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(2) One director elected for each electoral division at the 2022 general
election and at every election on that four-year election cycle thereafter.
(c) Each elected director shall have his or her primary residence in and
be an elector in the electoral division he or she represents. Each elected
director shall serve a four-year term from the date of taking office and until
the election and qualification of a successor. A director shall take office on
the first Monday of the January after an election.
(d) Any vacancy in the board of directors shall be filled by a majority
vote of the remaining directors in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section
1780 of the Government Code.
(e) If a director’s place of residence, as defined in Section 244 of the
Government Code, is moved outside of that director’s electoral division
where elected from an electoral division, and if within 180 days of the move
the director fails to reestablish a place of residence within the director’s
electoral division, it shall be presumed that a permanent change of residence
has occurred and that a vacancy exists on the board of directors pursuant to
Section 1770 of the Government Code.
Sec. 10. (a) The initial board of directors of the agency shall include
the Castaic Lake WaterAgency director who was nominated by the purveyor
and in office as a Castaic Lake Water Agency director as of December 31,
2017. This initial appointed director shall serve an initial term of one year
that expires on January 1, 2019. The subsequent terms for the director
nominated by the purveyor shall be four years.
(b) After the initial appointed director’s term expires on January 1, 2019,
the office of the appointed director shall be filled as follows:
(1) Not more than 90 or less than 30 days before the expiration of the
term of office of the appointed director, the purveyor shall submit a nominee
for a successor appointed director to the board of directors. A nominee of
the purveyor may be a director, officer, agent, or employee of the purveyor
and shall be a registered voter within the County of Los Angeles or the
County of Ventura. Any appointed director whose term is expiring may be
nominated by the purveyor for reappointment by the board of directors as
the successor appointed director. If a vacancy occurs in the office of
appointed director, the purveyor shall nominate a person for appointment
to the vacant office not more than 60 days after the occurrence of the
vacancy.
(2) The board of directors shall appoint the nominee within 30 days after
the nomination is submitted, or may within the same time period by
resolution reject the nominee for cause, which shall be documented in the
resolution by a detailed statement of reasons. If the board of directors rejects
the nominee, the purveyor shall promptly submit a second and different
nominee to the board of directors. The board of directors shall appoint the
second nominee within 30 days after the second nomination is submitted,
or may within the same time period by resolution likewise reject that second
nominee for cause, which shall be documented in the resolution by a detailed
statement of reasons. If the board of directors rejects the nominee, the
purveyor shall select a third and still different nominee, which nominee

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