SECTIONS 30500-30516 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 30500-30516

30500. Each district shall have a board of five directors each of
whom, whether elected or appointed, shall be a voter of the district.

30500.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 30500, the local agency
formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of
districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a
single county water district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and
(n) of Section 56886 of the Government Code, increase the number of
directors to serve on the board of directors of the consolidated or
reorganized district to 7, 9, or 11, who shall be members of the
board of directors of the districts to be consolidated or reorganized
as of the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization.
(b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the members of the board
of directors of the consolidated district, or a district reorganized
as described in subdivision (a), whose terms first expire following
the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization, the total
number of members on the board of directors shall be reduced until
the number equals the number of members permitted by the principal
act of the consolidated or reorganized district, or any larger number
as may be specified by the local agency formation commission in
approving the consolidation or reorganization.
(c) In addition to the powers granted under Section 1780 of the
Government Code, in the event of a vacancy on the board of directors
of the consolidated district or a district reorganized as described
in subdivision (a) at which time the total number of directors is
greater than five, the board of directors may, by majority vote of
the remaining members of the board, choose not to fill the vacancy.
In that event, the total membership of the board of directors shall
be reduced by one board member. Upon making the determination not to
fill a vacancy, the board of directors shall notify the board of
supervisors of its decision.
(d) For the purposes of this section: "consolidation" means
consolidation, as defined in Section 56030 of the Government Code;
"district" or "special district" means district or special district,
as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code; and
"reorganization" means reorganization, as defined in Section 56073 of
the Government Code.

30500.3. Notwithstanding Section 30500, the Board of Directors of
the Sawyers Bar County Water District shall adopt a resolution
ordering the reduction in the number of directors from five to three
if, at least 85 days before a general district election, the board
receives a petition that requests that reduction and a majority of
the voters in the district has signed that petition.

30501. The directors first elected upon the formation of the
district shall hold office pursuant to Section 10505 of the Elections
Code.

30502. The term of office of each director other than directors
first elected or directors appointed to fill an unexpired term shall
be four years.

30503. If a person elected fails to qualify, the office shall be
filled as if there were a vacancy in the office.

30504. All vacancies occurring in the office of director shall be
filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.

30506. Each director elected or appointed shall hold office until
his successor qualifies.

30507. Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not to
exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day's attendance
at meetings of the board or for each day's service rendered as a
director by request of the board, not exceeding a total of six days
in any calendar month, together with any expenses incurred in the
performance of his or her duties required or authorized by the board.
For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a
director's activities on any specific day are compensable shall be
made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of
Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and
53232.3 of the Government Code.

30507.1. Each director of the Contra Costa Water District shall
receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars
($100) per day for each day's attendance at meetings of the board and
for each day's service rendered as a director by request of the
board, not exceeding a total of 10 days in any calendar month,
together with any expenses incurred in the performance of duties
required or authorized by the board. For purposes of this section,
the determination of whether a director's activities on any specific
day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing
with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5
of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject
to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.

30508. If a director's place of residence, as defined in Section
244 of the Government Code, is moved outside district boundaries or
outside the boundaries of that director's division where elected from
a division, and if within 180 days of the move or of the effective
date of this section the director fails to reestablish a place of
residence within the district or within the director's division, it
shall be presumed that a permanent change of residence has occurred
and that a vacancy exists on the board of directors pursuant to
Section 1770 of the Government Code.

30509. Before entering upon the duties of his office each director
shall take and subscribe the official oath and file it with the
secretary.

30510. The oath of office may be taken before the secretary, any
member of the board of directors, or any officer authorized by law to
administer oaths.

30511. In a county water district formed to include all or part of
Pleasant Valley, Ventura County, each member of the board of
directors, whether elected or appointed, shall be either a voter of
the district or an owner of land within the district.
The provisions of this section shall apply only to the board of
directors of a county water district formed in all or part of
Pleasant Valley, Ventura County. These special provisions are
necessary for reasons similar to those expressed in Section 30205.

30513. Notwithstanding Section 30500 or any other provision of this
division, each member of the board of directors of the Canebrake
County Water District in San Diego County, whether elected or
appointed, shall be either a voter of the district or an owner of
land within the district.

30514. If, on or before July 1, 1977, a district has assumed the
responsibilities, rights, duties, assets, liabilities, and
obligations of a sanitary district, the board may, and from time to
time thereafter may, increase the number of directors to serve
thereon to seven, nine or eleven. The additional directors shall be
elected at the next general district election or at a special
election called for that purpose. One-half of the additional
directors shall hold office until the election and qualification of
their successors at the first succeeding general district election,
and the other one-half of the additional directors shall hold office
until the election and qualification of their successors at the
second succeeding general district election. The additional directors
shall classify themselves by lot to determine their initial terms of
office. Thereafter, they shall hold office for the term provided in
Section 30502.

30516. (a) If the Orange County local agency formation commission
orders the reorganization of the Capistrano Beach County Water
District and the Capistrano Beach Sanitary District into a single
district, the board of directors of the reorganized district shall,
notwithstanding Section 30500 or any other provision of law,
initially consist of 10 members, who shall be the combined boards of
directors of the two districts as of the effective date of the
reorganization.
(b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the members of the board
of directors of the reorganized district whose terms first expire
following the effective date of the reorganization, the total number
of members on the board of directors shall be reduced to seven
members. Upon the expiration of the succeeding terms of the members
of the board of directors of the reorganized district, the total
number of members of the board of directors shall be reduced to five
members.
(c) In addition to the powers granted under Section 1780 of the
Government Code, in the event of a vacancy on the board of directors
of the reorganized district at which time the total number of
directors is greater than five, the board of directors may, by
majority vote of the remaining members of the board, choose not to
fill the vacancy. In that event the total membership of the board of
directors shall be reduced by one board member. Upon making the
determination not to fill a vacancy, the board of directors shall
notify the board of supervisors of its decision.