2007 California Water Code Chapter 3. The Board

CA Codes (wat:21375-21387)

21375.  On the first Tuesday after the original directors qualify,
and on the day on which the board holds its first regular monthly
meeting after the first Friday in December of the year in which a
general district election is held, the directors shall meet and
organize as a board and may transact any other business of the
district.



21376.  At its organization meeting the board shall elect a
president from its members and appoint a secretary, who shall each
hold office during the pleasure of the board.



21377.  The board shall hold a regular meeting on the first Tuesday
of each month at the district office.



21377.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 21377 of this code or Section
54954 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the Board
of Directors of the Tri-Dam Project, which is composed of the
directors of the Oakdale Irrigation District and the South San
Joaquin Irrigation District, may hold no more than four regular
meetings annually at the Tri-Dam Project offices located in
Strawberry, California.
   (b) The notice and conduct of these meetings shall comply with the
provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with
Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government
Code).


21378.  The board, however, may by resolution entered upon its
minutes fix any day of the month for its regular monthly meeting, or
if more than one regular meeting is to be held each month it may fix
the days for such regular meetings.  When more than one regular
meeting is held each month, the day of the first such meeting in
January is the regular monthly meeting day in January for the
purposes of this division.  The change shall not be effective until
the resolution proposing it has been published once a week for two
successive weeks in a newspaper published in the office county.



21382.  All meetings of the board shall be public and shall be
conducted in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9
(commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of TItle 5 of
the Government Code).


21383.  The number of directors required to constitute a quorum of
the board and to concur on all questions except a motion to adjourn
or a motion to adjourn to a stated time is three except in districts
where there are only three offices of director, in which case the
required number is two.



21384.  A smaller number of directors than a quorum may adjourn from
day to day.



21385.  The board except as otherwise specifically provided has the
power and it shall be its duty to manage and conduct the business and
affairs of the district.



21386.  At its organization meeting, the board may elect, in
addition to a president, a vice president who shall have the power to
perform all the duties of the president in the absence of the
president, or in the event of his inability to perform such duties.




21387.  When the president of the board is absent or unable to act
at any meeting of the board and no vice president has been elected,
the majority of the board may elect a president pro tempore from its
members, who shall have the power to perform all the duties of the
president of the board until he is replaced or until the president of
the board returns to the performance of his duties.