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CA Water Code § 39400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Petitioners and Land|Section 39400.

39400.  A majority in number of the holders of title to land irrigated or susceptible of irrigation from a common source and by the same system of works, who are also the holders of title to a majority in value of the land may propose the formation of a district under the provisions of this division or the formation of the district may be proposed by not less than 500 petitioners, each of whom is the holder of title to land therein and which petitioners include the holders of title to not less than 10 percent in value of the land included within the proposed district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39401 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Petitioners and Land|Section 39401.

39401.  The proposed district may include land situated in other distinctive district agencies of the State, including other water storage districts having different plans and purposes and the object of which is not the same.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39402 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Petitioners and Land|Section 39402.

39402.  The land proposed to be formed into a district need not consist of contiguous parcels.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39425 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Petition|Section 39425.

39425.  A petition for the formation of a district shall set forth generally:(a) The boundaries of the proposed district or a description of the land.(b) The proposed source or sources of water supply.(c) The location proposed for the storage of water to be used for such irrigation, if storage is proposed.(d) Any drainage or reclamation connected with the project.(e) Any incidental development of hydroelectric energy.(f) The nature of the proposed works.(g) A prayer that the territory embraced within the proposed district be formed as a water storage district under the provisions of this division.(h) The signatures to the petition.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39426 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Petition|Section 39426.

39426.  The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39427 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Petition|Section 39427.

39427.  The petitioners shall file with the petition a list of the names and addresses of all persons holding title to land within the proposed district as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of each affected county.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39428 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Petition|Section 39428.

39428.  The petition shall also be accompanied by a sufficient undertaking, to be approved by the department, in double the amount of the probable cost of forming the district as estimated by the department, conditioned that the sureties shall pay all of the costs in case the formation is not effected.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39429 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Petition|Section 39429.

39429.  The department may require the furnishing of any additional undertaking or payment of money it deems necessary.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39430 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Petition|Section 39430.

39430.  The formation petition and accompanying documents shall be presented to and filed with the department.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39431 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Petition|Section 39431.

39431.  Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before its publication is commenced by filing a declaration signed and acknowledged by the petitioner with the department stating that it is the intention of the petitioner to withdraw from the petition.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39440 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 3 - Time and Place of Hearing|Section 39440.

39440.  Upon the presentation and filing of the formation petition and undertaking the department shall forthwith fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition. The place shall be either the office of the department at Sacramento or some place within an affected county. The time shall be not less than 30 nor more than 120 days after the presentation and filing of the petition.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 369.)
CA Water Code § 39460 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 4 - Publication|Section 39460.

39460.  The department shall publish the formation petition and a notice of the time and place of the hearing on the petition in each affected county once a week for three successive weeks before the hearing.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39461 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 4 - Publication|Section 39461.

39461.  The notice shall not be published until five days after the filing of the petition and undertaking in the office of the department.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39462 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 4 - Publication|Section 39462.

39462.  When the petition consists of a number of separate instruments, only one copy need be published, but the names attached to all of the instruments shall appear in the publication.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39463 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 4 - Publication|Section 39463.

39463.  The notice shall be issued by the department, shall refer to the petition, and shall be directed to the petitioners, all other persons holding title to land, and all other persons interested in or affected by the project. It shall be substantially in the following form:Before the Department of Water Resources, State of California.To the persons named as petitioners in the foregoing petition, to all persons holding title or evidence of title to lands included within the water storage district proposed therein; and to all other persons who may be interested in or affected by the project:You, and each of you, are hereby notified that the foregoing petition was filed with the Department of Water Resources on the ____ day of ____ and will be heard by the Department of Water Resources at ____ on the ____ day of ____ at the hour of __m. of that day, at which time and place the Department of Water Resources will hear and receive evidence in support of said petition or any objections which may be presented thereto, and will hear and determine the right of all parties holding title or evidence of title to lands not included in the water storage district proposed in said petition, but which lands are already irrigated or susceptible of irrigation from the same common source and by the same system of storage and irrigation works as are particularly referred to and described in said petition, to have said lands included in said district.This notice is given pursuant to the provisions of Division 14 of the Water Code, to which said division particular reference is hereby made.Dated ____Department of Water Resources, by(Title of person signing for the department)(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)
CA Water Code § 39464 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 4 - Publication|Section 39464.

39464.  No defect in the form or contents of the published notice, title to it, or petition, nor failure to publish or error in publishing any signature to the petition shall vitiate the proceedings.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39465 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 4 - Publication|Section 39465.

39465.  The department shall give personal notice by registered mail to all holders of title to land whose names and addresses appear on the list filed pursuant to Section 39427.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39466 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation|ARTICLE 4 - Publication|Section 39466.

39466.  The department shall make and keep for public inspection an affidavit giving the date of mailing and the names and addresses of holders of title to land to whom notices were sent.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39750 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Determination|Section 39750.

39750.  At the hearing the department shall determine and express by order whether or not the petition and notice complies with this part.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39751 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Determination|Section 39751.

39751.  The department shall hear all competent and relevant testimony offered in support of or in opposition to the sufficiency of the petition and the publication of the notice.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39752 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Determination|Section 39752.

39752.  The hearing may be adjourned from time to time, not exceeding 30 days in all.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39753 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Determination|Section 39753.

39753.  If the department determines that any of the requirements of this part were not complied with, the petition shall be dismissed without prejudice to the right of the proper number of persons to present a new petition covering the same matter or to present the same petition with additional signatures if additional signatures are necessary to comply with the requirements of this part.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39775 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition|Section 39775.

39775.  If the department determines that all requirements of Chapter 1 of this part were complied with, the department shall forthwith hear the petition and all evidence offered in its support and in support of the written objections, and the written application of any holder of title to land included in the proposed district to have that land excluded therefrom, and the written application of any holder of title to other land already irrigated or susceptible of irrigation from the source and by the same works referred to in the petition, to have that land included in the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39776 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition|Section 39776.

39776.  At the conclusion of the final hearing on the petition the department shall make an order containing all of the following:(a) Reaffirmance when it is consistent with its conclusions of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and the regularity and sufficiency of the notice of the hearing.(b) Determination of the practicability, feasibility, and utility of the proposed project.(c) Establishment of the boundaries of or a description of the land in the proposed district.(d) Specification of the proposed source or sources of a water supply.(e) Specification of the proposed place, if any, for storage of water for irrigation purposes.(f) Estimation of cost of the proposed project.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39777 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition|Section 39777.

39777.  The order on final hearing shall also divide the proposed district into five, seven, nine, or eleven divisions so as to segregate into separate divisions lands possessing the same general character of water rights or interests in the water of a common source. The divisions shall be numbered first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh, according to the number of the division.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39778 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition|Section 39778.

39778.  The order shall be entered in full upon the records of the department.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39779 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition|Section 39779.

39779.  A copy of the order certified by the department together with a map showing the exterior boundaries of the district and indicating the land, if any, excluded therefrom shall forthwith be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of each affected county.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 3 - Hearing on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Petition|Section 39800.

39800.  A finding of the department in favor of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and the regularity and sufficiency of the notice shall be conclusive against all persons except the State upon suit by the Attorney General commenced within 90 days after the date of first filing in the office of any county recorder of a certified copy of the order as required by this article.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39900 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 39900.

39900.  Upon filing the order on final hearing of the formation petition, the department shall within 60 days give notice of an election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not it shall be formed.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39901 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 39901.

39901.  The notice of the formation election shall contain:(a) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district or the land included.(b) A description of each division.(c) The name of the proposed district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39902 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 39902.

39902.  The notice of the formation election shall be published once a week for at least three weeks prior to the election in each affected county.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39903 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election|Section 39903.

39903.  In the order calling the election, the department shall designate voting places and appoint three holders of title to land to act as a board of election at each voting place.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39925 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 39925.

39925.  Not less than 10 days before the formation election, any 10 or more voters in any division of the proposed district may file with the department a petition requesting that the name of a specified person be placed on the ballot for the particular division as a candidate for the office of director to represent the particular division. Only the names proposed by the petitions filed with the department shall be printed on the ballots for the various divisions of the district. The date of actual receipt of any such petition by the department shall be deemed to be the date of filing of the same with the department. If there are less than 10 voters in any division, signatures of one-third of the number of voters, rounded up to the next whole number, shall be required to nominate a candidate.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 2. Effective September 30, 1990.)
CA Water Code § 39926 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 39926.

39926.  For the purposes of the formation election the department shall establish and define the boundaries of one or more election precincts for each division in the proposed district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39927 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 39927.

39927.  The formation election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of this division concerning general elections, but no particular form of ballot shall be required.The qualifications of voters at a formation election shall be the same as the qualifications of voters for general elections provided for in this division.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39928 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 39928.

39928.  At the formation election there shall be elected a board of directors corresponding in number to the number of divisions in the district.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39929 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 39929.

39929.  No director shall be elected by the district at large, but one director shall be elected by each division to represent that division.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39930 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 39930.

39930.  The directors shall qualify in the same manner as directors elected at a general election, as provided in this division.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39931 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 39931.

39931.  On the ballots provided for the formation election shall be printed:(a) The words “Water storage district—Yes” and “Water storage district—No,” or words equivalent thereto.(b) The names of persons to be voted for at the election.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39932 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 39932.

39932.  The department shall on the second Monday following the formation election canvass the votes cast thereat and if upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast at the formation election are “Water storage district—Yes” the department shall canvass the votes for directors and declare the persons receiving the highest number of votes in each division to be elected.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 39933 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation|ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election|Section 39933.

39933.  If upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast are “Water storage district—No,” the result shall be declared and recorded in the records kept by the department.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
CA Water Code § 40300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Officers|ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure|Section 40300.

40300.  Directors, irrespective of the method of their selection, take office as soon as they qualify, except that directors elected at a general election take office at the commencement of the regular meeting of the board following their election.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 830.)
CA Water Code § 40301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Officers|ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure|Section 40301.

40301.  Within 10 days after receiving his certificate of election or being appointed, each director shall take and subscribe the official oath, and file it in the office of the district and execute the bond required of him.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)