PART 2. FORMATION [30200. - 30325.]
Part 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.
§§ 30200–30325 · 35 sections
CHAPTER 1. Petition for Formation §§ 30200–30205 · 6 sections
- § 30200 The people of a county or two or more contiguous counties or of a portion of such county or counties, whether the portion includes unincorporated territory or…
- § 30201 The petition for formation shall describe the proposed boundaries of the proposed district and shall pray that it be incorporated into a district.
- § 30202 The petition shall be signed by voters equal in number to at least 10 percent of the voters registered within the boundaries of the proposed district 30 days…
- § 30203 But, if one or more municipal corporations or part thereof is included in the proposed district, the petition shall be signed by at least 10 percent of the…
- § 30204 The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments.
- § 30205 The petition for the formation of a county water district to include all or part of Pleasant Valley, Ventura County, may be signed by either: (a) The number of…
CHAPTER 2. Notice of Hearing on Formation §§ 30230–30232 · 3 sections
- § 30230 The county elections official of the county containing the proposed district shall publish a notice of a hearing on the formation petition once a week for at…
- § 30231 The notice of the hearing on the formation petition shall contain all of the following: (a) The text of the petition, which need be set forth only once even…
- § 30232 No defect in the contents of the petition, the title to or form of the notice, signatures, or lack of signatures thereto shall vitiate the proceedings if the…
CHAPTER 3. Hearing on Formation §§ 30260–30265 · 7 sections
- § 30260 The formation petition shall be presented and considered at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district is…
- § 30261 At the time stated in the notice of the hearing on the formation petition for its consideration the board of supervisors shall hear the petition and those…
- § 30262 The board of supervisors may adjourn the hearing from time to time, not exceeding four weeks in all.
- § 30263 Upon the hearing of the petition the board of supervisors shall determine whether or not the petition complies with this part and for that purpose shall hear…
- § 30264 On the final hearing the board of supervisors shall make changes in the proposed boundaries of the proposed district as may be deemed advisable and shall…
- § 30264.1 If the board of supervisors at its final hearing determines and finds, for good cause on reasons specified in writing, from the evidence taken at the hearing…
- § 30265 A finding of the board of supervisors in favor of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and notice shall be conclusive against all persons except the…
CHAPTER 4. Election on Formation §§ 30290–30297 · 12 sections
- § 30290 If it determines that an election should be held, the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of the election to be held in the proposed district for…
- § 30291 The election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of the final hearing on the formation petition.
- § 30292 The notice of the formation election shall contain: (a) The date of the election. (b) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The name of…
- § 30293 The county clerk shall publish the notice once a week for at least two weeks prior to the formation election in at least one, but not to exceed three,…
- § 30293.1 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
- § 30293.2 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…
- § 30293.3 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…
- § 30293.4 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…
- § 30294 At the formation election: (a) The measure “Shall the proposition to form _______ County Water District under the County Water District Law be adopted?” shall…
- § 30295 The election thereupon shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law in respect to general water…
- § 30296 The vote shall be canvassed by the board of supervisors at the next regular meeting which is five or more days after the election.
- § 30297 In case less than a majority of the votes cast in each municipal corporation or part thereof or in the unincorporated territory included in the proposed…
CHAPTER 5. Establishment of District §§ 30320–30325 · 7 sections
- § 30320 If a majority of the votes cast at the election in each municipal corporation or part thereof and in the unincorporated territory included in the proposed…
- § 30321 The county clerk shall immediately cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the district is situated a certificate…
- § 30321.5 The county clerk shall immediately cause to be filed with the county assessor and the State Board of Equalization a certificate listing all of the following:…
- § 30322 The district shall have been duly incorporated upon the filing of the certificate or a copy of the order declaring the district formed with the county assessor…
- § 30323 From and after the date of the filing with the county assessor and the State Board of Equalization, the district named in the filing is incorporated as a…
- § 30324 No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen…
- § 30325 Any proceeding wherein the validity of the incorporation of a district is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of the certificate of…