Article 3. Official Bonds of California Water Code >> Division 11. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.

When not otherwise provided by the board the bonds to be given by the following officers shall be in the following sums:
  (a) Assessor: Five thousand dollars ($5,000).
  (b) Collector: Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
  (c) Treasurer: One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

The board may fix the bonds to be given by the following officers and persons to suit the conditions of the district within the following sums:
  (a) Treasurer: Five thousand dollars ($5,000) to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
  (b) Collector: Five thousand dollars ($5,000) to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
  (c) Secretary: Any sum.
  (d) Custodian of a special fund: Any sum.

If the offices of assessor, collector, and treasurer in any district are held by one person, the board may fix one bond to cover all three offices within the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

All bonds shall be in the form prescribed for the official bonds of county officers, and the premiums may be paid by the district.

All bonds shall be approved by the board.

Each officer herein named shall be liable upon his bond for his wilful violation of any express duty.

If any district is appointed fiscal agent of or by the United States in connection with any Federal reclamation project, each officer shall execute an additional bond, in the sum required by the Secretary of the Interior, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office and the faithful discharge by the district of its duties under the appointment; and the bond may be sued upon by the United States or any person injured by the failure of the officer or the district to perform promptly and completely his or its respective duties.