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Chapter 2. Definitions of California Water Code >> Division 13. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2.
Unless the context otherwise requires the provisions of this
chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
The definition of a word applies to any of its variants.
"Include" except when used in relation to the inclusion of
land into a district does not necessarily exclude matters not
enumerated.
"District" except as otherwise provided means a water
district formed pursuant to the California Water District Act or to
this division.
"Land" means the solid material of the earth whatever may be
the ingredients of which it is composed, whether soil, rock, or
other substance, but there shall not be included in the meaning of
land improvements thereon or rights and privileges appertaining to
minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances underlying the
surface thereof.
"Principal county" means the county in which the greatest
portion of the area of the land is situated at the time of the filing
of the petition for formation of the district or to which district
records are transferred pursuant to Chapter 6 of Part 2.
"Affected county" means any county in which land is
situated.
"Office" means the office for the district selected by the
board.
Except as otherwise provided, "board" means the board of
directors of a district.
"Elective officers," irrespective of the method of selection
in any instance, (1) are the members of the board and (2) may be an
assessor and a tax collector.
"President" means the president of the board.
"Secretary" means the secretary of the district.
"Assessor" means the assessor of the district.
"Collector" means the tax collector of the district.
"Treasurer" means the treasurer of the district.
"General district election" means the district election
required to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November in each odd-numbered year.
"Holder of title" shall mean the owner of record of the fee
title to land; provided, however, in the event the owner of record of
such fee title has conveyed the equitable title to such land by way
of a land sale contract and such contract or a memorandum thereof is
recorded, "holder of title" shall mean the contract vendee thereunder
and not the record owner of the fee title.
"Voter" means a person who is a holder of title.
"Board of election" means a board consisting of an inspector
and two judges.
"Irrigation" includes subirrigation, percolation,
underground storage, and well replenishment.
"Legal representative" means either of the following:
(a) A duly appointed and acting guardian, executor, or administrator of the estate of a holder of title to land.
(b) A person duly authorized to act for, and on behalf of, a holder of title to land that is not a natural person.
(a) A duly appointed and acting guardian, executor, or administrator of the estate of a holder of title to land.
(b) A person duly authorized to act for, and on behalf of, a holder of title to land that is not a natural person.
"Property" embraces all real and personal property,
including water, water rights, works, easements, and rights of way.
"Contract" includes agreement, lease, conveyance, and
obligation.
"Works" includes works to supply water for domestic,
industrial, and municipal purposes, irrigation works, drainage works,
reclamation works, distributing systems, dams, reservoirs, and
canals.
"Charges" includes tolls and rates.
"Bonds" includes both general obligation bonds and revenue
bonds except as otherwise expressly provided.
Whenever by this division a notice is required to be
published for a designated number of weeks or once a week for a
designated number of weeks, the notice need be published on only one
day of each week and for only the same number of times as the number
of weeks designated.
