California Code
DIVISION 9 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3 - Resource Conservation Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Lands Included

Section 9151. - 9151. A resource conservation district may be formed pursuant to...

Section 9152. - 9152. The lands included in a district shall be those...

Section 9153. - 9153. The lands included in any one district need not...

Section 9154. - 9154. The lands included in any one district may be...

Section 9155. - 9155. The lands included in a district may be publicly...

ARTICLE 2 - Initiation

Section 9161. - 9161. (a) A new district may be formed pursuant to...

Section 9162. - 9162. A proposal to form a new district may be...

Section 9163. - 9163. (a) Before circulating any petition, the chief petitioners shall...

Section 9164. - 9164. The petition shall be signed by not less than...

Section 9165. - 9165. A petition may consist of a single instrument or...

Section 9166. - 9166. (a) Within 30 days after the date of filing...

Section 9167. - 9167. (a) A proposal to form a new district may...

Section 9168. - 9168. Once the chief petitioners have filed a sufficient petition...

ARTICLE 3 - Election and Formation

Section 9181. - 9181. (a) If the local agency formation commission approves the...

Section 9182. - 9182. (a) Notwithstanding Section 9181, if the board of supervisors...

Section 9183. - 9183. (a) Within five days after the district formation election...

Section 9184. - 9184. (a) (1) The chief petitioners, the agency filing the...

Section 9185. - 9185. (a) The elections officials in charge of conducting the...

Section 9186. - 9186. The notice of the election published pursuant to subdivision...

Section 9187. - 9187. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the...

Section 9188. - 9188. If the majority of the votes cast at the...

Section 9189. - 9189. Immediately after adoption of a resolution pursuant to Section...

Section 9190. - 9190. (a) No informality in any proceeding, including informality in...

ARTICLE 4 - Initial Board of Directors

Section 9201. - 9201. The initial board of directors of a district formed...

Section 9202. - 9202. In the case of a district which contains only...

Section 9203. - 9203. In the case of a district which contains only...

Section 9204. - 9204. In the case of a district which contains unincorporated...

Section 9205. - 9205. In the case of a district which includes only...

Section 9206. - 9206. In the case of a district which includes only...

ARTICLE 7 - District Directors

Section 9301. - 9301. (a) The board of directors shall consist of five,...

Section 9301.1. - 9301.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 9301, the local agency formation commission,...

Section 9302. - 9302. Each director shall take the oath of office. (Added...

Section 9303. - 9303. The directors shall receive no compensation for their services...

Section 9304. - 9304. No director or other officer of the district shall...

Section 9305. - 9305. After all have qualified the directors first elected shall...

Section 9306. - 9306. After such classification the directors shall organize and elect...

Section 9307. - 9307. The directors shall appoint a secretary who shall serve...

Section 9308. - 9308. The directors shall select a date, time, and place...

Section 9309. - 9309. The directors may, by resolution, change the time or...

Section 9310. - 9310. Special meetings of the directors may be held as...

Section 9311. - 9311. The order for a special meeting shall specify the...

Section 9312. - 9312. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum...

Section 9313. - 9313. (a) All meetings of the directors shall be open...

Section 9314. - 9314. (a) The term of office of the directors, except...

Section 9315. - 9315. Resignations of directors shall be made in writing to...

Section 9316. - 9316. In case of a vacancy in the office of...

Section 9317. - 9317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vacancy in...

ARTICLE 8 - General District Elections

Section 9351. - 9351. “General district election” is the district election required to...

Section 9352. - 9352. (a) Directors shall be registered voters in the state....

Section 9353. - 9353. Except as otherwise provided in the chapter, districts governed...

Section 9354. - 9354. Elected directors shall qualify within 20 days from the...

Section 9355. - 9355. The directors so elected and qualified shall take office...

Section 9356. - 9356. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), directors shall...

Section 9357. - 9357. Members of county boards of supervisors shall not be...

Section 9358. - 9358. Nomination of candidates shall be in writing and signed...

Section 9359. - 9359. Except as election of directors by division may be...

ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District

Section 9401. - 9401. The board of directors of a district shall manage...

Section 9402. - 9402. The directors shall be empowered to conduct surveys, investigations,...

Section 9403. - 9403. The directors may accept gifts and grants of money...

Section 9403.5. - 9403.5. The directors may establish and charge fees for services...

Section 9404. - 9404. The directors may execute all necessary contracts. They may...

Section 9405. - 9405. The directors may acquire by purchase, lease, contract, or...

Section 9406. - 9406. The directors may take conveyances, leases, contracts, or other...

Section 9407. - 9407. The directors may sue and be sued in the...

Section 9408. - 9408. (a) The directors may cooperate and enter into contracts...

Section 9409. - 9409. The directors may make improvements or conduct operations on...

Section 9410. - 9410. The directors may operate and maintain, independently or in...

Section 9411. - 9411. The directors may disseminate information relating to soil and...

Section 9412. - 9412. Each district may provide technical assistance to private landowners...

Section 9413. - 9413. (a) Each district may develop a long-range work plan,...

Section 9413.5. - 9413.5. Each district may enter into an interagency agreement with...

Section 9414. - 9414. The directors may accept, by purchase, lease, or gift,...

Section 9415. - 9415. The directors may manage, as agents of the United...

Section 9416. - 9416. The directors may establish standards of cropping and tillage...

Section 9417. - 9417. (a) The directors of any district may cooperate with...

Section 9417.5. - 9417.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that concerned...

Section 9418. - 9418. The directors of any district may call upon the...

Section 9419. - 9419. (a) The directors may engage in activities designed to...

Section 9420. - 9420. The board of directors of a district may appoint...

ARTICLE 10 - Property of District

Section 9451. - 9451. The legal title to all property acquired by a...

Section 9452. - 9452. The directors are hereby authorized and empowered to hold,...

Section 9453. - 9453. The directors may determine by resolution entered upon their...

Section 9454. - 9454. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9453, the...

Section 9455. - 9455. A sale or conveyance of any property held by...

Section 9456. - 9456. The proceeds of a sale described in Section 9455...

Section 9457. - 9457. The board of directors shall adopt purchasing policies and...

ARTICLE 11 - Inclusion of Lands

Section 9481. - 9481. The inclusion of additional lands in a district shall...

ARTICLE 12 - Dissolution

Section 9491. - 9491. A district may be dissolved in accordance with the...