SECTIONS 75970-75975 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 75970-75975

75970. Within 30 days after the receipt of an annexation petition
from a petitioning district, the board of the annexing district
shall, if it favors the annexation, adopt a resolution setting forth
its intention to annex the petitioning district, and shall cause the
resolution of intention to annex to be published once a week for at
least three weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
in which the office of the annexing district is situated. The board
shall state in such publication the date when the board proposes to
finally act upon the petition for annexation, which date shall be at
least 40 days after the first publication of the resolution of
intention to annex.

75971. If, on the date set by the board for the final action on the
annexation petition, there is presented to the board of the annexing
district written protests signed by 3 percent, or 1,000, or more, of
the electors of the annexing district, the board shall call and
provide for an election at which there shall be submitted to the
electors of the annexing district the question as to whether or not
the petitioning district shall be annexed upon the terms set forth in
the annexation petition.
If sufficient protests are not presented the board may adopt an
order annexing the petitioning district, or may, in its discretion,
submit the question to the electors of the district as though
sufficient protests had been presented.

75972. If the question of annexation is submitted to the electors
of the annexing district, the election shall be held in the same
manner as provided in this chapter for the election in the
petitioning district.

75973. If a majority of all votes cast at the election are against
the proposed annexation, the annexation petition shall be denied. If
a majority of all votes cast are in favor of the proposed annexation,
the board of the annexing district shall thereupon adopt an order
annexing the petitioning district.

75974. The order annexing the petitioning district shall describe
the boundaries of the land to be annexed to the annexing district,
and if such land adjoins any portion of the annexing district, the
order shall also describe that portion of the boundary of the
annexing district which coincides with the boundaries of the land
annexed. For the purposes of the order the board may cause a survey
to be made of such portions of the boundaries as it deems necessary.

75975. Upon the annexation of a district as provided in this
chapter, the annexation order and the annexation petition shall be
recorded.