CHAPTER 2. District Formation [26525. - 26567.]
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1118.
§§ 26525–26567 · 25 sections
ARTICLE 1. Purpose § 26525 · 1 section
- § 26525 A geologic hazard abatement district may be formed pursuant to this division for the following purposes: (a) Prevention, mitigation, abatement, or control of a…
ARTICLE 2. Lands Included §§ 26530–26534 · 5 sections
- § 26530 The lands included within a district may be contiguous or noncontiguous.
- § 26531 The lands included within a district may be situated in more than one local agency.
- § 26532 The lands included within a district may be publicly or privately owned.
- § 26533 No parcel of real property shall be divided by the boundaries of the proposed district.
- § 26534 All lands included within a district shall be specially benefitted by construction proposed in a plan of control approved by the legislative body.
ARTICLE 3. Initiation of Proceedings §§ 26550–26560 · 12 sections
- § 26550 The provisions of this chapter shall be inoperative as to a legislative body unless and until the legislative body adopts a resolution declaring that it is…
- § 26550.5 Proceedings for the formation of a district may be initiated by either of the following methods: (a) A petition signed by owners of not less than 10 percent of…
- § 26551 If the territory proposed to be included within a district is located in more than one local agency, the legislative body of the local agency wherein lies the…
- § 26552 A petition initiating proceedings for formation of a district may be presented to the clerk of the legislative body, and shall contain substantially all of the…
- § 26553 A plan of control shall be attached to the petition.
- § 26554 Upon receipt of a petition in the form described in Sections 26550.5, 26551, and 26553, the clerk of the legislative body shall place such petition on the…
- § 26555 No petition shall be accepted by the clerk of the legislative body unless the signatures thereon shall have been secured within 120 days of the date on which…
- § 26556 The clerk of the legislative body shall notify the person whose signature first appears on the petition of any irregularity in the petition. Such notification…
- § 26557 Upon presentation to the legislative body of a petition in the form prescribed by Sections 26551 and 26552, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution…
- § 26558 A resolution of the legislative body intiating proceedings for the formation of a district shall contain substantially the following: (a) A statement that the…
- § 26559 All activities of a local agency taken pursuant to this division for the formation of a district or the annexation of territory thereto are specific actions…
- § 26560 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceedings for the formation of a district pursuant to this division are exclusive.
ARTICLE 4. Notice and Hearing §§ 26561–26567 · 7 sections
- § 26561 Notice of the hearing set pursuant to Section 26557 or subdivision (c) of Section 26558 shall be mailed first-class, postage prepaid, in the United States…
- § 26562 A copy of the petition described in Section 26552 or the resolution described in Section 26558 shall be attached to the notice.
- § 26563 The notice shall set forth the time, date, and place of the hearing, briefly describe the purpose thereof, and indicate where the plan of control may be…
- § 26564 At any time not later than the time set for hearing objections to the proposed formation, any owner of real property within the proposed district may make a…
- § 26565 At the time set for hearing objections, the legislative body shall be presented with all objections made pursuant to Section 26564. The legislative body may…
- § 26566 If it appears at the hearing that owners of more than 50 percent of the assessed valuation of the proposed district object to the formation thereof, the…
- § 26567 At the close of the hearing or within 60 days thereafter, the legislative body may proceed by resolution to order the formation of the proposed district. The…