California Water Code ARTICLE 2 - Water

• Section 31020.
  A district may do any act necessary to furnish sufficient water in the district for any present or future beneficial use.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch.
• Section 31021.
  A district may store water for the benefit of the district, conserve water for future use, and appropriate, acquire, and conserve water and water rights...
• Section 31022.
  A district may operate water rights, works, property, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any...
• Section 31023.
  A district may sell water or the use thereof for any useful purpose and whenever there is a surplus, dispose of the surplus to municipalities,...
• Section 31024.
  A district may establish rules and regulations for the sale, distribution, and use of water and may therein provide that water shall not be furnished...
• Section 31025.
  The district shall fix and through the general manager collect the water rates.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)
• Section 31026.
  A district shall have the power to restrict the use of district water during any emergency caused by drought, or other threatened or existing water...
• Section 31027.
  (a) A district may prescribe and define by ordinance the restrictions, prohibitions, and exclusions. Every such ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon...
• Section 31028.
  A district shall have power to make findings upon each and all of the matters referred to in Section 31026. A finding by the board...
• Section 31029.
  After the publication or posting of any ordinance as provided in Section 31027, it is a misdemeanor for any person to use or apply water...
• Section 31029.1.
  (a) An ordinance to require water conservation and to prevent waste which is adopted by a district which includes territory in Monterey County may provide that...
• Section 31030.
  (a) The Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code)...
• Section 31031.
  A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, on or before the first day...
• Section 31031.5.
  Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.1, in any improvement district situated within the Joshua Basin Water District, the water standby or availability charge or assessment shall...
• Section 31031.6.
  Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.1 in the Coachella Valley Water District, the water standby or availability charge or assessment shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30)...
• Section 31031.7.
  Notwithstanding Sections 31031 and 31032.1, the water standby or availability charge or assessment in the Twentynine Palms Water District shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30)...
• Section 31031.8.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Tuolumne Regional Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of...
• Section 31032.
  In case any water standby charge remains unpaid on the first day of the month before the month in which the board of supervisors of...
• Section 31032.1.
  A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, as an alternative to the charge...
• Section 31032.2.
  The secretary shall cause notice of the filing of the report and of a time and place of hearing thereon to be published, pursuant to...
• Section 31032.3.
  At the time stated in the notice, the board shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the report referred to in...
• Section 31032.4.
  On or before the 10th day of August of each year following such final determination, the secretary shall file with the county auditor a copy...
• Section 31032.5.
  The amount of the assessments shall constitute a lien against the lot or parcel of land against which the assessment has been imposed as of...
• Section 31032.6.
  The county tax collector or district collector shall include the amount of the assessments on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels...
• Section 31032.7.
  In the event a district does not elect to collect such assessments with the general taxes of the district, it may issue separate bills payable...
• Section 31032.8.
  A district may provide for a basic penalty of not more than 6 percent for nonpayment of the assessment within the time and in the...
• Section 31032.9.
  Any district may make the election specified in Section 31032.1 with respect only to delinquent assessments and may do so by preparing and filing the...
• Section 31032.10.a.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Yorba Linda County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753...
• Section 31032.12.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Yorba Linda County Water District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753...
• Section 31033.
  A district may drain and reclaim lands within the district either by surface or underground works or both; and may acquire, by appropriation or other...
• Section 31034.
  If a public utility subject to the control and regulation of the Public Utilities Commission petitions the Public Utilities Commission to extend its water service...
• Section 31035.
  A district may undertake a water conservation program to reduce water use and may require as a condition of new service that reasonable water-saving devices...
• Section 31035.1.
  A district which includes territory in Monterey County and which has adopted an ordinance to require water conservation and to prevent waste, may provide that...

Last modified: October 22, 2018