SECTIONS 71190-71196 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 71190-71196

71190. If a majority of the votes cast in each affected county at
the formation election favor the formation of the district, the board
of supervisors shall, by an order entered on its minutes, declare
the territory included within the proposed boundaries to be formed as
a municipal water district under the designated name.

71191. The county clerk shall immediately cause to be recorded in
the office of the county recorder of each affected county, a
certificate stating that the proposition to form the district was
adopted.
The county clerk shall immediately cause to be filed with the
Secretary of State a certificate listing:
(a) The name of the district.
(b) The date of formation.
(c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a
description of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a map
showing such boundaries, which map shall be attached to the
certificate, or reference to the county recorder's office where a
description of such boundaries has been recorded.
If the order declaring the district organized contains all of the
information required to be in the last-mentioned certificate, the
clerk may file a copy of the order with the Secretary of State in
lieu of the certificate.

71192. Upon the receipt of the county clerk's certificate, or a
copy of the order declaring the district organized, the Secretary of
State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting that the
municipal water district, naming it, has been duly incorporated
according to the laws of the State.

71193. A copy of the Secretary of State's certificate shall be
transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of each affected
county.

71194. From and after the date of filing the county clerk's
certificate with the Secretary of State, the district named therein
is incorporated as a municipal water district, with all the rights,
privileges and powers set forth in this division, and necessarily
incident thereto.

71195. No informality in any proceeding, or in the conduct of any
election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of
any citizen, shall invalidate the incorporation of any municipal
water district.

71196. Any proceeding wherein the validity of the incorporation of
a district is denied shall be commenced within three months from the
date of the Secretary of State's certificate of incorporation;
otherwise the incorporation and legal existence of the district and
all proceedings in respect thereto shall be held to be valid and in
every respect legal and incontestable.