§ 11561 Municipal Utility District Formation

This law lets one or more government agencies (and any nearby land that isn’t part of a city) create a municipal utility district, even if the land is in different counties or not all touching, but an agency can’t be split up to make the district.

Key Takeaways

•One agency or several agencies can start a municipal utility district.
•The district can include unincorporated land and can stretch across different counties.
•The land in the district doesn’t have to be all connected.
•A public agency cannot be divided when the district is formed.

Example

A city and the nearby rural area that isn’t part of any city decide to form a water‑service district that also includes a neighboring town in a different county.

Because the law says agencies can join together and include unincorporated land, they can set up one water district that serves both places, even though the two counties don’t share a border. The city itself stays whole – it isn’t broken into pieces for the district.

Any public agency together with unincorporated territory, or two or more public agencies, with or without unincorporated territory, may organize and incorporate as a municipal utility district. Public agencies and unincorporated territory included within a district may be in the same or separate counties and need not be contiguous. No public agency shall be divided in the formation of a district. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

Key Takeaways

•One agency or several agencies can start a municipal utility district.
•The district can include unincorporated land and can stretch across different counties.
•The land in the district doesn’t have to be all connected.
•A public agency cannot be divided when the district is formed.

Example

A city and the nearby rural area that isn’t part of any city decide to form a water‑service district that also includes a neighboring town in a different county.

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