ARTICLE 4. Formation and Assessment [23530. - 23535.]

Cal. Water Code - WAT 4.
in effect

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 23530. Section 23530.

Regardless of any findings made by the board if more than one-third in number of the owners of title to land within a proposed distribution district object at the hearing to its formation or to the levy of the proposed ad valorem tax, the board shall deny the petition, and no further proceeding shall be had on it.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 23531. Section 23531.

If at the hearing the board finds that it would not be for the best interest of the district to form the distribution district the board shall order the proceedings dismissed without prejudice to their renewal.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 23532. Section 23532.

If the board finds that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed distribution district to form the distribution district, it shall make and enter in its minutes a final order: (a) Approving the petition. (b) Forming the distribution district. (c) Providing that an ad valorem assessment shall be levied each year in the same manner as district assessments to meet the obligations of the contract with the United States under the federal reclamation laws. (d) Describing the land in the distribution district.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 23533. Section 23533.

Assessments levied for the purpose of meeting obligations accruing under a contract with the United States pursuant to the reclamation laws shall be payable in the same manner and at the same time as district assessments, and such distribution district assessments shall be made in the number and amount sufficient to meet the obligations accruing under such contract.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 23534. Section 23534.

The secretary shall cause a certified copy of the order creating the distribution district to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in each county in which any land of the distribution district is situated.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 23535. Section 23535.

All lands of the distribution district shall remain jointly liable for all obligations accruing to the United States under any contract between the distribution district and the United States pursuant to the federal reclamation laws.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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