CHAPTER 2. Inclusion [48200. - 48260.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.

§§ 48200–48260 · 24 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Petition and Notice §§ 48200–48205 · 6 sections

   • § 48200 The holders of title representing one-half or more of any body of land within the same watershed as an existing district may file with the board a written…
   • § 48201 The petition shall describe the boundaries of the parcel or tract of land and the boundaries of the several parcels owned by the petitioners, if the…
   • § 48202 The petition shall be acknowledged, and shall contain the assent of the petitioners to the inclusion within the district of the land described in the petition…
   • § 48203 The board shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition to be published in the same manner and for the same time that notices of special elections for the…
   • § 48204 The notice shall state all the following: (a) The filing of the petition and the names of the petitioners. (b) A description of the land mentioned in the…
   • § 48205 The petitioners shall advance to the board sufficient money to pay the estimated costs of all proceedings upon the petition.
2. ARTICLE 2. Hearing and Order §§ 48225–48231 · 7 sections

   • § 48225 At the time and place mentioned in the notice of filing of the inclusion petition, or at such other time or times to which the hearing of the inclusion…
   • § 48226 The failure of any interested person to show cause in writing as provided in this article shall be an assent on his part to a change of the boundaries of the…
   • § 48227 The board shall order the boundaries of the district changed so as to include the land described in the inclusion petition, or such portion thereof as the…
   • § 48228 The order of the board shall describe the boundaries as changed, and shall also describe the entire boundaries of the district as they will be after the change…
   • § 48229 A certified copy of the inclusion order shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which land to be included is situated.…
   • § 48230 If the board determines that it is not feasible and practicable to serve any of the land described in the petition or that it is not for the best interest of…
   • § 48231 No inclusion of land into any district impairs its existence, its rights, including those in or to property, or its obligations.
3. ARTICLE 3. Inclusion Elections §§ 48250–48260 · 11 sections

   • § 48250 If upon the inclusion hearing the board concludes that it is feasible to serve the land, or a portion thereof, described in the inclusion petition, and that it…
   • § 48251 Upon the making of a finding by the board as provided in Section 48250, it shall order that an inclusion election be held within the district to determine…
   • § 48252 The board shall fix the time at which the election shall be held and cause notice thereof to be published.
   • § 48253 The notice shall be published and the election shall be held and conducted, returns thereof shall be made and canvassed, and the result of the election…
   • § 48254 The notice of election shall state that the election is for the purpose of determining whether certain land, describing its boundaries, shall or shall not be…
   • § 48255 To the right of or below the question on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets.
   • § 48256 If at the election a majority of all the votes cast are against the change of the boundaries of the district, the petition is denied.
   • § 48257 If a majority of the votes are in favor of the change of boundaries, the board shall make its order, as provided in Article 2 of this chapter, that the…
   • § 48258 A certified copy of the inclusion order shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county wherein land to be included is situated.…
   • § 48259 In case land is included within any district as provided in this chapter, the board shall re-establish the boundaries of the divisions within the district so…
   • § 48260 The board shall also re-establish the boundaries of the election precincts within the district, except that in the case of the inclusion of any land within…