SECTIONS 39925-39933 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 39925-39933

39925. Not less than 10 days before the formation election, any 10
or more voters in any division of the proposed district may file with
the department a petition requesting that the name of a specified
person be placed on the ballot for the particular division as a
candidate for the office of director to represent the particular
division. Only the names proposed by the petitions filed with the
department shall be printed on the ballots for the various divisions
of the district. The date of actual receipt of any such petition by
the department shall be deemed to be the date of filing of the same
with the department. If there are less than 10 voters in any
division, signatures of one-third of the number of voters, rounded up
to the next whole number, shall be required to nominate a candidate.

39926. For the purposes of the formation election the department
shall establish and define the boundaries of one or more election
precincts for each division in the proposed district.

39927. The formation election shall be conducted as nearly as
practicable in accordance with the provisions of this division
concerning general elections, but no particular form of ballot shall
be required.
The qualifications of voters at a formation election shall be the
same as the qualifications of voters for general elections provided
for in this division.

39928. At the formation election there shall be elected a board of
directors corresponding in number to the number of divisions in the
district.

39929. No director shall be elected by the district at large, but
one director shall be elected by each division to represent that
division.

39930. The directors shall qualify in the same manner as directors
elected at a general election, as provided in this division.

39931. On the ballots provided for the formation election shall be
printed:
(a) The words "Water storage district--Yes" and "Water storage
district--No," or words equivalent thereto.
(b) The names of persons to be voted for at the election.

39932. The department shall on the second Monday following the
formation election canvass the votes cast thereat and if upon the
canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast at the
formation election are "Water storage district--Yes" the department
shall canvass the votes for directors and declare the persons
receiving the highest number of votes in each division to be elected.

39933. If upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the
votes cast are "Water storage district--No," the result shall be
declared and recorded in the records kept by the department.