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DIVISION 13. CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS 34000-38501›PART 6.5. DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS IN WATER DISTRICTS 36460-36543›CHAPTER 1. Formation 36460-36499›ARTICLE 4. Formation and Assessment 36490-36499

§ 36492

California Water Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If the board finds that it would be for the best interests of the district and the proposed distribution district to form the distribution district, it shall make and enter in its minutes a final order:

(a) Approving the petition.

(b) Forming the distribution district.

(c) Providing that the assessment shall be levied each year in the same manner as district assessments to meet the obligations of the contract with the United States under federal reclamation laws or the obligations of the contract with the district.

(d) Apportioning the assessment to the land in the distribution district according to benefits.

(e) Describing the land in the distribution district.

(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1935.)

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