2006 Utah Code - 17A-2-706 — Regular election of district for electing board members -- Election provisions -- Official bond -- Fiscal agents.

     17A-2-706.   Regular election of district for electing board members -- Election provisions -- Official bond -- Fiscal agents.
     (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the regular election of the district, for the purpose of electing a board of trustees, shall be held according to the procedures and requirements of Title 17A, Chapter 1, Part 3, Special District Board Selection Procedures.
     (2) (a) Each ballot used in an election under Subsection (1) shall contain the names of the persons to be voted for as members of the board of trustees.
     (b) Each landowner may vote for three trustees, one for each division.
     (c) Each elector is entitled to cast one vote for each acre-foot of water or fraction of acre-foot allotted to the land owned by the elector.
     (d) The board of trustees shall:
     (i) meet on the first Monday next succeeding the election under Subsection (1) and canvass the returns of the election;
     (ii) declare the persons receiving the highest number of votes for the several offices to be duly elected to the office; and
     (iii) file the returns with the county clerk.
     (3) (a) If any district organized under this part is appointed fiscal agent of the United States or is authorized by the United States to collect money for and on behalf of the United States in connection with any federal project, each trustee shall execute an additional official bond in whatever sum that the Secretary of the Interior requires, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the trustee's office.
     (b) The district shall execute an additional bond for the faithful discharge by the district of its duties as fiscal or other agent of the United States under that appointment or authorization.
     (c) Those additional official bonds shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
     (d) The United States or any person injured by the failure of a trustee or of the district to fully, promptly, and completely perform their respective duties may sue upon those official bonds.

Amended by Chapter 90, 2001 General Session