California Military and Veterans Code ARTICLE 1 - Formation

• Section 1170.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates:(a) “District” means a memorial district organized under the provisions of this chapter.(b) “Board” means the board of...
• Section 1171.
  A memorial district may be established, maintained, governed, supported, and operated in the manner and for the purposes herein provided, and may exercise the powers...
• Section 1172.
  No district shall include territory not wholly in the same county. A district may include any incorporated territory of the county together with any contiguous...
• Section 1173.
  By petition filed with the county clerk, registered electors residing within the boundaries of a proposed district, equal in number to at least eight per...
• Section 1174.
  The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county within which the proposed district is situated, shall be signed by the...
• Section 1175.
  The petition may be filed in sections, each of which shall fully comply with all of the requirements for a petition, except that each section...
• Section 1176.
  Within 30 days after the filing of the petition the county elections official shall find and certify whether the petition is signed by the requisite...
• Section 1177.
  If the petition and certificate is presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting the board at that meeting shall ascertain whether the...
• Section 1177.5.
  The notice required in Section 1176 shall state the fact that the board has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the...
• Section 1177.6.
  At any time prior to the time fixed for a hearing of the matter, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board...
• Section 1178.
  At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall either adopt an order abandoning the creation of the proposed district or shall by...
• Section 1178.5.
  Sample ballots shall be printed and mailed, together with a synopsis of the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing at Section 1170) of Division 6, to...
• Section 1179.
  The special election shall be held upon a date not later than the 130th day after the meeting of the board at which the petition...
• Section 1180.
  The special election shall be called, noticed, held, and conducted, election officers appointed, voting precincts designated, candidates nominated, ballots printed, polls opened and closed, ballots...
• Section 1180.1.
  Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a...
• Section 1180.2.
  The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of...
• Section 1180.3.
  If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time...
• Section 1180.4.
  The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be...
• Section 1181.
  For the purposes of this chapter the board of supervisors and the county elections official, respectively, shall have all the powers and duties that boards...
• Section 1182.
  If a majority of the votes cast at the special election are in favor of formation of the district, the county elections official shall, within...
• Section 1183.
  Such certified copies when recorded shall, after sixty days from the date of the special election, be conclusive evidence against all persons, firms, associations and...
• Section 1185.
  A district may be formed in the manner prescribed by this article that is within an existing memorial district, if, in addition to the petition...

Last modified: October 22, 2018