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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 39925.

39925. Not less than 10 days before the formation election, any 10 or more voters in any division of the proposed district may file with the department a petition requesting that the name of a specified person be placed on the ballot for the particular division as a candidate for the office of director to represent the particular division. Only the names proposed by the petitions filed with the department shall be printed on the ballots for the various divisions of the district. The date of actual receipt of any such petition by the department shall be deemed to be the date of filing of the same with the department. If there are less than 10 voters in any division, signatures of one-third of the number of voters, rounded up to the next whole number, shall be required to nominate a candidate.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 2. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 39926.

39926. For the purposes of the formation election the department shall establish and define the boundaries of one or more election precincts for each division in the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 39927.

39927. The formation election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of this division concerning general elections, but no particular form of ballot shall be required.
The qualifications of voters at a formation election shall be the same as the qualifications of voters for general elections provided for in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 39928.

39928. At the formation election there shall be elected a board of directors corresponding in number to the number of divisions in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 39929.

39929. No director shall be elected by the district at large, but one director shall be elected by each division to represent that division.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 39930.

39930. The directors shall qualify in the same manner as directors elected at a general election, as provided in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 39931.

39931. On the ballots provided for the formation election shall be printed:
(a) The words “Water storage district—Yes” and “Water storage district—No,” or words equivalent thereto.
(b) The names of persons to be voted for at the election.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 39932.

39932. The department shall on the second Monday following the formation election canvass the votes cast thereat and if upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast at the formation election are “Water storage district—Yes” the department shall canvass the votes for directors and declare the persons receiving the highest number of votes in each division to be elected.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Election on Formation › ARTICLE 2 - Conduct of Election › Section 39933.

39933. If upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast are “Water storage district—No,” the result shall be declared and recorded in the records kept by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Establishment of District › Section 40100.

40100. If a majority of all the votes cast at the formation election are “Water storage district—Yes,” the department shall by an order entered in the records kept by it, declare the territory formed as a district under the name designated.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Establishment of District › Section 40101.

40101. The department shall immediately file for record in the office of the county recorder of each affected county a certified copy of the order declaring the district formed.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 2 - FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Establishment of District › Section 40104.

40104. The department shall immediately file 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 formed contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the department may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure › Section 40300.

40300. Directors, irrespective of the method of their selection, take office as soon as they qualify, except that directors elected at a general election take office at the commencement of the regular meeting of the board following their election.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 830.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure › Section 40301.

40301. Within 10 days after receiving his certificate of election or being appointed, each director shall take and subscribe the official oath, and file it in the office of the district and execute the bond required of him.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure › Section 40302.

40302. The members of the board elected at the formation election shall at their first meeting classify themselves by lot into two classes as nearly equal in number as possible. The term of office of the class having the greater number shall expire at the commencement of the regular meeting of the board in April following the next general March election; and the term of office of the class having the lesser number shall expire at the commencement of the regular meeting of the board in April following the next general March election thereafter.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 830.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure › Section 40303.

40303. After such classification the board shall elect a president from their number and appoint a secretary and treasurer, each of whom shall hold office during the pleasure of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure › Section 40304.

40304. On the day of the regular meeting of the board in April next following each general election, the directors shall meet and organize as a board, elect a president and appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who shall each hold office during the pleasure of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 830.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure › Section 40305.

40305. The board may elect a vice president and appoint an assistant secretary to serve during the pleasure of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure › Section 40306.

40306. The term of office of each director elected after the formation election shall be four years, and until his or her successor is elected and has qualified. Upon the district receiving actual written notice that a director or the entity the director represents no longer is a holder of title within the district or that the holder of title the director represents is withdrawing the director’s authorization, a vacancy shall be deemed to occur, but the director shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected or appointed and qualified.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Qualification and Tenure › Section 40307.

40307. In order to be nominated and eligible for the office of director, a candidate shall be a holder of title within the district. If a holder of title to land is not a natural person, the holder of title to land may designate a representative or representatives to be eligible to be elected or appointed as a director by filing with the district written evidence of that designation.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Official Bonds › Section 40330.

40330. The amount of the bond to be given by the secretary for the faithful performance of his duties shall be fixed by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Official Bonds › Section 40331.

40331. The treasurer of the district shall execute a bond in an amount to be fixed by the board, the minimum amount thereof not to be less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1086.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Official Bonds › Section 40332.

40332. Each member of the board shall execute a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Official Bonds › Section 40333.

40333. The bonds of the first directors of any district may be approved by a judge of the superior court of any affected county and recorded in the office of the recorder of such county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Official Bonds › Section 40334.

40334. The bonds of the directors, other than the first directors, shall be approved by a judge of the superior court, recorded in the office of the recorder of the office county, and filed with the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Official Bonds › Section 40335.

40335. All bonds shall be made payable to the district and be in the form prescribed for the official bonds of county officers. Premiums may be paid by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Official Bonds › Section 40336.

40336. If any district is appointed fiscal agent of or by the United States in connection with any federal reclamation project, the directors and the treasurer shall each execute an additional bond in the sum required by the Secretary of the Interior, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties and the faithful discharge of the district of its duties under the appointment. These bonds may be sued upon by the United States or any person injured by the failure of these officers promptly and completely to perform their respective duties.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 3 - Compensation › Section 40355.

40355. (a) A director, when sitting on the board or acting under its orders, shall receive not exceeding:
(1) One hundred dollars ($100) per day, not exceeding six days in any calendar month.
(2) Actual and necessary expenses while engaged in official business under the order of the board.
(b) 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.
(c) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 90. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 3 - Compensation › Section 40356.

40356. The board shall fix the compensation to be paid to all other officers and employees provided for in this division, to be paid out of the treasury of the district, except as otherwise provided by this division.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Officers › ARTICLE 4 - Misconduct › Section 40383.

40383. For wilful violation of any express duty provided for in this division on the part of any officer named in this division, he shall be liable upon his official bond and subject to removal from office by proceeding brought in the superior court of the office county by any assessment payer of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - Appointments to Fill Vacancies › Section 40500.

40500. A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1059.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Meetings and Duties › Section 40650.

40650. The directors elected at the formation election shall on the first Tuesday after their election and qualification meet and organize as a board and designate an office of the board, which shall also be the office of the district, at which the board shall thereafter hold its meetings.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Meetings and Duties › Section 40652.

40652. The board may by resolution duly entered upon its minutes fix any other time or place for the regular monthly meeting, but no such change shall become effective until after the resolution making it has been published once a week for two successive weeks in the office county.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Meetings and Duties › Section 40653.

40653. Special meetings of the board may be held as required for the proper transaction of the business of the district, but shall be ordered by a majority of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Meetings and Duties › Section 40654.

40654. The order calling a special meeting shall be entered of record and specify the business to be transacted. Five days’ notice of the order must be given to each director not joining in the order.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Meetings and Duties › Section 40655.

40655. No other business than that specified in the order may be transacted at a special meeting unless all the members are present and consent to the consideration of any business not specified in the order.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Meetings and Duties › Section 40656.

40656. All meetings of the board shall be public and a majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A smaller number of directors than a quorum may adjourn from day to day.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Meetings and Duties › Section 40657.5.

40657.5. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 3 - Board Meetings and Duties › Section 40659.

40659. The board of a district in existence on the effective date of this section shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State on or before January 1, 1964, 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 formed contains all of the information required to be in the certificate, the board may file a copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 457.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 3 - INTERNAL ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 4 - Change of Office › Section 40800.

40800. The office of the board and its place of meetings may be changed by a majority vote of the board, but no such change shall become effective until after the resolution making it has been published once a week for two successive weeks in the county in which the office of the board has theretofore been located.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41001.

41001. Each voter may vote in each precinct in which any of the land owned by him is situated and may cast one vote for each one hundred dollars ($100), or fraction thereof, worth of his land, exclusive of improvements, minerals, and mineral rights therein, in the precinct.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41003.

41003. Any guardian, conservator, administrator, or executor, of a person or estate owning land within the district shall be considered the holder of title to land for the purposes of this division, where the owner in fee is not entitled to vote.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 730.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41004.

41004. Any corporation holding title to land within the district is entitled to vote through any officer or agent authorized in writing under the seal of the corporation.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41005.

41005. No person shall vote by proxy unless his authority to cast such vote is evidenced by an instrument acknowledged and filed with the board of election.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41006.

41006. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this division, if a holder of title to land enters into a contract for the sale of the land on deferred installments of the purchase price, the purchaser named in the contract is entitled to cast one-half of the vote allotted to such land at any district election if all the following have occurred:
(a) The land is separately assessed on the county assessment roll.
(b) A copy of the contract of sale is filed with the secretary at least 30 days prior to the date of the election.
(c) The purchaser is not delinquent for more than six months in the payment of any sums required to be paid under the contract.
For the purposes of this section, the county assessor shall, at the request of any purchaser, separately assess and separately list all such lands upon the assessment roll.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41007.

41007. At least 20 days prior to any district election, the secretary shall prepare a list for each precinct showing:
(a) The names of the holders of title to land who enter into contracts of sale, as shown by the copies of the contracts on file in his office.
(b) The name of the purchaser.
(c) A description of the land subject to each contract.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41009.

41009. At least five days prior to each election, the secretary shall notify in writing each holder of title to land named as the seller in any contract on file in his office that the contract has been filed.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41010.

41010. Any person entitled to vote at a district election may challenge the right of a purchaser to vote in accordance with the provisions of Section 41006. Challenges shall be made and determined as nearly as practicable in the manner provided by the Elections Code.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41011.

41011. Where property has been conveyed prior to the election and the change of interest does not appear by the assessment roll, the original deed of conveyance or a copy thereof certified by the county recorder, or otherwise authenticated, shall be sufficient evidence to entitle the holder thereof to vote the acreage therein described.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41012.

41012. Any person not legally qualified to vote who makes any false statement in respect to his right to vote shall incur all of the penalties provided in the Elections Code for persons illegally voting at elections.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41013.

41013. The department prior to the formation election, and at all subsequent elections the board, shall prepare, certify, and furnish to the election board at each voting place in the district a copy of each of the assessment rolls pertaining to any land in the precinct or, if applicable, the election roll prepared in accordance with Section 41027.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 5. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41014.

41014. The department or the board shall likewise prepare and furnish to the election boards lists certified by the register of the United States Land Office or the State Lands Commission, as the case may be, showing the land entered under the laws of the United States or of the State.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41016.

41016. The most recent county assessment rolls and lists, or, if applicable, the election roll prepared in accordance with Section 41027, shall be used by the election boards in determining the qualifications of voters and the number of votes each voter is entitled to cast.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 6. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41017.

41017. Where a tract of land is situated partly within and partly without the boundaries of a precinct and the assessment roll contains a valuation of the tract as a whole, the tract must be apportioned according to the number of acres lying within and without the boundaries of the precinct.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41018.

41018. If there is included in any assessment roll or list furnished to an election board any land which has no valuation assigned to it, the department or the board, as the case may be, shall request the county assessor to value the land and the county assessor shall prepare and furnish to the department or board requesting it a statement of the value of the land as appraised by him.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41019.

41019. The value shall be arrived at as nearly as may be done in the same manner and upon the same basis as was the valuation for purposes of taxation assessed upon other lands in the precinct similarly situated.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Voters and Qualifications › Section 41020.

41020. The valuation made by the county assessor shall be furnished to the election board of the precinct in which the land is situated and shall be used by the election board in determining the number of votes which the holder of title to the land is entitled to cast.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1.5 - Alternative Election Roll › Section 41025.

41025. As an alternative to using the most recent county assessment roll, the board may cause an election roll to be prepared and used for determining ownership and value of parcels for all purposes involving elections. For purposes of a formation election, the department may also elect to cause an election roll to be prepared and shall perform those functions designated to be performed by the board or secretary in this chapter. If the procedures provided in this chapter are used, Sections 41018 to 41020, inclusive, shall not apply.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 7. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1.5 - Alternative Election Roll › Section 41026.

41026. (a) The board shall have a preliminary election roll prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) by a registered civil engineer. The engineer shall prepare the preliminary election roll by division unless all district elections are at large.
(b) The preliminary election roll shall include each parcel of land listed on the most recent county assessment roll, any federal and state land, and any other unvalued lands within the district. For each parcel, the preliminary election roll shall list the name of the holder of title to land and the area of that parcel. The preliminary election roll shall assign each voter one of the following:
(1) One vote for each acre of land owned by that voter within the district. If the voter owns less than one acre, the voter shall be entitled to one vote. Any fraction of an acre shall be rounded to the next full acre.
(2) A number of votes based on the benefits derived by each parcel from being within the boundaries of the district, or from receiving services from the district, or both. The engineer shall consider, among other factors, the nature of the use or allowed uses of the parcel, whether the parcel is developed or undeveloped, and the nature of the district’s services provided to or available to the parcel.
(c) The secretary shall publish a notice of preparation of the preliminary election roll pursuant to Section 39057, indicating the date, time, and place of the board’s hearing to consider the preliminary election roll. The notice shall also provide information concerning the availability of the preliminary election roll.
(d) A copy of the preliminary election roll shall be available at the district’s offices during regular business hours and at any other convenient location, as determined by the district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 275, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1.5 - Alternative Election Roll › Section 41027.

41027. (a) The board shall hold a public hearing to receive any testimony regarding the preliminary election roll. The hearing may be continued from time to time. Following the hearing and deliberations, the board shall make any changes to the preliminary election roll and shall adopt the election roll.
(b) If the preliminary election roll was prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 41026, the adopted election roll shall be deemed the final election roll.
(c) If the preliminary election roll was prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 41026, the secretary shall send the adopted election roll to the board of supervisors of the principal county. Upon receiving the adopted election roll, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall set the date, time, and place for a public hearing to receive any testimony regarding the adopted election roll. The board of supervisors shall publish a notice of its public hearing pursuant to Section 39057. At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall receive any testimony regarding the adopted election roll. The hearing may be continued from time to time. Following the hearing and deliberations, the board of supervisors shall either approve or disapprove the adopted election roll. If the board of supervisors approves the adopted election roll, it shall send the final election roll to the board. If the board of supervisors disapproves the adopted election roll, the board of supervisors shall notify the board of its disapproval and may recommend changes to the adopted election roll for the board to consider. The district shall compensate the principal county for any costs incurred by the board of supervisors pursuant to this chapter.
(d) The secretary shall certify and file the final election roll not later than the date of the first publication of the notice provided pursuant to Section 41308.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 683. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1.5 - Alternative Election Roll › Section 41028.

41028. The final election roll shall be used for all purposes relating to elections, until subsequently modified in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter, or until the board elects at least 84 days prior to a general election to use the most recent county assessment roll. The board may at any time cause a revised preliminary election roll to be prepared in accordance with Section 41026. Upon written petition filed by the holders of title to land with at least 10 percent of the votes based on the last finalized election roll, at least 150 days before any general or special election, the board shall prepare a new preliminary election roll and follow the procedures provided for in Section 41027. At least 84 days prior to an election, the district shall update the names listed as the holder of title to land of each parcel on the election roll and may rely on the most recent county assessment roll for determining ownership.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 7. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Redivision and Establishing of Precincts › Section 41150.

41150. The board shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in the district and define the boundaries thereof. At least one precinct must be established for each division of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Redivision and Establishing of Precincts › Section 41151.

41151. The board may at any time, but not less than 60 days before an election to be held in the district, change the boundaries of any election precinct. The changes shall be entered upon the minutes of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Redivision and Establishing of Precincts › Section 41153.

41153. The redivision order of the board shall be filed in the office of the secretary and a copy certified by the secretary shall be filed with the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 47. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Redivision and Establishing of Precincts › Section 41154.

41154. The board shall at its next regular meeting establish a convenient number of election precincts in each of the new divisions. No precinct shall include any land situate in more than one of the divisions.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Redivision and Establishing of Precincts › Section 41155.

41155. The directors in office at the time new divisions are established shall continue in office for the divisions from which they were elected until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected, but their successors shall be elected from the new divisions.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Procedure and Nominations › Section 41300.

41300. An election, known as the general water storage district election, shall be held in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each odd-numbered year, at which a successor shall be chosen to each officer whose term expires in April next thereafter.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 830.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Procedure and Nominations › Section 41301.

41301. Prior to the election, the board shall appoint for each precinct, from the voters thereof, one inspector and two judges, who constitute an election board for the precinct.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Procedure and Nominations › Section 41302.

41302. Not less than 24 days before a general election, the secretary shall give notice of the election by causing a notice to be published once a week for three successive weeks in each affected county and by causing notices to be posted in the office of the board and in three public places in each election precinct stating the time of holding the election and the polling place of each precinct.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Procedure and Nominations › Section 41303.

41303. Affidavits of the publication and posting of the election notices shall be filed with the county elections official of each affected county, together with a copy of the order calling the election, certified by the president, and duplicates shall be filed with the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 169. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Procedure and Nominations › Section 41304.

41304. The board shall, by order made more than 24 days before the time for election, designate a convenient place within each precinct as the polling place of the precinct.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Procedure and Nominations › Section 41305.

41305. Not less than 60 days before the election, any 10 or more voters in any division of the district may file with the board a petition requesting that the name of a specified person be placed on the ballot for the particular division as a candidate for the office of director to represent the particular division. Only the names proposed by the petitions filed with the board shall be printed on the ballots for the various divisions of the district. The date of actual receipt of any such petition by the board shall be deemed to be the date of filing of the same with the board. If there are less than 10 voters in any division, signatures of one-third of the number of voters, rounded up to the next whole number, shall be required to nominate a candidate.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 8. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Procedure and Nominations › Section 41307.

41307. If, by the 59th day prior to the election, only one person has been nominated as provided in Section 41305 for any elective office to be filled at that election, or no one has been nominated for that office, the board, in its discretion and by resolution, may order that an election not be held for that office and request the board of supervisors to appoint to that office the person nominated or, where no one has been nominated for that office, to appoint to that office a person who the board of supervisors selects. Upon receipt of a request from the board, the board of supervisors shall make that appointment, and the person appointed shall qualify and take office and serve as if elected at a general election.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 779, Sec. 10. Effective October 10, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Procedure and Nominations › Section 41308.

41308. Not less than 84 days before a general election, the secretary shall give notice of the provisions of Sections 41305 and 41307 by causing a notice to be published one time in each affected county stating the time of the forthcoming general election and reciting the provisions of Sections 41305 and 41307. The notice shall also state whether the most recent county assessment roll or an election roll prepared pursuant to Section 41027 shall be used for the election for purposes of establishing title to and value of land.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 9. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Ballots › Section 41331.

41331. One of the judges of the election shall deliver to each of the voters one ballot for the votes to which the voter is entitled by this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 10. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Ballots › Section 41332.

41332. Each ballot cast shall contain the number of votes it represents, which number shall be written or stamped upon it by an election officer and initialed by him when handed to the voter.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Ballots › Section 41333.

41333. Each ballot shall have a perforated tab which shall be marked with the initials of a member of the board of election of the precinct immediately before being handed to the voter.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Ballots › Section 41334.

41334. The perforated tab shall be torn from the ballot by the inspector immediately before the voted ballot is placed in the ballot-box, and shall be preserved by him and sent with the ballots to the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Ballots › Section 41335.

41335. The ballots shall have printed on them the names of all candidates whose names have been filed as provided in this division, with a voting square to the right of each name. There shall be sufficient blank spaces left in which voters may write other names.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Ballots › Section 41336.

41336. The names shall be arranged in groups under the designation of the office for which each person named is a candidate, in order determined by random drawing following the procedures provided by the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 11. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Ballots › Section 41337.

41337. The ballots in each division of the district shall contain names of persons to be voted for as director to represent that division only.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Ballots › Section 41338.

41338. No director shall be elected by the district at large, unless a court of competent jurisdiction has determined or hereinafter so determines.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1593, Sec. 12. Effective September 30, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 3 - Conduct at Precincts › Section 41360.

41360. If the board fails to appoint an election board or the members appointed do not attend at the opening of the polls on the morning of election, the voters of the precinct present at that hour may appoint an election board, or supply the place of an absent member thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 3 - Conduct at Precincts › Section 41361.

41361. The inspector is chairman of the election board. He may administer all oaths required in the process of an election and appoint judges if, during the progress of the election, any judge ceases to act.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 3 - Conduct at Precincts › Section 41362.

41362. Any member of the election board may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 3 - Conduct at Precincts › Section 41363.

41363. Before opening the polls, each member of the election board must take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the duties imposed upon him by law. Any voter of the precinct may administer and certify such oath.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 14 - CALIFORNIA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT LAW › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - General Elections › ARTICLE 3 - Conduct at Precincts › Section 41364.

41364. Unless the board fixes other hours, the polls shall be opened at 6 a.m. on the morning of the election and closed at 7 p.m.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.)