This law says you need to file a petition with the county elections office to start a new district. You can use one document or several separate ones to do this.

This law section explains the requirements for forming a new district. The petition to form the district must be signed by at least 10% of the voters from within the proposed district's boundaries. If the district includes any cities, it must also have signatures from at least 10% of the voters in each city, based on the voter registration 30 days before the petition is filed.

If a new district is being proposed and only part of a city is included, and there are 12 or more registered voters in that part, at least 10% of those voters need to sign the petition to form the district. This can either be 10% of all registered voters there or 10% of those who voted for Governor in the last election, whichever is less. If there are fewer than 12 voters in that area, then the petition needs signatures from at least half of them.

When you want to create a new water district, the petition must clearly outline the district's boundaries and request its establishment under this specific law section.

This law section states that when forming a new district, the boundaries must be clearly described in the formation petition, just like they are in the declaration of intention. These boundaries must cover the same area unless stated otherwise in a different part of the law.

This law section requires the people who want to start a petition to begin gathering signatures within 30 days after they declare their intention with the county elections official. They then have a total of 90 days from that declaration date to collect signatures and submit the petition back to the elections official.

This law requires the county elections official to check if a petition to form a new district has enough signatures within 30 days after it's filed. The county's board of supervisors can allow the elections official to hire extra help if needed and ensure they are paid.

Once the county elections official finishes checking the formation petition, they must attach a certificate that includes the date and results of the examination.

This law explains that a county elections official must check a petition to form a new district. If the required number of voters within the proposed district and each included city have signed it, the official will confirm it's valid. If not enough voters have signed, the official will declare it invalid.

If a county elections official declares a petition to form something—like a new district—insufficient, they must also state how many more voter signatures are needed. The petition can then be corrected by submitting additional signatures within 10 days after that decision.

After a supplemental petition is filed, the county elections official has 30 days to review it and confirm the results following the procedures described in Sections 71126 to 71128.

This law states that if an additional petition is submitted, all the signatures from both the original and additional petitions will be combined to determine the total number of voters who have signed.

Once the deadline for additional petitions has passed and all extra petitions are reviewed, if the election official finds the initial petition to be inadequate, it will be filed with the board of supervisors. This petition stays as a public document, and you can submit a new petition later without any negative impact.

If the county elections official verifies that a petition to form something is valid and complete, they must quickly give it to the board of supervisors for further action.

Once an election to form a new district has been held, no one can challenge or review the validity of the petition that started the process.