CHAPTER 4. Powers and Functions [35150. - 35160.]

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 822, Sec. 1.

§§ 35150–35160 · 11 sections

• § 35150 The authority may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
• § 35151 The authority may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 35152 (a) The authority may take by grant, appropriation, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease, and may hold, use, enjoy, and lease or dispose of real and…
• § 35153 The authority may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this division, except that it…
• § 35154 The authority may, upon a four-fifths vote of the governing board and after holding a public hearing pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, exchange…
• § 35155 All property acquired by the authority shall be properly maintained in a reasonable fashion consistent with the natural conditions existing upon the…
• § 35156 The authority may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain lands, trails, natural areas, and other…
• § 35157 All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code, except as…
• § 35158 The authority may accept funds or donations from any public or private source for the purposes of acquisition of open-space lands or for projects which are in…
• § 35159 (a) The governing board may contract with any person or public agency for any services, supplies, equipment, or materials, or for the construction, completion,…
• § 35160 (a) Notwithstanding Section 35159 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Santa Clara Valley Open-Space Authority, the design-build…