SECTIONS 74050-74056 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 74050-74056

74050. A petition for the formation of a district, signed by at
least 20 percent or 500 of the qualified electors within the proposed
district, shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the
principal county. The petition shall be presented at a regular
meeting of the board of supervisors.

74051. Any elector residing within the proposed district, whose
name appears on the register of voters of the last general election,
or on the register of voters at any time within 30 days preceding the
presentation of a petition for the formation of a district, shall be
deemed to be a qualified elector of the proposed district eligible
to sign the petition.

74052. The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the
proposed boundaries of the district, shall pray that the district be
organized under the provisions of this division, and shall propose a
name by which the district shall be known. The petition shall also
request the board of supervisors, upon its definition and
establishment of the proposed boundaries of the district, to divide
the district into either three, five, or seven divisions.

74053. The petition shall be published once a week for at least
three weeks before the presentation to the board of supervisors in
some newspaper printed and published in the principal county,
together with a notice stating the date of the meeting of the board
at which the petition will be presented.
If any portion of the proposed district lies within another
county, or counties, the petition and notice shall be likewise
published in a newspaper printed and published in each of such
counties.

74054. The petition may consist of any number of separate
instruments, and, when contained upon more than one instrument, one
copy only of the petition need be published, but the names of all the
petitioners shall be published the same as if appended to the
original petition.

74055. All copies of the petition filed prior to the hearing of the
petition shall be considered by the board of supervisors the same as
though filed with the petition first placed on file.

74056. The petition may include a statement that all bonds of the
district and all bonds of any improvement district created therein
shall be payable from assessments to be levied upon all real property
in the proposed district or in the improvement district created
therein. If such a statement is included in the petition, the notice
of hearing of the petition and the notice of election for the
formation of the district shall so state, and, if the district is
formed, all bonds thereafter issued by the district and all bonds of
any improvement district organized therein shall be payable from
assessments levied upon all real property in district or improvement
district, as the case may be, and such real property shall be liable
to be taxed for the payment of principal and interest of such bonded
indebtedness until the bonds are fully paid. Any such assessment
shall be levied in the manner provided in this division.