Section 15961.5 Of Article 1. Election Of Directors From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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 be elected at large, by
wards, or from wards upon adoption of a resolution or ordinance to
that effect by the board of directors of the district, subject to
approval of the board of supervisors, or as a part of a change of
organization or a reorganization conducted pursuant to the
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000,
Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the
Government Code.
(b) A resolution or ordinance that divides a district into wards
adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall describe the boundaries of
the wards so that the wards shall be as nearly equal in population as
may be.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) "By wards" means the election of members of the board of
directors by voters of the ward alone.
(2) "From wards" means the election of members of the board of
directors who are residents of the ward from which they are elected
by the voters of the entire district.