CHAPTER 2. Inclusion [75850. - 75939.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.

§§ 75850–75939 · 42 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. In General §§ 75850–75852 · 3 sections

   • § 75850 The boundaries of a district may be changed to include additional land within the district as provided in this chapter, and the inclusion within a district of…
   • § 75851 When a district is the sole owner of any tract of land not within the boundaries of the district, the board, upon determining that the inclusion of that land…
   • § 75852 A guardian, executor, or administrator of an estate, who is appointed as such under the laws of this state, and who, as such guardian, executor, or…
2. ARTICLE 2. Petition and Notice §§ 75860–75864 · 5 sections

   • § 75860 The holder of title or evidence of title, to any tract of land, or if there is more than one holder of title or evidence of title to such tract, the majority…
   • § 75861 Each signature to the petition for inclusion of lands shall be acknowledged or proved as provided by law for signatures to an instrument to entitle it to be…
   • § 75862 The secretary shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition for inclusion of lands to be given and published in the same manner and for the same time as…
   • § 75863 The notice of the filing of the petition for inclusion of lands shall state the purpose of the petition, describe the boundaries of the tract of land proposed…
   • § 75864 The petitioners shall advance to the secretary sufficient money to pay for the publication of the notice of the filing of the petition for the inclusion of…
3. ARTICLE 3. Hearing and Order §§ 75880–75887 · 8 sections

   • § 75880 The board, at the time and place mentioned in the notice of the filing of the petition for inclusion of lands, or at the time or times to which the hearing of…
   • § 75881 The failure of any person interested in the district, or in the matter of the proposed change of its boundaries, to show cause in writing why the proposed…
   • § 75882 If the board, after the hearing, determines that the petition for inclusion of lands complies with the requirements of Article 2 (commencing with Section…
   • § 75883 If the board determines that only a portion or certain portions of the tract of land described in the petition for inclusion of lands should be included, the…
   • § 75884 The order changing the boundaries shall describe the boundaries of the land included within the district, and if such land adjoins any portion of the district,…
   • § 75885 If more than one petition for the inclusion of land has been presented, the board may in one order include within the district any number of separate tracts of…
   • § 75886 Any public land of the United States may be included within a district, except as may be provided otherwise by federal law.
   • § 75887 The board may require, as a condition precedent to the granting of the petition for inclusion of lands, that the petitioners severally pay to the district such…
4. ARTICLE 4. Election §§ 75900–75907 · 8 sections

   • § 75900 If a protest against the inclusion of lands, signed by not less than 3 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands within the district who…
   • § 75901 Upon the adoption of the resolution pursuant to Section 75900, the board shall order that an election be held within the district to determine whether the…
   • § 75902 Before calling the election, the board may require an undertaking from the petitioners for the inclusion of the land, conditioned that the petitioners or the…
   • § 75903 Notice of the election shall be given and published, the election shall be held and conducted, the returns thereof shall be made and canvassed, and the result…
   • § 75904 The notice of election shall describe the proposed change of the boundaries in such manner and terms that it can readily be traced.
   • § 75905 The ballots cast at the election shall contain the words “For change of boundaries,” or “Against change of boundaries,” or words equivalent thereto.
   • § 75906 If a majority of all the votes cast at the election are against change of the boundaries of the district, the board shall order that the petition for inclusion…
   • § 75907 If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the change of the boundaries of the district, the board shall order that the boundaries be…
5. ARTICLE 5. Recordation of Order and Petition and Filing of Certificate §§ 75920–75922 · 3 sections

   • § 75920 A copy of the order of the board ordering the change of the boundaries of the district, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in…
   • § 75921 Upon the filing of the copies of the order pursuant to Section 75920, the secretary shall record the petition for inclusion of lands in the minutes of the…
   • § 75922 Upon a change of the boundaries of a district being made pursuant to this chapter, the board shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State listing: (a)…
6. ARTICLE 6. Alternate Procedure §§ 75925–75939 · 15 sections

   • § 75925 The following annexation procedures may be used for annexation of land to any water conservation district as an alternative to the procedures set forth in…
   • § 75926 A petition which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by 20 percent or 500 electors…
   • § 75927 The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the affected county pursuant…
   • § 75928 Within 10 days of the date of filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition is signed…
   • § 75929 When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the…
   • § 75930 The secretary of the district shall, within 10 days after the filing of such supplemental petition or petitions, make like examination of the same and certify…
   • § 75931 If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in…
   • § 75932 After an election for the annexation of such area to the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be…
   • § 75933 Such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of such district after hearing thereon held at the time the petition is presented to the board as…
   • § 75934 If such petition is granted, the proposition of such annexation subject to the terms and conditions so fixed, shall be submitted to the vote of the voters in…
   • § 75935 Notice of such election shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least 7,…
   • § 75936 The measure so submitted at such election shall be stated on the ballot substantially as follows: “Shall ____ (giving the name or other designation of the…
   • § 75937 The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if such proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the…
   • § 75938 Upon receipt of such certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and the addition…
   • § 75939 From and after the date of such certificate, the area or areas named therein shall be deemed added to, and shall form a part of, said district, and the taxable…