California Senate Bill SB1090 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1090AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 11, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Committee on Governance and Finance (Senators Wolk (Chair),  Dutton,  DeSaulnier, Fuller, Hancock, Hernandez, Huff, Kehoe, La Malfa, and Liu)) FEBRUARY 15, 2012 An act to amend  Section   Sections 23110, 23124,  40471  , 51191, 51191.3, 51192.1, 51192.2, 53243.4, 66442, and 66450  of  , and to add Section 54712 to,  the Government Code,  and   to amend Sections 5473.8, 5473.11, and 5474.6 of the Health and Safety Code,  to amend Sections 36622, 36629, and 36671 of the Streets and Highways Code,  to amend Section 37212 of the Water Code, and to amend Sections 5, 8, 21, and 24 of, to add Sections 3.1 and 3.2 to, to repeal Sections 19, 20, and 22 of, and to repeal and add Section 3 of, Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951,  relating to local government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1090, as amended, Committee on Governance and Finance. Local government: omnibus bill.  (1) Existing law sets forth the boundary descriptions of every county in the state, including the Counties of Fresno and Merced.   This bill would revise the boundary descriptions for the Counties of Fresno and Merced.   (1)   (2)  Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a general law city to impose a sidewalk installation charge, as specified, upon an affirmative vote of a majority of all of the electors of the city voting on the proposition at an election called for that purpose. The California Constitution conditions the imposition of a special tax on a city, county, or special district upon the approval of 2/3 of the voters of the city, county, or special district voting on that tax. Existing law implements this provision of the Constitution. This bill would require the legislative body of a general law city to submit a sidewalk installation charge to the voters and receive a 2/3 vote to approve the charge prior to imposing the charge, thereby conforming these provisions to existing law.  (3) Existing law authorizes the parties to a Williamson Act contract, after approval by the Department of Conservation, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, to mutually agree to rescind the contract entered into under the Williamson Act in order to simultaneously enter into a solar-use easement that would require that the land be used for solar photovoltaic facilities for a term no less than 20 years, as specified.   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.   (4) Existing law, commencing January 1, 2012, requires any contract executed or renewed between a local agency and an officer or employee of the local agency to include a provision that requires an officer or employee of a local agency who is convicted of a crime involving an abuse of his or her office or position, as defined, to fully reimburse the local agency for specified payments made by that local agency to the officer or employee, as specified. Existing law defines the term "abuse of office or position" to include, among other things, a crime against public justice, including, but not limited to, specified crimes related to bribery or corruption of any judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator, or umpire, or to any person who may be authorized by law to hear or determine any question or controversy.   This bill would additionally include within that definition, specified crimes related to bribery or corruption of any executive officer in this state.   (5) The Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 authorizes local agencies, as defined, to impose benefit assessments to finance the maintenance and operation costs of drainage, flood control, street lighting, and streets, roads, or highways, if that local agency is authorized to provide those services.   This bill would authorize a local agency that has imposed an assessment pursuant to these provisions to bring an action in superior court to determine the validity of the assessment, as specified.   (6) The Subdivision Map Act requires a certificate or statement by the city engineer or surveyor, or county surveyor, for specified maps, and requires the official to provide, among other things, his or her registration or license number with expiration date, as specified.   This bill would eliminate the requirement that the official provide the expiration date of his or her registration number or license.   (7) Existing law authorizes various local public entities to prescribe fees or other charges for services and facilities furnished by them in connection with their water, sanitation, storm drainage, or sewerage system, as well as for the privilege of connecting to these sanitation or sewerage facilities. These charges, under specified circumstances, may be collected on the tax roll in the same manner as property taxes and the amount of the charges constitutes a lien against the lot or parcel against which the charge has been imposed, unless the real property has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attached prior to the date upon which the first installment of the property taxes would become delinquent.   This bill would instead require the transfer, conveyance, or attachment to occur during the year prior to the date on which the first installment of property taxes that evidence the charges appears on the tax roll, in order to preclude the local public entity's lien from attaching to the real property of the bona fide purchaser or encumbrancer for value.   (8) Existing law requires the charges for the above-described services and facilities to remain delinquent for 60 days and the imposing entity to provide the assessee with notice of the delinquency, in order for the charges to constitute a lien against the lot or parcel of land for which the service was provided.   This bill would delete the 60-day delinquency and notice requirements and, instead, authorize the amount of unpaid charges to be secured at any time by filing a specified certificate in the office of the county recorder. This bill would provide that the amount required to be paid, with interest and a penalty, constitutes a lien on all real property owned by the person or afterwards acquired by him or her before the lien expires.   (9) Existing law provides procedures for the collection of unpaid charges by a water district for water or other services. These unpaid charges become a lien on the parcel of land upon which the water and other services were used, unless the real property has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attached prior to the date of which the first installment of taxes would become delinquent.   This bill would require the transfer, conveyance, or attachment to occur during the year prior to the date on which the first installment of real property taxes that evidence the charges appears on the tax roll, in order for the water district's lien to not attach to the real property of the bona fide purchaser or encumbrancer for value.   (2)   (10)  The Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, requires a management district plan for a district to include, among other things, the improvements and activities proposed for each year of operation of the district and the maximum cost thereof. This bill would specify that, if the improvements and activities proposed for each year of operation of the district are the same, this requirement may be satisfied if the management plan includes a description of the first year's proposed improvements and activities and a statement that the same improvements and activities are proposed for subsequent years. The Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 also requires a management district plan for a district to include, among other things, the total annual amount proposed to be expended for improvements, maintenance and operations, and debt service in each year of operation of the district. The bill would provide that if the total annual amount proposed to be expended in each year of operation of the district is not significantly different, the amount proposed to be expended in the initial year and a statement that a similar amount applies to subsequent years may satisfy this requirement. This bill would also authorize this amount to be based upon the assessment rate if the assessment is levied on businesses. This bill would also correct an erroneous reference within the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994.  (3)   (11)  The Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 provides that a city council may adopt a resolution for the disestablishment of a district under specified circumstances. Existing law requires, upon the disestablishment of a district, any specified remaining revenues to be refunded to the owners of the property or businesses then located and operating within the district in which assessments were levied, as specified. This bill would additionally provide, upon the expiration without renewal of the district for the refund of any specified remaining revenues to the owners of property or businesses then located and operating within the district in which assessments were levied, as specified.  (12) The Kings River Conservation District Act establishes the Kings River Conservation District, and authorizes the board of the district to exclude specific territory within the district, as specified. The act divides the district into divisions for purposes of elections, and requires the board of the district to revise the divisions upon adding or removing territory from the district, except that the board is prohibited from revising the division of districts within the 3 months immediately following the preceding general district election. The act additionally defines the term "general district election" to mean the election required to be held in the district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year.   This bill would repeal this provision, and would additionally require the district board to adopt a resoltion on or before May 1, 2013, that divides the district into 7 electoral districts, as specified. The bill would also set forth the procedure by which the directors of the board may be elected, and would require the board to reveiew the boundaries of the 7 districts before November 1 of the year following the year in which each decennial census is taken. The bill would prohibit the board from making any changes to the division of the district within the 180 days immediately proceeding a general district election. The bill would revise the definition of the term "general district election" to mean the election required to be held in the district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year. The bill would additionally make conforming changes to the act. By increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.   (13) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program:  no  yes  . THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. (a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Local Government Omnibus Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that Californians want their governments to run efficiently and economically and that public officials should avoid waste and duplication whenever possible. The Legislature further finds and declares that it desires to control its own costs by reducing the number of separate bills. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to combine into a single measure several minor, noncontroversial statutory changes relating to the common theme, purpose, and subject of local government.  SEC. 2.   Section 23110 of the   Government Code   is amended to read:  23110. The boundaries of Fresno County are as follows: Beginning on the south line of Merced at a point where said line crosses the San Joaquin River; thence south, 45 degrees west, and on the line of Merced, to the centerline of a drain in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 6, T. 11 S., R. 13 E., M.D.B.&M; thence along said centerline southeasterly to the centerline of Colony East Ditch Canal; thence southerly along said centerline to the south line of the north half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, said Township and Range; thence westerly along said south line to the northeast corner of the west half of the Southwest Quarter  of the Southeast Quarter  of said section; thence southerly along the east line of said west half to the south line of said Section; thence westerly along said line to the North Quarter corner of Section 18, said Township and Range; thence southerly along the north-south centerline of Section 18 and Section 19 to the south line of Section 19; thence westerly along said south line and the south line of Sections 24 & 23 & 22 & 21 in T. 11 S., R. 12 E. to a point that is south 45 degrees west from said line of Merced; thence south 45 degrees west to the eastern boundary line of San Benito; thence southeasterly along said boundary line to the southeast corner of T. 16 S. R. 12 E.; thence easterly along the south line of T. 16 S. to the northeast corner of T. 17 S., R. 12 east; thence southerly along the east line of R. 12 E. to the point where the summit line of the Coast Range Mountains crosses the east line of R. 12 east and continuing along said San Benito boundary along the summit line to Monterey; thence continuing along the Monterey boundary and said summit line in a southerly and southeasterly direction, to a point in that boundary, which point is south 45 degrees west from the point on Kings River where the northern line of T. 16 S. crosses the Kings River; said point being the common corner of Fresno, Monterey, and Kings; said corner point defined by survey recorded in Book 42 of Record of Surveys at Pages 57 and 58, Fresno County Records; thence along the Fresno-Kings boundary, as defined by said survey north 47o 12' 09" east, to the northwest corner of Section 19, T. 20 S., R. 19 E.; thence north along the west line of R. 19 E. to the north line of T. 18 S.; thence east along the north line of T. 18 S. to the centerline of Kings River; thence easterly along the centerline of Kings River to the point that intersects the south 45 degrees west boundary, said boundary is south 45 degrees west from the point on Kings River where the northern line of T. 16 S. crosses the Kings River; thence north 45 degrees east to the point on the Kings River where the northern line of T. 16 S. crosses the Kings River; thence east along the northern line of T. 16 S. and continuing on said line to the northwest corner of T. 16 S., R. 25 E.; thence north to the northwest corner of T. 15 S., R. 25 E.; thence east to the northeast corner of T. 15 S., R. 27 E.; thence north to the northeast corner of T. 14 S. of R. 27 E.; thence east on the line between T. 13 and 14 S. to the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, being the western line of Inyo; thence northwesterly, on the summit line and lines of Inyo and Mono, to the common corner of Mono, Madera, and Fresno; thence southwesterly along the boundary of Madera to the point where the San Joaquin River crosses the south boundary line of T. 6 S., R. 24 E.; thence southwesterly and northwesterly following the meanderings of said river to a point on the southerly boundary of Merced, said point being the common corner of Fresno, Madera, and Merced and the place of beginning.  SEC. 3.   Section 23124 of the   Government Code   is amended to read:  23124. The boundaries of Merced County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner, being the southwest corner of Stanislaus as shown on the survey map of A. J. Stakes, 1868; thence northeasterly, on southern line of Stanislaus to common corner of Tuolumne, Mariposa, Merced, and Stanislaus; thence southeasterly, by direct line, being western line of Mariposa, to Phillips' ferry, on Merced River; thence southeasterly, on line of Mariposa, being line shown on "map of Mariposa County," to Newton's crossing on Chowchilla Creek, forming the southeast corner; thence down the northern side and on highwater mark, being on line of Madera to the lower clump of cottonwood timber at the sink of said creek; thence south, 45 degrees west, to the centerline of a drain in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 6, Township 11 South, Range 13 east, M.D.B.&M; thence along said centerline southeasterly to the centerline of Colony East Ditch Canal; thence southerly along said centerline to the south line of the  Northwest Quarter   north half  of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, said Township and Range; thence westerly along said south line to the northeast corner of the west half of the Southwest Quarter  of the Southeast Quarter  of said section; thence southerly along the east line of said west half to the south line of said Section; thence westerly along said line to the North Quarter corner of Section 18, said Township and Range; thence southerly along the north-south centerline of said Section and Section 19 to the south line of Section 19; thence westerly along said south line and the south line of Sections 24 & 23 & 22 & 21 in Township 11 south, Range 12 East to a point that is south 45 degrees west from said clump of cottonwood timber; thence south 45 degrees west to the eastern line of San Benito, forming the southwest corner; thence northwesterly, by said line of San Benito and Santa Clara, to the place of beginning.  SEC. 2.   SEC. 4.  Section 40471 of the Government Code is amended to read: 40471. The special charge described in Section 40470 shall only be imposed pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5. The charge shall be in an amount and for a period not to exceed five years which shall be stated on the ballot.  SEC. 5.   Section 51191 of the   Government Code   is amended to read:  51191. (a) For purposes of this chapter, and for purposes of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200), the Department of Conservation, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, upon a request from a city or county, may determine, based on substantial evidence, that a parcel or parcels is eligible for rescission under Section 51255.1 for placement into a solar-use easement if the following criteria are met: (1) The land meets either of the following: (A) The land consists predominately of soils with significantly reduced agricultural productivity for agricultural activities due to chemical or physical limitations, topography, drainage, flooding, adverse soil conditions, or other physical reasons. (B) The land has severely adverse soil conditions that are detrimental to continued agricultural activities and production. Severely adverse soil conditions may include, but are not limited to, contamination by salts or selenium, or other naturally occurring contaminants. (2) The parcel or parcels are not located on lands designated as prime farmland, unique farmland, or farmland of statewide importance, as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Natural Resources Agency, unless the Department of Conservation, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, determines that a parcel or parcels are eligible to be placed in a solar-use easement based on the information provided in subdivision (b) that demonstrates that circumstances exist that limit the use of the parcel for agricultural activities. For purposes of this section, the important farmland designations shall not be changed solely due to irrigation status. (b) To assist in the determination described in this section, the city or county shall require the landowner to provide to the Department of Conservation the following information to the extent applicable: (1) A written narrative demonstrating that even under the best currently available management practices, continued agricultural practices would be substantially limited due to the soil's reduced agricultural productivity from chemical or physical limitations, (2) A recent soil test demonstrating that the characteristics of the soil significantly reduce its agricultural  productively   productivity  . (3) An analysis of water availability demonstrating the insufficiency of water supplies for continued agricultural production. (4) An analysis of water quality demonstrating that continued agricultural production would, under the best currently available management practices, be significantly reduced. (5) Crop and yield information for the past six years. (c) The landowner shall provide the Department of Conservation with a proposed management plan describing how the soil will be managed during the life of the easement, how impacts to adjacent agricultural operations will be minimized, how the land will be restored to its previous general condition, as it existed at the time of project approval, upon the termination of the easement. If the Department of Conservation determines, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, pursuant to subdivision (a), that lands are subject to this section, the city or county shall require implementation of the management plan, which shall include any recommendations provided by the Department of Conservation, as part of any project approval. (d) A determination by the Department of Conservation pursuant to this section related to a project described in Section 21080.43 of the Public Resources Code shall not be subject to Division 13 of the Public Resources Code. (e) The Department of Conservation may establish a fee to be paid by the landowner to recover the estimated costs incurred by the department in participating in the consultation described in this section.  SEC. 6.   Section 51191.3 of the     Government Code   is amended to read:  51191.3. (a) A county or city may require a deed or other instrument described in subdivision (c) of Section 51190 to contain any restrictions, conditions, or covenants as are necessary or desirable to restrict the use of the land to photovoltaic solar facilities. (b) The restrictions, conditions, or covenants may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Mitigation measures on the land that is subject to the solar-use easement. (2) Mitigation measures beyond the land that is subject to the solar-use easement. (3) If deemed necessary by the city or county to ensure that decommissioning requirements are met, the provision for financial assurances, such as performance bonds, letters of credit, a corporate guarantee, or other securities to fund, upon the cessation of the solar photovoltaic use, the restoration of the land that is subject to the easement to the conditions that existed before the approval or acceptance of that easement by the time that the easement terminates. (4) Provision for necessary amendments by the parties provided that the amendments are consistent with the provisions of this chapter. (c) For term easements or self-renewing easements, the restrictions, conditions, or covenants shall include a requirement for the landowner to post a performance bond or other securities to fund the restoration of the land that is subject to the easement to the conditions that existed before the approval or acceptance of the easement by the time the easement  terminates   is extinguished  . The Department of Conservation may adopt regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Division 3 of Title 2) to implement this subdivision.  SEC. 7.   Section 51192.1 of the     Government Code   is amended to read:  51192.1. In the case of a solar-use easement that is extinguished because of a notice of nonrenewal by the landowner or due to termination, the landowner shall restore the land that is subject to the easement to the conditions that existed before the approval of the easement by the time the easement  terminates   is extinguished  .  SEC. 8.   Section 51192.2 of the     Government Code   is amended to read:  51192.2. (a) If all or a portion of the parcel held in a solar-use easement will no longer be used for the purposes outlined in the easement the landowner may petition the county or city to approve termination of the easement. (b) Prior to any action by the county or city giving tentative approval to the termination of any easement, the county assessor of the county in which the land is located shall determine the current fair market value of the parcel or parcels to be terminated as though the parcel or parcels were free of the easement restriction. The assessor shall certify to the county or city the termination valuation of the parcel or parcels for the purpose of determining the termination fee. At the same time, the assessor shall send a notice to the landowner and the Department of Conservation indicating the current fair market value of the parcel or parcels as though the parcel or parcels were free of the easement restriction and advise the parties, that upon their request, the assessor shall provide all information relevant to the valuation, excluding third-party information. If any information is confidential or otherwise protected from release, the department and the landowner shall hold it as confidential and return or destroy any protected information upon completion of all actions relating to valuation or termination of the easement on the property. The notice shall also advise the landowner and the department of the opportunity to request formal review from the assessor. (c) Prior to giving tentative approval to the termination of any easement, the county or city shall determine and certify to the county auditor the amount of the termination fee that the landowner shall pay the county treasurer upon termination. That fee shall be an amount equal to 121/2 percent of the termination valuation of the property. (d) If it finds that it is in the public interest to do so, the county or city may waive any payment or any portion of a payment by the landowner, or may extend the time for making the payment or a portion of the payment contingent upon the future use made of the parcel or parcels and the parcel or parcels economic return to the landowner for a period of time not to exceed the unexpired period of the easement, had it not been terminated, if both of the following occur: (1) The termination is caused by an involuntary transfer or change in the use which may be made of the land and the land is not immediately suitable, nor will be immediately used, for a purpose which produces a greater economic return to the owner. (2) The waiver or extension of time is approved by the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. The secretary shall approve a waiver or extension of time if the secretary finds that the granting of the waiver or extension of time by the county or city is consistent with the policies of this chapter and that the county or city complied with this article. In evaluating a request for a waiver or extension of time, the secretary shall review the findings of the county or city, the evidence in the record of the county or city, and any other evidence the secretary may receive concerning the  abandonment   termination  , waiver, or extension of time. (e) When termination fees required by this section are collected, they shall be transmitted by the county treasurer to the Controller and deposited in the General Fund, except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 51203 or subdivision (d) of Section 51283. (f) It is the intent of the Legislature that fees paid to terminate a contract do not constitute taxes but are payments that, when made, provide a private benefit that tends to increase the value of the property.  SEC. 9.   Section 53243.4 of the     Government Code   is amended to read:  53243.4. For purposes of this article, "abuse of office or position" means either of the following: (a) An abuse of public authority, including, but not limited to, waste, fraud, and violation of the law under color of authority. (b) A crime against public justice, including, but not limited to, a crime described in  Title 5 (commencing with Section 67) or  Title 7 (commencing with Section 92) of Part 1 of the Penal Code.  SEC. 10.   Section 54712 is added to the   Government Code   , to read:   54712. Any local agency levying a benefit assessment pursuant to this chapter may bring an action to determine the validity of the assessment pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure upon adoption of the assessment and for 60 days thereafter. If the agency does not bring its own action under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, then Sections 863 and 869 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall not apply.   SEC. 11.   Section 66442 of the   Government Code   is amended to read:  66442. (a) If a subdivision for which a final map is required lies within an unincorporated area, a certificate or statement by the county surveyor is required. If a subdivision lies within a city, a certificate or statement by the city engineer or city surveyor is required. The appropriate official shall sign, date, and, below or immediately adjacent to the signature, indicate his or her registration or license number  with expiration date  and the stamp of his or her seal, state that: (1) He or she has examined the map. (2) The subdivision as shown is substantially the same as it appeared on the tentative map, and any approved alterations thereof. (3) All provisions of this chapter and of any local ordinances applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map have been complied with. (4) He or she is satisfied that the map is technically correct. (b) City or county engineers registered as civil engineers after January 1, 1982, shall only be qualified to certify the statements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a). The statement specified in paragraph (4) shall only be certified by a person authorized to practice land surveying pursuant to the Professional Land Surveyors' Act (Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code) or a person registered as a civil engineer prior to January 1, 1982, pursuant to the Professional Engineers' Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code). The county surveyor, the city surveyor, or the city engineer, as the case may be, or other public official or employee qualified and authorized to perform the functions of one of those officials, shall complete and file with his or her legislative body his or her certificate or statement, as required by this section, within 20 days from the time the final map is submitted to him or her by the subdivider for approval. (c) As used in this section, "certificate," "certify," and "certified" shall have the same meaning as provided in Sections 6735.5 and 8770.6 of the Business and Professions Code.  SEC. 12.  Section 66450 of the   Government Code   is amended to read:  66450. (a) If a subdivision for which a parcel map is required lies within an unincorporated area, a certificate or statement by the county surveyor is required. If a subdivision lies within a city, a certificate or statement by the city engineer or city surveyor is required. The appropriate official shall sign, date, and, below or immediately adjacent to the signature, indicate his or her registration or license number  with expiration date  and the stamp of his or her seal and state that: (1) He or she examined the map. (2) The subdivision as shown is substantially the same as it appeared on the tentative map, if required, and any approved alterations thereof. (3) All provisions of this chapter and of any local ordinances applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map, if required, have been complied with. (4) He or she is satisfied that the map is technically correct. (b) City or county engineers registered as civil engineers after January 1, 1982, shall only be qualified to certify the statements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a). The statement specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) shall only be certified by a person authorized to practice land surveying pursuant to the Professional Land Surveyors' Act (Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code) or a person registered as a civil engineer prior to January 1, 1982, pursuant to the Professional Engineers' Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code). (c) The county surveyor, city engineer, or city surveyor, as the case may be, or other public official or employee qualified and authorized to perform the functions of one of those officials, shall complete his or her certificate or statement, as required by this section, within 20 days from the time the parcel map is submitted to him or her by the subdivider for approval. The completed parcel map shall be delivered to the county recorder or, if required by local ordinance, filed with the legislative body prior to delivery to the county recorder, within the same 20-day period.  SEC. 13.   Section 5473.8 of the   Health and Safety Code  is amended to read:  5473.8. All laws applicable to the levy, collection  ,  and enforcement of general taxes of the entity, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the matters of delinquency, correction, cancellation, refund  ,  and redemption, are applicable to  such   the  charges  authorized pursuant to this article  , except that if any real property to which  such  these  charges relate has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value  , or if   or  a lien of a bona fide  encumbracer   encumbrancer  for value has been created and attaches  thereon,   thereon during the year  prior to the date on which the first installment of  such   the general  taxes  would become delinquent,   that include the charges appears on the assessment roll,  then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by Section 5473.5 shall not attach to  such   the  real property and the charges relating to  such   that  property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll of collection.  SEC. 14.   Section 5473.11 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  5473.11. (a) An entity shall notify the assessee shown on the latest equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for services which would become a lien on the property pursuant to subdivision (b) remain delinquent and unpaid for 60 days.  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, charges for services and facilities furnished by the entity shall constitute a lien against the lot or parcel of land for which the service was provided if the charges remain delinquent for a period of 60 days, and the entity has notified the assessee of the property shown on the latest equalized assessment roll of the delinquent charges pursuant to subdivision (a) and the lien provided by this section.   (c) The lien provided herein shall have no force or effect until a certificate specifying the amount of the unpaid charges is recorded with the county recorder and when so recorded shall have the force, effect and priority of a judgment lien and continue for three years from the time of recording unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.   (b) The amount of the unpaid charges may, in the discretion of the entity, be secured at any time by filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate specifying the amount of the unpaid charges and the name and address of the person liable for those unpaid charges. From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount required to be paid together with interest and penalty constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county owned by the person or afterwards, and before the lien expires, acquired by him or her. The lien shall have the force, priority, and effect of a judgment lien and shall continue for 10 years from the date of the filing of the certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien may, within 10 years from the filing of the certificate or within 10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the manner herein provided, be extended by filing for record a new certificate in the office of the county recorder of any county and from the time of this filing the lien shall be extended to the real property in this county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.   SEC. 15.   Section 5474.6 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  5474.6.  (a)    The tax collector shall include the amounts of the installments of fees or charges and the interest on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land. Thereafter, all laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of taxes of the entity, including penalties and interest thereon and cancellation or refund thereof, shall be applicable to  such   those  installments of fees or charges and interest, except that  ,  if any real property to which  such   the  fees or charges relate has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value  ,  or  if  a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon  ,   during the year  prior to the date on which the first installment of  such   the general  taxes  would become delinquent   that include the fees or charges appears on the assessment roll  , then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by Section 5474.5 shall not attach to  such   the  real property and the fees or charges and interest shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.  (b) The amount of the unpaid installments of fees or charges and interest may, in the discretion of the entity, be secured at any time by filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate specifying the amount of the fees or charges and interest and the name and address of the person liable therefor. From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount required to be paid together with interest and penalty constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county owned by the person or afterwards, and before the lien expires, acquired by him or her. The lien shall have the force, priority, and effect of a judgment lien and shall continue for 10 years from the date of the filing of the certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien may, within 10 years from the filing of the certificate or within 10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the manner herein provided, be extended by filing for record a new certificate in the office of the county recorder of any county and from the time of this filing the lien shall be extended to the real property in this county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.   SEC. 3.   SEC. 16.  Section 36622 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read: 36622. The management district plan shall contain all of the following: (a) If the assessment will be levied on property, a map of the district in sufficient detail to locate each parcel of property and, if businesses are to be assessed, each business within the district. If the assessment will be levied on businesses, a map that identifies the district boundaries in sufficient detail to allow a business owner to reasonably determine whether a business is located within the district boundaries. If the assessment will be levied on property and businesses, a map of the district in sufficient detail to locate each parcel of property and to allow a business owner to reasonably determine whether a business is located within the district boundaries. (b) The name of the proposed district. (c) A description of the boundaries of the district, including the boundaries of benefit zones, proposed for establishment or extension in a manner sufficient to identify the affected lands and businesses included. The boundaries of a proposed property assessment district shall not overlap with the boundaries of another existing property assessment district created pursuant to this part. This part does not prohibit the boundaries of a district created pursuant to this part to overlap with other assessment districts established pursuant to other provisions of law, including, but not limited to, the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 (Part 6 (commencing with Section 36500)). This part does not prohibit the boundaries of a business assessment district created pursuant to this part to overlap with another business assessment district created pursuant to this part. This part does not prohibit the boundaries of a business assessment district created pursuant to this part to overlap with a property assessment district created pursuant to this part. (d) The improvements and activities proposed for each year of operation of the district and the maximum cost thereof. If the improvements and activities proposed for each year of operation are the same, a description of the first year's proposed improvements and activities and a statement that the same improvements and activities are proposed for subsequent years shall satisfy the requirements of this subdivision. (e) The total annual amount proposed to be expended for improvements, maintenance and operations, and debt service in each year of operation of the district. If the assessment is levied on businesses, this amount may be estimated based upon the assessment rate. If the total annual amount proposed to be expended in each year of operation of the district is not significantly different, the amount proposed to be expended in the initial year and a statement that a similar amount applies to subsequent years shall satisfy the requirements of this subdivision. (f) The proposed source or sources of financing, including the proposed method and basis of levying the assessment in sufficient detail to allow each property or business owner to calculate the amount of the assessment to be levied against his or her property or business. The plan also shall state whether bonds will be issued to finance improvements. (g) The time and manner of collecting the assessments. (h) The specific number of years in which assessments will be levied. In a new district, the maximum number of years shall be five. Upon renewal, a district shall have a term not to exceed 10 years. Notwithstanding these limitations, a district created pursuant to this part to finance capital improvements with bonds may levy assessments until the maximum maturity of the bonds. The management district plan may set forth specific increases in assessments for each year of operation of the district. (i) The proposed time for implementation and completion of the management district plan. (j) Any proposed rules and regulations to be applicable to the district. (k) A list of the properties or businesses to be assessed, including the assessor's parcel numbers for properties to be assessed, and a statement of the method or methods by which the expenses of a district will be imposed upon benefited real property or businesses, in proportion to the benefit received by the property or business, to defray the cost thereof, including operation and maintenance. The plan may provide that all or any class or category of real property which is exempt by law from real property taxation may nevertheless be included within the boundaries of the district but shall not be subject to assessment on real property. (  l  ) Any other item or matter required to be incorporated therein by the city council.  SEC. 4.   SEC. 17.  Section 36629 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read: 36629. All provisions of this part applicable to the establishment, modification, or disestablishment of a property and business improvement district apply to the establishment, modification, or disestablishment of benefit zones or categories of business. The city council shall, to establish, modify, or disestablish a benefit zone or category of business, follow the procedure to establish, modify, or disestablish a property and business improvement district.  SEC. 5.   SEC. 18.  Section 36671 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read: 36671. (a) Upon the disestablishment or expiration without renewal of a district, any remaining revenues, after all outstanding debts are paid, derived from the levy of assessments, or derived from the sale of assets acquired with the revenues, or from bond reserve or construction funds, shall be refunded to the owners of the property or businesses then located and operating within the district in which assessments were levied by applying the same method and basis that was used to calculate the assessments levied in the fiscal year in which the district is disestablished or expires. All outstanding assessment revenue collected after disestablishment shall be spent on improvements and activities specified in the management district plan. (b) If the disestablishment occurs before an assessment is levied for the fiscal year, the method and basis that was used to calculate the assessments levied in the immediate prior fiscal year shall be used to calculate the amount of any refund.  SEC. 19   .   Section 37212 of the   Water Code   is amended to read:  37212. In case any charges for water or other services, or either, remain unpaid: (a) If unpaid for 60 days or more on July 1st, the district board may, by resolution, order the secretary to do each of the following: (1) Prepare a list of the parcels of land upon which water and other services, or either, requested in writing by the owner of the property, was used, and for which the charges remain unpaid. (2) Certify that  such   the  list is true and correct. (3) Submit  such   the  list of unpaid charges and parcels to the county auditor no later than five days after the estimate of the district board was furnished pursuant to Section 37206. Upon receipt by the county auditor of  such   the  list and a certified copy of  such   the  resolution, the amount of the unpaid charges attributed to each parcel mentioned in  such   the  list shall constitute a special assessment against  such   the  parcel, and shall be a lien on that property for  such   that  amount.  Such   The  lien attaches upon recordation in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated of a certified copy of  such   the  resolution of the district board accompanied by a certified copy of  such   the  list specifically describing the real property by a legal description or reference to an assessor's parcel number and specifying the amount applicable to each parcel. The assessment shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties, and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for  such   those  taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of municipal ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to  such   the  assessment, except that ,  if any real property to which  such   the  lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value  ,  or  if  a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attached thereon  ,   during the year  prior to the date on which the first installment of  such   the taxes  would become delinquent   that include the assessment appears on the assessment roll  , then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to  such   the  real property and the delinquent and unpaid charges, as certified, relating to  such   the  property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. The county shall deduct from the charges collected an amount sufficient to compensate the county for costs incurred in collecting  such   the  delinquent and unpaid charges. The amount of  such   this  compensation shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors and the district's board of directors. (b) The amount of the unpaid charges may, in the discretion of the district, be secured at any time by filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate specifying the amount of  such   the  charges and the name and address of the person liable therefor. From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount required to be paid together with interest and penalty constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county owned by the person or afterwards, and before the lien expires, acquired by him  or her  . The lien has the force, priority, and effect of a judgment lien and shall continue for 10 years from the date of the filing of the certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien may, within 10 years from the filing of the certificate or within 10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the manner herein provided, be extended by filing for record a new certificate in the office of the county recorder of any county and from the time of  such   the  filing the lien shall be extended to the real property in  such   this  county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.  SEC. 20.   Section 3 of the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951), as amended by Section 2 of Chapter 1410 of the Statutes of 1955, is repealed.   Sec. 3. Division One shall comprise all that territory of the district included within the following described boundaries: Commencing in the middle of the Main Channel of Kings River on the section line between Sections 17 and 18 in Township 13 South, Range 24 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running south along said section line to the left bank of said river; thence running downstream along the said left bank of said river to the head of the ditch formerly known as 76 Canal and now known as the Alta Main Canal; thence running downstream along the left bank of said Alta Main Canal to the main headgate in said Canal located in Section 2, Township 14 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M., said Alta Main Canal down to this headgate being sometimes known as the Back Channel of said River; thence running downstream along the left bank of said Alta Main Canal and along the left bank of the continuance of said Main Canal known as the East Branch of said Alta Main Canal as said East Branch was originally constructed, and along the left bank of the continuance of said East Branch, known as the Sontag Ditch, as said Sontag Ditch was originally constructed, to the east line of Section 35 in Township 16 South, Range 25 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running south to the southeast corner of said Section 35 ; thence running east to the quarter section corner on the north boundary line of Section 1 in Township 17 South, Range 25 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running south to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of said Section 1; thence running west on section lines 3 miles to the quarter section corner between Sections 4 and 9 in Township 17 South, Range 25 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running south to the quarter section corner between Sections 21 and 28 in Township 17 South, Range 25 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running west to the southeast corner of Section 22 in Township 17 South, Range 24 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running north 27 chains and 50 links to the meander line between swampland and highland; thence running in a northwesterly direction on the said meander line to the quarter section corner on the west boundary line of Section 22 in Township 17 South, Range 24 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running west to the quarter section corner between Sections 19 and 20 in Township 17 South, Range 24 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running south to the southeast corner of Section 19, Township 17 South, Range 24 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running west to the right bank of the slough used as part of the ditch known as the Settlers Ditch; thence running downstream along the right bank of said slough and said Settlers Ditch to the point where it crosses the section line on the west boundary of Section 1 in Township 18 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running north along the section lines to the left bank of the ditch known as the Peoples Ditch near the southwest corner of Section 13 in Township 17 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running upstream along the left bank of said Peoples Ditch to said Kings River; thence running north to the center of the Main Channel of said river; thence running upstream along the center of the Main Channel of said river to the section line on the west side of the northwest quarter of Section 10 in Township 15 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running north on section lines to the center of the Main Channel of Kings River where the same crosses the west line of Section 3 in Township 14 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running up and along said channel to the place of beginning. Division Two shall comprise all that territory of the district included within the following described boundaries: Beginning at the center of Section 7, Township 14 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M. ; thence east one-half mile more or less to the bluff of Kings River bottom; thence northeasterly along the bluff of said Kings River bottom through Sections 8, 5 and 4 to a point where the county road runs along said bluff on the north side of said section 4; thence into Township 13 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M., northeasterly along the center line of said county road through Section 33, and 34 to a point 100 feet southerly from the outside foot of the southerly bank of the Fresno Canal along that portion known as the "Long Cut"; thence parallel with the said foot of bank 100 feet distant therefrom in a general northeasterly direction to the intersection with a line 100 feet southerly from and parallel with the southerly-most parts of the diverting dam across Kings River near the headgate of the said Fresno Canal in the NW 1/4 of Sec. 35, Township 13 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence easterly to the center of the Main Channel Kings River; thence running downstream along the said center of the Main Channel of Kings River to west line of Section 3, Township 14 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence south along section lines to the intersection of the west side of the northwest quarter of Section 10, Township 15 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M., and the said center of the Main Channel of Kings River; thence running downstream along said center line of Main Channel of Kings River to the intersection of a line along left bank of Peoples Ditch produced, and the center line of Kings River; thence southwesterly along said center line of Main Channel of Kings River to Old River Channel; thence along center line of Old River Channel through Sections 1, 12, 13, 14-, 15, 22, 21, 20, 29 and 30 in Township 17 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M. ; thence continuing along the center line of said Old River Channel into Section 25, Township 17 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., to its intersection with the center line of the Main Channel of Kings River in the northeast 1/4 of said Section 25; thence south and westerly through Section 25 and 26 along the center line of said Kings River to a point in the vicinity of the northwest corner of Section 26 where the said center line intersects the southwesterly produced center line of the Reynolds Cut Channel; thence northerly and easterly along the center line of said Reynolds Cut Channel, and in the southwest 1/4 of Section 23, to the point of intersection with the axis of the Reynolds Weir; thence northeasterly along the center line of the Reynolds Weir approach channel, known as the south branch of Cole Slough, to the point of intersection of said center line produced with the north bank of Cole Slough in the vicinity of the center of Section 23; thence northeasterly along said north bank through said Section 23 and Section 13 of the last above named township and range; thence into Township 17 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M., through Sections 18, 17 to a point on the west line of Section 16; thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 4; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 36, Township 16 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of said Section 36; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 27; thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of said Section 27; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 19 of the last named township and range; thence into Township 16 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M. west to southwest corner Section 24; thence south to the southeast corner of Section 26; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 28; thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of said Section 28, thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 19 of the last named township and range; thence into Township 16 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M. west to the southwest corner of Section 23; thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 14; thence east along section lines to the northeast corner of said Section 14; thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 1 of the last named township and range; thence into Township 15 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M. north to the west quarter corner of Section 24; thence east along the east-west center line of said Section 24 to the east quarter corner of said Section 24; thence north one and one-half miles along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 13 of last named township; thence into Township 15 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M., east 3 miles along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 9; thence south one mile to the southwest corner of Section 15 ; thence east 3 miles to the southeast corner of Section 13; thence into Township 15 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., north two miles to the southwest corner of Section 6; thence east one and seven-eighths miles more or less to easterly boundary of right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad; thence southeasterly along the said easterly right of way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad to the east and west center line of Section 9; thence east to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 9; thence north one-quarter mile; thence east one-quarter mile; thence north one-quarter mile to the northeast corner of Section 9; thence east one-half mile to the south quarter corner of Section 3 ; thence north one-half mile to the center of Section 3 ; thence west three-eighths of a mile; thence north one-quarter of a mile; thence east one-eighth of a mile; thence north one-eighth of a mile; thence west one-eighth of a mile; thence north oneeighth of a mile; thence east three-eighths of a mile to the north quarter corner of said Section 3; thence into Township 14 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., north two miles to the north quarter corner of Section 27; thence east along the north line of said Section 27 to the intersection with the east bank of Briggs Ditch; thence northeasterly along said bank of Briggs Ditch to the center line running east and west of Section 22; thence east along said line and into Section 23 three-quarters of a mile; thence north three-quarters of a mile; thence east one-quarter of a mile to east line of Section 14; thence east three-quarters of a mile; thence north one-quarter of a mile; thence east one-quarter of a mile to the east quarter corner of Section 13; thence into Township 14 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M., east one mile to the east quarter corner of Section 18; thence north one-half mile to northeast corner of said Section 18; thence east along the south line of Sections 8, 9 and 10 to the south quarter corner of Section 10; thence north one-quarter mile; thence east one-half mile; thence north one-quarter mile; thence east three-quarters of a mile, more or less, to the easterly bank of the Fowler Switch Oanal; thence northeasterly along said easterly bank of Fowler Switch Canal one mile, more or less, to its intersection with the north boundary line of Section 12; thence east to the north quarter corner of Section 12; thence south one-half mile to the center of Section 12; thence east one-half mile to the east quarter corner of Section 12; thence into Township 14 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M., east one-half mile more or less, along the eastwest center line to the point of beginning. Division Three shall comprise all that territory of the district included within the following described boundaries: Oommencing at the point of intersection of the outside foot of the north bank of the Gould Oanal and the center of the County Road in Section 26, Township 13 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M., thence along said foot of bank northwesterly through said Section 26; thence southwesterly through Section 27 to the intersection with the Enterprise Oanal; thence following the outside foot of the northerly or easterly bank of said Enterprise Oanal, in a general northwesterly direction through Sections 27, 28, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 20, 19 and 18 of said Township, Sections 13, 14, 15, 10, 9, 16, 17, 8 and 7 of Township 13 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M., Sections 12, 1 and 2 of Township 13 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M. and Sections 35, 34, 27 and 28 of Township 12 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., to the west line of Section 28 of last named township; thence leaving foot of said bank north along section lines about five-eighths of a mile to the east 1/4 corner of Section 20; thence west 1/2 mile to the center of Section 20; thence north one-half mile to the north quarter corner of Section 20; thence west along the north line of Section 20 to the intersection with the outside foot of the northerly or easterly bank of the said Enterprise Oanal; thence following said foot of bank of canal, in a general westerly direction through Sections 17 and 18 of Township 12 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M. and Sections 13 and 24 of Township 12 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M., to the east and west center line of Section 24 of the last named township; thence leaving said foot of bank of canal, west to the center of Section 23 of last named township; thence south one-half mile to the south quarter of said Section 23; thence west along section lines about one and three-eighths miles to the easterly line of Blackstone A venue; thence southwesterly along the easterly line of Blackstone Avenue to the east and west center line of Section 28 of the last named township; thence west along half section lines to the top of the easterly bluff of the San Joaquin River; thence following down the top of said bluff in a general westerly direction through Sec- tions 29, 32, and 31 of the last named township, Sections 36, 35, 34, 33, 32 and 31 of Township 12 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M., Section 6 of Township 13 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M., to the west line of said Section 6; thence north along the west line of said Section 6 to the intersection with the south bank of the San Joaquin River; thence following down the said bank, in a general westerly direction through Sections 1 and 2 of Township 13 South, Range 18 East, M. D. B. & M., Sections 35 and 34 of Township 12 South, Range 18 East, M. D. B. & M., Sections 3, 4, 9, 8 and 7 of Township 13 South, Range 18 East, M. D. B. & M., Sections 12, 1, 2, 11 and 10 of Township 13 South, Range 17 East, M. D. B. & M. to the west line of Section 10 of the last named township; thence south along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 15; thence west along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 20; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 31; thence into Township 14 South, Range 17 East, M. D. B. & M., east two miles to the northwest corner of Section 3; thence south two miles to the southwest corner of Section 10; thence east one mile to the northwest corner of Section 14; thence south one mile to the southwest corner of said Section 14; thence east one mile to the northwest corner of Section 24; thence south one mile to the southwest corner of said Section 24; thence east one mile to the northeast corner of Section 25; thence south two miles to the southeast corner of Section 36; thence east along township lines nine miles to the northwest corner of Section 3 of Township 15 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence in said township south three miles to the southwest corner of Section 15; thence east one mile to the southeast corner of said Section 15; thence south one-half mile to the west quarter corner of Section 23; thence east two miles to the east quarter corner of Section 24; thence north one and one-half miles along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 13 of last named township; thence into Township 15 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M., east 3 miles along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 9 ; thence south one mile to the southwest corner of Section 15 ; thence east 3 miles to the southeast corner of Section 13; thence into Township 15 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., north two miles to the southwest corner of Section 6; thence east one and seven-eighths miles more or less to easterly boundary of right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad; thence southeasterly along the said easterly right of way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad to the east and west center line of Section 9; thence east to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 9; thence north one-quarter mile; thence east one-quarter mile; thence north one-quarter mile to the northeast corner of Section 9; thence east one-half mile to the south quarter corner of Section 3; thence north one-half mile to the center of Section 3; thence west three-eighths of a mile; thence north one-quarter of a mile; thence east one-eighth of a mile; thence north one-eighth of a mile; thence west one-eighth of a mile; thence north one-eighth of a mile; thence east three-eighths of a mile to the north quarter corner of said Section 3; thence into Township 14 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., north two miles to the north quarter corner of Section 27; thence east along the north line of said Section 27 to the intersection with the east bank of Briggs Ditch; thence northeasterly along said bank of Briggs Ditch to the center line running east and west of Section 22; thence east along said line and into Section 23 three-quarters of a -mile ; thence north three-quarters of a mile; thence east one-quarter of a mile to east line of Section 14; thence east three-quarters of a mile; thence north onequarter of a mile; thence east one-quarter of a mile to the east quarter corner of Section 13; thence into Township 14 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; east one mile to the east quarter corner of Section 18; thence north one-half mile to northeast corner of said Section 18; thence east along the south line of Sections 8, 9 and 10 to the south quarter corner of Section 10; thence north one-quarter mile; thence east onehalf mile; thence north one-quarter mile; thence east threequarters of a mile, more or less, to the easterly bank of the Fowler Switch Canal; thence northeasterly along said easterly bank of Fowler Switch Canal one mile, more or less, to its intersection with the north boundary line of Section 12 ; thence east to the north quarter corner of Section 12; thence south one-half mile to the center of Section 12; thence east onehalf mile to the east quarter corner of Section 12; thence into Township 14 South, Range 23 East, IVL D. B. & M., east one mile more or less, through the center of Section 7 to the bluff of Kings River bottom; thence northeasterly along the bluff of said Kings River bottom through Sections 8, 5 and 4 to a point where the county road runs along said bluff on the north side of said Section 4; thence into Township 13 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M., northeasterly along the center line of said county road through Sections 33, and 34 to a point 100 feet southerly from the outside foot of the southerly bank of the Fresno Canal along that portion known as the "Long Cut," thence parallel with the said foot of bank 100 feet distant therefrom in a general northeasterly direction to the intersection with a line 100 feet southerly from and parallel with the southerly-most parts of the diverting dam across Kings River near the headgate of the said Fresno Canal in the NW 1/4 of Section 35, Township 13 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence easterly across Kings River along said line to the intersection with a line 100 feet easterly from and parallel with the east side of said dam; thence northerly along said line to the intersection with a line 300 feet distant from and parallel with the northerly-most parts of said dam; thence westerly along said line to the center of the Main Channel of the Kings River; thence northeasterly along the said center of the Main Channel of the Kings River to the junction of the West and East Channels of the Kings River; thence northeasterly along the center of the said East Channel of the Kings River to the point at which the Main Channel of the Kings River divides into the East and West Channels of the Kings River in the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 24, Township 13 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence southwesterly along the center of the said West Channel to the point of intersection of the center of the said West Channel of the Kings River with a line 200 feet northerly of and parallel to the northerly-most part of the diverting dam across the said West Channel of the Kings River near the headgate of the said Gould Canal; thence westerly along said parallel line to the point of intersection of the last above described parallel line with a line 100 feet northwesterly from and parallel with the outside foot of the northwesterly bank of the said Gould Canal; thence parallel with said foot of bank and 100 feet distant therefrom in a general southwesterly direction to the intersection with the center of the county road; thence southwesterly about 130 feet to the point of beginning. Division Four shall comprise all that territory of the district included within the following described boundaries: Commencing at the north bank abutment of the head gate at the intake to the Liberty Canal in the north bank of that certain branch of the Kings River known as the north branch of Cole Slough in Section 23, Township 17 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M. ; thence running westerly along the north bank of said Liberty Canal through Sections 23,22, 15, 16, 17, 8 and 7 all in Township 17 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M. ; thence through Sections 12, 11, 2 and 3, all in Township 17 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence through Sections 34, 33, 32 and 31 all in Township 16 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence through Sections 36, 25, 26, 27, 28,33,32,31 and 30, Township 16 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence into Township 16 South, Range 18 East, M. D. B. & M. through Section 25 to a point on the westerly line thereof; thence northerly along said line to the southeast corner of Section 23; thence westerly one mile to southeast corner of Section 22; thence northerly one mile to the northeast corner of said Section 22; thence westerly one mile to the southeast corner of Section 16; thence northerly one mile to the northeast corner of said Section 16; thence westerly two miles to the southeast corner of Section 7; thence northerly one mile to the northeast corner of said Section 7 ; thence westerly one mile to the northwest corner of Section 7 of the last named township and range; thence into Township 16 South, Range 17 East, M. D. B. & M. to the southeast corner of Section 1; thence on a diagonal line to the northwest corner of said Section 1; thence on a diagonal line to the southwest corner of Section 2; thence north 46 deg. 28 min. east along the center line of McMullen Grade 1479 feet; thence north 22 deg. 49 min. west on a line parallel to and 45 feet southwesterly of the surveyed line of Levee No.1, 2048.44 feet to the point of beginning of a curve to the left, having a radius of 5684.61 feet; thence northwesterly along said curve 1577.51 feet to the end of said curve; thence N. 38 deg. 43 min. W. on a line tangent to the aforesaid curve 34,642.68 feet to the point of beginning of a curve to the left, having a radius of 11,414.2 feet; thence northwesterly along said curve 2347.44 feet to the end of said curve; thence N. 50 deg. 30 min. W. on a line tangent to aforesaid curve 17,956.29 feet to the point of beginning of a curve to the left having a radius of 5684.61 feet; thence westerly along said curve 5412.16 feet to the end of said curve; thence S. 74 deg. 53i min. W. on a line tangent to aforesaid curve 5,209.13 feet to a point in the east line of the right of way of the Hanford and Summit Lake Railway; thence S. 0 deg. 18! min. W. along said east line of said right of way 890.81 feet; thence S. 31 deg. 05! min. E. along the west line of Reclamation District No. 1606, 1323.23 feet to the point of beginning of a curve to the left, having a radius of 2864.83 feet; thence southeasterly along said curve 2050 feet to the point of beginning of a curve to the right, having a radius of 5729.61 feet; thence southeasterly along said curve 2516.66 feet to the end of said curve; thence S. 46 deg. 55 min. E. on a line tangent to said curve 1477.72 feet to the point of beginning of a curve to the right, having a radius of 5729.61 feet; thence southeasterly along said curve 3146.67 feet to the end of said curve; thence S. 15 deg. 27 min. E. on a line tangent to said curve 10,360.68 feet; thence S. 15 deg. 26i min. E. 5499.37 feet to a point in the south line of Section 15, T. 15 S., R. 16 E., M. D. B. & M., distant 4482.75 feet westerly from the southeast corner thereof; thence S. 88 deg. 39i min. W. 735.25 feet crossing Fresno Slough along said south line of Section 15 to a point on the said south line of Section 15, 216.0 feet east of the southwest corner of said Section 15; thence N. 16 deg. 40 min. W. 1390.8 feet; thence N. 16 deg. 45 min. W. 1391.6 feet; thence N. 15 deg. 43 min. W. 701.4 feet; thence N. 15 deg. 21 min. E. 136.0 feet; thence N. 16 deg. 30 min. W. 814.0 feet; thence N. 17 deg. 03 min. W. 1123.5 feet, to a point on the north line of Section 16, T. 15 S., R. 16 E., M. D. B. & M., 1356.9 feet east of the 1/4 corner on the north side of Section 16; thence N. 15 deg. 32 min. W. 138].0 feet; thence N. 16 deg. 20 min. W. 1386.0 feet; thence N. 15 deg. 58 min. W. 792.0 feet; thence N. 16 deg. 45 min. W. 593.0 feet; thence N. 20 deg. 36 min. W. 1421.0 feet, to a point on the north line of Sec. 9, T. 15 S., R. 16 E., M. D. B. & M., 2350.2 feet east of the N.W. corner of Section 9; thence N. 16 deg. 39 min. W. 1442.6 feet; thence N. 24 deg. 57 min. W. 506.8 feet; thence N. 33 deg. 15 min. W. 174.4 feet; thence N. 53 deg. 20 min. W. 831.3 feet; thence N. 19 deg. 05 min. W. 253.5 feet; thence N. 20 deg. 25 min. W. 951.2 feet; thence N. 56 deg. 55 min. W. 538.2 feet; thence N. 47 deg. 55 min. W. 607.8 feet; thence N. 40 deg. 40 min. E. 1690.0 feet; thence N. 19 deg. 00 min. W. 600.0 feet; thence S. 71 deg. 00 min. W. 150.00 feet; thence S. 19 deg. 00 min. W. 514.6 feet; thence S. 40 deg. 40 min. W. 1604.0 feet; thence N. 46 deg. 51 min. W. 1341.6 feet, to a point on the north line of Section 5, T. ]5 S., R. 16 E., M. D. B. & M., 1192.6 feet east of the 1/4 corner on the north side of said Section 5 ; thence West 48.3 feet; thence N. 54 deg. 17 min. W. 1339.1 feet; thence N. 54 deg. 22 min. W. 436.4 feet; thence N. 65 deg. 15 min. W. 584.3 feet; thence N. 82 deg. 04 min. W. 150.1 feet; thence N. 51 deg. 05 min. W. 761.6 feet; thence N. 63 deg. 57 min. W. 58.2 feet; thence N. 44 deg. 16 min. E. 47.4 feet; thence N. 75 deg. 00 min. E. 275.0 feet; thence N. 19 deg. 41 min. W. 456.5 feet; thence N. 6 deg. 11 min. E. 619.4 feet; thence N. 78 deg. 03 min. W. 359.5 feet; thence S. 16 deg. 40 min. W. 322.1 feet; thence S. 81 deg. 05 min. W. 216.4 feet; thence N. 75 deg. 35 min. W. 567.0 feet; thence N. 77 deg. 25 min. W. 346.4 feet; thence S. 72 deg. 07 min. W. 183.9 feet; thence S. 56 deg. 32 min. W. 280.0 feet; thence N. 79 deg. 09 min. W. 792.4 feet; thence N. 64 deg. 26 min. W. 1356.9 feet; thence N. 54 deg. 25 min. W. 487.8 feet; thence S. 82 deg. 19 min. W. 215.4 feet; thence N. 46 deg. 27 min. W. 265.7 feet; thence N. 5 deg. 29 min. W. 109.7 feet; thence N. 5 deg. 35 min. W. 1556.0 feet; thence N. 20 deg. 17 min. W. 183.7 feet; thence N. 55 deg. 34 min. W. 160.2 feet; thence S. 79 deg. 27 min. W. 199.2 feet; thence S. 69 deg. 25 min. W. 1504.0 feet; thence S. 69 deg. 37 min. W. 1843.8 feet; thence S. 40 deg. 24 min. W. 133.0 feet; thence S. 25 deg. 35 min. W. 516.8 feet; thence S. 22 deg. 47 min. W. 655.2 feet; thence S. 10 deg. 29 min. W. 471.0 feet; thence S. 14 deg. 54 min. W. 403.0 feet; thence west 165.6 feet to the center of Section 36, T.14 S., R. 15 E., M. D. B. & M.; thence west along the north side of the southwest -l of said Section 36 to the 1/4 corner on the west side of Section 36; thence south along the west side of Section 36, 2642.0 feet to the southwest corner of Section 36; thence west 132.7 feet; thence south 21 deg. 48 min. west 1377.6 feet; thence south 21 deg. 06 min. west 779.6 feet; thence south 3 deg. 51 min. east 668.4 feet; thence south 2 deg. 42 min. west 1370.6 feet; thence south 0 deg. 48 min. west 1321.5 feet; thence south 13 deg. 55 min. west 1340.5 feet; thence south 13 deg. 40 min. west 1351.2 feet; thence south 14 deg. 07 min. west 1356.9 feet; thence south 12 deg. 50 min. west 354.0 feet; thence south 21 deg. 15 min. east 564.8 feet; thence south 34 deg. 00 min. east 563.7 feet to a point on the south line of Section 11, Township 15 South, Range 15 East, M. D. B. & M., 1544.6 feet west of the southeast corner of said Section 11; thence south 46 deg. 55 min. east 2114.8 feet to a point on the east line of Section 14, Township 15 South, Range 15 East, M. D. B. & M., 1444.5 feet south of the northeast corner of said Section 14; thence south along the west line of Section 13, Township 15 South, Range 15 East, M. D. B. & M., 3856.3 feet to the southwest corner of said Section 13; thence east 3951.9 feet to the northwest corner of the east one-half of the northeast 1/4 of Section 24, Township 15 South, Range 15 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence south 26 deg. 35 min. east 2968.8 feet to the 1/4 corner on the east side of Section 24, Township 15 South, Range 15 East, M. D. B. & M. ; thence south along the west line of the southwest 1/400 of Section 19, Township 15 South, Range 16 East, M. D. B. & M., 2660.6 feet to the southwest corner of said Section 19; thence south 45 deg. 00 min. east 7536.0 feet to the southeast corner of Section 30, Township 15 South, Range 16 East, M. D. B. & M., said corner being also the northwest corner of Section 32 of the last named township; thence south 0 deg. 46t min. west along the west line of said Section 32, 5343.62 feet to the southwest corner thereof; thence south 89 deg. 41 min. east along the south line of said Section 32, 5275.6 feet to the southeast corner thereof; thence south 89 deg. 38 min. east along the south line of Section 33, Township 15 South, Range 16 East, M. D. B. & M., 5276.9 feet to the southeast corner thereof; thence south 0 deg. 261 min. west along the west line of Section 3, Township 16 South, Hange 16 East, M. D. B. & M., 2407 feet; thence north 88 deg. 29 min. 45 sec. east 2722.08 feet; thence south 0 deg. 26! min. west 2632.1 feet to the south quarter corner of said Section 3; thence north 88 deg. 57 min. east 2721.65 feet to the southeast corner thereof; thence north 88 deg. 57t min. east 5541.1 feet along the south line of Section 2, Township 16 South, Range 16 East, M. D. B. & M., to the southeast corner thereof; thence north 88 deg. 571 min. east along the south line of Section 1, Township 16 South, Range 16 East, M. D. B. & M., 2770.68 feet to the south quarter corner thereof; thence south 0 deg. 6t min. west along the west line of the north half of the northeast quarter of Section 12, Township 16 South, Range 16 East, M. D. B. & M., 1319.88 feet j thence north 88 deg. 54t min. east along the south line of said north half of the northeast 1/4, 2753.48 feet to a point in the east line of said Section 12; thence south 0 deg. 46t min. west 3955.93 feet to the southeast corner of said Section 12; thence north 89 deg. 54} min. east along the southerly line of Section 7, Township 16 South, Range 17 East, 2651.07 feet more or less, to the southerly quarter corner of said section; thence northerly along the east line of the southwest quarter of said section to the center of said section; thence easterly along the south line of the northeasterly quarter of said section to the intersection of said line with the official swamp and overflow survey line, said point of intersection being south 89 deg. 52 min. west 1997.45 feet, more or less, from the east quarter corner of said section, measured along the south line of the northeast quarter of said section; thence continuing along said official swamp and overflow survey line south 39 deg. 43 min. east 488.11 feet; thence south 34 deg. 43 min. east, 1311.78 feet; thence south 77 deg. 53 min. east 938.35 feet to a point in the east line of said Section 7; thence continuing along said official swamp and overflow line south 27 deg. 30 min. east 762.3 feet; thence south 58 deg. east 594 feet to the south line of Section 8, in 'I' ownship 16 South, Range 17 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence west along the south line of said Section 8 to the southwest corner of said Section 8; thence south one mile to the southwest corner of Section 17 ; thence east one mile to the southeast corner of said Section 17 ; thence south one mile to the southwest corner of Section 21; thence east one mile to the southeast corner of said Section 21; thence south two miles to the southwest corner of Section 34 of the last named township; thence into Township 17 South, Range 17 East, lVI. D. B. & M. west to the north- west corner of Section 3; thence south along section lines to the west 1/4 corner of Section 10; thence east along the north line of the south 1/2 of Section 10 to the east 1/4 corner of said Section 10 ; thence south along the section line to the southwest corner of Section 11; thence east along the section line to the southeast corner of said Section 11; thence south along the section line to the west 1/4 corner of Section 13 ; thence east along the north line of the southwest 1/4 of said Section 13 to the center of said Section 13; thence south along the east line of the southwest 1/4 of said Section 13 to the south 1/4 corner of said Section 13 ; thence east along the section line to the southeast corner of said Section 13; thence in Township 17 South, Range 18 East, M. D. B. & M., east along the section line to the southwest corner of Section 17 ; thence south along the section line to the west 1/4 corner of Section 20; thence along the north line of the southwest 1/4 of Section 20 to the center of said Section 20 ; thence south along the east line of the southwest 1/4 of Section 20 to the south 1/4 corner of said Section 20; thence east along the section line to the southeast corner of Section 20; thence south along the section line to the west 1/4 corner of Section 28; thence east along the north line of the southwest 1/4 of Section 28 to the center of said Section 28; thence south along the east line of the southwest 1/4 of Section 28 to the south 1/4 corner of said Section 28; thence east along section lines to the north 1/4 corner of Section 34; thence south along the west line of the northeast 1/4 of Section 34 to the center of said Section 34; thence east along the south line of the northeast 1/4 of Section 34 to the east 1/4 corner of said Section 34; thence south along the section line to the southwest corner of the north 1/2 of the southwest 1/4 of Section 35; thence east along the south line of the north 1/2 of the southwest 1/4 of Section 35 to the southeast corner of the north 1/2 of the southwest 1/4 of said Section 35; thence south along the east line of the south 1/2 of the southwest 1/4 of Section 35 to the south 1/4 corner of Section 35; Township 17 South, Range 18 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence into Township 18 South, Range 18 East, M. D. B. & M. to the north 1/4 corner of Section 2; thence south along the west line of the east half of said Section 2 to the south 1/4 corner of said Section 2; thence east along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 1; thence into Township 18 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M. to the southwest corner of Section 6; thence east along section lines to the south quarter corner of Section 5; thence north along the north-south center line of said Section 5 to the point of intersection of said center line with the north foot of bank of the Crescent Canal; thence along the north foot of bank of Crescent Canal, S. 56 deg. 00 min. E. 460 feet; S. 47 deg. 00 min. E. 1320 feet; S. 78 deg. 10 min. E. 900 feet; S. 37 deg. 50 min. E. 170 feet to a point in the center line of Boggy or Fish Slough; thence southerly along the center of Boggy or Fish Slough through Sections 5 and 8 to San Jose Slough; thence southeasterly along the center of San Jose Slough through Sections 8, 9, 16, 21, 22, 27, 34 and 35 to a point in said Section 35 where the said San Jose Slough intersects Clarks Fork of Kings River; thence northeasterly along the north bank of Clarks Fork of Kings River through Sections 35, 26, 25 and 24 to a point in the east line of Section 24; thence in Township 18 South, Range 20 East, continuing along the north bank of Clarks Fork of Kings River through Sections 19 and 20 to a point where said bank intersects the north bank of South Fork of Kings River; thence northeasterly along the north bank of South Fork of Kings River through Sections 20, 17, 16, 15, 10, 11 and 2 to a point where said bank intersects the north bank of Kings River; thence northeasterly along the north bank of Kings River through Sections 2 and 1 to a point in the north line of said Section 1; thence in Township 17 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M., and continuing northeasterly along the north bank of Kines River through Sections 36 and 25 to a point in the cast line ~f said Section 25; thence in Township 17 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., and continuing upstream northeasterly along the north bank of Kings River through Sections 30, 29, 28, 27 and 22 to a point in the vicinity of the southeast corner of said Section 22 where the center line of the Kings River produced in a northwesterly direction downstream intersects the said north bank of Kings River and the north bank of Reynolds Cut Channel; thence southeasterly along the said produced center line to the intersection with the center line of the Reynolds Cut Channel; thence northerly and easterly along the center line of said Reynolds Cut Channel and in the southwest 1/4 of Section 23 to the point of intersection with the axis of the Reynolds Weir; thence northeasterly along the center line of the Reynolds Weir approach channel, known as the South Branch of Cole Slough, to the point of intersection of the said center line produced with the north bank of Cole Slough in the vicinity of the center of Section 23; thence southwesterly along the north bank of the north branch of Cole Slough to the point of beginning at the Liberty Canal headgate. Division Five shall comprise all that territory of the district included within the following described boundaries: Beginning at the southwest corner of Section 6, Township 18 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence south along the section line to the southwest corner of Section 7; thence east along the section line to the southeast corner of said Section 7; thence south along the section line to the southwest corner of Section 17; thence east along the section line to the southeast corner of said Section 17; thence south along the section line to the southwest corner of Section 21; thence east along the south section line of Section 21 to the point of intersection of said section line and the Government Swamp and Overflow Meander Line; thence southeasterly along the Government Swamp and Overflow Meander Line through Section 28 to the intersection of said meander line and the east section line of said Section 28 ; thence south along section lines for approximately one and three-fourths miles to the southwest corner of Section 34, Township 18 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence in Town- ship 19 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M. to the northwest corner of Section 3; thence south along the section line to the southwest corner of Section 3; thence east along the south line of said Section 3, one mile to the southeast corner of said Section 3; thence easterly three-quarters of a mile along the south line of Section 2 of the last named township and range, to the southwest corner of the southeast one-quarter of the southeast one-quarter of said Section 2; thence southerly one-half mile to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 11; thence southerly along the west line of the east 1/2 of the southeast 1/4 of said Section 11, also being the west line of Lot 5 of said Section 11, to the Southern Pacific Company Railroad line; thence southeasterly along the westerly line of said Lot 5 of said Section 11 to the southeast corner of said Section 11 ; thence south 2i miles along the west lines of Sections 13, 24, and 25, Township 19 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M., to the west 1/2 corner of said Section 25; thence east 2056 feet along the east-west center line of said Section 25 to a point along the west bank of South Fork of Kings River; thence south 252 feet along said west bank of said South Fork of Kings River to a point which is the junction of the said west bank of South Fork of Kings River and the westerly bank of the Empire West Side Irrigation District's Upper Ditch; thence south 47 degrees and 39 minutes west 2734 feet along the westerly bank of said Empire West Side Irrigation District's Upper Ditch to a point on the west line of said Section 25, which point is 548 feet north of the southwest corner of said Section 25; thence south 47 deg. 39 min. west 320 feet along said westerly bank of said Upper Ditch, in Section 26, Township 19 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M. ; thence south 8 deg. 29 min. west 1990.6 feet in Section 26 and 35 of the last named township and range; thence south 18 deg. 40 min. east 1250 feet along the said westerly bank of said Upper Ditch in Section 35, Township 19 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M., to a point; thence south from this point 59 deg. 13 min. east 142 feet along said westerly bank of Upper Ditch to a point which point lies on the east line of said Section 35 and being 224 feet south of the east 1/4 corner of said Section 35; thence southerly 2403 feet along the east line of said Section 35 to the southeast corner of said Section 35; also being along the said westerly bank of Upper Ditch; thence southerly 10,723.7 feet along the west lines of Section 1 and 12, Township 20 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & lVI:., also along the west bank of said Upper Ditch to the southwest corner of said Section 12; thence westerly 700 feet along the north line of Section 14, last named township and range, to a point on the said westerly bank of Upper Ditch; thence southerly 2680.9 feet along said westerly bank of Upper Ditch; thence easterly 700 feet to the east 1/4 corner of said Section 14; thence southerly 6702.2 feet along the west lines of Sections 13 and 24 to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 24, last named township and range; thence easterly 1322.8 feet to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 24, thence southerly 670.3 feet to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 24; thence easterly 1322.8 feet to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 24; thence southerly 670.3 feet to the south quarter corner of said Section 24; thence southerly 207 feet along the westerly bank of the Upper Ditch of the Empire West Side Irrigation District in Section 25, last named township and range; thence south 34 deg. 10 min. west 284 feet along said westerly bank of Upper Ditch; thence south 45 deg. 20 min. west 3400 feet along said westerly bank of Upper Ditch to the west quarter corner of said Section 25; thence easterly 982 feet to a point on the westerly bank of Ditch of Empire West Side Irrigation District; thence south 48 deg. 30 min. west 2770 feet along said westerly bank of Ditch through portions of Sections 25 and 26, Township 20 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M. ; thence south 36 deg. 30 min. west 2700 feet through portions of Section 26 and 35 along said westerly bank of Ditch; thence southerly 1340.4 feet to center of said Section 35; thence westerly 1320 feet to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 35, Township 20 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence southerly 2681 feet to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 35, also being the southwest corner of Lot 9 of said Section 35; thence easterly along the south line of said Section 35 to the intersection of said line with the northwesterly bank of the West Side Canal, said point of intersection also being a point on the north line of Section 1, Township 21 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M. where said line intersects the northwesterly bank of said West Side Canal; thence east along the north line of said Section 1 to the northeast corner of said Section 1 last named township and range; thence east along northern lines of Sections 6 and 5, Township 21 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M. to the northwest corner of Section 4 last named township and range; thence southerly along the western lines of Sections 4 and 9 one and one-half miles more or less to the west one-quarter corner of Section 9 last named township and range; thence east along the east and west center lines of Sections 9, 10, 11 and 12, last named township and range 4 miles more or less to the east one-quarter corner of Section 12; thence northerly one and one-half miles to the northeast corner of Section 1 last named township and range; thence easterly along the northern lines of Section 6, Township 21 South, Range 21 East, lVL D. B. & M., 39.66 chains more or less to a point on northern line of said Section 6, said point being at the northwest corner of 154 acre tract of land in said Section 6 now or formerly belonging to S. J. Hill; thence southerly along the westerly line of said 154 acre tract 33.16 chains more or less to the southwest corner of said 154 acre tract; thence easterly along southern line of said tract 46.44 chains more or less to the southeast corner of said tract also being a point on east line of said Section 6; thence southerly along east line of said Section 6 a distance of 21.84 chains more or less to a point on said east line of Section 6, last named township and range, said point being 26.05 chains northerly from the southeast corner of said Section 6; thence south 72 deg. E. 42.06 chains to a point on the west line of the east half of Section 5, last named township and range; thence northerly along the west line of the east half of said Section 5 a distance of 68.00 chains to the north one-quarter corner of said Section 5; thence easterly along northern line of said Section 5 a distance of 27.20 chains to point of intersection of the northern line of said Section 5 and the meander or shore line of Tulare Lake surveyed May 17, 1884 and shown on township plat of Township 21 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., approved by the United States Surveyor General of California on October 14, 1884, said point of intersection being 12.80 chains westerly from the northeast corner of said Section 5; thence easterly and southeasterly along last said meander line through Sections 5 and 4 to the point of intersection of last said meander line and the west line of the east half of the east half of Section 4, last named township and range; thence northerly along said west line of the east half of the east half to the northwest corner of the southeast onequarter of the northeast one-quarter of said Section 4; thence easterly one-quarter of a mile to the northeast corner of the southeast one-quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 4; thence southerly three-quarters of a mile to the northwest corner of Section 10, Township 21 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence easterly one mile to the northeast corner of last said Section 10; thence southerly 2 miles to the southwest corner of Section 14, last said township and range; thence easterly one-half mile to the south one-quarter corner of said Section 14; thence northerly one-half mile to center of said Section 14; thence easterly one-half mile to the east one-quarter corner of said Section 14; thence southerly one-half mile to the northwest corner of Section 24, last named township and range; thence easterly one-half mile to the north onc-quarter corner of said Section 24; thence southerly one-half mile to the center of last said Section 24; thence easterly one-half mile to the east one-quarter corner of said Section 24; thence southerly 21 miles along the eastern boundary line or Township 21 South, Range 21 East to the southeast corner of last said township and range; thence southerly one-half mile, more or less, to the west quarter corner of Section 6, Township 22 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence easterly along east and west center lines of Sections 6 and 5, last named township and range to the center of last said Section 5; thence southerly 3t miles along north and south center lines of Sections 5, 8, 17 and 20 last named township and range to the south quarter corner of last said Section 20; thence easterly along the northern lines of Sections 29 and 28 last named township and range, to the north quarter corner of said Section 28; thence southerly one mile to the south quar- tel' corner of said Section 28; thence easterly one-half mile to the northeast corner of Section 33 last named township and range; thence southerly one mile to southeast corner of said Section 33; thence easterly along the northern line of Section 3, Township 23 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M., 73.15 chains more or less to the northeast corner of last said Section 3; thence southerly one mile to the southeast corner of last said Section 3; thence easterly 2 miles more or less along the northern lines of Sections 11 and 12, Township 23 South, Range 22 East to the northeast corner of last said Section 12; thence north along range line 12 miles to the northeast corner of Section 12, Township 21 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence west two and one-half miles along section lines to the south one-quarter corner of Section 3, last named township and range; thence northerly one-half mile to the center of said Section 3; thence westerly one-half mile to the west one-quarter corner of said Section :3; thence north one-half mile to the northwest corner of said Section 3; thence east 3 miles along township line to the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 21 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence east 383 feet along said township correction line to a point on the south line of Section 36, Township 20 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M. which point is also on center line of Lakelands Canal and Irrigation Company Canal; thence N. 21 deg. 45 min. W. a distance of 6388 feet along center line of said canal; thence N. 62 deg. 45 min. W. a distance of 711 feet along center line of said canal to a point on the west line of Section 25 last named township and range, said point being 1278 feet north of the southwest corner of said Section 25; thence north on section line to the west one-quarter corner of said Section 25; thence east to the southeast corner of the southwest one-quarter of the northwest one-quarter of said Section 25; thence north to the southeast corner of the northwest one-quarter of the northwest one-quarter of said Section 25; thence east to the southeast corner of the northeast onequarter of the northwest one-quarter of said Section 25; thence north to the north one-quarter corner of said Section 25; thence east to the northeast corner of said Section 25; thence north along range line to the northeast corner of southeast onequarter of the southeast one-quarter of Section 12, Township 20 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence west to the northwest corner of the southeast one-quarter of the southwest one-quarter of said Section 12; thence south to the southwest corner of the southeast one-quarter of the southwest one-quarter of said Section 12; thence west along the section lines to the northeast corner of Section 16, Township 20 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence west three miles along the north line of Sections 16, 17 and 18 to the northwest corner of Section 18 last named township and range; thence west one-half mile along section line to the south one-quarter corner of Section 12, Township 20 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence northerly along the north-south center line of last named Section 12 to the north one-quarter corner of said Section 12: thence west one and one-half miles along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 11 last named township and range; thence northerly one mile along section line to the northwest corner of Section 2 last named township and range; thence northerly three miles along the west lines of Sections 35, 26 and 23, Township 19 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M. to the northwest corner of Section 23 ; thence east one mile along section line to the northeast corner of said Section 23; thence northerly one mile along section line to the northwest corner of Section 13 last named township and range; thence east one mile along section line to the northeast corner of said Section 13; thence east four miles along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 15, Township 19 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence north one mile along section line to the northwest corner of Section 11 last named township and range; thence east one mile along section line to the southeast corner of Section 2 last named township and range; thence north one mile to the northeast corner of said Section 2 ; thence north two miles along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 25, Township 18 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence onehalf mile east along section line to the south one-quarter corner of Section 24, last named township and range; thence north one mile along north-south center line of Section 24 last named township and range to the north one-quarter corner of said Section 24; thence west one-half mile along section line to the northwest corner of said Section 24; thence north two miles along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 12 last named township and range; thence northerly along the west line of Section 1, Township 18 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M., to the point of intersection of the said west line with the north bank of the slough used as part of the ditch known as the Settlers Ditch; thence running north along the section lines to the left bank of the ditch known as the Peoples Ditch near the southwest corner of Section 13 in Township 17 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence running north along the said left bank of Peoples Ditch through Sections 13, 12 and 1, and in Section 1 to a point where the line of said left bank produced intersects the center line of the Main Channel of Kings River; thence southwesterly along said center line of Kings River to its intersection with the center line of Old River Channel in the west 1/2 of Section 1; thence south and westerly along the center line of said Old River Channel through Sections 1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 21, 20, 29 and 30 in Township 17 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence continuing along the center line of said Old River Channel into Section 25, Township 17 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., to its intersection with the center line of the Main Channel of Kings River in the northeast 1/4 of the said Section 25; thence south and westerly through Sections 25 and 26 along the center line of said Kings River to a point in the vicinity of the northwest corner of Section 26 where the said center line produced intersects the north bank of the said Kings River and the north bank of the Reynolds Out Channel; thence along said north bank of the main Kings River in a southwesterly direction through Sections 27, 28, 29 and 30 in Township 17 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence into Township 17 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M., continuing southwesterly along said north bank through Sections 25 and 36; thence into Township 18 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M., continuing southwesterly along said north bank through Sections 1 and 2 to a point where said north bank projected intersects the north bank of the South Fork of Kings River; thence along said north bank of the South Fork of Kings River in a southwesterly direction through Sections 2, 11, 10, 15, 16, 17 and 20 in the last named township and range to a point where said north bank joins the north bank of Olark's Fork of Kings River; thence continuing southwesterly along the north bank of Clark's Fork of Kings River through Sections 20 and 19 of the last named township and range; thence into Township 18 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M., along said north bank southwesterly through Sections 24, 25, 26 and 35 to a point where said north bank projected intersects the center of San Jose Slough; thence along the center line of said San Jose Slough in a westerly and northwesterly direction through Sections 35, 34, 27, 22, 21, 16, 9 and 8 to a point where said center line intersects the center line of Boggy or Fish Slough; thence northwcsterly along the center line of Boggy or Fish Slough through Sections 8 and 5 to a point where said center line is intersected by a line commencing at the point of intersection of the north-south center line of Section 5, Township 18 South, Range 19 East, IVL D. B. & M. with the north foot of bank of the Crescent Oanal and running thence south 56 deg. 00 min. E. 460 feet; S. 47 deg. 00 min. E. 1320 feet; S. 78 deg. 10 min. E. 900 feet; S. 37 deg. 50 min. E. 170 feet to its intersection with the aforesaid center line of Boggy or Fish Slough; thence retracing the above described line to its point of beginning at the intersection of the north-south center line of said Section 5 and the north foot of bank of the Orescent Oanal; thence south along the northsouth center line of Section 5 to the south quarter corner of Section 5; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 6 which is the point of beginning. Division Six shall comprise all that territory of the district included within the following described boundaries: Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 21 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M., and running thence westerly along the north line of said Section 1 to its intersection with the northwesterly bank of the West Side Oanal; thence southwesterly following the meanderings of said bank of said canal to its intersection with the northern line of Section 15, same township and range; thence westerly along said line of said Section 15 to the north quarter corner of Section 15 in said Township 21 South, Range 19 East; thence southerly one-half mile to the center of said Section 15; thence westerly one-quarter of a mile to the northwest corner of the east half of the southwest quarter of said Section 15; thence southerly one-half of a mile to the southwest corner of the east half of the southwest quarter of said Section 15; thence westerly along the southern line of said Section 15 and along the southern line of Section 16, same township and range, to the south quarter corner of said Section 16, last said quarter corner being a point on the meander line of Tulare Lake as established by the United States Surveyor General of California in the year 1855; thence along said meander line south 31 degrees 10 minutes west 77.10 chains, south 35 degrees 45 minutes west 17.12 chains, south 39 degrees 30 minutes west 72.00 chains, south 9 degrees 30 minutes west 25.00 chains, south 44 degrees 35 minutes west 28.30 chains and south 28 degrees west 68.15 chains to a point on the southern line of Section 31 of said Township 21 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M., last said point being distant south 89 degrees 26 minutes east 48.00 chains from the southwest corner of said Section 31; thence, leaving said meander line, and along the line between Township 21 South, Range 19 East, and Township 22 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M., north 89 degrees 26 minutes west 8.06 chains to the north quarter corner of Section 6 of said Township 22 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence southerly along the line dividing the east half and the west half of said Section 6 and along the line dividing the east one-half and the west one-half of Section 7, last said township and range, two miles, more or less, to the south quarter corner of said Section 7 ; thence easterly along the southern line of said Section 7 one-half of a mile, more or less, to the northwest corner of Section 17, last said township and range; thence southerly three-eighths of a mile to the southwest corner of the north one-half of the south one-half of the northwest onequarter of said Section 17; thence easterly one-half of a mile to the southeast corner of the north one-half of the south onehalf of the northwest quarter of said Section 17; thence southerly five-eighths of a mile to the south quarter corner of said Section 17; thence easterly one-quarter of a mile to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 20, last said township and range; thence southerly three-quarters of a mile to the southwest corner of the northeast one-quarter of the southeast one-quarter of said Section 20; thence easterly one-quarter of a mile to the southeast corner of the northeast one-quarter of the southeast one-quarter of said Section 20; thence southerly one-quarter of a mile to the northwest corner of Section 28, last said township and range; thence east one-half of a mile to the north one-quarter corner of said Section 28; thence southerly one mile to the south onequarter corner of said Section 28; thence east one-half of a mile to the northwest corner of Section 34, last said township and range; thence southerly along the western line of last said Section 34 and continuing along the western line of Section 3, Township 23 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M., 11/2 miles, more or less, to the west quarter corner of last said Section 3; thence easterly one-quarter of a mile to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of last said Section 3; thence southerly one-quarter of a mile to the southwest corner of the northeast one-quarter of the southwest onequarter of last said Section 3; thence easterly three-quarters of a mile to the northeast corner of the southeast one-quarter of the southeast one-quarter of last said Section 3; thence southerly one-quarter of a mile to the southeast corner of last said Section 3; thence easterly along the southern line of Sections 2 and 1, last said township and range, 2 miles, more or less, to the northwest corner of Section 7, Township 23 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M., thence southerly one-half of a mile to the west quarter corner of last said Section 7; thence easterly one-half of a mile, more or less, to the center of last said Section 7; thence southerly one-quarter of a mile to the southwest corner of the northwest one-quarter of the southeast one-quarter of last said Section 7; thence easterly one mile to the northwest corner of the southwest one-quarter of the southeast one-quarter of Section 8, last said township and range; thence southerly one-quarter of a mile to the south quarter corner of last said Section 8; thence easterly along the southern lines of Sections 8, 9, 10, and 11, last said township and range, 31 miles, more or less, to the northwest corner of Section 13, Township 23 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M. ; thence southerly along the western lines of Sections 13, 24, 25, and 36, last said township and range, 4 miles to the southwest corner of last said Section 36; thence easterly one mile to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 24 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M. ; thence southerly one mile to the southwest corner of last said Section 6; thence easterly 85.81 chains, more or less, to the northwest corner of Section 8, last said township and range; thence southerly three-quarters of a mile to the southwest corner of the northwest one-quarter of the southwest one-quarter of last said Section 8; thence easterly along the southern lines of the north half of the south half of Sections 8, 9, and 10, last said township and range, 3 miles, more or less, to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of last said Section 10; thence northerly three-quarters of a mile to the southwest corner of Section 2, last said township and range; thence easterly along the southern lines of Sections 2 and 1, last said township and range, 2 miles, more or less, to the southeast corner of last said Section 1; thence southerly one-half of a mile to the east onequarter corner of Section 12, last township and range; thence easterly along the east and west center lines of Sections 7 and 8, Township 24 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; one and one-half miles more or less to the center of last said Section 8 ; thence northerly one-half of a mile to the south quarter corner of Section 5 last said township and range; thence easterly along the southern lines of 5, 4, and 3, last said township and range, two and one-half miles more or less to the southwest corner of Section 2, Township 24 South, Range 22 East, M. D. 13. & M. ; thence east, along the southern line of last said Section 2, 11.94 chains to its intersection with the meander line of Tulare Lake as surveyed in 1880 and shown on the township plat of last said township approved by the United States Survevor General of California on February 9, 1881; thence along last said meander line north 55 degrees east 55.00 chains, north 60 degrees east 15.00 chains; north 56 degrees 30 minutes east 31.62 chains and north 56 degrees 30 minutes east 61.86 chains to a point on the north line of Section 1, Township 24 South, Range 22 East, :LVI:. D. B. & M., distance thereon west 29.00 chains from the northeast corner of last said Section 1; thence northeasterly along the meander or shore line in 1880 of Tulare Lake through Section 36, Township 23 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M., to a point on the western line of Section 31, Township 23 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M., distant thereon, north 21.00 chains from the southwest corner of last said Section 31; thence continuing along the meander or shore line of Tulare Lake as surveyed in 1880 and shown on the township plat of last said township approved by the United States Surveyor General of California on February 9, 1881, the following courses and distances: North 52 degrees east 50.00 chains, north 56 degrees east 17.00 chains, north 52 degrees east 30.20 chains, north 52 degrees 30 minutes east 11.40 chains, north 43 degrees east 23.00 chains, north 44 degrees east 35.00 chains, north 49 degrees east 45.06 chains, north 45 degrees east 5.65 chains, north 41 degrees east 52.00 chains, north 35 degrees east 10.00 chains, north 38 degrees east 36.24 chains, north 22 degrees east 22.00 chains, north 26 degrees east 8.00 chains, north 23 degrees east 16.10 chains and north 15 degrees 30 minutes east 40.00 chains to a point on the north line of Section 15, Township 23 South, Range 23 East, M. D. B. & M., distant thereon west 68.00 chains from the northeast corner of said Section 15 ; thence leaving last said meander line, and along the northern lines of Sections 15, 16, last said township and range, westerly 91.78 chains to the southeast corner of Section 8, last said township and range; thence northerly one-half mile to the east quarter corner of said Section 8; thence westerly one mile to the west quarter corner of said Section 8; thence southerly one-half mile to the southwest corner of said Section 8; thence westerly 86.17 chains to the northwest corner of Section 18, last said township and range, said corner of said Section 18 being also the southeast corner of Section 12, Township 23 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence north one mile to the northeast corner of Section 12, last named township and range; thence westerly along the northern lines of Sections 12 and 11, last said township and range, 2 miles, more or less to the southeast corner of Section 3, last said township and range; thence northerly one mile, more or less, to the northeast corner of last said Section 3; thence westerly, along the northern line of last said Section 3, 73.15 chains, more or less, to the southeast corner of Section 33, Township 22 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence northerly one mile to the northeast corner of last said Section 33; thence westerly one-half mile to the south quarter corner of Section 28, last said township and range; thence northerly one mile to the north quarter corner of last said Section 28; thence westerly along the northern lines of Sections 28 and 29, last said township and range, one mile to the south quarter corner of Section 20, Township 22 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence northerly along the north and south center lines of the Sections 20, 17, 8 and 5, last said township and range, 3~ miles to the center of last said Section 5; thence westerly along the east and west center lines of Sections 5 and 6, last said township and range, to the west quarter corner of last said Section 6; thence northerly one-half of a mile, more or less, to the southeast corner of Township 21 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence northerly along the eastern boundary line of last said township and range 2t miles to the east quarter corner of Section 24, Township 21 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence westerly one-half of a mile to the center of last said Section 24, thence northerly one-half of a mile to the north quarter corner of said Section 24; thence westerly one-half of a mile to the northwest corner of said Section 24; thence northerly one-half of a mile to the east quarter corner of Section 14, last said township and range; thence westerly one-half of a mile to the center of said Section 14; thence southerly one-half mile to the south quarter corner of said Section 14; thence westerly one-half mile to the southwest corner of said Section 14; thence northerly 2 miles to the northeast corner of Section 10, last said township and range; thence westerly one mile to the northwest corner of last said Section 10; thence northerly three-quarters of a mile to the northeast corner of the southeast one-quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 4, last said township and range; thence westerly one-quarter of a mile to the northwest corner of the southeast one-quarter of the northeast one-quarter of said Section 4; thence southerly along the west line of the east half of the east half of said Section 4 to its intersection with the meander or shore line of Tulare Lake surveyed May 17, 1884, and shown on the township plat of Township 21 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., approved by the United States Surveyor General of California on October J4, 1884; thence westerly and northwesterly along last said meander line through Sections 4 and 5, last said township and range, to its intersection with the northern line of said Section 5 at a point distant thereon 12.80 chains westerly from the northeast corner of said Section 5; thence westerly along said northern line of said Section 5 a distance of 27.20 chains, more or less, to the north quarter corner of said Section 5; thence southerly along the west line of the east half of said Section 5, a distance of 68.00 chains; thence North 72 degrees West 42.06 chains to a point on the east line of Section 6, last said township and range, distant thereon 26.05 chains northerly from the southeast corner of said Section 6; thence northerly along said east line of said Section 6, a distance of 2] . 84 chains, more or less, to the southeast corner of the 154.0 acre tract of land in said Section 6 now or formerly belonging to S. J. Hill; thence westerly along the southerly line of said tract 46.44 chains, more or less, to the southwest corner of said 154.0 acre tract; thence northerly along the westerly line of said tract 33.16 chains, more or less, to a point on the northern line of said Section 6, said point being at the northwest corner of said 154.0 acre tract; thence westerly along the northern line of said Section 6, 39.66 chains, more or less, to the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 21 South, Range 20 East, M. D. B. & M.; thence southerly one and one-half miles to the east quarter corner of Section 12, last said township and range; thence westerly along the east and west center lines of Sections 12, 11, 10 and 9, last said township and range, 4 miles, more or less, to the west quarter corner of last said Section 9; thence northerly along the western lines of Sections 9 and 4, last said township and range, one and onehalf miles, more or less, to the northwest corner of last said Section 4; thence westerly along the northern lines of Sections 5 and 6, last said township and range, 2 miles, more or less, to the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 21 South, Range 19 East, M. D. B. & M., and the point of beginning. Also beginning at a point on the east bank of La Hacienda spillway in Section 13, Township 24 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., said point being one-half mile south of the north line of said Section 13, and running thence northeasterly in a direct line to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 18, Township 24 South, Range 22 East, M. D. B. & M., thence easterly one and threequarters miles, more or less, to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 17, last said township and range; thence southerly one-quarter of a mile to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 17, thence easterly one-half of a mile to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 16, last said township and range; thence northerly one-half of a mile to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 16; thence easterly three-quarters of a mile to the southwest corner of Section 10, last said township and range; thence northerly one-quarter of a mile to the northwest corner of the south half of the southwest quarter of said Section 10; thence easterly one-half of a mile to the northeast corner of the south one-half of the southwest quarter of said Section 10; thence southerly one-eighth of a mile to the southeast corner of the north one-half of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 10; thence westerly onequarter of a mile to the southwest corner of the north half of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 10; thence southerly one-eighth of a mile to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said Section 10; thence westerly one-quarter of a mile to the northeast corner of Section 16, last said township and range; thence southerly one-quarter of a mile to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 16 ; thence westerly one-quarter of a mile to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 16; thence southerly one-half of a mile to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 16; thence easterly one-half of a mile to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 15, last said township and range; thence northerly one-half of a mile to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 15; thence easterly one-quarter of a mile to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said Section 15; thence northerly one-eighth of a mile to the northwest corner of the south half of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 15 ; thence easterly one-quarter of a mile to the northeast corner of the south half of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 15; thence northerly one-eighth of a mile to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 15; thence easterly one-quarter of a mile to the northeast corner of said Section 15; thence southerly one mile to the southeast corner of said Section 15; thence westerly along the southern boundary lines of said Sections 15 and 16, two miles to the northeast corner of Section 20 last said township and range; thence southerly one-half of a mile to the east quarter corner of said Section 20; thence westerly along the east and west center lines of Sections 20 and 19, last said township and range, and continuing along the east and west center line of Section 24, Township 24 South, Range 21 East, M. D. B. & M., a distance of two and three-quarters miles, more or less, to a point on the east bank of La Haci.enda spillway in said Section 24; thence northerly along said bank of said spillway one mile to the point of beginning.   SEC. 21.   Section 3 is added to the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951), to read:   Sec. 3.   (a) On or before May 1, 2013, the board shall adopt a resolution that divides the district into seven electoral divisions, which shall be numbered and denominated Division One, Division Two, Division Three, Division Four, Division Five, Division Six, and Division Seven.  (b) Using the most recent federal census data as a basis, the electoral divisions shall be as far as practicable, equal in population as required by law.   (c) In establishing the boundaries of the electoral divisions, the board may give consideration to the topography, geography, cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, compactness of territory, and the community of interests of the electoral divisions.   (e) The establishment of seven divisions pursuant to this section shall not affect the term of office of any director holding office on January 1, 2013.   SEC. 22   .   Section 3.1 is added to the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951), to read:   Sec. 3.1.   (a) (1) One director shall be elected in accordance with this section by the voters of each electoral division.   (2) A candidate for the board of directors shall be a resident in the electoral division for which he or she is a candidate.   (3) A director shall continue to reside within the electoral division during his or her term of office, except that no change in boundaries of an electoral division shall affect the term of office of an incumbent director.   (b) Consistent with the requirements of Section 10404 of the Elections Code, the first elections for Division One, Division Three, and Division Five established pursuant to Section 3 shall be conducted at the November 4, 2014, general district election.   (c) Consistent with the requirements of Section 10404 of the Elections Code, the first elections for Division Two, Division Four, Division Six, and Division Seven established pursuant to Section 3 shall be conducted at the November 8, 2016, general district election.   (d) Except as otherwise provided by this act, the term of office for each director elected pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) shall be four years and the director shall hold office until his or her successor qualifies and takes office.   (e) Elections pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code).   SEC. 23.   Section 3.2 is added to the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951), to read:   Sec. 3.2. The board shall review the boundaries of the seven electoral divisions established pursuant to Section 3 before November 1 of the year following the year in which each decennial census is taken. If necessary, the board of directors shall, by resolution, adjust the boundaries of any divisions pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 22000) of Division 21 of the Elections Code, except as otherwise provided in this act.   SEC. 24.   Section 5 of the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951), as amended by Section 174 of Chapter 2019 of the Statutes of 1965, is amended to read:  Sec. 5. As used in this act the following words shall have the following meanings unless by the context otherwise indicated, and the definition of a word applies to any of its variants: (a) "District" means Kings River Conservation District. (b) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (c) "President" means the president of the board. (d) "Secretary" means the secretary of the board. (e) "General district election" means the election required to be held in the district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each  odd-numbered   even-numbered  year. (f) "Special district election" means any district election other than a general district election. (g) "Elector," "voter," and "precinct board" have, respectively, the same meanings as in the Elections Code, but an elector or voter shall also be a resident of the district and, when required, of a division thereof. (h) "Property" embraces all real and personal property. (i) "Works" includes conduits, canals, embankments, dams, reservoirs, wells, pumps, tunnels, powerhouses, power generating equipment, powerlines, and other appliances and other facilities useful in the control, conservation, drainage, diversion and transmission of waters and in the generation, control and transmission of electrical power, and all land, property, franchises, easements, rights-of-way and privileges necessary or useful to maintain any of the foregoing. (j) "Conduits" includes canals, laterals, ditches, flumes, pipes and their appurtenances. (k) "Operate" includes use, maintenance and repair. (l) "Street" includes road, alley, avenue, highway and public way. (m) "United States" includes the United States of America and all bureaus, commissions, divisions, departments, boards, agencies and officers of the United States of America. (n) "State of California" includes the State of California and all bureaus, commissions, divisions, departments, agencies and officers of the State of California.  SEC. 25.   Section 8 of the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951) is amended to read:  Sec. 8. The powers of the district shall, except as otherwise provided, be exercised by a board of seven directors  , six of whom shall reside respectively in each of the six divisions but shall be elected by the entire district, and one shall be elected at large by the entire district; provided, however, that the first directors shall be appointed as herein provided .  SEC. 26.   Section 19 of the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951) is repealed.   Sec. 19. Within 30 days after the organization of the board appointed by the Governor, it shall by resolution provide for the holding of a special district election for the purpose of submitting to the voters the question of whether the organization of the district as provided herein shall be ratified and confirmed, and shall fix a date upon which such special district election shall be held, which date shall be not less than 30 nor more than 40 days after the adoption of such resolution. Such special district election shall be called and held in accordance with the provisions of Section 24 hereof insofar as the same may be applicable, but in addition to the matters and things required to be set forth in the proclamation therein provided for, such proclamation shall likewise set forth the proposition to be submitted to the voters. The proposition shall be submitted in substantially the following form: "Shall the organization of Kings River Conservation District as provided in the act adopted by the Legislature at its last regular session, known as Kings River Conservation District Act, be ratified and confirmed?" Opposite shall be the word "Yes" followed by a square wherein to mark the cross, and also opposite shall be the word "No" followed by a square wherein to mark the cross. The returns of the election shall be made to and the votes canvassed by the board on the first Tuesday which is six or more days after the election, aud the results of the election shall be ascertained and declared in accordance with the provisions of Section 24 hereof. If such proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the president and secretary of the board shall file, or cause to be filed, with the Secretary of State, and shall record, or cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county within which any portion of the district lies, a certificate stating the result of snch election, the formation of the district under the provisions thereof, and its boundaries. Upon receipt of the certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting's that the district has been duly incorporated. A copy of this certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of each county within which any portion of the district lies. In the event a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are against the proposition, then the board appointed by the Governor shall wind up the affairs of the district and enter an order dissolving the same, as hereinafter provided, but shall not exercise any powers herein granted except to the extent required to wind up such affairs and dissolve the district, nor shall any general or special district elections be called or held. The board shall dispose of and sell any property belonging to the district and shall, pursuant to Sections 37, 38, and 39, cause a tax to be levied sufficient to pay the expenses and claims against the district, including the estimated cost and expense of winding up the affairs of the district. When all the obligations of the district have been paid, the board by resolution shall so declare and shall also declare that the district is dissolved, and thereupon the district shall be deemed duly and regularly dissolved. Any funds remaining on hand at the time of the dissolution shall be paid by the board into the general funds of each county in which any portion of the district lies in the proportion that the assessed valuation of lands within the district within each county bears to the total assessed valuation of the lands within the district. Any delinquent taxes from any levy made by the board and not collected prior to the dissolution of the district shall be retained by the county collecting the same and paid into its general funds.   SEC. 27.   Section 20 of the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951) is repealed.   Sec. 20. In the event the formation of the district is ratified and confirmed at the election, as soon thereafter as practicable and at least three months prior to the first general election the secretary shall file with the county recorder of each county within which any portion of the district lies a description of the boundaries of the divisions of the district, designating each by its number as provided in Section 3 hereof, together with a plat or map showing the boundaries of such divisions.   SEC. 28.   Section 21 of the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951) is amended to read:  Sec. 21. Whenever any land is added to the district, the board, by resolution, shall include it or any part thereof in such division or divisions as the board may determine, giving consideration to the location thereof and the interests of its inhabitants with respect to power and water and the sources of water supply therein; and the board shall relocate the boundary lines of the division or divisions to which such territory is added accordingly. Whenever any territory is excluded from the district, the board, by resolution, shall relocate the boundary lines of the division or divisions within which such territory lies so as to exclude it from such division or divisions. No such change in a division or divisions may be made within  three months   180 days  immediately preceding a general  district  election, nor shall such change work a forfeiture of office of any director. A certified copy of such resolution, together with a map or plat showing the boundaries of such division or divisions as relocated thereby shall be filed with the county recorder of each county within which any portion of the district lies.  SEC. 29.   Section 22 of the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951) is repealed.   Sec. 22. The board appointed by the Governor shall also, by lot, divide the divisions into two groups, the first group to consist of three divisions and the second group to consist of three divisions. Each director elected at the first general district election from the divisions in the first group and the director elected at large from the entire district shall serve four years or until the election and qualification of his successor, and each director elected from divisions constituting the second group shall serve two years or until the election and qualification of his successor. The term of office of each director elected after the first general district election shall be four years or until the election and qualification of his successor.   SEC. 30.   Section 24 of the   Kings River Conservation District Act   (Chapter 931 of the Statutes of 1951) is amended to read:  Sec. 24.  Except as herein otherwise provided, the provisions of the Elections Code relating to the qualifications of voters, the manner of voting, the duties of election officers, the canvassing of returns and all other particulars with respect to the management of general elections so far as may be applicable shall govern all district elections; provided, however, that to the extent that the provisions of the Elections Code pertaining to the conduct of local elections are inconsistent with the provisions of that code pertaining to general elections, the provisions of the Elections Code pertaining to local elections shall control; provided further, that to the extent the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law are inconsistent with the provisions of the Elections Code pertaining to general or local elections, the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law shall control.  Consistent with the requirement heretofore imposed by the District pursuant to Elections Code Section 10404, the election of directors shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year, and each director must be an elector and resident of the division for which he is elected  , except the director elected at large who may be an elector and resident of any division  . The candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast for the office of director for a specific division shall be declared elected.  The candidates for the office of director at large receiving the highest number of votes cast in the district shall be declared elected.  FORM OF APPOINTMENT The undersigned hereby appoint ________ the following voters of Kings River Conservation District as verification deputies to obtain signatures to a certificate of nomination nominating ________as a candidate for the office of director of said district at an election to be held in said district on the ________ day of ________ , 19___. Name Address ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ Dated this ________ day of ________, 19___. ___________ ___________ Residence Signature (2) The certificate of nomination shall be signed by not less than 25 voters of the division from which the candidate is to be elected, or in the event any division shall have less than 100 voters resident therein, such certificate shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the voters of such division. In the case of the director at large, the certificate of nomination shall be signed by not less than 25 voters of the district. The certificate of nomination may consist of one or more parts and shall read substantially as follows: CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION We, the undersigned, certify that we do hereby join in a certificate of nomination of ________, whose residence is at ________ , for the office of director of Kings River Conservation District from Division ________, (or at large) to be voted for at the election to be held in said district on the ________ day of ________ , 19 ___, and each of us further certifies that he is a voter residing within said Division ________ (or said district) and is not at this time a signer of any other certificate nominating any other candidate for the above-named office and that his residence and occupation are as hereinafter stated. Signatures Residence Occupation Date Verification Deputy's Affidavit State of California ) SS. County of ________ ) I, ________, solemnly swear that I have been appointed according to the provisions of the Kings River Conservation District Act as a verification deputy to secure signatures to a certificate of nomination of ________ as a candidate for election to the office of director of Kings River Conservation District; that all the signatures on this section of the certificate were made in my presence and that to my knowledge and belief each of the signatures is a genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. _____________________ Verification Deputy Subscribed and sworn to before me this ________ day of ________, 19___. ___________________________________ Notary Public (or other officer) The certificate of nomination of which this section forms a part shall, if found insufficient, be returned to the verification deputy at ________(address), California.  SEC. 31.   No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district are the result of a program for which legislative authority was requested by that local agency or school district, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.