California Government Code ARTICLE 5 - Water

• Section 38730.
  A city may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation, water, water rights, reservoir sites, rights of way for pipes, aqueducts, flumes, or other conduits, and...
• Section 38731.
  Two or more cities may jointly acquire and develop a source of water supply for municipal and domestic purposes and construct the works necessary for...
• Section 38732.
  When a city legislative body deems it advisable to investigate the desirability of joint action with any other city for acquiring and maintaining a water...
• Section 38733.
  The commissioners from the several cities shall meet and consider the desirability of the joint acquisition and development of a water supply and the plans...
• Section 38734.
  If the legislative bodies approve the plans and terms reported by the commissioners, they shall declare their approval by resolution and submit them to the...
• Section 38735.
  If the terms and plans are approved by a majority of the voters voting on the proposition at the election, the cities may begin developing...
• Section 38736.
  Any city may issue bonds to complete the acquisition of a water supply jointly with other cities. All proceedings relating to the issue of such...
• Section 38737.
  Joint ownership and costs shall be restricted to those portions of the sources and works which are common to all the cities served. Each city...
• Section 38738.
  The apportionment of all costs of acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of the joint properties shall be made upon the basis of the amount of...
• Section 38739.
  The total costs of works which exclusively serve one city shall be borne by that city exclusively.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 38740.
  The plans and terms or other agreement for acquiring the water supply may be modified by agreement between the cities, as declared by the legislative...
• Section 38741.
  Before a resolution or ordinance relating to the joint acquisition of a water supply is binding upon a city, it shall be approved by the...
• Section 38742.
  The legislative body of any city may:(a) Contract for supplying the city with water for municipal purposes.(b) Acquire, construct, repair, and manage pumps, aqueducts, reservoirs, or other...
• Section 38743.
  A city may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753, fix, on or before the first day of July in each...
• Section 38744.
  If any water standby charge authorized to be collected pursuant to Section 38743 remains unpaid on the first day of the month before the month...
• Section 38745.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city council of a city may, by resolution, establish zones or areas of benefit within the city for...

Last modified: October 22, 2018