PART 7. CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION [60370. - 60449.]

Part 7 added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1514.

§§ 60370–60449 · 58 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Inclusion §§ 60370–60388 · 19 sections

   • § 60370 Any territory including unincorporated territory or incorporated territory or a part of either, and lying within one or more counties of this State may be…
   • § 60371 A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by registered voters residing…
   • § 60372 Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed and shall contain a prayer that such area be annexed to such…
   • § 60373 The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the affected county pursuant…
   • § 60374 Within 10 days of the date of filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition is signed…
   • § 60375 When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the…
   • § 60376 If, by the certificate of the secretary of the district, the petition is found to be insufficient, he shall also certify to the number of voters required to…
   • § 60377 The secretary of the district shall, within 10 days after the filing of such supplemental petition or petitions, make like examination of the same and certify…
   • § 60378 If his certificate shall show any such petition, or such petition as amended, to be insufficient, it shall be filed by him with the board of the district and…
   • § 60379 If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in…
   • § 60380 After an election for the annexation of such area to the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be…
   • § 60381 Such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of such district. No petition for inclusion may be granted unless and until the board finds that the…
   • § 60382 If such petition is granted, the proposition of such annexation subject to the terms and conditions so fixed, shall be submitted to the vote of the voters in…
   • § 60383 Notice of such election shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least…
   • § 60384 Such notice also shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors, as herein provided.
   • § 60385 The measure so submitted at such election shall be stated on the ballot substantially as follows: “Shall ____ (giving the name or other designation of the…
   • § 60386 The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if such proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the…
   • § 60387 Upon receipt of such last-mentioned certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and…
   • § 60388 From and after the date of such certificate, the area or areas named therein shall be deemed added to, and shall form a part of, said district, and the taxable…
2. CHAPTER 2. Exclusion §§ 60400–60417 · 18 sections

   • § 60400 Territory included within any district may be excluded from such district and the parcels so to be excluded need not be contiguous one with the other.
   • § 60401 A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by voters residing within the…
   • § 60402 Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be excluded, shall state the reason for proposing such exclusion, and shall…
   • § 60403 Within ten (10) days of the date of the filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition…
   • § 60404 When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the…
   • § 60405 If, by the certificate of the secretary of the district, the petition is found to be insufficient, he shall also certify to the number of voters required to…
   • § 60406 If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in…
   • § 60407 If his certificate shall show any such petition, or such petition as amended, to be insufficient, it shall be filed by him with the board of the district and…
   • § 60408 The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the district pursuant to…
   • § 60409 After an election for the exclusion of such area from the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or…
   • § 60410 The board of any district, by resolution, may initiate proceedings for the exclusion of territory from such district. Such resolution shall describe the…
   • § 60411 After an election for the exclusion of such area from the district the sufficiency of such resolution shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise…
   • § 60412 If the proceedings for exclusion have been initiated by petition, such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of directors of such district. If such…
   • § 60413 If such petition is granted, or if such determination is made, the proposition of such exclusion shall be submitted to the vote of the voters within the area…
   • § 60414 Notice of the election shall be published in the district pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least 7, but not…
   • § 60415 The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if the proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the…
   • § 60416 Upon receipt of such last-mentioned certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and…
   • § 60417 From and after the date of such certificate, the area named therein shall be deemed excluded from, and shall no longer form a part of, said district, but the…
3. CHAPTER 2.5. Consolidation § 60420 · 1 section

   • § 60420 A district may be consolidated in the same manner as is provided for the consolidation of county water districts in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 32650)…
4. CHAPTER 3. Disincorporation §§ 60430–60449 · 20 sections

   • § 60430 A petition may be filed with the county elections official of the principal county in which the district is located, signed by at least 25 percent of the…
   • § 60431 Upon the filing of a petition the county elections official shall examine the petition within 30 days and ascertain whether or not the petition is signed by…
   • § 60432 When the county clerk has completed his examination of the petition he shall attach to the same his certificate properly dated, showing the result of such…
   • § 60433 After an election for the disincorporation of a district hereunder the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or…
   • § 60434 If by the certificate of the county elections official the petition is shown to be sufficient, the county elections official of the principal county shall…
   • § 60435 Said notice of election shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in said district and determined by said…
   • § 60436 The board of supervisors shall cause a copy of said notice to be mailed by the clerk of said board to each of the directors of said district, within five days…
   • § 60437 Such election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as the election on the organization of said district, as nearly as practicable.
   • § 60438 Within seven days after the date of said election, the board of supervisors shall proceed to canvass the vote cast thereat; if it be found by the canvass of…
   • § 60439 In case it should appear from said canvass of said votes that a majority of all the votes cast were in favor of disincorporation, said board of supervisors…
   • § 60440 The board of supervisors shall in case the district is disincorporated, forthwith cause its county elections official to make and transmit to the Secretary of…
   • § 60441 Twenty days from and after the holding of the election, in case a majority of said votes were cast in favor of said disincorporation, said district shall be…
   • § 60442 Upon the disincorporation of any district in the manner hereinbefore provided for, the board of supervisors shall forthwith, after ascertaining by said canvass…
   • § 60443 Upon the disincorporation of said district every public officer of said district shall immediately turn over to the board of supervisors of the principal…
   • § 60444 Nothing contained in this act shall be held to relieve said district, or the territory included within it, from any liability or any debt contracted by said…
   • § 60445 All warrants for said indebtedness shall be drawn on order of the board of supervisors of the principal county in which said district is situated, on the fund…
   • § 60446 All moneys paid into the county treasury under the provisions of this act shall be placed in the special fund hereinbefore provided for. If at any time after…
   • § 60447 If after payment of all debts of said district there shall remain any surplus in the hands of said county treasurer to the credit of the fund hereinbefore…
   • § 60448 The board of supervisors of the principal county in which any such district has been disincorporated, shall have the power and it shall be the duty of said…
   • § 60449 It is the intent of the Legislature that no district shall be disincorporated until all bonded indebtedness shall have been fully paid, and by the word…