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. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) It is the policy of the state to encourage orderly growth and
development, which are essential to the social, fiscal, and economic
well-being of the state. The Legislature recognizes that the logical
formation, consolidation, and operation of water systems is an
important factor in promoting orderly development and in balancing
that development against sometimes competing state interests of
discouraging urban sprawl, preserving open space and prime
agricultural lands, and efficiently extending other government
services. Therefore, the policy of the state should be affected by
the logical formation, consolidation, and operation of water systems.
(b) The powers set forth in Section 116682 for consolidation of
water systems are consistent with the intent of promoting orderly
growth.