SECTIONS 75010-75016 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 75010-75016

75010. After the filing of the report required by Section 75001,
the board shall give notice of a hearing upon the formation petition
by posting a notice thereof in three public places within the
proposed improvement district and publishing such notice once a week
for two weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the
office of the district is situated. The notice shall be posted not
later than 20 days prior to the date set for the hearing.

75011. At the hearing the board shall hear such objections to the
formation petition, the formation of the improvement district and its
boundaries, and the plans, specifications, and estimates as may come
before it, and shall make such changes in reference thereto as it
considers proper.

75012. At the hearing the board may make such changes in the
boundaries of the proposed improvement district as it deems advisable
and shall define and establish the boundaries, but the board shall
not modify the boundaries so as to exclude from the proposed
improvement district any territory which may be benefited by the
improvement district, or include within the proposed improvement
district any land which will not in its judgment be benefited by the
formation thereof.
If any additional lands are included in the proposed improvement
district, the hearing of the petition shall be continued and the
owners of the added lands shall be given not less than 20 days'
personal notice of the addition of such lands to the improvement
district.

75013. At the hearing the board shall determine whether the
petition complies with the requirements of Section 75000 and for that
purpose shall hear all competent and relevant testimony in support
or in opposition thereto. No defect in the form or contents of the
petition or any proceeding therein shall invalidate any proceeding,
but the petition shall have a sufficient number of qualified
signatures attached thereto.

75014. If more than one-third of the holders of title or evidence
of title of lands within the proposed improvement district object in
writing at the hearing to the formation of the proposed improvement
district, the board shall deny the formation petition and no further
proceedings shall be had thereon.

75015. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board determines
that the improvement district should be formed, it shall make a final
order approving the formation petition.

75016. The order shall be entered in the minutes of the board and a
copy thereof shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder
of each county in which any of the lands of the improvement district
are located.