Chapter 5. Selection Of The Boulevard Commission of California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 16. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 5.

The commission shall consist of the chairman of the board of supervisors and the county surveyor, or the county engineer, as the case may be, of the county in which the district is situated, who shall be ex officio members, and a third member elected pursuant to Chapter 4 of this part. The elected member shall have been a bona fide resident and freeholder within the boundaries of the district for at least one year prior to his election.

Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term by the board of supervisors from among the bona fide resident freeholders within the district who shall have been resident freeholders for at least one year prior to their appointment. No member of the board of supervisors, except the chairman thereof, shall be eligible to hold office on the commission or to hold any position in connection therewith.

Upon the receipt of a petition in writing, signed by at least 25 percent in number of the registered voters residing within the district, the California Transportation Commission shall declare the position on the commission held by the county surveyor or county engineer, as the case may be, vacant, and nominate and appoint a person to fill the vacancy who is a civil engineer and who, in the opinion of the California Transportation Commission, is qualified to serve on the commission.

The member appointed by the California Transportation Commission shall hold office for the term of four years from and after his appointment, and until the appointment and qualification of his successor. All appointments to fill any vacancy in the position of that member either during or at the expiration of his term of office shall be made by the California Transportation Commission upon the receipt of written notice from the commission of the vacancy. No petition shall be necessary to authorize the appointment to fill the vacancy.

Each member of the commission shall give a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) which has been approved by a judge of the superior court of the county in which the district is located, to the district for the faithful performance of his duties. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation whatever either for general or special services for or on behalf of the district.

An election shall be held on the first Monday after the first Tuesday in March in the fourth year after the formation of the district, and in every fourth year thereafter, for the purpose of electing a member to succeed the elected member of the commission whose term shall expire during that year.

At least 20 days before the day of the election the commission shall post a notice of the election in three public places in the district. The notice shall specify the time and place of election, the hours during which the polls will be kept open, and the officer to be elected.

The commission shall select one or more polling places within the district; shall appoint one inspector and two judges of election in each polling place, and make all necessary and proper arrangements for holding the election. The election officers shall constitute the election board. If no election officers are appointed by the commission, or if any of those appointed are not present at the time of the opening of the polls, the electors present may appoint substitutes to fill the election board who shall conduct the election as if they had been appointd by the commission and were present.

The election board shall publicly canvass the votes immediately after the closing of the polls, and shall make return of the election within 24 hours thereafter to the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors at its first meeting after receiving the returns shall canvass the same and shall make, sign and deliver a certificate of election to the person elected.