48-2816

48-2816. Flood protection district divisions;
directors; qualification of electors

(Rpld. 1/1/16)

A. The board of supervisors shall order the district to be divided into three or
five divisions, numbered consecutively and as nearly equal in size as practicable.

B. One director, who shall be an elector and a resident landowner, or a qualified
elector, in each division shall be elected for the division as provided in this article.
In addition, if requested in the petition for organizing the district, three directors,
who shall be resident electors and landowners in the district, shall be elected at large
by the qualified electors of the district.

C. To be eligible to vote in a district election, a person must qualify under
section 48-2609, except as otherwise provided by this section and subject to the
following:

1. For the purpose of organizing a new flood protection district, the
qualifications of electors are the same as provided by this chapter for the organization
of drainage districts.

2. The administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased person, and the
guardian of a minor or incompetent person who is appointed and qualified under the laws
of this state, may register and cast the vote of the estate or person represented by the
administrator or executor.

3. The officer or agent of a corporation in whose name title to property in the
district on which it has paid taxes as shown on the most recent tax roll and who is
designated and authorized by a resolution of the corporate board of directors is a
qualified elector and may register and cast the vote of the corporation.

4. The general partner of a partnership in whose name title to property in the
district on which it has paid taxes as shown on the most recent tax roll and who is
designated and authorized in writing by all of the general partners is a qualified
elector and may register and cast the vote of the partnership.

5. The trustee of a trust, or if there is more than one trustee, a trustee who is
designated and authorized in writing by all of the trustees, in whose name title to
property in the district on which it has paid taxes as shown on the most recent tax roll
is a qualified elector and may register and cast the vote of the trust.