Article 7. Annexation of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 5. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 7.

Territory, whether situated within the same or another county and whether incorporated or unincorporated, which is not included in any other county sanitation district or other district formed for similar purposes, may be annexed to a county sanitation district if the directors find and determine that the additional territory will be benefited by annexation. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding sentence, territory, whether situated within the same or another county and whether incorporated or unincorporated, which is included in any district, which district is not, at the time of the proposed annexation, performing similar services in the area proposed to be annexed, may be annexed to a county sanitation district if the board of directors finds and determines that the additional territory will be benefited by the annexation. The land proposed to be annexed need not consist of contiguous parcels nor be contiguous with the county sanitation district when such land is within the same county. When land proposed to be annexed is not within the same county such land shall be contiguous to the district.

If a refuse transfer or disposal system of the district, or both, is in existence, any territory proposed to be annexed to the district shall be and become a part of said system unless an express finding is made by the district board that said territory proposed to be annexed will not be benefited by its inclusion in said system.

Property contiguous to a sanitation district but which is situated in a county other than the county in which the sanitation district has been organized may be annexed to said sanitation district and to any improvement district therein.

Whenever any territory in another county is annexed to a district it thereupon becomes a part of the district. The board of supervisors of the county in which is situated the annexing territory shall appoint one of its members to sit as a member of the board of directors of said district. All ordinances theretofore and thereafter adopted by the board of directors shall have full force and effect in all portions of the district regardless in which county the property is situated.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4832.5, whenever territory of less than 50 acres in another county is annexed to the Selma-Kingsburg-Fowler County Sanitation District, and if the board of supervisors of the county in which the territory to be annexed is situated consents, no member of the board of supervisors of the county in which the territory to be annexed is situated shall become a member of the board of directors of the district.

Taxes for a district which is situated in more than one county as provided in this article shall be levied in accordance with the following procedure:
  (a) The board of directors shall annually, before the time of fixing the general tax levy for county purposes, estimate the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation to meet the requirements for operation, maintenance, and payment of principal and interest on outstanding bonds which will become payable before the proceeds of another tax levy made at the time of the next general tax levy for county purposes can be made available for payment of such operation, maintenance, principal and interest.
  (b) The total estimate shall be divided by the board of directors in proportion to the value of the real property of the district and any improvement district in each county. The value shall be determined from the equalized values of the last assessment rolls of the counties. When the division of the estimate has been made, the board of directors shall promptly certify to the boards of supervisors of the counties in which the district is situated the respective parts of the estimate apportioned to each county.
  (c) The board of supervisors of each county in which is situated any part of a district shall annually, at the time of levying county taxes, levy a tax upon all the property within the district or any improvement district situated in the county sufficient to raise the amount so certified to the board of supervisors by the board of directors.
  (d) The tax shall be collected by the same officers and in the same manner as other county taxes, and the money so collected shall be deposited in the county treasury of the county in which the original district was created and credited to the account of said district.
  (e) The treasurer of the county in which is situated the annexing territory shall at any time, but not oftener than twice a year, upon order of the board of directors, settle with the board of directors and pay over to the county treasurer, who is the repository of the funds of said district, all money in his possession belonging to said district.

Territory already a part of a county sanitation district may be annexed to an improvement district of that county sanitation district under the procedure set forth in Sections 4835 to 4839, inclusive. Whenever territory is so annexed to an improvement district of a county sanitation district, the annexed territory shall be subject to all the liabilities and entitled to all the benefits of the improvement district.

The district board shall adopt a resolution initiating proceedings for annexation pursuant to Section 4834, which resolution shall contain all the following:
  (a) Set forth the exterior boundaries of the territory proposed for annexation.
  (b) State that the territory will be benefitted by annexation to the improvement district.
  (c) Fix a time, date, and place of hearing on the proposed annexation, which shall be not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days after the date of adoption of the resolution initiating proceedings.
  (d) State that any interested person desiring to make written protest against such annexation shall do so by written communication, containing the signature and street address of the protestant, filed with the clerk of the district not later than the hour set for hearing.

The clerk of the district shall give notice of the hearing by mailing a copy of such notice to all landowners owning land within the territory proposed to be annexed, and by publishing notice thereof in at least two successive issues, not more than 30 nor less than 10 days prior to the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county.

A majority protest shall be deemed to exist, and the proposed annexation shall be abandoned, if the district board shall find that written protests filed and not withdrawn prior to the conclusion of the hearing represent more than 50 percent of the assessed value of the land therein.

At the hearing, all interested persons shall be given the opportunity to present evidence and testimony for or against the proposed annexation. Any person who shall have filed a written protest may withdraw the written protest at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing. If a majority protest shall not have been filed, the district board, not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, shall adopt a resolution making one of the following determinations:
  (a) Disapproving the proposed annexation.
  (b) Approving the proposed annexation.
  (c) Approving the annexation, but excluding any lands which the board finds will not be benefitted by becoming a part of such improvement district.

If the district board approves the proposed annexation, or approves the annexation but excludes any lands, a certified copy of the resolution of the district board, together with a map or plat of the new boundaries of the improvement district, shall be filed with the agencies designated in and as required by Sections 54900, 54901, and 54902 of the Government Code. Upon such filing, the annexation of the territory to the improvement district shall be effective.