The board shall provide for holding the bond election on the day fixed in the resolution calling the election and in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code, so far as they shall be applicable, except as otherwise provided in this division.
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Section § 71940
This law states that the board is responsible for organizing a bond election according to a predetermined date set by a resolution, and it must adhere to the rules in the Elections Code unless this division specifies something different.
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Section § 71941
This law explains how to notify people about a bond election. The announcement must be published in a local newspaper if there is one, at least two weeks before the election date. If no local newspaper is available, the notice should be posted in three public places in the district, also at least two weeks ahead of time. No other notification methods are required.
Notice of the holding of the bond election shall be given by publishing, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the resolution calling the election in at least one newspaper published in the district. The last publication shall be made not less than two weeks prior to the date of the proposed election. If there is no newspaper published in the district, then the resolution shall be posted in three public places in the district not less than two weeks prior to the date of the proposed election. No other notice of the election need be given.
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Section § 71942
If a bond election will happen in an improvement district, the announcement must be published in a local newspaper following specified guidelines. Additionally, the election details must be posted in three public locations in the improvement district at least two weeks before the election date. No other notification is necessary.
If the bond election is to be held in an improvement district, notice of the holding of such election shall be given by publishing, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the resolution calling the election prior to the date of the proposed election in at least one newspaper printed and published in the municipal water district, if there is a newspaper printed and published in the district. Such resolution shall also be posted in three public places in the improvement district not less than two weeks prior to the date of the proposed election. No other notice of the election need be given.
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Section § 71943
After a bond election, the board must collect the election returns, count the votes, and officially announce the results within seven days. This process follows the general rules of the Elections Code unless there's a specific rule in this division that says otherwise.
The returns of the bond election shall be made, the votes canvassed by the board within seven days following the election, and the results thereof ascertained and declared in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code, so far as they may be applicable, except as otherwise provided in this division.
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Section § 71944
Once the outcome of a bond election is announced, the secretary must record the results in the board's official records.
The secretary, as soon as the result of the bond election is declared, shall enter in the records of the board a statement of such results.
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Section § 71945
This law says that if a bond election is conducted in a fair manner, minor mistakes or informalities won't make it invalid.
No irregularities or informalities in conducting the bond election shall invalidate it, if the election has otherwise been fairly conducted.
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Section § 71946
If you want to challenge or dispute the validity of bonds or the steps taken to issue these bonds (like creating a district that will benefit from the bonds), you need to start this legal challenge within three months after the bond election. If you don't, the bonds and all related actions, including the district's formation, will be considered completely legal and cannot be contested.
Any action or proceeding in which the validity of any bonds or of the proceedings in relation thereto (including the formation of an improvement district for which bonds are authorized to be issued by the voters thereof at a bond election) is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced within three months from the date of the bond election; otherwise the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto (including the formation of the improvement district) shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
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Section § 71947
This law allows a board to modify an already-approved improvement project and issue bonds, if needed, without a new election if the original bonds approved before 1960 haven't all been issued, and aren't enough for the project. It can do this by passing a resolution before 1972, but only after holding a hearing with public notice, ensuring that the project still benefits the district.
If bonds have been authorized at an election held pursuant to this chapter prior to January 1, 1960, a portion of which bonds have not yet been issued, and the board determines that the sale of such unissued portion would be insufficient to finance the completion of the improvement for which the bonds were authorized, the board by resolution adopted prior to January 1, 1972, may modify the improvement and may authorize the issuance of bonds in an amount not exceeding the amount of such unissued portion for the purpose of paying the cost of the improvement as modified, without any further election, but only after notice and hearing in the same manner as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 71880) of Chapter 3 of this part and Article 6 (commencing with Section 53520) of Chapter 3, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code, and provided that at the conclusion of the hearing the board shall by resolution determine that the territory within the district or improvement district will be benefited by the improvement as modified. Bonds so authorized may be issued and sold in the same manner as bonds authorized by an election under this chapter.
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