SECTIONS 30320-30325 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 30320-30325

30320. If a majority of the votes cast at the election in each
municipal corporation or part thereof and in the unincorporated
territory included in the proposed district is in favor of forming
the district, the board of supervisors shall by an order entered on
its minutes declare the territory formed as a district under the name
designated for it.

30321. The county clerk shall immediately cause to be recorded in
the office of the county recorder of the county in which the district
is situated a certificate stating that the formation of the district
was approved by the voters.

30321.5. The county clerk shall immediately cause to be filed with
the county assessor and the State Board of Equalization a certificate
listing all of the following:
(a) The name of the district.
(b) The date of the order declaring the district formed.
(c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a
map or plat indicating the boundaries established for the district
as required by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1 of
Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
If the order declaring the district formed contains all of the
information required to be in the certificate, the county clerk may
cause a copy of the order to be filed in lieu of the certificate.

30322. The district shall have been duly incorporated upon the
filing of the certificate or a copy of the order declaring the
district formed with the county assessor and the State Board of
Equalization.

30323. From and after the date of the filing with the county
assessor and the State Board of Equalization, the district named in
the filing is incorporated as a county water district with all the
rights, privileges, and powers set forth in this division and
necessarily incident to this division.

30324. No informality in any proceeding, including informality in
the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely
the legal rights of any citizen shall invalidate the incorporation of
any county water district.

30325. Any proceeding wherein the validity of the incorporation of
a district is denied shall be commenced within three months from the
date of the certificate of incorporation; otherwise the incorporation
and legal existence of the district and all proceedings in respect
thereto shall be incontestable.