ARTICLE 1. Corporate Powers [16401. - 16409.]

Article 1 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.

§§ 16401–16409 · 8 sections

• § 16401 A district has perpetual succession.
• § 16402 Except as otherwise provided, a district may sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 16402.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any judicial action or proceeding against a district that provides electric utility service, to attack, review, set…
• § 16403 A district may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
• § 16404 A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this division.
• § 16407 A district has the same powers with reference to improvement districts as are conferred upon irrigation districts by Division 11, Part 7 of the Water Code and…
• § 16408 Improvement districts also may be formed of land proposed to be annexed to the district, contingent upon the annexation being completed. The petition for…
• § 16409 For the purpose of obtaining and supplying water for domestic, irrigation, and fire protection purposes, a district may cooperate and contract with the United…