(a) The board of directors of the Santa Rita Hills Community Services District may consist of three members.

(b) (1) Prior to reducing the board of directors to three members pursuant to subdivision (a), the board of directors, after receiving a petition signed by a majority of voters requesting a reduction in the number of board members, shall adopt, by a recorded majority vote of the entire board of directors, a resolution proposing to reduce the number of directors to three members.

(2) The district shall hold a public hearing regarding the proposal to reduce the number of directors.

(3) Notice of the public hearing shall be given by placing a display advertisement of at least one-eighth page in a newspaper of general circulation for three weeks, pursuant to Section 6063, and by United States first-class mail to each landowner voter in the district, postage prepaid, and notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the mail. The envelope or cover of the mailing shall include the name of the local agency and the return address of the sender and the mailed notice shall be in at least 10-point type.

(4) The public hearing shall be held at least 45 days after mailing the notice pursuant to paragraph (3).

(5) At the hearing the board shall receive and consider any written or oral comments regarding the proposed reduction in the number of directors. After receiving and considering the comments, the board, by a recorded majority vote of the entire board of directors shall do one of the following:

(A) Disapprove the proposal.

(B) Adopt a resolution that orders the reduction in the number of members of the board to three members.

(c) A reduction in the number of directors pursuant to this section shall not affect the term of office of any director. A director currently holding office as of the effective date of the reduction in the number of members of the board of directors shall continue to be the director until the office becomes vacant by means of term expiration or otherwise.

(d) This section shall be repealed on January 1, 2035.

(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 505, Sec. 3. (AB 2455) Effective January 1, 2015. Repealed as of January 1, 2035, by its own provisions.)