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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11.5 - Hearings › Section 14402.

14402. A district or any interested person may bring an action pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of district rates or charges.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance, resolution, or motion fixing or changing rates or charges for the commodities or service furnished by a district shall be commenced within 120 days of the effective date of the ordinance, resolution, or motion.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 203, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11.5 - Hearings › Section 14403.

14403. Before the board adopts any change in rates and charges for commodities or services furnished by an electricity district intended to increase or decrease revenues, the general manager shall file with the board a report and recommendation on the proposed changes in writing. Within 90 days, but not less than 30 days after the report is filed, except when unanticipated events cause a sudden and significant change in the electricity district’s financial condition requiring an immediate response, the board shall hold a hearing on the report and recommendation. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published within the district pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code, except that, in the case of an unanticipated event requiring an immediate response, notice may be given pursuant to Section 6063a of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1396, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11.5 - Hearings › Section 14403.3.

14403.3. The report and recommendation of the general manager of an electricity district filed pursuant to Section 14403 shall include all of the following:
(a) The most recent annual report submitted pursuant to Section 11938.
(b) A statement of sales volumes by customer types for the preceding two years and estimates of sales volumes for the two years following.
(c) A statement of sources and disposition of funds for the preceding two years and estimates of sources and dispositions of funds for the two years following, whether or not the rate change does occur.
(d) A statement of capital expenditures anticipated during the next two years following.
(e)  In sufficient detail to permit an assessment of the need for any proposed changes, a statement of each category of expense for the preceding two years, and estimates of each category of expense for the two years following.
(f) Other information as the general manager believes will explain or justify the proposed rate change.
(g)  The basis for the allocation of the overall revenues among the various types of customers of the electricity district.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1396, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11.5 - Hearings › Section 14403.5.

14403.5. At the hearing held pursuant to Section 14403, the board shall do both of the following:
(a) Permit any member of the public who has given 10 days advance written notice to present nonduplicative testimony on the proposed rate change or on any alternatives.
(b) Consider any report and recommendations submitted in writing by any member of the public on alternatives to the rate changes proposed by the general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1396, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 15505.

15505. “Elector,” “voter,” or “qualified elector,” means a voter whose name appears on the great register of the county in which the district is located, or any supplement thereto, allowed by law to be used to determine the eligibility of persons to vote at municipal or county elections, and whose address as it appears on the great register or supplement is in the same unincorporated territory as the address given by him on the certificate or petition that is signed by him.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 15506.

15506. “Original and primary proposition” means the proposition to incorporate the proposed district with all of the proposed territory joining in the proceedings and mentioned and described in the several petitions presented by the electors.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 15531.

15531. The great register or supplement thereto, and certificates in due form of notaries public or verification deputies acknowledging the signature of any voter to any petition or certificate pursuant to this division, are sufficient evidence for all purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 15532.

15532. Nothing in this division shall be construed as repealing or modifying the provisions of any other law relating to public utility districts, except insofar as the provisions of such other law are inconsistent with the provisions of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 15533.

15533. Whenever all the territory comprising a district becomes part of a city, the legislative body of the city succeeds to the powers of the board of directors of the district and is thereafter for all purposes the board of directors. All property, records, and documents of the district shall be transferred and conveyed by the board of directors to the legislative body of such city.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 15702.

15702. Whenever the people of unincorporated territory desire to organize a district, they shall present to the board of supervisors of the county within which the territory is situated a petition describing the territory, and signed by registered voters of the territory equal in number to 15 percent of all votes cast for all candidates for Governor within the same territory at the last preceding general election at which a Governor was elected.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 86. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 15703.

15703. The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, all of which shall constitute one petition. A separate petition is required from each unit of the proposed district. All unincorporated territory participating in the proceedings and situated in one county is a unit for purposes of the proceedings. No registered voter within any one unit of the proposed district shall sign a petition of any other unit of the proposed district.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 87. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 15704.

15704. Each petition shall name or describe the territory within which the registered voters signing it reside. Every petition shall set forth the boundaries and name of the proposed district, which shall include the words “public utility district.” Every petition shall contain a prayer that a public utility district comprising all of the proposed territory, or any portions thereof as are designated in the petitions as essential to its formation, be incorporated pursuant to this division. Every registered voter signing a petition shall write his or her address opposite his or her signature.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 266. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 15705.

15705. The county elections official shall within 30 days examine and verify the signatures to the petition and certify the result of the examination to the board of supervisors.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 89. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 15706.

15706. If the county elections official, by his or her certificate, finds that a petition is insufficient, he or she shall certify to the number of additional signatures of qualified electors required to make the petition sufficient, and the petition may be amended by a supplemental petition filed within 10 days from the date of the certificate. Within 10 days after a supplemental petition has been filed, the county elections official shall examine it and certify to the result of the examination. If this certificate shows the petition as amended to be insufficient, it shall be filed by the county elections official in his or her office and kept as a public record, without prejudice to the filing of any other petition to the same effect not less than six months thereafter. If the certificate shows the petition or petition as amended to be sufficient, the county elections official shall present it to the board of supervisors without delay with his or her certificate attached and properly dated.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 90. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 15707.

15707. If a supplemental petition is filed, all signatures appended to the petition and to the supplemental petition shall be considered in determining the number of qualified electors signing the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 15708.

15708. After the election for the incorporation of the proposed district, the sufficiency of the petition in any respects shall not be subject to judicial review or otherwise questioned.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Petition for Formation › Section 15709.

15709. Notwithstanding any provision of law, for purposes of this division all territory in the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District shall be deemed to be solely within the County of Alpine, which shall be the principal county for purposes of formation of the district and which shall have jurisdiction to approve, disapprove, and carry out all matters pertaining to formation of the district; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall limit or impair the authority of the Board of Supervisors of the County of El Dorado or the County of Amador to disapprove, by resolution, formation of all or any part of the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District within its territory any time prior to final approval of the district by the County of Alpine. If either county so disapproves, any territory designated by the resolution of disapproval shall be excluded from the boundaries of the district.
If the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District is not incorporated on or before March 1, 1986, this section is repealed on that date.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 733, Sec. 1. Note: This section was not repealed by its own provisions because the conditions failed.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 15731.

15731. By resolution each board of supervisors to which a petition is presented shall fix a time for a hearing, which shall be within 15 days after final publication of notice.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 15732.

15732. Within 10 days after a petition is presented to it, the board of supervisors shall publish a copy of the petition, and a notice that the petition will be heard by the board at the time and place designated by the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 15734.

15734. If the signatures attached to the petition are sufficient, no defect in the contents of the petition or in the title to or form of the notice shall vitiate any proceedings thereon.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 15735.

15735. The publication of notice shall be pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published, and circulated in the respective unit of the unincorporated territory, or if no such newspaper is printed, published, and circulated in the territory, in a newspaper printed and published elsewhere in the county and deemed most likely to give notice to the electors of the territory.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 15736.

15736. At the hearing or at any time prior thereto, any owner of taxable property within the proposed district may file a petition with the board of supervisors asking that the property described in the petition be excluded from the proposed district. If the board, after hearing, finds the described property will not be substantially benefited by its inclusion in the district, it may exclude such property. At the hearing the board shall make such changes in the proposed boundaries as it deems advisable and shall define and establish the boundaries.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 15737.

15737. Any person owning land adjoining any land described in the petition, upon his verified application, in the discretion of the board, may have his land included within the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing › Section 15738.

15738. At the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the petition complies with the requirements set forth in this division and whether or not the notice has been published as required, and shall hear all competent and relevant testimony offered in support of or in opposition to the petition. If the board determines and finds from the evidence taken at the hearing that the proposed district as its boundaries are described in the petition or as changed by the board is uneconomic or infeasible, it may dismiss the petition, but, if the board determines and finds that the petition complies with the law and that the proposed district is economic and feasible, it shall call an election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not the district shall be organizaed.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 15761.

15761. The special election shall be called by ordinance by each board of supervisors. The ordinance shall specify the purpose and time of the election, establish the election precincts, and designate the polling places and the names of the election officers for each precinct. The election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after completion of publication of the ordinance.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 15762.

15762. The ordinance calling the election shall be published in the unincorporated territory pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code. If no newspaper is printed, published, and circulated in the territory, publication shall be made in a newspaper printed and published elsewhere in the county and deemed most likely to give notice to the electors of the territory. The notice of election shall also be posted in at least two public places in each precinct within each unincorporated territory in which the election is held for at least 10 days prior to the election.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 15762.1.

15762.1. 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.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 15762.2.

15762.2. 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.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 15762.3.

15762.3. 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.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 15762.4.

15762.4. 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 election 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. 186. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 15763.

15763. The election shall be held and conducted, the returns canvassed, and the result declared by the board of supervisors in the manner provided by general law for such elections in the particulars in which provision is made therefor, and in all other respects in the manner provided by law for the holding of special elections within such counties.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 15764.

15764. The proposition submitted at the election shall be stated upon the ballot substantially as follows:
“Shall ________ public utility district (naming it) be organized pursuant to Division 7 of the Public Utilities Code.
Yes
◻
No
◻”
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Election › Section 15765.

15765. Within five days after the result of the election is declared, and the order is made where required, the chairman of the board of supervisors of each county in which the election is held shall make and execute a certificate, signed by him as such official and authenticated under the seal of the county, setting forth the proposition submitted to the electors, the fact of such submission, and the result of the election as so declared. The certificate shall be made and executed in duplicate, and shall be delivered in duplicate without delay to the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district, or the greater part of its population, is situated, or to the clerk of such board.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of the District › Section 15791.

15791. The board of supervisors receiving the certificates delivered pursuant to Section 15765 shall meet and examine them within three weeks after all the elections are held. If it appears from the certificates that a majority of the votes cast at the election in each unincorporated territory in which such elections are held is in favor of the incorporation of the district, the board of supervisors shall so declare and shall state by order entered in its minutes the name and boundaries of the district, and that the district is formed pursuant to this division.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of the District › Section 15792.

15792. If it appears from the certificates that a majority of the electors voting at the election has voted against the formation of the district, the proceedings shall fail entirely.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of the District › Section 15793.

15793. When the board of supervisors has completed its examination of the certificates, and has made the order provided in Section 15791, it shall forthwith attach together the duplicate certificates in two rolls, each roll to contain one of each of the certificates and a copy of the order of the board of supervisors, duly certified under the hand and official seal of the clerk of the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of the District › Section 15794.

15794. The board of supervisors shall immediately deposit one roll for filing in the office of the Secretary of State, and cause the other roll to be recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which any part of the district is situated and filed in the office of the county elections official of the county in which the district, or the greater part of its population, is situated.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 91. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of the District › Section 15795.

15795. Upon the receipt of the duplicate roll the Secretary of State shall issue his certificate reciting that it is filed in his office and that the public utility district, naming it, is incorporated as a district pursuant to this division. The certificate shall be forwarded to the board of supervisors and by it held and delivered to the board of directors of the district after the election and organization of the board of directors.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of the District › Section 15796.

15796. No charge shall be made by either the Secretary of State or any county recorder or county elections official for the services required of him or her under this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 92. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of the District › Section 15797.

15797. From and after the date the duplicate roll is filed with the Secretary of State, the district is incorporated as a public utility district, with all the rights, privileges, and powers set forth in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of the District › Section 15798.

15798. The board may change the name of the district by adoption of an ordinance changing the name of the district and by giving notification of the name change to the State Controller, the State Board of Equalization, and the board of supervisors of each county which has land within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 446.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Contest of Incorporation › Section 15821.

15821. No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of any election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any citizen, shall be held to invalidate the incorporation of any district. Any proceedings wherein the validity of incorporation is sought to be denied shall be commenced within 20 days after the date of the certificate of incorporation, otherwise the incorporation and the legal existence of the district, and all proceedings in respect thereto, shall be held valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Contest of Incorporation › Section 15822.

15822. Any such contest shall be brought in the superior court of the county where the district, or the greater part of its population, is situated. If more than one contest is pending they shall be consolidated and tried together. The court having jurisdiction shall speedily try the contest and determine upon the hearing whether the election was fairly conducted and in substantial compliance with this division, and enter its judgment accordingly. Either party to the record may appeal within 30 days from the entry of judgment, and the appeal shall be heard and determined by the Supreme Court within 60 days from the filing of the notice of appeal.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Verification Deputies › Section 15842.

15842. Verification deputies required to verify signatures to petitions for the formation of a district, or to certificates or petitions nominating candidates for election to the first board of directors of newly formed districts, shall be appointed by the county elections official of any county in which the territory of the district is situated, and verification deputies required for any other purpose after the formation of a district shall be appointed by the clerk of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 93. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Verification Deputies › Section 15843.

15843. Appointments of verification deputies shall be made upon written application of not less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) qualified electors of any territorial unit or units of the district, or the proposed district, as the case may be. The application shall state that the signers desire the appointment of the person whose name and address is given therein as a verification deputy for the purpose of taking the oaths of signers of petitions or certificates in the matter of ________.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Verification Deputies › Section 15844.

15844. Verification deputies need not use a seal, and shall not have power to administer oaths for any purpose other than that for which they are appointed. Their appointment shall continue for ninety (90) days only from the date of appointment.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Verification Deputies › Section 15845.

15845. Verification deputies shall not be paid, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of the county treasury or the treasury of a district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Verification Deputies › Section 15846.

15846. Before appointment a verification deputy shall make and file with the clerk appointing him an oath as to his age, place of residence, occupation, and whether or not he is a qualified elector residing within the territory of the district, or the proposed district, for which he is appointed.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15951.

15951. At an election held in the district on the next established election date not less than 74 days after its formation a board of directors shall be elected, to consist of as many members as there are territorial units in the district and as many additional members, not less than three nor more than four, as are required to constitute a board composed of an odd number of directors. Where the district lies entirely in one county the number of directors shall be three, elected at large.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15953.

15953. All unincorporated territories situated in the same county and included within the district shall be regarded as an entirety and as a territorial unit of the district. Each unit having a population of at least 5,000 is entitled to one director.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15954.

15954. Candidates for the office of director to be elected by a unit shall be nominated from each such territorial unit, and the remaining number of directors shall be nominated from the district at large.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15956.

15956. (a) Candidates for directors at large shall be designated in all declarations of candidacy, nominating certificates, and on all official election ballots as candidates for a particular directorship at large, in accordance with the declarations of candidacy which the candidates have filed with the county elections official or the clerk of the district, as the case may be. Each office of director at large shall be designated as “director at large” number one, number two, number three, or number four, there being as many numbers as there are directors at large to be elected.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or any other provision of this article, the board of directors of a district may adopt an ordinance that requires that candidates for directors at large need not designate a numbered office. The ordinance shall instead require that the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes districtwide as there are directors to be elected shall be elected to the board of directors.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 14, Sec. 1. (SB 673) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15957.

15957. Candidates for director from the several territorial units entitled to one director each shall be designated in all declarations of candidacy, nominating certificates, and on all official election ballots as candidates for director from ____ unit, giving the name or other designation of the unit entitled to the office of director in accordance with the declarations of candidacy which the candidates have filed with the proper clerk.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15958.

15958. If only one unit of unincorporated territory is contained in the district, it may be designated as “the unincorporated territorial unit.”
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15959.

15959. If two or more units of unincorporated territory are contained in the district, they shall be numbered, named, and designated by the board of supervisors in charge of the election of the first board of directors, and subsequently from time to time by the board of directors of the district, as unincorporated territorial unit number one, number two, number three, and so forth, there being as many numbers as there are units in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15960.

15960. The board of supervisors shall number, name, and designate each territorial unit of the district by ordinance at a regular or special meeting after the formation of the district, and in time to permit publication and taking effect of the ordinance before the earliest time when nominating certificates and declarations of candidacy for the board of directors may be filed. The ordinance shall remain in force until the board of directors of the district, by ordinance, shall number, name, and designate the territorial units.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15961.

15961. Designations of directors by name or number have no significance whatever after election and qualification of the directors or after appointment and qualification of a director appointed to fill a vacancy, but merely fix the designation and status of each such office as a separate office for the purpose of nomination and election thereto, or for filling a vacancy. Sections 15953 to 15960, inclusive, apply to the election of the first board of directors of the district, as well as to all elections of directors held by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15961.5.

15961.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the division, the candidates for director of any district that is wholly or partially within the County of Placer may be elected at large, by wards, or from wards upon adoption of a resolution or ordinance to that effect by the board of directors of the district, subject to approval of the board of supervisors, or as a part of a change of organization or a reorganization conducted pursuant to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(b) A resolution or ordinance that divides a district into wards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall describe the boundaries of the wards so that the wards shall be as nearly equal in population as may be.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) “By wards” means the election of members of the board of directors by voters of the ward alone.
(2) “From wards” means the election of members of the board of directors who are residents of the ward from which they are elected by the voters of the entire district.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 296, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15961.6.

15961.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the candidates for director of any district that is wholly or partially within the County of San Diego may be elected at large or by subdistricts upon adoption of a resolution or ordinance to that effect by the board of directors of the district, subject to approval of the board of supervisors, or as a part of a change of organization or a reorganization conducted pursuant to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code).
(b) A resolution or ordinance that divides a district into subdistricts adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall describe the boundaries of the subdistricts so that the subdistricts shall be as nearly equal in population as may be.
(c) As used in this section, “by subdistricts” means the election of members of the board of directors by voters of the subdistrict alone.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 168, Sec. 1. (SB 927) Effective August 22, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15962.

15962. The population of each unit of unincorporated territory within the district shall be determined at the time of calling the election of the first board of directors by the board of supervisors calling the election and shall be stated in the ordinance calling the election and in the notice of the election. The determination shall continue in force until set aside by the board of directors of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15963.

15963. The board of directors shall determine the boundaries of each unit of unincorporated territory within the district pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 22000) of Division 21 of the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 435, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15965.

15965. The election of directors shall be held in the unincorporated territory included within the district and shall be called by the board of supervisors of the county in which the district, or the greater part of its population, is situated, and shall be called, held, and conducted, the returns canvassed, and the result declared by the board of supervisors in the manner and form provided by law for special elections within the county.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15966.

15966. (a) Not less than 30 days prior to the election, any five or more electors in the district may file with the board of directors a petition requesting that the names of certain persons specified in the petition be placed upon the ballot as candidates for the office of director at large.
(b) Not less than 30 days prior to the election, any five or more electors of a territorial unit may file with the board of directors a petition requesting that the name of a designated person specified in the petition be placed upon the ballot as candidate for the office of director from the territorial unit.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1196.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15968.

15968. Immediately after receiving his or her certificate of election and before assuming the duties of office, each director shall take and subscribe an official oath and file it in the office of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 617, Sec. 30.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15969.

15969. All official oaths shall be in the form provided by law for official oaths of county officers.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 617, Sec. 31.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15971.

15971. Elections of directors after election of the first board shall be called and held by the board of directors, and shall be called, held, and conducted, nominations for the office of director made, the returns canvassed, and the result declared by the board as provided in Article 6 of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15972.

15972. The board of directors of a district which lies entirely within one county may submit to the qualified electors, at a general election or a special election called for that purpose, a proposition to increase the number of directors from three to five. By initiative ordinance the electors of such a district may adopt legislation providing for the increase of the number of directors from three to five. The initiative proceedings shall be conducted in all respects as prescribed by general law for the initiative by electors of counties. If a majority of the electors voting at the election vote in favor of the proposition, the district shall have five directors elected at large.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15973.

15973. Within 30 days after an increase in the number of directors has been authorized, the board of directors shall appoint two qualified electors of the district to serve as members of the board until the next biennial election, at which there shall be elected two directors in addition to the number previously authorized. After the directors elected at the biennial election have qualified, they shall meet and classify themselves so that one shall hold office for two years and the other for four years. Thereafter, there shall be elected at each biennial district election a number of directors, corresponding to the number whose terms expire, who shall hold office for four years.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)