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CHAPTER 3. Formation

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.

§§ 13815–13839 · 24 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Initiation §§ 13815–13822 · 8 sections
    • § 13815 A new district may be formed pursuant to this chapter.
    • § 13816 A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition which shall do all of the following: (a) State that the proposal is made pursuant to this article.…
    • § 13817 (a) Before circulating any petition, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words…
    • § 13818 The petition shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the area to be included in the district, as determined by the…
    • § 13819 A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. The chief petitioner or petitioners shall file the petition, including all…
    • § 13820 (a) Within 30 days after the date of filing a petition, the executive officer of the local agency formation commission shall cause the petition to be examined…
    • § 13821 (a) A proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of any county or city which…
    • § 13822 Once the chief petitioners have filed a sufficient petition or a legislative body has filed a resolution of application, the local agency formation commission…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Election §§ 13823–13831 · 10 sections
    • § 13823 (a) If the local agency formation commission approves the formation of a district, with or without amendment, wholly, partially, or conditionally, the board of…
    • § 13823.5 After the local agency formation commission approves the formation of the district, notwithstanding Section 13823, if the board of supervisors finds that the…
    • § 13824 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the board of supervisors which has called the election shall transmit by registered…
    • § 13825 (a) The chief petitioners or the agency filing the resolution or any member or members of the board of supervisors authorized by the board, or any individual…
    • § 13826 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…
    • § 13827 The notice of election shall contain all of the following: (a) The date of the election. (b) The name of the proposed district. (c) The purposes for which the…
    • § 13828 (a) The formation election and the election of members of the district board, if any, shall be held and conducted in accordance with the Uniform District…
    • § 13829 If the majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of forming the district the board or boards of supervisors shall by resolution entered on its…
    • § 13830 If the district lies in one county, immediately after entering the resolution in the board minutes pursuant to Section 13829, the county clerk shall cause to…
    • § 13831 (a) No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of any election not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Selection of the Initial Board of Directors §§ 13834–13839 · 6 sections
    • § 13834 The initial board of directors of a district formed on or after January 1, 1988, shall be determined pursuant to this article.
    • § 13835 In the case of a district which contains only unincorporated territory in a single county, the district board may be elected or may be appointed by the county…
    • § 13836 In the case of a district which contains only unincorporated territory in more than one county, the district board may be elected or may be appointed by the…
    • § 13837 In the case of a district which contains unincorporated territory and the territory of one or more cities: (a) The district board may be elected or appointed…
    • § 13838 In the case of a district which includes only incorporated territory within a single city, the district board may be elected or appointed by the city council…
    • § 13839 In the case of a district which includes only incorporated territory in more than one city, the district board may be elected or appointed by the city councils…