CHAPTER 5. Establishment of District [30320. - 30325.]

Cal. Water Code - WAT 5.

in effect

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30320. Section 30320.

If a majority of the votes cast at the election in each municipal corporation or part thereof and in the unincorporated territory included in the proposed district is in favor of forming the district, the board of supervisors shall by an order entered on its minutes declare the territory formed as a district under the name designated for it.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30321. Section 30321.

The county clerk shall immediately cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the district is situated a certificate stating that the formation of the district was approved by the voters.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30321.5. Section 30321.5.

The county clerk shall immediately cause to be filed with the county assessor and the State Board of Equalization a certificate listing all of the following: (a) The name of the district. (b) The date of the order declaring the district formed. (c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a map or plat indicating the boundaries established for the district as required by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. If the order declaring the district formed contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the county clerk may cause a copy of the order to be filed in lieu of the certificate.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30322. Section 30322.

The district shall have been duly incorporated upon the filing of the certificate or a copy of the order declaring the district formed with the county assessor and the State Board of Equalization.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30323. Section 30323.

From and after the date of the filing with the county assessor and the State Board of Equalization, the district named in the filing is incorporated as a county water district with all the rights, privileges, and powers set forth in this division and necessarily incident to this division.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30324. Section 30324.

No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen shall invalidate the incorporation of any county water district.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30325. Section 30325.

Any proceeding wherein the validity of the incorporation of a district is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of the certificate of incorporation; otherwise the incorporation and legal existence of the district and all proceedings in respect thereto shall be incontestable.

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