Amended
IN
Assembly
March 21, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Lowenthal |
February 14, 2024 |
The Municipal Utility District Act governs the formation and governance of municipal utility districts. Existing law requires a board of supervisors, upon receiving a resolution or petition requesting it to call an election to determine whether a proposed district will be created, to call an election within the proposed district for that purpose and to elect the district’s first board of directors, as specified. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of those voters and associations of citizens, to file a written argument for or a written argument against the proposed district formation. If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is
filed with election officials, existing law requires those election officials to select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters and specifies the order of preference and priority for selecting those arguments, as specified.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the above-described provision involving selecting those arguments.
(a)If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, those election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters.
(b)In selecting the arguments, the election officials shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following:
(1)The board of supervisors or a member or members of the board authorized by the board.
(2)Individual voters or bona fide associations of citizens or a combination of those voters and associations.