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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Automatic Exclusion of Cities › Section 72280.

72280. If, prior to the effective date of the formation of a municipal water district, any territory included therein is annexed to a metropolitan water district organized under the Metropolitan Water District Act, the governing body of the municipal water district, within 90 days after the effective date of the formation of such district, may adopt an ordinance which:
(a) Recites that the territory has been annexed to the metropolitan water district.
(b) Refers to the applicable statutes and to the date and place of the filing of the certificate or certificates evidencing such annexation.
(c) Describes the territory.
(d) Determines and declares that the territory is excluded from the municipal water district.
Such ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its adoption.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Automatic Exclusion of Cities › Section 72281.

72281. The board or the secretary of the municipal water district shall file a certified copy of the ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 72280 with the Secretary of State.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Automatic Exclusion of Cities › Section 72282.

72282. Upon receipt of the certified copy of the ordinance, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of the ordinance and the exclusion of the area from the municipal water district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Automatic Exclusion of Cities › Section 72283.

72283. A copy of the Secretary of State’s certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of the county in which the municipal water district is situated if the district is situated in a single county, or shall be submitted to and filed with the secretary if the district contains lands situated in more than one county.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Automatic Exclusion of Cities › Section 72284.

72284. From and after the date of the Secretary of State’s certificate, the area described therein is excluded from, and no longer forms a part of, the municipal water district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Automatic Exclusion of Cities › Section 72285.

72285. The taxable property within the excluded area shall remain subject to any taxes theretofore levied by the municipal water district and shall continue to be taxable by the municipal water district for the purpose of paying the bonded or other indebtedness of the municipal water district, if any, outstanding or contracted for at the time of such exclusion and until such bonded or other indebtedness is satisfied, to the same extent that such property would be taxable for such purpose if the exclusion had not occurred.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 72300.

72300. Any portion of a county, or any city situated within such county, or both, may be added to a district. Such portion or city need not be within a county in which the existing district is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 72301.

72301. The cities need not be contiguous, and the unincorporated territory, inhabited or uninhabited, may consist of one or more parcels which need not be contiguous to each other or to any such cities. The annexing area or areas need not be contiguous to the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 72302.

72302. Any district whose territory is included within a metropolitan water district may nonetheless annex territory outside of the metropolitan water district without the consent of, or necessity that such annexed land be included within, the metropolitan water district; but the district may not serve water purchased from the metropolitan water district to such territory outside of the boundaries of the metropolitan water district without the consent of the metropolitan water district.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 775.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 72303.

72303. Any district, the territory, or any portion thereof, of which is included within a metropolitan water district, shall be entitled, without penalty or sanction from the metropolitan water district, to purchase or acquire water to serve any territory within the district, whether or not the territory is within the metropolitan water district, from the following specified sources without the water being deemed an acquisition or purchase of water from the State Water Resources development system:
(a) Recycled water, as defined in Section 13050, regardless of the source of the water prior to its use and recycling.
(b) Water produced incidentally to the exercise of bona fide property rights to divert or pump local waters, regardless of the origin of the waters.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 367. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72670.

72670. Any portion of a district, whether contiguous or not to an improvement district thereof, may be annexed to such improvement district in the manner provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72671.

72671. Annexation proceedings may be initiated by petition. A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72672.

72672. The petition shall be signed by the holders of title to at least 60 percent of the land in the portion proposed to be annexed, which land shall have an assessed valuation of not less than 50 percent of the land proposed to be annexed.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72673.

72673. The petition for annexation shall contain all of the following:
(a) A description of the area proposed to be annexed. Such description may be made by reference to a map on file with the secretary of the district, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the area proposed to be annexed, or may be made in any other definite manner.
(b) The terms and conditions upon which the proposed area may be annexed as theretofore determined by resolution of the board.
(c) A prayer that the board declare such area to be annexed to the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72674.

72674. The petition for annexation shall be accompanied by a certified check payable to the order of the district in a sufficient amount to reimburse the district for the expenses of processing and publishing the petition and preparing and making the filings required by law.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72675.

72675. Within 10 days of the date of the filing of the petition for annexation, the secretary shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the required number of property owners. Upon request of the secretary, the board shall authorize him to employ persons specially for this purpose, in addition to the persons regularly employed in his office, and shall provide for their compensation.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72676.

72676. When the secretary has completed his examination of the petition for annexation, he shall attach to it his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of such examination.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72677.

72677. If the secretary finds from the examination that the petition for annexation is signed by the requisite number of property owners he shall certify that the petition is sufficient. If he finds it is not so signed, he shall certify that the petition is insufficient.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72678.

72678. If the secretary certifies in his certificate that the petition for annexation is insufficient, the petition may be amended by filing a supplemental petition or petitions within 10 days of the date of such certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72679.

72679. Within 10 days after the filing of any supplemental petition or petitions, the secretary shall examine them and certify to the result of such examination as provided in Sections 72675 to 72677, inclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72680.

72680. After the time for filing supplemental petitions has expired and all supplemental petitions have been examined, if the secretary’s certificate shows that the petition for annexation is sufficient, the secretary shall cause notice of hearing on the petition to be published and posted without delay.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72680.1.

72680.1. In the event the petition for annexation is signed by all of the holders of title of land in the portion proposed to be annexed, the board may proceed and act thereon without notice and hearing, but shall otherwise comply with the applicable provisions of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 83.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72681.

72681. The text of the petition for annexation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time at which it is to be presented to the board, in at least one newspaper printed and published in the district, if there is a newspaper printed and published in the district, together with a notice stating the time and place of the meeting at which the petition will be presented. If the petition is contained upon one or more instruments, only one copy of the petition need be published.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72682.

72682. No more than five of the names attached to the petition for annexation need appear in the publication of the petition and notice, but the number of signers shall be stated.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72683.

72683. The petition and notice shall also be posted in three public places in the improvement district and three public places in the area proposed to be annexed at least two weeks prior to the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72684.

72684. The board shall proceed to hear the petition at the time and place fixed therefor, and any person residing within the district or improvement district or owning taxable property in the district or improvement district may appear and be heard at such hearing. Such hearing may be continued from time to time by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72685.

72685. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board finds and determines from the evidence presented at the hearing that the area proposed to be annexed to an improvement district will be benefited thereby, and that the improvement district to which the area proposed to be annexed will also be benefited thereby and will not be injured thereby, the board may, by resolution, approve the annexation.
The resolution shall describe the annexed territory, which may be made by reference to a map on file with the secretary, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the annexed area, or may be made in any other definite manner. The resolution shall also state the terms and conditions of annexation as theretofore determined by resolution of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72686.

72686. From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution approving the annexation, the area named therein is added to and forms a part of the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72687.

72687. The taxable property in the annexed areas shall be subject to taxation after the annexation thereof for the purposes of the improvement district, including the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and other obligations of the improvement district authorized and outstanding at the time of the annexation. If the terms and conditions established by the board specifically so provide, the taxable property in the annexed area shall be subject to taxation as if the annexed property had always been a part of the improvement district.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 71.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72688.

72688. The board may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed by it.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition › Section 72689.

72689. Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced within three months after the date of the resolution approving such annexation; otherwise the annexation shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72700.

72700. The board, by resolution, may initiate proceedings for the annexation of territory within the district whether contiguous or not to an improvement district to such improvement district.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 132.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72701.

72701. The resolution proposing annexation shall:
(a) Declare that proceedings have been initiated by the board pursuant to this article.
(b) State the reason for proposing the annexation.
(c) Set forth a description of the area proposed to be annexed, which may be made by reference to a map on file with the secretary of the district which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the area proposed to be annexed.
(d) State the terms and conditions of the annexation.
(e) State that the holders of title to any of the land sought to be annexed may file written protests with the secretary to the annexation or the annexation upon such terms and conditions.
(f) Fix the time and place of a meeting at which the board will receive written protests theretofore filed with the secretary, receive additional written protests, and hear from any and all persons interested in the annexation.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72702.

72702. The text of the resolution proposing annexation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time of hearing in at least one newspaper printed and published in the district, if there is a newspaper published and printed in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72703.

72703. A copy of the resolution proposing annexation shall also be posted in three public places within the improvement district and three public places in the area proposed to be annexed at least two weeks prior to the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72704.

72704. The board shall proceed with the hearing at the time and place fixed therefor and may continue the hearing, if need be, from time to time. All interested persons will be heard at the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72705.

72705. If written protests are filed by the holders of title of one-half of the value of the territory proposed to be annexed as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of each county in which the territory is situated, further proceedings shall not be taken, and the board shall refuse the annexation by a resolution so stating.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72706.

72706. If written protest is not made by the owners of one-half of the value of the territory proposed to be annexed, and if, at the conclusion of the hearing, the board finds and determines from the evidence presented at the hearing that the area proposed to be annexed to an improvement district will be benefited thereby, and that the improvement district to which the area proposed to be annexed will also be benefited thereby and will not be injured thereby, the board may, by resolution, approve such annexation.
The resolution shall describe the territory annexed, which may be by reference to a map on file with the secretary, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the annexed area. The resolution shall also state the terms and conditions of annexation as theretofore determined by resolution of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72707.

72707. If the board finds and determines that either the area proposed to be annexed to the improvement district will not be benefited thereby or that the improvement district to which the area is proposed to be annexed will not be benefited thereby and will be injured thereby, the board shall by resolution disapprove such annexation.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72708.

72708. From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution approving the annexation, the area described therein is added to and forms a part of the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72709.

72709. The taxable property in the annexed area shall be subject to taxation after the annexation thereof for the purposes of the improvement district, including the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and other obligations of the improvement district authorized and outstanding at the time of the annexation. If the terms and conditions established by the board specifically so provide, the taxable property in the annexed area shall be subject to taxation as if the annexed property had always been a part of the improvement district.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 71.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72710.

72710. The board may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed by it.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Inclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by the Board › Section 72711.

72711. Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced within three months after the date of the resolution of the board approving the annexation of the territory to an improvement district; otherwise, the annexation shall be held valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Dissolution of Improvement Districts › Section 72730.

72730. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 72738, whenever the board deems it necessary for any improvement district formed pursuant to this division to be dissolved, it shall by resolution declare its intention to dissolve the improvement district.
As used in this chapter, “improvement district” includes an uninhabited improvement district formed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 71920) of Part 7 of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1151.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Dissolution of Improvement Districts › Section 72731.

72731. The resolution of intention shall state:
(a) The reason why the improvement district should be dissolved.
(b) If the improvement district was formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 71870) or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 71920) of Part 7 of this division, that no bonds have been issued for the improvement district or are outstanding.
(c) If the improvement district was formed pursuant to Part 8 (commencing with Section 72000) of this division, that no indebtedness or liability was incurred for the improvement district or is outstanding.
(d) That a map showing the exterior boundaries of the improvement district, with relation to the territory immediately contiguous thereto, is on file with the secretary and is available for inspection by any person or persons interested.
(e) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the question of the dissolution of the improvement district.
(f) That at such time and place any person interested, including all persons owning property in the district or in the improvement district will be heard.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Dissolution of Improvement Districts › Section 72732.

72732. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper circulated in the district, if there is a newspaper circulated in the district. Such notice shall also be given by posting a copy of the resolution in three public places within the improvement district for at least two weeks before the time fixed for the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Dissolution of Improvement Districts › Section 72733.

72733. At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing any person interested, including all persons owning property in the district, or in the improvement district, may appear and present any matters material to the proposed dissolution.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Dissolution of Improvement Districts › Section 72734.

72734. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by ordinance determine whether it is necessary to dissolve the improvement district. If so, the ordinance shall state that the exterior boundaries of the improvement district are set forth on a map on file with the secretary and shall declare the improvement district dissolved. The determinations made in the ordinance shall be final and conclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Dissolution of Improvement Districts › Section 72736.

72736. The taxable property within the boundaries of the dissolved improvement district shall continue to be taxed for any indebtedness of the district contracted for such dissolved improvement district until the indebtedness has been satisfied, to the same extent that such property would be taxable for such purpose if the dissolution had not occurred.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Dissolution of Improvement Districts › Section 72737.

72737. Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the dissolution of an improvement district, or of any of the proceedings in relation thereto, is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced within three months from the effective date of the ordinance dissolving the improvement district; otherwise, the dissolution of the improvement district and, all proceedings in relation thereto, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Dissolution of Improvement Districts › Section 72738.

72738. After a bond election has been held in an improvement district formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 71870) of Part 7 of this division and less than two-thirds of the votes cast in such election were in favor of the measure the board may within one year of the date of such election call and hold another election as provided in Part 7 of this division for the purpose of resubmitting said measure to the electors of said improvement district. If said measure is not so resubmitted said improvement district, on the anniversary date of the election, is dissolved without further action by the board. If said measure is resubmitted and fails to receive more than two-thirds of the votes cast in such election in favor of said measure said improvement district is dissolved following the canvass of the election returns.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1151.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72740.

72740. Two or more improvement districts formed for a purpose other than the incurring of bonded indebtedness, whose powers and purposes are limited to those specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 71680) of Chapter 3 of Part 5, and which are portions of the same district, may be consolidated for a purpose other than the incurring of bonded indebtedness, as provided in this chapter, whether their boundaries are contiguous or not.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72740.1.

72740.1. Whenever the board intends to consolidate two or more improvement districts in accordance with this chapter, the board shall adopt a resolution of intention which states all of the following:
(a) The board intends to consolidate the improvement districts.
(b) The purpose for which the improvement districts are to be consolidated.
(c) The estimated expense of carrying out that purpose.
(d) Taxes for carrying out that purpose will be levied exclusively upon the taxable property in the consolidated improvement district.
(e) The board’s determination as to the apportionment to the land in the respective improvement districts to be consolidated of any outstanding indebtedness and liabilities as it deems equitable.
(f) The taxable property within the boundaries of each participating improvement district shall continue to be taxed and assessed for any indebtedness and liabilities of the district contracted for that participating improvement district to the same extent that the property would be taxable and assessable for that purpose if the consolidation did not occur.
(g) A map showing the exterior boundaries of the proposed consolidated improvement district, with relation to the territory immediately contiguous thereto, is on file with the secretary and is available for inspection by any person or persons interested.
(h) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the questions of the consolidation and extent of the proposed consolidated improvement district, the purpose for which the improvement districts is to be consolidated, the estimated expense of carrying out that purpose, and the board’s determination as to the apportionment of any outstanding indebtedness and liabilities in the respective improvement districts to be consolidated.
(i) The fact that at the hearing any person interested, including all persons owning property in the district or in the proposed consolidated improvement district, may be heard.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72740.2.

72740.2. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the hearing, in a newspaper circulated in the improvement districts to be consolidated. The notice shall also be given by posting a copy of the resolution of intention in three public places within each of the improvement districts to be consolidated for at least two weeks before the time fixed for the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72740.3.

72740.3. At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing, any person interested, including any person owning property in each improvement district or in the proposed consolidated improvement district, may appear and present any matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution of intention.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72740.4.

72740.4. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board determines that it is necessary to consolidate the improvement districts, the board shall adopt a resolution of consolidation which states all of the following:
(a) The board deems it necessary to consolidate the improvement districts.
(b) The purpose for which the improvement districts are to be consolidated.
(c) The estimated expense of carrying out that purpose.
(d) Taxes for carrying out that purpose will be levied exclusively upon the taxable property in the consolidated improvement district.
(e) The board’s determination as to the apportionment to the land in the respective improvement districts to be consolidated of any outstanding indebtedness and liabilities as it deems equitable.
(f) The taxable property within the boundaries of each participating improvement district shall continue to be taxed and assessed for any indebtedness and liabilities of the district contracted for that participating improvement district, to the same extent that the property would be taxable and assessable for that purpose if the consolidation had not occurred.
(g) The exterior boundaries of the consolidated improvement district are set forth on a map on file with the secretary, which map shall govern all details as to the extent of the consolidated improvement district.
(h) The portion of the district set forth on the map shall thereupon constitute and be known as “Improvement District (A, B, C, or other letter designation) ____ of ____ Municipal Water District.”
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72740.5.

72740.5. A copy of the resolution of consolidation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, in a newspaper circulated in the improvement districts being consolidated. A copy of the resolution shall also be posted in three public places within each of the improvement districts being consolidated for at least two weeks.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72740.6.

72740.6. The determinations made in the resolution of consolidation shall be final and conclusive, and the resolution of consolidation shall be effective on the 91st day after completion of the publication and posting.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72740.7.

72740.7. Upon completion of the consolidation, a statement of consolidation, certified by the secretary of the district, shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72740.8.

72740.8. After the consolidation of the improvement districts pursuant to this chapter, all taxes levied for the carrying out of its purpose shall be levied exclusively upon the taxable property in the consolidated improvement district. The taxable property within the boundaries of each participating improvement district shall continue to be taxed for any indebtedness and liabilities of the district contracted for that participating improvement district, to the same extent that the property would be taxable for that purpose if the consolidation had not occurred.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72740.9.

72740.9. When consolidated, the consolidated improvement district, under the name specified for it in the resolution of consolidation, succeeds to all of the rights, privileges, functions, and properties of all of the improvement districts participating in the consolidation, is subject to all of their indebtedness as respectively apportioned, and is subject to the same limitations that are applicable to each participating improvement district to levy taxes and to impose fees and assessments, within their respective areas.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72741.

72741. When consolidated, the consolidated improvement district possesses all of the powers of, is governed by, and is subject to all of the provisions of this division, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, as though originally formed pursuant to Part 8 (commencing with Section 75350).
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72741.1.

72741.1. Nothing contained in this chapter shall impair the rights of creditors of an improvement district participating in the consolidation, and each creditor may enforce against and through the consolidated improvement district all the creditor’s rights against any improvement district participating in the consolidation in the same manner and with the same effect, except for the substitution of the consolidated improvement district for the improvement district participating in the consolidation, as if the consolidation had never been effected.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Consolidation of Improvement Districts › Section 72741.2.

72741.2. Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the consolidation of the improvement districts, or of any of the proceedings in relation thereto, is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within three months from the effective date of the resolution of consolidation; otherwise, the consolidation of the improvement districts and all proceedings in relation thereto, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. Effective August 22, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11.5 - MARIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT › CHAPTER 1 - Supplemental Water Supplies › Section 72750.

72750. The Marin Municipal Water District, in addition to or in conjunction with any provision of this division, may do any of the following in order to implement the acquisition, storage, transportation, and distribution of water for such district:
(a) Fix such rates for water in the district, and in each improvement district therein, as will result in revenues which will pay the amounts payable by the district without limitation, pursuant to contracts or leases entered into by the district.
(b) Contract with any person, political subdivision, public corporation or agency, for the purchase of water and water supply, or for the right to use, or for capacity in, all or any part of water storage, transportation, or distribution facilities, existing waterworks or a waterworks system.
(c) Lease from any person, political subdivision, public corporation or agency, with the privilege of purchasing or otherwise, all or any part of, or the right to use, or for capacity in, all or any part of water storage, transportation, or distribution facilities, existing waterworks, or a waterworks system.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 771.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11.5 - MARIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT › CHAPTER 2 - Taxes and Other Revenues › Section 72755.

72755. If the revenues of the district, or of any improvement district therein, are, or in the judgment of the board will probably be, inadequate for any cause to pay the principal of, or interest on, any bonded debt of the district, or any improvement district thereof, as it becomes due and also the amounts set forth in Section 71616, and also any amounts pursuant to contracts or leases referred to in this part applicable to the Marin Municipal Water District, the board shall cause a tax to be levied, sufficient to provide for such deficit and to pay the amount of such principal and interest that will become due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax levy will be available.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 771.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11.5 - MARIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT › CHAPTER 3 - Elections › Section 72760.

72760. The Marin Municipal Water District in Marin County shall not exercise any powers under this part by which the district incurs an indebtedness or liability exceeding in any year the income or revenue for that year, without the approval of a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held within the district for that purpose. The election may be combined with any other election held within the district. If a majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of the proposition, the county elections official shall immediately cause to be filed with the Secretary of State a certificate reciting that fact. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code shall apply to that election.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 266. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS › PART 11.6 - Central Basin Municipal Water District › Section 72770.

72770. Notwithstanding Section 71274, no ordinance, motion, or resolution relating to the ethics, compensation, or benefits of the members of the Central Basin Municipal Water District board of directors shall be passed or become effective without the affirmative votes of two-thirds of the members of the board.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 426, Sec. 2. (SB 953) Effective January 1, 2017.)