ARTICLE 1. Generally

Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.

§§ 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…