Chapter 2. Hearing And Order of California Water Code >> Division 13. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.

During or prior to the hearing of the petition:
  (a) Any holder of title to land may request the exclusion of any part of his land from the proposed district.
  (b) Any holder of title to land not within the proposed district but contiguous to any part of it and susceptible to irrigation from any source named in the petition may request in writing the inclusion of the land in the proposed district.

At the hearing the board shall hear all relevant evidence in support of or in opposition to the petition, or in support of or in opposition to requests for inclusion of land in or exclusion of land from the proposed district.

The hearing may be continued by the board from time to time but shall not be continued after 30 days from the time originally fixed for the hearing, except from day to day, if any petitioner objects to the continuance.

Following such hearing, the board may terminate the proceeding if it finds that there is good cause for not forming the district. If proceedings are not terminated, the board shall make the determinations, findings, or orders as hereinafter provided.

At the hearing the board shall fix the boundaries of the proposed district if it is shown to the board that the petition conforms to the requirements of this division and that the required notice of the hearing has been given.

The board shall exclude any land which it finds will not be benefited by the water service of the proposed district.

Upon application of the owner the board may include in the proposed district any land which is susceptible of water service from any source proposed in the petition and will be benefited by the water service if in the judgment of the board the proposed district will have or may obtain a sufficient supply of water for the water service of that land.

After the board has determined the land to be included within the proposed district, it shall make an order doing all of the following:
  (a) Establishing and describing the exterior boundaries of the proposed district.
  (b) Describing any land within the boundaries which is to be excluded from the district.
  (c) Naming the proposed district, which name may be either the name proposed in the petition or another name determined by the board.

The order shall be entered in full upon the minutes of the board.

A finding of the board in favor of the genuineness and sufficiency of the petition and notice is conclusive against all persons except the State in a quo warranto proceeding brought by the Attorney General and commenced before the district has instituted a proceeding to determine the legality of its existence or within one year after the making and entry of the order of the board establishing and describing the boundaries of, and naming, the proposed district if the latter proceeding is not instituted.