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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 23607.

23607. Notwithstanding Section 23602, or any other provision of law to the contrary, in the Palmdale Irrigation District the formation of an improvement district may be proposed by the board of the district. In such event no petition shall be required for the formation of the improvement district, but the board shall give notice of and hold a hearing on the proposal as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If the board finds that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to form the improvement district, it shall proceed with the formation of the improvement district as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, except that it shall not enter a final order forming the improvement district unless the formation of the improvement district as proposed by the board is approved by the voters of the proposed improvement district at an election held within the proposed improvement district at which a majority of the voters voting on the proposition approve the formation of the improvement district as proposed by the board. Such election may be consolidated with any other election held within the district.
At the time of the hearing on the proposed improvement district, the board of directors may also determine that it is in the best interests of the district and of the improvement district that bonds be sold to finance the acquisition of any existing improvements within the improvement district and the construction of other improvements therein. An election shall then be called to submit to the voters the proposal of whether or not bonds in the amount determined by the board should be authorized, and the election shall be called and held pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 21925) of Part 4 of this division. In that event the bond election shall be consolidated with the election for the formation of the improvement district and the improvement district shall not be formed unless two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of both the formation of the district and the issuance of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 554.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 23608.

23608. Notwithstanding Section 23602, or any other provision of law to the contrary, in the Littlerock Creek Irrigation District the formation of an improvement district may be proposed by the board of the district. In such event no petition shall be required for the formation of the improvement district, but the board shall give notice of and hold a hearing on the proposal as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If the board finds that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to form the improvement district, it shall proceed with the formation of the improvement district as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, except that it shall not enter a final order forming the improvement district unless the formation of the improvement district as proposed by the board is approved by the voters of the proposed improvement district at an election held within the proposed improvement district at which a majority of the voters voting on the proposition approve the formation of the improvement district as proposed by the board. Such election may be consolidated with any other election held within the district.
At the time of the hearing on the proposed improvement district, the board of directors may also determine that it is in the best interests of the district and of the improvement district that bonds be sold to finance the acquisition of any existing improvements within the improvement district and the construction of other improvements therein. An election shall then be called to submit to the voters the proposal of whether or not bonds in the amount determined by the board should be authorized, and the election shall be called and held pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 21925) of Part 4 of this division. In that event the bond election shall be consolidated with the election for the formation of the improvement district and the improvement district shall not be formed unless two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of both the formation of the district and the issuance of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 144.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Estimate of Assessment › Section 23625.

23625. Upon receipt of a petition to form an improvement district the board shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed improvements, if any.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Estimate of Assessment › Section 23626.

23626. If the survey shows that the improvements are feasible, the board shall cause to be prepared the following:
(a) Plans and specifications of the improvements proposed to be constructed when the petition proposes the construction of improvements.
(b) An estimate of the cost of the proposed improvements which may include an amount not in excess of 10 percent of the aggregate cost of the proposed improvements to create a reserve fund to be used and applied as additional security for the payment of principal of and interest on any warrants of the improvement district issued against assessments levied for the payment of the cost of the proposed improvement.
(c) Statement of the proposed assessment for the cost of the proposed improvements apportioned to each tract of land in the proposed improvement district as the tracts appear on the last equalized district assessment book and to district-owned land in the proposed improvement district whether or not it appears on the last equalized district assessment book, which apportionment shall be according to the benefits that will accrue to each tract by virtue of the proposed improvements.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Plans and Estimate of Assessment › Section 23627.

23627. If there are any, the plans and specifications, estimate of cost, and the statement of the proposed assessment shall be filed with the secretary in the office of the district and may be inspected by all persons interested.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 23645.

23645. After the filing of the formation petition, and if any, the plans and specifications, the estimate of cost, and statement of the proposed assessment, the board shall give notice of a hearing upon the petition, and if a special assessment is to be levied in the improvement district pursuant to Article 4 of this chapter, the notice shall also state that the hearing is called to determine whether or not the special assessment should be levied.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 23646.

23646. Notice of the hearing shall be given by all of the following:
(a) Posting a notice in three public places within the proposed improvement district.
(b) Publication of the notice once a week for two weeks in a newspaper published in the office county.
(c) Mailing a copy of the notice to the last known address of all of the owners of land in the proposed improvement district to the addresses appearing in the petition.
The notices shall be posted and mailed not less than 20 days prior to the date set for the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 23647.

23647. At the hearing the board shall hear any objections coming before it to any of the following:
(a) The petition.
(b) The formation of the improvement district.
(c) The land to be included within the improvement district.
(d) The plans and specifications.
(e) The estimate of cost.
(f) The proposed assessment.
(g) The apportionment of the assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 23648.

23648. At the hearing the board shall make any changes in reference to the matters set forth in Section 23647 as it considers proper. The board may exclude any part of the land described in the petition from the proposed improvement district and may include additional land.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 23649.

23649. If any additional land is included in the proposed improvement district, the hearing shall be continued and the owners of the added land given personal notice of not less than 20 days of the addition of the land to the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 23650.

23650. Any of the following conditions specified in the plans and specifications of any improvement district heretofore or hereafter formed imposed upon the respective parcels of land in the improvement district are binding and may be enforced:
(a) Limitations, based on the amount of assessment in the respective parcels or otherwise on:
(1) Number of outlets;
(2) Number of services;
(3) Number of connections with the improvement district pipe line;
(4) Uses to which water may be put;
(5) Quantity of water that may be used.
(b) Increases provided for as to any of the foregoing on condition that specified tolls, connection charges, or additional assessments are paid.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 718.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing on Formation › Section 23651.

23651. All such tolls, connection charges, and additional assessments shall be held and applied upon and reduce the last call or calls of the improvement district assessment, or held, and used, or distributed as provided for in Section 24529.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 718.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 23665.

23665. Regardless of any findings made by the board if more than one-third in number of the holders of title to land within a proposed improvement district object at the hearing to its formation or the levy of the proposed assessment, the board shall deny the petition, and no further proceeding shall be had on it.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 23666.

23666. If at the hearing the board finds that it would not be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to form the improvement district the board shall order the proceedings dismissed without prejudice to their renewal.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 23667.

23667. If the board finds that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to form the improvement district, it shall make and enter in its minutes a final order:
(a) Approving the petition.
(b) Forming the improvement district.
(c) Levying the assessment if any is provided for and if the assessment is necessary.
(d) Apportioning the assessment, if levied, to the land in the improvement district according to benefits.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 23669.

23669. Any assessment levied pursuant to Section 23667 shall include both of the following sums:
(a) An amount equal to interest on any deferred payments at a rate not exceeding 12 percent each year.
(b) An amount equal to 10 percent more than all other sums to be raised by the assessment, in order to provide for anticipated delinquencies.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 740, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 23670.

23670. Except as provided in Section 23670.1, the assessment may be made payable in not more than 10 annual installments.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1189.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 23670.1.

23670.1. Upon approval by two-thirds of the board, the assessment may be made payable in not more than 20 annual installments.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1226, Sec. 30.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 23671.

23671. The secretary shall cause a certified copy of the order creating the improvement district to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in each county in which any land of the improvement district is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 23672.

23672. The assessment and each installment of it shall be and remain a lien on the land in the improvement district in the same manner as and be a part of the annual assessment of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 23673.

23673. Upon a change or resubdivision upon the assessment book of the district of any parcel of land in an improvement district, the board upon its own initiative or upon a petition of the owner of the parcel so changed or resubdivided, may reapportion the improvement district assessment upon the parcel, and the order of reapportionment shall be recorded in the same manner as the order levying the original assessment.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 536.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 4 - Formation and Assessment › Section 23674.

23674. If the actual cost of the improvements is substantially less than the estimated cost the assessment may be reduced proportionately on each parcel by recomputing it based on actual costs with the percentage and interest provided for in Section 23669 added thereto. The reapportionment or a statement that the assessment on each parcel has been reduced by a designated percentage shall be recorded in the same manner as the order levying the original assessment.
Installments of assessments levied on district owned land becoming due while the land is still owned by the district shall be paid by the district. Conveyance of such lands into private ownership shall not release the lien thereon of the assessment and the unpaid installments of it.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 816.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Proposal by Board › Section 23750.

23750. This chapter provides an alternative procedure for forming an improvement district within a district for the purpose of the construction of improvements in it, or the acquisition, installation, replacement, or extension of existing works for the production and distribution of water, or any number of these if the cost thereof will not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and the area of the land to be included in the improvement district does not exceed 1,000 acres.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1465.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Proposal by Board › Section 23751.

23751. Unless otherwise expressly provided the formation proceedings provided by this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the next preceding chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Proposal by Board › Section 23752.

23752. No petition is required for the formation of an improvement district pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Proposal by Board › Section 23753.

23753. The board may by resolution cause a survey of the proposed improvement to be made, which survey shall include each of the following:
(a) Detailed plans and specifications.
(b) An estimate of the total cost of the improvement.
(c) A description of the land to be benefited.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing and Formation › Section 23770.

23770. If the cost of the improvements does not require a special assessment in excess of a total of fifty dollars ($50) per acre over an area to be improved not in excess of 1,000 acres, the board may by resolution set a time for a hearing on whether or not to form the improvement district.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1465.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing and Formation › Section 23771.

23771. The board shall give notice of the time and place of the formation hearing in the same manner as provided for the giving of notice for the hearing of a formation petition pursuant to Chapter 1 of this part except that the notice to be mailed to the property owners shall be addressed to their last known address as shown on the assessment book or other records of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing and Formation › Section 23772.

23772. Owners of the property proposed to be included within the improvement district may be heard either in opposition to or in support of the formation of the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing and Formation › Section 23773.

23773. Proceedings at the hearing shall be the same as provided for at a hearing upon the formation petition pursuant to Chapter 1 of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing and Formation › Section 23774.

23774. Upon the conclusion of the hearing to form an improvement district an order shall be made by the board either dismissing the proceedings or ordering the improvement to proceed in the same manner and with the same effect as provided in Article 4 of Chapter 1 of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing and Formation › Section 23775.

23775. If a formation order is made pursuant to this chapter, the land formed into the improvement district shall, for a period not to exceed five years, be assessed in an amount not to exceed ten dollars ($10) per acre per year in addition to the regular assessments levied on the same land annually for district purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Alternative Procedure for Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing and Formation › Section 23776.

23776. Assessments in an improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter shall be levied, collected, and enforced at the same time and in the same manner as annual assessments for district purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23800.

23800. As used in this chapter and in other chapters when applied to an improvement district or proposed improvement district formed or to be formed under this chapter,
(a) “Land” means land entitled to receive water from a district as a matter of right but located outside the district, and land in the district, or either of these.
(b) “Revenue” means all or any part of any source or sources of payment excluding assessments.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 717.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23801.

23801. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this chapter the provisions of all sections of Part 7 of this division shall be applicable to an improvement district formed pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 717.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23803.

23803. The formation of an improvement district under this chapter may be proposed and the petition therefor shall be signed by two-thirds or more in number of the holders of title to the land in the proposed improvement district and the signatures must include those of two-thirds or more in number of the holders of title to the land in the proposed improvement district located outside the district and two-thirds or more in number of the holders of title to the land in the proposed improvement district located in the district if both classes of land are to be included.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 717.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23804.

23804. Land, in the proposed improvement district, located outside the district shall be described in the petition by each owner, which shall be according to the next preceding equalized county assessment roll.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 717.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23805.

23805. No assessment shall be levied in the improvement district and no statement thereof prepared, but in lieu thereof the cost of the improvement and the improvement district warrants issued and interest thereon shall be paid from revenue designated by the board in its order forming the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 717.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23806.

23806. The notice provided for in Section 23645 shall also state that the hearing is called to determine the allocation of revenue to pay the costs of the proposed improvement.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 717.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23807.

23807. Regardless of any findings made by the board if more than one-third in number of the holders of title to land, in the proposed improvement district, located outside the district or more than one-third in number of the holders of title to land, in the proposed improvement district, located inside the district, object at the hearing to its formation or the allocation of revenue made to pay the cost of the proposed improvement, the board shall deny the petition and no further proceedings shall be had on it.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 717.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23808.

23808. Until the payment or retirement of the warrants for the benefit of which an allocation was made, the allocation shall be irrevocable and the revenue allocated shall be applied solely to the payment of the obligations specified in the allocating order.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 717.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23809.

23809. Before April 1st of each year after the warrants are issued the board shall fix charges for the use of water in the improvement district sufficient, when added to other allocated revenue that will be received during the current year, to provide funds adequate to pay the amount of the improvement district warrants and interest thereon then due and that will fall due during the current year plus an amount equal to 10 percent more than such amount if the warrants provide that such additional amount shall be charged to establish a reserve fund to further assure payment of the warrants and interest.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 717.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23810.

23810. Except as provided in Section 23811, the improvement district warrants shall be made payable over not to exceed a period of 10 years and shall specify a rate of interest fixed at the time of their issuance not exceeding 8 percent per year.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2A - Revenue Improvement Districts › Section 23811.

23811. Upon approval by two-thirds of the board, the improvement district warrants shall be made payable over not to exceed a period of 20 years and shall specify a rate of interest fixed at the time of their issuance not exceeding 8 percent per year.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1226, Sec. 31.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Further Assessments and Inclusion › ARTICLE 1 - Supplemental Assessments › Section 23850.

23850. If the assessments levied upon land in an improvement district are insufficient to pay the cost of improvements or the warrants issued for the improvements, a supplemental assessment shall be levied upon all of the land in the improvement district sufficient to pay the cost or the warrants.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Further Assessments and Inclusion › ARTICLE 1 - Supplemental Assessments › Section 23851.

23851. The procedure followed in making the supplemental levy shall be substantially the same as for making the original levy, except that no petition is required.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Further Assessments and Inclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Assessment for New Purposes › Section 23865.

23865. Whenever it is desired to do additional work or acquire additional property in or for an improvement district, upon the petition of two-thirds in number of the holders of title to the land in the improvement district an additional assessment may be levied substantially in the same manner as the original assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Further Assessments and Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion of Land › Section 23875.

23875. If at any time it is desired to include additional land in an improvement district, a petition for inclusion signed by the holders of title to the land to be included may be filed with the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 536.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Further Assessments and Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion of Land › Section 23876.

23876. The inclusion petition shall describe the land in the improvement district as enlarged by the proposed inclusions and give the names and addresses of the owners of the additional land in substantially the same manner as in the original petition for forming an improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Further Assessments and Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion of Land › Section 23877.

23877. The same proceedings shall be had on the improvement district inclusion petition as upon the original petition for the formation of an improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 11 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › PART 7 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Further Assessments and Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Inclusion of Land › Section 23878.

23878. The board may prescribe any conditions upon the inclusion of the land that it deems just.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 536.)
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23879. If any conditions not contained in the petition for inclusion are prescribed by the board the lands shall not be included until two-thirds in number of the petitioners approve the conditions in writing.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 536.)
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23900. This chapter provides an alternative method for the formation of improvement districts for the purpose of cooperating and contracting with the United States and agencies thereof pursuant to the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law as contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23175) of Part 6 of Division 11, or for the purpose of sewage disposal, irrigation water service by a system of pumps, conduits, or both, maintenance of irrigation works, drainage, or distribution of water. The term “district” or “districts” as used in the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law shall include improvement districts formed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. This chapter shall not apply to or affect any other provisions of this division for the formation of improvement districts or the incurring of indebtedness therefor.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 35.)
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23901. Improvement districts consisting of a portion of the territory of a district may be formed within a district and, notwithstanding any other provision in this division, bonds of the district may be issued for such improvement districts as provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23902. Bonds of a district for an improvement district may be issued for either the purpose of cooperating and contracting with the United States pursuant to the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law as contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23175) of Part 6 of Division 11, or for any of the other purposes specified in Section 23900.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 35.)
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23903. Whenever the board is of the opinion that an improvement district should be formed for the purpose set forth in this chapter, the board shall adopt a resolution of intention which shall state: (a) the intention of the board to form the proposed improvement district, (b) the purpose for which the proposed improvement district is to be formed, (c) the estimated expense of carrying out the purpose, (d) that assessments for carrying out the purpose shall be levied exclusively upon the lands in the proposed improvement district, (e) that a map showing the exterior boundaries of the proposed improvement district, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the proposed improvement district, is on file with the secretary of the district and is available for inspection by any person or persons interested, (f) the time and place for a hearing by the board on the formation of the proposed improvement district, the extent thereof, the purpose for which it is to be formed, the benefit to lands within the proposed improvement district from carrying out such purpose, the estimated expense of carrying out such purpose or any other matter relating to any of the foregoing, and (g) that at the time and place specified any persons interested, including all persons owning lands in the district or in the proposed improvement district, may appear and be heard.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23904. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the first publication to be at least fourteen (14) days prior to the time fixed for the hearing. The notice shall also be given by posting a copy of the resolution in three public places within the proposed improvement district for at least fourteen (14) days prior to the time fixed for the hearing. No notice other than that required by this section need be given.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23905. At the time and place so fixed, or at any time or place to which the hearing is continued, the board shall hold the hearing provided for by the resolution of intention, at which hearing any person interested, including all persons owning land in the district, or in the proposed improvement district, may appear and be heard concerning any matters set forth in the resolution of intention or any matters material thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23906. At the hearing the board may adopt a resolution proposing modifications relating to any or all of the following: (a) a modification of the boundaries of the proposed improvement district, (b) the addition to the proposed improvement district of lands which in its opinion will be benefited by carrying out the purpose described in the resolution of intention, (c) the exclusion from the proposed improvement district of any lands described in the resolution of intention which in its opinion will not be benefited by carrying out such purpose or (d) the increasing, decreasing or otherwise modifying of the purpose stated in the resolution of intention. The resolution proposing modification shall describe the proposed modifications, state the change, if any, in the estimated expense of carrying out the purpose, and shall fix a time and place for hearing by the board thereon.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23907. The board shall not order any modifications except after publication of the resolution proposing such modifications once in the same newspaper in which the resolution of intention was published, such publication to be at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date of hearing on the proposed modifications.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23908. The hearing on any proposed modifications, or any continuance thereof, may be held at the same time and place as any continued hearing on the resolution of intention and both hearings may be held and conducted concurrently.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23909. At the conclusion of the hearing on the resolution of intention and of the hearing, if any, upon proposed modifications, the board may by resolution order the improvement district formed for the purpose and with the exterior boundaries described in the resolution of intention, or for the purpose and with the exterior boundaries as proposed to be modified in the resolution, if any, proposing modifications. The resolution ordering the district formed shall state the estimated expense of carrying out the purpose described therein. The resolution shall also number and designate the improvement district substantially as “Improvement District No. ____ of ____ District.”
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23910. After adopting the resolution ordering the improvement district formed, the board may provide for and call a special bond election within such improvement district to submit to the voters of the improvement district a proposition of whether or not an indebtedness of the district shall be incurred and bonds issued therefor in an amount not exceeding the estimate stated in the resolution ordering the improvement district formed, such indebtedness and bonds to be payable from assessments to be levied and collected upon lands within the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23911. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, special bond elections within an improvement district shall be called, noticed, held, conducted and the results thereof canvassed in substantially the same manner as is provided in this division for general obligation bond elections held in the entire district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23912. If two-thirds of the votes cast upon the proposition at a special bond election held in an improvement district are in favor of the issuance of the bonds of the district for the improvement district, the board may by resolution, at such time or times as it deems proper, provide for the issuance of all or any part of such bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23913. Bonds of the district for the improvement district shall be issued and sold in substantially the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as general obligation bonds of the entire district, except that assessments for the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon shall be levied and collected from annual assessments to be levied upon and collected from lands within the improvement district. The bonds shall be issued in the name of the district and shall be designated “Bonds of ________ District for Improvement District No. ___” and each bond and all interest coupons shall state that the assessment for the payment thereof shall be limited to annual assessments to be levied upon and collected from the lands within the improvement district, except to the extent that provision for such payment has been made by the board, as may be permitted by law.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23914. Except to the extent that provision has otherwise been made by the board, as may be permitted by law, for the payment of the principal of and interest upon bonds of the district for the improvement district as they become due and also for the payment of the operating expenses of such improvement district, the annual estimate made by the board of the sum required by the district to discharge all of its obligations shall, in addition to the other amounts required to be included therein, include an amount sufficient to pay the principal of bonds of the district for such improvement district and the interest thereon as the same becomes due and also to pay operating expenses for the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23915. In addition to the charges authorized to be fixed and collected pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 22280) Chapter 2, Part 5 of this division, the board in lieu, in whole or in part, of raising money for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds of the district issued for an improvement district or for the operating expenses of the improvement district, may fix and collect charges for the making of water available to the holders of title to land in the improvement district or the occupants thereon. Such additional charges within an improvement district shall be fixed and collected in substantially the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as is provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 22280), Chapter 2, Part 5 of this division for charges to be fixed and collected within the entire district, except that such additional charges fixed and collected from an improvement district shall be expended only for the payment of the principal of and interest upon bonds of the district issued for the improvement district or for payment of the operating expenses of the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)
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23916. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of this division applicable to general obligation bonds of the district and assessments therefor shall, so far as consistent with this chapter, apply to general obligation bonds of the district for improvement districts therein.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 580.)