CHAPTER 2. Formation
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 370.
§§ 70030–70047 · 22 sections
- § 70030 The people of a county or a portion of a county, whether the portion includes unincorporated territory or not, may form a levee district for the protection of…
- § 70031 The formation petition shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district and shall pray that it be incorporated into a district.
- § 70032 The formation petition shall be signed by at least 50 percent of the landowners and shall also be signed by the owners of 50 percent of the land to be included…
- § 70033 The county elections official of the county containing the proposed district shall publish notice of a hearing on the formation petition pursuant to Section…
- § 70034 The notice of the hearing on the formation petition shall contain all of the following: (a) The text of the petition, which need be set forth only once even…
- § 70035 No defects in the contents of the petition, or in the form of the required notice, shall vitiate the formation proceedings, if the petition has a sufficient…
- § 70036 The formation petition shall be presented and considered at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district is to be…
- § 70037 At the time stated in the notice of the hearing the board of supervisors shall hear the petition, and shall hear from any of those who signed the petition and…
- § 70038 At the hearing of the formation petition the board of supervisors shall determine whether or not the petition complies with this part and for that purpose…
- § 70039 At the final hearing the board of supervisors may make changes in the boundaries of the proposed district, as may be deemed advisable, and shall then describe…
- § 70040 Upon the final determination of the boundaries of the proposed district, the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of a formation election to be held…
- § 70041 The notice of the formation election shall contain: (a) The date of the election. (b) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The name of…
- § 70041.1 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
- § 70041.2 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…
- § 70041.3 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…
- § 70041.4 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…
- § 70042 At the formation election: (a) The measure “Shall the proposition to form ____ Levee District under the Levee District Law of 1959 be adopted?” shall be…
- § 70043 The election shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner provided by the Elections Code, so far as applicable, except as…
- § 70044 If less than a majority of the votes cast are in favor of formation, the formation shall fail, but without prejudice to renewing proceedings at any time in the…
- § 70045 If a majority of the votes cast at the formation election are in favor of forming the district, the board of supervisors shall, by an order entered on its…
- § 70046 No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of the formation election, not substantially adversely affecting the legal rights of any…
- § 70047 Except as provided in Section 70038, any proceeding, contesting the validity of the organization of a levee district pursuant to this part, shall be commenced…