CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Heading of Chapter 1 amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1398.

§§ 21550–21608 · 33 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Divisions and Methods of Electing Directors §§ 21550–21562.5 · 16 sections

   • § 21550 Each district shall contain five divisions unless otherwise provided by the more recent of: (a) The order on final hearing on the formation petition. (b) An…
   • § 21551 Directors shall be elected by the division each represents unless otherwise provided by the more recent of: (a) The order on final hearing on the formation…
   • § 21552 As provided in this article the number of divisions may be changed to three or five or the method of electing directors may be changed to election by the…
   • § 21552.1 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 21550, 21551 and 21552, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the…
   • § 21553 The board shall order a change in the number of divisions or the method of electing directors, or both, or increase the number of directors from three to five…
   • § 21554 The board shall submit at a general district election or at a special election a proposal for a change in the number of divisions or the method of electing…
   • § 21555 With regard to submitting a proposal at the general district election, the notices required by Section 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of…
   • § 21555.5 (a) Notice of a special election called pursuant to Section 21554 shall specify the purpose of the election and the day, hours, and polling places in each…
   • § 21556 Each proposal shall be stated on the ballot, and the method of voting on it shall be as nearly as practicable in conformity with the provisions relating to…
   • § 21557 If a proposal receives the approval of a majority of the voters voting on it in the district and also a majority of the voters voting on it in each of a…
   • § 21558 If an order made pursuant to this article changes the method of electing directors, all directors thereafter elected in the district shall be elected as…
   • § 21559 If an order made pursuant to this article changes the number of divisions, the board shall forthwith redivide the district into the number of divisions…
   • § 21560 If an order made pursuant to this article changes the number of divisions, the terms of office of all directors shall expire at noon on the first Friday in…
   • § 21561 Notwithstanding Sections 21550 and 21551, or any other provision of law to the contrary, directors of the Jackson Valley Irrigation District shall be nominated…
   • § 21562 Notwithstanding Section 21550, if a district contains no divisions and the board consists of three members, without establishing divisions the district may…
   • § 21562.5 (a) This section applies to the Alta Irrigation District. (b) Notwithstanding Section 21550, the board of directors of the district may adopt a resolution that…
2. ARTICLE 2. Abolition and Reestablishment of Divisions §§ 21575–21605 · 14 sections

   • § 21575 Any district having less than 2,500 acres within its boundaries, having less than 100 electors residing within it, and having only three divisions may abolish…
   • § 21576 The board of the district may petition the board of supervisors of the principal county for an order by the board of supervisors abolishing the divisions in…
   • § 21577 The board of supervisors shall thereupon find whether or not there are less than 2,500 acres in the district, less than 100 electors residing in it, and only…
   • § 21578 If the board of supervisors finds as to all of such matters in the affirmative, it may order that there shall be no divisions in the district.
   • § 21579 Upon the making of the order, there shall be no divisions in the district, the directors of the district need only be voters and freeholders in the district,…
   • § 21580 From the adoption of the order the district shall have three directors, and the offices of the directors shall have the numbers formerly identifying the…
   • § 21581 The making of the order does not change any term of office.
   • § 21582 At least 120 days before any general district election a majority of the electors in the district having no divisions may file in the district office a…
   • § 21583 The petition shall contain a showing that it is expedient to divide the district into three divisions as nearly equal in area and population as may be…
   • § 21584 The board may independently investigate whether or not the facts are consistent with the showing made in the petition and shall hear any evidence produced to…
   • § 21585 Within 30 days after the filing of the petition the board shall find whether or not it is expedient to divide the district into three divisions as nearly equal…
   • § 21586 If the board finds in the affirmative, it shall forthwith order the establishment of divisions in the district and divide the district into three divisions as…
   • § 21587 At the general district election next following the making of the order directors shall be elected at large in the district, one director to represent each…
   • § 21605 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subdivision (b) applies to districts in which directors are elected by divisions. (b) The board of directors…
3. ARTICLE 3. Division and Precinct Boundaries §§ 21606–21608 · 3 sections

   • § 21606 When land is excluded from a district after its formation, if the board deems it desirable, but not less than 120 days before any election in the district, it…
   • § 21607 When land is included within a district after its formation, its board shall, not less than 120 days before any election in the district, reestablish the…
   • § 21608 When land is included within a district after its formation and less than 120 days before an election, the voters in the area included shall not be entitled to…