SECTIONS 31405-31416 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 31405-31416

31405. The board shall fix a date when an election shall be held to
authorize the bonded indebtedness described in the resolution
adopted pursuant to Section 31391.

31406. The board shall provide for holding the election on the day
fixed therefor in the same manner as provided by law in respect to
general water district elections so far as applicable, except as
otherwise provided in this chapter.

31407. The board shall give notice of the election to authorize the
bonded indebtedness, which notice shall contain all of the
following:
(a) The resolution adopted pursuant to Section 31391 calling the
election.
(b) The boundaries of voting precincts, which shall include only
the portion of the district specified in the resolution.
(c) The location of polling places.
(d) The names of the officers selected to conduct the election in
each precinct, who shall consist of one judge, one inspector, and two
clerks.

31408. Every voter residing within the voting precincts, but no
others, may vote at the election.

31408.5. In the Pleasant Valley County Water District, every owner
of land within the district, but no others, may vote at the election.
The special provisions of this section are necessary because in
the Pleasant Valley County Water District much of the land is owned
by persons living in the nearby communities of Oxnard, Ventura,
Camarillo, and other nearby towns and many of the persons residing on
the land are not the owners of the land and the owners may wish to
undertake financing through a bond issue. The owners of the land
within the district are the ones primarily concerned with the
district and the ones who will bear the cost of financing and not the
resident nonowners.

31409. The notice shall be published for two weeks in at least one
newspaper, designated by the board, printed and published in the
district.

31410. If there is no newspaper printed and published in the
district, the notice shall be posted in three public places in
whichever of the following is to be benefited:
(a) The district.
(b) An improvement district therein.

31411. The returns of the election shall be made to and the votes
canvassed by the board on the first Monday which is six or more days
after the election.

31412. The results of the election shall be ascertained and
declared pursuant to the general water district election laws so far
as they may be applicable, except as otherwise provided in this
chapter.

31413. As soon as the result is declared, the secretary shall enter
in the records of the board a statement of the result.

31414. No informalities in the conduct of the election shall
invalidate the election if fairly conducted.

31415. All the expenses of holding the election shall be borne by
the district, but said expenses may be included in the amount of the
debt to be incurred, as provided in Section 31392, and the district
may be reimbursed for bond election expenditures from the proceeds of
the sale of bonds.

31416. Whenever the electors of a district which has no bonded
indebtedness, is not operating a water system, and has not bona fide
contracted for the construction of an adequate water system for the
district, have refused to authorize the issuance of bonds at three
elections, the last of which was held in 1948 or thereafter, no
further bond elections shall be held until the question of
dissolution has been submitted to the electors as provided in Section
32858 of this division.