes of this division to have but one owner in addition to the owners whose true names may be purported to be given on the assessment roll.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39052.

39052. The holder of title to an undivided interest in land affected by any of the provisions of this division may sign any petition or vote at any election provided for in this division, and such undivided interest shall be counted and valued as though it were a separate interest.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39053.

39053. If the assessment roll fails to indicate the extent of any undivided interest the holders of title whose undivided interests in any land are not specifically defined shall be deemed to have equal shares.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39054.

39054. The certificate of the register of the United States Land Office for the district in which the land is situated, or of the State Lands Commission, is sufficient evidence of possessory right in any land entered under the laws of the United States or of this State.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39055.

39055. Guardians, conservators, personal representatives, and other persons holding land in a trust capacity under appointment of court may sign any petition and may vote at any election in behalf of the estate represented by them without obtaining special authority.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 730.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39056.

39056. A certificate of acknowledgment taken before a notary public or justice of the peace of any state, or an affidavit by any person in the presence of whom a petition was signed, is sufficient evidence of the genuineness of the signature and of the fact of place of residence of any petitioner under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39057.

39057. Whenever any notice or publication, or notice of publication, or official advertising, or publication of process is required to be given or made by the provisions of this division, unless otherwise specifically provided, it shall be given or made once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in each affected county, and if in any such county there be no such newspaper then in a newspaper printed and published in an adjoining county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39058.

39058. As to any land belonging to a person under guardianship or conservatorship or comprised in the undistributed estate of a decedent, the guardian or conservator of such person or executor or administrator of such estate shall be deemed the holder of title for the purpose of representing the same in all proceedings under this division, and has the right to sign all petitions or protests provided for in this division, and to vote at all district elections, without any order of court authorizing him so to do.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 730.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39059.

39059. The powers herein conferred upon the department and board are police and regulatory powers and are necessary to the accomplishment of a purpose that is indispensable to the public interest.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Provisions › Section 39060.

39060. The districts formed pursuant to this division are districts of the nature of irrigation, reclamation, or drainage districts in respect to all matters contemplated in the provisions of the Constitution of the State of California relating to irrigation, reclamation, or drainage.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Department of Water Resources and State Treasurer › ARTICLE 1 - Powers and Duties › Section 39080.

39080. The department shall have the powers and duties conferred upon it by this division and further powers and authority necessary to enable it to fully perform the duties imposed upon it by this division, including the employment of any assistants it deems necessary, and the fixing of their compensation. The compensation of assistants and the cost and expense of all work done by the department pursuant to this division shall be paid by the district as provided in this division for payment of other expenses of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Department of Water Resources and State Treasurer › ARTICLE 1 - Powers and Duties › Section 39081.

39081. The department shall give information, so far as may be practicable, to persons contemplating the formation of a district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Department of Water Resources and State Treasurer › ARTICLE 1 - Powers and Duties › Section 39082.

39082. Whenever the department deems it in the public interest that preliminary surveys and field investigations of proposed district projects shall be made at the expense of the State the department shall make the surveys and investigation and prepare a report thereof which shall be kept on file in its office.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petitioners and Land › Section 39400.

39400. A majority in number of the holders of title to land irrigated or susceptible of irrigation from a common source and by the same system of works, who are also the holders of title to a majority in value of the land may propose the formation of a district under the provisions of this division or the formation of the district may be proposed by not less than 500 petitioners, each of whom is the holder of title to land therein and which petitioners include the holders of title to not less than 10 percent in value of the land included within the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petitioners and Land › Section 39401.

39401. The proposed district may include land situated in other distinctive district agencies of the State, including other water storage districts having different plans and purposes and the object of which is not the same.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petitioners and Land › Section 39402.

39402. The land proposed to be formed into a district need not consist of contiguous parcels.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Petition › Section 39425.

39425. A petition for the formation of a district shall set forth generally:
(a) The boundaries of the proposed district or a description of the land.
(b) The proposed source or sources of water supply.
(c) The location proposed for the storage of water to be used for such irrigation, if storage is proposed.
(d) Any drainage or reclamation connected with the project.
(e) Any incidental development of hydroelectric energy.
(f) The nature of the proposed works.
(g) A prayer that the territory embraced within the proposed district be formed as a water storage district under the provisions of this division.
(h) The signatures to the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Petition › Section 39426.

39426. The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Petition › Section 39427.

39427. The petitioners shall file with the petition a list of the names and addresses of all persons holding title to land within the proposed district as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of each affected county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Petition › Section 39428.

39428. The petition shall also be accompanied by a sufficient undertaking, to be approved by the department, in double the amount of the probable cost of forming the district as estimated by the department, conditioned that the sureties shall pay all of the costs in case the formation is not effected.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Petition › Section 39429.

39429. The department may require the furnishing of any additional undertaking or payment of money it deems necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Petition › Section 39431.

39431. Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before its publication is commenced by filing a declaration signed and acknowledged by the petitioner with the department stating that it is the intention of the petitioner to withdraw from the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Time and Place of Hearing › Section 39440.

39440. Upon the presentation and filing of the formation petition and undertaking the department shall forthwith fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition. The place shall be either the office of the department at Sacramento or some place within an affected county. The time shall be not less than 30 nor more than 120 days after the presentation and filing of the petition.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 369.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Publication › Section 39460.

39460. The department shall publish the formation petition and a notice of the time and place of the hearing on the petition in each affected county once a week for three successive weeks before the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Publication › Section 39461.

39461. The notice shall not be published until five days after the filing of the petition and undertaking in the office of the department.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Publication › Section 39462.

39462. When the petition consists of a number of separate instruments, only one copy need be published, but the names attached to all of the instruments shall appear in the publication.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Publication › Section 39463.

39463. The notice shall be issued by the department, shall refer to the petition, and shall be directed to the petitioners, all other persons holding title to land, and all other persons interested in or affected by the project. It shall be substantially in the following form:
Before the Department of Water Resources, State of California.
To the persons named as petitioners in the foregoing petition, to all persons holding title or evidence of title to lands included within the water storage district proposed therein; and to all other persons who may be interested in or affected by the project:
You, and each of you, are hereby notified that the foregoing petition was filed with the Department of Water Resources on the ____ day of ____ and will be heard by the Department of Water Resources at ____ on the ____ day of ____ at the hour of __m. of that day, at which time and place the Department of Water Resources will hear and receive evidence in support of said petition or any objections which may be presented thereto, and will hear and determine the right of all parties holding title or evidence of title to lands not included in the water storage district proposed in said petition, but which lands are already irrigated or susceptible of irrigation from the same common source and by the same system of storage and irrigation works as are particularly referred to and described in said petition, to have said lands included in said district.
This notice is given pursuant to the provisions of Division 14 of the Water Code, to which said division particular reference is hereby made.
Dated ____
Department of Water Resources, by
(Title of person signing for the department)
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Publication › Section 39464.

39464. No defect in the form or contents of the published notice, title to it, or petition, nor failure to publish or error in publishing any signature to the petition shall vitiate the proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Publication › Section 39465.

39465. The department shall give personal notice by registered mail to all holders of title to land whose names and addresses appear on the list filed pursuant to Section 39427.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Publication › Section 39466.

39466. The department shall make and keep for public inspection an affidavit giving the date of mailing and the names and addresses of holders of title to land to whom notices were sent.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Investigation by Department › Section 39600.

39600. The department shall determine the practicability, feasibility, and utility of the proposed project, and for that purpose may make all necessary studies, examinations, surveys, plans, and estimates of cost.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
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39601. The department, for the purposes of the determination, may employ all necessary assistants, or acquire and use any existing estimates, surveys, and reports.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Investigation by Department › Section 39602.

39602. The total of all expenses incurred pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed a sum in dollars equal in amount to one-fourth the number of acres in the proposed district and is a part of the expense of the project.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Investigation by Department › Section 39603.

39603. The department shall issue warrants to pay expenses incurred pursuant to this chapter, which warrants shall be considered and treated as warrants of the district and shall be payable out of the funds of the district when its formation has been completed.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Investigation by Department › Section 39605.

39605. If the district is not organized, any warrants issued by the department shall be a charge upon the undertakings provided for in this part and shall thereupon become due and payable by the sureties on the undertakings, and the holders of the warrants shall have a cause of action against the sureties thereon.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Determination › Section 39750.

39750. At the hearing the department shall determine and express by order whether or not the petition and notice complies with this part.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Determination › Section 39751.

39751. The department shall hear all competent and relevant testimony offered in support of or in opposition to the sufficiency of the petition and the publication of the notice.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Determination › Section 39752.

39752. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time, not exceeding 30 days in all.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Determination › Section 39753.

39753. If the department determines that any of the requirements of this part were not complied with, the petition shall be dismissed without prejudice to the right of the proper number of persons to present a new petition covering the same matter or to present the same petition with additional signatures if additional signatures are necessary to comply with the requirements of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition › Section 39775.

39775. If the department determines that all requirements of Chapter 1 of this part were complied with, the department shall forthwith hear the petition and all evidence offered in its support and in support of the written objections, and the written application of any holder of title to land included in the proposed district to have that land excluded therefrom, and the written application of any holder of title to other land already irrigated or susceptible of irrigation from the source and by the same works referred to in the petition, to have that land included in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition › Section 39776.

39776. At the conclusion of the final hearing on the petition the department shall make an order containing all of the following:
(a) Reaffirmance when it is consistent with its conclusions of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and the regularity and sufficiency of the notice of the hearing.
(b) Determination of the practicability, feasibility, and utility of the proposed project.
(c) Establishment of the boundaries of or a description of the land in the proposed district.
(d) Specification of the proposed source or sources of a water supply.
(e) Specification of the proposed place, if any, for storage of water for irrigation purposes.
(f) Estimation of cost of the proposed project.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition › Section 39777.

39777. The order on final hearing shall also divide the proposed district into five, seven, nine, or eleven divisions so as to segregate into separate divisions lands possessing the same general character of water rights or interests in the water of a common source. The divisions shall be numbered first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh, according to the number of the division.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition › Section 39779.

39779. A copy of the order certified by the department together with a map showing the exterior boundaries of the district and indicating the land, if any, excluded therefrom shall forthwith be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of each affected county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition › Section 39800.

39800. A finding of the department in favor of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and the regularity and sufficiency of the notice shall be conclusive against all persons except the State upon suit by the Attorney General commenced within 90 days after the date of first filing in the office of any county recorder of a certified copy of the order as required by this article.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election › Section 39900.

39900. Upon filing the order on final hearing of the formation petition, the department shall within 60 days give notice of an election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not it shall be formed.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election › Section 39901.

39901. The notice of the formation election shall contain:
(a) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district or the land included.
(b) A description of each division.
(c) The name of the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election › Section 39902.

39902. The notice of the formation election shall be published once a week for at least three weeks prior to the election in each affected county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election › Section 39903.

39903. In the order calling the election, the department shall designate voting places and appoint three holders of title to land to act as a board of election at each voting place.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)