Bill Text: CA SB634 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-15 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 833, Statutes of 2017. [SB634 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB634-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
April 19, 2017 |
Senate Bill | No. 634 |
Introduced by Senator Wilk |
February 17, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares as follows:(e)
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SEC. 2.
The Castaic Lake Water Agency Law (Chapter 28 of the First Extraordinary Session of the Statutes of 1962, as amended by Chapter 1715 of the Statutes of 1963, Chapter 443 of the Statutes of 1970, Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 1971, Chapter 1252 of the Statutes of 1975, Chapter 1128 of the Statutes of 1984, Chapter 832 of the Statutes of 1986, Chapter 1119 of the Statutes of 1987, Chapter 1181 of the Statutes of 1988, Chapter 910 of the Statutes of 1989, Chapter 562 of the Statutes of 1991, Chapter 841 of the Statutes of 1997, Chapter 170 of the Statutes of 1998, Chapter 929 of the Statutes of 2001, Chapter 27 of the Statutes of 2007, and Chapter 328 of the Statutes ofSEC. 3.
This section shall be known and may be cited as the Santa Clarita Valley Water District Act and reads as follows:Section 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Santa Clarita Valley Water District Act.Sec. 2.
The Santa Clarita Valley Water District is hereby created, organized, and incorporated. The district shall be managed as expressly provided in this act and the district may exercise the powers in this act that are expressly granted or necessarily implied. The district may include contiguous or noncontiguous parcels of both unincorporated and incorporated territory and territory included in any public district having similar powers. As used in this act and unless otherwise indicated by its context, “district” means the Santa Clarita Valley Water District.Sec. 2.5.
The purpose of the district is to provide, sell, manage, and deliver surface water, groundwater, and recycled water for municipal, industrial, domestic, and other purposes at retail and wholesale within the territory of the district, and provide a means to unify and modernize water resource management within the Santa Clarita Valley.Sec. 3.
For purposes of this act, theAll that real property situated in the County of Los Angeles,State of California, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the northerly line of the Rancho San Francisco as per map recorded in Book 1, Pages 521 and 522 of Patents, Records of Los Angeles County, and the boundary line of the County of Los Angeles and County of Ventura, as shown on Record of Survey filed in Book 27, Pages 19 to 43, inclusive, of Record of Surveys, Records of Los Angeles County;
Thence easterly along said northerly line of said Rancho San Francisco to an angle point therein and being S.F. No. 11 as shown on said Record of Survey;
Thence continuing along said northerly line of the Rancho San Francisco northeasterly to the intersection with the south line of Section 15, Township 4 North, Range 17 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence westerly along said south line to the southwest corner of said Section 15;
Thence in a general northerly direction along the westerly boundary of the land described in deed to the Newhall Land and Farming Company recorded May 10, 1963, as Instrument No. 2721 in Book D2024, Page 391 of Official Records, Records of Los Angeles County, to the most northerly northwest corner of the land described in said deed and being in the westerly line of said Section 15;
Thence northerly along said westerly line to the west quarter corner of said Section 15;
Thence westerly along the south line of the northeast quarter of Section 16 of said Township and Range to the southwest corner of said northeast quarter;
Thence northerly along the westerly line of said northeast quarter to the north line of said Section 16;
Thence westerly along the north line of said Section 16 to the southwest corner of Section 9 of said Township and Range;
Thence northerly along the west line of said Section 9 to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 9;
Thence westerly along the quarter-quarter section lines to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 7 of said Township and Range;
Thence northerly along the quarter-quarter section lines to the
northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 6 of said Township and Range;
Thence easterly along the quarter-quarter section lines to the southwest corner of Lot 3 in the northwest quarter of Section 5 of said Township and Range;
Thence northerly along the west line of said Lot 3 to the northwest corner of said Lot 3;
Thence easterly along the northerly line of said Section 5 to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of Section 32, Township 5 North, Range 17 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence northerly along the quarter section lines of Sections 32 and 29 of last said Township and Range to the northwest corner of the south half of the northeast quarter of said Section 29;
Thence easterly along the north line of said south half of the northeast quarter of Section 29 to the northeast corner of said south half;
Thence northerly along the east line of the northeast quarter of said Section 29 to the northeast corner of said Section 29;
Thence easterly along the southerly line of Section 21 of said Township and Range to the south quarter corner of said Section 21;
Thence northerly along the west line of the southeast quarter of said Section 21 to the center of said Section 21;
Thence easterly along the along the south line of the northeast quarter of said Section 21 to the southwest corner of the east half of the northeast quarter of said Section 21;
Thence northerly along the westerly line of the east half of the northeast quarter of said Section 21 to the northwest corner of said east half;
Thence westerly along the northerly line of said Section 21 to the most westerly corner of Government Lot 5 in Fractional Section 16 of said Township and Range;
Thence northeasterly along the northwesterly lines of Government Lots 5, 4, and 3 all of said Fractional Section 16 to an angle point in the westerly line of said Government Lot 3;
Thence northwesterly along the southwesterly lines of Government Lots 3, 2, and 1 of said Fractional Section 16 and continuing northwesterly along the southwesterly lines of Lots 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 of Fractional Section 9 of said Township and Range to the
northerly line of said Fractional Section 9;
Thence easterly along said northerly line to the south quarter corner of Section 4 of said Township and Range;
Thence northerly along the north-south center section line of said Section 4 to the north quarter corner of said Section 4;
Thence easterly along said north line to the southeast corner of Section 34, Township 6 North, Range 17 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence northerly along the east line of said Section 34 to the northeast corner of said Section 34;
Thence westerly along the northerly line of said Section 34 to the northwest corner of said Section 34;
Thence northerly along the west line of the
southwest quarter of Section 27 of said Township and Range to the northwest corner of said southwest quarter;
Thence westerly along the southerly line of the northeast quarter of Section 28 of said Township and Range, to the northeast corner of the west half of the east half of the southeast quarter of said Section 28;
Thence southerly and westerly along the easterly and southerly lines of said west half of the east half of the southeast quarter of said Section 28 to the southwest corner of said west half;
Thence southerly and westerly along the easterly and southerly lines of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 33 of said Township and Range, to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said
Section 33;
Thence southerly, westerly, and northerly along the easterly, southerly, and westerly lines of last said northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter to the northwest corner thereof;
Thence northerly and easterly along the westerly and northerly lines of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 33 to the southwest corner of the east half of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 28;
Thence northerly and easterly along the westerly and northerly lines of last said east half to the northeast corner thereof;
Thence northerly along the westerly line of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 28 to the northwest corner thereof;
Thence northerly and easterly along the westerly and northerly lines of the south half of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 28 to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 28;
Thence northerly along the westerly line of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter to the northwest corner thereof;
Thence northerly and easterly along the westerly and northerly lines of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 28 to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 28;
Thence northerly along the easterly
line of said Section 28 to the northeast corner of said Section 28;
Thence northerly along the easterly lines of Sections 22 and 15 of said Township and Range, to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 15;
Thence easterly along the east-west centerline of said Section 15 to the east quarter corner of said Section 15;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of said Section 15 to the southeast corner of said Section 15;
Thence southerly along the westerly line of Section 23 of said Township and Range to the west quarter corner of said Section 23;
Thence easterly along the northerly line of the southwest quarter of said Section 23 to the northeast corner of the west half of
the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 23;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of said west half of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter to the southeast corner of said west half;
Thence easterly along the northerly line of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 23 to the northeast corner of said southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 23;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of said southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 23 to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 23;
Thence easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly lines of said southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 23 to the southeast corner of said southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 23;
Thence easterly along the southerly line of said Section 23 to the southeast corner of said Section 23;
Thence southerly along the westerly line of the northwest quarter of Section 25 of said Township and Range, to the southwest corner of said northwest quarter of Section 25;
Thence easterly along the northerly line of the southwest quarter of said Section 25 to the northeast corner of said southwest quarter of Section 25;
Thence southerly and easterly along the westerly and southerly lines of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 25 to
the southeast corner of said northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 25;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 25 to the southeast corner of said southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 25;
Thence along the southerly line of the southeast quarter of said Section 25 to the southeast corner of said Section 25;
Thence easterly along the northerly line of Section 31 of said Township and Range, to the northeast corner of said Section 31;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of said Section 31 to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 5 North, Range 16 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence easterly along
the northerly line of said Section 6 to the northeast corner of said Section 6;
Thence northerly along the northerly prolongation of the east line of said Section 6 to a point in the easterly prolongation of the north line of said Section 31, Township 6 North, Range 17 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence easterly along last said easterly prolongation of the north line of Section 31 to a point in the northerly prolongation of the east line of Section 4, Township 5 North, Range 16 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence southerly along last said northerly prolongation of the east line of Section 4 to the northwest corner of said Section 4;
Thence westerly along the northerly line of said Section 4 to the north quarter corner of said
Section 4;
Thence southerly along the north-south centerline of said Section 4 to the south quarter corner of said Section 4;
Thence southerly along the east line of the northwest quarter of Section 9 of said Township and Range, to the southeast corner of said northwest quarter of Section 9;
Thence westerly along the southerly line of said northwest quarter of Section 9 to the southwest corner of said northwest quarter of Section 9;
Thence southerly along the east line of the southeast quarter of Section 8 of said Township and Range, to the southeast corner of said southeast quarter of Section 8;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of the northeast quarter of Section 17 of said Township and
Range, to the southeast corner of said northeast quarter of Section 17;
Thence westerly along the southerly line of said northeast quarter of Section 17 to the southwest corner of said northeast quarter of said Section 17;
Thence westerly along the southerly line of the northwest quarter of said Section 17 to the southwest corner of said northwest quarter of Section 17;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of the southeast quarter of Section 18 of said Township and Range, to the southeast corner of said southeast quarter of Section 18;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of the northeast quarter of Section 19 of said Township and Range, to the southeast corner of said northeast quarter of Section 19;
Thence westerly along the southerly line of said northeast quarter of Section 19 to the southwest corner of said northeast quarter of Section 19;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of the southwest quarter of said Section 19 to the southeast corner of said southwest quarter of Section 19;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of the northwest quarter of Section 30 of said Township and Range, to the southeast corner of said northwest quarter of Section 30;
Thence westerly along the southerly line of said northwest quarter of Section 30 to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 30;
Thence southerly along the westerly line of said northeast
quarter of the southwest quarter to the southwest corner of said northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 30;
Thence southerly along the westerly line of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 30 to the southwest corner of said southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 30;
Thence easterly along the northerly lines of Sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 of Township 5 North, Range 16 West, San Bernardino Meridian and Sections 31 and 32 of Township 5 North, Range 15 West, San Bernardino Meridian, to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of said Section 32, Township 5 North, Range 15 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence northerly to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of Section 29, Township 5 North, Range 15 West, San
Bernardino Meridian;
Thence easterly to the northeast corner of said southeast quarter of Section 29;
Thence northerly to the northeast corner of said Section 29;
Thence easterly along the northerly lines of Sections 28 and 27, said Township and Range, to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of said Section 27;
Thence southerly to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of said Section 27;
Thence easterly along the southerly lines of Sections 27, 26, and 25 of said Township and Range, and easterly along the northerly line of Section 31, Township 5 North, Range 14 West, San Bernardino Meridian, to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of
said Section 31;
Thence southerly to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 31;
Thence easterly to the north quarter corner of Section 5, Township 4 North, Range 14 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence southerly to the south quarter corner of said Section 5;
Thence easterly along the northerly lines of Sections 8 and 9 of said Township and Range, to the north quarter corner of said Section 9;
Thence southerly along the north-south quarter section lines of said Section 9 and Section 16 of said Township and Range, to the center of said Section 16;
Thence westerly along the east-west quarter section lines of said Section
16 and Section 17 of said Township and Range, to the west quarter corner of said Section 17;
Thence southerly to the southeast corner of Section 18 of said Township and Range;
Thence westerly to the north quarter corner of Section 19 of said Township and Range;
Thence southerly along the north-south quarter section lines to the south quarter corner of said Section 19;
Thence westerly to the northeast corner of Section 25, Township 4 North, Range 15 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence southerly along the easterly lines of said Section 25 and along the easterly lines of Section 36 of said Township and Range, and along the easterly lines of Section 1, Township 3 North, Range 15 West, San
Bernardino Meridian, to the southeast corner of said Section 1;
Thence westerly along the southerly lines of said Section 1 and along the southerly lines of Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of said Township and Range, to the southeast corner of Section 6 of said Township and Range;
Thence southerly along the easterly lines of Sections 7 and 18 of said Township and Range, to the southeast corner of said Section 18;
Thence westerly along the southerly lines of said Section 18 to the southwest corner of said Section 18;
Thence southwesterly to the most northerly corner of the boundary of the City of Los Angeles;
Thence southwesterly along said City boundary to its westerly intersection of the
southerly line of the north half of the north half of said Section 24;
Thence westerly to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 24;
Thence northerly to the northwest corner of said Section 24;
Thence westerly to the south quarter corner of Section 14, Township 3 North, Range 16 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence northerly to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 14;
Thence westerly to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 14;
Thence northerly to the west quarter corner of said Section 14;
Thence westerly to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 15 of said Township and Range;
Thence southerly to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 15;
Thence westerly to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 15;
Thence southerly to the south quarter corner of said Section 15;
Thence westerly to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 15;
Thence northerly to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 15;
Thence
westerly along the northerly line of said Section 15 and along the northerly lines of Section 16 of said Township and Range, to the northwest corner of said Section 16;
Thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section 8 of said Township and Range;
Thence westerly along the southerly lines of Sections 5 and 6 of said Township and Range, to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 6;
Thence northerly to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 6;
Thence westerly to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 6;
Thence northerly along projected section lines through said
Rancho San Francisco to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 31, Township 4 North, Range 15 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence easterly to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 31;
Thence northerly to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 31;
Thence easterly to the northeast corner of said Section 31;
Thence northerly along the easterly line of Section 30 of said Township and Range, to the southerly corner of Lot 14 as shown on the map filed in Book 25, Page 9 of Record of Surveys, Records of Los Angeles County;
Thence northwesterly, southwesterly
and southerly along the northeasterly, northwesterly, and westerly boundary lines of that certain parcel of land known as the Pico Project No. 1 as shown in the map filed in Book 27, Pages 19, 20, and 39 of Record of Surveys, Records of Los Angeles County, to the southeast corner of Parcel 11 as shown on the map filed in Book 27, Page 20 of said Record of Surveys;
Thence westerly along the south line of said last mentioned Parcel 11 to the northeast corner of Parcel 12 as shown on the map filed in Book 27, Page 21 of said Record of Surveys;
Thence southerly along the easterly line of last mentioned Parcel 12 and along the most easterly line of Parcel 13 as shown on last mentioned Record of Survey to the southeasterly corner of said Parcel 13;
Thence westerly along the
southerly line of said Parcel 13 to the westerly corner thereof;
Thence northwesterly along the southwesterly line of Parcel 15, as shown on last mentioned Record of Survey, 603.95 feet to said boundary line of the County of Los Angeles;
Thence northwesterly along said boundary line to the east-west centerline of projected Section 9, Township 3 North, Range 17 West, San Bernardino Meridian, said centerline being North 21° 57′ West 2764 (plus or minus) feet along said county line from the southwesterly line of the land described in the deed to the Newhall Land and Farming Company recorded June 21, 1910 in Book 127, Page 104 of Deeds, Records of Ventura County;
Thence westerly, leaving said county line along said centerline of projected Section 9 and projected Section 8, Township 3 North, Range 17
West, San Bernardino Meridian, to said southwesterly line of Newhall;
Thence northwesterly along said southwesterly line North 54° 28′ West to the southeasterly line of Tract N in Rancho Simi, per map recorded in Book 3, Page 7 of Maps, Records of Ventura County;
Thence southwesterly along the southeasterly line of said Tract N South 70° 26′ West to the east-west centerline of said Section 8;
Thence westerly along said centerline to the west line of said Section 8;
Thence southerly along the west line to the southerly line of said Tract N;
Thence South 70° 26′ West and west along the southerly line of said Tract N to the southwest corner of projected Section 12, Township 3 North, Range 18 West, San Bernardino
Meridian;
Thence north and leaving the southerly line of said Tract N to the northwest corner of said Section 12, being the southeast corner of projected Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 18 West, San Bernardino Meridian;
Thence west along the south line of said Section 2 to the southwest corner of said Section 2;
Thence north along the west line of said Section 2 to the southerly line of said Rancho San Francisco;
Thence westerly along the said Rancho San Francisco to a three inch pipe marked “N”, set at the southerly terminus of the westerly line of the parcel marked the Newhall Land and Farming Company on Licensed Surveyor’s Map filed in Book 3, Page 74 of Record of Surveys, Records of Ventura County;
Thence northerly along said westerly line North 0° 13′ 33″ East 11,446.56 feet to the southerly line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company (Saugus branch) Right of Way, 100 feet wide;
Thence in a general easterly and northeasterly direction along the southerly and southeasterly line of said Southern Pacific Railroad Company Right of Way, to the intersection with the third course, recited as “South 28° 08′ East 1,089.96 feet” in deed to J.S. Sharp recorded March 26, 1921, in Book 180, Page 101 of Deeds, Records of Ventura County;
Thence along the boundary of said deed the following three courses, South 28° 08′ East 989.96 feet to the southerly terminus of said third course;
Thence North 43° 58′ East 247.20 feet to an angle point;
Thence
North 26° 04′ East 1638.3 feet to the northerly line of said Southern Pacific Railroad Company Right of Way;
Thence in a general easterly and southeasterly direction along the northerly and northeasterly line of said Southern Pacific Railroad Company Right of Way to a one inch iron pipe set at the most southerly corner of the land described in deed to George B. Larinan recorded February 8, 1957, in Book 141, Page 238 of Official Records, Records of Ventura County;
Thence along the boundary of last mentioned deed the following six courses, North 27° 44′ East 239.74 feet to a one and one-half inch iron pipe set at an angle point;
Thence North 3° 40′ West 686.99 feet to a one and one-half inch iron pipe set at an angle point;
Thence North 9°
07′ 40″ West 812.92 feet to a one and one-half inch iron pipe set at an angle point;
Thence North 57° 03′ 20″ East 752.49 feet to a one inch iron pipe set at an angle point;
Thence North 60° 28′ 45″ East 2567.91 feet to a one inch iron pipe set at an angle point;
Thence North 18° 45′ 20″ East 1554.65 feet to a two inch iron pipe set on the northerly line of said Rancho San Francisco at the most easterly corner of said land of George B. Larinan;
Thence easterly along said northerly line North 87° 13′ 50″ East 3097.6 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
Except therefrom the west half of the west half of the northeast quarter of Fractional Section 15, Township 4 North, Range 17 West, San
Bernardino Meridian.
Also except therefrom the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 10, Township 4 North, Range 17 West, San Bernardino Meridian.
Sec. 4.
(a) The Castaic Lake Water Agency created pursuant to the Castaic Lake Water District Law (Chapter 28 of the First Extraordinary Session of the Statutes of 1962) and the Newhall County Water District created pursuant to the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code), shall be reorganized into the Santa Clarita Valley Water District and shall no longer operate as separate entities or exercise independent functions.(h)
Sec. 5.
The district is divided into three electoral divisions as follows:Sec. 6.
The board of directors shall adjust the electoral division boundaries described in Section 5 by resolution pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 22000) of Division 21 of the Elections Code.Sec. 7.
As used in this act:Sec. 8.
(a) The district shall be governed by a board of directors that shall initially consist of 15 members as follows:Sec. 9.
(a) All elected successors of the first board of directors shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided in the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code).(d)The board may, after January 1, 2023, by resolution reduce the number of elected directors from 12 to nine, comprised of three members for each division in accordance with Section 14.
(e)
(f)
Sec. 10.
(a) The initial board of directors of the district shall include the Castaic Lake Water Agency director who was nominated by the purveyor and in office as a Castaic Lake Water Agency director as of December 31, 2017. This initial appointed director shall serve an initial term of one year that expires on January 1, 2019. The subsequent terms for the director nominated by the purveyor shall be four years.(d)
Sec. 11.
(a) A person who may vote at any district election held under the provisions of this act shall be a voter within the meaning of the Elections Code, residing in the electoral division of the district in which he or she casts his or her vote. For the purpose of registering voters who shall be entitled to vote at district elections, the county elections official is authorized, in any county in whichSec. 12.
The board of directors shall hold its first meeting as soon as possible at which it shall choose one of its members to be president. The board of directors may appoint from its members additional officers and may define the duties of those officers. The board of directors shall provide for the time and place of holding its meetings and the manner in which its special meetings may be called.Sec. 13.
(a) The board of directors may act by ordinance, resolution, or motion. On all ordinances the roll shall be called and the ayes and noes recorded in the journal of the proceedings of the board of directors. Resolutions and motions may be adopted by voice vote, but on demand of any member the roll shall be called. Except as provided in Section 14, an ordinance, motion, or resolution shall not be passed or become effective without the affirmative vote of a majority of the membership of the board.Sec. 14.
(a) The board of directors may take action on the following items(4)Reducing the number of elected directors of the district from 12 to nine members in accordance with Section 9.
Sec. 15.
(a) No informality in any proceeding or informality in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate the incorporation of the district and the legal existence of the district and all proceedings in respect to the incorporation and the legal existence of the district shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.Sec. 16.
At its first meeting, or as soon as practicable, the board of directors shall, by a majority vote of the membership of the board, appoint a general manager, secretary, and treasurer or auditor. The board shall define the duties of these appointees and fix their compensation in accordance with Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code. The board may employ additional assistants, employees, engineers, attorneys, professionals, and other consultants as the board deems necessary to efficiently maintain and operate the district.Sec. 17.
Except as otherwise provided in this act, the district has and may exercise the powers expressly granted or necessarily implied in, and may operate in accordance with, Part 5 (commencing with Section 31000), Part 6 (commencing with Section 31300), Part 7 (commencing with Section 31650), and Part 8 (commencing with Section 32200) of the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000)) of the Water Code. The district may exercise these powers throughout its territory.Sec. 18.
(b)The district shall have the power to do all of the following:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)To develop groundwater management plans within the district that may include, but are not limited to, limitation, conservation,
overdraft protection plans, and groundwater extraction charge plans, and implement any or all of those plans subject to the rights of property owners and with the approval of the purveyor and other major extractors of over 100 acre-feet of water per year.
(7)
(8)
Sec. 19.
The financial or other interest of any appointed director in any contract between the purveyor or successor in interest to the purveyor and the district, or the fact that an appointed director may hold the position of a director, officer, agent, or employee of the purveyor or successor in interest to the purveyor, shall not constitute a violation of Section 1090 of the Government Code, and that interest or fact shall not render the contract void or make it avoidable under Section 1092 of the Government Code, at the instance of any party, if either the fact of the interest or the fact of the relationship as director, officer, agent, or employee, or both, are disclosed to the board of directors of the district and noted in its official records and the board authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract by a vote of its membership sufficient for the purpose without counting the vote of the interested appointed director.The statutory franchise right and right-of-way granted in paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) of Section 18 is hereby given, dedicated, and set apart to locate, construct, and maintain the works along and across any street or public highway and over and through any of the lands that are now or may be the property of this state, and to have the same rights and privileges as have been or may be granted to cities within the state. Any use under this section of a public highway shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 660) of Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code.
Sec. 21.Sec. 20.
Notwithstanding any other law, the district may fix, levy, or collect any standby or availability charge or assessment in connection with the provision of water service pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).Sec. 22.Sec. 21.
The district may impose and collect capacity charges and connection fees pursuant to Section 66013 of the Government Code.Sec. 23.Sec. 22.
The district may prescribe, by resolution or ordinance, that when any capacity charges or connection fees adopted pursuant to this act become due and are unpaid under and in accordance with the rules and regulations concerning those charges and fees, the charges and fees may be secured and collected in accordance with the procedures specified in SectionsSec. 24.Sec. 23.
The amount of any delinquent and unpaid capacity charges or connection fees shall be collected with the annual taxes next levied upon the property that is subject to the imposition of a capacity charge or connection fee, and that amount constitutes a lien on that property as of the same time and in the same manner as the tax lien securing annual property taxes. If during the year preceding the date on which the first installment of real property taxes that evidence the charges appears on the roll, any real property to which the
lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches to the real property, the lien that would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not be added to and become part of the annual assessment and it shall not attach to the real property. A county in which the district is located shall deduct from the capacity charges and connection fees collected by it an amount sufficient to compensate the county for costs incurred in collecting the delinquent and unpaid capacity charges and connection fees. The amount of that compensation shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors of the county and the board of directors of the district.Sec. 25.Sec. 24.
(a) If delinquent and unpaid capacity charges or connection fees are determined to exist by the district, the amount of those charges or fees may, in the discretion of the district, be secured at any time by filing for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property isSec. 26.Sec. 25.
Any bonds issued by the district are hereby given the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by any city and shall be exempt from all taxation within the state.Sec. 27.Sec. 26.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code) shall govern the formation, operation, and dissolution of all improvement districts, so far as they may be applicable.Sec. 28.Sec. 27.
The district may contain lands situated in more than oneSec. 29.Sec. 28.
The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.Sec. 30.Sec. 29.
No public corporation or public agency having the same identity of purpose or substantially the same identity of purpose as the district shall be formed partly or entirely withinSec. 30.
(a) The district shall submit an application for conditions addressing the creation of the district to the Local Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles on January 31, 2018. The application shall include a copy of this act, a map and description of the boundaries of the district, and a plan for providing services that includes the information described in Section 56653 of the Government Code. The plan for services shall identify the powers that were being authorized by Castaic Lake Water Agency and Newhall County Water District on December 31, 2017.If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.