Public Utilities Code section 22256

By a resolution entered on its minutes, the board of supervisors of each affected county shall declare the district formed if:

(a)

A majority of the votes cast at the election is for the formation of the district.

(b)

A majority of the votes cast in a majority in number of the cities included in whole or in part in the district, counting all of the unincorporated territory in each affected county as a city for this purpose, is for the formation of the district.

Source: Section 22256, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=22256.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1953; accessed Dec. 1, 2025).

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