SECTIONS 35560-35562 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 35560-35562

35560. The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the
Westside Water District or to any improvement district, distribution
district, or zone formed within the Westside Water District pursuant
to the provisions of this division.

35561. In addition, and as an alternative, to the matters contained
in this division regarding distribution and apportionment of water,
the district or any improvement district, distribution district, or
zone therein may, by resolution, enter into long term water service
contracts with holders of title to land therein, and may require
execution of such a contract by a holder of title to land as a
condition precedent to the delivery of water from the district to
such holder of title or to the use by such holder of title of any
facilities of the district or any improvement district, distribution
district, or zone. Such contracts may provide that all water charges
provided for, when due, are a lien on the landowner's land in the
nature of assessments, and may be collected and enforced in the
manner provided in this division for the collection and enforcement
of assessments. If such a contract does so provide, such lien shall
have the same force, effect, and priority as an assessment lien for
all such water charges levied after recordation of such contract in
the office of the county recorder in the county in which the land is
situated. Unless such water service contract is recorded, it shall
have no force or effect whatever against any person other than a
party to the contract, unless such person has actual knowledge of the
contract and its contents.

35562. In addition, and as an alternative, to the purposes for
which the proceeds from water charges may be used, as set forth in
Article 4 (commencing with Section 35470) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of
this division, water charges may be levied and collected in order to
provide, in whole or in part, for the payment of amounts due to the
United States, whether for capital charges or service charges or
otherwise, pursuant to contracts made in accordance with Chapter 6
(commencing with Section 35875) of Part 5 of this division, or in
order to provide, in whole or in part, for the payment of the costs
of a project or the principal of and interest on bonds or warrants of
the district, or to obtain funds for any lawful purpose of the
district. The district may, by resolution, make such water charges
payable in advance. The district may, by resolution, provide that
water charges which remain unpaid for a period of not less than 30
days after they have become due shall be delinquent, and a penalty
not in excess of 10 percent shall be added thereto, and they shall
bear interest at a rate not in excess of 12 percent per year.