CHAPTER 3. Automatic Exclusion of Cities [72280. - 72285.]

Cal. Water Code - WAT 3.

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Cal. Water Code - WAT § 72280. Section 72280.

If, prior to the effective date of the formation of a municipal water district, any territory included therein is annexed to a metropolitan water district organized under the Metropolitan Water District Act, the governing body of the municipal water district, within 90 days after the effective date of the formation of such district, may adopt an ordinance which: (a) Recites that the territory has been annexed to the metropolitan water district. (b) Refers to the applicable statutes and to the date and place of the filing of the certificate or certificates evidencing such annexation. (c) Describes the territory. (d) Determines and declares that the territory is excluded from the municipal water district. Such ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its adoption.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 72281. Section 72281.

The board or the secretary of the municipal water district shall file a certified copy of the ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 72280 with the Secretary of State.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 72282. Section 72282.

Upon receipt of the certified copy of the ordinance, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of the ordinance and the exclusion of the area from the municipal water district.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 72283. Section 72283.

A copy of the Secretary of State’s certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of the county in which the municipal water district is situated if the district is situated in a single county, or shall be submitted to and filed with the secretary if the district contains lands situated in more than one county.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 72284. Section 72284.

From and after the date of the Secretary of State’s certificate, the area described therein is excluded from, and no longer forms a part of, the municipal water district.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 72285. Section 72285.

The taxable property within the excluded area shall remain subject to any taxes theretofore levied by the municipal water district and shall continue to be taxable by the municipal water district for the purpose of paying the bonded or other indebtedness of the municipal water district, if any, outstanding or contracted for at the time of such exclusion and until such bonded or other indebtedness is satisfied, to the same extent that such property would be taxable for such purpose if the exclusion had not occurred.

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