ARTICLE 1. Petition and Hearing

Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.

§§ 6210–6218 · 10 sections

• § 6210 A district may be organized pursuant to this part. It shall include one municipal corporation and any contiguous unincorporated territory in any one county but…
• § 6211 The formation of a district is initiated by a petition presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district…
• § 6212 The petition shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the proposed boundaries and it shall pray that the territory included be created a…
• § 6213 Upon presentation, the petition shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, and upon filing, or at its next regular meeting, the board of…
• § 6214 A notice of the time and place of the hearing of the petition, including a copy of the petition, excepting the names thereon, shall be published at least four…
• § 6215 At the hearing of the petition, the board of supervisors shall hear those appearing in support, and all protests or objections. The hearing may be adjourned…
• § 6215.5 If the board of supervisors finds that protests have been made, prior to its final determination for formation of the district, by the owners of real property…
• § 6216 The board of supervisors may make such changes in the proposed boundaries of the district as are advisable, and it shall define and establish the boundaries.…
• § 6217 The boundaries of any district shall be fixed by the board of supervisors so as not to include more than fifty square miles of unincorporated territory. This…
• § 6218 At the time of making its order fixing the boundaries of the district the board of supervisors shall call an election to determine whether the proposed…