CHAPTER 3. Other Functions [71660. - 71689.27.]

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.

§§ 71660–71689.27 · 47 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Recreation and Electrical Power §§ 71660–71664 · 6 sections

   • § 71660 A district may construct, maintain, improve, and operate public recreational facilities appurtenant to facilities operated or contracted to be operated by the…
   • § 71661 In addition to the activities authorized by Section 71660, the Big Bear Municipal Water District may construct, maintain, improve, and operate public…
   • § 71662 A district may utilize any part of its water, and any part of its works, facilities, improvements, and property used for the development, storage, and…
   • § 71663 A district may (a) pursuant to contract, provide, sell, and deliver hydroelectric power to the United States of America or any board, department or agency…
   • § 71663.5 (a) A district may provide, generate, and deliver electric power, and may construct, operate, and maintain any and all works, facilities, improvements, and…
   • § 71664 The Marin Municipal Water District may construct, maintain, and operate one or more plants for the generation of power from wind or solar radiation, and the…
2. ARTICLE 2. Sewage, Waste, and Storm Water Disposal §§ 71670–71674 · 5 sections

   • § 71670 A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage, waste, and storm water of the district and its…
   • § 71670.5 A district may supply sewage and waste services to property not subject to district taxes at special rates, terms and conditions as are determined by the board…
   • § 71671 The revenues from the rates and charges for services and facilities furnished pursuant to this article may be used for the following purposes: (a) To pay the…
   • § 71672 The district may provide that the rates and charges for services and facilities furnished pursuant to this article may be collected with the water rates of the…
   • § 71674 A district may fix, levy and collect a sewage and waste water service standby or availability charge in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions…
3. ARTICLE 3. Fire Protection § 71680 · 1 section

   • § 71680 (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…
4. ARTICLE 4. Water Replenishment Assessment §§ 71682–71689.9 · 27 sections

   • § 71682 The provisions of this article apply only to districts in which the producers of a majority of the production of ground water within the boundaries of the…
   • § 71682.1 For the purpose of replenishing the ground water supplies within such district and to provide such makeup water, a district may cause assessments to be levied…
   • § 71683 As used in this article: “Include,” except when used in relation to the inclusion of land into a district, does not necessarily exclude matters not enumerated.…
   • § 71684 Proceeds raised by the water replenishment assessments hereunder may only be used for the purchase of water for replenishment of the ground waters of the…
   • § 71685 Not later than the second Tuesday in February each year the board shall order an engineering survey and report to be made regarding the ground water supplies…
   • § 71686 On or before the second Tuesday in March of each year, and provided the survey and report called for by Section 71685 has been made, the board, by resolution,…
   • § 71686.1 If the board, by resolution, determines that the funds needed to purchase replenishment or makeup water shall be raised by the levy of a replenishment…
   • § 71686.2 The hearing shall be held before the board and a quorum shall be present. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the president or presiding officer…
   • § 71686.3 The board may appoint a qualified registered engineer familiar with water problems as a hearing officer to conduct the hearing.
   • § 71686.4 All evidence relevant to the engineering survey and report and the board’s determination that such a replenishment assessment shall be levied may be introduced.
   • § 71687 Upon completing the hearing, but no later than the second Tuesday in May, the board shall, by resolution, find: (a) The annual overdraft for the preceding…
   • § 71687.1 Based on such findings the board shall, by resolution, determine what portion, if any, of the estimated cost of purchasing water for replenishment and makeup…
   • § 71687.2 If the board determines that a replenishment assessment should be levied upon the production of ground water from ground water supplies within the district…
   • § 71688 The district, after the levying of the replenishment assessment, shall give notice thereof to the operators of all water-producing facilities in the district…
   • § 71688.1 The operator of each water-producing facility within the district, on or before the last day of the month immediately following the respective quarterly…
   • § 71688.2 Any replenishment assessment levied pursuant to this article shall be due and payable to the district by each producer in quarterly installments on the last…
   • § 71688.3 The board shall authorize, and the district shall make, refunds in whole or in part of replenishment assessments theretofore paid, to any producer who has…
   • § 71689 If any producer shall knowingly fail to pay a replenishment assessment within 30 days of when due, such producer shall become liable to the district for…
   • § 71689.1 Should any operator of a water-producing facility knowingly fail to register his water-producing facility or knowingly fail to file the ground water production…
   • § 71689.2 The board, at the time of fixing the replenishment assessment rate, may provide by resolution that any producer operating a water-producing facility having a…
   • § 71689.3 (a) The superior court of the principal county may issue a temporary restraining order upon the filing by the district with the court of a verified petition or…
   • § 71689.4 If the board shall have probable cause to believe that the production of ground water from any water-producing facility is in excess of that disclosed by the…
   • § 71689.5 The district may bring a suit in the court having jurisdiction against any producer of ground water from the ground water supplies within the district for the…
   • § 71689.6 It shall be unlawful to produce groundwater from any water-producing facility within any district from and after one year following the adoption of the…
   • § 71689.7 Following a final adjudication of all or substantially all of the rights to extract ground water and a determination of the natural safe yield of the ground…
   • § 71689.8 To the extent that the replenishment assessment after adjudication hereunder shifts from all producers to those who extract water in excess of their respective…
   • § 71689.9 To the extent that ground water supplies are replenished under this article no person shall acquire any property or other right in the waters provided by the…
5. ARTICLE 5. Sanitation Service §§ 71689.20–71689.27 · 8 sections

   • § 71689.20 A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for, or may contract with others for, the collection and disposal of the garbage, waste, and trash of…
   • § 71689.21 The district may prescribe, revise, and collect rates or other charges for the services furnished pursuant to this article.
   • § 71689.22 The district may provide that such rates or charges may be collected with the water or sewer rates, or both, of the district and that all rates shall be billed…
   • § 71689.23 The district may determine whether sanitary service is necessary or feasible for all residents or properties within the district and shall thereupon make a…
   • § 71689.24 The district shall determine the types of wastes to be excluded from service.
   • § 71689.25 Any contract with other parties for the supplying of this service for the district shall be granted by public bid for such periods as the district determines…
   • § 71689.26 A district may adopt ordinances relating to the provision of sanitation services and the regulation of such services. Every such ordinance shall be in full…
   • § 71689.27 From and after the posting or publication of any ordinance as provided in Section 71689.26, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any ordinance…