Water Code section 36557

Immediately upon the formation of the district the board may levy and collect the sum of fifty cents ($0.50) per acre for each acre of land. The money collected shall be used by the board to pay the preliminary expenses incurred in forming the district.

Source: Section 36557, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=36557. (updated Jan. 1, 1951; accessed Oct. 12, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_36557

Original Source: Section 36557, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=36557. (last accessed May 12, 2025).