CHAPTER 4. District Elections [9300. - 9380.]

Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 9300–9380 · 30 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Initiative §§ 9300–9323 · 24 sections

   • § 9300 In addition to any other method provided by law, ordinances may be enacted by any district pursuant to this article, except that this article shall not apply…
   • § 9301 Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the governing board of the district by an initiative petition filed with the district elections official. Signatures…
   • § 9302 Before circulating an initiative petition in any district, the proponents of that measure shall publish a notice of intention. The notice shall be accompanied…
   • § 9303 A notice of intention and statement as referred to in Section 9302 shall be published or posted, or both, as follows: (a) If there is a newspaper of general…
   • § 9304 Within 10 days after the date of publication or posting, or both, of the notice of intention and statement of the reasons for the proposed petition, the…
   • § 9304.5 From the time materials pertaining to an initiative petition are filed pursuant to Section 9304 until the day after the district elections official determines…
   • § 9305 After filing a copy of the notice of intention, statement of the reasons for the proposed petition, written text of the initiative, and affidavit of…
   • § 9306 Signatures upon petitions and sections thereof shall be secured, and the petition, together with all sections thereof, shall be filed within 180 days from the…
   • § 9307 Each section of the petition shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person soliciting the signatures. This affidavit shall be substantially in the…
   • § 9308 (a) Except as provided in Section 9309, within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the district…
   • § 9309 (a) Within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, if, from the examination of petitions pursuant to…
   • § 9310 (a) If the initiative petition is signed by voters not less in number than 10 percent of the voters in the district, if the total number of registered voters…
   • § 9311 The proponent of an initiative may withdraw the initiative at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not the petition has already been…
   • § 9312 Whenever an ordinance is required by this article to be submitted to the voters of a district at an election, the district elections official shall cause the…
   • § 9313 Except as provided in Section 9314, whenever a district measure is submitted to the voters, the district elections official shall transmit a copy of the…
   • § 9314 (a) Whenever a district measure is submitted to the voters of a water district, the district elections official shall transmit a copy of the measure to the…
   • § 9315 The persons filing an initiative petition pursuant to this article may file a written argument in favor of the ordinance. The district board may submit an…
   • § 9316 Based on the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments and voter information guides, and to permit the 10-calendar-day public examination as…
   • § 9317 (a) When an argument in favor and an argument against a measure have been selected for publication in the voter information pamphlet the elections official…
   • § 9319 Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election.
   • § 9320 If a majority of the voters voting on a proposed ordinance vote in its favor, the ordinance shall become a valid and binding ordinance of the district. The…
   • § 9321 If the provisions of two or more ordinances adopted at the same election conflict, the ordinance receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall…
   • § 9322 The enacting clause of an ordinance submitted to the voters of a district shall be substantially in the following form: “The people of the ____ District do…
   • § 9323 No ordinance proposed by initiative petition and adopted either by the district board without submission to the voters or adopted by the voters shall be…
2. ARTICLE 2. Referendum §§ 9340–9342 · 4 sections

   • § 9340 The voters of any district that is a local public entity as defined by Section 900.4 of the Government Code, and to which Section 9300 applies, shall have the…
   • § 9341 (a) Notwithstanding Section 9340, ordinances authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds by a school district, special district, or any other local agency as…
   • § 9341.5 The proponent of a referendum may withdraw the referendum at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not the petition has already been…
   • § 9342 The governing board of any district to which Section 9340 applies may refer legislative questions to the voters of the district in the same manner as the board…
3. ARTICLE 3. Mailings § 9360 · 1 section

   • § 9360 Whenever the elections official is required to mail official matter, as provided in Sections 9312, 9315, and 9317, only one copy of each such official matter…
4. ARTICLE 4. Public Examination § 9380 · 1 section

   • § 9380 (a) The elections official shall make a copy of the materials referred to in Sections 9312, 9315, and 9317 available for public examination in his or her…