CHAPTER 5. Provisions Pertaining Only to 500,000-Acre Districts
Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.
§§ 22825–22970.35 · 32 sections
ARTICLE 1. Introduction §§ 22825–22826 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Internal Organization §§ 22840–22849 · 13 sections
- § 22840 (a) Each director of a district may receive a salary fixed by an ordinance that is subject to referendum and adopted by the board in an amount that does not…
- § 22840.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may elect a chairperson from its members and may elect, in addition to a chairperson, a vice chairperson…
- § 22841 Notwithstanding Section 1304 of the Elections Code, the board of an irrigation district containing 500,000 acres or more may designate that the general…
- § 22841.5 In an irrigation district containing 500,000 acres or more, the board shall, when changing the boundaries of the divisions of the district pursuant to Section…
- § 22842 The board may: (a) Provide for and create divisions or departments for management and operating purposes. (b) Appoint department heads. (c) Classify and…
- § 22843 All department heads, executives, and employees shall hold their employment at the will of the board.
- § 22844 The board shall: (a) Elect an assessor and a collector, and on and after 12 p.m. on December 31, 1971, elect a treasurer, each of whom shall hold office at the…
- § 22845 The treasurer, assessor, and collector shall each qualify by taking and filing with the secretary the oath of office and shall give a bond to the district as…
- § 22846 The bond of the collector shall be in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more and shall be executed at the expense of the district by a surety…
- § 22846.5 The bond of the treasurer shall be in a sum determined pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 21140) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of this…
- § 22847 The board may: (a) Appoint one person to hold the offices of assessor, treasurer, and collector. (b) Segregate the offices and appoint a person to fill each…
- § 22848 The same person may hold the office of president, secretary, treasurer, assessor, and collector, or any of those offices.
- § 22849 The board of supervisors of the office county shall fill by appointment vacancies in the offices of directors, provided that any such appointed directors shall…
ARTICLE 3. Flood Protection §§ 22875–22879 · 5 sections
- § 22875 Any district may expend sums that seem necessary to its board for the protection of its canal system or of land from damage by flood and the overflow of rivers.
- § 22876 The district may contribute funds for the purpose stated in Section 22875 to be expended by or jointly with the United States, other governments, or persons…
- § 22877 A district may do all things necessary to insure its canal system and the land from any damage by flood or overflow without holding an election to authorize…
- § 22878 When the issuance of bonds by any district has been authorized by the voters for the purpose of protection against floods but the bonds have not been sold, the…
- § 22879 In addition to the powers conferred by Section 22878 any district may borrow for flood protection purposes in any one year not to exceed two hundred thousand…
ARTICLE 5. Assessments § 22950 · 1 section
- § 22950 Every district by its board, each year within 15 days after the close of its session as a board of equalization, shall levy an assessment sufficient to raise…
ARTICLE 6. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 22960–22961 · 2 sections
- § 22960 Every district by its board may, in addition to other powers, borrow funds for any lawful purpose at an interest rate not exceeding 5 per cent per year and…
- § 22961 A reserve fund from assessments or other revenues for emergencies, replacements or other lawful purpose of the district may be provided by the board.
ARTICLE 7. Runoff Elections §§ 22970–22970.35 · 9 sections
- § 22970 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code, in the event that in an…
- § 22970.5 The runoff election shall be held on the last Tuesday in November, next following the general election, between the two candidates who secure the greatest…
- § 22970.10 The governing body shall certify the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes for the elective office to the county elections official as the…
- § 22970.15 The voters qualified to vote for the elective offices at the preceding general district election shall be the only voters qualified for the runoff election.
- § 22970.20 Not less than seven days before any runoff election, any voter entitled to vote by vote by mail ballot as provided in Section 10530 of the Elections Code may…
- § 22970.25 The county elections official shall commence the canvass of the returns on the first Wednesday after each runoff election.
- § 22970.30 Not later than the second Friday in December next following the runoff election, the governing body at a regular or special meeting shall declare elected the…
- § 22970.32 Officers elected at a runoff election shall take office pursuant to Section 21101.
- § 22970.35 In all other respects a runoff election shall be conducted in the same manner as the general election for that office held pursuant to the Uniform District…