PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [74500. - 74652.]

Part 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.

§§ 74500–74652 · 54 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Powers and Duties Generally §§ 74500–74511 · 12 sections

   • § 74500 A district may: (a) Have perpetual succession. (b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
   • § 74501 A district may make contracts and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its powers.
   • § 74502 A district may appoint and employ such engineer or engineers and such attorney or attorneys as the board deems necessary or advisable to accomplish the…
   • § 74503 A district may employ and hire such men, teams, tools, implements, machinery, and equipment as the board deems expedient or advisable to perform the work which…
   • § 74504 A district shall cause such work to be done and shall acquire such property as the board deems necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of the…
   • § 74505 A district shall provide for the payment, from the proper fund, of all the debts and just claims against the district.
   • § 74506 A district may disseminate information concerning the rights, properties, activities, plans, and proposals of the district; provided, however, that…
   • § 74507 A district may vote bonds, cause assessments to be levied, cause elections to be held for the voting of bonds, or on the question of special assessments. If…
   • § 74508 A district may levy and collect a ground water charge for the production of water from the ground water supplies within the district or within a zone or zones…
   • § 74509 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may, by resolution of the board of the district, change the name of the district. Such changed name…
   • § 74510 A district may construct, operate, and maintain one or more plants, which plants are constructed after the effective date of this section, for the generation…
   • § 74511 The hydroelectric plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 74510 may be leased for operation to, or the power generated may be…
2. CHAPTER 2. Water §§ 74520–74527 · 8 sections

   • § 74520 A district may make surveys and investigations of the water supply and resources of the district.
   • § 74521 A district may appropriate, acquire, and conserve water and water rights for any useful purpose.
   • § 74522 A district may conserve, store, spread, and sink water and for such purposes may acquire or construct dams, damsites, reservoirs and reservoir sites, canals,…
   • § 74523 A district may maintain, operate, and repair any of the works described in Section 74522.
   • § 74524 A district may provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such works, facilities, or operations within or without the district boundaries as…
   • § 74525 A district may drill, construct, install, and operate wells, pumps, pipelines, conduits, valves, gates, meters, and other appurtenances to such wells,…
   • § 74526 A district may sell, deliver, distribute, or otherwise dispose of any water that may be stored or appropriated, owned, or controlled by the district.
   • § 74527 A district may fix the rates at which water may be sold by the district. The rates shall be uniform for like classes of service throughout the district.
3. CHAPTER 3. Recreational Facilities §§ 74540–74541 · 2 sections

   • § 74540 A district may acquire, construct, maintain, and operate recreational facilities in connection with any dams, reservoirs, or other works owned or controlled by…
   • § 74541 A district may fix and assess reasonable charges for the use of the recreational facilities by members of the public, and may deposit any funds collected…
4. CHAPTER 4. Property §§ 74550–74554 · 5 sections

   • § 74550 A district, for the full exercise of its powers and the accomplishment of the purposes of this division, may within or without the district: (a) Take real and…
   • § 74551 The legal title to all property acquired by a district shall immediately and by operation of law vest in such district, and shall be held in trust for and set…
   • § 74552 A district may take conveyances or other assurances for all property acquired by it.
   • § 74553 A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to be used for dams, damsites, reservoirs, reservoir sites, canals, ditches…
   • § 74554 The right of eminent domain shall not extend to any property used for, or dedicated to, cemetery purposes.
5. CHAPTER 5. Contracts With Other Agencies §§ 74570–74630 · 18 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. In General §§ 74570–74572 · 4 sections

      • § 74570 A district may cooperate and contract with one or more other districts or public corporations or agencies, whenever, in the opinion of the board, such…
      • § 74570.5 A district may contract with any state agency to finance any district improvement authorized by this division that is related to the provision of water for…
      • § 74571 In furtherance of such cooperation a district may: (a) Join with another district or districts organized under the laws of this state in the acquisition,…
      • § 74572 If the district is annexed to a cooperating district, all bonds of the annexed district authorized for payment of its agreed share of the cost and expense of…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Contracts for Supply of Water and Construction of Works §§ 74590–74593 · 4 sections

      • § 74590 A district may contract with any city, city and county, county, or district organized under the laws of this state for a water supply.
      • § 74591 A district may enter into contracts with municipalities, water districts of any type or kind, counties, cities and counties, the State of California, or the…
      • § 74592 A district may enter into contracts with municipalities, water districts of any type or kind, counties, cities and counties, the State of California, or the…
      • § 74593 A district, whenever the board deems it to be to the advantage of the district so to do, may: (a) Enter into contracts with municipalities, sanitary districts…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Cooperation With the United States §§ 74610–74618 · 9 sections

      • § 74610 A district may cooperate and contract with the United States either under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or…
      • § 74611 The cooperation or contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Acquisition or construction of works authorized by this division. (b) A water…
      • § 74612 A district may carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made.
      • § 74613 As used in this article, “United States” includes the United States, and any board, bureau, agency, office or officers, department, or corporation of the…
      • § 74614 The board shall generally perform all acts necessary to exercise the authority conferred by this article, except that if the issuance of bonds of the district…
      • § 74615 When, in furtherance of a contract made with the United States, bonds of a district are authorized, such bonds may be transferred to or deposited with the…
      • § 74616 The board may accept, on behalf of the district, appointment of the district as fiscal agent of the United States, or authorization of the district by the…
      • § 74617 A contract entered into between a district and the United States may provide that the district shall not be dissolved, nor shall the boundaries be changed…
      • § 74618 As whole or partial consideration for any privileges obtained by a district under any contract with the United States, any rights-of-way or rights to water or…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Approval of Contracts by Voters § 74630 · 1 section

      • § 74630 If a district undertakes to execute a contract pursuant to this chapter, no part of the annual payments for the obligations assumed therein, as principal or…
6. CHAPTER 6. Controversies §§ 74640–74645 · 6 sections

   • § 74640 A district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided in this division or by law, in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of…
   • § 74641 A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, and compromise, in the name of the district, and assume the costs of, any action or proceeding involving or…
   • § 74642 A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, and compromise actions and proceedings to prevent interference with or diminution of the natural flow…
   • § 74643 A district may institute and maintain any and all actions, proceedings, and suits at law or in equity necessary or proper to fully carry out the provisions of…
   • § 74644 In all courts, actions, suits, or proceedings, the board may sue, appear, and defend in the name of the district in person or by attorneys.
   • § 74645 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
7. CHAPTER 7. Adoption of Ordinances §§ 74650–74652 · 3 sections

   • § 74650 (a) A district may act by ordinance in exercising its powers under this division over lands, structures, and facilities in which the district has a real…
   • § 74651 An ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon adoption, but shall be published once in full in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published,…
   • § 74652 It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any district ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 74650 from and after the publication or posting of the…