SECTIONS 22170-22180 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 22170-22180

22170. This article applies only if an election is called and held
as provided in this article and a majority of the votes cast on the
proposal are "Yes."

22171. The board may in its discretion by resolution call an
election to be held in the entire district or only in that portion of
the district proposed to be served to determine whether or not the
district should provide for sewage disposal service. The ballots
shall contain the following statement of the proposal:

"Shall the ____ Irrigation District provide for sewage disposal, or
acquire existing sewage disposal facilities, within that portion of
its boundaries as hereinafter described not now provided with
adequate sewage collection and disposal works."

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the ballots of any district which is
required to obtain the approval of the local agency formation
commission before it may provide sewage disposal shall contain the
following statement of the proposal:

"Shall the ____ Irrigation District provide for sewage disposal, or
acquire existing sewage disposal facilities, within that portion of
the district, and in the manner, set forth in the proposed
application to the ____ Local Agency Formation Commission, dated
____, a copy of which application is on file in the office of the
district."

Such proposal shall be followed by the words "Yes" and "No" on
separate lines with a small enclosed space after each of the two
words.

22172. The ballots shall have printed on them under the heading
"Instructions to Voters":

"To vote for a proposal stamp a cross (+) in the voting space after
the word " Yes' following the proposal. To vote against a proposal,
stamp a cross (+) in the voting space after the word " No' following
the proposal."

22173. The voters shall vote for or against the proposal by
stamping a cross (+) in the voting space after the word "Yes" or "No"
respectively.

22174. Notice of the election shall specify the purpose of the
election and the day, hours, and polling places in each precinct for
holding the election, and shall be posted in three public places in
each election precinct in the area of the district in which the
election is to be held for at least 20 days and published in a
newspaper published in the county once a week for at least three
successive weeks.

22175. The election shall be held and the result determined and
declared as nearly as practicable in conformity with general district
elections.

22176. A district, whether heretofore or hereafter formed, may
provide for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation
of sewage collection and disposal mains, and sewage treatment and
disposal facilities for all or any portion of the lands within its
boundaries.

22177. A district may charge reasonable connection charges to
defray in whole or in part the cost of providing sewage disposal
service and may levy and collect annual or semiannual charges to
cover the cost of maintenance and operation of the sewage disposal
system. Any charges authorized by this section shall be made only
within the area to be served. If the sewage disposal service is
provided to only a portion of the district, the area so served shall
bear all costs of the maintenance, operation, and administration of
such service.

22178. All provisions of the California Irrigation District Act,
and of all other acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto,
applying to irrigation shall, as codified in this division, also be
so construed and enforced as to apply to sewage disposal.

22179. The officers, agents, and employees of districts have the
same powers, duties, and liabilities respecting sewage disposal and
the acquisition, operation, and control relating to it as they have
respecting irrigation in districts.

22180. The board and the officers, agents, and employees of
districts shall do all necessary and proper acts for the construction
and operation of its sewage collection and disposal system.