2007 California Water Code Chapter 1. General Provisions

CA Codes (wat:33100-33106)

33100.  This part shall be known and may be cited as the Coachella
District Merger Law.



33101.  The State and the people thereof have a primary and supreme
interest in securing to the inhabitants and property owners within
the Coachella Valley and adjacent land in Riverside County the
greatest possible use and conservation of, and protection from, the
waters naturally flowing into the valley from the surrounding
mountainous watershed and the greatest possible use of other waters
available to the area, thereby assuring that the greatest
productivity of the largest possible area may be accomplished and
safely carried on within reasonable limits of economy.




33102.  Investigation having shown that conditions in the Coachella
Valley are peculiar to that valley, it is hereby declared that a
general law cannot be made applicable thereto and that this part is
therefore necessary for the proper distribution, use, and control of
the water available for the valley and the protection of the valley
from storm water by the means provided in this part and for
elimination of duplication of governmental authority and securing
greater economy of administration.



33103.  The Coachella Valley County Water District was prior to
October 19, 1937, formed primarily for irrigation purposes, and the
Coachella Valley Storm Water District was prior to October 19, 1937,
formed for reclamation and protection purposes.




33104.  This chapter is enacted in part under the authority
expressly granted in Section 13 of Article XI of the Constitution of
the State.


33105.  This part shall be given a liberal construction for the
purpose of sustaining any and all proceedings taken hereunder.



33106.  Nothing in this part shall impair or adversely affect any
right of any bondholder or creditor of the storm water district or
the county water district.