The board of directors shall, by resolution, adjust the boundaries of any divisions pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 22000) of Division 21 of the Elections Code.
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Section § 74430
This law states that the board of directors must pass a resolution to change the boundaries of divisions, following the procedures outlined in the Elections Code, starting at Section 22000.
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Section § 74431
If the board wants to change the boundaries of divisions, they must first announce their intention and describe the proposed changes generally. They must also set a time and place for a public hearing where landowners in the district can express objections or suggest different changes.
Before any change of the boundaries of the divisions is made pursuant to Section 74430, the board shall give notice of its intention to do so. Such notice shall specify, in a general way, the changes which the board proposes to make and a time and place for a hearing at which any owner of land in the district may appear before the board and object to the making of the proposed change or changes or petition that a change be made otherwise than as proposed.
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Section § 74432
If there's an intention to change the boundaries of divisions within a district, a notice must be published in newspapers once a week for two weeks before a scheduled hearing. The notice should appear in newspapers in each county where the district is located.
At the hearing, the board will listen to any objections or petitions. After considering these, the board can decide whether to change the boundaries based on what would benefit the district.
The notice of intention to change the boundaries of the divisions shall be published at least once a week for two weeks before the time appointed for the hearing in some newspaper or newspapers published in each of the counties in which any part of the district is situated.
At the time and place appointed for the hearing, or at the time and place to which the hearing may be adjourned, the board shall hear all the objections and petitions which are presented to the board, and, thereupon, the board may make such change or changes in the boundaries of the divisions as it determines to be for the best interests of the district.
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Section § 74433
This law states that if a piece of land is removed from a district, the district's governing board has the option to redraw the boundaries of the divisions and voting precincts within the district. They must do this at least 30 days before any election takes place in the district.
If land is excluded from a district pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 75750) of Part 10 of this division, the board not less than 30 days before any election in the district, may reestablish the boundaries of the divisions and election precincts within the district.
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Section § 74434
When new land is added to a district, the district board must adjust the boundaries of voting divisions and precincts to include the new land. They should do this no later than 30 days before any district election. If the land is added less than 30 days before an election, the people living on that land can't vote in that election.
If land is included within a district pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 75850) of Part 10 of this division, the board shall, not less than 30 days before any election in the district, reestablish the boundaries of the divisions and election precincts within the district so as to include such lands therein and so as to make such divisions as nearly equal in area as may be practicable. In case of the inclusion of any land less than 30 days before an election within the district, the inhabitants of the land so included shall not be entitled to vote at such election.
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Section § 74435
If one district merges with another under certain rules, the leaders of the district that is taking in the new area need to redraw the voting boundaries. This should be done following the same rules mentioned in another specific section of the law.
If another district is annexed to a district pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 75940) of Part 10 of this division the board of the annexing district shall reestablish the boundaries of the divisions and election precincts within the district in the same manner as provided in Section 74434.
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