California Water Code ARTICLE 1 - Inclusion Proceedings Initiated by Petition

• Section 72670.
  Any portion of a district, whether contiguous or not to an improvement district thereof, may be annexed to such improvement district in the manner provided...
• Section 72671.
  Annexation proceedings may be initiated by petition. A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary.(Added by...
• Section 72672.
  The petition shall be signed by the holders of title to at least 60 percent of the land in the portion proposed to be annexed,...
• Section 72673.
  The petition for annexation shall contain all of the following:(a) A description of the area proposed to be annexed. Such description may be made by reference...
• Section 72674.
  The petition for annexation shall be accompanied by a certified check payable to the order of the district in a sufficient amount to reimburse the...
• Section 72675.
  Within 10 days of the date of the filing of the petition for annexation, the secretary shall examine the petition and determine whether it is...
• Section 72676.
  When the secretary has completed his examination of the petition for annexation, he shall attach to it his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of...
• Section 72677.
  If the secretary finds from the examination that the petition for annexation is signed by the requisite number of property owners he shall certify that...
• Section 72678.
  If the secretary certifies in his certificate that the petition for annexation is insufficient, the petition may be amended by filing a supplemental petition or...
• Section 72679.
  Within 10 days after the filing of any supplemental petition or petitions, the secretary shall examine them and certify to the result of such examination...
• Section 72680.
  After the time for filing supplemental petitions has expired and all supplemental petitions have been examined, if the secretary’s certificate shows that the petition for...
• Section 72680.1.
  In the event the petition for annexation is signed by all of the holders of title of land in the portion proposed to be annexed,...
• Section 72681.
  The text of the petition for annexation shall be published, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time at which it...
• Section 72682.
  No more than five of the names attached to the petition for annexation need appear in the publication of the petition and notice, but the...
• Section 72683.
  The petition and notice shall also be posted in three public places in the improvement district and three public places in the area proposed to...
• Section 72684.
  The board shall proceed to hear the petition at the time and place fixed therefor, and any person residing within the district or improvement district...
• Section 72685.
  At the conclusion of the hearing, if the board finds and determines from the evidence presented at the hearing that the area proposed to be...
• Section 72686.
  From and after the date of the adoption of the resolution approving the annexation, the area named therein is added to and forms a part...
• Section 72687.
  The taxable property in the annexed areas shall be subject to taxation after the annexation thereof for the purposes of the improvement district, including the...
• Section 72688.
  The board may do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed by it.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch.
• Section 72689.
  Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018