Title WAT, California Water Code

The petition shall state the grounds and reasons upon which it is claimed that the land should be excluded and shall describe the boundaries thereof, and also the land of such petitioner or petitioners which is included within the boundaries. The description of the land need not …

The petition shall be acknowledged, and the acknowledgment shall have the same force and effect as evidence as the acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)

The board shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition to be published once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper published in the office county, and in a newspaper published within each other affected county. If no newspaper be published therein, the notice sha…

The notice shall state all of the following: (a) The filing of the petition. (b) The names of the petitioners. (c) A description of the land mentioned in the petition. (d) The prayer of the petition. (e) That all interested persons may appear at the office of the board at a time …

A petition for the formation of a district, verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners, may be presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting thereof by: (a) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or othe…

The petition shall state that petitioners desire to reclaim the land, or that the land has been reclaimed, or that the reclamation is in progress, and shall contain: (a) A description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district. (b) A statement as to the total number of a…

The petition shall be published once a week for two weeks preceding the hearing thereof in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county with a notice of the time when the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 33…

An affidavit of publication shall be filed with the petition. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The term bonds, as used in this chapter, includes bonds and refunding bonds, unless otherwise provided. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Bonds shall be of the denomination of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) each. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Bonds shall be signed by the president and attested by the county auditor of the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Bonds shall be numbered consecutively in the order of their maturity. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 8 percent per year, payable on the first day of January and the first day of July in each year at the office of the county treasurer upon the presentation of the proper coupons therefor. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)

Coupons for each installment of interest shall be attached to the bonds and shall bear the facsimile signature of the county auditor of the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The principal of bonds shall be made payable on the first day of July, or the first day of January in such years as the board prescribes. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The board may issue warrants drawn on the appropriate funds of the district to pay indebtedness of the district incurred in carrying out the works of reclamation and to raise money in anticipation of the collection of operation and maintenance assessment levies. (Added by Stats. …

The board may draw demand warrants or time warrants, subject to the provisions of this part. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Demand warrants are warrants, drawn for any purpose, which are payable upon demand. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

Time warrants are warrants, based upon an operation and maintenance assessment, payable at a specified future date expressed in the warrant. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

The date of a warrant is the date inserted as such on the face of the warrant. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)

As used in this chapter “conduit” includes ditch, pipe line, and flume. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Territory included within a district may be excluded from the district. When any part of the corporate area of a city is included in the territory proposed to be excluded from the district, the entire corporate area of the city, or part thereof, then included within the district …

The territory proposed to be excluded may consist of one or more parcels which need not be contiguous to each other and may consist of parcels situated in more than one county if the district contains such parcels. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Any portion of a district, whether contiguous or not to an improvement district thereof, may be annexed to such improvement district in the manner provided in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Annexation proceedings may be initiated by petition. A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

The petition shall be signed by the holders of title to at least 60 percent of the land in the portion proposed to be annexed, which land shall have an assessed valuation of not less than 50 percent of the land proposed to be annexed. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

The petition for annexation shall contain all of the following: (a) A description of the area proposed to be annexed. Such description may be made by reference to a map on file with the secretary of the district, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the area…

The petition for annexation shall be accompanied by a certified check payable to the order of the district in a sufficient amount to reimburse the district for the expenses of processing and publishing the petition and preparing and making the filings required by law. (Added by S…

Within 10 days of the date of the filing of the petition for annexation, the secretary shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the required number of property owners. Upon request of the secretary, the board shall authorize him to employ persons specially…

When the secretary has completed his examination of the petition for annexation, he shall attach to it his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of such examination. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

If the secretary finds from the examination that the petition for annexation is signed by the requisite number of property owners he shall certify that the petition is sufficient. If he finds it is not so signed, he shall certify that the petition is insufficient. (Added by Stats…

If the secretary certifies in his certificate that the petition for annexation is insufficient, the petition may be amended by filing a supplemental petition or petitions within 10 days of the date of such certificate. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Within 10 days after the filing of any supplemental petition or petitions, the secretary shall examine them and certify to the result of such examination as provided in Sections 72675 to 72677, inclusive. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

After the time for filing supplemental petitions has expired and all supplemental petitions have been examined, if the secretary’s certificate shows that the petition for annexation is sufficient, the secretary shall cause notice of hearing on the petition to be published and pos…

In the event the petition for annexation is signed by all of the holders of title of land in the portion proposed to be annexed, the board may proceed and act thereon without notice and hearing, but shall otherwise comply with the applicable provisions of this article. (Added by …

The text of the petition for annexation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time at which it is to be presented to the board, in at least one newspaper printed and published in the district, if there is a newspaper printed and publish…

No more than five of the names attached to the petition for annexation need appear in the publication of the petition and notice, but the number of signers shall be stated. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

The petition and notice shall also be posted in three public places in the improvement district and three public places in the area proposed to be annexed at least two weeks prior to the hearing. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

The board shall proceed to hear the petition at the time and place fixed therefor, and any person residing within the district or improvement district or owning taxable property in the district or improvement district may appear and be heard at such hearing. Such hearing may be c…

At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board finds and determines from the evidence presented at the hearing that the area proposed to be annexed to an improvement district will be benefited thereby, and that the improvement district to which the area proposed to be annexed wil…

From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution approving the annexation, the area named therein is added to and forms a part of the improvement district. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

The taxable property in the annexed areas shall be subject to taxation after the annexation thereof for the purposes of the improvement district, including the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and other obligations of the improvement district authorized and outst…

The board may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed by it. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)

Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced within three months after the date of the resolution approving such annexation; otherwise the annexation shal…

Whenever 1,000 or more of the holders of title or evidence of title of land within a district, as shown by the records of the county assessor, desire to form an improvement district within a district, they may propose the formation of such an improvement district by filing a peti…

Upon receipt of the formation petition the board shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed improvement, and if it is found that the plan of improvement is feasible, the board shall cause to be prepared a report containing the plans and specifications of the improvement and …