SECTIONS 75170-75175 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 75170-75175

75170. As an additional and alternative method of creating
improvement districts of parts of the area within districts
two-thirds of the holders of title or evidence of title of any tract
or contiguous tracts of land, situated within any district,
susceptible of conservation of water, or capable of development
separate and apart from the main project or the development of the
water resources of the entire district, may petition the board to
form an improvement district within the district for the purpose of
conserving and developing the water resources of such improvement
district and for the levying of assessments to pay the costs thereof.

75171. Said formation petition shall contain a statement of the
plan of the proposed improvement, a description of the boundaries of
the proposed improvement district, and the names of the owners of all
lands within the improvement district, with their last known
addresses, and a description of the lands owned thereby. The petition
shall be signed and acknowledged by the requisite number of
landowners.

75172. The formation petition, and all proceedings in reference
thereto, and the lands affected thereby, shall be designated by
number, and the description of the parcels of land shall be according
to the last duly equalized assessment book of the county assessor.

75173. Upon receipt of the formation petition the board shall cause
a survey to be made of the proposed improvement and if it is found
that the plan of improvement is feasible, the board shall cause to be
prepared plans and specifications of the improvement and an estimate
of the cost thereof, together with a statement and assessment of the
amount of such costs apportioned to each tract of land in the
improvement district, as such tracts of land are shown upon the last
equalized assessment book of the county assessor, according to the
benefits that will accrue to each of such tracts of land,
respectively, by reason of the expenditures of such sums of money for
the improvements.

75174. The board constitutes a board of assessment commissioners to
levy and apportion such assessment.

75175. The formation petition, plans, specifications, estimate, and
statement and assessment shall be filed in the office of the
district and shall be subject to the inspection of all parties
interested.