California Water Code 12889.2 – The election shall be held in accordance with the following …
The election shall be held in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) The procedure for holding an election on the incurring of bonded indebtedness by such public agency shall be utilized for an election on the proposed contract as nearly as the same may be applicable. Where the law applicable to such agency does not contain such bond election procedure, the procedure set forth in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code), as it may now or hereafter be amended, shall be utilized as nearly as the same may be applicable.
Terms Used In California Water Code 12889.2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Public agency: means any city, county, district or other political subdivision of the state. See California Water Code 12881.2
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
(b) No particular form of ballot is required.
(c) The notice of the election shall include a statement of the time and place of the election, the purpose of the election, the general purpose of the contract, and the maximum amount of money to be borrowed from the state under the contract.
(d) The ballots for the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of the election, shall state the maximum amount of money to be borrowed from the state under the contract, and shall contain the words “Execution of contract-Yes” and “Execution of contract-No.”
(e) The election shall be held in the entire public agency except where the public agency proposes to contract with the department on behalf of a specified portion, or of specified portions, of the public agency, in which case the election shall be held in such portion or portions of the public agency only.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 27.)