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- § 290. Notwithstanding any other law, when undertaking a habitat restoration project whe
- § 258. The authority conferred by this code to acquire real property for state dam and w
- § 275. The department and board shall take all appropriate proceedings or actions before
- § 303. Nothing in this article prevents the running of artesian water into an artificial
- § 306. The owner, tenant, or occupant of the land upon which a well which is a public nu
- § 310. All prosecutions for the violation of any of the provisions of this article shall
- § 341. Funds withdrawn from such appropriation must be matched by an expenditure of like
- § 350. The governing body of a distributor of a public water supply, whether publicly or
- § 516.
- § 500. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Measurement Law.
- § 510. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the
- § 513.
- § 521. The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Water furnis
- § 529. This article addresses a subject matter of statewide concern. (b) Subject to subd
- § 529.7. This article does not limit the authority of a water purveyor that promotes conse
- § 531.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, state agencies shall carry out th
- § 531.20. To the extent that the provisions of this article conflict with the requirements
- § 366. During periods described in subdivision (a) of Section 367, excessive water use i
- § 355. The regulations and restrictions shall thereafter be and remain in full force and
- § 358. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or prevent review by any c
- § 359. Notwithstanding any other provision of law that requires an election for the purp
- § 371. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a
- § 372. A public entity may employ allocation-based conservation water pricing that meets
- § 376. Any ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to Section 375 is effective upon ado
- § 377. From and after the publication or posting of any ordinance or resolution pursuant
- § 377.5. A complaint or citation under subdivision (b) of Section 377 or subdivision (d) o
- § 384. Prior to serving water to any person for use outside the agency, the agency shall
- § 1. This act shall be known as the Water Code.
- § 3. All persons who, at the time this code takes effect, hold office under any of the
- § 6. Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affec
- § 10.
- § 12.2.
- § 15.
- § 19.
- § 22.
- § 24. The standard miner
- § 102. All water within the State is the property of the people of the State, but the ri
- § 103. In the enactment of this code the Legislature does not intend thereby to effect a
- § 387. Any agreement for the transfer of water under the provisions of this chapter shal
- § 390. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a
- § 400. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Weather Resources
- § 401. It is hereby declared that atmospheric water within the state which is caused to
- § 412. Proof of publication shall be by copy of the notice as published attached to and
- § 452. Any legislative committee to which such a preliminary document or formal report h
- § 460. This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Water Reuse Law of 1974.
- § 463. The department shall study and investigate the technology of the reuse of reclaim
- § 481. The department shall create and maintain a list of entities seeking to enter into
- § 105. It is hereby declared that the protection of the public interest in the developme
- § 106.7. It is hereby declared to be the established policy of this state to support and e
- § 107. The declaration of the policy of the State in this chapter is not exclusive, and
- § 108.5. It is hereby declared to be the established policy of the state that source water
- § 113. It is the policy of the state that groundwater resources be managed sustainably f
- § 124. Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this code, the provision
- § 127.5. The department may utilize the program manager class series that was created for
- § 133. The department may cooperate and contract with any agency of the State or of the
- § 134.5. The Director of Finance shall administratively establish positions necessary to i
- § 136. The Department of Water Resources shall file against the Water Resources Revolvin
- § 141.5. The department shall proceed with the construction of the South Delta Improvement
- § 144. Upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purposes of this sectio
- § 147. On or before January 10, 2010, and annually thereafter, the department shall prep
- § 147.1. By August 1 of each year, the department shall prepare and submit to the Legislat
- § 148. The department shall perform construction inspection services for all water resou
- § 150. There is in the Department of Water Resources the California Water Commission.
- § 151. The California Water Commission consists of nine members who are appointed by the
- § 153.5. Notwithstanding Sections 153 and 154, the term of any member of the California Wa
- § 156. The members of the California Water Commission may be removed from office by the
- § 160. The members of the California Water Commission shall select one of the members to
- § 163.5. The department shall furnish to the California Water Commission, at its request,
- § 165. The California Water Commission shall conduct an annual review of the progress of
- § 176. The annual salary of the members of the board is provided for by Chapter 6 (comme
- § 188. The board may expend money appropriated for the administration of the laws the ad
- § 182. The Governor shall designate the chairperson of the board from the membership of
- § 185. The board shall adopt rules for the conduct of its affairs in conformity, as near
- § 189.5. This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Low-Income Water Rate Assis
- § 189.7. Outreach to identify issues of environmental justice needs to begin as early as p
- § 227. The department may investigate any natural situation available for reservoirs or
- § 234. The department, either independently or in co-operation with or through any perso
- § 250. In the name of the people of the State of California, the department may acquire
- § 10005.2. Prior to holding a hearing pursuant to Section 10005.1, the department shall give
- § 10006. The provisions of this part do not repeal or modify any of the provisions of Part
- § 10007. Notwithstanding anything contained in this part, all applications heretofore file
- § 10008. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that agreements which provide for the t
- § 10009. The director shall pursue discussions with the United States Bureau of Reclamatio
- § 10504.02. Procedure with respect to petitions for assignment of all or a portion of applica
- § 10608.50. The department, in consultation with the board, shall promote implementation of r
- § 10608.42. The department shall review the 2015 urban water management plans and report to t
- § 10608.44. Each state agency shall reduce water use at facilities it operates to support urb
- § 10632.1. An urban water supplier shall conduct an annual water supply and demand assessmen
- § 10632.3. It is the intent of the Legislature that, upon proclamation by the Governor of a
- § 10705. After the adoption of a resolution of intention, the governing board shall hold a
- § 10706. A majority protest shall be determined to exist if the governing board finds that
- § 10707. A local agency authorized to establish programs for the management of groundwater
- § 10709. For purposes of groundwater management, a local agency authorized to establish pr
- § 10710. Before a local agency may levy a water replenishment assessment as authorized in
- § 8410. Flood plain regulations established to comply with requirements of Section 8411 s
- § 8410.5. All public agencies shall comply with flood plain regulations established to meet
- § 8411. Within any area classified
- § 8403. Prior to the establishment by a public agency of flood plain management regulatio
- § 8704.1. Administrative penalties may be imposed by the board in the same manner as civil
- § 8704.2. Pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 8701.4, the board or the board
- § 8786. If consent is not filed the board may cause an assessment to be levied in the man
- § 8787. The assessors shall assess upon the lands within the drainage district proposed t
- § 8788. The assessors in apportioning the assessment on each tract of land shall, as info
- § 8789. The assessors shall, in the case of all assessments of the drainage district whic
- § 8939. Each of the semiannual installments upon each tract shall be based upon the origi
- § 8944. The Controller shall, upon demand of the board, cancel the warrants and credit th
- § 8945. Partial payments on any tract in excess of any regular installment amount shall b
- § 8946. Any and all partial payments of principal may, and upon request of the person mak
- § 8941. Any owner or holder of lands within the boundaries of the drainage district whose
- § 8942. Any officer mentioned in the next preceding section shall accept such warrants so
- § 9110. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this article
- § 9048. Any reclamation, levee, irrigation, drainage or other district whatever, or any c
- § 9458. To effect such redemption, the board shall cause to be published once each week f
- § 9459. Out of the bond fund of the assessment the State Treasurer shall, on presentation
- § 9460. If any bond or interest coupon has not been presented to the State Treasurer for
- § 9465. The money derived from the sale of any of the bonds shall be received by the Stat
- § 9466. Whenever the drainage district has any money in the bond fund of any assessment w
- § 10011. In preparing the California Water Plan, the director shall conduct at least one p
- § 10016. The Department of Water Resources shall complete the development of a standard da
- § 10608.52. The department, in consultation with the board, the California Bay-Delta Authorit
- § 10608.60. It is the intent of the Legislature that funds made available by Section 75026 of
- § 10632.5. In addition to the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 10
- § 10634. The plan shall include information, to the extent practicable, relating to the qu
- § 8412. The department or board shall review the adequacy of flood plain regulations esta
- § 8413. Flood plain regulations adopted pursuant to Section 8412 shall take effect 60 day
- § 8414. If a public agency fails to adopt flood plain regulations pursuant to Section 841
- § 8415. The department and the board, within their respective jurisdictions as provided i
- § 9120. The department shall prepare and the board shall adopt a flood control system sta
- § 9130. The department shall prepare and maintain maps for levee flood protection zones.
- § 10500. The department shall make and file applications for any water which in its judgme
- § 10640. Every urban water supplier required to prepare a plan pursuant to this part shall
- § 10642. Each urban water supplier shall encourage the active involvement of diverse socia
- § 10645. Not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its plan with the department, the u
- § 8450. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Although the levees of flood c
- § 8451. It is the intent of the Legislature, in providing for state participation in the
- § 8453. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it is the intention o
- § 8566. The seal of the board is also the seal of the drainage district.
- § 8567. A copy of any record of the board, certified by its secretary or assistant secret
- § 8568. For making a copy of any of its records the board may charge and collect the actu
- § 8705. The Flood Risk Management Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. All f
- § 8706. The board may maintain actions in the name of the state to compel by injunction t
- § 8950. All money collected upon sales or otherwise shall be paid to the county treasurer
- § 8953. All money collected by any of the county treasurers of the State as assessments o
- § 8955. All money collected from assessments shall be paid out only on warrants issued fo
- § 8957. Drafts of the board may be presented to the Controller and warrants drawn against
- § 8958. In case there are not sufficient funds applicable thereto for the payment of the
- § 9468. Any bonds purchased pursuant to the provisions of this article, and held in the b
- § 9469. Sales of any bonds purchased and held in the bond fund shall from time to time be
- § 9470. Any bonds purchased pursuant to the provisions of this article, may be delivered
- § 9471. The bond fund of each assessment shall be held by the State Treasurer and shall b
- § 9473. The balance may be distributed by the board to the owners or other persons intere
- § 9474. The board shall from time to time when necessary, present its written request to
- § 9475. The board
- § 9477. Warrants issued by the Controller and payable out of the assessment as provided b
- § 10504.1. Before any application made and filed pursuant to Section 10500 is assigned or re
- § 10504.5. In order to insure that projects will be constructed in accordance with a general
- § 10505.5. Every application heretofore or hereafter made and filed pursuant to Section 1050
- § 10609.2. The board, in coordination with the department, shall adopt long-term standards f
- § 8570. All money collected for copying and certifying copies of the board
- § 8572. The rules may be suspended or compliance therewith may be waived by the board at
- § 8575. A member of the board shall comply with the conflict of interest requirements of
- § 8576. No member of the board shall be held personally liable on any obligation or liabi
- § 8577. A board member shall not participate in any board action or attempt to influence
- § 8621. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Chapters 1 and 3 of Part 6 of Division 6
- § 8623. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570
- § 8631. The board may promote the construction, completion, maintenance and repair of lev
- § 8707. If the board or Attorney General prevails in a civil action to enforce this part,
- § 8708. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the department, the board,
- § 8710. Every plan of reclamation, flood control, drainage, improvement, dredging or work
- § 8710.5. Whenever any irrigation, drainage, levee, or flood control district makes applica
- § 8795. Whenever any tract of land upon which an assessment has been made, including asse
- § 8797. Whenever application is made to the board for reapportionment, the board shall re
- § 8799. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication for two weeks in some newspap
- § 8801. As many tracts may be embraced in one application as applicant is the owner of, o
- § 8802. At the time appointed, or such other time to which the hearing may be postponed,
- § 8796. Assessments and delinquencies on tracts of land which have become delinquent and
- § 8960. No statute of limitations shall be deemed to have run against any action upon or
- § 8962. The board may, at its option, at any time before payment of any warrant renew it
- § 8963. Whenever there is sufficient money in the treasury applicable to the payment of a
- § 8965. After the last publication of the notice the warrants therein mentioned cease to
- § 8959. All such warrants shall be considered as contracts in writing for the payment of
- § 9141. The department shall prepare and transmit to the board a report on the project le
- § 9478. No warrant issued pursuant to any of the provisions of this part or of Part 4 of
- § 9485. Upon the sale of any of the bonds of the drainage district based upon any assessm
- § 9487. Immediately upon making the order the board shall prepare in duplicate, retaining
- § 9488. To the assessment referred to in the preceding section shall be added and collect
- § 9489. The statement provided for in Section 9487 shall also include, and there shall be
- § 9491. Unless otherwise determined by the board or by an order entered in its minutes, a
- § 10506. Every state department or state officer, upon request of the department, shall fu
- § 10521. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the const
- § 10523. In formulating a water conservation or efficient water management program, a wate
- § 10609.6.
- § 10609.8. The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies a
- § 8454. Local agencies maintaining project facilities under the State Water Resources Law
- § 8455. Local agencies entering into agreements with the state shall annually prepare a w
- § 8457. State expenditures for the purposes of this chapter shall not exceed the amount o
- § 8501. The boundaries of the district are set forth and described in Chapter 170, Statut
- § 8503. The district is a body corporate and politic and may sue and be sued.
- § 8504. The district may acquire, own, hold, use, and enjoy any and all properties necess
- § 8579. Any aggrieved person shall have a right to seek judicial review of any permit or
- § 8585. The president, any member of the board, the secretary, assistant secretary, gener
- § 8590. To carry out the primary state interest described in Section 8532, the board may
- § 8632. Whenever any levee is in the opinion of the board insufficient or necessary for f
- § 8633. The published notice shall state that the levee is insufficient or necessary, tha
- § 8634. The notice shall be signed in the name of the board by its president and secretar
- § 8636. Any landowner, reclamation district, drainage district, levee district, municipal
- § 8638. The application shall be filed in the office of the board.
- § 8639. When an application is filed within the required 30 days, the applicants shall ha
- § 8641. In case there are two or more applications filed in the office of the board withi
- § 8713. The owner of any existing levee at any of the places mentioned in this article ma
- § 8715. Any existing levee may be protected or strengthened in case of emergency during t
- § 8711. Any such plan is void until approved by the board, and no work shall be done with
- § 8712. No levee along a river or by-pass at any of the places mentioned in this article,
- § 8716. Notice of emergency work shall be immediately given to the board.
- § 8717. All emergency work shall be subject to the subsequent approval of the board, and
- § 8966. The board shall designate a paper in each of the cities of Stockton and Sacrament
- § 8967. All warrants of the drainage district when received by the board, Department of F
- § 8969. The Controller shall notify the State Treasurer of the cancellation and the State
- § 8970. Whenever any warrant drawn by the Controller upon the State Treasurer as provided
- § 9492. For convenience in entering payments of the installment for bonds, the board shal
- § 9494. The county treasurer shall enter on the annual collection list in the proper colu
- § 9496. When either portion of any installment for bonds becomes delinquent, a penalty of
- § 9497. All money collected by the several county treasurers upon the installment for bon
- § 9505. The board shall maintain in its office and open to public inspection at all reaso
- § 10531. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Water is a valuable
- § 10531.5. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage collaboration among mutual water
- § 10533.
- § 10609.9. For purposes of Sections 10609.6 and 10609.8,
- § 10609.15. To help streamline water data reporting, the department and the board shall do al
- § 8511. For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (a)
- § 8512. The Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership Multibenefit Program is hereby establish
- § 8521.
- § 8642. Any levee constructed or work done by the applicants, pursuant to notice from the
- § 8643. If the application is not filed in the office of the board within 30 days after c
- § 8720. Any person who does any act contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions
- § 8719. The doing of any act or construction of any work mentioned in this article, or pe
- § 8721. Any plans or specifications adopted or approved by the board for any work to be d
- § 8723. The board may refuse to approve any such plan if in the judgment of the board the
- § 8804. The filing of the lists shall be conclusive evidence that the requisite notice ha
- § 8803. When the reapportionment has been made by the board, it shall deposit, in the off
- § 8810. The assessors shall make a separate list of the lands assessed in each county pur
- § 8812. The list shall also contain the name of the owner, if known, or if unknown, that
- § 9252.
- § 9260. Whenever any assessment levied by the board upon lands within the drainage distri
- § 9261. If the board by its order determines to issue bonds, the subsequent proceedings i
- § 9510. The board may, by resolution entered in its minutes, order the refunding of the w
- § 9511. Refunding bonds may be issued for the purpose, and when issued their proceeds may
- § 9512. The resolution ordering refunding of bonds shall designate the numbers, denominat
- § 9515. The refunding bonds, together with interest thereon, shall be payable at the offi
- § 9516. Refunding bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board may determine
- § 9517. The refunding bonds shall be signed by the president of the board or such other m
- § 9519. In case any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the refunding
- § 10534.
- § 10536.
- § 10537.
- § 10609.16. The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies a
- § 10609.21. For purposes of Section 10609.20, and notwithstanding paragraph (4) of subdivisio
- § 10609.22. An urban retail water supplier shall calculate its actual urban water use no late
- § 8590.2. In acquiring interests in land necessary for the purposes specified in Section 85
- § 8591. The board has no power, authority, or jurisdiction, either directly or indirectly
- § 8596. The board may maintain actions in the name of the people of the State to restrain
- § 8597. Any damages so recovered shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credi
- § 8645. Notwithstanding anything in this article the board may determine a case of emerge
- § 8647. The board may pay the cost, including any damage that may result from the perform
- § 8818. In case any land in the assessment list for any county is described in whole or i
- § 8813. The name of the owner of land which is or is supposed to be the property of the e
- § 8814. When there are two or more owners or supposed owners of any tract of land, partly
- § 8820. The assessment lists when completed shall be filed with the secretary of the boar
- § 8821. The assessment list shall be open for inspection by the public for at least 60 da
- § 8823. The notice of hearing in each county shall be filed with the county treasurer and
- § 8816. In the assessment list for any county the assessors may use any abbreviation in c
- § 8817. The assessors may also in the assessment list for any county make use of other ab
- § 8971. When the State Treasurer pays a warrant he shall, in addition to the amount for w
- § 8972. Whenever any unpaid, outstanding and interest-bearing warrant drawn by the Contro
- § 9264. No officer shall charge or receive any fee for any services required to be perfor
- § 9265. Any reasonable and necessary expense actually incurred by any officer in carrying
- § 9266. If the board or any member, officer, appointee, or employee thereof or any public
- § 9275. If the board determines, pursuant to the provisions of this part, that bonds shou
- § 9277. The judgment shall refer to the assessment apportioned to each county separately
- § 9278. Unless the aggregate amount of the whole of the assessment is modified or amended
- § 9262. If the board determines that it is best to issue bonds, the original assessment l
- § 9520. The refunding bonds may be issued and sold by the board as it may determine but f
- § 9521. The proceeds of the refunding bonds shall be placed in the State Treasury to the
- § 9523. The principal and interest of the refunding bonds shall be based upon, secured by
- § 9524. Upon the sale of any of the refunding bonds, installments of the assessment upon
- § 9526. The refunding bonds issued by the drainage district pursuant to this part shall b
- § 9527. Whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties or school districts may b
- § 10539.
- § 10543. A regional water management group proposing to prepare an integrated regional wat
- § 10544. When selecting projects and programs pursuant to Division 24 (commencing with Sec
- § 10650. Any actions or proceedings, other than actions by the board, to attack, review, s
- § 8656. The Department of General Services upon request of the board may sell the excess
- § 8657. The Department of General Services when authorized by the board may execute and d
- § 8659. All or any part of any land, right-of-way or easement required for any work of ch
- § 8655. The board may determine that any land acquired by the drainage district and deede
- § 8730. Any hearing before the board may be conducted upon sworn testimony of the applica
- § 8730.1. The board shall acknowledge the receipt of all applications in writing within 10
- § 8730.3. Applicants shall identify the names and addresses of contiguous landowners. Conti
- § 8732. The board may hold a hearing or partial hearing before a committee of one or more
- § 8733. The hearing officer shall take and report the evidence to the board.