SECTIONS 33200-33207 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 33200-33207

33200. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Costa Mesa
District Merger Law.

33201. The State and the people thereof have a primary and supreme
interest in securing to the inhabitants, property owners and water
users within the City of Costa Mesa, the Newport Heights Irrigation
District, the Fairview County Water District, and the Newport Mesa
County Water District, the greatest possible efficient use and
conservation of waters, both local and imported, that may be
accomplished economically. Investigation has shown that the water
supply problem of the Costa Mesa area and of Orange County is
peculiar to that area and it is hereby declared that a general law
cannot be made applicable thereto. It is hereby declared necessary
for the proper reorganization of water supply, storage, conservation
and use that this part be adopted to provide the means of eliminating
expensive and wasteful duplication of water systems and securing a
greater economy and efficiency of administration.

33202. The City of Costa Mesa was incorporated on June 29, 1953,
primarily for the purpose of providing municipal functions and
services, including the providing of a water supply to its area; the
Newport Heights Irrigation District was formed on August 5, 1918,
primarily for providing a water supply to its land and inhabitants;
the Fairview County Water District was formed on October 5, 1946,
primarily for supplying water to its lands and inhabitants; and the
Newport Mesa County Water District was formed on July 26, 1954,
primarily for the purpose of supplying water to its land and
inhabitants and to replace the Newport Mesa Irrigation District; that
there is an overlapping, in whole or in part, of some of these
districts and total contiguity, in that all of the districts and the
city form a single contiguous unit. The new Costa Mesa County Water
District, if formed, will include substantially all of the City of
Costa Mesa within its boundaries.

33203. This part is enacted partially under the authority expressly
granted in Section 13 of Article XI of the Constitution of this
State.

33204. This part shall be given a liberal construction for the
purpose of sustaining any and all proceedings taken hereunder.

33205. Nothing in this part shall impair or adversely affect any
right of any bondholder or creditor of any of the districts involved
in this merger or of the City of Costa Mesa.

33206. For the purpose of accomplishing the dissolution, merger,
and creation of the new district, the City of Costa Mesa may
participate to the extent of transferring its water system and
appurtenances and contributing its share of funds for the operation
of the new district.

33207. The name of the Costa Mesa County Water District as created
pursuant to this part is hereby changed to the Mesa Consolidated
Water District. Any reference in this part to the Costa Mesa County
Water District shall hereafter be deemed to refer to the Mesa
Consolidated Water District.