§ 32498.6

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, within five years of the date of the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution to divide the district into zones and number the zones consecutively.

(b) In establishing these zones, the board of directors shall provide for representation in accordance with demographic and geographic factors of the entire area of the district, including population factors. The board of directors shall fix the time and place for a hearing on the proposed establishment of zones. At this hearing, any elector of the district may present their views and plans in relation to the proposed zoning, but the board of directors shall not be bound thereby and their decision, in the resolution adopted, shall be final.

(c) The zones shall be effective for the next district election after the resolution of the board of directors for which there is time to implement the zones and elections within the zones.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 1, Sec. 2. (SB 418) Effective February 4, 2022.)