SECTIONS 35523 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 35523

35523. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Vandalia
Irrigation District in the County of Tulare is dissolved, and the
Vandalia Water District is hereby formed in that county.
(b) The Vandalia Water District is declared to be, and shall be
deemed, a water district as if the district had been formed pursuant
to this division. The exterior boundary of the Vandalia Water
District shall be the exterior boundary of the former Vandalia
Irrigation District.
(c) The Vandalia Water District succeeds to, and is vested with,
all of the powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations,
liabilities, and jurisdiction of the former Vandalia Irrigation
District.
(d) The status, position, and rights of any officer or employee of
the former Vandalia Irrigation District are not affected by the
transfer and shall be retained by the person as an officer or
employee of the Vandalia Water District.
(e) The Vandalia Water District shall have ownership, possession,
and control of all of the books, records, papers, offices, equipment,
supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, licenses, permits,
entitlements, agreements, contracts, claims, judgments, land, and
other assets and property, real or personal, owned or leased by,
connected with the administration of, or held for the benefit or use
of, the former Vandalia Irrigation District.
(f) The unexpended balance as of January 1, 2009, of any funds
available for use by the former Vandalia Irrigation District shall be
available for use by the Vandalia Water District.
(g) No payment for the use, or right of use, of any property, real
or personal, acquired or constructed by the former Vandalia
Irrigation District shall be required by reason of the succession
pursuant to this act, nor shall any payment for the Vandalia Water
District's acquisition of the powers, duties, responsibilities,
obligations, liabilities, and jurisdiction be required by reason of
that succession.
(h) All ordinances, rules, and regulations adopted by the former
Vandalia Irrigation District in effect immediately preceding January
1, 2009, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless
amended or repealed by the Vandalia Water District, or until they
expire by their own terms. Any statute, law, rule, or regulation in
force as of December 31, 2008, or that may hereafter be enacted or
adopted with reference to the former Vandalia Irrigation District
shall mean the Vandalia Water District.
(i) Any action by or against the former Vandalia Irrigation
District shall not abate, but shall continue in the name of the
Vandalia Water District, and the Vandalia Water District shall be
substituted for the former Vandalia Irrigation District by the court
in which the action is pending. The substitution shall not in any way
affect the rights of the parties to the action.
(j) No contract, lease, license, permit, entitlement, bond, or any
other agreement to which the former Vandalia Irrigation District is
a party shall be void or voidable by reason of the enactment of this
chapter, but shall continue in effect, with the Vandalia Water
District assuming all of the rights, obligations, liabilities, and
duties of the former Vandalia Irrigation District. Bonds issued by
the former Vandalia Irrigation District shall become the indebtedness
of the Vandalia Water District. Any continuing obligations or
responsibilities of the former Vandalia Irrigation District for
managing and maintaining bond issuances shall be transferred to the
Vandalia Water District without impairment to any security contained
in the bond instrument.