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CHAPTER 1 - Petition for Formation
ARTICLE 1 - Petitioners and Land
Section 20700. - 20700. A majority in number of the holders of title...
Section 20701. - 20701. The land proposed to be formed into a district...
Section 20702. - 20702. “Land susceptible of irrigation” as used in section 20700...
ARTICLE 2 - Petition
Section 20720. - 20720. A petition for the formation of a district shall...
Section 20721. - 20721. A petition for the formation of a district may...
Section 20722. - 20722. The petition may consist of any number of separate...
Section 20723. - 20723. The petition shall be accompanied by a sufficient undertaking,...
Section 20724. - 20724. Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any...
ARTICLE 3 - Publication
Section 20740. - 20740. The petition and a notice of the time of...
Section 20741. - 20741. When the petition consists of a number of separate...
Section 20742. - 20742. No defect in the form or contents of the...
CHAPTER 2 - Hearings on Formation
ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Hearing
Section 20800. - 20800. The formation petition shall be presented to the board...
Section 20801. - 20801. The petition shall be presented at a regular meeting...
Section 20802. - 20802. The board of supervisors shall hear all competent and...
Section 20803. - 20803. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time,...
Section 20804. - 20804. At the hearing the board of supervisors shall determine...
Section 20805. - 20805. (a) If the board of supervisors determines that any...
Section 20806. - 20806. If the board of supervisors determines that the requirements...
ARTICLE 2 - Reference to Department
Section 20820. - 20820. On or before the day on which the petition...
Section 20821. - 20821. Upon the adoption of the preliminary formation resolution the...
Section 20822. - 20822. Upon receiving a copy of the resolution, the department...
Section 20823. - 20823. The department shall report in writing to the board...
Section 20824. - 20824. If the department reports within the specified time that...
ARTICLE 3 - Final Hearing
Section 20840. - 20840. The board of supervisors not later than its first...
Section 20841. - 20841. The time set for the final hearing shall not...
Section 20842. - 20842. Notice of the time of the final hearing shall...
Section 20843. - 20843. Failure to give notice of the final hearing shall...
Section 20844. - 20844. On a final hearing the board of supervisors may...
Section 20845. - 20845. At the final hearing the board of supervisors shall...
Section 20846. - 20846. At the final hearing no evidence shall be heard...
Section 20847. - 20847. At the conclusion of the final hearing on the...
Section 20848. - 20848. The order on final hearing shall also contain all...
Section 20849. - 20849. The order on final hearing shall be entered in...
Section 20850. - 20850. A finding of the board of supervisors in favor...
CHAPTER 3 - Election on Formation
ARTICLE 1 - Calling of Election
Section 20890. - 20890. Upon making the order on final hearing of the...
Section 20891. - 20891. The notice of the formation election shall contain: (a)...
Section 20892. - 20892. Notice of the formation election shall be published once...
Section 20893. - 20893. Within five days after the district formation election has...
Section 20894. - 20894. The board of supervisors or any member or members...
Section 20895. - 20895. If more than one argument for or more than...
Section 20896. - 20896. (a) The officials in charge of conducting the election...
ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election
Section 20910. - 20910. For the purposes of the formation election the board...
Section 20911. - 20911. The precinct board for the formation election shall be...
Section 20912. - 20912. The board of supervisors shall act in place of...
Section 20913. - 20913. At the formation election the elective officers of the...
Section 20914. - 20914. On the ballots provided for the formation election shall...
Section 20915. - 20915. The board of supervisors shall meet on the second...
Section 20916. - 20916. No informalities in the conduct of the formation election...
ARTICLE 3 - Contest of Election
Section 20930. - 20930. The formation election may be contested by any person...
Section 20931. - 20931. No contest shall be brought more than 20 days...
Section 20932. - 20932. The directors elected at the formation election shall be...
Section 20933. - 20933. The election contest shall be brought in the superior...
Section 20934. - 20934. If more than one contest is pending, they shall...
Section 20935. - 20935. The court shall speedily try the election contest. (Added...
Section 20936. - 20936. The determination of the election contest shall be based...
Section 20937. - 20937. An appeal may be taken by any party to...
Section 20938. - 20938. The appeal shall be heard and determined within 60...
CHAPTER 4 - Establishment of District
Section 20960. - 20960. If upon the canvass of the formation election it...
Section 20961. - 20961. The board of supervisors shall immediately file for record...
Section 20962. - 20962. From the filing for record of the order declaring...
Section 20962.5. - 20962.5. The county clerk of the principal county shall immediately...
Section 20963. - 20963. The board of supervisors of any county in which...
CHAPTER 5 - Change of Name
Section 20980. - 20980. Whenever the board so determines it may, or in...
Section 20980.5. - 20980.5. The Palmdale Irrigation District may change its name pursuant...
Section 20980.6. - 20980.6. The Helix Irrigation District may change its name pursuant...
Section 20981. - 20981. Certified copies of the resolution changing the name of...
Section 20982. - 20982. The change of name shall become effective for all...