California Water Code CHAPTER 2 - Formation

• Section 70030.
  The people of a county or a portion of a county, whether the portion includes unincorporated territory or not, may form a levee district for...
• Section 70031.
  The formation petition shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district and shall pray that it be incorporated into a district.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch.
• Section 70032.
  The formation petition shall be signed by at least 50 percent of the landowners and shall also be signed by the owners of 50 percent...
• Section 70033.
  The county elections official of the county containing the proposed district shall publish notice of a hearing on the formation petition pursuant to Section 6066...
• Section 70034.
  The notice of the hearing on the formation petition shall contain all of the following:(a) The text of the petition, which need be set forth only...
• Section 70035.
  No defects in the contents of the petition, or in the form of the required notice, shall vitiate the formation proceedings, if the petition has...
• Section 70036.
  The formation petition shall be presented and considered at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district...
• Section 70037.
  At the time stated in the notice of the hearing the board of supervisors shall hear the petition, and shall hear from any of those...
• Section 70038.
  At the hearing of the formation petition the board of supervisors shall determine whether or not the petition complies with this part and for that...
• Section 70039.
  At the final hearing the board of supervisors may make changes in the boundaries of the proposed district, as may be deemed advisable, and shall...
• Section 70040.
  Upon the final determination of the boundaries of the proposed district, the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of a formation election to...
• Section 70041.
  The notice of the formation election shall contain:(a) The date of the election.(b) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district.(c) The name of the proposed district,...
• Section 70041.1.
  Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a...
• Section 70041.2.
  The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of...
• Section 70041.3.
  If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time...
• Section 70041.4.
  The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed...
• Section 70042.
  At the formation election:(a) The measure “Shall the proposition to form ____ Levee District under the Levee District Law of 1959 be adopted?” shall be submitted.(b) The...
• Section 70043.
  The election shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner provided by the Elections Code, so far as applicable,...
• Section 70044.
  If less than a majority of the votes cast are in favor of formation, the formation shall fail, but without prejudice to renewing proceedings at...
• Section 70045.
  If a majority of the votes cast at the formation election are in favor of forming the district, the board of supervisors shall, by an...
• Section 70046.
  No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of the formation election, not substantially adversely affecting the legal rights of any citizen shall...
• Section 70047.
  Except as provided in Section 70038, any proceeding, contesting the validity of the organization of a levee district pursuant to this part, shall be commenced...

Last modified: October 22, 2018