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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Notice › Section 75760.

75760. The owner or owners in fee of one or more tracts of land which constitute a portion of a district and which severally or in their entirety are contiguous to the exterior boundaries of the district may jointly or severally file with the board a petition, praying that such tract or tracts, and any other tracts contiguous thereto, be excluded from the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Notice › Section 75761.

75761. The petition for exclusion of lands shall state the grounds and reasons upon which it is claimed that the lands should be excluded. The petition shall describe the boundaries of the lands, and shall describe the lands of the petitioner or petitioners which are included within such boundaries. The description of such lands need not be more particular or certain than is required when the lands are entered in the assessment book by the county assessor.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Notice › Section 75762.

75762. The petition for exclusion of lands shall be acknowledged in the manner and form as is required in the case of conveyance of land, and the acknowledgment shall have the same force and effect as evidence as the acknowledgment of such a conveyance.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Notice › Section 75763.

75763. The secretary shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands to be published for at least once a week for two weeks in some newspaper published in the county where the office of the board is situated. If any portion of the territory asked to be excluded lies within another county or counties, the notice shall be so published in a newspaper published within each of such counties; or if no newspaper is published therein, the notice shall be posted for the same time in at least three public places in the district. In case of the posting of such notices, one of such notices shall be so posted on the lands proposed to be excluded.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Notice › Section 75764.

75764. The notice of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands shall state the filing of the petition, the names of the petitioners, a description of the lands mentioned in the petition, and the prayer of the petition. It shall notify all persons interested in, or who may be affected by, the change of the boundaries of the district, to appear at the office of the board at a time named in the notice and show cause, in writing, if any they have, why the change of the boundaries of the district, as proposed in the petition, should not be made. The time to be specified in the notice at which they shall be required to show cause shall be the regular meeting of the board next after the expiration of the time for the publication of the notice.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75780.

75780. The board, at the time and place mentioned in the notice of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands, or at the time or times to which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition, all evidence or proofs that are introduced by or on behalf of the petitioner or petitioners, and all objections to the petition that are presented in writing by any person showing cause why the change of boundaries should not be made, and all evidence and proofs that are introduced in support of such objections. Such evidence shall be taken down in shorthand, and a record made thereof and filed with the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75781.

75781. The failure of any person interested in the district, other than the holders of bonds thereof outstanding at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands, to show cause, in writing, why the tract or tracts of land mentioned in the petition should not be excluded from the district shall be deemed and taken as an assent by him to the exclusion of such tract or tracts of land, or any part thereof, from the district; and the filing of such petition shall be deemed and taken as an assent by each petitioner to the exclusion from the district of the lands mentioned in the petition, or any part thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75782.

75782. The expenses of giving the notice of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands and of the proceedings on the petition shall be paid by the person or persons filing the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75783.

75783. If, upon the hearing of the petition for exclusion of lands, no evidence or proofs in support thereof are introduced, or if the evidence fails to sustain the petition, or if the board deems it not for the best interest of the district that the lands, or some portion thereof, mentioned in the petition, should be excluded from the district, the board shall order that the petition be denied as to such lands.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75784.

75784. If the board deems it for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition for exclusion of lands, or some portion thereof, be excluded from the district, and if no person interested in the district shows cause in writing why such lands or some portion thereof, should not be excluded from the district, or if, having shown cause, withdraws his objections, or upon the hearing fails to establish such objections as he may have made, the board may, by unanimous vote of all of its members, make an order that the lands mentioned and described in the petition, or some defined portion thereof, be excluded from said district.
The board shall order the exclusion of all lands petitioned to be excluded from the district which, in the judgment of all of its members, will not be benefited by the operations of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Recordation of Change of Boundaries and Filing of Certificate › Section 75800.

75800. If the board excludes any lands from the district, it shall make an entry in the minutes of the board describing the boundaries of the district, if the exclusion of the lands from the district changes the boundaries of the district, and for that purpose the board may cause a survey to be made of such portions of the district as the board deems necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Recordation of Change of Boundaries and Filing of Certificate › Section 75801.

75801. A certified copy of the entry in the minutes of the board excluding any land, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in the recorder’s office of each affected county.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Recordation of Change of Boundaries and Filing of Certificate › Section 75802.

75802. Upon exclusion of land from the district, the board shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State stating:
(a) The name of the district.
(b) The effective date of the exclusion.
(c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a description of the land excluded, or reference to a map showing the boundaries of such excluded land, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded.
If the exclusion order contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the board may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 5 - Bondholders Assent to Exclusion › Section 75810.

75810. If there are outstanding bonds of the district at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands, the holders of such outstanding bonds may give their assent, in writing, to the effect that they severally consent that the lands mentioned in the petition, or such portion thereof as may be excluded from the district by order of the board, may be excluded from the district; and if such lands, or any portion thereof, are thereafter excluded from the district, the lands so excluded shall be released from the lien of such outstanding bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 5 - Bondholders Assent to Exclusion › Section 75811.

75811. The assent shall be acknowledged by the several holders of the outstanding bonds in the same manner and form as is required in case of a conveyance of land, and the acknowledgment shall have the same force and effect as evidence as the acknowledgment of such conveyance.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 5 - Bondholders Assent to Exclusion › Section 75812.

75812. The assent shall be filed with the board, and shall be recorded in the minutes of the board; and such minutes, or a copy thereof, certified by the secretary, shall be admissible in evidence, with the same effect as the assent, and such certified copy thereof may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county wherein the excluded lands are situated.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 5 - Bondholders Assent to Exclusion › Section 75813.

75813. If the holders of outstanding bonds of the district which are payable from assessments upon real property give their assent, as provided in Section 75810, to the exclusion of lands from the district, the assent shall release all real property which is excluded from the district by virtue of the exclusion of such lands from the lien of such outstanding bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Exclusion › Section 75830.

75830. A district, notwithstanding the exclusion of lands therefrom, shall be and remain a district as fully, to every intent and purpose, as it would be had no change been made in the boundaries of the district, or had the lands excluded therefrom never constituted a portion of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Exclusion › Section 75831.

75831. Nothing in this division shall, in any manner, operate to release any of the lands excluded from a district from any obligation to pay, or from any lien thereon of, any valid outstanding bonds or other indebtedness of the district at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion of such lands, but upon the contrary, such lands shall be held subject to such lien and answerable and chargeable for and with the payment and discharge of all of such outstanding obligations at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion, as fully as though such petition were never filed and the order of exclusion never made.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Exclusion › Section 75832.

75832. For the purpose of discharging the outstanding indebtedness at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands, the lands excluded shall be deemed and considered as part of the district the same as though the petition for its exclusion had never been filed or the order of exclusion never made.
All provisions which may have been resorted to to compel the payment by such lands of their quota or portion of such outstanding obligations had such exclusion never been accomplished, may, notwithstanding such exclusion, be resorted to to compel and enforce the payment on the part of such lands of their quota or portion of such outstanding obligations for which they are liable.
Such lands shall not be held answerable or chargeable for any obligation of any nature or kind whatever incurred after the filing with the board of the petition for the exclusion of such lands from the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Exclusion › Section 75833.

75833. The provisions of Sections 75831 and 75832 shall not apply to any outstanding bonds, the holders of which have assented to the exclusion of the lands from the district, as provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 75810) of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Exclusion › Section 75834.

75834. If any of the outstanding bonds are payable from assessments upon all real property in the district, any real property excluded from the district by virtue of the exclusion of lands from said district shall, notwithstanding such exclusion, be considered a part of such district for the purpose of discharging such outstanding bonded indebtedness and shall be and remain liable to be taxed to pay the principal of and interest on such outstanding bonded indebtedness until such outstanding bonded indebtedness and the interest thereon is fully paid; except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any outstanding bonds, the holders of which have assented to the exclusion of such lands from the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Exclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Exclusion › Section 75835.

75835. If the land excluded from any district embraces the greater portion of any division or divisions of such district, the office of director for such division or divisions shall become and be vacant at the expiration of 10 days from the final order of the board excluding such lands. Such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1059.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 75850.

75850. The boundaries of a district may be changed to include additional land within the district as provided in this chapter, and the inclusion within a district of any land not contiguous thereto shall be deemed to effect a change of the boundaries of the district. No such change in the boundaries of a district shall impair or affect its organization, or its right in or to property, or any of its rights or privileges of whatsoever kind or nature; nor shall it affect, impair, or discharge any contract, obligation, lien, or charge for or upon which the district was or might become liable or chargeable had such change of its boundaries not been made.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 75851.

75851. When a district is the sole owner of any tract of land not within the boundaries of the district, the board, upon determining that the inclusion of that land will be for the best interests of the district, may by resolution declare that such land shall be included in the district. The inclusion of such land within the district is effective immediately upon the adoption of the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 1 - In General › Section 75852.

75852. A guardian, executor, or administrator of an estate, who is appointed as such under the laws of this state, and who, as such guardian, executor, or administrator, is entitled to the possession of the lands belonging to the estate which he represents, may, on behalf of his ward or the estate which he represents, upon being authorized by the proper court, sign and acknowledge petition for the inclusion of lands, and may show cause, as provided in this chapter, why the boundaries of the district should not be changed.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Notice › Section 75860.

75860. The holder of title or evidence of title, to any tract of land, or if there is more than one holder of title or evidence of title to such tract, the majority of such holders who are also the holders of title or evidence of title to at least one-half of the area of such land, may file in the office of the board a petition praying that such tract of land be included within the district.
A petitioner who is the owner of an undivided interest in such land, or any of it, shall be deemed the owner of such proportion of the area of the land in which he has an interest as his interest bears to the whole of such land.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Notice › Section 75861.

75861. Each signature to the petition for inclusion of lands shall be acknowledged or proved as provided by law for signatures to an instrument to entitle it to be recorded.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Notice › Section 75862.

75862. The secretary shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition for inclusion of lands to be given and published in the same manner and for the same time as notices of elections for the issuance of bonds are required to be given and published.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Notice › Section 75863.

75863. The notice of the filing of the petition for inclusion of lands shall state the purpose of the petition, describe the boundaries of the tract of land proposed to be included, and give the names of the petitioners. It shall also notify all persons interested in, or who may be affected by, the proposed inclusion of the land within the district to appear at the office of the board at a time named in the notice for the hearing of the petition and objections thereto and show cause, in writing, if any they have, why the land or any of it should not be included as proposed in the petition. The time to be specified in the notice for the hearing shall be the regular meeting of the board next after the expiration of the time for the publication of the notice.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 2 - Petition and Notice › Section 75864.

75864. The petitioners shall advance to the secretary sufficient money to pay for the publication of the notice of the filing of the petition for the inclusion of lands, which shall be refunded to the petitioners if the petition is granted in whole or in part.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75880.

75880. The board, at the time and place mentioned in the notice of the filing of the petition for inclusion of lands, or at the time or times to which the hearing of the petition may be postponed, shall proceed to hear the petition and all the objections thereto presented in writing by any person showing cause why the proposed change of boundaries of the district should not be made.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75881.

75881. The failure of any person interested in the district, or in the matter of the proposed change of its boundaries, to show cause in writing why the proposed change of boundaries of the district should not be made shall be deemed and taken as an assent by him to the change of the boundaries of the district as prayed for in the petition for the inclusion of lands, or to such a change of such boundaries as will include a part of the lands; and the filing of such petition shall be deemed and taken as an assent on the part of each petitioner to such a change of the boundaries as may include the whole or any portion of the lands described in the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75882.

75882. If the board, after the hearing, determines that the petition for inclusion of lands complies with the requirements of Article 2 (commencing with Section 75860) of this chapter and that the inclusion within the distict of the tract of land described in the petition, or some portion or portions thereof, will be for the best interests of the district, and if no protest against the inclusion of such land is made, or if such protest is made and enough signatures are withdrawn therefrom so that the protest is no longer sufficient, the board shall order the boundaries of the district to be changed so that the tract of land, or such portion or portions thereof as the board deems it for the best interests of the district to include, shall be included in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75883.

75883. If the board determines that only a portion or certain portions of the tract of land described in the petition for inclusion of lands should be included, the petition shall be dismissed unless:
(a) The petitioners include a majority of the holders of title or evidence of title of such portion, or of each of such portions, of the tract, representing also at least one-half the area of such portion, or of each of such portions; or
(b) Within 60 days from the time such determination is made, there is filed with the board the consent in writing, acknowledged or proved as required in Section 75861, of a majority of the holders of title or evidence of title of such portion, or of each of such portions, of the tract of land, representing also at least one-half of the area of such portion or each of such portions.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75884.

75884. The order changing the boundaries shall describe the boundaries of the land included within the district, and if such land adjoins any portion of the district, the order shall also describe that portion of the boundary of the district which coincides with the boundary of the land included. For the purposes of the order, the board may cause a survey to be made of such portions of such boundaries as it deems necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75885.

75885. If more than one petition for the inclusion of land has been presented, the board may in one order include within the district any number of separate tracts of land.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75886.

75886. Any public land of the United States may be included within a district, except as may be provided otherwise by federal law.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order › Section 75887.

75887. The board may require, as a condition precedent to the granting of the petition for inclusion of lands, that the petitioners severally pay to the district such respective sums, as nearly as they can be estimated (the several amounts to be determined by the board), as the petitioners or their predecessors in interest would have been required to pay to the district as assessments had the lands been included in the district at the time the district was originally formed.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 75900.

75900. If a protest against the inclusion of lands, signed by not less than 3 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands within the district who hold the title or evidence of title to not less than 3 percent in value of the lands within the district according to the last equalized assessment roll of the county within which such lands are situated, is presented to the board and upon the hearing of the matter such protest is not withdrawn, or after the withdrawal therefrom of any signatures it is still signed by not less than 3 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands within the district who hold the title or evidence of title to not less than 3 percent in value of the lands within the district according to the last equalized assessment roll of the county within which such lands are situated, or if the board deems it not for the best interests of the district to include therein the lands described in the petition for inclusion, or any of them, the board shall adopt a resolution stating the facts and describing the boundaries of the tract of land proposed to be included in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 75901.

75901. Upon the adoption of the resolution pursuant to Section 75900, the board shall order that an election be held within the district to determine whether the boundaries shall be changed as mentioned in such resolution; and shall fix the time at which such election shall be held, and cause notice thereof to be given and published.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 75902.

75902. Before calling the election, the board may require an undertaking from the petitioners for the inclusion of the land, conditioned that the petitioners or the sureties will pay all the costs of holding the election in case the inclusion is denied.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 413.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 75903.

75903. Notice of the election shall be given and published, the election shall be held and conducted, the returns thereof shall be made and canvassed, and the result of the election ascertained and declared, and all things pertaining thereto conducted, in the manner prescribed by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 74790) of Part 6 of this division.
(Added by stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 75904.

75904. The notice of election shall describe the proposed change of the boundaries in such manner and terms that it can readily be traced.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 75905.

75905. The ballots cast at the election shall contain the words “For change of boundaries,” or “Against change of boundaries,” or words equivalent thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 75906.

75906. If a majority of all the votes cast at the election are against change of the boundaries of the district, the board shall order that the petition for inclusion of lands be denied and shall proceed no further in the matter.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 75907.

75907. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the change of the boundaries of the district, the board shall order that the boundaries be changed in accordance with the resolution adopted by the board pursuant to Section 75900. The order shall describe the entire boundaries of the district, and for that purpose the board shall cause a survey of such portions thereof to be made as it deems necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 5 - Recordation of Order and Petition and Filing of Certificate › Section 75920.

75920. A copy of the order of the board ordering the change of the boundaries of the district, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in the recorder’s office of each affected county. The district shall be and remain a district as fully and to every intent and purpose as if the lands which are included in the district by the change of the boundaries had been included therein at the formation of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 5 - Recordation of Order and Petition and Filing of Certificate › Section 75921.

75921. Upon the filing of the copies of the order pursuant to Section 75920, the secretary shall record the petition for inclusion of lands in the minutes of the board; and such minutes, or a certified copy thereof, shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 5 - Recordation of Order and Petition and Filing of Certificate › Section 75922.

75922. Upon a change of the boundaries of a district being made pursuant to this chapter, the board shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State listing:
(a) The name of the district.
(b) The effective date of the change of the boundaries.
(c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a description of the included land, or reference to a map showing the boundaries of such included land, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded.
If the order changing the boundaries contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the board may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75925.

75925. The following annexation procedures may be used for annexation of land to any water conservation district as an alternative to the procedures set forth in Articles 2 (commencing with Section 75860) to 5 (commencing with Section 75920), inclusive, of Chapter 2 of Part 10 of Division 21.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75926.

75926. A petition which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by 20 percent or 500 electors residing within the area so proposed to be annexed.
Such petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed and shall contain a prayer that such area be annexed to such district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75927.

75927. The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. When contained upon one or more instruments, one copy only of such petition need be published. No more than five of the names attached to the petition need appear in the publication of the petition and notice, but the number of signers shall be stated. Publication shall be complete at least 7, but not more than 28, days before the time at which the petition is to be presented to the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75928.

75928. Within 10 days of the date of filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition is signed by the requisite number of voters.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75929.

75929. When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of such examination, and if from such examination he shall find that said petition is signed by the requisite number of voters or is not so signed, he shall certify that the same is sufficient or insufficient, as the case may be.
If, by the certificate of the secretary of the district, the petition is found to be insufficient, he shall also certify to the number of voters required to make such petition sufficient, and it may be amended by filing a supplemental petition or petitions within 10 days of the date of such certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75930.

75930. The secretary of the district shall, within 10 days after the filing of such supplemental petition or petitions, make like examination of the same and certify to the result of such examination as herein before provided.
If his certificate shall show any such petition, or such petition as amended, to be insufficient, it shall be filed by him with the board of the district and kept as a public record, without prejudice, however, to the filing of a new petition to the same effect, but if, by the certificate of the secretary, such petition, or petition as amended, is shown to be sufficient, the secretary shall present the same to the board without delay.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75931.

75931. If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in determining the number of voters signing the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75932.

75932. After an election for the annexation of such area to the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75933.

75933. Such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of such district after hearing thereon held at the time the petition is presented to the board as provided in Section 75927. No petition for inclusion may be granted unless and until the board finds that the inclusion in the district of the lands described in said petition, or of some portion or portions thereof, will be for the best interests of the district and that the lands proposed to be included shall be benefited by such inclusion. The petition may be granted in its entirety or only as to the part of the territory proposed to be included for which such a finding of benefit is made. If the petition be denied either as to the whole or part of the territory to be included, no new petition for the inclusion of such territory shall be filed within six months after such denial. In granting such petition, such board of directors may fix in said ordinance the terms and conditions upon which such annexation may occur, and such terms and conditions may provide, among other things, for the levy by such district of special taxes upon the real property and improvements thereon, but not on personal property within such annexed area or areas in addition to the taxes elsewhere in this act authorized to be levied by such district, and in case such terms and conditions shall provide for the levy of such special taxes, the board, in fixing such terms and conditions, shall specify the aggregate amount to be so raised and the number of years prescribed for raising such aggregate sum and that substantially equal annual levies will be made for the purpose of raising such sum over the period so prescribed.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75934.

75934. If such petition is granted, the proposition of such annexation subject to the terms and conditions so fixed, shall be submitted to the vote of the voters in the proposed addition, at an election called by the board and held, as herein provided, within 70 days after the effective date of such ordinance.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75935.

75935. Notice of such election shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least 7, but not more than 28, days prior to the date fixed for such election. Such notice shall describe the boundaries of the area or areas so proposed to be annexed and shall designate such territory by some appropriate name, or other words of identification, by which such territory may be referred to and indicated upon the ballot to be used at any election at which the question of such annexation is submitted, as in this act provided. Such notice also shall contain the substance of the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors, as herein provided.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75936.

75936. The measure so submitted at such election shall be stated on the ballot substantially as follows: “Shall ____ (giving the name or other designation of the territory proposed to be annexed, as stated in the notice of election) be annexed to ____ (name of water conservation district) subject to the terms and conditions fixed by the board of directors of said district?” At the right of such proposition there shall be printed the words “yes” and “no” with voting squares.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75937.

75937. The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if such proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the president and secretary of the board of directors shall certify that fact to the Secretary of State and shall record a certificate stating that such proposition was adopted with the county recorder of each affected county in which such district is located.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75938.

75938. Upon receipt of such certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and the addition of said area or areas to said district. A copy of said certificate shall be transmitted to, and filed with, the county clerk of each affected county in which such district is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Inclusion › ARTICLE 6 - Alternate Procedure › Section 75939.

75939. From and after the date of such certificate, the area or areas named therein shall be deemed added to, and shall form a part of, said district, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of said district, including the payment of bonds and other obligations of such district at the time authorized or outstanding, and the board of the district shall be empowered to do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed as hereinabove authorized.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 390.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Annexation of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 75940.

75940. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Petitioning district” means a water conservation district which proposes to petition or which has petitioned another water conservation district to annex its territory to that other water conservation district.
(b) “Annexing district” means a water conservation district which has been petitioned by a petitioning district to be annexed thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Annexation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Procedure in Petitioning District › Section 75950.

75950. Proceedings by the petitioning district are initiated:
(a) When the board of the district determines that it would be for the best interests of the district to be annexed to another water conservation district and adopts, by resolution, a proposed annexation petition; or
(b) When 500, or 5 percent, or more, of the qualified voters of the district sign a proposed annexation petition and submit it to the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Annexation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Procedure in Petitioning District › Section 75951.

75951. A proposed annexation petition shall contain:
(a) A request addressed to the annexing district, petitioning the annexing district to annex the petitioning district.
(b) A statement setting forth the desirability or necessity of the annexation.
(c) Any terms subject to which the annexation shall be conditioned.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 21 - WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS › PART 10 - CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Annexation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Procedure in Petitioning District › Section 75952.

75952. Within 30 days after annexation proceedings have been initiated, the board of the petitioning district shall call and provide for the holding of a special election, at which election the proposition of adopting the proposed annexation petition shall be submitted to the electors of the petitioning district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)