ARTICLE 2. Transfers by Counties [8155. - 8158.]

Cal. Water Code - WAT 2.

in effect

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8155. Section 8155.

Drainage improvements authorized to be transferred and conveyed by this article are those which lie within the territorial limits of the flood control district to which they are conveyed, and are included in one or all of the following classes: (a) Those which were constructed under the jurisdiction, control, or supervision of the board of supervisors of the county, and which are under the jurisdiction of the board. (b) Those which were constructed by or for the county or any drainage district or flood control district in such county. (c) Those constructed pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled “An act to promote the drainage of wet, swamp and overflowed lands, and to promote the public health in communities in which they lie,” approved March 21, 1903, as amended, and those which have been constructed pursuant to the provisions of the Drainage District Improvement Act of 1919, as amended, prior to January 1, 1937. (d) Those within any city in such county whose legislative body has transferred and conveyed such drainage improvements to a flood control district, pursuant to Article 3 of this chapter.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8156. Section 8156.

Any county within the limits of which there are drainage improvements within any of the classes mentioned in Section 8155 may, by a four-fifths vote of the members of the board of supervisors, transfer and convey all, but not less than all, of the drainage improvements in the county and within such classes to any flood control district in the county. The flood control district shall thereupon assume sole control and jurisdiction over such drainage improvements.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8157. Section 8157.

The flood control district to which such drainage improvements are transferred shall, upon acceptance of such transfer by four-fifths vote of the members of the governing body of the district, assume and provide for the operation, maintenance, and repair thereof, and thereupon be and become solely liable for the payment of the principal upon the bonds of any drainage improvement district, including bonds of districts secured by and payable out of a fund derived from specific or direct assessments which are a lien against particular parcels of land issued pursuant to the Drainage District Improvement Act of 1919, maturing subsequent to the date of such conveyance and transfer and for the payment of the interest upon the bonded debt of such drainage district represented by coupons maturing subsequent to the date of transfer.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8158. Section 8158.

From and after the date of transfer no tax shall be levied upon the lands within any such drainage district for the payment of the subsequently maturing principal and interest upon bonds of such district, except such levy as may be made by the flood control district. However, the lands within such drainage district or districts shall be and remain liable for the payment of all of the following: (a) All previously maturing principal and interest. (b) All levies of drainage district taxes theretofore levied. (c) All installments of specific or direct assessments theretofore due or delinquent. The proceeds of the collection of such drainage district taxes and assessments shall be applied solely and exclusively to the payment of the principal and interest for which they were levied, and the surplus, if any, of the proceeds of such collections shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the interest and sinking fund of the flood control district and used solely and exclusively for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds of the flood control district.

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