California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors

• Section 15951.
  At an election held in the district on the next established election date not less than 74 days after its formation a board of directors...
• Section 15952.
  A director at large shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
• Section 15953.
  All unincorporated territories situated in the same county and included within the district shall be regarded as an entirety and as a territorial unit of...
• Section 15954.
  Candidates for the office of director to be elected by a unit shall be nominated from each such territorial unit, and the remaining number of...
• Section 15955.
  Each directorship is a separate office for the purpose of nomination and election, and for the filling of vacancies.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
• Section 15956.
  (a) Candidates for directors at large shall be designated in all declarations of candidacy, nominating certificates, and on all official election ballots as candidates for a...
• Section 15957.
  Candidates for director from the several territorial units entitled to one director each shall be designated in all declarations of candidacy, nominating certificates, and on...
• Section 15958.
  If only one unit of unincorporated territory is contained in the district, it may be designated as “the unincorporated territorial unit.”(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch.
• Section 15959.
  If two or more units of unincorporated territory are contained in the district, they shall be numbered, named, and designated by the board of supervisors...
• Section 15960.
  The board of supervisors shall number, name, and designate each territorial unit of the district by ordinance at a regular or special meeting after the...
• Section 15961.
  Designations of directors by name or number have no significance whatever after election and qualification of the directors or after appointment and qualification of a...
• Section 15961.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the division, the candidates for director of any district that is wholly or partially within the County of Placer may...
• Section 15961.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the candidates for director of any district that is wholly or partially within the County of San Diego...
• Section 15962.
  The population of each unit of unincorporated territory within the district shall be determined at the time of calling the election of the first board...
• Section 15963.
  The board of directors shall determine the boundaries of each unit of unincorporated territory within the district pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 22000)...
• Section 15965.
  The election of directors shall be held in the unincorporated territory included within the district and shall be called by the board of supervisors of...
• Section 15966.
  (a) Not less than 30 days prior to the election, any five or more electors in the district may file with the board of directors a...
• Section 15967.
  A certificate of election shall be issued by the board of supervisors to each person elected and declared elected.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
• Section 15968.
  Immediately after receiving his or her certificate of election and before assuming the duties of office, each director shall take and subscribe an official oath...
• Section 15969.
  All official oaths shall be in the form provided by law for official oaths of county officers.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 617, Sec. 31.)
• Section 15970.
  If a person elected fails to qualify, the office shall be filled as if there were a vacancy in the office.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch.
• Section 15971.
  Elections of directors after election of the first board shall be called and held by the board of directors, and shall be called, held, and...
• Section 15972.
  The board of directors of a district which lies entirely within one county may submit to the qualified electors, at a general election or a...
• Section 15973.
  Within 30 days after an increase in the number of directors has been authorized, the board of directors shall appoint two qualified electors of the...
• Section 15973.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 15951, 15972, and 15973, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more...
• Section 15974.
  Notwithstanding Section 15952 or any other provision of this division, each member of the board of directors of the Johnsville Public Utility District in Plumas...
• Section 15975.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, candidates for director of the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District may be elected by wards upon adoption of...
• Section 15976.
  Notwithstanding any provision of law, the Board of Directors of the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District shall consist of five members, elected at large. Each...

Last modified: October 22, 2018