12889-12889.2
WATER CODE
SECTION 12889-12889.2
12889. Except in the case of a grant to a public agency where the applicable law contains provisions for the election of the members of the governing body of the agency or where a county board of supervisors acts as the governing body of the agency, before a public agency may enter into a contract with the department for a construction loan or a grant under this chapter, the public agency shall hold an election on the proposition of whether or not the public agency shall enter into the proposed contract and more than 50 percent of the votes cast at such election must be in favor of such proposition; provided, that if a higher percentage of favorable votes is required for the issuance of any bonds by the public agency or is required by the Constitution before the public agency may incur an indebtedness, such higher percentage shall apply in lieu of the percentage set forth in this subdivision. 12889.2. The election shall be held in accordance with the following provisions: (a) The procedure for holding an election on the incurring of bonded indebtedness by such public agency shall be utilized for an election on the proposed contract as nearly as the same may be applicable. Where the law applicable to such agency does not contain such bond election procedure, the procedure set forth in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code), as it may now or hereafter be amended, shall be utilized as nearly as the same may be applicable. (b) No particular form of ballot is required. (c) The notice of the election shall include a statement of the time and place of the election, the purpose of the election, the general purpose of the contract, and the maximum amount of money to be borrowed from the state under the contract. (d) The ballots for the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of the election, shall state the maximum amount of money to be borrowed from the state under the contract, and shall contain the words "Execution of contract--Yes" and "Execution of contract--No." (e) The election shall be held in the entire public agency except where the public agency proposes to contract with the department on behalf of a specified portion, or of specified portions, of the public agency, in which case the election shall be held in such portion or portions of the public agency only.