ARTICLE 3. Utility Works and Services

Article 3 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.

§§ 16461–16489 · 38 sections

§ 16461 A district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use, within or without or partly within and partly without the district, works for supplying its…
§ 16461.5 (a) The Shasta Dam Area Public Utility District may construct those public works necessary for the industrial and commercial development of any undeveloped…
§ 16461.10 A district that provides broadband Internet access services shall comply with the requirements of Article 12 (commencing with Section 53167) of Chapter 1 of…
§ 16462 A district may also purchase any of such commodities or services from any other utility district, municipality, person, or private company, and distribute them.
§ 16463 A district may acquire, construct, own, complete, use, and operate a fire department, street lighting system, public parks, public playgrounds, golf courses,…
§ 16463.5 (a) A district may exercise any of the powers, functions, and duties which are vested in, or imposed upon, a fire protection district pursuant to the Fire…
§ 16464 A district may construct works across or along any street or public highway, or over any land which is the property of the state, and has the same rights and…
§ 16465 A district may construct its works across any stream of water or watercourse.
§ 16466 A district using a street or highway shall restore it to its former state as nearly as possible and shall not unnecessarily impair its usefulness.
§ 16467 Only revenue producing utilities shall be acquired, owned, or operated by a district. So far as possible the board shall fix such charges for commodities or…
§ 16467.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16467 of this code, fire departments, street lighting systems, public parks, public playgrounds, public swimming…
§ 16468 Charges fixed by the board for commodities or services furnished may be made payable in advance.
§ 16469 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), charges unpaid at the time specified for the fixing of the rate of taxes may be added to and become part of the…
§ 16470 Charges added to an assessment are a lien on the land, except that if, during the year preceding the date on which the first installment of real property taxes…
§ 16471 If the assessment is divided and made payable in two installments, the unpaid charges may be added to and become a part of the first installment of the…
§ 16472 When the board declares that charges are to be added to the annual assessment and the district is availing itself of assessments made by the assessor of any…
§ 16472.1 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 16469 to 16472, inclusive, and as an alternative to the procedures specified in those sections, a district may provide by…
§ 16472.5 (a) In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, including an ordinance fixing charges for the furnishing of commodities or services,…
§ 16473 Whenever there is a surplus of available water, light, heat, or power above that which is required by the inhabitants or municipalities within the district,…
§ 16474 Whenever any of the facilities, works, or utilities of all or part of a district is not used or employed to its fullest capacity for the benefit or…
§ 16475 (a) A public utility district which acquires, constructs, owns, operates, controls or uses works for supplying its inhabitants with water, may, pursuant to the…
§ 16476.1 (a) The Tahoe City Public Utility District may acquire, construct, install, maintain, improve, or operate public walkways, paths, sidewalks, trails, and public…
§ 16477 Notwithstanding Section 16475, the Board of Directors of the Fallbrook Public Utility District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in…
§ 16478 The Board of Directors of the Tahoe City Public Utility District, the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, and the Board of Directors…
§ 16479 If the Board of Directors of the Tahoe City Public Utility District or of the North Tahoe Public Utility District determines to use all or any portion of a…
§ 16480 (a) Every district furnishing light, heat, or power shall expend no funds for advertising when such advertising encourages increased consumption of such…
§ 16480.5 Whenever a business transaction of a public utility district furnishing electricity, gas, water service where the utility has 10,000 or more service…
§ 16481 (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling. (b)…
§ 16481.1 (a) If a district furnishes residential light, heat, water, or power to residential occupants through a master meter in a multiunit residential structure,…
§ 16481.6 The decision of a district to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of money with the district prior to establishing an account and furnishing…
§ 16482 (a) No district furnishing its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, or means for the disposition of garbage, sewage, or refuse matter may terminate…
§ 16482.1 (a) A district furnishing light, heat, water, or power, or means for the disposition of garbage, sewage, or refuse matter, shall not terminate residential…
§ 16483 No electrical, gas, heat, or water public utility district shall, by reason of delinquency in payment for any electric, gas, heat, or water services, cause…
§ 16485 (a) A public utility district which acquires, constructs, owns, operates, controls or uses works for supplying its inhabitants with electricity, may fix and…
§ 16486 (a) In addition to all other powers, excepting telephone service, authorized by this division, the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District may acquire,…
§ 16487 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District may issue bonds and incur indebtedness pursuant to the Improvement Act…
§ 16488 Every district shall comply with Section 8029.5.
§ 16489 The June Lake Public Utility District may exercise all of the powers of a mosquito abatement district or vector control district, as set forth in the Mosquito…