CHAPTER 2. Formation
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1232.
§§ 56010–56020 · 15 sections
- § 56010 Proceedings for the formation of a county drainage district shall be instituted by the board of supervisors of a county when a petition requesting the…
- § 56011 A petition requesting the institution of proceedings for the formation of a county drainage district shall: (a) Request the board of supervisors of a county in…
- § 56012 Proceedings for the formation of a county drainage district shall be instituted by the board of supervisors by the adoption of a resolution of its intention to…
- § 56013 The district as formed may include unincorporated or incorporated and contiguous unincorporated territory. The incorporated territory included in the district…
- § 56014 The time to be fixed for the hearing of objections to the formation or extent of the district shall be not less than 30 days after the adoption of the…
- § 56015 Prior to the time of hearing, the resolution shall be published at length in the proposed district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. Brief…
- § 56016 At the time provided in the resolution of intention or at any time to which the hearing is continued, the board of supervisors shall hear any objections to the…
- § 56017 If written objection to the formation of the district signed by 10 percent of the voters registered in the district is filed with the board of supervisors, it…
- § 56018 At the election only voters registered in the proposed district may vote. Election precincts shall be established by the board of supervisors, and precinct…
- § 56018.1 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
- § 56018.2 The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled…
- § 56018.3 If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time…
- § 56018.4 The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and…
- § 56019 At the conclusion of the hearing, or if an election is held and the canvass of the election returns shows that a majority of all the votes cast in the entire…
- § 56020 The order of formation shall contain the name of the district, and a description of the boundaries or otherwise indicate its territory. The order is conclusive…