California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 2 - Formation of Districts

• Section 6210.
  Proceedings for the formation of a district within any county shall be commenced by a petition that is either of the following:(a) Signed by 50 percent...
• Section 6211.
  The petition may be filed in sections, each of which shall comply with all the requirements for a petition, except that a section need not...
• Section 6212.
  Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before it has been acted upon by filing with the clerk of the board of...
• Section 6213.
  (a) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district and shall set forth its boundaries or describe the lands to be included.(b) It is a...
• Section 6214.
  (a) Upon the presentation and filing of a petition, the board of supervisors shall refer the petition to the county agricultural commissioner for the preparation of...
• Section 6215.
  (a) The board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition.(b) The hearing shall not be less than 20 days, or...
• Section 6216.
  The notice of hearing shall do all of the following:(a) State the name of the district and that it is being formed for the control of...
• Section 6217.
  Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch....
• Section 6218.
  The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078,...
• Section 6219.
  At the hearing, the report of the county agricultural commissioner shall be received. Protests may be made orally or in writing by any person interested...
• Section 6220.
  At the hearing, any owner of winegrape acreage in the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request, in writing, for the...
• Section 6221.
  If the board of supervisors determines that the petition does not comply with the requirements of law, the matter may be dismissed without prejudice to...
• Section 6222.
  (a) If the board of supervisors determines that the project is feasible and in the interest of the winegrape growers of the county, the board of...
• Section 6223.
  (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any winegrape acreage that it finds will not be...

Last modified: October 22, 2018