CHAPTER 1. Powers Generally

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 156.

§§ 71590–71601 · 12 sections

• § 71590 A district may exercise the powers which are expressly granted by this division or are necessarily implied.
• § 71591 A district may: (a) Have perpetual succession. (b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
• § 71592 A district may make contracts, employ labor, and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its powers.
• § 71593 A district may provide by ordinance for the pensioning of officers or employees, for the terms and conditions under which such pensions shall be awarded, and…
• § 71594 A district may, in the ordinance providing for the pensioning of officers and employees, create a special fund for the purpose of paying such pensions and…
• § 71595 A district may contract with any insurance corporation, the State Employees’ Retirement System, or any other insurance carrier for the maintenance of a service…
• § 71596 A district may disseminate information concerning the rights, properties, and activities of the district. Such power shall not be construed as an exception to…
• § 71597 A district may by resolution of a four-fifths majority of its directors obtain membership in associations having for their purpose the furtherance of subjects…
• § 71598 A district may, by resolution of the board of directors spread on its minutes, change the name of the district. Certified copies of the resolution changing the…
• § 71599 If, on or after the effective date of this section, substantially all of a district water system is acquired by another public agency by any method other than…
• § 71600 Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of any local ordinance or regulation adopted pursuant to this division shall be punished upon a first…
• § 71601 (a) In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, including an ordinance fixing charges for the furnishing of commodities or services,…