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CA Water Code § 71132 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Formation Petition|Section 71132.

71132.  After the time for filing supplemental petitions has expired and all supplemental petitions have been examined, if the county elections official’s certificate shows that the formation petition is insufficient, the petition shall be filed with the board of supervisors and kept as a public record, without prejudice to the filing of a new petition.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 200. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Water Code § 71133 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Formation Petition|Section 71133.

71133.  If the county elections official’s certificate shows that the formation petition is sufficient, the county elections official shall present the petition to the board of supervisors without delay.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 201. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Water Code § 71134 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 4 - Formation Petition|Section 71134.

71134.  After an election for the formation of a proposed district, the sufficiency of the formation petition shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71160 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71160.

71160.  When a formation petition is presented to it, the board of supervisors shall make an order dividing the proposed district into five divisions in such manner as to equalize, as nearly as practicable, the population in the respective divisions. The board of supervisors shall use for this purpose the population as estimated by it from the register of voters used at the last general election.The divisions of the district shall be numbered first, second, third, fourth, and fifth.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71161 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71161.

71161.  When the order dividing the proposed district into five divisions is made, the board of supervisors shall by resolution or ordinance call and provide for the holding of an election in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether the district shall be formed and to elect the first board of directors if the district is formed.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71162 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71162.

71162.  The formation election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of adoption of the resolution or ordinance calling the election.For purposes of this election the board of supervisors may consolidate election precincts of one or more divisions.(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)
CA Water Code § 71163 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71163.

71163.  Notice of the formation election shall be published once, not less than one week nor more than four weeks prior to the election, in at least one newspaper but not exceeding three newspapers, printed and published in each affected county.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71163.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71163.1.

71163.1.  Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the county or principal county in which the territory or major portion of the territory of the proposed district is located. Such written notice shall include the name and a description of the proposed district, and may be in the form of a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the legislative body calling the district formation election.The executive officer, within five days after being notified that a district formation election has been called, shall submit to the commission, for its approval or modification, an impartial analysis of the proposed district formation. The impartial analysis shall not exceed 500 words in length and shall include a specific description of the boundaries of the district proposed to be formed. The local agency formation commission, within five days after the receipt of the executive officer’s analysis, shall approve or modify the analysis and submit it to the officials in charge of conducting the district formation election.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
CA Water Code § 71163.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71163.2.

71163.2.  The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a written argument for or a written argument against the proposed district formation.Arguments shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall be filed with the officials in charge of conducting the election not less than 54 days prior to the date of the district formation election.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
CA Water Code § 71163.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71163.3.

71163.3.  If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters.In selecting the arguments, the election officials shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following:(a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board.(b) Individual voters or bona fide associations of citizens or a combination of such voters and associations.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)
CA Water Code § 71163.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71163.4.

71163.4.  The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question.The ballot pamphlet shall contain the following in the order prescribed:(a) The complete text of the proposition.(b) The impartial analysis of the proposition prepared by the local agency formation commission.(c) The argument for the proposed district formation.(d) The argument against the proposed district formation.The elections officials shall mail a ballot pamphlet to each voter entitled to vote in the district formation election at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The ballot pamphlet is “official matter” within the meaning of Section 13303 of the Elections Code.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 262. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Water Code § 71164 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71164.

71164.  The notice of the formation election shall contain the following:(a) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district and its divisions.(b) The name of the proposed district, which name shall contain the words “____ Municipal Water District.”(c) A statement that the first directors will be elected at the election and will take office if the district is formed.(d) The names of the candidates for the office of director for each of the divisions.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71165 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71165.

71165.  The following measure shall be submitted at the formation election:“Shall the proposition to form the ____ Municipal Water District under the Municipal Water District Law of 1911 be adopted?”(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71166 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71166.

71166.  No person may vote at any formation election unless he is a voter.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71167 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71167.

71167.  Within seven days after the formation election the board of supervisors shall canvass the vote.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71168 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71168.

71168.  If less than a majority of the votes cast in any affected county are in favor of the proposition, the formation of the district fails, but without prejudice to renewing proceedings at any time after six months from the date of the formation election.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71169 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71169.

71169.  The first directors shall be elected at the formation election.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71170 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71170.

71170.  One director shall be elected for each division by the voters of the division. Each director shall be a resident of the division for which he is elected.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71171 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71171.

71171.  Except as otherwise provided in this division, the candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, the election shall be held and conducted, the vote canvassed, the result declared, and the certificates of election issued in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code, so far as they may be applicable.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71172 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election|Section 71172.

71172.  If a majority of the votes cast in each affected county at the formation election favor the formation of the district, each candidate for director who receives the highest number of votes in his division is elected as a director of the district.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71190 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 6 - Establishment of District|Section 71190.

71190.  If a majority of the votes cast in each affected county at the formation election favor the formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall, by an order entered on its minutes, declare the territory included within the proposed boundaries to be formed as a municipal water district under the designated name.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71191 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 6 - Establishment of District|Section 71191.

71191.  The county clerk shall immediately cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each affected county, a certificate stating that the proposition to form the district was adopted.The county clerk shall immediately cause to be filed with the Secretary of State a certificate listing:(a) The name of the district.(b) The date of formation.(c) The county or counties in which the district is located, and a description of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a map showing such boundaries, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or reference to the county recorder’s office where a description of such boundaries has been recorded.If the order declaring the district organized contains all of the information required to be in the last-mentioned certificate, the clerk may file a copy of the order with the Secretary of State in lieu of the certificate.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
CA Water Code § 71192 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 6 - Establishment of District|Section 71192.

71192.  Upon the receipt of the county clerk’s certificate, or a copy of the order declaring the district organized, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting that the municipal water district, naming it, has been duly incorporated according to the laws of the State.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
CA Water Code § 71193 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 6 - Establishment of District|Section 71193.

71193.  A copy of the Secretary of State’s certificate shall be transmitted to and filed with the county clerk of each affected county.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71194 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 6 - Establishment of District|Section 71194.

71194.  From and after the date of filing the county clerk’s certificate with the Secretary of State, the district named therein is incorporated as a municipal water district, with all the rights, privileges and powers set forth in this division, and necessarily incident thereto.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71195 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 6 - Establishment of District|Section 71195.

71195.  No informality in any proceeding, or in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall invalidate the incorporation of any municipal water district.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71196 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 2 - FORMATION|CHAPTER 6 - Establishment of District|Section 71196.

71196.  Any proceeding wherein the validity of the incorporation of a district is denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of the Secretary of State’s certificate of incorporation; otherwise the incorporation and legal existence of the district and all proceedings in respect thereto shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71250 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Directors|Section 71250.

71250.  The board of directors shall consist of five members. Each director shall be a resident of the division from which he is elected.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71250.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Directors|Section 71250.1.

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.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 172, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Water Code § 71250.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Directors|Section 71250.5.

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.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 91, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 71251 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Directors|Section 71251.

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.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71252 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Directors|Section 71252.

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.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
CA Water Code § 71253 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Directors|Section 71253.

71253.  Except for the directors elected at a formation election, directors elected to office shall take office at noon on the first Friday in December succeeding their election.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 8, Sec. 1. (AB 72) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Water Code § 71254 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Directors|Section 71254.

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.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1059.)
CA Water Code § 71255 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Directors|Section 71255.

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.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Water Code § 71256 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1 - Directors|Section 71256.

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.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 303.)
CA Water Code § 71260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1.5 - Three Valleys Municipal Water District|Section 71260.

71260.  This chapter applies only to the Three Valleys Municipal Water District. Except as provided in this chapter, this division applies to the Three Valleys Municipal Water District.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 410, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 71261 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 20 - MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS|PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION|CHAPTER 1.5 - Three Valleys Municipal Water District|Section 71261.

71261.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the Board of Directors of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District shall consist of seven directors. Each director shall be a resident of the division from which he or she is elected.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 410, Sec. 1.)