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CA Water Code § 55131 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Notice of Hearing|Section 55131.

55131.  The clerk of the board of supervisors shall cause notices of the filing and hearing of the petition to be posted in three of the most public places in the district.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55132 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Notice of Hearing|Section 55132.

55132.  The notice shall be headed “Notice of the formation of __________ County Waterworks District No. __________” (stating name of county in which the district is located and the number of the proposed district) in letters not less than one inch in length, and shall, in legible characters, state the fact and date of the filing of the petition, the date and hour set for hearing the petition and any protests, briefly describe the proposed improvement, specify the exterior boundaries of the district to be benefited by the improvement and to be taxed to provide for the improvement, and refer to the petition, map, and general description of the proposed improvement for further particulars.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55133 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Notice of Hearing|Section 55133.

55133.  The clerk shall also cause a notice, similar in substance, to be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county in which the proposed district is located, and designated by the board of supervisors for that purpose.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
CA Water Code § 55134 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 2 - Notice of Hearing|Section 55134.

55134.  The date set for the hearing shall be at least 13 days after the date of the posting and the date of last publication of the notice.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55150 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55150.

55150.  Any person interested, including any freeholder or qualified voter resident within the proposed district or the owner of any real or personal property located in the proposed district, objecting to the formation of the district, to the extent of the district, to the proposed improvement, or to the inclusion of his property in the district, may file a written protest, setting forth his objections, with the clerk of the board of supervisors at or before the time set for the hearing of the petition.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 285.)
CA Water Code § 55151 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55151.

55151.  The clerk of the board of supervisors shall endorse on each protest the date of its receipt and, at the time appointed for the hearing, shall present to the board all protests filed with him.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55152 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55152.

55152.  The board shall hear and pass upon the petition and protests at the time appointed, or at any time to which the hearing may be adjourned, and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive. If protests are made to the formation of the proposed district or to the proposed improvement by any of the qualified voters of the proposed district as of the date of the petition or by the owners of any property which will be subject to taxation for district purposes if the proposed district is formed, then, notwithstanding the denial of any of such protests by the board of supervisors or the fact that the petition is signed by all of the owners of the real property within the proposed district, the board of supervisors shall, if it acquires jurisdiction pursuant to Section 55160, call an election pursuant to Section 55180.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 285.)
CA Water Code § 55153 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55153.

55153.  If any of the protests against the formation of the district or against the proposed improvement is sustained, no further proceedings shall be had or taken pursuant to the petition, but a new petition for the same or a similar purpose may be filed at any time.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 309.)
CA Water Code § 55154 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55154.

55154.  If any of the protests are against the extent of the district or against the inclusion of property in the district, the board of supervisors may make such changes in the boundaries of the proposed district as it finds to be proper and advisable and shall define and establish boundaries as changed.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55155 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55155.

55155.  The board of supervisors shall not modify the boundaries so as to exclude from the proposed district any territory which will be benefited by the improvement, and any territory which will not, in the judgment of the board, be benefited by the improvement shall not be included within the proposed district.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55156 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55156.

55156.  The board of supervisors shall not modify the boundaries except after notice of such intention is published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county and designated by the board for that purpose, describing the proposed modification, and specifying a time for hearing objections to the modification, which time shall be at least 10 days after the publication of the notice.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
CA Water Code § 55157 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55157.

55157.  Written objections to the proposed modification may be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors by any interested person at or before the time set for hearing the objections.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55158 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55158.

55158.  The board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the objections to the proposed modification at the time appointed, or at any time to which the hearing may be adjourned, and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55159 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55159.

55159.  If any objection is sustained, no further proceedings pursuant to the petition shall be taken, but a new petition for the same or a similar purpose may be filed at any time.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55160 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55160.

55160.  The board of supervisors shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to proceed further with respect to the formation of a district under any of the following circumstances:(a) If no protests to the formation of the district are filed at or before the time set for hearing on the formation petition.(b) If protests are filed and, after hearing, are denied.(c) If modification of the boundaries of the district is proposed and no objections thereto are filed at or before the time set for hearing objections.(d) If objections to the modification are filed, and after hearing, are denied.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55161 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55161.

55161.  If the board of supervisors determines that the formation petition was signed by all of the owners of the real property in the proposed district and if protests are not made to the formation of the proposed district by any of the qualified voters of the proposed district as of the date of the petition or by the owners of any property which will be subject to taxation for district purposes if the proposed district is formed, and if there are no other good and sufficient protests to the formation of the district or if there is no other cause for denying the petition, then the board of supervisors may declare the district formed and direct the issuance of bonds as provided for in the petition.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1882.)
CA Water Code § 55162 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing|Section 55162.

55162.  Notwithstanding anything in this division to the contrary, if the board of supervisors finds that protests have been made, prior to the close of the hearing for the formation of the district, by the owners of real property within the proposed district the assessed value of which as shown by the last equalized assessment roll constitute more than one-half of the district’s assessed value of the real property within the proposed district or by the owners of more than one-half of the total acreage within the proposed district, the proceedings shall terminate.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 500.)
CA Water Code § 55180 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55180.

55180.  Unless the board of supervisors proceeds pursuant to Section 55161, the board of supervisors shall, by ordinance or resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting after having acquired jurisdiction to proceed in the formation of a district, provide for and order the holding of a special election in the proposed district to submit to the qualified voters thereof the proposition of forming the district and incurring a debt by the issuance of bonds of the district for the purposes set forth in the petition for the formation of the district, if a bonded indebtedness is to be incurred.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 285.)
CA Water Code § 55181 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55181.

55181.  The ordinance or resolution calling the special election shall also recite the objects and purposes for which any proposed indebtedness is to be incurred, the estimated cost of the proposed improvement, the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness, and shall fix the date on which the special election shall be held, the manner of holding it, and the manner of voting for or against the proposition.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55182 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55182.

55182.  If a statement is made in the formation petition that taxes shall be levied upon the land within the district and upon no other property, the board of supervisors shall recite the statement in any resolution, ordinance, or order adopted or entered pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55183 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55183.

55183.  For the purposes of the election, the board of supervisors shall, in the ordinance or resolution, establish one or more precincts within the boundaries of the proposed district, designate a polling place, and appoint one inspector, one judge and one clerk for each precinct.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55184 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55184.

55184.  The ordinance or resolution ordering the holding of the election shall, prior to the date set for the election, be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county and designated by the board of supervisors for that purpose, and shall be posted in three of the most public places in the proposed district at least 10 days prior to the date set for the election. No other notice of the election need be given.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
CA Water Code § 55184.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55184.1.

55184.1.  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 § 55184.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55184.2.

55184.2.  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 § 55184.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55184.3.

55184.3.  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 § 55184.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55184.4.

55184.4.  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.The ballot pamphlet shall contain the following in the order prescribed:(a) The complete text of the proposition.(b) The impartial analysis of the proposition prepared by the local agency formation commission.(c) The argument for the proposed district formation.(d) The argument against the proposed district formation.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. 256. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Water Code § 55185 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55185.

55185.  In all particulars not recited in the ordinance or resolution, the election shall be held as provided by law for holding general elections in the county.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55186 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55186.

55186.  If at the election a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the formation of the district and the incurring of the bonded indebtedness, if any is proposed, the board of supervisors shall enter an order to that effect upon its minutes, declaring the district formed, and the board may thereupon issue bonds of said district for the amount specified in the proceedings, payable out of funds of the district, provided as prescribed in this division.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55186.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55186.5.

55186.5.  The county clerk of the county shall immediately file with the Secretary of State a certificate listing:(a) The name of the district.(b) The date of formation.(c) The county in which the district is located, and a description of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a map showing such boundaries, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded.If the order declaring the district formed contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the county clerk may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.(Added by renumbering Section 55187 by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2132.)
CA Water Code § 55187 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election|Section 55187.

55187.  All acts and proceedings heretofore or hereafter taken by or on behalf of a county waterworks district for the formation of a district or for the annexation to an existing district and for the authorization, issuance, sale, or exchange of bonds of the district or for the annexed territory may be confirmed, validated, and declared legally effective in the manner provided in this section.The board may instruct the clerk of the board to mail a notice to all owners of property within the county waterworks district, as their names and addresses appear on the last equalized county assessment roll, or as known to the clerk. Such notice shall include the name of the district, the date the district was ordered formed or the date of the annexation to an existing district, the amount of bonds authorized, and a statement that, commencing with the date of mailing of said notice there shall be a 60-calendar-day period during which period any property owner may file an action contesting the validity of the district’s formation, the annexation to an existing district or the bond authorization. The clerk shall make and file, with the board a certificate of mailing of the notices. The board may order the clerk to include such other additional information that it deems pertinent.If no action is filed during the 60-day period, the district’s formation or the annexation to an existing district and the bond authorization are valid and uncontestable.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 356.)
CA Water Code § 55200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation of Zones With Formation of District|Section 55200.

55200.  A separate petition for the formation of a zone or zones within a proposed district for any of the purposes specified in Section 55650 may be presented to the board of supervisors at the same time and in conjunction with a formation petition.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 394.)
CA Water Code § 55201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation of Zones With Formation of District|Section 55201.

55201.  The petition for the formation of a zone or zones and the proceedings thereon shall be in conformity with and subject to the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 2, Part 4 of this division, and except as otherwise provided, the proceedings shall be conducted and regarded as separate and distinct from proceedings upon the petition for formation of the district.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation of Zones With Formation of District|Section 55202.

55202.  The board of supervisors may direct that notice of hearing, hearing, notice of election, or election upon the formation and zone petitions shall be consolidated and combined into one notice of hearing, one hearing, one notice of election, or one election; except that the requirements of this division with respect to the proceedings upon each of the petitions shall be complied with.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation of Zones With Formation of District|Section 55203.

55203.  The formation of a zone or zones pursuant to this chapter shall in no event be effective for any purpose unless and until the district is established; but the nonformation of a proposed zone or zones for whatever reason shall in no way affect the formation of the district or of other proposed zones within the district.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
CA Water Code § 55300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 16 - COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICTS|PART 3 - POWERS AND PURPOSES|CHAPTER 1 - Governing Body|Section 55300.

55300.  The powers of the district enumerated in this division shall, except as therein otherwise provided, be exercised by the board.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)