SECTIONS 50730-50732 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 50730-50732

50730. There shall be an election in each district on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year
at such place in or near the district as designated by the board. The
costs of the election shall be a charge upon the district.

50731. In addition to the regular election under Section 50730,
upon receipt of a recommendation of the board of trustees or upon
receipt of a verified petition of 20 percent of the landowners who,
together, own at least 20 percent in value of the lands in the
district, as determined from the last tax roll of the county, the
board of supervisors shall appoint a time, not less than 75 days or
more than 90 days after receipt of the petition, and place for
holding a general district election for the unexpired term of the
trustees then serving.

50731.5. (a) Nominations for the office of trustee shall be made by
petition filed with the secretary not earlier than 75 days or later
than 5 p.m. on the 54th day before the election.
(b) The petition shall be signed as follows:
(1) If there are 15 or more qualified voters in the district, by
five or more qualified voters.
(2) If there are less than 15 qualified voters in the district, by
one or more qualified voters.
(c) Notice that the petitions may be received shall be published
once by the secretary at least seven days prior to the final date for
receiving petitions. If the election includes the balance of an
unexpired term, the notice shall state that the petition must
indicate whether the nomination is for that unexpired term. The
notice shall be published in a newspaper in each county in which any
of the district lands are situated, if any newspaper is published
therein, and if not, in a newspaper having general circulation
therein.

50731.6. The nomination petition shall be in substantially the
following form:

Official Filing
Petition
Nomination of Candidate
We, the undersigned voters of Reclamation
District No. ____, hereby nominate ___________
(name of candidate) for the office of
Trustee of the District for a term of ____ years.
Name Date Residence
_______________ ____________ ____________________
_______________ ____________ ____________________
_______________ ____________ ____________________
Affidavit of Circulator
State of
California ) ss.
County of ___ )

__________ (name of circulator), being duly
sworn, deposes and
says:
That __________ (he/she) circulated the
foregoing petition and saw all the signatures
appended thereto and knows that they are the
signatures of the persons whose names they
purport to be.
__________________________
(Signature of circulator)

Subscribed and sworn to
before me
this ___ day of ________,
20__.
____________________________
Notary Public in and for
the County
of ____, State of
California.
My commission expires ____.
Affidavit of Nominee

State of
California ) ss.
County of _ )
_________ (name of nominee), being duly sworn,
says that he/she is the above-named nominee for
the office of _____ (office), that he/she will
accept the office in the event of his/her
election, that he/she desires his/her name to
appear on the ballot as follows:
____________________________________
(Print name above)
that he/she desires the following occupational
designation, containing not more than three
words, to appear on the ballot under his/her
name, and that this designation is correct.
________________________________________________
(Print desired designation, if any, above)
____________________________
(Signature of nominee)

Subscribed and sworn to
before me
this ___ day of ________,
20__.
____________________________
Notary Public in and for
the County
of ____, State of
California.
My commission expires ____.

50732. Notice of the election shall be published by the secretary
once a week for four weeks beginning not less than one month prior to
the date of election in the same newspaper or newspapers used for
publication of the notice calling for nomination petitions.