California Code
Public Utilities Code - PUC
DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 11501. - 11501. This division may be cited as the “Municipal Utility...

Section 11502. - 11502. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 11503. - 11503. “District” means a municipal utility district formed under this...

Section 11504. - 11504. “Public agency” includes a city, county water district, county...

Section 11505. - 11505. “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the...

Section 11506. - 11506. “Sewage disposal” means the acquisition, construction, enlargement, operation, and...

Section 11507. - 11507. “Percent of the total vote cast,” when used with...

Section 11508. - 11508. “Solid Waste Resource Recovery” means the acquisition, construction, enlargement,...

Section 11509. - 11509. “Electricity district” means a municipal utility district formed under...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 11531. - 11531. A municipal utility district may be created as provided...

Section 11532. - 11532. All persons who, at the time this division goes...

Section 11533. - 11533. Except as otherwise provided in this division elections shall...

Section 11534. - 11534. Except as otherwise provided in this division all ordinances,...

Section 11535. - 11535. Whenever in this division publication in a newspaper of...

Section 11536. - 11536. Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 11561. - 11561. Any public agency together with unincorporated territory, or two...

Section 11562. - 11562. A request for the formation of a district may...

ARTICLE 2 - Request by Resolution

Section 11581. - 11581. Legislative bodies of half or more of the public...

Section 11582. - 11582. The resolutions may state the kind of utility proposed...

Section 11583. - 11583. Certified copies of the resolutions shall be presented to...

ARTICLE 3 - Request by Petition

Section 11611. - 11611. Instead of resolutions, a petition may be presented to...

Section 11612. - 11612. The petition shall contain substantially the same declarations and...

Section 11613. - 11613. The petition may be on separate papers, but each...

Section 11614. - 11614. The clerk of the board of supervisors of the...

ARTICLE 4 - Election

Section 11641. - 11641. Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolutions or...

Section 11642. - 11642. Before calling the election the board of supervisors shall...

Section 11643. - 11643. Upon establishing the wards, the board of supervisors shall...

Section 11643.1. - 11643.1. Within five days after the district formation election has...

Section 11643.2. - 11643.2. The board of supervisors or any member or members...

Section 11643.3. - 11643.3. If more than one argument for or more than...

Section 11643.4. - 11643.4. The officials in charge of conducting the election shall...

Section 11644. - 11644. The notice shall state the name of the proposed...

Section 11645. - 11645. The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions...

Section 11646. - 11646. The ballots shall also contain the names of the...

Section 11647. - 11647. Any person may be nominated for the office of...

Section 11648. - 11648. Candidates for the office of director shall be voted...

Section 11649. - 11649. No person shall be entitled to vote at the...

Section 11650. - 11650. The election may be held on the same day...

Section 11651. - 11651. The board of supervisors which called the election shall...

Section 11652. - 11652. (a) The board of supervisors shall canvass, separately, the...

Section 11653. - 11653. No person may serve as a director unless he...

Section 11654. - 11654. The board of supervisors shall also canvass the returns...

Section 11655. - 11655. The board of supervisors calling the election shall make...

Section 11656. - 11656. If a special election is held exclusively on the...

ARTICLE 5 - Establishment of the District

Section 11681. - 11681. The board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy...

ARTICLE 6 - Contest of Incorporation

Section 11701. - 11701. No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct...

CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Government

Section 11801. - 11801. The government of every district is vested in a...

ARTICLE 2 - Election of Directors

Section 11821. - 11821. The first directors are elected at the formation election...

Section 11822. - 11822. Notice of election shall be published and no other...

Section 11823. - 11823. The board shall by resolution or ordinance fix the...

Section 11824. - 11824. The notice of election shall refer to the wards...

Section 11825. - 11825. Not more than 113 days prior to the election,...

Section 11827. - 11827. Nomination papers may be circulated throughout the district. (Enacted...

Section 11828. - 11828. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the...

Section 11829. - 11829. The board shall in the notice, ordinance, or resolution...

Section 11830. - 11830. Candidates for the office of director shall be voted...

Section 11831. - 11831. Upon receipt of the returns of the canvass by...

Section 11832. - 11832. The secretary of the district shall issue certificates of...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Directors

Section 11850. - 11850. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in...

Section 11851. - 11851. In any district in which the number of directors...

Section 11852. - 11852. The two additional directors provided for by this article...

Section 11852.5. - 11852.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if, in...

Section 11853. - 11853. The two additional directors elected pursuant to this article...

Section 11854. - 11854. The term of office of the additional directors elected...

Section 11855. - 11855. Nothing in this article shall effect the term of...

ARTICLE 2.7 - Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Section 11857. - 11857. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in the...

Section 11857.1. - 11857.1. To effectuate the increase as provided in Section 11857,...

Section 11857.2. - 11857.2. The two additional directors provided for by this article...

Section 11857.3. - 11857.3. The two additional directors elected pursuant to this article...

Section 11857.4. - 11857.4. The term of office of the additional directors elected...

Section 11857.5. - 11857.5. Nothing in this article shall affect the term of...

ARTICLE 3 - Terms of Office of Directors

Section 11861. - 11861. The directors elected at the formation election shall hold...

Section 11862. - 11862. Of the directors elected at the first election following...

Section 11863. - 11863. Directors elected at the formation election shall enter upon...

Section 11865. - 11865. Vacancies on the board shall be filled as provided...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors

Section 11881. - 11881. The oath of office of directors shall be taken,...

Section 11882. - 11882. The board shall choose one of its members president,...

Section 11883. - 11883. The board is the legislative body of the district...

Section 11884. - 11884. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration...

Section 11885. - 11885. The board shall supervise and regulate every utility owned...

Section 11886. - 11886. The board shall by resolution determine and create such...

Section 11886.1. - 11886.1. The board of a district which has owned and...

Section 11887. - 11887. The board of any district having 600 or more...

Section 11887.1. - 11887.1. The board of a district which has owned and...

Section 11887.2. - 11887.2. The board of a district which has owned and...

Section 11888. - 11888. The board may from time to time contract for...

Section 11889. - 11889. The board shall employ an expert who shall examine...

Section 11890. - 11890. The salaries or wages of all officers and employees...

Section 11891. - 11891. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms...

Section 11891.5. - 11891.5. The board of any district which has owned and...

Section 11891.6. - 11891.6. The board of a district which has owned and...

Section 11892. - 11892. To facilitate the business of the district, the board...

Section 11892.1. - 11892.1. Notwithstanding Section 11892, the board of a district which...

Section 11893. - 11893. If a legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the...

Section 11894. - 11894. The board may provide by resolution, if necessary to...

Section 11895. - 11895. A district may, by resolution adopted by a majority...

ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation

Section 11907. - 11907. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for...

Section 11908. - 11908. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and...

Section 11908.1. - 11908.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11908, a district with a board...

Section 11908.2. - 11908.2. Notwithstanding Section 11908, the board of a district which...

Section 11909. - 11909. The acts of the board shall be expressed by...

Section 11910. - 11910. (a) No ordinance shall be passed by the board...

Section 11911. - 11911. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as...

Section 11912. - 11912. All ordinances shall be signed by the president of...

ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers

Section 11926. - 11926. The board shall appoint and fix the salary of...

Section 11927. - 11927. All other things being equal, the board shall appoint...

Section 11928. - 11928. The general manager need not be a resident of...

Section 11929. - 11929. The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite...

Section 11930. - 11930. Notwithstanding this article, until such time as the district...

Section 11931. - 11931. The board may appoint an accountant, a secretary, a...

Section 11932. - 11932. The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in...

Section 11933. - 11933. The board may also provide for assistants to any...

Section 11934. - 11934. The board may consolidate any of the district offices...

Section 11935. - 11935. The oath of office of all appointive officers of...

Section 11936. - 11936. Each appointive officer shall give such bond and in...

Section 11937. - 11937. The powers of the general manager are: (a) To...

Section 11938. - 11938. The general manager shall within 90 days from the...

Section 11939. - 11939. The attorney shall take charge of all suits and...

Section 11940. - 11940. The accountant shall install and maintain a system of...

Section 11941. - 11941. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds...

Section 11942. - 11942. With the consent of the board, the treasurer may:...

ARTICLE 7 - Initiative and Referendum

Section 11950. - 11950. The initiative and referendum provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing...

CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment

Section 12051. - 12051. The general manager shall adopt a civil service system...

Section 12052. - 12052. The general manager shall adopt rules and regulations to...

Section 12053. - 12053. The rules and regulations or any proposed amendments thereto...

Section 12054. - 12054. The civil service provisions of this chapter do not...

Section 12055. - 12055. The “district civil service” includes every employee of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Appointments

Section 12101. - 12101. All appointments under the civil service system shall be...

Section 12102. - 12102. (a) When no list of eligibles is available for...

Section 12102.1. - 12102.1. When no list of eligibles is available for a...

Section 12103. - 12103. The general manager may make appointments to higher positions...

Section 12104. - 12104. Every appointee to a permanent position shall be on...

ARTICLE 3 - Blanketing-In

Section 12131. - 12131. The incumbents of permanent positions who have held such...

Section 12132. - 12132. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly...

Section 12133. - 12133. If a civil service system is adopted for a...

Section 12134. - 12134. Whenever a district acquires existing facilities from a public...

ARTICLE 4 - Discipline

Section 12161. - 12161. No person employed under civil service provisions of this...

Section 12162. - 12162. Removal or discharge may be made for any of...

Section 12163. - 12163. The department or division head may for disciplinary purposes...

Section 12164. - 12164. Within five days after the mailing of written notice...

Section 12165. - 12165. When such request is made the general manager shall...

Section 12166. - 12166. The committee shall examine into the case and make...

Section 12167. - 12167. Nothing in the civil service provisions of this division...

CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment

Section 12301. - 12301. The board may establish a retirement system for the...

Section 12302. - 12302. The district may maintain its own retirement fund or...

Section 12303. - 12303. Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure...

Section 12304. - 12304. The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and...

Section 12305. - 12305. A district may make all or part of its...

Section 12306. - 12306. The board may classify and determine the officers, whether...

Section 12307. - 12307. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a participant in...

ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions

Section 12331. - 12331. The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon...

Section 12332. - 12332. The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon...

Section 12333. - 12333. The board shall provide that both the district and...

Section 12334. - 12334. All members of the retirement system shall contribute in...

Section 12335. - 12335. Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits...

Section 12336. - 12336. If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior...

Section 12337. - 12337. All money received by any person as an annuity,...

Section 12337.5. - 12337.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12337, the retirement board...

Section 12338. - 12338. Nothing in this division shall prevent a district from...

ARTICLE 3 - Retirement Board

Section 12361. - 12361. The board shall create a retirement board of not...

Section 12362. - 12362. All members of the retirement board shall serve without...

Section 12363. - 12363. The retirement board shall determine the eligibility of officers,...

Section 12364. - 12364. If the district maintains its own retirement fund, the...

Section 12365.6. - 12365.6. In addition to such other investments that are authorized...

Section 12365.7. - 12365.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the...

Section 12365.8. - 12365.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the retirement...

Section 12366. - 12366. Notwithstanding Section 12364, the retirement board may contract with...

Section 12367. - 12367. The retirement board may authorize a trust company or...

Section 12368. - 12368. Funds held by a district pursuant to a written...

ARTICLE 4 - Investigation and Penalties

Section 12391. - 12391. At least once in each four-year period after the...

Section 12392. - 12392. Except as herein provided, no member of the board...

CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District

ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Power

Section 12701. - 12701. A district has perpetual succession and may adopt a...

Section 12702. - 12702. A district may sue and be sued, except as...

Section 12702.5. - 12702.5. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), any judicial...

Section 12703. - 12703. A district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

ARTICLE 2 - Contracts

Section 12721. - 12721. A district may make contracts and enter into stipulations...

Section 12722. - 12722. Neither the general manager nor any director of the...

Section 12723. - 12723. Whenever the board, by resolution passed by a majority...

ARTICLE 3 - Purchases

Section 12751. - 12751. (a) Except as specified in Section 12751.5, the purchase...

Section 12751.1. - 12751.1. Notwithstanding Section 12751, the board of a district which...

Section 12751.2. - 12751.2. Notwithstanding Section 12751, the board of a district which...

Section 12751.3. - 12751.3. (a) The purpose of this section is to provide...

Section 12752. - 12752. If after the bids have been rejected, the board...

Section 12753. - 12753. In case of any great emergency, the board may,...

ARTICLE 4 - Property

Section 12771. - 12771. A district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise,...

Section 12772. - 12772. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter...

Section 12773. - 12773. (a) For purposes of this section, “security” has the...

ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service

Section 12801. - 12801. A district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or...

Section 12801.5. - 12801.5. A district that provides broadband Internet access services shall...

Section 12802. - 12802. A district may accept, without limitation by any other...

Section 12803. - 12803. Except as provided in this division with reference to...

Section 12804. - 12804. Whenever there is a surplus of water, light, heat,...

Section 12805. - 12805. Whenever any of the facilities, works, or utilities of...

Section 12806. - 12806. The district and any public agencies included therein may...

Section 12807. - 12807. A district may sell or otherwise dispose of any...

Section 12808. - 12808. A district may construct works across or along any...

Section 12808.5. - 12808.5. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 53091 and 65402 of the Government...

Section 12809. - 12809. The rates and charges for commodities or service furnished...

Section 12810. - 12810. The board may provide that rates, tolls, and charges...

Section 12811. - 12811. The board may provide for the collection of fees,...

Section 12811.1. - 12811.1. (a) Except when prohibited by Section 12822.6, a district...

Section 12811.2. - 12811.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district...

Section 12812. - 12812. The board may apportion all or a portion of...

Section 12813. - 12813. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article, the...

Section 12814. - 12814. A district may add fluorine or fluorine compounds to...

Section 12815. - 12815. The board may call a special election at any...

Section 12815.1. - 12815.1. The board shall adopt an ordinance, in accordance with...

Section 12815.2. - 12815.2. Petitions which meet the requirements of this article shall...

Section 12815.3. - 12815.3. Before circulating the petition, its proponents shall publish a...

Section 12815.4. - 12815.4. The petition shall declare that the public interest or...

Section 12815.5. - 12815.5. Any registered voter who is a resident of the...

Section 12815.6. - 12815.6. The petition shall be filed by the proponents, or...

Section 12815.7. - 12815.7. If the petition contains more than 500 signatures, the...

Section 12815.8. - 12815.8. In determining valid signatures from voter registration records, the...

Section 12815.85. - 12815.85. The secretary shall attach to the petition, a certificate...

Section 12815.9. - 12815.9. If the petition is found insufficient, no action shall...

Section 12816. - 12816. (a) At least 90 days prior to the election...

Section 12817. - 12817. A district may, through contract or otherwise, construct, maintain,...

Section 12818. - 12818. (a) No publicly owned utility shall commence the distribution...

Section 12819. - 12819. (a) Every district furnishing light, heat, or power shall...

Section 12819.5. - 12819.5. Whenever a business transaction of a municipal utility district...

Section 12820. - 12820. (a) A district may employ a suitable security force....

Section 12821. - 12821. (a) Notwithstanding Section 117070 or 117120 of the Health...

Section 12821.5. - 12821.5. (a) Whenever residential light, heat, or power is furnished...

Section 12822. - 12822. (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant...

Section 12822.1. - 12822.1. (a) If a district furnishes residential light, heat, water,...

Section 12822.6. - 12822.6. (a) The decision of a district to require a...

Section 12823. - 12823. (a) No district furnishing its inhabitants with light, water,...

Section 12823.1. - 12823.1. (a) A district furnishing light, heat, water, or power...

Section 12824. - 12824. No electrical, gas, heat, or water municipal utility district...

Section 12825. - 12825. (a) A district furnishing light, heat, or power may...

Section 12826. - 12826. Every district shall comply with Section 8029.5. (Added by...

Section 12827. - 12827. The board of a district that has owned and...

ARTICLE 5a - Claims

Section 12830. - 12830. All claims for money or damages against the district...

ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness

Section 12841. - 12841. A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness, and...

Section 12842. - 12842. No district shall incur an indebtedness for public works...

Section 12843. - 12843. Indebtedness which has been incurred for the construction and...

Section 12844. - 12844. A district may accept, without limitation by any other...

ARTICLE 6a - Electric, Water, Communications, or Sewage Disposal System Improvements

Section 12850. - 12850. This article shall apply only to districts which have...

Section 12851. - 12851. A district may, from time to time, issue bonds...

Section 12852. - 12852. Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6...

Section 12853. - 12853. When bonds are issued under this article, the preliminary...

Section 12854. - 12854. Upon any such resolution taking effect subject to the...

Section 12855. - 12855. If no such referendary petition is presented within the...

Section 12856. - 12856. The board at any time may, and upon the...

Section 12857. - 12857. The authority herein contained shall be in addition to...

ARTICLE 6b - Bonds

Section 12860. - 12860. Bonds issued by a district, pursuant to Article 8...

ARTICLE 7 - Investments

Section 12871. - 12871. A district may invest any surplus money in its...

Section 12872. - 12872. Such investment may be made by direct purchase of...

Section 12873. - 12873. Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held...

Section 12874. - 12874. Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased...

Section 12875. - 12875. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district which...

ARTICLE 8 - Taxation

Section 12891. - 12891. A district may levy, and collect or cause to...

Section 12891.5. - 12891.5. A district may impose a special tax pursuant to...

Section 12892. - 12892. If, in the opinion of the board, the revenues...

Section 12893. - 12893. The board shall, at the time of fixing the...

Section 12894. - 12894. The taxes required to be levied and collected on...

Section 12895. - 12895. Nothing in this division prevents the issuance of revenue...

Section 12896. - 12896. The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and...

Section 12897. - 12897. The board may elect to avail itself of the...

Section 12898. - 12898. In such case the county auditor shall, on or...

Section 12899. - 12899. In case the board elects to avail itself of...

Section 12900. - 12900. The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of...

Section 12901. - 12901. The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at...

Section 12902. - 12902. Whenever any real property situate in any district which...

Section 12903. - 12903. The compensation to be charged by and paid to...

Section 12904. - 12904. All taxes levied under this division are a lien...

ARTICLE 9 - Improvement Act of 111

Section 12921. - 12921. The Improvement Act of 1911 may be used by...

Section 12922. - 12922. The powers and duties conferred by the Improvement Act...

ARTICLE 11 - Municipal Improvement Act of 1913

Section 13010. - 13010. The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 may be used...

ARTICLE 12 - Irrigation Standby or Immediate Availability Charge

Section 13021. - 13021. This article shall apply only to the ownership, operation,...

Section 13022. - 13022. (a) A district which acquires, constructs, owns, operates, controls,...

Section 13023. - 13023. (a) Any district levying a standby charge, which has...

Section 13024. - 13024. Any funds derived from the standby charges levied pursuant...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Electric System Improvements

ARTICLE 1 - Application

Section 13071. - 13071. This chapter is complete authority for the issuance of...

Section 13072. - 13072. Unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context, all of...

Section 13073. - 13073. This chapter shall apply only to districts which have...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 13081. - 13081. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this...

Section 13082. - 13082. “Bonds” includes the meaning of “notes, certificates and other...

Section 13083. - 13083. “Refund” includes the meaning of “extend” and “renew.” (Added...

Section 13084. - 13084. “Assented to by the voters” means that the proposition...

Section 13085. - 13085. “Payments on principal” means payments on account of the...

ARTICLE 3 - General Authorization

Section 13091. - 13091. A district may borrow money from time to time...

Section 13092. - 13092. A district may also refund from time to time,...

Section 13093. - 13093. Whenever a district exercises the power to borrow money...

Section 13094. - 13094. The limitations prescribed in Section 13093 shall not be...

Section 13095. - 13095. Any bond for the payment and discharge of which,...

Section 13096. - 13096. The board shall have power to determine all the...

ARTICLE 4 - Proceedings for Issuance

Section 13101. - 13101. Whenever a district proposes to exercise the power to...

Section 13103. - 13103. When bonds are issued under this chapter, the preliminary...

Section 13104. - 13104. Upon any such resolution taking effect subject to the...

Section 13105. - 13105. If no such referendary petition is presented within the...

Section 13106. - 13106. The provisions of any resolution constituting a part of...

Section 13107. - 13107. The board at any time may adopt a resolution...

ARTICLE 5 - Sources of Payment

Section 13111. - 13111. All bonds issued by a district pursuant to this...

Section 13112. - 13112. The provisions of this article shall not preclude any...

ARTICLE 6 - Reserve Funds

Section 13121. - 13121. In connection with the exercise of the power to...

Section 13122. - 13122. Money set aside and placed in any such reserve...

Section 13123. - 13123. Money in any such reserve fund shall be drawn...

Section 13124. - 13124. Money in any such special trust account shall be...

ARTICLE 7 - Obligation to Bondholders

Section 13131. - 13131. So long as any bonds of the district are...

Section 13132. - 13132. The board shall fix rates for service from the...

Section 13133. - 13133. Bonds issued under this chapter shall be issued without...

Section 13134. - 13134. The electric system of the district to which the...

Section 13135. - 13135. No indebtedness payable out of revenues shall be created...

Section 13136. - 13136. Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the...

ARTICLE 8 - Consents of Bondholders

Section 13141. - 13141. The board may provide in the resolution authorizing the...

Section 13142. - 13142. The board may provide in the resolution authorizing the...

ARTICLE 9 - Form and Content

Section 13151. - 13151. Without limiting in any way the generality of its...

Section 13151.1. - 13151.1. The board may provide for such bonds being in...

Section 13151.2. - 13151.2. The board may provide for such bonds being negotiable...

Section 13151.3. - 13151.3. The board may provide for such bonds and the...

Section 13151.4. - 13151.4. The board may provide for such bonds being payable...

Section 13151.5. - 13151.5. The board may provide for such bonds being redeemable,...

Section 13151.6. - 13151.6. The board may provide for the issuance by the...

Section 13151.7. - 13151.7. The board may provide for the appointment and payment...

Section 13151.8. - 13151.8. The board may provide for the appointment of the...

Section 13151.9. - 13151.9. The board may provide for the custody by the...

Section 13151.10. - 13151.10. The board may provide for the sale of any...

Section 13151.11. - 13151.11. The board may provide for the issuance of interim...

Section 13151.12. - 13151.12. The board may provide for any signatures to such...

Section 13151.13. - 13151.13. The board may provide for restrictions on the incurring...

Section 13151.14. - 13151.14. The board may provide for restrictions on future transfers...

Section 13151.15. - 13151.15. The board may provide for covenants with the holders...

Section 13151.16. - 13151.16. The board may provide for the issuance and distribution...

Section 13151.17. - 13151.17. The board may provide for the making of contracts,...

Section 13152. - 13152. Each issue of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter...

ARTICLE 10 - Validity

Section 13161. - 13161. Prior to the issue of any bonds to be...

Section 13162. - 13162. The board may also, by resolution, find and determine...

Section 13163. - 13163. The board, by resolution adopted in connection with any...

Section 13164. - 13164. From and after the issuance of any issue of...

Section 13165. - 13165. Bonds shall be deemed to be issued, within the...

Section 13166. - 13166. The validity of bonds reciting that they have been...

ARTICLE 11 - Proceeds

Section 13171. - 13171. All sums received as accrued interest on the sale...

Section 13172. - 13172. All sums received as principal and premiums on the...

Section 13173. - 13173. The board may from time to time establish and...

Section 13174. - 13174. Money set aside and placed in any such separate...

Section 13175. - 13175. Money in any such separate fund shall be drawn...

Section 13176. - 13176. If the board shall determine by resolution that the...

Section 13177. - 13177. If any excess of the principal sum of the...

ARTICLE 12 - Short Term Borrowing

Section 13181. - 13181. A district may also have the power to borrow...

Section 13182. - 13182. All notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued under...

Section 13183. - 13183. No amount shall be borrowed under the authority of...

Section 13184. - 13184. All of the provisions of this chapter not inconsistent...

ARTICLE 13 - Investments

Section 13191. - 13191. Pending use for the purposes for which any reserve...

Section 13192. - 13192. Any bonds or other securities so purchased shall constitute...

Section 13193. - 13193. Bonds issued under this chapter may be presented to...

CHAPTER 7 - Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - Issuance

Section 13201. - 13201. A district may from time to time incur a...

Section 13202. - 13202. Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of...

Section 13203. - 13203. In lieu of a resolution passed by the board,...

Section 13204. - 13204. Whenever any petition signed by voters within the district...

Section 13205. - 13205. If the required number of signatures is found to...

Section 13206. - 13206. Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the...

Section 13207. - 13207. The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix...

Section 13208. - 13208. Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object...

Section 13209. - 13209. All special bond elections held in even-numbered years shall...

Section 13210. - 13210. The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice...

Section 13211. - 13211. The votes of two-thirds of all the voters voting...

Section 13212. - 13212. If the proposition submitted at a special bond election...

ARTICLE 2 - Form and Content

Section 13241. - 13241. Bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter shall mature serially...

Section 13242. - 13242. The bonds shall be issued in such denomination or...

Section 13243. - 13243. The board may at any time prior to the...

Section 13244. - 13244. The bonds shall be signed by the president of...

ARTICLE 3 - Issue and Sale

Section 13261. - 13261. The bonds may be issued and sold for not...

Section 13262. - 13262. The proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in...

Section 13263. - 13263. In lieu of the immediate levy of a tax...

ARTICLE 4 - Refunding

Section 13281. - 13281. Whenever the board by resolution passed by a vote...

Section 13282. - 13282. The issuance of refunding bonds shall not be construed...

Section 13284. - 13284. Only the property in a special district is taxable...

Section 13285. - 13285. Except as provided in this article, matters pertaining to...

Section 13286. - 13286. The proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds shall...

Section 13287. - 13287. In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the...

Section 13288. - 13288. Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered...

ARTICLE 5 - Status as Investments

Section 13311. - 13311. All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district...

Section 13312. - 13312. All bonds of the district, to the same extent...

ARTICLE 6 - Validating Proceedings

Section 13341. - 13341. An action to determine the validity of bonds may...

CHAPTER 7.1 - Emergency Financing

ARTICLE 1 - Incurring Indebtedness for Repair or Replacement of Damaged or Demolished Works

Section 13345. - 13345. Whenever the board, by resolution adopted by a four-fifths...

Section 13346. - 13346. Whenever the board makes the finding and determination as...

Section 13347. - 13347. Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this chapter shall be payable...

CHAPTER 7.5 - Short-Term Borrowing

ARTICLE 1 - Proceedings for Incurring Short-Term Indebtedness

Section 13371. - 13371. A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness for...

Section 13372. - 13372. The district may issue refunding bonds, notes, or other...

Section 13373. - 13373. General obligation indebtedness issued pursuant to this chapter shall...

Section 13374. - 13374. This chapter applies only to districts which have owned...

Section 13375. - 13375. As used in this chapter, the term “revenues of...

Section 13376. - 13376. When bonds are issued under this article, the preliminary...

Section 13377. - 13377. Whenever a resolution authorizes the issuance of bonds pursuant...

Section 13378. - 13378. If no such referendum petition is presented within the...

Section 13379. - 13379. The board at any time may, and upon the...

ARTICLE 2 - Borrowing to Purchase Electricity

Section 13391. - 13391. A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness for...

Section 13392. - 13392. All provisions of this chapter not inconsistent with this...

CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery

ARTICLE 1 - Proposal of Formation

Section 13451. - 13451. One or more special districts for sewage disposal or...

Section 13452. - 13452. Resolutions shall first be passed by the legislative bodies...

Section 13453. - 13453. Instead of procedure by resolutions, a petition may be...

Section 13454. - 13454. The petition shall declare that the public interest or...

Section 13455. - 13455. The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures...

Section 13456. - 13456. The board may initiate proceedings for the creation of...

ARTICLE 2 - Hearing

Section 13481. - 13481. Within 60 days after receipt of the resolutions of...

Section 13482. - 13482. The notice of hearing shall be published once in...

Section 13483. - 13483. The time fixed for the hearing shall be not...

Section 13484. - 13484. At or before the hearing, any person interested may...

Section 13485. - 13485. The board may reduce or enlarge the boundaries of...

Section 13486. - 13486. The board shall not approve the creation of a...

Section 13487. - 13487. No public agency or portion thereof shall be included...

Section 13488. - 13488. If no protests are filed, or if the protests...

ARTICLE 3 - Election

Section 13511. - 13511. At any time after the board has approved the...

Section 13512. - 13512. No person is entitled to vote at the election...

Section 13513. - 13513. If a proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness is...

ARTICLE 4 - Establishment

Section 13531. - 13531. On the question of the creation of a special...

Section 13532. - 13532. A special district has no separate corporate existence but...

ARTICLE 5 - Powers and Functions

Section 13561. - 13561. Connections of all sewers within the special district to...

Section 13562. - 13562. Nothing in this division shall require the district to...

Section 13563. - 13563. Upon completion of sewage disposal facilities for any special...

Section 13564. - 13564. Without limiting in any way the foregoing provisions of...

Section 13565. - 13565. Each utility which a district is authorized to acquire,...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control

Section 13570. - 13570. The board shall supervise and regulate sewage disposal within...

Section 13571. - 13571. Without limiting in any way the provisions of this...

Section 13572. - 13572. Rules and regulations pertaining to the control of quantity,...

Section 13573. - 13573. No person shall discharge waste water into a community...

Section 13574. - 13574. Whenever a discharge of waste water is in violation...

Section 13575. - 13575. (a) Any person who fails to comply with any...

Section 13575.5. - 13575.5. (a) The district may issue a complaint to any...

Section 13575.6. - 13575.6. Any party aggrieved by a final order issued by...

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