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CA Pub Util Code § 13824 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District|Section 13824.

13824.  Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the agreement will be carried into execution and shall hear and determine all objections thereto. Failure of any person interested in the district or in the matter of the proposed execution of the agreement to show cause in writing pursuant to Section 13823 constitutes an assent on his part to a change in the boundaries of the district and to the execution of the agreement.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13825 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District|Section 13825.

13825.  Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order to be entered upon the minutes of the meeting fixing the time and place of adjournment.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13826 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District|Section 13826.

13826.  If no protests are filed or if the protests filed are overruled and denied the board shall thereupon by resolution finally approve the agreement and authorize its execution, which shall become effective when executed by the public agency, duly authorized in the manner provided in this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13827 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District|Section 13827.

13827.  When executed by the district the agreement shall be dated and an executed copy filed with the secretary of the district. An executed copy shall also be filed with the secretary or clerk of the public agency to be annexed.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13851 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency|Section 13851.

13851.  At any time after the board has finally approved the agreement of annexation the legislative body of the public agency to be annexed shall cause an election to be held in the public agency to determine whether the public agency will be annexed to the district upon the terms and conditions stated in the agreement.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13852 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency|Section 13852.

13852.  Notice of election shall be published as provided in Section 11534 and shall either state that a copy of the annexation agreement is on file in the office of the secretary or clerk of the public agency proposed to be annexed, and open to the inspection of all persons interested, or set forth the terms and conditions of the agreement of annexation at length, in the discretion of the legislative body calling the election.(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 808.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13853 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency|Section 13853.

13853.  The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county elections and in addition shall set forth the proposition of annexation substantially as follows:Shall the ________ (public agency) be annexed to _______ municipal utility district in accordance with and subject to all of the terms and conditions of an agreement of annexation dated ________ now on file in the office of the clerk (or secretary) of ________ (public agency)?YESNO(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13854 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency|Section 13854.

13854.  If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition at the election were cast in favor of the annexation, the proposition and all of the terms and conditions of the agreement of annexation shall be deemed carried and approved by the voters; except that if the terms and conditions of the agreement of annexation provide for the assumption of any indebtedness of the district by any city proposed to be annexed, the proposition of annexation shall not be deemed carried unless approved by the vote of two-thirds of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13855 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency|Section 13855.

13855.  If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body of the public agency.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13856 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency|Section 13856.

13856.  If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters the governing body of the public agency shall enter in its minutes an order declaring the result of the election and shall thereupon cause the agreement of annexation to be executed by its duly authorized officers.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13886 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Annexation|Section 13886.

13886.  Upon receipt by the district of a copy of the agreement of annexation properly executed by the district and the public agency proposed to be annexed the board shall pass a resolution declaring the public agency annexed to the district. Thereupon the secretary of the district shall make the filings provided for in Chapter 8 (commencing at Section 56450, Government Code) of Part 5 of the District Reorganization Act of 1965. The annexation shall be complete and effective on the dates specified in said Chapter 8.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13911 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 5 - Annexation of Territory Annexed to Public Agencies|Section 13911.

13911.  Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory in accordance with law to any city included in the district the city clerk shall file with the secretary of the district a certified copy of the ordinance, resolution or other document completing said annexation, containing a description of the territory so annexed. Unless the district within 90 days after such filing shall file with the city clerk the district’s written objections to the annexation of said territory, or to a specified portion or portions thereof, to the district, said territory, or such portion or portions thereof to which the district does not object as aforesaid, shall upon the termination of said period be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district, and thereafter is subject to taxation, along with the entire territory of the district in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property thereof, for general district purposes, and for the payment of any indebtedness theretofore or thereafter incurred by the district. Any such objection filed with the city clerk by the district as to a portion or portions of said territory shall describe such portion or portions.(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 432.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13912 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 5 - Annexation of Territory Annexed to Public Agencies|Section 13912.

13912.  If the district shall file its objections in the manner aforesaid to the annexation of said territory or any specified portion or portions thereof to the district, said territory, or the portion or portions thereof so objected to, shall not be annexed to the district except in the manner provided in the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (commencing at Section 56000, Government Code). Prior to the expiration of the 90 day period referred to in Section 13911, the district may from time to time withdraw such objections to the annexation of said territory or any specified portion or portions thereof by filing with the city clerk a certified copy of a resolution or resolutions of the board stating that such objections to the annexation of said territory or any specified portion or portions thereof are withdrawn. Thereupon said territory, or the portion or portions as to which such objections are so withdrawn, shall be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district as provided in Section 13911. Any such resolution or resolutions filed with the city clerk withdrawing the district’s objections to the annexation of a portion or portions of said territory shall describe such portion or portions.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13931 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Annexation|Section 13931.

13931.  From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the public agency annexed such taxes, tolls, or charges as are necessary to provide funds for the payment of the indebtedness assumed by the public agency or otherwise necessary to comply with the terms and conditions of the annexation agreement, all in addition to the general district taxes authorized elsewhere in this division to be levied and collected.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 13932 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies|ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Annexation|Section 13932.

13932.  No annexation of a public agency to a district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal existence of the public agency annexed.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 14351 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 11 - Exclusion of Territory|ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory|Section 14351.

14351.  Any territory contained within a district not operating any utility and not included within the boundaries of any incorporated city and not benefited in any manner by the district or by its continued inclusion therein may be excluded therefrom by proceedings under and pursuant to the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (commencing at Section 56000, Government Code).(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
CA Pub Util Code § 14381 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 11 - Exclusion of Territory|ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory|Section 14381.

14381.  If the city to which any territory included in any district has been annexed already serves electricity or water to the territory annexed, the city council or other governing body of the city may propose an agreement for the exclusion of such territory from the district.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
CA Pub Util Code § 14382 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 11 - Exclusion of Territory|ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory|Section 14382.

14382.  The agreement for exclusion shall be authorized and executed and proceedings for such exclusion taken in the same manner as provided in Chapter 9 (commencing at Section 13801) for the annexation of a public agency to a district.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
CA Pub Util Code § 14383 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 11 - Exclusion of Territory|ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory|Section 14383.

14383.  If an order of exclusion is granted, the board and the governing body of the city shall by contract provide for the payment by the city of the proportion of the taxes and bonded indebtedness for which the territory excluded is justly liable. If they do not agree, either may petition the superior court in and for the county in which the property is located for a judgment declaring the proportion of the taxes and bonded indebtedness for which the territory excluded is justly liable. The proceeding shall be governed by the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to declaratory relief.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 14384 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 11 - Exclusion of Territory|ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory|Section 14384.

14384.  The order of exclusion does not invalidate in any manner any taxes or assessments theretofore levied or assessed against the lands excluded nor relieve the property excluded from any outstanding bonds which are a lien thereon at the time of exclusion, nor from any taxes to pay the principal or interest thereof.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 15501.

15501.  This division may be cited as “The Public Utility District Act.”(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 15502.

15502.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this division.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 15503.

15503.  “District” means a public utility district formed pursuant to this division.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 15504.

15504.  “Board” means the board of directors of a district.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 15505.

15505.  “Elector,” “voter,” or “qualified elector,” means a voter whose name appears on the great register of the county in which the district is located, or any supplement thereto, allowed by law to be used to determine the eligibility of persons to vote at municipal or county elections, and whose address as it appears on the great register or supplement is in the same unincorporated territory as the address given by him on the certificate or petition that is signed by him.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 15506.

15506.  “Original and primary proposition” means the proposition to incorporate the proposed district with all of the proposed territory joining in the proceedings and mentioned and described in the several petitions presented by the electors.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15507 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 15507.

15507.  “Person” means an individual, a firm or a copartnership.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1271.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15531 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 15531.

15531.  The great register or supplement thereto, and certificates in due form of notaries public or verification deputies acknowledging the signature of any voter to any petition or certificate pursuant to this division, are sufficient evidence for all purposes of this division.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15532 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 15532.

15532.  Nothing in this division shall be construed as repealing or modifying the provisions of any other law relating to public utility districts, except insofar as the provisions of such other law are inconsistent with the provisions of this division.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15533 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 15533.

15533.  Whenever all the territory comprising a district becomes part of a city, the legislative body of the city succeeds to the powers of the board of directors of the district and is thereafter for all purposes the board of directors. All property, records, and documents of the district shall be transferred and conveyed by the board of directors to the legislative body of such city.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15701 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts|ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation|Section 15701.

15701.  A district may be incorporated and managed in unincorporated territory pursuant to this division and may exercise the powers expressly granted.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts|ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation|Section 15702.

15702.  Whenever the people of unincorporated territory desire to organize a district, they shall present to the board of supervisors of the county within which the territory is situated a petition describing the territory, and signed by registered voters of the territory equal in number to 15 percent of all votes cast for all candidates for Governor within the same territory at the last preceding general election at which a Governor was elected.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 86. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts|ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation|Section 15703.

15703.  The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, all of which shall constitute one petition. A separate petition is required from each unit of the proposed district. All unincorporated territory participating in the proceedings and situated in one county is a unit for purposes of the proceedings. No registered voter within any one unit of the proposed district shall sign a petition of any other unit of the proposed district.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 87. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts|ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation|Section 15704.

15704.  Each petition shall name or describe the territory within which the registered voters signing it reside. Every petition shall set forth the boundaries and name of the proposed district, which shall include the words “public utility district.” Every petition shall contain a prayer that a public utility district comprising all of the proposed territory, or any portions thereof as are designated in the petitions as essential to its formation, be incorporated pursuant to this division. Every registered voter signing a petition shall write his or her address opposite his or her signature.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 266. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts|ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation|Section 15705.

15705.  The county elections official shall within 30 days examine and verify the signatures to the petition and certify the result of the examination to the board of supervisors.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 89. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15706 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts|ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation|Section 15706.

15706.  If the county elections official, by his or her certificate, finds that a petition is insufficient, he or she shall certify to the number of additional signatures of qualified electors required to make the petition sufficient, and the petition may be amended by a supplemental petition filed within 10 days from the date of the certificate. Within 10 days after a supplemental petition has been filed, the county elections official shall examine it and certify to the result of the examination. If this certificate shows the petition as amended to be insufficient, it shall be filed by the county elections official in his or her office and kept as a public record, without prejudice to the filing of any other petition to the same effect not less than six months thereafter. If the certificate shows the petition or petition as amended to be sufficient, the county elections official shall present it to the board of supervisors without delay with his or her certificate attached and properly dated.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 90. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15707 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts|ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation|Section 15707.

15707.  If a supplemental petition is filed, all signatures appended to the petition and to the supplemental petition shall be considered in determining the number of qualified electors signing the petition.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 15708 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts|ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation|Section 15708.

15708.  After the election for the incorporation of the proposed district, the sufficiency of the petition in any respects shall not be subject to judicial review or otherwise questioned.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)