SECTIONS 31575-31579 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 31575-31579

31575. Improvement districts may be formed in districts in the same
manner as improvement districts are formed in irrigation districts.
When formed, such improvement districts shall be governed in the same
manner and shall have the same powers as improvement districts in
irrigation districts.

31576. The board of directors of a district shall have the same
rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the
formation and government of improvement districts in districts as the
board of directors of an irrigation district has with respect to
improvement districts in irrigation districts.

31577. Assessments in an improvement district in a district shall
be levied, collected and enforced at the same time and in as nearly
the same manner as practicable as annual taxes for purposes of the
district in which formed, except that the assessment shall be made in
the same manner as provided with respect to improvement districts in
irrigation districts.

31578. If an improvement district is formed in the Kings County
Water District to encompass all or a portion of the area within the
district served by the Lakeside Ditch Company (a mutual water
company) for the purpose of acquiring stock of such company,
operating the system of such company, and furnishing the shareholders
thereof with water, the voters in such improvement district may
elect an advisory board of five members. The members of such advisory
board first elected shall be elected at the election of district
directors next held following the formation of the improvement
district. The members of the advisory board shall be elected in the
same manner as district directors. The members first elected shall at
their first meeting classify themselves by lot so that three members
shall hold office for two years and two members shall hold office
for four years. Thereafter all members shall hold office for four
years.
The advisory board in such improvement district may make
recommendations to the district board solely as to matters pertaining
to the operation of the system acquired from the Lakeside Ditch
Company and the distribution of the water to which the shareholders
of such company have rights. The district board shall follow any such
recommendation unless it is rejected by the district board by
unanimous vote of its members.

31579. All powers and duties of the district may be exercised on
behalf of or within any improvement district formed pursuant to this
division.