SECTIONS 30730-30735 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 30730-30735

30730. The board may, if it deems it to be for the best interest of
the district, by resolution submit to the voters at any district
election the question whether the directors shall be elected by
divisions or from divisions.
The term "by divisions," as used in this article, means election
of the directors by voters of the division alone. The term "from
divisions," as used in this article, means election of directors who
are residents of the division from which they are elected by the
voters of the entire district.
The board of any district which is electing directors by divisions
on the effective date of the amendment of this section at the 1971
Regular Session of the Legislature shall determine by ordinance,
subject to referendum as provided in Section 30831, whether directors
shall be elected by divisions or from divisions. The board shall
thereupon comply with the requirements of Section 30733 or Section
30734, whichever is applicable, in the same manner as if the question
of whether the directors shall be elected by divisions or from
divisions had been submitted to and approved by the voters of the
district.

30731. If the question is submitted to the voters at a general
district election, the notices 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 any
district election, other than a general district election, the notice
of election and ballot shall contain a statement of the question.

30733. If the question submitted to the voters of the district
pursuant to this article provides for the election of directors by
divisions and is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the
question, then:
(a) The board shall promptly by resolution divide the district
into five divisions as nearly equal in population as practicable and
assign a number to each division.
(b) The board shall, not less than 85 days prior to the general
district election next after the election approving the election of
directors by division, by resolution designate which divisions shall
elect directors at that election to succeed the directors whose terms
then expire. The remaining divisions shall elect directors at the
general district election next following that election.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subdivision (d)
applies to districts in which directors are elected by divisions.
(d) The board of directors shall, by resolution, adjust the
boundaries of any divisions pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with
Section 22000) of Division 21 of the Elections Code.

30734. If the question submitted to the voters of the district
pursuant to this article provides for the election of directors from
divisions and is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the
question, then:
(a) The board shall promptly by resolution divide the district
into five divisions as nearly equal in acreage as practicable and
assign a number to each division.
(b) The board shall, not less than 85 days prior to the general
district election next after the election approving the election of
directors from divisions, by resolution designate the division from
which directors shall be elected at that election to succeed
directors whose terms then expire. Directors shall be elected from
the remaining divisions at the general district election next
following that election.
(c) The board may, at any time after initially dividing the
district into divisions but not less than 85 days before a general
district election, by resolution change the boundaries of the
divisions to keep them as nearly as equal in size as practicable.

30735. Directors elected by division shall be voters of the
divisions by which they are elected.