California Water Code CHAPTER 5 - Formation Election

• Section 71160.
  When a formation petition is presented to it, the board of supervisors shall make an order dividing the proposed district into five divisions in such...
• Section 71161.
  When the order dividing the proposed district into five divisions is made, the board of supervisors shall by resolution or ordinance call and provide for...
• Section 71162.
  The formation election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of adoption of the resolution...
• Section 71163.
  Notice of the formation election shall be published once, not less than one week nor more than four weeks prior to the election, in at...
• Section 71163.1.
  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 71163.2.
  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 71163.3.
  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 71163.4.
  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 71164.
  The notice of the formation election shall contain the following:(a) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district and its divisions.(b) The name of the proposed...
• Section 71165.
  The following measure shall be submitted at the formation election:“Shall the proposition to form the ____ Municipal Water District under the Municipal Water District Law...
• Section 71166.
  No person may vote at any formation election unless he is a voter.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
• Section 71167.
  Within seven days after the formation election the board of supervisors shall canvass the vote.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
• Section 71168.
  If less than a majority of the votes cast in any affected county are in favor of the proposition, the formation of the district fails,...
• Section 71169.
  The first directors shall be elected at the formation election.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.)
• Section 71170.
  One director shall be elected for each division by the voters of the division. Each director shall be a resident of the division for which...
• Section 71171.
  Except as otherwise provided in this division, the candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, the election shall be held and conducted, the...
• Section 71172.
  If a majority of the votes cast in each affected county at the formation election favor the formation of the district, each candidate for director...

Last modified: October 22, 2018