4895-4903

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 4895-4903




4895.  Outlying territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated,
and whether contiguous or not, may be annexed to a district as
provided in this article, except that no portion of any city shall be
annexed unless consent of the governing body of the city is first
obtained.



4896.  The board may by resolution fix a time and place for a
hearing upon the question of the annexation of territory to a
district. The resolution shall describe the boundaries of the
territory proposed to be annexed.



4897.  The date set for the hearing on the proposed annexation shall
be at least three weeks after the date of the adoption of the
resolution setting the hearing.



4898.  The board shall cause notices of the hearing to be posted in
at least three conspicuous places in the territory proposed to be
annexed and in at least three conspicuous places in the district.
However, if the territory proposed to be annexed is in more than one
existing district the notices shall be posted in at least three
conspicuous places in each district in which is situated any of the
territory proposed to be annexed.



4899.  The notices shall be headed "notice of hearing" in letters
not less than one inch in height and shall contain a description of
the territory proposed to be annexed and a statement of the time and
place of the hearing. In lieu of the description the boundaries of
territory proposed to be annexed may be shown by means of a diagram
printed upon the notice. The notices shall be posted not less than
ten days prior to the date set for the hearing. In addition to the
notices the board shall direct its clerk to publish a notice once a
week for two successive weeks in the newspaper of general circulation
circulated in the district and another in the territory proposed to
be annexed that the board deems most likely to give notice of the
hearing to the inhabitants of each.



4900.  At the time fixed for the hearing or at any time to which it
is continued the board shall hear and pass upon the proposal and any
objections that may be filed to the inclusion of any property in the
proposed annexation.
   The board may, by order entered upon its minutes, determine that
the territory proposed to be annexed or any part will be benefited by
annexation and may order that the boundaries of the district be
altered to include that territory.



4901.  If the territory annexed to the district comprises a portion
of another district formed under the provisions of this chapter, or
under the provisions of Chapter 26 (commencing at Section 5820), Part
3, Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code, upon the annexation
becoming complete the territory shall thereupon be withdrawn from the
district of which it theretofore formed a part.



4902.  If the territory annexed to the district comprises all of
another district, formed under the provisions of this chapter, or
under the provisions of Chapter 26 (commencing at Section 5820), Part
3, Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code, the theretofore
existing district is thereupon dissolved. The funds of the dissolved
district shall be transferred to the district to which all its
territory has been annexed and all contracts or obligations of the
dissolved district become the obligations of the district to which
the territory has been annexed.



4903.  The exclusion of territory from one district and its
annexation to another district shall not be effective until all
outstanding contracts of the district from which it is excluded have
expired or the contracts, with the consent of the parties, have been
modified or canceled so as to relieve the district of further
obligation to pay for future maintenance in the territory excluded,
and until the funds remaining on hand upon the completion of the
exclusion and annexation have been apportioned between the district
to which the territory was annexed and the district from which it was
excluded.
   The division of the funds shall be prorated in the proportion that
the assessed value of the real property of the territory so excluded
bore to the total assessed value of the real property in the
district immediately prior to the exclusion.