Section 50654 Of Chapter 3. Powers And Duties From California Water Code >> Division 15. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3.

. The board, pursuant to an order entered in its minutes, may distribute, among the landowners of the district, any surplus funds in the treasury belonging to the district not needed for reclamation purposes, in the proportion that the landowners were assessed on the last assessment made by the district and which assessment produced such surplus money by collections thereon or by rental or sale of delinquent land thereunder.