California Food and Agricultural Code CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts

• Section 8451.
  Proceedings for the formation of a district within any county shall be commenced by a petition which is signed by the owners of not less...
• Section 8452.
  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 8453.
  Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before it has been acted upon by filing with the clerk of the board of...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 8454.
  (a) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district and shall set forth its boundaries or describe the lands to be included in it.(b) It...
• Section 8455.
  Upon the presentation and filing of a petition, the board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition and...
• Section 8456.
  The board of supervisors shall order the clerk of the board of supervisors to give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing...
• Section 8457.
  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 eradication and...
• Section 8458.
  Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch.
• Section 8459.
  The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
• Section 8460.
  At the hearing, the report of the commissioner shall be received and protests may be made orally or in writing by any person interested in...
• Section 8461.
  At the hearing, any owner of citrus acreage in the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request in writing for the...
• Section 8462.
  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 8463.
  (a) If the board of supervisors determines that the project is feasible and in the interest of the citrus growers of the county, the board of...
• Section 8464.
  Any district formed prior to March 2, 1961, in which the order of the board of supervisors adopted the description in general terms as it...
• Section 8465.
  (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any citrus acreage which it finds will not be...

Last modified: October 22, 2018