Section 50704 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Water Code >> Division 15. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1.
50704
. Each voter in the district may vote at any election in
person or by proxy, and may cast his or her votes as follows:
(a) If the district has, within the calendar year preceding that
in which the election occurs, levied an operation and maintenance
assessment pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of
Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this division, then each voter shall be
entitled to cast one vote for each dollar's worth of assessment
valuation as shown on that assessment roll for all parcels owned by
the voter or his principal.
(b) If the district has not levied an operation and maintenance
assessment pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of
Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this division during the calendar year
preceding that in which the election occurs, but has during that year
ordered payment of an installment on an original or additional
assessment pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 51510) of
Chapter 3 of Part 7 of this division, or levied fees and charges
pursuant to Section 50902, then each voter shall be entitled to cast
one vote for each dollar's worth of installment or fee and charge
levied in the preceding year upon all parcels owned by the voter or
his principal.
(c) If neither an operation and maintenance assessment nor an
installment upon an original or additional assessment nor fee or
charge was levied or ordered paid by the district during the calendar
year preceding that in which the election occurs, then each voter
shall be entitled to cast one vote for each acre owned by the voter
or his principal within the district, provided that if the voter or
his principal owns less than one acre then the voter shall be
entitled to one vote and any fraction shall be rounded to the nearest
full acre.
(d) When a district elects to have the board of supervisors levy a
special tax on behalf of the district on all taxable land and
improvements pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 51360) of
Chapter 2 of Part 7 of this division, then each voter may vote at
any district election in person or by proxy, and may cast one vote
for each dollar's worth of taxable land and improvements owned by him
or his principal in the district, as determined from the last
equalized tax roll of each county in which the lands of the district
are situated.
(e) The ownership and number of acres owned for the purpose of
this section shall be determined from the last equalized tax roll of
each county in which the lands of the district are situated.