Section 20527.6 - "Elector" and "voter" defined for Camp Far West Irrigation District in Placer and Yuba Counties(a) Notwithstanding Section 20527, or any other provision of law to the contrary, in the Camp Far West Irrigation District in Placer and Yuba Counties, "elector" and "voter" shall mean a person, corporation, or other entity owning land within the district. At any district election in the Camp Far West Irrigation District, only landowners may vote, and they need not be residents of the district in order to qualify as voters. Each landowner shall have one vote for each dollar's worth of land to which he or she holds title. The last equalized assessment book of the district shall be conclusive evidence of ownership and of the value of the land so owned, except that in the event that an assessment for the district shall not have been made and levied for the year in which the election is held, the last equalized assessment roll of the county in which the land is located shall be used in lieu of the assessment book of the district. Where land is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the owners of the land may designate in writing which one of the owners shall be deemed the owner of the land for purposes of qualifying as a voter. In the absence of that designation each owner shall be entitled to vote his pro rata share of the total value of the land in such multiple ownership.(b) Every landowner, or the legal representative of a corporation, estate, or trust owning land within the district, may vote at any district election, either in person or by a person duly appointed as his proxy.(c) As used in this section, "legal representative" means any of the following: (1) An authorized official of a corporation owning land in the district.(2) The trustees of an express trust which owns land in the district.(3) The executor, administrator, guardian of the estate, or conservator of the estate of a holder of title to land in the district who is appointed under the laws of this state, is entitled to possession of the land, and who is authorized by the appointing court to vote in the election.(d) Before a legal representative votes at a district election, he or she shall present to the precinct board a certified copy of his or her authority, which shall be kept and filed with the returns of the election. No appointment of a proxy shall be valid, accepted, or vote allowed thereon at any district election unless it meets all the following requirements: (2) It is executed by the person or legal representative of the person who is entitled to the votes for which the proxy is given.(4) It specifies the election at which it is to be used. An appointment of a proxy shall be used only at the election specified.(e) Every appointment of a proxy is revocable at the pleasure of the person executing it at any time before the person appointed as proxy shall have cast a ballot representing the votes for which the appointment was given.(f) Notwithstanding Section 21100 or any other provision of law, any voter, as defined in this section, is eligible to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Camp Far West Irrigation District, provided that the voter shall be a freeholder within the division that the voter represents, during the entire term.Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 281, Sec. 1.