After a plan of irrigation works has been adopted pursuant to Section 35950, the board shall, by a resolution adopted and entered in its minutes, order a special election to submit to the voters a proposal of whether or not bonds in an amount specified in the order calling the election shall be authorized when either:
(a) The board determines that the bonds should be issued.
(b) The board receives a petition requesting the issuance of bonds signed by persons holding title to a majority in area of the land.