CHAPTER 3. Proceeding by Petition

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.

§§ 27040–27048 · 9 sections

• § 27040 The petition for the formation of the district shall give the name of the district, which shall be the legal name under which the district shall be known, and…
• § 27041 If only part of any county is proposed to be included in the district, the extent of the part of the county included may be indicated by naming the county and…
• § 27042 Attached to each copy of the petition shall be a copy of the ordinance providing for its circulation.
• § 27043 The petition circulated in each county may consist of any number of separate copies of the original instrument and shall be signed by voters residing within…
• § 27044 The copies of the petition from each county shall be grouped or fastened together and submitted to the county elections official of that county for examination…
• § 27045 If the county elections official finds that the copies of the petition are not signed by the requisite number of registered voters residing within the county…
• § 27046 The county elections official shall within 30 days after the filing of the supplemental copies of the petition examine and verify each of the signatures…
• § 27047 If the petition as supplemented contains a sufficient number of signatures the county elections official shall present it with the certificate to that effect…
• § 27048 If the certificate of the county elections official shows that any petition as originally filed or as supplemented is insufficient he or she shall so certify…