ARTICLE 2. Formation of Districts [6210. - 6223.]

Article 2 added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1.

§§ 6210–6223 · 14 sections

• § 6210 Proceedings for the formation of a district within any county shall be commenced by a petition that is either of the following: (a) Signed by 50 percent or…
• § 6211 The petition may be filed in sections, each of which shall comply with all the requirements for a petition, except that a section need not contain the total…
• § 6212 Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before it has been acted upon by filing with the clerk of the board of supervisors a declaration signed…
• § 6213 (a) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district and shall set forth its boundaries or describe the lands to be included. (b) It is a sufficient…
• § 6214 (a) Upon the presentation and filing of a petition, the board of supervisors shall refer the petition to the county agricultural commissioner for the…
• § 6215 (a) The board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition. (b) The hearing shall not be less than 20 days, or more than 40 days,…
• § 6216 The notice of hearing shall do all of the following: (a) State the name of the district and that it is being formed for the control of winegrape pests and…
• § 6217 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.
• § 6218 The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.
• § 6219 At the hearing, the report of the county agricultural commissioner shall be received. Protests may be made orally or in writing by any person interested in the…
• § 6220 At the hearing, any owner of winegrape acreage in the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request, in writing, for the exclusion of…
• § 6221 If the board of supervisors determines that the petition does not comply with the requirements of law, the matter may be dismissed without prejudice to present…
• § 6222 (a) If the board of supervisors determines that the project is feasible and in the interest of the winegrape growers of the county, the board of supervisors…
• § 6223 (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any winegrape acreage that it finds will not be…