SECTIONS 23550-23553 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 23550-23553

23550. In a district containing a distribution district the board
and all of the officers of the district each respectively has all of
the rights, powers, and privileges as to the distribution district,
its land, and the proceedings in relation to the distribution
district that each respectively has for the district of which the
distribution district is a part, including the right of the district
to acquire, own, hold, and dispose of property, and to contract in
the name of the distribution district.

23551. The board may also hold or dispose of property used or
acquired in connection with the distribution district in the name of
the directors and their successors in office as trustees for the
distribution district.

23552. The board of the district may in lieu in whole or in part of
levying ad valorem assessments for repayment of construction costs
under a contract with the United States pursuant to the federal
reclamation laws, fix and collect charges for the use of water or for
any other service furnished by means of the distribution system in
the same manner and with the same effect as charges are made and
collected by districts for the use of water or for services.

23553. The board of the district may provide for any maintenance
and operation of the distribution system of a distribution district
that may be required by the provisions of the contract between the
distribution district and the United States under the federal
reclamation laws, from funds of the irrigation district in lieu of
levying further distribution district assessments for such purposes.