California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 1 - Formation

• Section 9801.
  For purposes of cooperating with landowners or any other agency or for purposes of cooperating with the United States under provisions of the Watershed Protection...
• Section 9802.
  As used in connection with improvement districts:(a) “Improvement” includes operation, maintenance, change, and acquisition of existing works, and the construction, operation, and maintenance of new works....
• Section 9803.
  The formation of an improvement district shall be proposed and the petition therefor shall be signed by two-thirds or more in number of the owners...
• Section 9804.
  A petition for the formation of an improvement district shall contain all of the following:(a) Statement of the plans of the proposed improvement.(b) Description of the land...
• Section 9805.
  The petition, all proceedings in reference to it, the improvement district, and the real property in it shall be designated by a number.(Repealed and added...
• Section 9806.
  The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates except as to signatures.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
• Section 9807.
  A petition to form an improvement district shall be filed with the secretary of the district and may be inspected by all persons interested.(Repealed and...
• Section 9808.
  Upon receipt of a petition to form an improvement district the directors shall cause a survey to be made of the proposed improvements, if any.(Added...
• Section 9809.
  If the survey shows that the improvements are feasible, the directors shall cause to be prepared the following:(a) Plans and specifications of the improvements proposed to...
• Section 9810.
  If there are any, the plans and specifications, estimate of cost, and the statement of the proposed assessment shall be filed with the secretary of...
• Section 9811.
  After the filing of the formation petition, and if any, the plans and specifications, the estimate of cost, and statement of the proposed assessment, the...
• Section 9812.
  Notice of the hearing shall be given by all of the following:(a) Posting a notice in three public places within the proposed improvement district.(b) Publication of the...
• Section 9813.
  At the hearing the directors shall hear any objections coming before it to any of the following:(a) The petition.(b) The formation of the improvement district.(c) The real property...
• Section 9814.
  At the hearing the directors shall make any changes in reference to the matters set forth in Section 9813 as they consider proper. The directors...
• Section 9815.
  If any additional real property is included in the proposed improvement district, the hearing shall be continued and the owners of the added real property...
• Section 9816.
  The directors may include in the plans and specifications such terms and conditions as to the respective parcels of real property in the improvement district...
• Section 9817.
  Regardless of any findings made by the directors if more than one-third in number of the holders of title to the real property within a...
• Section 9818.
  If at the hearing the directors find that it would not be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to...
• Section 9819.
  If the directors find that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed improvement district to form the improvement district,...
• Section 9820.
  The order shall contain a description of the lands within the improvement district.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
• Section 9821.
  The secretary shall cause a certified copy of the order creating the improvement district to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in...

Last modified: October 22, 2018