SECTIONS 60130-60144 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 60130-60144

60130. If a majority of the votes cast at such election are in
favor of organizing such district, the persons voted for as directors
who receive the highest number of votes within the respective
divisions shall be duly elected as directors of the district.

60131. The board of a district organized under this act shall
consist of five members, and one director, who shall be a resident of
the division, shall be elected by the voters thereof, for each of
the five divisions of such district, which divisions shall be
numbered first, second, third, fourth and fifth, and shall be
established as provided in Section 60110 of this act.

60132. 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.

60133. The members of the first board shall be elected at the time
and in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of Part 2 of this act, and
their successors shall be elected or chosen at the times and in the
manner hereinafter provided.

60134. Each director shall hold office for the term of four (4)
years from and after the date for his taking of office, as herein
provided, and until the election and qualification of his successor,
except that the five members of the first board shall classify
themselves by lot so that two of them shall hold office until the
qualification of, and taking office by, their successors elected at
an election held in the next succeeding even-numbered year, and so
that three shall hold office until the qualification of, and taking
of office by, their successors elected at an election held in the
second succeeding even-numbered year.

60135. In the case of all districts (except as to the election of
the first board) the elections of directors shall be held at the time
of the general election and shall be consolidated therewith.

60136. Each candidate for director who at the election of directors
receives votes on a plurality of all the ballots cast for candidates
for the office for which he or she seeks election shall be elected
to that office.

60138. Candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be
nominated, election returns shall be canvassed, the election shall be
held and conducted, the results shall be declared, and the
certificates of election shall be issued, in the same manner as the
declaration of candidacy, nomination, election, canvassing of
returns, declaration of results, and issuance of certificates of
election for county officers are made, declared, held, and conducted,
and issued, so far as consistent with the provisions of this act and
except as otherwise herein expressly provided.

60139. Directors elected hereunder, except the first board, shall
take office at the same time provided by the Government Code for
county officers.

60140. The election of directors held at the time of the general
election and consolidated therewith shall be known as the general
water replenishment district election, and each other election which
may be held by authority of this division or the Elections Code or
other law applicable thereto shall be known as a special water
replenishment district election.

60141. If, on the sixty-fifth day prior to the day fixed for the
district general election, only one person has been nominated for
each office of member of the board to be filled at that election,
said board shall by resolution entered in their minutes order that an
election shall not be held, and shall immediately request that the
board of supervisors of the principal county, at a regular or special
meeting held prior to the day of election, appoint, and the board of
supervisors shall thereupon appoint, to the office or offices the
person or persons who have been nominated. The person appointed shall
qualify and take office and serve exactly as if elected at a
district general election.
In such case, the publication provided for in Section 60111 shall,
instead of calling an election, state that no election is to be held
but that the board of supervisors will appoint those nominated for
the positions of directors.

60141.1. Notice that such appointment may be made in the event that
only one nomination is made, shall be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the district, once, not less than seven days
and not more than 14 days prior to the final day on which nominations
may be made.

60143. Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not
exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each day's attendance at
meetings of the board or for each day's service rendered as a
director by request of the board, not exceeding a total of six days
in any calendar month, together with any expenses incurred in the
performance of his or her duties required or authorized by the board.
For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a
director's activities on any specific day are compensable shall be
made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of
Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and
53232.3 of the Government Code.

60144. Any vacancy in the board shall be filled pursuant to Section
1780 of the Government Code. The person so chosen shall be a
resident of and otherwise qualified to be a director from the
division in which the vacancy shall occur.