CHAPTER 6. Establishment of District [71190. - 71196.]

Cal. Water Code - WAT 6.

in effect

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 71190. Section 71190.

If a majority of the votes cast in each affected county at the formation election favor the formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall, by an order entered on its minutes, declare the territory included within the proposed boundaries to be formed as a municipal water district under the designated name.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 71191. Section 71191.

The county clerk shall immediately cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each affected county, a certificate stating that the proposition to form the district was adopted. The county clerk shall immediately cause to be filed with the Secretary of State a certificate listing: (a) The name of the district. (b) The date of formation. (c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a description of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a map showing such boundaries, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded. If the order declaring the district organized contains all of the information required to be in the last-mentioned certificate, the clerk may file a copy of the order with the Secretary of State in lieu of the certificate.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 71192. Section 71192.

Upon the receipt of the county clerk’s certificate, or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting that the municipal water district, naming it, has been duly incorporated according to the laws of the State.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 71193. Section 71193.

A copy of the Secretary of State’s certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of each affected county.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 71194. Section 71194.

From and after the date of filing the county clerk’s certificate with the Secretary of State, the district named therein is incorporated as a municipal water district, with all the rights, privileges and powers set forth in this division, and necessarily incident thereto.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 71195. Section 71195.

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

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 71196. Section 71196.

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

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