California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 2 - Formation of Districts

• Section 6293.
  Proceedings for the formation of a district within Napa County shall be commenced by a petition that is either of the following:(a) Signed by 50 percent...
• Section 6293.1.
  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 6293.2.
  Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before it has been acted upon by filing with the clerk of the board of...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 6293.3.
  (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 6293.4.
  (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 6293.5.
  (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 6293.6.
  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 6293.7.
  Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district. Notice of the hearing...
• Section 6293.8.
  The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442,...
• Section 6293.9.
  At the hearing, the report of the county agricultural commissioner shall be received by the board of supervisors. Protests may be made orally or in...
• Section 6293.10.a.
  At the hearing, any owner of winegrape growing acreage in the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request for the exclusion...
• Section 6293.11.
  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 6293.12.
  (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 6293.13.
  (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any winegrape growing acreage that it finds will not...

Last modified: October 22, 2018