SECTIONS 75190-75196 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 75190-75196

75190. After the filing of the plans, specifications, estimate, and
statement and assessment, the board shall give notice of a hearing
upon the formation petition and whether a special assessment shall be
levied upon the lands within the improvement district for the
purpose of raising money to pay for the improvements, as set forth in
the petition, plans, specifications, and statement and assessment.

75191. Notice of the hearing shall be given by posting a notice
thereof in three public places within the proposed improvement
district, by publishing the notice once a week for two weeks in some
newspaper published in the county in which the office of the district
is situtated, and by mailing a copy thereof to the last known
address of all the owners of lands in the improvement district, as
such addresses appear in the formation petition.
The notice shall be posted and mailed not less than 20 days prior
to the date set for the hearing.

75192. At the hearing the board shall hear such objections to the
formation petition, to the formation of the improvement district and
its boundaries, to the plans, specifications, and estimates, and to
the proposed assessment and the apportionment thereof as may come
before it, and shall make such changes in reference thereto as it may
consider proper.

75193. The board may exclude any part or portion of the lands
described in the formation petition from the improvement district,
and may include additional lands.
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.

75194. If more than one-third of the holders of title or evidence
of title of lands within the proposed improvement district object, at
the hearing, to the formation of the improvement district and the
levy of the proposed assessment, the board shall deny the petition
and no further proceeding shall be had thereon.

75195. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board determines
that the improvement district should be formed and assessments levied
to pay the costs of the proposed improvement, it shall make a final
order approving the formation petition, the improvement district
assessment, and the apportionment thereof.

75196. 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.