Pub. Util. Code, § 15961.5 · Article 1. Election of Directors
Pub. Util. Code, § 15961.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 296, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2004.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=15961.5.
- Text hash
- sha256 d2c92bf2dc701967eaa6cedd19dfa7cabad60f8906fa031b10d1687e219e58fa
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.