CHAPTER 9. District Powers

Chapter 9 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.

§§ 27160–27179 · 25 sections

§ 27160 The district shall have perpetual succession and acting through the board shall have the powers prescribed in this chapter in addition to any others expressly…
§ 27161 The district may sue and be sued in its corporate name in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
§ 27162 The district may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
§ 27163 The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or otherwise acquire, and hold, use, and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind…
§ 27164 The district may acquire, or contract to acquire, and may construct under contract, or by its own employees, maintain, improve, and operate bridges, abutments,…
§ 27165 The district may acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation, or lease from the United States, this State, or from any person, or public or private corporation,…
§ 27166 The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted in this part, or in any provision of…
§ 27167 The district may borrow money, incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidences of such indebtedness; and refund or retire any indebtedness or lien that…
§ 27168 The district may purchase or condemn any works which might be constructed by the district, whether completed or partly completed, and conduct and manage the…
§ 27169 The district may have taxes levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of this part for the purpose of paying running expenses, organization…
§ 27170 The district may make contracts, employ labor, and all kinds of employees, whether skilled or unskilled, for the purpose of carrying on the business of the…
§ 27171 The district may establish all necessary rules, regulation or conditions under which the property of the district may be used by the public and fix and collect…
§ 27172 The district may do all things necessary for the complete exercise of the powers described in this chapter.
§ 27173 The work of constructing, repairing, relocating, or otherwise providing any of the highways or approaches composed of the structures or improvements mentioned…
§ 27173.8 Every purchase or contract made in violation of the competitive bidding requirements of this part shall be void.
§ 27174 The district may contract with the State for the construction, repair or relocation of highways or approaches to any structure or improvement maintained or…
§ 27174.1 (a) The district may adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Vehicle Code for the control of traffic on any facility of travel constructed by the…
§ 27174.2 (a) Every person who, without permission of the board or its authorized officers or agents, climbs upon any railing, cable, suspender rope, tower, or…
§ 27174.3 Every person who stands in the roadway or on the sidewalk of any district toll bridge, or the approaches thereto, for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the…
§ 27175 The district shall cause to be published and made available to the public at the toll gates of any facilities of travel constructed by the district, copies of…
§ 27176 Violation of any rules or regulations provided for in Section 27174.1, notice of which has been given by a sign on the facility of travel constructed by the…
§ 27177 The California Highway Patrol shall have the authority and it shall be its duty to provide for proper and adequate policing of all facilities of travel…
§ 27177.5 A towing service may be maintained by a bridge and highway district on each vehicular crossing under its jurisdiction, and said district may furnish such…
§ 27178 Within the district, the Department of Transportation may restrict any portion of a state highway to a particular mode of vehicular transportation during such…
§ 27179 A bridge and highway district may contract with the State to furnish regular highway patrol officers to serve for 24-hour police or patrol duty on the bridge…