{"code":"HNC","codeName":"Harbors and Navigation Code","section":"5820","citation":"Harb. & Nav. Code, § 5820","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS [5800. - 7340.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-8"},{"name":"PART 2. HARBOR IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS [5800. - 5956.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-8/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Formation [5820. - 5874.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-8/part-2/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Petition and Hearing [5820. - 5825.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-8/part-2/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 9.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any portion of a county in this state, the exterior boundaries of which include a bay, harbor, inlet, or navigable water of the Pacific Ocean, may be formed into a district for the improvement or development of a harbor.</p><p>The work may include the dredging of channels, shipways, ship berths, anchorage places, and turning basins, and the construction of jetties, breakwaters, bulkheads, seawalls, wharves, ferry slips, and warehouses.</p>","text":"Any portion of a county in this state, the exterior boundaries of which include a bay, harbor, inlet, or navigable water of the Pacific Ocean, may be formed into a district for the improvement or development of a harbor. The work may include the dredging of channels, shipways, ship berths, anchorage places, and turning basins, and the construction of jetties, breakwaters, bulkheads, seawalls, wharves, ferry slips, and warehouses.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/petition-and-hearing-5820","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}