Section 2871.8 Of Article 4. Taxation From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 4.
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. (a) Whenever it appears to the district board that the
amount of funds required during an ensuing fiscal year will exceed
the amount available, the district board may call an election to
submit to the electors of the district the question of whether a
special tax shall be voted for raising the additional funds, pursuant
to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part
1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(b) Notice of the election shall be published for at least four
weeks prior to the election.
(c) No particular form of ballot shall be required, nor shall any
informalities in conducting the election invalidate it if it is
otherwise fairly conducted.
(d) At the election the ballots shall contain the words "Shall the
district vote a tax to raise the additional sum of ____ ?" or words
equivalent thereto.
(e) The district board shall canvass the votes cast at the
election, and, if two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of the
imposition of the tax, shall report the result to the board of
supervisors of the county in which the district is situated, stating
the additional amount of money required to be raised. If the district
is in more than one county, the additional amount shall be prorated
for each county by the district board in the same way that the
district's original total estimate of funds is prorated. The district
board shall furnish the board of supervisors and auditor of each
county a written statement of the apportionment for each county.