Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50440. Section 50440.
An action to determine the legality of the existence of a district may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
CHAPTER 4. Validating Proceedings [50440. - 50442.]
Cal. Water Code - WAT 4.
in effectCal. Water Code - WAT § 50441. Section 50441.
The court shall not adjudge any district invalid when it appears that the district has for five years prior to the commencement of the proceeding been prosecuting or maintaining reclamation works in good faith.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50442. Section 50442.
No proceeding in quo warranto, nor any similar action or proceeding shall be maintained in the name of the people of the State against any district that, continuously for five years next preceding the commencement of the proceeding, has been acting as a district and prosecuting or maintaining its works of reclamation in good faith.
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