California Code
DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS
PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 1 - Formation

ARTICLE 1 - Petition and Hearing

Section 6210. - 6210. A district may be organized pursuant to this part....

Section 6211. - 6211. The formation of a district is initiated by a...

Section 6212. - 6212. The petition shall state the name of the proposed...

Section 6213. - 6213. Upon presentation, the petition shall be filed with the...

Section 6214. - 6214. A notice of the time and place of the...

Section 6215. - 6215. At the hearing of the petition, the board of...

Section 6215.5. - 6215.5. If the board of supervisors finds that protests have...

Section 6216. - 6216. The board of supervisors may make such changes in...

Section 6217. - 6217. The boundaries of any district shall be fixed by...

Section 6218. - 6218. At the time of making its order fixing the...

ARTICLE 2 - Election on Formation

Section 6230. - 6230. An election shall be held within 130 days of...

Section 6231. - 6231. The board of supervisors shall canvass the results of...

Section 6232. - 6232. A certified copy of the certificate filed with the...

Section 6233. - 6233. Any informality in procedure or in the conduct of...

CHAPTER 2 - Board of Port Commissioners

ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions

Section 6240. - 6240. The district shall be governed by a board of...

Section 6240.3. - 6240.3. (a) The Stockton Port District shall be governed by...

Section 6240.5. - 6240.5. The Santa Cruz Port District shall be governed by...

Section 6241. - 6241. These appointments shall be made within thirty days after...

Section 6241.1. - 6241.1. Port districts in Ventura County shall be governed by...

Section 6242. - 6242. A vacancy on the board shall be filled by...

Section 6243. - 6243. Each commissioner shall, within ten days after his appointment...

Section 6244. - 6244. A person shall not be appointed a member of...

Section 6245. - 6245. The term of office of each commissioner is four...

Section 6246. - 6246. The chairman is the presiding officer of the board...

Section 6247. - 6247. The first meeting of the board shall be held...

Section 6248. - 6248. The board shall select one of its members vice...

Section 6249. - 6249. The board may prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to...

Section 6250. - 6250. A corporation may be selected as treasurer or the...

Section 6251. - 6251. The commissioners shall serve without salary or compensation. (Enacted...

Section 6252. - 6252. The auditor of the district shall hold office during...

Section 6253. - 6253. The mayor of the city within the district, or...

Section 6254. - 6254. The fiscal year of any district shall begin on...

Section 6255. - 6255. The board shall annually file a report of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board

Section 6270. - 6270. The powers of a district established pursuant to this...

Section 6271. - 6271. A grant of a franchise or lease of property...

Section 6272. - 6272. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter...

Section 6273. - 6273. The district may itself, without letting contracts therefor, do...

Section 6275. - 6275. An officer of the district, and any of its...

Section 6276. - 6276. (a) In lieu of the benefits afforded pursuant to...

CHAPTER 3 - District Powers

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 6290. - 6290. A district created under this part is a public...

Section 6291. - 6291. It has perpetual succession. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch....

Section 6292. - 6292. It may sue and be sued. (Enacted by Stats....

Section 6293. - 6293. It may adopt a seal. (Enacted by Stats. 1937,...

Section 6294. - 6294. It may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or...

Section 6295. - 6295. A district may acquire, purchase, takeover, construct, maintain, operate,...

Section 6296. - 6296. It may exercise the right of eminent domain to...

Section 6297. - 6297. It may incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other...

Section 6298. - 6298. It may levy and collect or cause to be...

Section 6299. - 6299. It has exclusive jurisdiction over, and it may provide...

Section 6300. - 6300. It may contribute money to the Federal or the...

Section 6301. - 6301. A district may do any work or make any...

Section 6302. - 6302. A district may enact necessary police regulations providing for...

Section 6302.5. - 6302.5. (a) This section is applicable only within the Santa...

Section 6303. - 6303. A district may provide for the opening and laying...

Section 6304. - 6304. A district may regulate and control the construction, maintenance,...

Section 6304.1. - 6304.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any port district...

Section 6305. - 6305. It may fix, regulate and collect the rates or...

Section 6306. - 6306. It may lay out, plan and establish the general...

Section 6307. - 6307. It may perform the functions of warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers,...

Section 6308. - 6308. It may manage the business of the district and...

Section 6309. - 6309. Except as otherwise provided in Section 660, the board...

Section 6309.2. - 6309.2. Before any ordinance may be adopted, the ordinance shall...

Section 6309.4. - 6309.4. Every person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 6309.6. - 6309.6. The district’s manager, harbormaster or wharfinger, or any duly...

Section 6310. - 6310. Notwithstanding the enumeration and specific statement herein of particular...

Section 6311. - 6311. Upon a four-fifths vote of all the members of...

CHAPTER 4 - Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - District Bonds

Section 6330. - 6330. A district may create a bonded debt pursuant to...

Section 6331. - 6331. Bonds issued by any district pursuant to this part...

ARTICLE 2 - Revenue Bonds

Section 6340. - 6340. Pursuant to this article a district may create a...

Section 6341. - 6341. The issuance of said bonds shall be authorized by...

Section 6342. - 6342. The secretary shall publish said ordinance once in a...

Section 6343. - 6343. Said ordinance shall specify the total amount, denomination, method...

Section 6344. - 6344. The proceeds of said bonds shall be placed in...

Section 6345. - 6345. The lien of said bonds of the same issue...

Section 6346. - 6346. Proceedings for the issuance of said bonds shall be...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds

Section 6350. - 6350. Pursuant to this article, the Stockton Port District may...

Section 6350.1. - 6350.1. This bonded indebtedness may be created solely for the...

Section 6350.2. - 6350.2. All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 6350.3. - 6350.3. The bonds shall be payable within 30 years from...

Section 6350.4. - 6350.4. The bonds may be issued in such denominations as...

Section 6350.5. - 6350.5. If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on...

Section 6350.6. - 6350.6. The form of the bonds shall be prescribed by...

Section 6350.7. - 6350.7. The income and revenue derived or to be realized...

Section 6350.8. - 6350.8. The special fund shall be applied, secondly, to the...

Section 6350.9. - 6350.9. Any additional revenues over and above the amounts required...

Section 6351. - 6351. Surplus revenues in the operation fund may be deposited...

Section 6351.5. - 6351.5. The board, in and by the ordinance authorizing the...

Section 6352. - 6352. Whenever the revenues of the district are, or in...

Section 6353. - 6353. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that because of...

ARTICLE 3 - County and Municipal Bonds

Section 6355. - 6355. Whenever, upon the creation of a district any municipality...

CHAPTER 5 - Finances and Taxation

ARTICLE 1 - Levy, Assessment and Collection of Taxes

Section 6360. - 6360. On or before June first of each year, the...

Section 6361. - 6361. Annually, on or before the date set for the...

Section 6362. - 6362. The tax shall in no event exceed the rate...

Section 6363. - 6363. From the time of the organization of any district...

Section 6364. - 6364. A district may impose a special tax pursuant to...

Section 6365. - 6365. (a) The district may, in any year, levy assessments,...

ARTICLE 2 - Claims and Demands

Section 6370. - 6370. All claims for money or damages against the district...

Section 6371. - 6371. If there is not sufficient money in any fund...

Section 6372. - 6372. Wages and salaries shall be paid at such intervals...