SECTIONS 20560-20573 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 20560-20573

20560. Districts, regardless of the date of formation, are subject
to the provisions of this division.

20560.2. In the case of any district that owns and operates
facilities for the generation, transmission, distribution, and retail
sale of electric power, the district shall give notice to the
California Debt Advisory Commission, at least 30 days prior to the
proposed sale date, of the proposed sale of any evidence of
indebtedness issued to provide financing of any works of the
district. The notice shall include the information required by
subdivision (h) of Section 8855 of the Government Code. Failure to
give this notice shall render the sale invalid. The California Debt
Advisory Commission may waive the 30-day notice period upon
application by the district.
In carrying out the purpose of this section, the California Debt
Advisory Commission may charge fees payable solely from the proceeds
of the sale of the debt issue in an amount equal to one-fortieth of 1
percent of the principal amount of the issue, but not to exceed five
thousand dollars ($5,000) for any one issue.
The bonds shall be legal investments for all trust funds, for the
funds of all insurance companies, commercial banks, savings banks,
trust companies, the state school funds, and for any funds which may
be invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school
districts, or municipalities in the state.

20561. Nothing in this division impairs the validity of any
district formed prior to the effective date of this division, its
rights, or obligations.

20562. 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.

20563. Whenever any act is required to be done or proceeding taken
on the first Tuesday in any month, the act may be done or proceeding
had upon the day of the month otherwise specified for the regular
meeting of the board.

20564. Whenever an instrument provided for in this division is
acknowledged or proved, it shall have the same effect as evidence as
a conveyance of real property which has been acknowledged and in case
of any petition under this division is evidence of the fact of place
of residence of a petitioner as stated by him on the petition.

20565. Whenever an instrument is by this division required to be
acknowledged, each signer shall acknowledge the instrument, or his
signature shall be proved, in the manner provided by law before his
signature shall be effective.

20566. A guardian, conservator, executor, administrator, or other
person holding property in a trust capacity under appointment of
court may sign any petition provided for in this division, when
authorized by an order of court, which order may be made without
notice.

20566.1. A district with respect to land owned by it may through
its board sign any petition provided for in this division.

20567. If any land is assessed on any assessment book to unknown or
fictitiously named owners, or to unnamed owners in addition to any
owner or owners named thereon, the land has, for the purposes of any
petition provided for in this division, but one owner in addition to
any owner or owners whose true name or names may be purported to be
given on the assessment book.

20568. The holder of title to an undivided interest in any land may
sign any petition provided for in this division. Undivided interests
shall be counted and valued as though they were separate interests.
If the assessment book fails to indicate the extent of any undivided
interest, the holders of title whose undivided interests in any land
are not specifically defined have, for the purposes of this division,
equal shares therein.

20568.1. No person may sign for the owner of property or the owner
of an undivided interest therein without the authorization of the
owner.

20569. The value of any land and the holders of title to the land
are conclusively determined, for the purpose of any petition provided
for in this division, by the district assessment book last equalized
at the time of the presentation of the petition.
When no assessment book of the district has been equalized, the
county assessment roll of the county in which the land is situated
last equalized at the time of the presentation of the petition is
conclusive evidence of the value and title.
However, for the purposes of a petition to form a district and so
far as land outside a district is concerned for the purposes of a
petition to form an improvement district under Chapter 2A of Part 7
the county assessment roll of the county in which the land is
situated, last equalized at the time of the first publication of the
petition is conclusive evidence of the value and title.

20570. It is reaffirmed that districts are state agencies formed
and existing for governmental purposes.

20571. Assessments of a district, for whatsoever purpose, levied on
all assessable land at a like rate on the basis of the assessed
valuation of the land are hereby declared to be charges for the
services furnished by the district and not a capital investment of
the landowners.

20573. Districts governed by this division are subject to the
provisions of the Uniform District Election Law.