Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50270. Section 50270.
Territory may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter.
CHAPTER 8. Annexation [50270. - 50277.]
Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC 8.
in effectCal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50271. Section 50271.
Whenever the board finds and determines that additional territory will be benefited by annexation to the district, it shall pass a resolution to that effect.
Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50272. Section 50272.
The resolution shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board and be approved by the board of supervisors of the county in which the territory is situated.
Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50273. Section 50273.
The resolution shall:
(a)
Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed.
(b)
Designate the proposed annexation by an appropriate name.
(c)
Declare that the area to be annexed to the district will be benefited by such annexation.
(d)
Name the time and place for the hearing of objections by any person interested in the proposed annexation.
Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50274. Section 50274.
The resolution, together with the names of the members of the board, voting for and against it shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in the territory proposed to be annexed, or if there is no such paper, then in some newspaper of general circulation, circulated in such territory.
Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50275. Section 50275.
On the day fixed for hearing or any day to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall hear and consider any objections presented to the annexation of the territory. After the hearing of objections, if it shall be determined by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the board that the territory proposed to be annexed will be benefited by such annexation, the board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of the territory to be annexed to the district.
Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50276. Section 50276.
After making all necessary and proper changes in the boundaries, by a resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members, the board shall order the annexation of the territory so described. The resolution, together with the names of the members of the board voting for and against the same shall be spread upon the minutes of the board.
Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50277. Section 50277.
Whenever any territory is annexed to the district it shall thereupon become a part of the district subject to all the liabilities and entitled to all the benefits of the district.
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