AB 386: Tulelake Irrigation District.

The Irrigation District Law provides for the formation of irrigation districts with prescribed powers. The district law generally requires a director on the board of an irrigation district to be a voter, landowner, and resident in the division of the district that the director represents.

This bill would provide that, for the Tulelake Irrigation District, every owner of real property assessed by the district and located within its boundaries, district, but no others, is authorized to vote at district elections for directors. director, as prescribed. The bill would provide that a director of the Tulelake Irrigation District, at the time of his or her nomination or appointment and through his or her entire term, is required to be a registered voter in the state California, reside within the territory of the district or within 10 miles of the exterior boundaries of the district and within California, and be a landowner, or a specified legal representative of a landowner, within the division he or she represents at the time of his or her nomination or appointment and through his or her entire term. represents. By imposing requirements on the district and the county in connection with district elections, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.