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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Financing Provisions › Section 10303.

10303. The use of certificates of participation by a municipal corporation not previously engaged in furnishing electricity or gas to customers on a regular and ongoing basis, or the use of any evidence of indebtedness, including, but not limited to, certificates of participation, by a redevelopment agency, for the acquisition of all, or any portion, of the facilities of an electrical or gas corporation for the purpose of furnishing electricity or gas to customers is subject to an election held pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, except that, in the case of any acquisition by a redevelopment agency, the term “qualified voters,” as used in Section 54380 of the Government Code, means those persons who would be served by the facilities proposed to be acquired.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 266, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 11503.

11503. “District” means a municipal utility district formed under this division or under Chapter 218 of the Statutes of 1921, as originally enacted or subsequently amended; “special district” means a special district for sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery purposes created under this division or under Chapter 218 of the Statutes of 1921, as originally enacted or subsequently amended; and “board” means the board of directors of a district.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 128.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 11506.

11506. “Sewage disposal” means the acquisition, construction, enlargement, operation, and maintenance of intercepting sewers, sewage treatment works, pumping plants, outfall sewers, and appurtenances.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 11507.

11507. “Percent of the total vote cast,” when used with reference to the requirements of any petition or nomination paper, means percent of the total vote cast, exclusive of vote by mail ballots, within the proposed district, district, proposed special district, special district, or territory proposed to be annexed to a district, as the case may be at the last statewide general election.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 118, Sec. 4. (AB 1412) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 11508.

11508. “Solid Waste Resource Recovery” means the acquisition, construction, enlargement, operation, and maintenance of facilities for the purpose of collecting, reducing, separating, recovering, converting, and recycling solid waste, and for the purpose of disposing of solid waste residues.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 128.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 11509.

11509. “Electricity district” means a municipal utility district formed under this division that furnishes electricity to more than 100,000 customers.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1396, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 11532.

11532. All persons who, at the time this division goes into effect, hold offices under Chapter 218 of the Statutes of 1921, as originally enacted or subsequently amended, continue to hold them according to their former tenure.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 11533.

11533. Except as otherwise provided in this division elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained, determined, and declared in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the general election laws of the State.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 11534.

11534. Except as otherwise provided in this division all ordinances, summaries of ordinances, and notices that are required to be published shall be published once a week for two successive weeks (two publications) in a newspaper of general circulation published within the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 118, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 11535.

11535. Whenever in this division publication in a newspaper of general circulation published within the district is required, and there is no such newspaper, then the publication may be made in a newspaper of general circulation published in any county where the district is situated.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 11536.

11536. Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the Retirement Board or of any officer or employee of the Retirement System is authorized or required under the provisions of this division, except in the single instance provided in Section 13244, the signature may be made by the use of a plate bearing facsimiles of such signatures.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 11561.

11561. Any public agency together with unincorporated territory, or two or more public agencies, with or without unincorporated territory, may organize and incorporate as a municipal utility district. Public agencies and unincorporated territory included within a district may be in the same or separate counties and need not be contiguous. No public agency shall be divided in the formation of a district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Request by Resolution › Section 11581.

11581. Legislative bodies of half or more of the public agencies proposed to be included in the proposed district may pass resolutions declaring that in their opinion public interest or necessity demands the creation and maintenance of a municipal utility district to be known as the “(giving the name) municipal utility district.”
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Request by Resolution › Section 11582.

11582. The resolutions may state the kind of utility proposed to be first acquired, but failure to acquire such utility shall not affect the validity of the district. They shall describe the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, except that if it is intended to organize the district of public agencies only, a statement of the names of such public agencies is a sufficient and legal description of the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Request by Resolution › Section 11583.

11583. Certified copies of the resolutions shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the county containing the largest number of voters within the proposed district, requesting that board of supervisors to call an election without delay for determining whether the district will be created.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition › Section 11611.

11611. Instead of resolutions, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors of the county containing the largest number of voters within the proposed district, signed by voters within the proposed district equal in number to at least 10 percent of the total vote cast.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition › Section 11612.

11612. The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and statements required to be contained in the resolutions presented to a board of supervisors under this chapter, and declare that, in the opinion of the petitioners, public interest or necessity demands the creation and maintenance of a municipal utility district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition › Section 11613.

11613. The petition may be on separate papers, but each paper shall contain the affidavit of the person who circulated it certifying that each name signed thereto is the true signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition › Section 11614.

11614. The clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the petition is presented shall compare the signatures to the petition with the affidavits of registration and certify to their sufficiency or insufficiency.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11641.

11641. Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolutions or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors to whom they are presented shall call an election within the proposed district without delay, to be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after the date of the order calling the election, for the purpose of determining whether the proposed district will be created and established, and for the purpose of electing the first board of directors therefor in case the district is created.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11642.

11642. Before calling the election the board of supervisors shall divide the proposed district into five wards, the boundaries of which shall be so drawn that each shall contain approximately an equal number of voters, as nearly as may be. The public agencies and any other territory included in the proposed district may be divided for the purpose of establishing ward boundaries.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11643.1.

11643.1. 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 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11643.2.

11643.2. 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 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11643.3.

11643.3. 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 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11643.4.

11643.4. 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. 180. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11644.

11644. The notice shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the boundaries thereof and the boundaries of the wards provided for the purpose of electing directors.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11645.

11645. The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following:
Shall the “ (giving name thereof) municipal utility district” be created and established?
YES
NO
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11646.

11646. The ballots shall also contain the names of the persons nominated in each ward to serve as a member of the board from such ward, showing separately each ward and its nominees.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11647.

11647. Any person may be nominated for the office of director upon written petition of at least 50 voters of the ward in which such person resides.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11648.

11648. Candidates for the office of director shall be voted upon at large, and every voter in the proposed district may vote for all of the directors to be elected.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11651.

11651. The board of supervisors which called the election shall meet on Monday next succeeding the day of the election and canvass the votes cast thereat.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11652.

11652. (a) The board of supervisors shall canvass, separately, the returns of each public agency and each parcel of unincorporated territory, if any.
(b) Subject to subdivision (c), the board of supervisors shall declare a district created and established of those public agencies and parcels of unincorporated territory in which a majority of those persons who voted did so in favor of the creation of the district. Those public agencies and parcels of unincorporated territory in which a majority of those persons voting did not vote in favor of the creation of the district shall be excluded from the district.
(c) A district may be created and established pursuant to subdivision (b) only if the number of registered voters in the approving public agencies and parcels of unincorporated territory is two-thirds or more of the total number of registered voters within the district as proposed to the voters.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 18, Sec. 1. Effective August 8, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11653.

11653. No person may serve as a director unless he is a resident and voter of the district as finally determined. Any vacancies on the board caused by the elimination of territory shall be filled by appointment by the remaining directors, in which case ward lines may be disregarded.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11654.

11654. The board of supervisors shall also canvass the returns of the election with respect to the persons voted for as directors, and shall declare the persons receiving the highest number of votes, for each ward, respectively, to be duly elected as directors of the district, if they are residents and voters thereof as finally determined.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11655.

11655. The board of supervisors calling the election shall make all provision for the holding thereof throughout the entire district as proposed, and shall pay the cost thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Election › Section 11656.

11656. If a special election is held exclusively on the proposition of organizing a district, the expenditure therefor shall be reimbursed to the county which called the election by means of a tax on all the taxable property within the public agencies and unincorporated territory which was proposed to be included in the district, and this tax shall be added to the next county tax bills by the proper officials of the counties involved, respectively.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Establishment of the District › Section 11681.

11681. The board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the order declaring the result of the election to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, from and after which the establishment of the district shall be deemed complete.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Contest of Incorporation › Section 11701.

11701. 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 denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of filing the order declaring the result of the election with the Secretary of State, otherwise the incorporation and the legal existence of the district shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Government › Section 11801.

11801. The government of every district is vested in a board of five directors, one from each ward, together with the other officers mentioned in this division. The directors shall be residents and voters of the respective wards from which they are nominated.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Directors › Section 11821.

11821. The first directors are elected at the formation election as provided in Chapter 2. All elections of directors subsequent to the first shall be held at the same time as the general election in the manner provided in this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Directors › Section 11823.

11823. The board shall by resolution or ordinance fix the boundaries of the wards for the purpose of electing directors therefrom. The board of directors shall, by resolution, adjust the boundaries of any wards pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 22000) of Division 21 of the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 435, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Directors › Section 11825.

11825. Not more than 113 days prior to the election, upon request, the county elections official of the principal county containing the majority of the population of the ward from which the candidate is seeking election shall issue nomination papers and all other forms required for nomination to the office of director.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 84. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Directors › Section 11828.

11828. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the provisions of the Elections Code prescribed for independent nominations shall substantially govern the manner of appointment of circulators, the form of nomination papers and other forms, the securing of signatures, the filing of the candidate’s declaration of candidacy, and all other things necessary to get the name of the candidate upon the ballot. At the time of issuance of nomination papers, the county elections official shall cause to be entered on the first page of each section of the nomination papers the name of the candidate and the office for which he or she is a candidate. The county elections official shall imprint a stamp on the first page of each section of the nomination papers which reads “Official Filing Form,” and shall affix his or her signature. The county elections official shall keep a list containing the name and address of each candidate, the office for which he or she is a candidate, and the date on which the nomination papers were issued, which list shall be a public record.
(b) Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of any candidate at any time not more than 113 days nor less than 88 days prior to the election. Each section of the nomination papers shall bear the name of a county and only qualified voters of that county shall sign the section. Nomination papers shall be signed either by 1 percent or by 10 of the registered voters from within the district, whichever is the lesser number, but in no event by more than 20 registered voters from within the district. Nomination papers shall be filed with the county elections official of the principal county containing the majority of the population of the ward from which the candidate is seeking election not more than 113 nor less than 88 days before the date of the election and shall be examined by the county elections official. If nomination papers for an incumbent director are not filed by 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the election, the voters shall have until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the election to nominate candidates other than the incumbent for that office. As soon as possible under the circumstances, the county elections official shall determine the number of valid signatures. If there are less than 10 valid signatures, the county elections official shall notify the candidate of that fact, and shall accept additional valid signatures at any time prior to the close of the period for circulating nomination papers. Each candidate, at least 88 days prior to the election, shall file a sufficient candidate’s declaration of candidacy with the county elections official with whom he or she filed the nomination papers. The county elections official shall certify the names of all candidates at least 76 days prior to the date of the election so that their names may be placed upon the ballot.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 181. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Directors › Section 11829.

11829. The board shall in the notice, ordinance, or resolution calling an election consolidate it with the general election to be held at the same time in the respective counties in which the district is located and authorize the respective boards of supervisors to canvass the returns and certify the result of the canvass to the board. It shall be the duty of the board or boards of supervisors to so consolidate the election, canvass the returns, and cause the result thereof to be properly certified to the board of directors of the district. The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one ticket or ballot shall be used. When the county precinct boundaries do not coincide with the boundaries of the wards in the district, the board or boards of supervisors shall, for the purpose of the election only, reprecinct the territory in which the boundaries do not coincide, at least 30 days before the election.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 863.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Directors › Section 11830.

11830. Candidates for the office of director shall be voted upon at large, and every voter in the district may vote for all of the directors to be elected.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Directors › Section 11831.

11831. Upon receipt of the returns of the canvass by the respective boards of supervisors the board shall meet and determine results of the election and declare the candidate or candidates elected.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Directors › Section 11832.

11832. The secretary of the district shall issue certificates of election, signed by him and duly authenticated, immediately following the determination of the result of the election by the board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Directors › Section 11850.

11850. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any district formed prior to January 1, 1974, and containing a population of 1,000,000 or more on that date, the number of directors on the district board shall be increased from five to seven as provided in this article.
(b) In any district to which subdivision (a) is applicable and in any district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and which has a population of 250,000, or more, candidates for the office of director shall be elected by the voters of the ward each represents and shall not be voted upon at large. Nomination papers may be circulated only within the ward from which the candidate is to be elected, and shall be signed either by 1 percent of the voters within the ward or by 10 voters, whichever is the lesser number, but in no event by more than 20 voters within the ward. District circulators shall be residents of the ward in which they seek signatures and may obtain signatures only from registered voters residing within that ward.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 22.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Directors › Section 11851.

11851. In any district in which the number of directors is required to be increased from five to seven as provided in Section 11850, the board of directors in office on January 1, 1974, shall, by resolution or ordinance adopted within 90 days after such date, divide the territory of the district into seven wards, and fix the boundaries thereof. The boundaries shall be fixed such that the wards are as equal in number of registered voters as may be.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 337.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Directors › Section 11852.

11852. The two additional directors provided for by this article shall be nominated and elected in the manner and at the election called and conducted within the district for the election of district directors pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11821) of this chapter and held at the same time as the 1974 statewide general election.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 337.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Directors › Section 11852.5.

11852.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if, in a district subject to this article, by 5 p.m. on the 83rd day prior to the day fixed for the general election, no one or only one person has filed a declaration of candidacy for a particular ward, the county elections official shall submit a certificate of these facts to the district board and inform the board that it may, at a regular or special meeting held on or before the 76th day prior to the election, adopt one of the following courses of action:
(1) If only one person has filed a declaration of candidacy for a ward, appoint that person to the office.
(2) If no one has filed a declaration of candidacy for a ward, appoint a person to the office who would be qualified on the date the election would have been held.
(3) If either no one or only one person has filed a declaration of candidacy for a ward, hold the election.
(b) If the board makes an appointment pursuant to subdivision (a), the elections official shall not accept for filing any statement of write-in candidacy that is submitted after the appointment is made. The person appointed, if any, shall qualify and take office and serve exactly as if elected at an election for the office.
(c) If by the 76th day prior to the day fixed for the election, the district board has not appointed the sole candidate to the office pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) or has not adopted a process to appoint, or appointed, a qualified person to the office pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), the election shall be held.
(d) A district board may adopt a process to appoint a qualified person to the office pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). Upon adoption of this process, the district board shall appoint a qualified person to office no later than the day fixed for the election.
(e) This section shall apply to all elections held in any district subject to this article that takes place on or after January 1, 2014.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 108, Sec. 1. (AB 408) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Directors › Section 11853.

11853. The two additional directors elected pursuant to this article shall take office immediately upon the issuance of the certificates of election by the secretary of the district. Thereafter, directors elected pursuant to the additional seats created by this article shall take office on the first day of January next following their election.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 23.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Directors › Section 11854.

11854. The term of office of the additional directors elected pursuant to this article shall be four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 337.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.7 - Sacramento Municipal Utility District › Section 11857.

11857. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, the number of directors on the district board shall be increased from five to seven as provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 845, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.7 - Sacramento Municipal Utility District › Section 11857.1.

11857.1. To effectuate the increase as provided in Section 11857, the board of directors in office on January 1, 1994, shall, by resolution or ordinance adopted within 90 days after that date, divide the territory of the district into seven wards, and fix the boundaries thereof. The boundaries shall be fixed so that the wards are as equal in population as may be.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 59, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.7 - Sacramento Municipal Utility District › Section 11857.2.

11857.2. The two additional directors provided for by this article shall be nominated and elected in the manner and at the election called and conducted within the district for the election of district directors pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11821) of this chapter and held at the same time as the 1994 statewide general election.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 845, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.7 - Sacramento Municipal Utility District › Section 11857.3.

11857.3. The two additional directors elected pursuant to this article shall take office immediately upon the issuance of the certificates of election by the secretary of the district. Thereafter, directors elected pursuant to the additional seats created by this article shall take office on the first day of January next following their election.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 845, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.7 - Sacramento Municipal Utility District › Section 11857.4.

11857.4. The term of office of the additional directors elected pursuant to this article shall be four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 845, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2.7 - Sacramento Municipal Utility District › Section 11857.5.

11857.5. Nothing in this article shall affect the term of office of district directors in office on the effective date of this section.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 845, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Terms of Office of Directors › Section 11861.

11861. The directors elected at the formation election shall hold their respective offices only until the first day of January next following the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 24.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Terms of Office of Directors › Section 11862.

11862. Of the directors elected at the first election following the formation election, those three elected by the highest vote shall hold office for four years, and the other two for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, at each biennial general election, a number of directors corresponding to the number whose terms of office expire shall be elected for the term of four years.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Terms of Office of Directors › Section 11863.

11863. Directors elected at the formation election shall enter upon their official duties immediately upon the filing of the order declaring the result of the election with the Secretary of State, after qualifying according to law. The terms of directors elected after the formation election shall commence on the first day of January next following their election.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 25.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Terms of Office of Directors › Section 11865.

11865. Vacancies on the board shall be filled as provided in this section:
(a) The remaining board members may fill the vacancy by appointment until the next district general election that is scheduled 90 or more days after the effective date of the vacancy. The appointment shall be made within a period of 60 days immediately subsequent to the effective date of such vacancy. A notice of such vacancy shall be posted in three or more conspicuous places in the district at least 15 days before the appointment is made.
In lieu of making an appointment, the remaining members of the board may within 60 days of the vacancy call a special election to fill the vacancy. The person elected at such special election shall hold office for the remainder of the term in which the vacancy occurred.
(b) If the vacancy is not filled by appointment as provided in subdivision (a), or if the board has not called for an election within 60 days of the vacancy, the board of supervisors of the county representing the larger portion of the district area in which the election to fill the vacancy will be held may fill the vacancy by appointment within 90 days of the effective date of the vacancy or may order the district to call a special election to fill the vacancy.
(c) If within 90 days of the effective date of the vacancy, the remaining members of the board or the appropriate board of supervisors have not filled the vacancy by appointment and no election has been called for, the district shall call a special election to fill the vacancy.
(d) A person elected at an election to fill a position to which an appointment was made pursuant to this section shall take office immediately upon issuance of the certificate of election by the secretary of the district, after qualifying according to law, and shall hold office for the remainder of the term in which the vacancy occurs.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 573.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11881.

11881. The oath of office of directors shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time after the director has notice of his election or appointment but not later than 15 days after the commencement of his term of office. No other filing is required.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11882.

11882. The board shall choose one of its members president, and another vice president, who shall be authorized to act for the president during his absence or disability, and shall provide for the time and place of holding its meetings, which shall be held at least once each month.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11884.

11884. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which are not provided for in this division shall be provided for by the board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11885.

11885. The board shall supervise and regulate every utility owned and operated by the district, including the fixing of rates, rentals, charges, and classifications, and the making and enforcement of rules, regulations, contracts, practices, and schedules, for or in connection with any service, product, or commodity owned or controlled by the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 210.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11886.

11886. The board shall by resolution determine and create such number and character of positions as are necessary properly to carry on the functions of the district and shall establish an appropriate salary, salary range, or wage for each position so created. The board may by resolution abolish any such position. Except as otherwise provided, appointments to such positions shall be made by the general manager in accordance with the civil service provisions applicable thereto.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11886.1.

11886.1. The board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may delegate to the general manager the authority to take any or all of the actions provided for in Section 11886.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 692, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11887.

11887. The board of any district having 600 or more employees may appoint not to exceed 15 employees to positions requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications, including those of a scientific, professional, or expert character or of special confidence.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11887.1.

11887.1. The board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may, notwithstanding Section 11887, determine that additional positions requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications, including, but not limited to, those of a scientific, professional, or expert character or of special confidence, or positions with significant managerial responsibility, shall be exempt from the district civil service if the total number of these exempt positions, including the exempt positions filled pursuant to Section 11887, does not exceed 5 percent of the total civil service positions of the district. However, the board may not determine any position to be exempt as long as that position is filled by an employee appointed pursuant to the district civil service.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 127, Sec. 1. (AB 863) Effective January 1, 2010.)