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of candidates for office in the agency, and the other not containing those
names, and it shall be the duty of the election officers in those precincts to
furnish only those persons registered as voters within the agency with the
ballots upon which are printed the names of the candidates for office in the
agency.
(c) In a county in which the agency is located, the county elections official
is hereby given authority to have printed upon the official ballots provided
for voters at elections for directors a heading in the same form as that
provided by the Elections Code for nonpartisan officers, which heading
shall be marked “Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency,” with a subheading
“For a Member of the Board of Directors, Division ____” (here inserting
the number of the electoral division).
Sec. 12. The board of directors shall hold its first meeting as soon as
possible at which it shall choose one of its members to be president. The
board of directors may appoint from its members additional officers and
may define the duties of those officers. The board of directors shall provide
for the time and place of holding its meetings and the manner in which its
special meetings may be called. A majority of the board of directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Sec. 13. (a) The board of directors may act by ordinance, resolution, or
motion. On all ordinances the roll shall be called and the ayes and noes
recorded in the journal of the proceedings of the board of directors.
Resolutions and motions may be adopted by voice vote, but on demand of
any member the roll shall be called. Except as provided in Section 14, an
ordinance, motion, or resolution shall not be passed or become effective
without the affirmative vote of a majority of the membership of the board.
(b) The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be,
“Be it ordained by the Board of Directors of the Santa Clarita Valley Water
Agency as follows:”
(c) Each member of the board of directors shall receive compensation
equal to the amount of compensation authorized for a Castaic Lake Water
Agency director as of December 31, 2017, for each meeting of the board
attended and for each day’s service rendered as a director at the request of
the board. This initial compensation may be adjusted in accordance with
Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water
Code.
Sec. 14. (a) The board of directors may take action on the following
items only by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the membership of the
board:
(1) Authorizing the agency to support or take action to further any
amendments or efforts to amend this section.
(2) Issuing new debt in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) at
any one time that relates to retail functions of the agency, excluding the
refinancing of existing debt. The threshold of ten million dollars
($10,000,000) shall be adjusted annually in proportion to the assessed value
of real property within the agency.

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