Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34010. Section 34010.
Unless the context otherwise requires the provisions of this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
CHAPTER 2. Definitions [34010. - 34036.]
Cal. Water Code - WAT 2.
in effectCal. Water Code - WAT § 34011. Section 34011.
The definition of a word applies to any of its variants.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34012. Section 34012.
“Include” except when used in relation to the inclusion of land into a district does not necessarily exclude matters not enumerated.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34013. Section 34013.
“District” except as otherwise provided means a water district formed pursuant to the California Water District Act or to this division.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34014. Section 34014.
“Land” means the solid material of the earth whatever may be the ingredients of which it is composed, whether soil, rock, or other substance, but there shall not be included in the meaning of land improvements thereon or rights and privileges appertaining to minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances underlying the surface thereof.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34015. Section 34015.
“Principal county” means the county in which the greatest portion of the area of the land is situated at the time of the filing of the petition for formation of the district or to which district records are transferred pursuant to Chapter 6 of Part 2.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34016. Section 34016.
“Affected county” means any county in which land is situated.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34017. Section 34017.
“Office” means the office for the district selected by the board.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34018. Section 34018.
Except as otherwise provided, “board” means the board of directors of a district.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34019. Section 34019.
“Elective officers,” irrespective of the method of selection in any instance, (1)
are the members of the board and (2)
may be an assessor and a tax collector.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34020. Section 34020.
“President” means the president of the board.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34021. Section 34021.
“Secretary” means the secretary of the district.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34022. Section 34022.
“Assessor” means the assessor of the district.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34023. Section 34023.
“Collector” means the tax collector of the district.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34024. Section 34024.
“Treasurer” means the treasurer of the district.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34025. Section 34025.
“General district election” means the district election required to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34026. Section 34026.
“Holder of title” shall mean the owner of record of the fee title to land; provided, however, in the event the owner of record of such fee title has conveyed the equitable title to such land by way of a land sale contract and such contract or a memorandum thereof is recorded, “holder of title” shall mean the contract vendee thereunder and not the record owner of the fee title.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34027. Section 34027.
“Voter” means a person who is a holder of title.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34028. Section 34028.
“Board of election” means a board consisting of an inspector and two judges.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34029. Section 34029.
“Irrigation” includes subirrigation, percolation, underground storage, and well replenishment.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34030. Section 34030.
“Legal representative” means either of the following:
(a)
A duly appointed and acting guardian, executor, or administrator of the estate of a holder of title to land.
(b)
A person duly authorized to act for, and on behalf of, a holder of title to land that is not a natural person.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34031. Section 34031.
“Property” embraces all real and personal property, including water, water rights, works, easements, and rights of way.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34032. Section 34032.
“Contract” includes agreement, lease, conveyance, and obligation.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34033. Section 34033.
“Works” includes works to supply water for domestic, industrial, and municipal purposes, irrigation works, drainage works, reclamation works, distributing systems, dams, reservoirs, and canals.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34034. Section 34034.
“Charges” includes tolls and rates.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34035. Section 34035.
“Bonds” includes both general obligation bonds and revenue bonds except as otherwise expressly provided.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34036. Section 34036.
Whenever by this division a notice is required to be published for a designated number of weeks or once a week for a designated number of weeks, the notice need be published on only one day of each week and for only the same number of times as the number of weeks designated.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026