ARTICLE 1. Development and Sale [71610 - 71618]
( Article 1 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156. )
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a district may acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any water, including sewage and storm waters, for the beneficial use or uses of the district, its inhabitants, or the owners of rights to water in the district.
(b) For a district located in a county with a population greater than 8 million persons and where 80 percent of the area of the district is included within the boundaries of a water replenishment district organized pursuant to Division 18 (commencing with Section 60000), the district shall have no authority to do any of the following:
(1) Manage, control, or administer the importation of water for the storage of groundwater.
(2) Store water underground except pursuant to either of the following:
(A) A contract with an independent holder of adjudicated groundwater extraction rights within the boundaries of the district and for the account of the water rights holder.
(B) A court order issued by a court having jurisdiction over the adjudication of groundwater extraction rights within the groundwater basin where storage is sought.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 215, Sec. 1. (SB 1386) Effective January 1, 2013.)
A district may undertake a water conservation program to reduce water use and may require, as a condition of new service, that reasonable water-saving devices and water reclamation devices be installed to reduce water use.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 893.)
A district may sell water under its control, without preference, to cities, other public corporations and agencies, and persons, within the district for use within the district. As used in this part, the term “water” includes potable water and nonpotable water.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 418.)
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), upon the request of an Indian tribe and the satisfaction of the conditions stated in subdivision (b), a district shall provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to an Indian tribe’s lands that are not within a district as if the lands had been fully annexed into the district and into any other public agencies required for the provision of water service if the Indian tribe’s lands meet all of the following requirements:
(A) The lands were owned by the tribe on January 1, 2016.
(B) The lands are contiguous with at
least two districts.
(C) The lands lie within the special study area of at least one district.
(D) At least 70 percent of the Indian tribe’s total Indian lands are currently within the boundaries of one or more districts.
(2) (A) Upon the request of an Indian tribe that does not meet the requirements of paragraph (1) and upon the satisfaction of the conditions stated in subdivision (b), a district may, until January 1, 2027, apply to the applicable local agency formation commission to extend water service at substantially the same
terms applicable to customers of the district to Indian lands that are not within a district as if the lands had been fully annexed into the district and into any other public agencies required for the provision of water service. The local agency formation commission shall approve the application and may impose conditions on the district with regard to the extension of service in accordance with Section 56886 of the Government Code, as long as those terms and conditions do not impair the provision of water service to Indian lands pursuant to this section and are similar to those imposed on all agency service recipients without discrimination. A district shall provide the water extension agreement to the local agency formation commission.
(B) A local agency formation commission shall not approve an application on or after January 1,
2027. A district that received authorization to extend water service to Indian lands pursuant to subparagraph (A) may continue to do so after January 1, 2027, provided that the district continues to comply with the conditions imposed by the local agency formation commission.
(C) For purposes of this subdivision, “Indian lands” means Indian lands, as defined in Section 2703 of Title 25 of the United States Code, that are part of a reservation or held in
trust.
(b) Before a district provides service of water pursuant to this section, the Indian tribe shall satisfy all of the following conditions:
(1) The Indian tribe complies with all federal and tribal laws.
(2) The Indian tribe acquires all federal and tribal approvals necessary for the applicable district to provide water service to the tribal lands on substantially the same terms applicable to customers of the district.
(3) The Indian tribe accepts, by agreement, all terms of, and payments, including service payments, to, the district and any public agency providing water to said district, as if the Indian tribe’s lands
were fully annexed into the district and into the service area of any other public agency, which terms and payments are also a condition of continued service by a district and by any public agency providing water to said district.
(c) If a district provides service of water to an Indian tribe’s lands pursuant to this section, the service areas of the district and of any public agencies providing water to the district are deemed for all purposes to include the Indian tribe’s lands for the longest of the following periods of time:
(1) The time service of water is provided by the district to the Indian tribe.
(2) The time moneys are owed by the Indian tribe to the district for the service of water.
(3) The term of any agreement between the district and the Indian tribe.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 480, Sec. 1. (AB 2081) Effective January 1, 2023.)
Whenever the board finds that there is a surplus of water above that which may be required by consumers within the district, the district may sell or otherwise dispose of such surplus water to any persons, public corporations or agencies, or other consumers.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Marin Municipal Water District may sell water to any person, firm, public or private corporation, or public agency or other consumer within or without the district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 933, Sec. 15.)
A district may supply and deliver water to property not subject to district taxes at special rates, terms, and conditions as are determined by the board for such service.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 83.)
A district may fix the rates at which water shall be sold. Different rates may be established for different classes or conditions of service, but rates shall be uniform throughout the district for like classes and conditions of service.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
Any special water rate fixed in accordance with the terms and conditions of an annexation shall be deemed to be a rate for a different class or condition of service.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
A district, so far as practicable, shall fix such rates for water in the district, and in each improvement district therein, as will result in revenues which will:
(a) Pay the operating expenses of the district and the improvement district.
(b) Provide for repairs and depreciation of works.
(c) Provide a reasonable surplus for improvements, extensions, and enlargements.
(d) Pay the interest on any bonded debt.
(e) Provide a sinking or other fund for the payment of the principal of such bonded debt as it becomes due.
(f) Repay advances, together with interest at a rate not to exceed the interest value of money to the district, made from the district to an improvement district.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 708.)
The rates for water in each improvement district may vary from the rates of the district and from other improvement districts therein.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
No district furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of water to or for the tenant’s residential use from any subsequent tenant on account of nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant. The district may, however, require that service to subsequent tenants be furnished on the account of the landlord or property owner.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1251, Sec. 9.)