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PART 2. FORMATION [60080. - 60125.]

Part 2 added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.

§§ 60080–60125 · 21 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. Petition for Formation §§ 60080–60083 · 4 sections
    • § 60080 A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the county elections official of the principal county in which the…
    • § 60081 Such petition shall describe the proposed boundaries of the district, recite the reasons for the proposed formation, pray that the same be organized under this…
    • § 60082 If the proposed district is situated in more than one county, the county elections official of the principal county shall immediately transmit to the county…
    • § 60083 Within 30 days of the date of filing the petition with the county elections official of the principal county, the county elections officials of the affected…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Hearings on Formation §§ 60095–60102 · 8 sections
    • § 60095 If the certificates of the county elections officials of each affected county as filed with the county elections official of the principal county show the…
    • § 60096 Upon presentation of such petition and certificates, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall immediately file a copy of such petition with the…
    • § 60097 Upon filing such petition with the department said department shall set the same for a public hearing within sixty (60) days, said hearing to determine whether…
    • § 60098 The department shall publish one copy of said petition, along with names of five of the persons signing such petition, together with a notice of the time,…
    • § 60099 At said public hearing which may be adjourned from time to time, the department shall hear all evidence relevant to the inclusion of additional lands in or the…
    • § 60100 In the event the department determines that additional land should be included in the proposed district, it shall forthwith set a date for a public hearing to…
    • § 60101 Within thirty (30) days after concluding all said hearings, but in any event within six (6) months of the filing of said petition with said department, the…
    • § 60102 If the department determines that the persons or property within the proposed boundaries of the district will not benefit directly or indirectly from the use…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Calling an Election §§ 60110–60111 · 2 sections
    • § 60110 If the department determines that the persons or property within a proposed district will benefit directly or indirectly from the use of or right to use the…
    • § 60111 When such order dividing the proposed district into five (5) divisions is made, said board of supervisors shall call and provide for the holding of an election…
  4. CHAPTER 4. Conduct of Election §§ 60120–60125 · 7 sections
    • § 60120 The provisions of the Elections Code so far as they may be applicable shall govern all general and special water district elections, except as in this act…
    • § 60121 In such election the first directors shall be elected, and the following measure shall be submitted: “Shall the proposition to organize ____ Water…
    • § 60122 Within seven (7) days after such election the vote shall be canvassed by said board of supervisors of the principal county. If a majority of the votes cast in…
    • § 60122.5 The county clerk of the principal county shall immediately cause to be filed with the Secretary of State a certificate listing: (a) The name of the district.…
    • § 60123 Upon receipt of said certificate or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, the Secretary of State shall, within ten (10) days, issue his…
    • § 60124 Upon filing said certificate of the county clerk of the principal county, or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, with the Secretary of State,…
    • § 60125 No informality in any proceeding or informality in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be…