SECTIONS 61020-61022 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 61020-61022

61020. The initial board of directors of a district formed on or
after January 1, 2006, shall be determined pursuant to this chapter.

61021. (a) Except as provided in this chapter, the initial board of
directors shall be elected.
(b) The directors may be elected by one of the following methods:
(1) At large.
(2) By divisions.
(3) From divisions.
(c) The elections and terms of office shall be determined pursuant
to the Uniform District Election Law, Part 4 (commencing with
Section 10500) of the Elections Code.

61022. (a) In the case of a proposed district which contains only
unincorporated territory in a single county and less than 100 voters,
the local agency formation commission may provide, as a term and
condition of approving the formation of the district, that the county
board of supervisors shall be the initial board of directors until
conversion to an elected board of directors.
(b) The board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 61027, placing the question of having an
elected board of directors on the ballot when any of the following
occurs:
(1) When the registrar of voters certifies in writing that the
number of voters in the district has reached or exceeded 500.
(2) When the registrar of voters certifies in writing that the
number of voters in the district has reached or exceeded a lower
number specified by the local agency formation commission as a term
and condition of approving the formation of the district.
(3) Ten years after the effective date of the district's
formation.
(4) The local agency formation commission has required, as a term
and condition of approving the formation of the district, placing the
question of having an elected board of directors on the ballot in
less than 10 years after the effective date of the district's
formation.
(c) At the election, the voters shall also elect members to the
district's board of directors. Those persons shall take office only
if a majority of the voters voting upon the question of having an
elected board are in favor of the question.
(d) If the question is submitted to the voters at a general
district election, the notice required by Section 12112 of the
Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on
the ballot. If the question is submitted to the voters at a special
election, the notice of election and ballot shall contain a statement
of the question.