This Division 9 of the Public Resources Code, insofar as it is substantially the same as the Division 9 of that code repealed upon the enactment of this Division 9, shall be construed as a restatement and continuation of the existing law and not as a new enactment nor shall anything in this division impair the validity, the rights, or the obligations of any district formed prior to the effective date of this act.
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Section § 9041
This section states that the updated Division 9 of the Public Resources Code is not introducing new laws but is simply restating existing law. It ensures that any rights or obligations of districts formed before this update are still valid and unchanged by this restatement.
Division 9 restatement continuation of law
Section § 9042
This law states that any legal actions or proceedings that began under the previous version of Division 9 of the Public Resources Code are not affected by the new Division 9 rules. However, any steps taken in those proceedings after the new Division 9 becomes effective must follow the new rules as much as possible.
No action or proceeding relating to or arising out of the Division 9 of the Public Resources Code repealed upon the enactment of this Division 9 commenced before the effective date of this Division 9, and no right accrued, pursuant to that repealed Division 9, is affected by the provisions of this Division 9, but any step thereafter taken in such action or proceeding shall conform to the provisions of this Division 9 insofar as is possible.
legal proceedings Division 9 changes Public Resources Code transition
Section § 9043
This law says that if you were an officer or employee of a soil conservation district when the new rules in Division 9 started, you automatically become an officer or employee of a resource conservation district. This change occurs as if the old rules were never repealed.
All persons who, at the time this Division 9 (commencing with Section 9001) goes into effect, are officers or employees of a soil conservation district operating under the Division 9 repealed upon the enactment of this Division 9 shall continue to be officers or employees, of a resource conservation district as though Division 9 had not been repealed.
soil conservation district resource conservation district employee transition
Section § 9044
The Imperial Irrigation District can act like a resource conservation district within its area, but only if there's not already one operating there.
The Imperial Irrigation District may exercise the powers of a resource conservation district under this division in any area within its boundaries in which there is no resource conservation district organized and operating.
Imperial Irrigation District resource conservation district powers
