ARTICLE 4. Lease and Sale of Property

Article 4 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.

§§ 8655–8679 · 25 sections

§ 8655 The board may determine that any land acquired by the drainage district and deeded to the State for any right of way for river improvement work or flood…
§ 8656 The Department of General Services upon request of the board may sell the excess land at a purchase price determined upon by the board.
§ 8657 The Department of General Services when authorized by the board may execute and deliver in the name and on behalf of the state, a conveyance of such land to…
§ 8658 The purchase price when paid to the State Treasurer shall be credited to such fund as the board directs.
§ 8659 All or any part of any land, right-of-way or easement required for any work of channel excavation, enlargement, rectification or control or for any site for…
§ 8660 The Department of General Services may execute and deliver pursuant to the next preceding section a conveyance in the name and on behalf of the state upon…
§ 8661 The purchase price, when paid to the State Treasurer, shall be credited back to the appropriation out of which the cost of acquiring the land, right of way,…
§ 8662 Any lease of property of the drainage district for the production of oil, gas or other hydrocarbons may be made upon such consideration or for such royalties…
§ 8663 The board, before ordering the lease of any property pursuant to the next preceding section, shall, in a regular open meeting, adopt a resolution declaring…
§ 8664 The resolution shall: (a) Describe the property proposed to be leased in such manner as to identify it. (b) Specify the minimum rental or royalty. (c) Specify…
§ 8665 The meeting shall be held at the board’s regular place of meeting, at which meeting sealed proposals to lease the property will be received and considered.
§ 8666 Notice of the adoption of the resolution and of the time and place for holding the meeting shall be given by publishing a notice containing the resolution not…
§ 8667 At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting of the board, all sealed proposals which have been received shall, in public session, be opened,…
§ 8668 Upon a call for oral bidding, at the session, any person may offer to lease the property upon the terms and conditions specified in the resolution for a rental…
§ 8669 The highest of any of the oral bids made by a responsible person shall be finally accepted.
§ 8670 The board may make a final acceptance either at the same session or at any adjourned session of the same meeting held within the 10 days next following.
§ 8671 The board may, at such session, if it deems the action to be for the best public interest, reject any and all bids either written or oral, and withdraw the…
§ 8672 The resolution of acceptance of any bid shall provide for the proper execution of a lease upon behalf of the drainage district, and delivery of the lease upon…
§ 8673 The board, in lieu of leasing property as provided in this article, if it deems such action to be for the best public interest, may lease lands for the…
§ 8674 No joint lease shall be entered into until after adoption of a resolution and publication of notice as provided in this article and after a public meeting of…
§ 8675 A joint lease shall provide for the payment of a minimum royalty to the drainage district of not less than 15 per cent of the value of the oil, gas or other…
§ 8676 Whenever the board has acquired or shall in the future acquire title in fee to any land in the name and in behalf of the district and whenever, in the judgment…
§ 8677 All oil, gas, oil shale, coal, phosphate, sodium, gold, silver, and all other mineral deposits in the land are reserved to the State and shall be reserved from…
§ 8678 Every lease, rental, letting or license to use real property owned in fee by the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, which is executed by the board…
§ 8679 Revenues, rents, and proceeds from sale of crops from lands under control of the board shall be paid into the State Treasury as follows: (a) To the current…