CHAPTER 1. Formation [23600. - 23674.]
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.
§§ 23600–23674 · 30 sections
ARTICLE 1. Petition for Formation §§ 23600–23608 · 9 sections
- § 23600 Land which need not be contiguous may be formed into an improvement district for one or more of the following: (a) Irrigation or domestic water service by a…
- § 23601 As used in connection with improvement districts: (a) “Improvement” includes acquisition of existing works, construction of new works, and change of existing…
- § 23602 The formation of an improvement district may be proposed and the petition therefor shall be signed by two-thirds or more in number of the holders of title to…
- § 23603 A petition for the formation of an improvement district shall contain all of the following: (a) Statement of the plans of the proposed improvement. (b)…
- § 23604 The petition, all proceedings in reference to it, the improvement district, and the land in it shall be designated by a number.
- § 23605 The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.
- § 23606 A petition to form an improvement district shall be filed with the secretary in the office of the district and may be inspected by all persons interested.
- § 23607 Notwithstanding Section 23602, or any other provision of law to the contrary, in the Palmdale Irrigation District the formation of an improvement district may…
- § 23608 Notwithstanding Section 23602, or any other provision of law to the contrary, in the Littlerock Creek Irrigation District the formation of an improvement…
ARTICLE 2. Plans and Estimate of Assessment §§ 23625–23627 · 3 sections
- § 23625 Upon receipt of a petition to form an improvement district the board shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed improvements, if any.
- § 23626 If the survey shows that the improvements are feasible, the board shall cause to be prepared the following: (a) Plans and specifications of the improvements…
- § 23627 If there are any, the plans and specifications, estimate of cost, and the statement of the proposed assessment shall be filed with the secretary in the office…
ARTICLE 3. Hearing on Formation §§ 23645–23651 · 7 sections
- § 23645 After the filing of the formation petition, and if any, the plans and specifications, the estimate of cost, and statement of the proposed assessment, the board…
- § 23646 Notice of the hearing shall be given by all of the following: (a) Posting a notice in three public places within the proposed improvement district. (b)…
- § 23647 At the hearing the board shall hear any objections coming before it to any of the following: (a) The petition. (b) The formation of the improvement district.…
- § 23648 At the hearing the board shall make any changes in reference to the matters set forth in Section 23647 as it considers proper. The board may exclude any part…
- § 23649 If any additional land is included in the proposed improvement district, the hearing shall be continued and the owners of the added land given personal notice…
- § 23650 Any of the following conditions specified in the plans and specifications of any improvement district heretofore or hereafter formed imposed upon the…
- § 23651 All such tolls, connection charges, and additional assessments shall be held and applied upon and reduce the last call or calls of the improvement district…
ARTICLE 4. Formation and Assessment §§ 23665–23674 · 11 sections
- § 23665 Regardless of any findings made by the board if more than one-third in number of the holders of title to land within a proposed improvement district object at…
- § 23666 If at the hearing the board finds that it would not be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to form the improvement…
- § 23667 If the board finds that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to form the improvement district, it shall…
- § 23668 The order shall contain a description of the land in the improvement district.
- § 23669 Any assessment levied pursuant to Section 23667 shall include both of the following sums: (a) An amount equal to interest on any deferred payments at a rate…
- § 23670 Except as provided in Section 23670.1, the assessment may be made payable in not more than 10 annual installments.
- § 23670.1 Upon approval by two-thirds of the board, the assessment may be made payable in not more than 20 annual installments.
- § 23671 The secretary shall cause a certified copy of the order creating the improvement district to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in each county in…
- § 23672 The assessment and each installment of it shall be and remain a lien on the land in the improvement district in the same manner as and be a part of the annual…
- § 23673 Upon a change or resubdivision upon the assessment book of the district of any parcel of land in an improvement district, the board upon its own initiative or…
- § 23674 If the actual cost of the improvements is substantially less than the estimated cost the assessment may be reduced proportionately on each parcel by…