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California Code, Public Utilities Code - PUC § 15961.5

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(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.

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