California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 4 - Election

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 11643.
  Upon establishing the wards, the board of supervisors shall publish notice of the election within the proposed district.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 11649.
  No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed district.(Enacted by Stats....
• Section 11650.
  The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, and be consolidated therewith.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch.
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018