SECTIONS 34700-34713 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 34700-34713

34700. Each director shall be one of the following:
(a) A holder of title to land within the district.
(b) The legal representative of a holder of title to land within
the district in accordance with Section 34030.
(c) A representative designated by a holder of title to land
within the district, if the holder has filed with the district
written evidence of that designation.

34701. Officers take office as soon as they qualify except that
officers elected or appointed pursuant to the Uniform District
Election Law shall take office at noon on the first Friday in
December next following the general district election.

34705. The term of office of each elective officer subsequent to
the officers elected at the formation election is four years or until
his successor qualifies and takes office.

34707. If any office becomes vacant from any cause it shall be
filled by appointment by the board.

34707.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vacancy in
the office of board member who was elected to office shall be filled
pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.

34708. At any time after four years from the date of the formation
of a district, and from time to time thereafter, but not less than
120 days before a general district election, the board may, by
resolution, increase the number of directors to serve thereon to 7, 9
or 11, and may designate the first additional members to serve on
said enlarged board. The board shall determine the term of office of
each of the new directors so appointed, but in no event shall such
term designated by the board be for more than four years. The terms
of office thus created shall be determined in such a manner as to
keep as nearly equal as practicable the number of directors to be
elected at each subsequent general district election. Upon the
expiration of such term so designated by the board said directorship
shall be filled at the next general district election and general
district elections held thereafter for the election of officers of
the district. The term of office of each director elected at a
general district election is four years or until his successor
qualifies and takes office.

34708.5. At any time after the adoption of a resolution pursuant to
Section 34708, such resolution may be repealed by a unanimous vote
of the members of the board. Immediately upon the effective date of
the repeal of the resolution, the offices created thereby shall be
deemed vacated and abolished.

34709. Notwithstanding Section 34900, any elective officer other
than a director may appoint so many deputies as the board shall have
authorized for whose acts he and his bondsmen are responsible.

34710. Deputies shall hold office at the pleasure of the appointing
officer and shall receive such compensation as may be provided by
the board.

34711. The treasurer shall be appointed by the board and serve at
its pleasure. At least 90 days before the date of a general district
election wherein the offices of assessor and tax collector will be
subject to election, the board may determine that these officers
shall henceforth be appointed by the board to serve at its pleasure,
or, if a board has adopted the alternative provisions of Part 7.5
(commencing with Section 37200) of this division, it may by
resolution eliminate these district offices. A person appointed
pursuant to this section need not be a resident or elector of the
district. Any person holding an elective office affected by this
section may serve the remainder of the current term of office. The
offices of treasurer, assessor and tax collector, or any combination
thereof, may be held by the same person.

34712. At least 90 days before the date of a general district
election, the board may determine that the offices of assessor and
tax collector, or either of them, which are currently appointive
shall be filled by election at the next succeeding district election.

34713. A person elected on the basis of one man-one vote to the
board of directors of a California water district, which district has
been authorized by the Legislature to convert on a phased basis from
a landowner voting basis to a one man-one vote basis, may serve out
the remainder of the elected term after being elected, for the first
time, to the office of director of a municipal water district which
encompasses, in whole or in part, the California water district.