Paradise Irrigation Dist. v. Comm'n on State Mandates

*771This appeal focuses on circumstances in which local water and irrigation districts may be entitled to subvention for unfunded state mandates. "Subvention" refers to claims by local governments and agencies in California for reimbursement from the state for costs of complying with state mandates for which the mandate does not concomitantly provide funds to the local agency. ( Connell v. Superior Court (1997) 59 Cal.App.4th 382, 395, 69 Cal.Rptr.2d 231 ( Connell ).) In the event a local agency believes it is entitled to subvention for a new unfunded state mandate, the agency may file a "test…