Title HNC — California Harb. & Nav. Code

When the polls are closed, the board of election in every precinct at the election to be held for the formation of the district, shall close the polls in accordance with the general laws governing the election, and deposit the ballots with the county elections official in the cou…

The board of supervisors at its first regular meeting after the date of the election for the formation of the district shall canvass all of the returns of the election and shall have a finding entered in the minutes of the meeting showing the number of votes cast in each precinct…

If from the canvass it appears and the board of supervisors finds that a majority of the votes were cast in favor of the formation of the district, it shall enter that fact upon its minutes, together with a description of the boundaries of the district, its name, the official nam…

The clerk of the board of supervisors shall thereupon make up and certify a copy of the minutes and order and transmit them to the Secretary of State. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The Secretary of State shall file the certificate in his office and within five days thereafter execute under the great seal of the State and transmit to the clerk of the county in which the proceedings were had, his certificate that a harbor district under the name set forth in …

The clerk of the board of supervisors shall file the certificate in his or her office and from the filing of the certificate of the Secretary of State in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors, the formation of the district is complete.

An action or proceeding shall not be thereafter maintained or prosecuted in any court whatever to test or to invalidate the formation of the district unless it is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction within 60 days after the date of the filing of the certificate of the …

A district may be organized pursuant to this part. It shall include one municipal corporation and any contiguous unincorporated territory in any one county but a municipal corporation shall not be divided in the formation of a district. Territory which may be annexed to a municip…

The formation of a district is initiated by a petition presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district is situated. The petition shall be signed by a number of registered voters, residing within the proposed district, equal …

The petition shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the proposed boundaries and it shall pray that the territory included be created a district pursuant to this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

Upon presentation, the petition shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, and upon filing, or at its next regular meeting, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing it, which shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the date of fili…

A notice of the time and place of the hearing of the petition, including a copy of the petition, excepting the names thereon, shall be published at least four times in a newspaper of general circulation published in the territory included within the proposed district, and in case…

At the hearing of the petition, the board of supervisors shall hear those appearing in support, and all protests or objections. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time, not exceeding sixty days in all. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

If the board of supervisors finds that protests have been made, prior to its final determination for formation of the district, by the owners of real property within the proposed district the assessed value of which, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll, constitutes mor…

The board of supervisors may make such changes in the proposed boundaries of the district as are advisable, and it shall define and establish the boundaries. If the board of supervisors deems it proper to include any territory not included within the boundaries proposed in the pe…

The boundaries of any district shall be fixed by the board of supervisors so as not to include more than fifty square miles of unincorporated territory. This area shall have a frontage upon the waterway which it is contemplated will be improved, and the board of supervisors shall…

At the time of making its order fixing the boundaries of the district the board of supervisors shall call an election to determine whether the proposed district shall be organized. A defect in the contents of the petition or in the title to or in the form or publication of the no…

An election shall be held within 130 days of the call, to determine whether the district shall be organized. The election shall be conducted in conformity with the general election laws. At the election the proposition shall be placed on the ballot, permitting each voter to vote …

The board of supervisors shall canvass the results of the election and if a majority of those voting have voted “yes” the proposition is carried, and the board of supervisors shall certify the result to the Secretary of State, who shall file it. From and after the filing of the c…

A certified copy of the certificate filed with the Secretary of State, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the district is situated. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

Any informality in procedure or in the conduct of the election shall not invalidate the establishment of the district. Any proceedings in which the validity of its establishment is denied shall be commenced within sixty days after the date of filing in the office of the Secretary…

A district may be organized pursuant to this part. A district may include any contiguous territory in one or more counties, contiguous to a navigable river or to any channel connected with a navigable river, but a municipal corporation shall not be divided in the formation of a d…

Whenever the formation of a district is desired, a petition may be presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of each county in which is located any portion of land within the proposed district. The petition may consist of any number of instruments and shall be si…

The provisions of Chapters I and II of Division I of the District Organization Act shall govern and control the proceedings for the filing and hearing of the petition and the proceedings for final hearing of the petition and the formation of the district. The “supervising authori…