PART 4. ELECTIONS [35003. - 35288.]

Part 4 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 390.

§§ 35003–35288 · 122 sections

CHAPTER 1. Elections Generally §§ 35003–35060 · 33 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 35003–35006 · 5 sections
  - § 35003 Each voter shall have one vote for each dollar’s worth of land to which he or she holds title. The last equalized assessment book of the district is conclusive…
  - § 35003.1 A district may, by ordinance adopted at least 90 days prior to any district election, determine that voters shall thereafter be ascertained pursuant to this…
  - § 35004 Every voter, or his legal representative, may vote at any district election either in person or by a person duly appointed as his proxy.
  - § 35005 No appointment of a proxy shall be valid, accepted, or vote allowed thereon at any district election unless it meets all of the following requirements: (a) It…
  - § 35006 Before a legal representative votes at a district election he shall present to the precinct board a certified copy of his authority which shall be kept and…
2. ARTICLE 2. Establishment of Divisions §§ 35025–35031 · 7 sections
  - § 35025 Each district may be divided into as many divisions as there are directors of the district. The establishment of the divisions and the boundaries thereof shall…
  - § 35026 Within 30 days after the filing of the petition or the resolution requesting the establishment of divisions with the board of supervisors, the board of…
  - § 35027 Within 10 days after said hearing, the board of supervisors, if they determine that the resolution or petition is valid, shall forthwith order the…
  - § 35028 After the entry of the order establishing divisions within a district, one director shall be elected from each division and shall be a holder of title to land…
  - § 35029 The entry of the order dividing the district into divisions shall not affect the term of any director until his term expires.
  - § 35030 At least 80 days prior to the next general district election, the board shall designate the divisions from which directors shall be elected. The number…
  - § 35031 Divisions once established may be modified by the same procedure as herein set forth for establishing divisions.
3. ARTICLE 3. Alternative Method of Conducting Elections §§ 35040–35060 · 21 sections
  - § 35040 The voting procedure within a district shall be changed from that of a landowner voting district to that of a resident voting district at such time as the…
  - § 35041 Between January 1 and March 30 of each year, the secretary of the district shall inspect the assessable area within the district. At such time as at least 50…
  - § 35042 The petition shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters who reside within the district, but shall contain a minimum of 25 signatures.
  - § 35043 The petition shall be substantially in the following form: The secretary of the ____ Water District having heretofore certified to the board of directors of…
  - § 35044 Duplicate copies of the petition form shall constitute one petition when filed. If the district is in more than one county, signatures shall be obtained on…
  - § 35045 Each petition shall be signed and dated by registered voters who reside within the district and shall show their residence address.
  - § 35046 Each page of the petition which contains the signature of one or more registered voters shall show thereon the affidavit of the circulator in the following…
  - § 35047 All signatures on the petition shall be obtained within the six-month period immediately preceding the filing thereof.
  - § 35048 The petition shall be filed with the county elections official of the principal county at least six months prior to the date of the next general district…
  - § 35049 The signatures to the petition shall be verified as follows: (a) If the district is wholly in one county, the county elections official shall examine the…
  - § 35050 If the number of signatures is not sufficient, a supplemental petition, in the form of a duplicate petition, but bearing additional signatures, may be filed…
  - § 35051 If the petition contains at least 25 valid signatures and if the total number of valid signatures on the petition constitutes 25 percent or more of the…
  - § 35052 At the next regular meeting following the delivery by the county elections official of the petition and the certificate to the secretary of the district, the…
  - § 35053 The secretary of the district shall file with the county elections official of each county in which any portion of the district is located, a certified copy of…
  - § 35054 After adoption of the resolution by the board of directors, all elections within the district for elective offices, bonds, or other purposes shall be conducted…
  - § 35055 All directors thereafter elected shall be residents of the district, and shall be registered voters at the time of their election and during their term of…
  - § 35056 (a) After the establishment of a resident voting district, the provisions set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 35025) of this chapter are no longer…
  - § 35057 At the first election of directors following the adoption of the resolution by the board establishing a resident voting district, the number of directors to be…
  - § 35058 The adoption, in accordance with the provisions of this article, of a resolution changing the method of voting shall in no way invalidate any act of the…
  - § 35059 Any bonds of the district, authorized or issued in any manner provided by law, and any proceedings taken by the district in connection therewith, prior to the…
  - § 35060 After establishment of a resident voting district, the provisions of Sections 35305 and 35306 shall no longer be applicable. The board of directors may at any…
CHAPTER 2. Procedure §§ 35100–35125 · 6 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. Conduct of Elections §§ 35100–35111 · 5 sections
  - § 35100 District elections shall be conducted in conformity with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the…
  - § 35106 This section shall apply only to landowner voting districts. The ballots used at any general district election in a landowner voting district, including bond…
  - § 35107 This section shall apply only to landowner voting districts. The following procedures shall be used at the polls by the precinct board appointed pursuant to…
  - § 35110 As soon as the result of the canvass by the county elections official is declared, the county elections official shall prepare and mail to the board of…
  - § 35111 Within 10 days from the receipt by the board of supervisors of the certificate showing the results of the election, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall…
2. ARTICLE 2. Contest of Elections § 35125 · 1 section
  - § 35125 Any person interested may commence the contest of a district election, other than a general district election, within 20 days after the result has been…
CHAPTER 3. Bond Elections §§ 35150–35155.1 · 8 sections
- § 35150 After a plan of irrigation works has been adopted pursuant to Section 35950, the board shall, by a resolution adopted and entered in its minutes, order a…
- § 35151 Notice of a bond election shall be published once a week for four weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each affected county. Proof of…
- § 35152 Notice of a bond election shall specify: (a) The time and place of the election. (b) The purpose of the election. (c) The amount and type of bonds proposed to…
- § 35152.5 All district bond elections, after having been called and noticed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be held and conducted in the manner…
- § 35153 The ballots cast at a bond election shall specify the amount and purpose of the proposed bond issue and the maximum rate of interest to be paid on the bonds.
- § 35154 If revenue bonds are proposed to be issued, the ballots cast at a bond election shall contain a statement to the effect that the bonds shall be revenue bonds…
- § 35155 The board may, by resolution, at such time or times as it deems proper, provide for the issuance of all or any part of the bonds if: (a) At an election to…
- § 35155.1 The board may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series.
CHAPTER 4. Method of Elections for the Irvine Ranch Water District §§ 35175–35184 · 11 sections
- § 35175 The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the manner in which elections are conducted in the Irvine Ranch Water District. For purposes of this…
- § 35176 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the bylaws of the district, all elections held after the effective date of this section within the district…
- § 35177 Qualified voters of the district shall be residents of and registered voters in the district.
- § 35178 All directors elected after the effective date of this chapter shall be residents of and registered voters in the district and shall be registered voters at…
- § 35179 District elections shall be conducted in conformance with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the…
- § 35179.5 If a vacancy in the office of the director is filled by appointment, and the vacancy occurred on a date so that, under Section 1780 of the Government Code,…
- § 35180 Directors of the district shall be elected on an at-large basis. Newly elected directors shall take office on the last Friday in November next following the…
- § 35181 In order to facilitate an orderly transition to resident voter elections in June of even-numbered years and to preserve staggered terms, the terms of office of…
- § 35182 After the 1980 general district election and the seating of the newly elected directors, the board of directors of the district may increase the number of…
- § 35183 The provisions of this chapter shall in no way invalidate any act of the district, its directors, officers and employees, made or performed while the district…
- § 35184 Nothing in this chapter shall affect any acts or proceedings heretofore taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district, in any…
CHAPTER 5. Method of Elections for the Moulton-Niguel Water District §§ 35185–35195 · 10 sections
- § 35185 The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the Moulton-Niguel Water District. For purposes of this chapter “district” means the Moulton-Niguel Water…
- § 35186 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the bylaws of the district, all elections held after the effective date of this chapter within the district,…
- § 35187 Qualified voters within the district shall be residents of and registered voters in the district.
- § 35188 All directors elected after the effective date of this chapter shall be residents of the district and shall be registered voters at the time of their election…
- § 35189 Directors of the district shall be elected on an at-large basis unless the board of directors determines that directors shall be elected by divisions. The term…
- § 35190 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time establish divisions within the district in accordance with the provisions of…
- § 35191 At the first general district election following January 1, 1981, the number of directors to be elected shall correspond with the number of directors whose…
- § 35193 The provisions of this chapter shall in no way invalidate any act of the district, its directors, or its officers and employees made or performed while the…
- § 35194 Nothing in this chapter shall affect any acts or proceedings heretofore taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district in any…
- § 35195 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time alter, repeal, or amend the district’s bylaws by a majority vote. Any…
CHAPTER 6. Method of Elections for the Borrego Water District §§ 35200–35206 · 7 sections
- § 35200 This chapter shall apply only to the manner in which elections are conducted in the Borrego Water District. For the purposes of this chapter, “district” means…
- § 35201 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the bylaws of the district, all elections held after January 1, 1981, within the district shall be conducted as…
- § 35202 Qualified voters of the district shall be residents of, and registered voters in, the district.
- § 35203 All directors elected after January 1, 1981, shall be qualified voters of the district at the time of their election and during their term of office.
- § 35204 Directors of the district shall be elected on a districtwide basis. Newly elected directors shall take office on the last Friday in November immediately…
- § 35205 In order to facilitate an orderly transition to resident voter elections and to preserve staggered terms, the terms of office of directors serving on January…
- § 35206 This chapter shall in no way invalidate any act of the district or of its directors, officers, and employees made or performed while the district was operating…
CHAPTER 7. Method of Elections for the El Toro Water District §§ 35210–35220 · 10 sections
- § 35210 The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the El Toro Water District. For purposes of this chapter, “district” means the El Toro Water District.
- § 35211 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the bylaws of the district, all elections held after the effective date of this chapter within the district,…
- § 35212 Qualified voters within the district shall be residents of and registered voters in the district.
- § 35213 All directors elected after the effective date of this chapter shall be residents of the district and shall be registered at the time of their election and…
- § 35214 Directors of the district shall be elected on an at-large basis unless the board of directors determines that directors shall be elected by divisions. The term…
- § 35215 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time establish divisions within the district in accordance with the provisions of…
- § 35216 At the first general district election following the effective date of this chapter, the number of directors to be elected shall correspond with the number of…
- § 35218 The provisions of this chapter shall in no way invalidate any act of the district, its directors, or its officers and employees made or performed while the…
- § 35219 Nothing in this chapter shall affect any acts or proceedings heretofore taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district in any…
- § 35220 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time alter, repeal, or amend the district’s bylaws by a majority vote. Any…
CHAPTER 8. Method of Election for the Rancho California Water District §§ 35230–35237 · 8 sections
- § 35230 This chapter shall apply only to the manner in which elections are conducted in the Rancho California Water District. For the purposes of this chapter,…
- § 35231 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the bylaws of the district, all district elections held after the transition period provided in Section 35232…
- § 35232 (a) In order to facilitate an orderly transition to resident voter elections, commencing with the 1991 district election, there shall be a transition period…
- § 35233 District elections shall be conducted in conformance with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the…
- § 35234 All directors elected by resident voters shall be residents of, and registered voters in, the district at the time of their election and during their term of…
- § 35235 Only resident voters, registered to vote in the manner prescribed by law, shall be eligible to vote for district directors to be elected by resident voters.…
- § 35236 This chapter shall in no way invalidate any action of the district or of its directors, or officers, and employees made or performed while the district was…
- § 35237 Nothing in this chapter shall affect any acts or proceedings previously taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district in any…
CHAPTER 9. Method of Election for the Santa Margarita Water District §§ 35240–35249 · 10 sections
- § 35240 This chapter shall apply only to the Santa Margarita Water District. For purposes of this chapter, “district” means the Santa Margarita Water District.
- § 35241 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the bylaws of the district, all elections within the district, including elections for director and elections…
- § 35242 Qualified voters within the district shall be residents of, and registered voters in, the district.
- § 35243 All directors elected after January 1, 1994, shall be residents of the district and shall be registered at the time of their election and during their term of…
- § 35244 Directors of the district shall be elected on an at-large basis unless the board of directors determines that directors shall be elected by divisions. The term…
- § 35245 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time establish divisions within the district in accordance with the provisions of…
- § 35246 (a) At the first general district election following January 1, 1996, all directors shall be elected. The terms of office of those directors who are in office…
- § 35247 This chapter does not in any way invalidate any act of the district, its directors, or its officers and employees made or performed while the district was…
- § 35248 This chapter does not affect any acts or proceedings heretofore taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district in any manner…
- § 35249 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time alter, repeal, or amend the district’s bylaws by a majority vote. Any…
CHAPTER 9.3. Method of Election for the Riverview Water District §§ 35252–35252.18 · 10 sections
- § 35252 This chapter shall apply only to the Riverview Water District. For purposes of this chapter, “district” means the Riverview Water District.
- § 35252.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the bylaws of the district, all elections within the district, including elections for director and elections…
- § 35252.4 Qualified voters within the district shall be residents of, and registered voters in, the district.
- § 35252.6 All directors elected after January 1, 1996, shall be residents of the district and shall be registered at the time of their election and during their term of…
- § 35252.8 Directors of the district shall be elected on an at-large basis unless the board of directors determines that directors shall be elected by divisions. The term…
- § 35252.10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time establish divisions within the district in accordance with the provisions of…
- § 35252.12 (a) The terms of office of the two directors who were elected in 1992, or the successor to any director elected in 1992, shall expire upon the election and…
- § 35252.14 This chapter does not in any way invalidate any act of the district, its directors, or its officers and employees made or performed while the district was…
- § 35252.16 This chapter does not affect any acts or proceedings heretofore taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district in any manner…
- § 35252.18 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors may at any time alter, repeal, or amend the district’s bylaws by a majority vote. Any…
CHAPTER 11. Method of Elections for Ramirez Water District §§ 35280–35288 · 9 sections
- § 35280 This chapter shall apply only to the Ramirez Water District. For purposes of this chapter, “district” means the Ramirez Water District.
- § 35281 The board of directors of the district may, by a four-fifths vote, at any time, establish two divisions, or later establish new boundaries for the two…
- § 35282 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the board to act by a four-fifths vote on any matter except as expressly provided in this chapter.
- § 35283 Except as provided in this chapter, all elections shall be governed by the general provisions of this division and by the provisions of the Uniform District…
- § 35284 This chapter does not in any way invalidate any act of the district, its directors, or its officers and employees made or performed before the effective date…
- § 35285 (a) This chapter does not affect any acts or proceedings heretofore taken for the authorization, issuance, or sale of any bonds of the district before the…
- § 35286 The board of directors may at any time alter, repeal, or amend the district’s bylaws by a majority vote. Any alteration, repeal, or amendment to the bylaws…
- § 35287 No board action taken pursuant to this chapter shall require approval by the county board of supervisors.
- § 35288 Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 35281, the 1995 district election shall be by divisions established by the board of directors pursuant to this…