SECTIONS 4300-4305 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 4300-4305

4300. If the owner of the right is a county, municipality,
district, political subdivision, public corporation, or state agency,
or is public utility as defined in the Public Utilities Code, the
department shall, on or before the 15th day of June of each year,
serve each such owner named in the statement with a true copy
thereof.

4301. Service on such owners may be made personally, or by mail as
provided by Section 1013 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

4302. Each such owner shall, on or before the 10th day of December
of the year in which the apportionment was made, pay to the
department the amount apportioned to such owner. Unless payment is
made on or before said date, payment shall become delinquent and 10
percent thereof shall be added thereto as a penalty for delinquency.

4303. If the owner of the right is a county, municipality,
district, political subdivision, public corporation, or state agency,
the amount apportioned, together with the penalty in case of
delinquency, is a legal charge against the general fund thereof or
such fund as may be provided for the maintenance and operation of its
public works.

4304. If the owner of the right is a public utility as defined in
the Public Utilities Code, the amount apportioned, together with the
penalty in case of delinquency, is a lien against any money of the
public utility.

4305. At any time after 30 days after any payment due under this
article becomes delinquent the department may institute in the name
of the people of the State an action to compel payment of the charge
against the owner and, in the case of a public utility, to foreclose
the lien against any money of the public utility.