CHAPTER 6. Change in Boundaries of Principal County [34575. - 34577.]

Cal. Water Code - WAT 6.

in effect

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34575. Section 34575.

If at any time after the formation of a district the boundaries of the principal county are changed so as to exclude therefrom all of the land of the district situated in that county, the records and documents of the district in the possession of the board of supervisors of that county, together with a certified copy of the proceedings had by the district under jurisdiction of that board of supervisors shall be transferred and filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the greater portion of the land of the district is located.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34576. Section 34576.

All documents which have been recorded with the recorder of the principal county and which, or a certified copy thereof, have not been recorded in the county to which the district is transferred, shall be certified to by the county recorder of the principal county and recorded with the county recorder of the county to which the district is transferred.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 34577. Section 34577.

After the transfer of documents pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors of the county to which the district is transferred shall have and exercise all of the jurisdiction, power, and authority over the district theretofore exercised by the board of supervisors of the principal county and any act or duty which is in this division required to be done by the board of supervisors or any officer of the principal county shall be performed by the corresponding board of supervisors or officer of the county to which the district has been transferred. After the transfer the district shall conduct and manage its affairs through its proper officials and in conjunction with the proper officials of each affected county as though the district was originally formed in the county to which it was transferred, which county shall thereafter be the principal county.

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