26080-26088

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
SECTION 26080-26088




26080.  The commission shall consist of the chairman of the board of
supervisors and the county surveyor, or the county engineer, as the
case may be, of the county in which the district is situated, who
shall be ex officio members, and a third member elected pursuant to
Chapter 4 of this part. The elected member shall have been a bona
fide resident and freeholder within the boundaries of the district
for at least one year prior to his election.



26081.  Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be
filled by appointment for the unexpired term by the board of
supervisors from among the bona fide resident freeholders within the
district who shall have been resident freeholders for at least one
year prior to their appointment. No member of the board of
supervisors, except the chairman thereof, shall be eligible to hold
office on the commission or to hold any position in connection
therewith.


26082.  Upon the receipt of a petition in writing, signed by at
least 25 percent in number of the registered voters residing within
the district, the California Transportation Commission shall declare
the position on the commission held by the county surveyor or county
engineer, as the case may be, vacant, and nominate and appoint a
person to fill the vacancy who is a civil engineer and who, in the
opinion of the California Transportation Commission, is qualified to
serve on the commission.



26083.  The member appointed by the California Transportation
Commission shall hold office for the term of four years from and
after his appointment, and until the appointment and qualification of
his successor. All appointments to fill any vacancy in the position
of that member either during or at the expiration of his term of
office shall be made by the California Transportation Commission upon
the receipt of written notice from the commission of the vacancy. No
petition shall be necessary to authorize the appointment to fill the
vacancy.


26084.  Each member of the commission shall give a bond in the sum
of five thousand dollars ($5,000) which has been approved by a judge
of the superior court of the county in which the district is located,
to the district for the faithful performance of his duties. The
members of the commission shall receive no compensation whatever
either for general or special services for or on behalf of the
district.



26085.  An election shall be held on the first Monday after the
first Tuesday in March in the fourth year after the formation of the
district, and in every fourth year thereafter, for the purpose of
electing a member to succeed the elected member of the commission
whose term shall expire during that year.



26086.  At least 20 days before the day of the election the
commission shall post a notice of the election in three public places
in the district. The notice shall specify the time and place of
election, the hours during which the polls will be kept open, and the
officer to be elected.



26087.  The commission shall select one or more polling places
within the district; shall appoint one inspector and two judges of
election in each polling place, and make all necessary and proper
arrangements for holding the election. The election officers shall
constitute the election board. If no election officers are appointed
by the commission, or if any of those appointed are not present at
the time of the opening of the polls, the electors present may
appoint substitutes to fill the election board who shall conduct the
election as if they had been appointd by the commission and were
present.


26088.  The election board shall publicly canvass the votes
immediately after the closing of the polls, and shall make return of
the election within 24 hours thereafter to the board of supervisors.
The board of supervisors at its first meeting after receiving the
returns shall canvass the same and shall make, sign and deliver a
certificate of election to the person elected.