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CA Water Code § 20841 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing|Section 20841.

20841.  The time set for the final hearing shall not be less than one week from the meeting at which the time is set.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20842 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing|Section 20842.

20842.  Notice of the time of the final hearing shall be given either by:(a) Registered mail to the person designated for that purpose in the petition. (b) Publication for at least three days in one daily newspaper published in the principal county.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20843 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing|Section 20843.

20843.  Failure to give notice of the final hearing shall not affect the validity of subsequent proceedings.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20844 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing|Section 20844.

20844.  On a final hearing the board of supervisors may adjourn from time to time, but at no time for a longer period than three days, until a determination of the matter is reached.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20845 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing|Section 20845.

20845.  At the final hearing the board of supervisors shall determine the land to be formed into the proposed district:(a) Land shall be excluded which will not in the judgment of the board of supervisors be benefited by the project.(b) No land included by the petition in the proposed district or in the modified project as the case may be which is susceptible of irrigation from any of the proposed, or if modified, the modified sources shall be excluded unless the owner consents to the exclusion.(c) Riparian land and land already subject to irrigation may be included if in the judgment of the board of supervisors, it will either be benefited or the rights to the water used on it should be acquired by the proposed district.(d) Land not included in the original formation petition, susceptible of irrigation from any of the proposed sources, may in the discretion of the board of supervisors be included on application by its owner.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20846 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing|Section 20846.

20846.  At the final hearing no evidence shall be heard against the genuineness or sufficiency of the petition or notice unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the board of supervisors that new evidence which if uncontradicted would disprove the genuineness or sufficiency of the petition or notice has been discovered since the board adopted the preliminary formation resolution. In case any new evidence is admitted, full opportunity shall be given for the introduction of evidence in rebuttal.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20847 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing|Section 20847.

20847.  At the conclusion of the final hearing on the petition the board of supervisors shall make an order containing all of the following:(a) Reaffirmance, when it is consistent with its conclusions, of the sufficiency of the petition and of the notice of the preliminary hearing.(b) Recital that a report on the proposed district has been made by the department if it was in fact made, and if that be so, that it is on file in the records of the board.(c) Description of the land as determined by the board.(d) Name for the proposed district.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 364.)
CA Water Code § 20848 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing|Section 20848.

20848.  The order on final hearing shall also contain all of the following:(a) Division of the district into the following number of divisions, which shall be as nearly equal in size as may be practicable:(1) Five divisions unless otherwise requested, numbered from one to five respectively.(2) Three divisions when requested in the petition, numbered from one to three respectively.(b) Statement, when requested in the petition, that the directors of the proposed district are to be elected at large.(c) Statement, when and as requested in the petition, of the consolidated district offices.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20849 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing|Section 20849.

20849.  The order on final hearing shall be entered in full upon the minutes of the board of supervisors.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20850 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing|Section 20850.

20850.  A finding of the board of supervisors in favor of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and notice shall be conclusive against all persons except the State upon suit by the Attorney General commenced within one year after the order of the board of supervisors declaring the district formed.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20890 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 20890.

20890.  Upon making the order on final hearing of the formation petition, the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of a formation election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not it shall be formed and electing persons to fill the offices of the proposed district if it is formed.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20891 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 20891.

20891.  The notice of the formation election shall contain:(a) Date and hours of election.(b) Place of polls in each precinct.(c) Description of the land.(d) Name of the proposed district.(e) Offices for which candidates shall be elected at the election.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20892 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 20892.

20892.  Notice of the formation election shall be published once a week for three weeks previous to the election, in a newspaper published in each affected county.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20893 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 20893.

20893.  Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the county or principal county in which the territory or major portion of the territory of the proposed district is located. Such written notice shall include the name and a description of the proposed district, and may be in the form of a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the legislative body calling the district formation election.The executive officer, within five days after being notified that a district formation election has been called, shall submit to the commission, for its approval or modification, an impartial analysis of the proposed district formation. The impartial analysis shall not exceed 500 words in length and shall include a specific description of the boundaries of the district proposed to be formed. The local agency formation commission, within five days after the receipt of the executive officer’s analysis, shall approve or modify the analysis and submit it to the officials in charge of conducting the district formation election.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
CA Water Code § 20894 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 20894.

20894.  The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a written argument for or a written argument against the proposed district formation.Arguments shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall be filed with the officials in charge of conducting the election not less than 54 days prior to the date of the district formation election.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
CA Water Code § 20895 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 20895.

20895.  If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters.In selecting the arguments, the election officials shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following:(a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board.(b) Individual voters or bona fide associations of citizens or a combination of such voters and associations.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
CA Water Code § 20896 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 20896.

20896.  (a) The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question.(b) The ballot pamphlet printed and mailed pursuant to this section shall contain all of the following in the order prescribed:(1) The complete text of the proposition.(2) The impartial analysis of the proposition prepared by the local agency formation commission.(3) The argument for the proposed district formation.(4) The argument against the proposed district formation.(c) The election officials shall mail a ballot pamphlet to each voter entitled to vote in the district formation election at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The ballot pamphlet is “official matter” within the meaning of Section 13303 of the Elections Code.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 225. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Water Code § 20910 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 20910.

20910.  For the purposes of the formation election the board of supervisors shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in the proposed district and define their boundaries.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20911 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 20911.

20911.  The precinct board for the formation election shall be appointed, candidates for the offices of the proposed district shall be nominated, ballots and other supplies shall be provided and the election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions concerning general elections except as to:(a) Notice of the election.(b) Nominating petitions, which may be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors not less than 15 days before the election.(c) Mailing of sample ballots, which mailing to each voter entitled to vote at the election, as determined by the county elections official, shall be completed at least three whole days before the election.(d) Other inconsistent provisions in this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 153. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Water Code § 20912 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 20912.

20912.  The board of supervisors shall act in place of the board, and the clerk of the board of supervisors shall act in place of the secretary.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20913 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 20913.

20913.  At the formation election the elective officers of the district shall be elected, but only one person shall be elected to fill the offices consolidated, if any.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20914 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 20914.

20914.  On the ballots provided for the formation election shall be printed a proposition substantially as follows: “Shall the proposed ____ Irrigation District be formed?” followed by the words “Yes” and “No” with inclosed voting spaces thereafter.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20915 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 20915.

20915.  The board of supervisors shall meet on the second Monday following the formation election to canvass the votes cast, and only if upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast at the formation election are “Irrigation District—Yes” shall the board canvass the votes for the candidates for the district offices and declare the persons receiving respectively the highest number of votes to be elected.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20916 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 20916.

20916.  No informalities in the conduct of the formation election or in any related matters shall invalidate the election or the result if notice was given substantially as provided and the election was fairly conducted.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20930 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Election|Section 20930.

20930.  The formation election may be contested by any person owning property liable to assessment within the proposed district.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20931 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Election|Section 20931.

20931.  No contest shall be brought more than 20 days after the canvass of the vote of the election by the board of supervisors.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20932 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Election|Section 20932.

20932.  The directors elected at the formation election shall be parties defendant in an election contest.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20933 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Election|Section 20933.

20933.  The election contest shall be brought in the superior court of the county where the formation proceedings were had.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20934 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Election|Section 20934.

20934.  If more than one contest is pending, they shall be consolidated and tried together.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20935 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Election|Section 20935.

20935.  The court shall speedily try the election contest.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20936 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Election|Section 20936.

20936.  The determination of the election contest shall be based on whether or not the election was conducted fairly and in substantial compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Judgment shall be entered accordingly.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20937 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Election|Section 20937.

20937.  An appeal may be taken by any party to an election contest within 30 days from entry of judgment.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 20938 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Election|Section 20938.

20938.  The appeal shall be heard and determined within 60 days from the time of filing the notice of appeal.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
CA Water Code § 21100 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Officers|ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure|Section 21100.

21100.  (a) Each director, except as otherwise provided in this division, shall be a voter and a landowner in the district and a resident of the division that he or she represents at the time of his or her nomination or appointment and through his or her entire term, except in the case of the director elected at a formation election. A director elected at a formation election shall be a resident, landowner, and voter in the proposed district at the time of his or her nomination and a resident of the division that he or she represents during his or her entire term.(b) In any district having no more than 15 landowners who are voters in the district, a person need not be a voter but shall be qualified to be a director of the district if he or she is a landowner of the district at the time of his or her nomination or appointment and during his or her entire term.(c) In a district providing retail electricity for residents of the district, each director, except as otherwise provided in this division, shall be a voter of the district and a resident of the division that he or she represents at the time of his or her nomination or appointment and during his or her entire term, except in the case of a director elected at a formation election. A director elected at a formation election shall be a resident in the proposed district at the time of his or her nomination and a resident of the division that he or she represents during his or her entire term.(d) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 21100, except as provided in paragraph (2), for the purpose of meeting the requirements of that subdivision, a person need not be a landowner within the district to be qualified to be a director of the district if either of the following applies:(A) The person serves or seeks to serve on the board of directors of a district without divisions and the district is required to submit an urban water management plan pursuant to the Urban Water Management Planning Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) of Division 6).(B) The person serves or seeks to serve on the board of directors of a district with divisions, the district is required to submit an urban water management plan pursuant to the Urban Water Management Planning Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) of Division 6), and the district, within the division that the person represents or seeks to represent, supplies water as a public water system subject to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116270) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.(2) A director appointed or elected before January 1, 2007, shall be subject to the qualification requirements imposed by subdivision (a) until the expiration of his or her term.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 130, Sec. 240. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Water Code § 21100.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Officers|ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure|Section 21100.2.

21100.2.  (a) This section applies to the Pixley Irrigation District.(b) Notwithstanding Section 21100, the board of directors of the district may adopt a resolution that authorizes a person who meets only the landownership requirement of Section 21100 to be a director of the district.(c) Notwithstanding the adoption of a resolution pursuant to subdivision (b), the registered voters in the district may request, in writing, that all of the directors who are appointed or elected subsequent to the receipt of the request be required to meet all of the requirements of Section 21100. The request shall be submitted to the directors.(d) If the directors determine that at least 25 percent of the registered voters in the district have signed the request submitted pursuant to subdivision (c), all of the directors who are appointed or elected subsequent to the receipt of the request shall meet all of the requirements of Section 21100.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 11, Sec. 1. Effective February 23, 1994.)