California Water Code ARTICLE 3 - Alternative Method of Conducting Elections

• Section 35040.
  The voting procedure within a district shall be changed from that of a landowner voting district to that of a resident voting district at such...
• Section 35041.
  Between January 1 and March 30 of each year, the secretary of the district shall inspect the assessable area within the district. At such time...
• Section 35042.
  The petition shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters who reside within the district, but shall contain a minimum...
• Section 35043.
  The petition shall be substantially in the following form:The secretary of the ____ Water District having heretofore certified to the board of directors of the...
• Section 35044.
  Duplicate copies of the petition form shall constitute one petition when filed. If the district is in more than one county, signatures shall be obtained...
• Section 35045.
  Each petition shall be signed and dated by registered voters who reside within the district and shall show their residence address.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch.
• Section 35046.
  Each page of the petition which contains the signature of one or more registered voters shall show thereon the affidavit of the circulator in the...
• Section 35047.
  All signatures on the petition shall be obtained within the six-month period immediately preceding the filing thereof.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 643.)
• Section 35048.
  The petition shall be filed with the county elections official of the principal county at least six months prior to the date of the next...
• Section 35049.
  The signatures to the petition shall be verified as follows:(a) If the district is wholly in one county, the county elections official shall examine the signatures...
• Section 35050.
  If the number of signatures is not sufficient, a supplemental petition, in the form of a duplicate petition, but bearing additional signatures, may be filed...
• Section 35051.
  If the petition contains at least 25 valid signatures and if the total number of valid signatures on the petition constitutes 25 percent or more...
• Section 35052.
  At the next regular meeting following the delivery by the county elections official of the petition and the certificate to the secretary of the district,...
• Section 35053.
  The secretary of the district shall file with the county elections official of each county in which any portion of the district is located, a...
• Section 35054.
  After adoption of the resolution by the board of directors, all elections within the district for elective offices, bonds, or other purposes shall be conducted...
• Section 35055.
  All directors thereafter elected shall be residents of the district, and shall be registered voters at the time of their election and during their term...
• Section 35056.
  (a) After the establishment of a resident voting district, the provisions set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 35025) of this chapter are no longer...
• Section 35057.
  At the first election of directors following the adoption of the resolution by the board establishing a resident voting district, the number of directors to...
• Section 35058.
  The adoption, in accordance with the provisions of this article, of a resolution changing the method of voting shall in no way invalidate any act...
• Section 35059.
  Any bonds of the district, authorized or issued in any manner provided by law, and any proceedings taken by the district in connection therewith, prior...
• Section 35060.
  After establishment of a resident voting district, the provisions of Sections 35305 and 35306 shall no longer be applicable. The board of directors may at...

Last modified: October 22, 2018