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PART 6.5. DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS [23500. - 23583.]

Part 6.5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 169.

§§ 23500–23583 · 40 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. Formation §§ 23500–23535 · 21 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Petition for Formation §§ 23500–23506 · 7 sections
      • § 23500 Contiguous land may be formed into a distribution district for the purpose of contracting with the United States, pursuant to the federal reclamation laws, for…
      • § 23501 As used in this part, “federal reclamation law” shall mean the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stats. 388), and all acts amendatory thereof or…
      • § 23502 The formation of a distribution district may be proposed and the petition therefor shall be signed by two-thirds or more in number of the holders of title to…
      • § 23503 A petition for the formation of a distribution district shall contain all of the following: (a) Statement of the plans of the proposed distribution system. (b)…
      • § 23504 The petition, all proceedings in reference to it, the distribution district, and the land in it shall be designated by a number.
      • § 23505 The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.
      • § 23506 A petition to form a distribution district shall be filed with the secretary in the office of the district and may be inspected by all persons interested.
    2. ARTICLE 2. Plans and Estimate of Assessment §§ 23510–23512 · 3 sections
      • § 23510 Upon receipt of a petition to form a distribution district the board shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed distribution system.
      • § 23511 If the survey shows that the distribution system is feasible, the board shall cause to be prepared the following: (a) An estimate of the cost of the proposed…
      • § 23512 The estimate of cost and the statement of the estimated rate of ad valorem tax shall be filed with the secretary in the office of the district and may be…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Hearing on Formation §§ 23520–23524 · 5 sections
      • § 23520 After the filing of the formation petition and the estimate of cost and the statement of the estimated rate of ad valorem tax, the board shall give notice of a…
      • § 23521 Notice of the hearing shall be given by all of the following: (a) Posting a notice in three public places within the proposed distribution district. (b)…
      • § 23522 At the hearing the board shall hear any objections coming before it to any of the following: (a) The petition. (b) The formation of the distribution district.…
      • § 23523 At the hearing the board shall make any changes in reference to matters set forth in Section 23522 as it considers proper. The board may exclude any part of…
      • § 23524 If any additional land is included within the proposed irrigation district, the hearing shall be continued and the owners of the added land given personal…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Formation and Assessment §§ 23530–23535 · 6 sections
      • § 23530 Regardless of any findings made by the board if more than one-third in number of the owners of title to land within a proposed distribution district object at…
      • § 23531 If at the hearing the board finds that it would not be for the best interest of the district to form the distribution district the board shall order the…
      • § 23532 If the board finds that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed distribution district to form the distribution district, it shall…
      • § 23533 Assessments levied for the purpose of meeting obligations accruing under a contract with the United States pursuant to the reclamation laws shall be payable in…
      • § 23534 The secretary shall cause a certified copy of the order creating the distribution district to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in each county…
      • § 23535 All lands of the distribution district shall remain jointly liable for all obligations accruing to the United States under any contract between the…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Inclusion and Exclusion of Land §§ 23540–23549 · 8 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Inclusion of Land §§ 23540–23542 · 3 sections
      • § 23540 If at any time it is desired to include additional land in a distribution district, a petition for inclusion signed by the owners of the land to be included…
      • § 23541 The inclusion petition shall describe the land in the distribution district as enlarged by the proposed inclusions and give the names and addresses of the…
      • § 23542 The same proceedings shall be had on the distribution district inclusion petition as upon the original petition for the formation of a distribution district.
    2. ARTICLE 2. Exclusion of Land §§ 23545–23549 · 5 sections
      • § 23545 At any time before a district has incurred any indebtedness or obligation, or after all indebtedness and obligations have been discharged, two-thirds or more…
      • § 23546 The secretary of the district, upon the filing of the petition, shall examine it and if, in his opinion, the petition has been signed by the requisite number…
      • § 23547 The secretary of the board shall cause notice of the time and place of hearing to be posted for a period of two weeks next preceding the hearing (a) in three…
      • § 23548 At the time and place of the hearing, anyone interested in the petition for exclusion may appear before the board of the district and urge or oppose its…
      • § 23549 All expenses incurred in connection with a petition to exclude lands from a distribution district shall be paid by the petitioners.
  3. CHAPTER 3. Functioning of Distribution Districts §§ 23550–23571 · 7 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Distribution District Management §§ 23550–23553 · 4 sections
      • § 23550 In a district containing a distribution district the board and all of the officers of the district each respectively has all of the rights, powers, and…
      • § 23551 The board may also hold or dispose of property used or acquired in connection with the distribution district in the name of the directors and their successors…
      • § 23552 The board of the district may in lieu in whole or in part of levying ad valorem assessments for repayment of construction costs under a contract with the…
      • § 23553 The board of the district may provide for any maintenance and operation of the distribution system of a distribution district that may be required by the…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Distribution District Warrants § 23560 · 1 section
      • § 23560 A district may issue distribution district warrants signed by its president and secretary from receipts of distribution district assessments and charges in…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Actions and Proceedings §§ 23570–23571 · 2 sections
      • § 23570 All acts, proceedings, conclusions, and findings of fact, including the levy of assessments or charges, by a board of a district concerning a distribution…
      • § 23571 An action to determine the validity of an assessment may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of…
  4. CHAPTER 4. Dissolution of Distribution Districts §§ 23580–23583 · 4 sections
    • § 23580 At any time prior to incurring any indebtedness or obligation, or upon the full payment of all indebtedness or obligations of a distribution district a…
    • § 23581 A hearing on dissolution shall be had in the same manner and after the same notice as is required for the formation of a distribution district.
    • § 23582 The board may, after the hearing, order the distribution district dissolved.
    • § 23583 The order of dissolution shall be recorded in the same manner as the order forming the distribution district.