CHAPTER 4. Election on Formation [39900. - 39933.]

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.

§§ 39900–39933 · 13 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Calling of Election §§ 39900–39903 · 4 sections

   • § 39900 Upon filing the order on final hearing of the formation petition, the department shall within 60 days give notice of an election to be held in the proposed…
   • § 39901 The notice of the formation election shall contain: (a) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district or the land included. (b) A description of…
   • § 39902 The notice of the formation election shall be published once a week for at least three weeks prior to the election in each affected county.
   • § 39903 In the order calling the election, the department shall designate voting places and appoint three holders of title to land to act as a board of election at…
2. ARTICLE 2. Conduct of Election §§ 39925–39933 · 9 sections

   • § 39925 Not less than 10 days before the formation election, any 10 or more voters in any division of the proposed district may file with the department a petition…
   • § 39926 For the purposes of the formation election the department shall establish and define the boundaries of one or more election precincts for each division in the…
   • § 39927 The formation election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of this division concerning general elections, but no…
   • § 39928 At the formation election there shall be elected a board of directors corresponding in number to the number of divisions in the district.
   • § 39929 No director shall be elected by the district at large, but one director shall be elected by each division to represent that division.
   • § 39930 The directors shall qualify in the same manner as directors elected at a general election, as provided in this division.
   • § 39931 On the ballots provided for the formation election shall be printed: (a) To the right of or below the question on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” on…
   • § 39932 The department shall on the second Monday following the formation election canvass the votes cast thereat and if upon the canvass it appears that a majority of…
   • § 39933 If upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast are “Water storage district—No,” the result shall be declared and recorded in the records…