CHAPTER 1. Petition for Formation

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.

§§ 39400–39466 · 18 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Petitioners and Land §§ 39400–39402 · 3 sections

   • § 39400 A majority in number of the holders of title to land irrigated or susceptible of irrigation from a common source and by the same system of works, who are also…
   • § 39401 The proposed district may include land situated in other distinctive district agencies of the State, including other water storage districts having different…
   • § 39402 The land proposed to be formed into a district need not consist of contiguous parcels.
2. ARTICLE 2. Petition §§ 39425–39431 · 7 sections

   • § 39425 A petition for the formation of a district shall set forth generally: (a) The boundaries of the proposed district or a description of the land. (b) The…
   • § 39426 The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.
   • § 39427 The petitioners shall file with the petition a list of the names and addresses of all persons holding title to land within the proposed district as shown by…
   • § 39428 The petition shall also be accompanied by a sufficient undertaking, to be approved by the department, in double the amount of the probable cost of forming the…
   • § 39429 The department may require the furnishing of any additional undertaking or payment of money it deems necessary.
   • § 39430 The formation petition and accompanying documents shall be presented to and filed with the department.
   • § 39431 Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before its publication is commenced by filing a declaration signed and acknowledged by the petitioner…
3. ARTICLE 3. Time and Place of Hearing § 39440 · 1 section

   • § 39440 Upon the presentation and filing of the formation petition and undertaking the department shall forthwith fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition.…
4. ARTICLE 4. Publication §§ 39460–39466 · 7 sections

   • § 39460 The department shall publish the formation petition and a notice of the time and place of the hearing on the petition in each affected county once a week for…
   • § 39461 The notice shall not be published until five days after the filing of the petition and undertaking in the office of the department.
   • § 39462 When the petition consists of a number of separate instruments, only one copy need be published, but the names attached to all of the instruments shall appear…
   • § 39463 The notice shall be issued by the department, shall refer to the petition, and shall be directed to the petitioners, all other persons holding title to land,…
   • § 39464 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…
   • § 39465 The department shall give personal notice by registered mail to all holders of title to land whose names and addresses appear on the list filed pursuant to…
   • § 39466 The department shall make and keep for public inspection an affidavit giving the date of mailing and the names and addresses of holders of title to land to…