CHAPTER 2. Formation of Districts [11561. - 11701.]
Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.
§§ 11561–11701 · 31 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 11561–11562 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Request by Resolution §§ 11581–11583 · 3 sections
- § 11581 Legislative bodies of half or more of the public agencies proposed to be included in the proposed district may pass resolutions declaring that in their opinion…
- § 11582 The resolutions may state the kind of utility proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquire such utility shall not affect the validity of the district.…
- § 11583 Certified copies of the resolutions shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the county containing the largest number of voters within the proposed…
ARTICLE 3. Request by Petition §§ 11611–11614 · 4 sections
- § 11611 Instead of resolutions, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors of the county containing the largest number of voters within the proposed…
- § 11612 The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contained in the resolutions presented to a board of supervisors…
- § 11613 The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who circulated it certifying that each name signed thereto is…
- § 11614 The clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the petition is presented shall compare the signatures to the petition with the affidavits of…
ARTICLE 4. Election §§ 11641–11656 · 20 sections
- § 11641 Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolutions or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors to whom they are presented shall call an election…
- § 11642 Before calling the election the board of supervisors shall divide the proposed district into five wards, the boundaries of which shall be so drawn that each…
- § 11643 Upon establishing the wards, the board of supervisors shall publish notice of the election within the proposed district.
- § 11643.1 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
- § 11643.2 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…
- § 11643.3 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…
- § 11643.4 The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and…
- § 11644 The notice shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the boundaries thereof and the boundaries of the wards provided for the purpose of…
- § 11645 The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following: Shall the “…
- § 11646 The ballots shall also contain the names of the persons nominated in each ward to serve as a member of the board from such ward, showing separately each ward…
- § 11647 Any person may be nominated for the office of director upon written petition of at least 50 voters of the ward in which such person resides.
- § 11648 Candidates for the office of director shall be voted upon at large, and every voter in the proposed district may vote for all of the directors to be elected.
- § 11649 No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed district.
- § 11650 The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, and be consolidated therewith.
- § 11651 The board of supervisors which called the election shall meet on Monday next succeeding the day of the election and canvass the votes cast thereat.
- § 11652 (a) The board of supervisors shall canvass, separately, the returns of each public agency and each parcel of unincorporated territory, if any. (b) Subject to…
- § 11653 No person may serve as a director unless he is a resident and voter of the district as finally determined. Any vacancies on the board caused by the elimination…
- § 11654 The board of supervisors shall also canvass the returns of the election with respect to the persons voted for as directors, and shall declare the persons…
- § 11655 The board of supervisors calling the election shall make all provision for the holding thereof throughout the entire district as proposed, and shall pay the…
- § 11656 If a special election is held exclusively on the proposition of organizing a district, the expenditure therefor shall be reimbursed to the county which called…
ARTICLE 5. Establishment of the District § 11681 · 1 section
- § 11681 The board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the order declaring the result of the election to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State,…
ARTICLE 6. Contest of Incorporation § 11701 · 1 section
- § 11701 No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to…