CHAPTER 1. Petition for Formation

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.

§§ 20700–20742 · 11 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Petitioners and Land §§ 20700–20702 · 3 sections

   • § 20700 A majority in number of the holders of title to land susceptible of irrigation from a common source and by the same system of works, including pumping from…
   • § 20701 The land proposed to be formed into a district need not consist of contiguous parcels.
   • § 20702 “Land susceptible of irrigation” as used in section 20700 of this code includes land used for residential or business purposes susceptible of receiving water…
2. ARTICLE 2. Petition §§ 20720–20724 · 5 sections

   • § 20720 A petition for the formation of a district shall contain: (a) Generally, a description of the land. (b) Generally, the sources, which may be in the…
   • § 20721 A petition for the formation of a district may request any of the following: (a) Three divisions in the proposed district. (b) Election of the directors of the…
   • § 20722 The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.
   • § 20723 The petition shall be accompanied by a sufficient undertaking, to be approved by the board of supervisors, in double the amount of the probable cost of forming…
   • § 20724 Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before its publication is commenced, by filing a declaration, signed and acknowledged by the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Publication §§ 20740–20742 · 3 sections

   • § 20740 The petition and a notice of the time of the meeting at which it will be presented shall be published for at least two weeks before the time at which it is to…
   • § 20741 When the petition consists of a number of separate instruments, only one need be published, but the names attached to all of the instruments shall appear in…
   • § 20742 No defect in the form or contents of the published notice, title to it, or petition, nor failure to publish or error in publishing any signature to the…