ARTICLE 1. Election of Directors [15951. - 15976.]

Article 1 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.

§§ 15951–15976 · 28 sections

§ 15951 At an election held in the district on the next established election date not less than 74 days after its formation a board of directors shall be elected, to…
§ 15952 A director at large shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district.
§ 15953 All unincorporated territories situated in the same county and included within the district shall be regarded as an entirety and as a territorial unit of the…
§ 15954 Candidates for the office of director to be elected by a unit shall be nominated from each such territorial unit, and the remaining number of directors shall…
§ 15955 Each directorship is a separate office for the purpose of nomination and election, and for the filling of vacancies.
§ 15956 (a) Candidates for directors at large shall be designated in all declarations of candidacy, nominating certificates, and on all official election ballots as…
§ 15957 Candidates for director from the several territorial units entitled to one director each shall be designated in all declarations of candidacy, nominating…
§ 15958 If only one unit of unincorporated territory is contained in the district, it may be designated as “the unincorporated territorial unit.”
§ 15959 If two or more units of unincorporated territory are contained in the district, they shall be numbered, named, and designated by the board of supervisors in…
§ 15960 The board of supervisors shall number, name, and designate each territorial unit of the district by ordinance at a regular or special meeting after the…
§ 15961 Designations of directors by name or number have no significance whatever after election and qualification of the directors or after appointment and…
§ 15961.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the division, the candidates for director of any district that is wholly or partially within the County of Placer…
§ 15961.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the candidates for director of any district that is wholly or partially within the County of San…
§ 15962 The population of each unit of unincorporated territory within the district shall be determined at the time of calling the election of the first board of…
§ 15963 The board of directors shall determine the boundaries of each unit of unincorporated territory within the district pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with…
§ 15965 The election of directors shall be held in the unincorporated territory included within the district and shall be called by the board of supervisors of the…
§ 15966 (a) Not less than 30 days prior to the election, any five or more electors in the district may file with the board of directors a petition requesting that the…
§ 15967 A certificate of election shall be issued by the board of supervisors to each person elected and declared elected.
§ 15968 Immediately after receiving his or her certificate of election and before assuming the duties of office, each director shall take and subscribe an official…
§ 15969 All official oaths shall be in the form provided by law for official oaths of county officers.
§ 15970 If a person elected fails to qualify, the office shall be filled as if there were a vacancy in the office.
§ 15971 Elections of directors after election of the first board shall be called and held by the board of directors, and shall be called, held, and conducted,…
§ 15972 The board of directors of a district which lies entirely within one county may submit to the qualified electors, at a general election or a special election…
§ 15973 Within 30 days after an increase in the number of directors has been authorized, the board of directors shall appoint two qualified electors of the district to…
§ 15973.1 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 15951, 15972, and 15973, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the…
§ 15974 Notwithstanding Section 15952 or any other provision of this division, each member of the board of directors of the Johnsville Public Utility District in…
§ 15975 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, candidates for director of the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District may be elected by wards upon…
§ 15976 Notwithstanding any provision of law, the Board of Directors of the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District shall consist of five members, elected at large.…