SECTIONS 37850-37856 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 37850-37856

37850. Except as in this part expressly provided, the surviving
district shall in all respects be operated, managed, and governed,
its directors and officers shall be elected or appointed, and its
revenues shall be raised and expended as provided by law for
California water districts generally.

37851. All actions and proceedings pending by or against the water
storage district at the time of the merger may be prosecuted to final
judgment for or against the water storage district or the surviving
district may be substituted as a party.

37852. After the merger, no action or proceeding shall be brought
for or against the water storage district or its directors or
officers.

37853. All actions and proceedings commenced after the merger,
either on account of the affairs of the water storage district or
affairs of the California water district, shall be prosecuted by or
against the surviving district.

37854. All outstanding bonded and other indebtedness of the water
storage district and of the California water district at the time of
the merger is hereby assumed by the surviving district, and all
bondholders and creditors of the two districts may enforce their
rights against the surviving district in like manner as might have
been done against the water storage district or the California water
district if the two districts had not been merged.

37855. The board of directors and officers of the surviving
district shall peform all duties and functions of the board of
directors and corresponding officers of the water storage district
relating to the assessment, levy, and collection of assessments with
respect to assessments levied but uncollected as of the date of the
merger in the same manner and at the same times as is provided in the
California Water Storage District Law, and all county officers and
boards of supervisors shall likewise perform their functions and
duties with relation to the assessment, levy, and collection of such
assessments as is provided in the California Water Storage District
Law.

37856. Lands which were within the Westlands Water District
immediately prior to the merger shall, so long as said lands remain
in the said district, have a prior right with respect to water to
which said district was entitled under any contract with the United
States in effect on the date of said merger over (1) lands added to
the Westlands Water District as a result of the merger and (2) lands
annexed to the said district subsequent to the merger.