ARTICLE 3. Alternative Method of Conducting Elections

Article 3 added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 643.

§§ 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…