DIVISION 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS 5800-7340›PART 4. PORT DISTRICTS 6200-6372›CHAPTER 1. Formation 6210-6233›ARTICLE 1. Petition and Hearing 6210-6218
§ 6211
California Harbors and Navigation Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
The formation of a district is initiated by a petition presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district is situated.
The petition shall be signed by a number of registered voters, residing within the proposed district, equal to not less than five per cent of the number of registered voters, residing in the district, who voted at the last preceding general State election at which a Governor was elected. The petition may consist of any number of instruments.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
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