PART 6. RIVER PORT DISTRICTS [6800. - 6963.]

Part 6 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.

§§ 6800–6963 · 90 sections

1. General Provisions §§ 6800–6805 · 6 sections

   • § 6800 “District,” as used in this part, means any river port district formed pursuant to this part.
   • § 6801 “Board,” as used in this part, means the port commission described in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6830).
   • § 6802 This part does not repeal, modify, or otherwise affect the provisions of any other law relating to port or harbor districts, and no other law providing for the…
   • § 6803 Any property owned by any city which is used or held for the purpose of aiding or developing navigation, commerce, or fishing may be transferred to the…
   • § 6804 If any land under a navigable stream, is by virtue of any work or improvement by the United states or the State, freed from the easement of navigation and…
   • § 6805 If a district is dissolved, all land granted to it by a municipal corporation, reverts to and is revested in the municipal corporation granting it to the…
2. CHAPTER 1. Formation §§ 6810–6812 · 3 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Petition and Hearing §§ 6810–6812 · 3 sections

      • § 6810 A district may be organized pursuant to this part. A district may include any contiguous territory in one or more counties, contiguous to a navigable river or…
      • § 6811 Whenever the formation of a district is desired, a petition may be presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of each county in which is…
      • § 6812 The provisions of Chapters I and II of Division I of the District Organization Act shall govern and control the proceedings for the filing and hearing of the…
3. CHAPTER 2. Port Commission §§ 6830–6869 · 24 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Administrative Provisions §§ 6830–6844 · 16 sections

      • § 6830 The district shall be governed by a port commission, which consists of five members. Two commissioners shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the…
      • § 6830.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 6830, the Sacramento-Yolo Port Commission shall be composed of five members selected and appointed as follows: (1) Four…
      • § 6830.2 The boundaries of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District are hereby established to coincide with the first supervisorial district of the County of Yolo, as of…
      • § 6832 (a) The mayor of the municipality in which is located the largest proportion in value of the land within the district, or any chairperson of any of the boards…
      • § 6833 Each commissioner shall, within ten days of his appointment and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath…
      • § 6834 A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the body which appointed the member whose office is vacated, and the newly appointed member shall hold his office for…
      • § 6835 A person shall not be appointed a member of the board who is not, at the time of his appointment, a taxpayer within the district and who has not resided within…
      • § 6835.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person shall not be ineligible for appointment to the board because he or she is an elected official or employee…
      • § 6836 The members of the board shall serve without salary or compensation, but are entitled to necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of their…
      • § 6837 The term of office of each member of the board is four years from the time of his appointment, except that the first appointed chairman holds office for two…
      • § 6838 The chairman is the presiding officer.
      • § 6839 The first meeting of the board shall be held within ten days of the appointment of the chairman. The board shall make its own rules of procedure and determine…
      • § 6840 The board shall select one of its members as chairperson and select one of its members as vice chairperson, who shall preside in the absence of the…
      • § 6841 A corporation may be selected as treasurer or the board may provide that the duties of the treasurer shall be performed by the county treasurer of the county…
      • § 6843 The fiscal year of a district shall begin on the first day of July of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June of the following year.
      • § 6844 The board shall annually file a report of the affairs and financial condition of the district for the preceding year with the governing body of every county or…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board §§ 6860–6869 · 8 sections

      • § 6860 The powers of a district established pursuant to this part shall be exercised by the board, by ordinance or resolution passed by a majority vote of the board.…
      • § 6860.5 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
      • § 6861 Any grant of a franchise or lease of property of the district shall not be for a longer period than 50 years. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, a…
      • § 6864 The district, may itself, without letting contracts therefor, do such work and make such improvements as are necessary. The work shall be done under the…
      • § 6866 An officer of the district, and any of its employees, shall not be interested directly or indirectly in any contract or transaction with the district or become…
      • § 6867 The board may prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to the selection of officers and employees of the district, other than the auditor. It shall also…
      • § 6868 The board may adopt and carry into effect a contract or contracts of group insurance or a system of group annuities or both for the benefit of such of the…
      • § 6869 (a) In lieu of the benefits afforded pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) and Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Labor Code,…
4. CHAPTER 3. District Powers §§ 6890–6910 · 25 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 6890–6910 · 25 sections

      • § 6890 Any district created pursuant to this part is a public corporation created for municipal purposes.
      • § 6891 It has perpetual succession.
      • § 6892 It may sue and be sued.
      • § 6893 It may adopt a seal.
      • § 6894 It may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease or otherwise acquire and hold and enjoy and lease or dispose of, real and personal property of every…
      • § 6894.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6894, the board of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District shall not do any of the following: (a) Sell or dismantle the…
      • § 6894.2 (a) Moneys in the Riverfront Enhancement Fund, created by the Joint Port Governance Agreement dated January 15, 2006, shall be expended exclusively on projects…
      • § 6895 A district may acquire, purchase, takeover, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, bunkering…
      • § 6896 It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to carry out any of its purposes.
      • § 6897 It may incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for its purposes, and if any bonds issued for port improvement purposes by any part…
      • § 6898 It may levy and collect or cause to be levied or collected taxes as in this part provided.
      • § 6899 It has exclusive jurisdiction over, and it may provide for and supervise pilots and the pilotage of sea-going vessels from the end of jurisdiction of existing…
      • § 6900 It may contribute money to the Federal or the State government or to any county in which the district is located or to any city within the district, for the…
      • § 6901 A district may do any work or make any improvement within or without the territorial limits of the district, if the doing of the work or the making of the…
      • § 6901.1 It may by resolution hold and save harmless the State of California, the Reclamation Board of the State of California, and the Sacramento and San Joaquin…
      • § 6902 A district may enact necessary police regulations providing for control of any waterway project of the United States, entering the district, and it may adopt…
      • § 6903 A district may provide for the opening and laying out of streets leading to the waterfront.
      • § 6904 A district may regulate and control the construction, maintenance, and operation, or use, of all wharves, warehouses, structures, improvements, or appliances…
      • § 6905 It may fix, regulate, and collect the rates or charges for the use of wharves, warehouses, vessels, railroads and other facilities, structures and appliances…
      • § 6906 It may lay out, plan and establish the general plan and system of harbor and harbor district improvements and modify such plan and prescribe the specifications…
      • § 6907 It may act as warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers, reconditioners, shippers and reshippers of properties of all kinds.
      • § 6908 It may manage the business of the district and promote the maritime and commercial interests by proper advertisement of its advantages, and by the solicitation…
      • § 6908.5 Upon a four-fifths vote of all the members of the board, it may issue negotiable promissory notes bearing interest at a rate of not exceeding 7 percent per…
      • § 6909 Notwithstanding the enumeration and specific statement herein of particular powers, the district may do and perform all acts and things necessary and…
      • § 6910 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Sacramento-Yolo Port District shall not exercise the power of eminent domain in the County of Sacramento, the…
5. CHAPTER 4. Bonds §§ 6930–6939.17 · 23 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. District Bonds §§ 6930–6931 · 2 sections

      • § 6930 Any district organized pursuant to this part may create a bonded debt pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of…
      • § 6931 Any bonds issued by any district pursuant to this part are legal investments for all trust funds, and for the funds of all insurers, banks, both commercial and…
   2. ARTICLE 2. County and Municipal Bonds § 6935 · 1 section

      • § 6935 Whenever, upon the creation of a district, any municipality therein or any county in which the district is located, which has theretofore authorized or…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Revenue Bonds §§ 6936–6939.3 · 6 sections

      • § 6936 Pursuant to this article a district may create a revenue bond indebtedness for the acquisition and construction, or acquisition or construction of any…
      • § 6937 The issuance of said bonds shall be authorized by ordinance adopted by five-sevenths of all the members of the board, to take effect upon its publication.
      • § 6938 The secretary shall publish said ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation printed in said district, and if there is none, then in such newspaper…
      • § 6939 Said ordinance shall specify the total amount, denomination, method of maturity, and the rate or maximum rate of interest of said bonds, and in general terms,…
      • § 6939.1 The proceeds of said bonds shall be placed in an account in the treasury of the district to be entitled ________ Port District Revenue Construction Fund No.…
      • § 6939.3 Proceedings for the issuance of said bonds shall be had, the board shall have such powers and duties, and the bondholders shall have such rights and remedies,…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Additional Sacramento-Yolo Port District Bonds §§ 6939.4–6939.17 · 14 sections

      • § 6939.4 Pursuant to this article, the Sacramento-Yolo Port District may also create an additional bonded debt, in addition to all other indebtedness authorized by the…
      • § 6939.5 This bonded indebtedness may be created solely for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition, construction, improvement, or extension of…
      • § 6939.6 Any bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be authorized by ordinance passed by two-thirds of all of the members of the board. The ordinance shall not…
      • § 6939.7 The bonds of any issue may be issued in one or more series. The bonds of such series shall be payable within 30 years from their date and shall mature serially…
      • § 6939.8 The bonds may be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bond shall be of a denomination less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor…
      • § 6939.9 If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser,…
      • § 6939.10 The form of the bonds shall be prescribed by the board and they shall be signed by the officer or officers that the board designates. The coupons appertaining…
      • § 6939.11 The income and revenue derived or to be realized from the harbor improvement acquired, constructed, improved or extended from the proceeds of the bonds shall…
      • § 6939.12 The special fund shall be applied, secondly, to the creation of a sinking fund, herein designated as “sinking fund,” to provide for the payment of the…
      • § 6939.13 Any additional revenues over and above the amounts required to be deposited in the interest fund and the sinking fund, may be deposited in an operation fund,…
      • § 6939.14 Surplus revenues in the operation fund may be deposited either in the interest fund or any reserve fund created to secure any bonds or in the sinking fund, but…
      • § 6939.15 The board, in and by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds, shall hypothecate and allocate all of the revenues to be realized from the…
      • § 6939.16 Whenever the revenues of the district are, or in the opinion of the board will be insufficient to provide for the payment in full of the principal or interest…
      • § 6939.17 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that because of the unique, complex problems existing with respect to the Sacramento-Yolo Port District, as a large…
6. CHAPTER 5. Finances and Taxation §§ 6940–6963 · 9 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Levy, Assessment and Collection of Taxes §§ 6940–6944 · 5 sections

      • § 6940 On or before June first of each year, the port director shall submit to the board a detailed statement of the money required for the ensuing fiscal year for…
      • § 6941 Annually on or before the date set for the consideration of the budget by the board of supervisors of each county in which the district, or any portion…
      • § 6942 The tax shall not exceed the rate of ten cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value of all taxable property within the district, exclusive of the…
      • § 6943 From the time of the organization of any district until the next succeeding July 1st, or in the event that a district is formed between February 1st and July…
      • § 6944 (a) The district may, in any year, levy assessments, reassessments, or special taxes and issue bonds to finance waterway construction projects and related…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Claims and Demands §§ 6960–6963 · 4 sections

      • § 6960 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
      • § 6961 If there is not sufficient money in any fund to pay the claims made against the fund, the claim shall be registered in a book kept by the treasurer, showing…
      • § 6962 Wages and salaries shall be paid at such intervals as the board may direct, but at least once each month.
      • § 6963 The provisions of Chapter I, Division II of the District Organization Act relating to notices shall govern and control this part.