ARTICLE 2. Formation [49110. - 49118.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 2.
in effect

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 49110. Section 49110.

Any contiguous portion or portions of a county, whether the portion or portions include incorporated or unincorporated territory, may be formed into a garbage and refuse disposal district in the manner and under the proceedings specified in this chapter. However, no city, or any portion thereof, shall be included in the district without the consent of the governing body of the city adopted by a favorable vote of two-thirds or more of its members.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 49111. Section 49111.

(a) The board of supervisors may determine, by resolution, that a portion of the county is in need of a site for the disposal of garbage and refuse and should be formed into a district. (b) Upon making the determination under subdivision (a), the board of supervisors shall fix a time and a place for a hearing on the matter of the formation of the district, which time shall be not less than three weeks after the adoption of the resolution. The board of supervisors shall also direct the clerk of the board to publish a notice once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper which is circulated in the territory that is proposed to organize into a district and which the board deems most likely to give notice to the inhabitants of the territory.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 49112. Section 49112.

The notice shall state the fact that the board of supervisors has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for a hearing on the matter of the formation of a garbage and refuse disposal district.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 49114. Section 49114.

At any time prior to the time fixed for a hearing on the matter, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board of supervisors written objections to the formation of the district. At the time and place fixed for the hearing or at any time to which the hearing may be continued, the board of supervisors shall consider and pass on all objections to the formation of the district or to the inclusion of any territory in the district. At the hearing, the board of supervisors may exclude any territory that, in the opinion of the board of supervisors, would not be benefited by inclusion in the district.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 49115. Section 49115.

At the final hearing the board of supervisors shall make those changes in the proposed boundaries that are advisable and shall define and establish the boundaries.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 49116. Section 49116.

If, from the testimony given before the board of supervisors, it appears to the board of supervisors that the public necessity or welfare requires the formation of the district, it shall, by an order entered on its minutes, declare that to be its finding, and shall further declare and order that the territory within the boundaries so fixed and determined be organized as a district, under an appropriate name to be selected by the board of supervisors. The name shall be descriptive of the functions of the district.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 49117. Section 49117.

The county clerk shall immediately file for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land embraced in the district is situated, and also shall file with the Secretary of State, a certified copy of the order of the board of supervisors. From and after the date of the filing of the certified copy with the Secretary of State, the district named therein is organized as a district, with all the rights, privileges, and powers set forth in this chapter or necessarily incident thereto.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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