CHAPTER 1. Petition for Formation [34150. - 34182.]

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.

§§ 34150–34182 · 15 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Petitions and Presentation of Petition §§ 34150–34157 · 8 sections

   • § 34150 Unless otherwise stated, in this part “board” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
   • § 34151 As used in this part, “petition” means a petition for the formation of a district.
   • § 34152 As used in this part, “election” means an election on the proposition of the formation of a district.
   • § 34153 The holders of title to a majority in area of land which is capable of using water beneficially for irrigation, domestic, industrial or municipal purposes and…
   • § 34154 The petition shall be presented to the board of the principal county.
   • § 34155 The petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the board.
   • § 34156 The records of the United States land office for the district in which the land is located, the records of the State Lands Commission, and the records in the…
   • § 34157 The proposed district may include land situated in other distinctive district agencies of the State, including other water districts organized under the…
2. ARTICLE 2. Petition §§ 34165–34168 · 4 sections

   • § 34165 A petition shall contain: (a) The name of the proposed district, which name shall contain the words “Water District.” (b) A description of the proposed…
   • § 34166 (a) If a consolidation of the offices of assessor and tax collector is deemed advisable in the formation of a district, the petitioners may request the…
   • § 34167 The petition shall be accompanied by an undertaking, to be approved by the board, in a sum not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), conditioned that the…
   • § 34168 Upon the approval by the board of the undertaking or of any additional undertaking which it may require, the board shall fix a time for the hearing of the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Publication §§ 34180–34182 · 3 sections

   • § 34180 The clerk of the board shall cause a notice to be published at least once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in…
   • § 34181 The first publication of the notice shall be at least 21 days before the day set for the hearing. If at the hearing it appears that the notice is defective in…
   • § 34182 No clerical error in the published text of the petition and no error or omission in the publication of the names attached to the petition invalidates any…