Section 61025 Of Chapter 2. Reorganizing The Board Of Directors From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 6. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) If a majority of the voters voting upon the question are
in favor of the question at a general district or special election,
a board of directors may be elected by one of the following methods:
(1) At large.
(2) By divisions.
(3) From divisions.
(b) The board of directors may adopt a resolution placing the
question on the ballot. Alternatively, upon receipt of a petition
signed by at least 25 percent of the registered voters of the
district, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution placing the
question on the ballot.
(c) If the question is submitted to the voters at a general
district election, the notice required by Section 12112 of the
Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on
the ballot. If the question is submitted to the voters at a special
election, the notice of election and ballot shall contain a statement
of the question.
(d) If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves of
the election of directors either by divisions or from divisions, the
board of directors shall promptly adopt a resolution dividing the
district into five divisions. The resolution shall assign a number to
each division. Using the last decennial census as a basis, the
divisions shall be as nearly equal in population as possible. In
establishing the boundaries of the divisions, the board of directors
may give consideration to the following factors:
(1) Topography.
(2) Geography.
(3) Cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of
territory.
(4) Community of interests of the divisions.
(e) If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves of
the election of directors either by divisions or from divisions,
then at the next election, the members of the board of directors
shall be so elected. Each member elected by division or from division
shall be a resident of the election division by which or from which
he or she is elected. At the district general election, following the
approval by the voters of the election of directors either by
divisions or from divisions, the board of directors shall assign
vacancies on the board of directors created by the expiration of
terms to the respective divisions and the vacancies shall be filled
either by or from those divisions.
(f) If the majority of voters voting on the question approves of
the election of directors at large, the board of directors shall
promptly adopt a resolution dissolving the divisions which had
existed.