California Water Code CHAPTER 1 - Petition

  • Section 55100.
    Any portion of a county, containing unincorporated territory, or containing the whole or any portion of one or more incorporated cities and contiguous unincorporated territory,...
  • Section 55101.
    A district may be formed of two or more parcels of noncontiguous territory within the same county if the board of supervisors determines that the...
  • Section 55102.
    A petition for the formation of a district may be presented to the board of supervisors.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 155.)
  • Section 55103.
    The petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors and shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of...
  • Section 55104.
    The formation petition shall contain:(a) The name and boundaries of the proposed district to be benefited by the improvement.(b) A general description of the improvement desired for...
  • Section 55105.
    The petition shall be accompanied by a map showing the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, with relation to the territory immediately contiguous thereto, and...
  • Section 55106.
    There shall also be filed with the petition a good and sufficient undertaking, to be approved by the board of supervisors, in double the amount...
  • Section 55107.
    The failure of the petition to contain any of the matters required to be contained therein shall not affect the legality of the organization of...
  • Section 55108.
    If the petitioners so desire, the petition may also contain a statement that the taxes provided for in this division shall be levied upon the...
  • Section 55109.
    Upon the request of 25 or more freeholders, or a majority of the freeholders, if less than 50 in number, needing water service within a...

Last modified: October 22, 2018