ARTICLE 1. Directors [30500. - 30516.]

Cal. Water Code - WAT 1.
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Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30500. Section 30500.

Each district shall have a board of five directors each of whom, whether elected or appointed, shall be a voter of the district.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30500.1. Section 30500.1.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 30500, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single county water district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Section 56886 of the Government Code, increase the number of directors to serve on the board of directors of the consolidated or reorganized district to 7, 9, or 11, who shall be members of the board of directors of the districts to be consolidated or reorganized as of the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization. (b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the members of the board of directors of the consolidated district, or a district reorganized as described in subdivision (a), whose terms first expire following the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization, the total number of members on the board of directors shall be reduced until the number equals the number of members permitted by the principal act of the consolidated or reorganized district, or any larger number as may be specified by the local agency formation commission in approving the consolidation or reorganization. (c) In addition to the powers granted under Section 1780 of the Government Code, in the event of a vacancy on the board of directors of the consolidated district or a district reorganized as described in subdivision (a) at which time the total number of directors is greater than five, the board of directors may, by majority vote of the remaining members of the board, choose not to fill the vacancy. In that event, the total membership of the board of directors shall be reduced by one board member. Upon making the determination not to fill a vacancy, the board of directors shall notify the board of supervisors of its decision. (d) For the purposes of this section: “consolidation” means consolidation, as defined in Section 56030 of the Government Code; “district” or “special district” means district or special district, as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code; and “reorganization” means reorganization, as defined in Section 56073 of the Government Code.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30500.3. Section 30500.3.

Notwithstanding Section 30500, the Board of Directors of the Sawyers Bar County Water District shall adopt a resolution ordering the reduction in the number of directors from five to three if, at least 85 days before a general district election, the board receives a petition that requests that reduction and a majority of the voters in the district has signed that petition.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30501. Section 30501.

The directors first elected upon the formation of the district shall hold office pursuant to Section 10505 of the Elections Code.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30502. Section 30502.

The term of office of each director other than directors first elected or directors appointed to fill an unexpired term shall be four years.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30504. Section 30504.

All vacancies occurring in the office of director shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30507. Section 30507.

Each director shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board or for each day’s service rendered as a director by request of the board, not exceeding a total of six days in any calendar month, together with any expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties required or authorized by the board. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a director’s activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30507.1. Section 30507.1.

Each director of the Contra Costa Water District shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board and for each day’s service rendered as a director by request of the board, not exceeding a total of 10 days in any calendar month, together with any expenses incurred in the performance of duties required or authorized by the board. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a director’s activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30508. Section 30508.

If a director’s place of residence, as defined in Section 244 of the Government Code, is moved outside district boundaries or outside the boundaries of that director’s division where elected from a division, and if within 180 days of the move or of the effective date of this section the director fails to reestablish a place of residence within the district or within the director’s division, it shall be presumed that a permanent change of residence has occurred and that a vacancy exists on the board of directors pursuant to Section 1770 of the Government Code.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30509. Section 30509.

Before entering upon the duties of his office each director shall take and subscribe the official oath and file it with the secretary.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30510. Section 30510.

The oath of office may be taken before the secretary, any member of the board of directors, or any officer authorized by law to administer oaths.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30511. Section 30511.

In a county water district formed to include all or part of Pleasant Valley, Ventura County, each member of the board of directors, whether elected or appointed, shall be either a voter of the district or an owner of land within the district. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the board of directors of a county water district formed in all or part of Pleasant Valley, Ventura County. These special provisions are necessary for reasons similar to those expressed in Section 30205.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30513. Section 30513.

Notwithstanding Section 30500 or any other provision of this division, each member of the board of directors of the Canebrake County Water District in San Diego County, whether elected or appointed, shall be either a voter of the district or an owner of land within the district.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30514. Section 30514.

If, on or before July 1, 1977, a district has assumed the responsibilities, rights, duties, assets, liabilities, and obligations of a sanitary district, the board may, and from time to time thereafter may, increase the number of directors to serve thereon to seven, nine or eleven. The additional directors shall be elected at the next general district election or at a special election called for that purpose. One-half of the additional directors shall hold office until the election and qualification of their successors at the first succeeding general district election, and the other one-half of the additional directors shall hold office until the election and qualification of their successors at the second succeeding general district election. The additional directors shall classify themselves by lot to determine their initial terms of office. Thereafter, they shall hold office for the term provided in Section 30502.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 30516. Section 30516.

(a) If the Orange County local agency formation commission orders the reorganization of the Capistrano Beach County Water District and the Capistrano Beach Sanitary District into a single district, the board of directors of the reorganized district shall, notwithstanding Section 30500 or any other provision of law, initially consist of 10 members, who shall be the combined boards of directors of the two districts as of the effective date of the reorganization. (b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the members of the board of directors of the reorganized district whose terms first expire following the effective date of the reorganization, the total number of members on the board of directors shall be reduced to seven members. Upon the expiration of the succeeding terms of the members of the board of directors of the reorganized district, the total number of members of the board of directors shall be reduced to five members. (c) In addition to the powers granted under Section 1780 of the Government Code, in the event of a vacancy on the board of directors of the reorganized district at which time the total number of directors is greater than five, the board of directors may, by majority vote of the remaining members of the board, choose not to fill the vacancy. In that event the total membership of the board of directors shall be reduced by one board member. Upon making the determination not to fill a vacancy, the board of directors shall notify the board of supervisors of its decision.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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