SECTIONS 75950-75954 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 75950-75954

75950. Proceedings by the petitioning district are initiated:
(a) When the board of the district determines that it would be for
the best interests of the district to be annexed to another water
conservation district and adopts, by resolution, a proposed
annexation petition; or
(b) When 500, or 5 percent, or more, of the qualified voters of
the district sign a proposed annexation petition and submit it to the
board.

75951. A proposed annexation petition shall contain:
(a) A request addressed to the annexing district, petitioning the
annexing district to annex the petitioning district.
(b) A statement setting forth the desirability or necessity of the
annexation.
(c) Any terms subject to which the annexation shall be
conditioned.

75952. Within 30 days after annexation proceedings have been
initiated, the board of the petitioning district shall call and
provide for the holding of a special election, at which election the
proposition of adopting the proposed annexation petition shall be
submitted to the electors of the petitioning district.

75953. The manner of holding and conducting the election, the
selection of officers to conduct it, the designation of precincts and
polling places, the preparation, receipt, counting, and returning of
ballots, and the canvassing and determining results of the election
shall be as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 74790) of
Part 6 of this division, and, in particulars not so provided, shall
be in accordance with the general laws of the state relative to
elections at which propositions are submitted and voted upon.

75954. Upon the canvassing of the votes cast in the election, if it
appears that a majority of all votes cast are in favor of the
annexation petition, the board of the petitioning district shall,
within 10 days after the canvass of the vote, forward to the board of
the annexing district a certified copy of the annexation petition,
together with a certificate that the petition has been submitted to
the electors of the petitioning district and adopted by a majority of
those voting at the election.