{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"55180","citation":"Wat. Code, § 55180","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 16. COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS [55000. - 55991.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-16"},{"name":"PART 2. FORMATION [55100. - 55203.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-16/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Election [55180. - 55187.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-16/part-2/chapter-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 285.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Unless the board of supervisors proceeds pursuant to Section <a href=\"/wat/55161\">55161</a>, the board of supervisors shall, by ordinance or resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting after having acquired jurisdiction to proceed in the formation of a district, provide for and order the holding of a special election in the proposed district to submit to the qualified voters thereof the proposition of forming the district and incurring a debt by the issuance of bonds of the district for the purposes set forth in the petition for the formation of the district, if a bonded indebtedness is to be incurred.</p>","text":"Unless the board of supervisors proceeds pursuant to Section 55161, the board of supervisors shall, by ordinance or resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting after having acquired jurisdiction to proceed in the formation of a district, provide for and order the holding of a special election in the proposed district to submit to the qualified voters thereof the proposition of forming the district and incurring a debt by the issuance of bonds of the district for the purposes set forth in the petition for the formation of the district, if a bonded indebtedness is to be incurred.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/election-55180","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}