SECTIONS 71250-71256 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 71250-71256

71250. The board of directors shall consist of five members. Each
director shall be a resident of the division from which he is
elected.

71250.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 71250, the local agency
formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of
districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a
single municipal water district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and
(n) of Section 56886 of the Government Code, increase the number of
directors to serve on the board of directors of the consolidated or
reorganized district to 7, 9, or 11, who shall be members of the
board of directors of the districts to be consolidated or reorganized
as of the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization.
(b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the members of the board
of directors of the consolidated district, or a district reorganized
as described in subdivision (a), whose terms first expire following
the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization, the total
number of members on the board of directors shall be reduced until
the number equals the number of members permitted by the principal
act of the consolidated or reorganized district, or any larger number
as may be specified by the local agency formation commission in
approving the consolidation or reorganization.
(c) In addition to the powers granted under Section 1780 of the
Government Code, in the event of a vacancy on the board of directors
of the consolidated district or a district reorganized as described
in subdivision (a) at which time the total number of directors is
greater than five, the board of directors may, by majority vote of
the remaining members of the board, choose not to fill the vacancy.
In that event, the total membership of the board of directors shall
be reduced by one board member. Upon making the determination not to
fill a vacancy, the board of directors shall notify the board of
supervisors of its decision.
(d) For the purposes of this section: "consolidation" means
consolidation, as defined in Section 56030 of the Government Code;
"district" or "special district" means district or special district,
as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code; and
"reorganization" means reorganization, as defined in Section 56073 of
the Government Code.

71250.5. If a director moves his or her residence, as defined in
Section 244 of the Government Code, outside the boundaries of that
director's division, and if within 180 days of the move or the
effective date of this section, the director fails to reestablish a
place of residence within the director's division, it shall be
presumed that a permanent change of residence has occurred and that a
vacancy exists on the board of directors pursuant to Section 1770 of
the Government Code.

71251. The directors elected at the formation election shall
classify themselves by lot so that two of them shall hold office
until the election and qualification of their successors at the first
succeeding general district election and three of them shall hold
office until the election and qualification of their successors at
the second succeeding general district election.

71252. Each director elected subsequent to the formation election
shall hold office for a term of four years from and after the date
for his taking of office and until the election and qualification of
his successor.

71253. Except for the directors elected at the formation election,
directors elected to office shall take office at the time provided by
the Government Code for county officers to take office.

71254. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of director it shall
be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code, by a
qualified person, who shall be a resident of, and otherwise qualified
to be a director from, the division in which the vacancy occurred.

71255. Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not to
exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day 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.

71256. Notwithstanding any other provision of law any person who
represents a municipal water district on the board of directors of
any metropolitan water district formed pursuant to the Metropolitan
Water District Act may receive compensation and expenses from the
municipal water district with respect to service on such board of
directors of a metropolitan water district, in the same amount, and
upon the same terms, as shall be provided with respect to service on
the board of the district. Any compensation or expenses received
pursuant to this section shall be in addition to that provided in
Section 71255.