PART 11. CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS [72670. - 72741.2.]
Part 11 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.
§§ 72670–72741.2 · 55 sections
CHAPTER 1. Inclusion of Territory §§ 72670–72711 · 33 sections
ARTICLE 1. Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition §§ 72670–72689 · 21 sections
- § 72670 Any portion of a district, whether contiguous or not to an improvement district thereof, may be annexed to such improvement district in the manner provided in…
- § 72671 Annexation proceedings may be initiated by petition. A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary.
- § 72672 The petition shall be signed by the holders of title to at least 60 percent of the land in the portion proposed to be annexed, which land shall have an…
- § 72673 The petition for annexation shall contain all of the following: (a) A description of the area proposed to be annexed. Such description may be made by reference…
- § 72674 The petition for annexation shall be accompanied by a certified check payable to the order of the district in a sufficient amount to reimburse the district for…
- § 72675 Within 10 days of the date of the filing of the petition for annexation, the secretary shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the…
- § 72676 When the secretary has completed his examination of the petition for annexation, he shall attach to it his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of…
- § 72677 If the secretary finds from the examination that the petition for annexation is signed by the requisite number of property owners he shall certify that the…
- § 72678 If the secretary certifies in his certificate that the petition for annexation is insufficient, the petition may be amended by filing a supplemental petition…
- § 72679 Within 10 days after the filing of any supplemental petition or petitions, the secretary shall examine them and certify to the result of such examination as…
- § 72680 After the time for filing supplemental petitions has expired and all supplemental petitions have been examined, if the secretary’s certificate shows that the…
- § 72680.1 In the event the petition for annexation is signed by all of the holders of title of land in the portion proposed to be annexed, the board may proceed and act…
- § 72681 The text of the petition for annexation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time at which it is to be presented…
- § 72682 No more than five of the names attached to the petition for annexation need appear in the publication of the petition and notice, but the number of signers…
- § 72683 The petition and notice shall also be posted in three public places in the improvement district and three public places in the area proposed to be annexed at…
- § 72684 The board shall proceed to hear the petition at the time and place fixed therefor, and any person residing within the district or improvement district or…
- § 72685 At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board finds and determines from the evidence presented at the hearing that the area proposed to be annexed to an…
- § 72686 From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution approving the annexation, the area named therein is added to and forms a part of the improvement…
- § 72687 The taxable property in the annexed areas shall be subject to taxation after the annexation thereof for the purposes of the improvement district, including the…
- § 72688 The board may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed by it.
- § 72689 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall…
ARTICLE 2. Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board §§ 72700–72711 · 12 sections
- § 72700 The board, by resolution, may initiate proceedings for the annexation of territory within the district whether contiguous or not to an improvement district to…
- § 72701 The resolution proposing annexation shall: (a) Declare that proceedings have been initiated by the board pursuant to this article. (b) State the reason for…
- § 72702 The text of the resolution proposing annexation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time of hearing in at least…
- § 72703 A copy of the resolution proposing annexation shall also be posted in three public places within the improvement district and three public places in the area…
- § 72704 The board shall proceed with the hearing at the time and place fixed therefor and may continue the hearing, if need be, from time to time. All interested…
- § 72705 If written protests are filed by the holders of title of one-half of the value of the territory proposed to be annexed as shown by the last equalized…
- § 72706 If written protest is not made by the owners of one-half of the value of the territory proposed to be annexed, and if, at the conclusion of the hearing, the…
- § 72707 If the board finds and determines that either the area proposed to be annexed to the improvement district will not be benefited thereby or that the improvement…
- § 72708 From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution approving the annexation, the area described therein is added to and forms a part of the improvement…
- § 72709 The taxable property in the annexed area shall be subject to taxation after the annexation thereof for the purposes of the improvement district, including the…
- § 72710 The board may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed by it.
- § 72711 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall…
CHAPTER 2. Dissolution of Improvement Districts §§ 72730–72738 · 9 sections
- § 72730 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 72738, whenever the board deems it necessary for any improvement district formed pursuant to this division to be…
- § 72731 The resolution of intention shall state: (a) The reason why the improvement district should be dissolved. (b) If the improvement district was formed pursuant…
- § 72732 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the…
- § 72733 At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the…
- § 72734 At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by ordinance determine whether it is necessary to dissolve the improvement district. If so, the ordinance…
- § 72735 When the ordinance declaring an improvement district dissolved becomes effective, the dissolution of such improvement district is complete.
- § 72736 The taxable property within the boundaries of the dissolved improvement district shall continue to be taxed for any indebtedness of the district contracted for…
- § 72737 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the dissolution of an improvement district, or of any of the proceedings in relation thereto, is contested,…
- § 72738 After a bond election has been held in an improvement district formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 71870) of Part 7 of this division and less…
CHAPTER 3. Consolidation of Improvement Districts §§ 72740–72741.2 · 13 sections
- § 72740 Two or more improvement districts formed for a purpose other than the incurring of bonded indebtedness, whose powers and purposes are limited to those…
- § 72740.1 Whenever the board intends to consolidate two or more improvement districts in accordance with this chapter, the board shall adopt a resolution of intention…
- § 72740.2 Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time…
- § 72740.3 At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the…
- § 72740.4 At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board determines that it is necessary to consolidate the improvement districts, the board shall adopt a resolution of…
- § 72740.5 A copy of the resolution of consolidation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, in a newspaper circulated in the improvement…
- § 72740.6 The determinations made in the resolution of consolidation shall be final and conclusive, and the resolution of consolidation shall be effective on the 91st…
- § 72740.7 Upon completion of the consolidation, a statement of consolidation, certified by the secretary of the district, shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
- § 72740.8 After the consolidation of the improvement districts pursuant to this chapter, all taxes levied for the carrying out of its purpose shall be levied exclusively…
- § 72740.9 When consolidated, the consolidated improvement district, under the name specified for it in the resolution of consolidation, succeeds to all of the rights,…
- § 72741 When consolidated, the consolidated improvement district possesses all of the powers of, is governed by, and is subject to all of the provisions of this…
- § 72741.1 Nothing contained in this chapter shall impair the rights of creditors of an improvement district participating in the consolidation, and each creditor may…
- § 72741.2 Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the consolidation of the improvement districts, or of any of the proceedings in relation thereto, is…