PART 5. DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES [50900. - 50979.]

Part 5 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.

§§ 50900–50979 · 40 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Powers §§ 50900–50907 · 8 sections

   • § 50900 A district may do all things necessary or convenient for accomplishing the purposes for which it was formed.
   • § 50901 If a district is in debt it has no power to impair or destroy any of its indebtedness without the consent of the creditors, but it may make any arrangement…
   • § 50902 (a) In addition to its other powers, a district may, by a resolution of the board at a noticed public hearing, fix and collect charges and fees, including…
   • § 50903 A district of less than 100 acres and situated adjacent to the Stockton Ship Channel may acquire, construct, operate, maintain, repair, and improve lands,…
   • § 50904 A district may, by resolution of the board, provide a procedure for and collect charges and fees, by way of the tax bills of the county or counties in which…
   • § 50905 The Edgerly Island Reclamation District may provide for the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, or other waste and, for that purpose, may design, finance,…
   • § 50906 (a) A reclamation district specified in subdivision (d) may construct, maintain, and operate a plant for the generation of hydroelectric power, together with…
   • § 50907 All districts formed under this division or under a special act of the Legislature and authorized to act, under this division, shall be subject to the…
2. CHAPTER 2. Irrigation §§ 50910–50914 · 5 sections

   • § 50910 A district may acquire, take or hold by gift, purchase, conditional sales contract, lease, condemnation, or other legal means, and maintain and operate the…
   • § 50911 When a district has adopted plans for the irrigation of district lands it may: (a) Adopt rules and regulations for the distribution of water. (b) Adopt a…
   • § 50912 A district, upon payment of and compliance with such tolls, rates, and regulations as the board may adopt, may furnish through its irrigation works, water for…
   • § 50913 Moneys collected by the board for irrigation charges pursuant to Section 50911, when deposited in the county treasury shall be credited to the “irrigation…
   • § 50914 Money deposited in an “irrigation fund” shall be disbursed only on orders or warrants of the board in payment of the expense or cost of irrigation or…
3. CHAPTER 3. Property §§ 50930–50933 · 4 sections

   • § 50930 A district may acquire, by purchase, condemnation, gift, lease or other legal means, such real or personal property as is necessary for accomplishing the…
   • § 50931 A district may sell, convey, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of such of its property as the board determines is no longer necessary for the construction,…
   • § 50932 A district may construct, maintain and operate such drains, canals, sluices, bulkheads, water gates, levees, embankments, pumping plants, dams, diversion…
   • § 50933 A district may construct, maintain, and operate ferry boats, bridges, road systems, and related facilities to provide access to the district’s levee, drainage,…
4. CHAPTER 4. Office, Records and Documents §§ 50940–50942 · 3 sections

   • § 50940 Unless otherwise provided by law the district shall keep an office in the principal county or in a county contiguous thereto for the transaction of the…
   • § 50941 All district books, maps, papers, records, contracts and other documents shall be kept in the office and be open to inspection during all business hours by any…
   • § 50942 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
5. CHAPTER 5. Personnel §§ 50950–50959 · 10 sections

   • § 50950 A district may employ engineers and others to survey, plan, locate and report on the works necessary for the reclamation of the lands of the district, and…
   • § 50951 A district may obtain such professional and other services as is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the district and may employ such assistance as the…
   • § 50952 A district may employ an expert in agriculture and related matters and such assistants as may be deemed necessary to do any of the following: (a) Supervise the…
   • § 50953 A district issuing warrants or levying or collecting assessments may employ a clerk who, under the direction of the county treasurer, shall attend to matters…
   • § 50954 The clerk shall receive for his or her services a yearly sum equal to one and one-half cents ($0.015) per acre based on the net acreage of the district as…
   • § 50955 Each claim for clerk hire must be approved by the county treasurer.
   • § 50956 The board, upon presentation of a proper claim, shall draw semiannually a warrant on the district funds for such clerk hire.
   • § 50957 If the board neglects or refuses to draw a warrant based upon a proper claim for clerk hire, 10 percent of the amount of the claim shall be added thereto, and…
   • § 50958 No county officer shall charge or receive any fee for services which he is required to perform in relation to the registration and payment of warrants or the…
   • § 50959 No member of any board of supervisors, or clerk of such board, shall receive compensation, other than his regular salary, for services performed pursuant to…
6. CHAPTER 6. Co-operation With the United States §§ 50970–50979 · 10 sections

   • § 50970 A district may co-operate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or…
   • § 50971 The co-operation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of…
   • § 50972 A district may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made.
   • § 50973 A proposal to enter into a contract with the United States under terms of this chapter shall be authorized at an election. The board, by order entered upon its…
   • § 50974 Proceedings at the election shall be had insofar as applicable in the manner provided in the case of elections provided for in Chapter 3 (commencing at Section…
   • § 50975 Notice of the election shall specify: (a) The time and place of election. (b) The purpose of the election. (c) A brief statement of the general purpose of the…
   • § 50976 The ballots at the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of election and the…
   • § 50977 The board may execute the contract on behalf of the district if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the contract.
   • § 50978 Without limiting the generality of Section 50971, when a contract has been executed with the United States under this chapter, the board may, by resolution,…
   • § 50979 An action to determine the validity of any contract may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of…