CHAPTER 2. Harbor Commission [6050. - 6087.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.

§§ 6050–6087 · 43 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Election and Terms §§ 6050–6056 · 10 sections

   • § 6050 Each district formed pursuant to this part shall be governed by a board of five harbor commissioners, who shall hold office for the term of four years from 12…
   • § 6051 The first board shall be elected at the election for the formation of the district, and the two candidates for commissioner receiving the highest number of…
   • § 6052 There shall be an election for harbor commissioners within each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November of each even-numbered year.
   • § 6053 A candidate for harbor commissioner shall be a registered voter of the proposed or existing district, and shall qualify for election by securing a nomination…
   • § 6054 Any qualified voter in the proposed or existing district may sign as many nomination papers as there are commissioners to be elected. At the first and any…
   • § 6054.1 If on the 60th day prior to a general district election only one person has been nominated for each of the offices to be filled at that election or no person…
   • § 6054.2 If, pursuant to Section 6054.1, no election is held, the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated shall appoint those nominated for…
   • § 6054.3 Where the office of a commissioner becomes vacant during his term the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by appointment by the…
   • § 6055 The commissioners elected at the first election shall, within 10 days from the date of the canvass of the returns of the election, enter upon the duties of…
   • § 6056 Each commissioner upon taking the oath of office, and for each term, shall file with the county elections official of the county in which the district is…
2. ARTICLE 2. Administrative Provisions §§ 6060–6064 · 5 sections

   • § 6060 The commissioners shall serve without salary until the yearly gross income of the district, exclusive of taxes levied by the district, exceeds twenty thousand…
   • § 6061 The board shall fix the compensation or salary of all subordinate officers or employees of the district.
   • § 6062 The board shall provide for a yearly audit of its books by a certified public accountant or a public accountant and compile a statement of its finances. The…
   • § 6063 The board shall hold at least one meeting a month, at such time as is fixed by ordinance of the board. The meeting shall be held within the district and shall…
   • § 6064 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
3. ARTICLE 3. Powers §§ 6070–6087 · 28 sections

   • § 6070 Except as otherwise provided in Section 660, the board may pass all necessary ordinances for the regulation of the district, including, but not limited to,…
   • § 6070.2 Before any ordinance may be adopted, the violation of which shall be a misdemeanor, a notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation…
   • § 6070.4 Every person who violates any of the provisions of a district ordinance adopted pursuant to Sections 6070 and 6070.2 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   • § 6070.6 The district’s manager, harbormaster or wharfinger, or any duly authorized representative of one of these persons, shall have the power to issue citations for…
   • § 6071 It may employ engineers, attorneys and any other officers and employees necessary in the work of the district. It shall appoint a treasurer, who shall hold…
   • § 6072 It may sue and be sued in the name of the district in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
   • § 6073 It may adopt a seal.
   • § 6074 It may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease or otherwise acquire, hold and enjoy and lease and dispose of real and personal property of every kind,…
   • § 6075 Notwithstanding Section 6012: (a) A harbor district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or develop any and all harbor works or facilities within the…
   • § 6076 It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.
   • § 6077 It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness. All bond elections called by the board shall be conducted and…
   • § 6077.1 Whenever the improvement and development work for which any issue of bonds has been voted has been constructed and the proceeds of the bonds sold have not been…
   • § 6077.2 It may provide for, and supervise pilots and the pilotage of sea-going vessels within the harbor and it may regulate and control the anchoring, mooring,…
   • § 6077.3 It may perform the functions of warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers, reconditioners, shippers and reshippers of properties of all kinds.
   • § 6077.4 It may manage the business of the district and promote the maritime and commercial interest by proper advertisement of its advantages and by the solicitation…
   • § 6077.5 A harbor district may acquire, purchase, takeover, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate grain elevators, bunkering facilities, belt or other…
   • § 6077.5.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Oxnard Harbor District may acquire, purchase, take over, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and…
   • § 6077.6 A harbor district may by resolution order that all or any of the funds under its control and not necessary for current operating expenses be invested in…
   • § 6078 The board may do all other acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of its powers.
   • § 6079 The board shall by ordinance fix the rate of wharfage charges and other charges which are appropriate for the use of any of the facilities owned and…
   • § 6081 By resolution, the board may provide for the creation and accumulation of a fund for capital outlays.
   • § 6082 At any time after the creation of the fund, the board may transfer to the capital outlay fund any unencumbered surplus funds raised for any purpose whatever,…
   • § 6083 The capital outlay fund shall remain inviolate for the making of any capital outlays and the money shall not be disbursed from the fund except for such a…
   • § 6084 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board may borrow money by issuance of promissory notes, or execute conditional sales contracts to…
   • § 6084.2 (a) A district may issue limited obligation notes after the adoption, by a four-fifths vote of all the commissioners of the board, of a resolution reciting…
   • § 6085 Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, the Crescent City Harbor District may borrow money and incur indebtedness under Section 6077 or under Section…
   • § 6086 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Port San Luis Harbor District may operate, itself only and not pursuant to a lease agreement with a third…
   • § 6087 (a) (1) Notwithstanding the borrowing limit set forth in Section 6084, the Oxnard Harbor District may borrow money by issuance of promissory notes, or execute…