SECTIONS 22840-22849 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 22840-22849

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 exceed the salary of a member of the
Imperial County Board of Supervisors.
(b) The adoption of an ordinance pursuant to subdivision (a) is
subject to Sections 20203, 20204, 20205, 20206, and 20207.

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 who shall have the power to perform
all the duties of the chairperson in the absence of the chairperson,
or in the event of his or her inability to perform those duties. If
the board elects a chairperson or vice chairperson, any reference to
president or vice president in any provision of this division, other
than this chapter, means the chairperson or vice chairperson of the
board. The board may, in this case, designate a chief staff person to
be known as the president.

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 district election shall be held on the day
provided for the statewide direct primary election in Section 1201
of the Elections Code and consolidated with the statewide primary
election, and thereafter all references to odd-numbered years with
respect to those elections shall mean even-numbered years as nearly
as may be applicable. A designation by the board changing the date of
a general district election pursuant to this section shall be
adopted by resolution of the board and filed with the county clerk of
the principal county at least 90 days before the date of the next
district general election that would occur had the designation not
been made and at least 90 days before the next statewide direct
primary election provided for in Section 1201 of the Elections Code.

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 21605, make such boundaries
coincide with general county election precincts as nearly as may be
practicable while keeping such divisions as nearly equal in
population as may be practicable.

22842. The board may:
(a) Provide for and create divisions or departments for management
and operating purposes.
(b) Appoint department heads.
(c) Classify and reclassify employees.
(d) Fix the duties, terms, and time of employment.
(e) Provide for and fix salaries, compensation, and expenses of
department heads, executives, and employees.

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 pleasure of the board.
(b) Fix and alter their respective compensations.

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 required by the board.

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 company authorized to do business
in the state, except if the gross revenue estimated by the board to
be received by such district during the fiscal year does not exceed
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), in which case the bond of the
collector may be the sum of such estimated gross annual revenue of
the district.

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 division.

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
office.

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 be required to run for election in the
next succeeding general district election.
If within 60 days after a vacancy on the board of directors occurs
the board of supervisors has failed to fill such vacancy, a special
election may be called by the board of directors and held in the
division affected, for the purpose of filling such vacancy. In the
event there are more than two candidates at such special election,
only a plurality will be required for election. The candidate elected
at such special election shall fill the unexpired term of the
vacating director.