CHAPTER 2. Formation [7010. - 7037.]
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.
§§ 7010–7037 · 24 sections
ARTICLE 1. Petition §§ 7010–7014 · 5 sections
- § 7010 A district may be formed consisting of any portion or portions of a county, whether contiguous or not, lying entirely within a city or entirely within…
- § 7011 Fifty or more registered, qualified electors in a county residing within the proposed district may sign and present to the board of supervisors of the county a…
- § 7012 The petition shall: (a) Set forth the exterior boundaries of the proposed district. (b) Generally describe the proposed harbor development. (c) A request that…
- § 7013 Within 10 days from the filing thereof the county registrar of voters, or if there be none, the county clerk, shall examine the petition and report in writing…
- § 7014 If the report shows the petition to be sufficient the petition shall be published as provided in Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general…
ARTICLE 2. Hearing §§ 7020–7025 · 7 sections
- § 7020 At the time and place specified in the notice the board of supervisors shall hold the hearing, consider the petition and may continue the hearing from time to…
- § 7021 At the hearing the board of supervisors, without further notice, may change the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, as set forth in the petition, by…
- § 7022 If the territory included within the proposed district lies entirely within one city, the petition shall be filed with the city clerk and the clerk and the…
- § 7023 Except for proceedings to which Section 7022 applies, no territory lying within a city may be included in a district formed pursuant to this part without the…
- § 7023.5 If, prior to the time fixed for the hearing, the owners of taxable real property in the proposed district having an assessed valuation of more than one-half of…
- § 7024 If, after concluding the hearing, the board of supervisors determines that the proposed harbor development will benefit the property within the proposed…
- § 7025 A finding of the board of supervisors of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and that notice shall be conclusive against all persons.
ARTICLE 3. Election on Formation §§ 7030–7037 · 12 sections
- § 7030 After adoption of the resolution provided for in Section 7024 the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of an election to be held in the proposed…
- § 7031 The resolution calling the election shall contain: (a) The date of the election. (b) The name of the proposed district. (c) The official name by which the…
- § 7032 The election shall be called and conducted and candidates nominated in the manner provided for general district elections, except that the board of supervisors…
- § 7033 The resolution calling the election shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in…
- § 7033.1 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
- § 7033.2 The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled…
- § 7033.3 If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time…
- § 7033.4 The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be…
- § 7034 The vote shall be canvassed by the board of supervisors not more than 10 days after the election.
- § 7035 If less than a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor of forming the district the board of supervisors shall declare the proceedings…
- § 7036 If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor of forming the district the board of supervisors shall by resolution declare the district…
- § 7037 No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of the election not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any person,…