CHAPTER 4. District Powers
Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.
§§ 6510–6550.26 · 74 sections
ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 6510–6523.3 · 34 sections
- § 6510 A district may use a seal, alterable at the pleasure of the board.
- § 6511 It may sue and be sued by its name.
- § 6512 (a) A district may acquire, plan, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate garbage dumpsites and garbage collection…
- § 6512.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Winton Sanitary…
- § 6512.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Lost Hills…
- § 6512.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 6512 and the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of…
- § 6513 It may permit the use of any property of the district by any county or municipality, or any other district or governmental agency.
- § 6514 It may, for the purposes specified in this part, acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, such real and personal property and…
- § 6514.1 (a) A district may lease, for a term not exceeding 99 years, subject to periodic review, district property that will not be needed for district purposes during…
- § 6515 It may make and accept contracts, deeds, releases, and documents that, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper in the exercise of any of the…
- § 6516 It may pay lawful claims and demands against it.
- § 6517 It may employ and pay necessary agents and assistants.
- § 6518 It may lay its sewers and drains in any public street or road in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make all necessary and proper excavations,…
- § 6518.5 It may collect waste and garbage.
- § 6519 It may call and conduct all necessary or proper elections.
- § 6520 It may compel all residents and property owners in the district to connect their houses and habitations and structures requiring sewerage or drainage disposal…
- § 6520.1 It may prohibit any resident or property owner in the district from connecting any house, habitation, or structure requiring sewerage or drainage disposal…
- § 6520.2 It may require any resident or property owner in the district who desires to have any house, habitation, or structure connected to a sewer or drainage disposal…
- § 6520.3 Any sanitary district and any county may enter into a contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of locating, removing, repairing, or…
- § 6520.5 It may, by an order approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board, prescribe, revise and collect, fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or other charges for…
- § 6520.6 The district board may, by resolution, abandon action for the collection of any district tax assessment, connection charge, service charge, penalty, cost, fee,…
- § 6520.7 It may sell, or otherwise dispose of, any water, sewage effluent, fertilizer, or other byproduct resulting from the operation of a sewerage system, sewage…
- § 6520.9 It may construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines or other works as may be necessary to conserve and put to beneficial use any water or recycled effluent…
- § 6520.10 On or before August 10, the board may certify to the board of supervisors and county auditor a statement of any delinquent and unpaid charges for sewer and…
- § 6520.11 A district shall notify the assessee shown on the latest equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for sewer and other services, or…
- § 6520.12 In the event any charges for sewer and other services, or either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the discretion of the district be…
- § 6521 It may make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations for: (a) The removal of garbage. (b) The cleanliness of the roads and streets of the district. (c)…
- § 6521.5 Any district may exercise the power granted to sanitation districts by Section 4765 of this code.
- § 6522 It may do any act necessary or proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for which it is formed.
- § 6522.1 No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates or prescribes standards for the installation of plumbing inside of buildings and structures, shall be…
- § 6523 A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 30 days, or by a fine not…
- § 6523.1 It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether heretofore or hereafter incurred; and…
- § 6523.2 In order to effect its powers, it may enter upon private property for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of sanitary and waste disposal facilities and…
- § 6523.3 In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of the district. The cost of such…
ARTICLE 1.5. Inclusion in County Sanitation District §§ 6524–6529 · 6 sections
- § 6524 Any district organized under the provisions of this act may become a part of a county sanitation district after the board of supervisors of the county within…
- § 6525 A sanitary district which becomes a part of a county sanitation district as hereinabove provided for is not thereby dissolved, but may continue to function,…
- § 6526 When a sanitary district is not included in a county sanitation district at the time of formation of the latter, it may subsequently become included within…
- § 6527 Following the formation of such county sanitation district it shall have no jurisdiction within such sanitary district until the legislative body of such…
- § 6528 Copies of the resolutions herein mentioned, duly certified by the clerk or secretary of the respective legislative bodies, shall be filed with the county…
- § 6529 Nothing herein shall prevent any territory within a county sanitation district from being formed into or annexed to any sanitary district, and such territory…
ARTICLE 2. Sewer Maintenance in Cities §§ 6530–6531 · 3 sections
- § 6530 At any time after the sewer or other sanitary system is constructed the governing body of any city lying within the limits of the district may elect to keep…
- § 6530.1 Whenever any portion of a district has been included within a city by annexation, incorporation, or otherwise, the governing body of such city may elect, upon…
- § 6531 Where an entire district shall have heretofore become located within the boundaries of a city by reason of the incorporation thereof, and said district shall…
ARTICLE 3. Application of Other Statutes §§ 6540–6544 · 5 sections
- § 6540 The governing board may order the construction of sewers, drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment works and other sanitary disposal…
- § 6541 The Improvement Act of 1911, the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 are applicable to districts.
- § 6542 In the application of those acts to proceedings under this article the terms used in those acts shall have the following meanings: (a) “City council” and…
- § 6543 The powers and duties conferred by those acts and supplementary acts upon boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the respective boards,…
- § 6544 The improvements authorized to be constructed or acquired by this article are restricted to those permitted to be constructed or acquired by such districts…
ARTICLE 4. Improvement Districts §§ 6550.1–6550.26 · 26 sections
- § 6550.1 An improvement district may be formed to undertake any project for any one or more of the purposes stated in Section 6512 that is of special benefit to the…
- § 6550.2 The formation of an improvement district shall be initiated by a resolution of the district board which shall contain all of the following: (a) A description…
- § 6550.3 The secretary shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing by causing a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 6550.2 to be published for…
- § 6550.4 The hearing on the proposed improvement district shall be held by the board of directors upon the date and at the time specified in the resolution initiating…
- § 6550.5 The district board shall have power to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district, the project to be undertaken, the estimate of the cost of…
- § 6550.6 If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district by adding territory thereto, the project, the estimate of cost, or…
- § 6550.7 If prior to the conclusion of the hearing written protests against the formation of the proposed improvement district or the proposed project signed by the…
- § 6550.8 At the conclusion of the hearing, if the proceedings are not terminated pursuant to Section 6550.7, the district board shall by resolution determine whether it…
- § 6550.9 When the district board has made its determinations as provided in Section 6550.8, and if the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness to…
- § 6550.10 Except as otherwise provided in this article, notice of the election shall be given and the election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as…
- § 6550.11 No irregularities or informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same, if the election shall have otherwise been fairly conducted. Any…
- § 6550.12 Any moneys required to be raised from taxes for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on bonds of the district for an improvement district shall…
- § 6550.13 Subject to such limitations as may be contained in the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed, the district board shall have the power in…
- § 6550.14 The procedure for levying and collecting taxes in any improvement district shall be the same as is provided in Chapter 7 (commencing at Section 6695) of this…
- § 6550.15 All taxes collected pursuant to this article shall be expended only for the payment of bond principal and interest, or only for the improvement district…
- § 6550.16 For the purpose of any tax levied under this article, the properties within any improvement district shall be deemed to be equally benefited.
- § 6550.17 Territory within a district, but not a part of an improvement district created pursuant to this article, may be annexed to such improvement district whether or…
- § 6550.18 Annexation of territory to an improvement district shall be initiated by a resolution of the district board which shall contain at least all of the following:…
- § 6550.19 The resolution shall be published and notice of the hearing on the proposed annexation shall be given, in the manner required by Section 6550.3, except that in…
- § 6550.20 The hearing on the proposed annexation shall be held in the manner required by Section 6550.4, except that in applying such section the words, “improvement…
- § 6550.21 The district board shall have the power to change the boundaries of territory proposed to be annexed to an improvement district, but shall not include any…
- § 6550.22 If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed by adding territory thereto, it shall give notice thereof in…
- § 6550.23 At the conclusion of the hearing, the district board may, by resolution, order the annexation to the improvement district of such territory as it determines…
- § 6550.24 If all the owners of land within the territory proposed to be annexed have given their written assent to such annexation, the board may, by resolution, order…
- § 6550.25 After the adoption of a resolution ordering such annexation, or a resolution confirming an order of annexation following an election thereon, the secretary…
- § 6550.26 Territory annexed to an improvement district shall be subject to existing bond issues and indebtedness of the improvement district from and after the filing…