An improvement district shall be governed, and its business shall be conducted, by the board and officers of the district in the name of the improvement district. An improvement district shall not have its own officers or employees. The board and each of the officers of the district, respectively, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges as to an improvement district, its land and the proceedings in relation to the improvement district that each respectively has as to the district of which the improvement district is a part.
Ca. Water Code § 42296