§ 11582 Utility District Formation Boundaries

This law says a district can say what utility it will get first, but even if it never gets that utility the district is still valid, and the district must describe its outer borders unless it only includes public agencies, in which case just naming the agencies is enough.

Key Takeaways

•You can say which utility will be first, but not getting it doesn’t cancel the district.
•The district must show its outer borders, unless it’s only for public agencies.
•If it’s just public agencies, listing their names is enough to describe the district.

Example

A town creates a new water district and writes in its resolution that it will first get water service. If the water company never connects, the district still exists. If the district is only for public schools, the resolution can just list the school names instead of drawing a map.

The law lets the town mention the first utility (water) but doesn’t make the district disappear if water never arrives. For a district that only includes public schools, naming the schools is a legal way to describe the district.

The resolutions may state the kind of utility proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquire such utility shall not affect the validity of the district. They shall describe the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, except that if it is intended to organize the district of public agencies only, a statement of the names of such public agencies is a sufficient and legal description of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

Key Takeaways

•You can say which utility will be first, but not getting it doesn’t cancel the district.
•The district must show its outer borders, unless it’s only for public agencies.
•If it’s just public agencies, listing their names is enough to describe the district.

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