SECTIONS 23770-23776 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 23770-23776

23770. If the cost of the improvements does not require a special
assessment in excess of a total of fifty dollars ($50) per acre over
an area to be improved not in excess of 1,000 acres, the board may by
resolution set a time for a hearing on whether or not to form the
improvement district.

23771. The board shall give notice of the time and place of the
formation hearing in the same manner as provided for the giving of
notice for the hearing of a formation petition pursuant to Chapter 1
of this part except that the notice to be mailed to the property
owners shall be addressed to their last known address as shown on the
assessment book or other records of the district.

23772. Owners of the property proposed to be included within the
improvement district may be heard either in opposition to or in
support of the formation of the improvement district.

23773. Proceedings at the hearing shall be the same as provided for
at a hearing upon the formation petition pursuant to Chapter 1 of
this part.

23774. Upon the conclusion of the hearing to form an improvement
district an order shall be made by the board either dismissing the
proceedings or ordering the improvement to proceed in the same manner
and with the same effect as provided in Article 4 of Chapter 1 of
this part.

23775. If a formation order is made pursuant to this chapter, the
land formed into the improvement district shall, for a period not to
exceed five years, be assessed in an amount not to exceed ten dollars
($10) per acre per year in addition to the regular assessments
levied on the same land annually for district purposes.

23776. Assessments in an improvement district formed pursuant to
this chapter shall be levied, collected, and enforced at the same
time and in the same manner as annual assessments for district
purposes.