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Section 6200-6205
6200. "District," as used in this part, refers to any port district formed pursuant to this part.
6201. "Board," as used in this part, means the board of port commissioners described in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6240).
6202. This part does not repeal, modify or otherwise affect the provisions of any other law relating to port or harbor districts, and no other law providing for the creation of port or harbor districts repeals, modifies or otherwise affects this part or any of its provisions.
6203. Any property owned by any city which is used or held for the purpose of aiding or developing navigation, commerce or fishing may be transferred to the district to be used for the same purposes, and any lands of the State which may have been transferred to any such city may be transferred to the district subject to the trusts and other provisions for the transfer of the lands from the State to the city. A city which is governed by a freeholders charter may only transfer or turn over property if authorized by the provisions of its charter or an amendment thereof.
6204. If any land under a navigable stream is by virtue of any work or improvement by the United States or the State, freed from the easement of navigation and fishing, it reverts to the district, to be used for the purposes for which the district was organized. But if any land is not used or held for such purposes, it reverts to the State.
6205. If the district is dissolved, lands which were granted to it by a municipal corporation revert to that municipal corporation.
Ca Codes (hnc:6210-6218) Harbors And Navigation Code
Section 6210-6218
6210. A district may be organized pursuant to this part. It shall include one municipal corporation and any contiguous unincorporated territory in any one county but a municipal corporation shall not be divided in the formation of a district. Territory which may be annexed to a municipal corporation, which is in a district, is by virtue of the annexation a part of the district.
6211. The formation of a district is initiated by a petition presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district is situated. The petition shall be signed by a number of registered voters, residing within the proposed district, equal to not less than five per cent of the number of registered voters, residing in the district, who voted at the last preceding general State election at which a Governor was elected. The petition may consist of any number of instruments.
6212. The petition shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the proposed boundaries and it shall pray that the territory included be created a district pursuant to this part.
6213. Upon presentation, the petition shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, and upon filing, or at its next regular meeting, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing it, which shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the date of filing.
6214. A notice of the time and place of the hearing of the petition, including a copy of the petition, excepting the names thereon, shall be published at least four times in a newspaper of general circulation published in the territory included within the proposed district, and in case no such newspaper is published in the territory, then in a newspaper published in the county in which the proposed district is situated.
6215. At the hearing of the petition, the board of supervisors shall hear those appearing in support, and all protests or objections. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time, not exceeding sixty days in all.
6215.5. If the board of supervisors finds that protests have been made, prior to its final determination for formation of the district, by the owners of real property within the proposed district the assessed value of which, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll, constitutes more than one-half of the total assessed value of the real property within the proposed district, the proceeding shall terminate. The board of supervisors shall order the proceeding terminated when such protests are received.
6216. The board of supervisors may make such changes in the proposed boundaries of the district as are advisable, and it shall define and establish the boundaries. If the board of supervisors deems it proper to include any territory not included within the boundaries proposed in the petition, it shall first give notice of its intention so to do, by publication of notice in a newspaper published in the county in which the district is located, for two times. The hearing on a proposed inclusion of additional territory shall not be continued beyond sixty days after the board determines to give notice of its intention to increase the boundaries. Within ten days of the final hearing of the matter, the board of supervisors shall make its order fixing the boundaries of the district.
6217. The boundaries of any district shall be fixed by the board of supervisors so as not to include more than fifty square miles of unincorporated territory. This area shall have a frontage upon the waterway which it is contemplated will be improved, and the board of supervisors shall only include within the boundaries land which will be benefited by the creation and operation of the district.
6218. At the time of making its order fixing the boundaries of the district the board of supervisors shall call an election to determine whether the proposed district shall be organized. A defect in the contents of the petition or in the title to or in the form or publication of the notice shall not vitiate any proceedings thereon, if the petition has a sufficient number of qualified signatures.
Article 2. Election On Formation
Ca Codes (hnc:6230-6233) Harbors And Navigation Code
Section 6230-6233
6230. An election shall be held within 130 days of the call, to determine whether the district shall be organized. The election shall be conducted in conformity with the general election laws. At the election the proposition shall be placed on the ballot, permitting each voter to vote "yes" or "no."
6231. The board of supervisors shall canvass the results of the election and if a majority of those voting have voted "yes" the proposition is carried, and the board of supervisors shall certify the result to the Secretary of State, who shall file it. From and after the filing of the certificate by the Secretary of State, the district is in existence.
6232. A certified copy of the certificate filed with the Secretary of State, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the district is situated.
6233. Any informality in procedure or in the conduct of the election shall not invalidate the establishment of the district. Any proceedings in which the validity of its establishment is denied shall be commenced within sixty days after the date of filing in the office of the Secretary of State of the certificate mentioned in this article. Otherwise, the establishment and legal existence of the district and all proceedings in respect thereto are valid in every respect and incontestable.
Ca Codes (hnc:6240-6255) Harbors And Navigation Code
Section 6240-6255
6240. The district shall be governed by a board of port commissioners. The board consists of five members. Two of the commissioners shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located. Two of the commissioners shall be appointed by the city council of the municipal corporation situated in the district. The board of supervisors, together with five members of the city council, appointed by the mayor of the municipality in the district constitute a board of election to appoint the other commissioner. This commissioner shall be chairman of the board. A majority vote is necessary for the appointment of the chairman of the board. An auditor shall be appointed by the board of port commissioners and approved by the board of supervisors and the city council.
6240.3. (a) The Stockton Port District shall be governed by a board of port commissioners consisting of seven members who shall have the qualifications prescribed by Section 6244. Three of the commissioners shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of San Joaquin County and four of the commissioners shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Stockton. (b) Commissioners may be removed from office during their term at pleasure by a two-thirds vote of the appointing authority. (c) The terms of members of the board of port commissioners in office on the effective date of this section shall expire on the succeeding calendar day. Within 10 days thereafter, members of the board of port commissioners shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by subdivision (a). The terms of office of the members of the board of port commissioners shall be four years from the time of appointment, unless removed from office during their term pursuant to subdivision (b), except that the commissioners first appointed shall classify themselves by lot, so that the terms of such initial members shall expire, as follows: (1) One member January 15, 1975. (2) Two members January 15, 1976. (3) Two members January 15, 1977. (4) Two members January 15, 1978. (d) At the first meeting of the board of port commissioners, the board shall organize by electing one of its members chairman. The members of the board of port commissioners shall annually elect a chairman. A chairman shall not succeed himself in office.
6240.5. The Santa Cruz Port District shall be governed by a board of port commissioners consisting of five members, elected by the district at large, each of whom shall be an elector of the district at the time of his or her nomination or appointment and during his or her entire term. The Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code) shall govern all district elections for port commissioners. All members of the board of port commissioners of the district shall be elected at the general district election to be held in 1979 and shall take office as provided in the Uniform District Election Law. The district shall continue to be governed by a board of port commissioners appointed in accordance with this chapter until succeeded by the board of port commissioners elected at such general district election at noon on the last Friday in November next following the election. The term of office of each commissioner is four years, and as provided in the Uniform District Election Law, except that the commissioners elected at the first general district election shall classify themselves by lot so that the initial term of office of two commissioners shall be two years and the initial term of office of three commissioners shall be four years. All vacancies occurring in the office of commissioner shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining commissioners and as provided in Section 1780 of the Government Code. At the first meeting of the board of port commissioners following the general district election, the board shall organize by electing one of its members chairperson. The members of the board of port commissioners shall annually elect a chairperson. A chairperson shall not succeed himself or herself in office.
6241. These appointments shall be made within thirty days after the formation of the district.
6241.1. Port districts in Ventura County shall be governed by a board of port commissioners consisting of five members appointed by the mayor of the municipal corporation in the district, with the approval of the city council. The chairperson of the board shall be elected by the commissioners for a term of two years. An auditor shall be appointed by the board with the approval of the city council. After a public hearing, the city council may remove commissioners from office during their term for cause by a vote of not less than five members of the city council.
6242. A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the body which appointed the commissioner whose office is vacated, and the new appointee shall hold his office for the unexpired term.
6243. Each commissioner shall, within ten days after his appointment and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and will faithfully discharge the duties of his office according to the best of his ability. The oaths or affirmations shall be filed in the office of the district.
6244. A person shall not be appointed a member of the board unless he is, at the time of his appointment, a taxpayer within the district and has resided within the district for at least one year.
6245. The term of office of each commissioner is four years from the time of his appointment, except that the chairman first appointed shall hold office for two years, and the remaining commissioners first appointed to the board shall classify themselves by lot, so that they hold office respectively for one, two, three, and four years.
6246. The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on propositions passed upon by the board.
6247. The first meeting of the board shall be held within ten days of the appointment of its chairman. The board may make its own rules of procedure and determine the place and time of its meeting.
6248. The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the chairman. The board shall provide for and select such officers, except the auditor, as it deems necessary to conduct the affairs of the district.
6249. The board may prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to the selection of officers and employees of the district, other than the auditor. It shall also fix the salary or wages of all officers and employees of the district. The term of each officer appointed by the board shall be during the pleasure of the board. The board may adopt and carry into effect a contract or contracts of group insurance or a system of group annuities or both for the benefit of such of the officers and employees of the district as accept the same and who have authorized the board to make deductions from their compensation for the payment of a portion of the premium thereon. Contracts of group insurance or systems of group annuities which include benefits to dependents of officers and employees are contracts of group insurance or systems of group annuities for the benefit of officers and employees for the purpose of this section. The board may make such deductions and may pay the remainder of such premiums from any funds of the district not required to be devoted to a specific purpose. The board may pay such portion of the premiums thereon or attributable thereto as it determines to be advisable. The board may arrange or contract for a contract or contracts of group insurance or a system of group annuities or both with any public agency or any insurance company or agent authorized by or pursuant to law to transact such business within this State.
6250. A corporation may be selected as treasurer or the board may provide that the duties of the treasurer shall be performed by the county treasurer of the county in which the district is located, or by the city treasurer of the city within the district.
6251. The commissioners shall serve without salary or compensation.
6252. The auditor of the district shall hold office during the pleasure of the board of election, and it shall fix his salary and require him to file a bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such amount as it may determine. The bonds shall be filed in the office of the board.
6253. The mayor of the city within the district, or the chairman of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located, may call meetings of the board of election.
6254. The fiscal year of any district shall begin on the first day of July of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June in the following year, unless otherwise fixed with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located.
6255. The board shall annually file a report of the affairs and financial condition of the district for the preceding year. This report shall show the sources of all receipts and purposes of all disbursements during the year.
Ca Codes (hnc:6270-6276) Harbors And Navigation Code
Section 6270-6276
6270. The powers of a district established pursuant to this part shall be exercised by the board, by ordinance or resolution passed by a majority vote of the board. All ordinances shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, printed or published in the county in which the district is situated, at least once before final passage. Franchises and leases for a period of more than ten years shall not be valid, unless authorized by ordinance.
6271. A grant of a franchise or lease of property of the district shall not be made for a longer period than 50 years.
6272. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
6273. The district may itself, without letting contracts therefor, do work and make improvements. The work shall be done under the direction of its officers or employees.
6275. An officer of the district, and any of its employees, shall not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or transaction with the district; or become surety for the performance of any contract made with or for the district, upon bonds given to the district. An officer or employee of the district shall not receive any commission or thing of value, or derive any profit, benefit, or advantage, directly or indirectly, from or by reason of any dealings with or service for the district by himself or others, except as lawful compensation as such officer or employee. The violation of the provisions of this section by an officer or employee works a forfeiture of his office or employment.
6276. (a) In lieu of the benefits afforded pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) and Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Labor Code, the district may agree to provide workers' compensation benefits to its stevedore employees in amounts, and under such conditions, as would be payable to stevedore employees of private employers pursuant to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901, et seq.). (b) Such an agreement shall be binding upon the parties only if it is in writing and signed by the employee and by a representative of the district. It shall acknowledge, in writing, that the benefits agreed upon are authorized by this section and are expressly in lieu of any benefits available under Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) and Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Labor Code. (c) All claims for benefits against the district which are authorized by this section shall be determined pursuant to law and the rules and regulations of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. To the fullest extent possible, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board shall attempt to apply the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to employees covered by this section in the same manner as applicable to private employees. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11779 and 11870 of the Insurance Code or any other provision of law, the State Compensation Insurance Fund or any private insurer may provide insurance coverage for the benefits authorized by this section.
Ca Codes (hnc:6290-6311) Harbors And Navigation Code
Section 6290-6311
6290. A district created under this part is a public corporation created for municipal purposes.
6291. It has perpetual succession.
6292. It may sue and be sued.
6293. It may adopt a seal.
6294. It may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease or otherwise acquire and hold and enjoy, and lease or dispose of, real and personal property of every kind, within or without the district, necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers.
6295. A district may acquire, purchase, takeover, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, bunkering facilities, belt railroads, floating plants, lighterage, lands, towage facilities, and any and all other facilities, aids, or public personnel, incident to, or necessary for, the operation and development of ports, waterways, and the district.
6296. It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to carry out any of the objects or purposes of the district.
6297. It may incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for its purposes. If any bonds issued for port improvement purposes by any part of a district prior to its creation are refunded, the refunding bonds are a lien only upon the lands upon which the original bonds were a lien at the time of the creation of the district.
6298. It may levy and collect or cause to be levied or collected taxes as in this part provided.
6299. It has exclusive jurisdiction over, and it may provide for and supervise pilots and the pilotage of sea-going vessels from the end of jurisdiction of existing pilot authorities to points lying upon any navigable waterway project of the United States, entering the district.
6300. It may contribute money to the Federal or the State Government or to the county in which it is located or to any city within the district, for the purpose of defraying the whole or a portion of the cost and expenses of work and improvement to be performed, either within or without the territorial limits of the district, by the Federal, State, county or city government, in improving rivers, streams, or in doing other work, when such work will improve navigation and commerce, in or to the navigable waters in the district.
6301. A district may do any work or make any improvement within or without the territorial limits of the district, which will aid in the development or the improvement of navigation or commerce to or within the district.
6302. A district may enact necessary police regulations providing for control of any waterway project of the United States, entering the district, and adopt rules and regulations concerning the construction of wharves, docks, buildings, and improvements of all types, contemplated.
6302.5. (a) This section is applicable only within the Santa Cruz Port District. The Legislature finds and declares that this section is necessary to meet a serious danger to the public safety within the Santa Cruz Port District caused by surfriding activities within the harbor entrance area. (b) No person shall swim or surfride, or use any watercraft or device to surfride, on ocean waters within a harbor entrance area, as prescribed by the Santa Cruz Port District by ordinance. (c) For the purposes of this section, "surfride" includes traveling to or from a surfriding staging area and activities in the staging area which are preparatory or preliminary to, or connected with, riding the surf. (d) Every person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
6303. A district may provide for the opening and laying out of streets leading to the waterfront.
6304. A district may regulate and control the construction, maintenance, and operation or use of all wharves, warehouses, structures, improvements, or appliances used in connection with or for the accommodation and promotion of transportation or navigation on any improvement project of the federal government applying to the main waterway entering the district and on other navigable streams improved or unimproved which lie within the district, and it may make and enforce necessary police and sanitary regulations in connection therewith.
6304.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any port district which has received, or is receiving, money pursuant to the provisions of Division 1 (commencing with Section 30) for the construction or improvement of a small craft harbor or facilities in connection therewith, may enter into a lease of any portion of its land and water area which has been freed from the public trust for commerce, navigation, or fisheries for the development of marine-oriented apartments and townhouses. Such lease may authorize the lessee to sublet individual dwelling units, but such lease shall not exceed a term of 50 years, after which time any improvements constructed pursuant to the lease shall revert to the district. Land rental units constructed pursuant to such lease shall be available to all persons on equal and reasonable terms. Any such lease shall contain express provisions requiring the lessee to provide for reasonable public access across the leased lands to adjacent port water areas. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the use of tide or submerged lands in any manner inconsistent with the California Constitution or with the public trust for commerce, navigation, or fisheries. Any lease of real property so freed from the public trust which is proposed to be let under the provisions of this section shall first be submitted to the State Lands Commission and to the Attorney General for review and approval, and no such lease shall be let unless the State Lands Commission and the Attorney General find that the proposed lease would be in the public interest and would not be in violation of any provision of the California Constitution or of any term of a grant of tidelands or submerged lands and would not be inconsistent with the public trust for commerce, navigation, or fisheries.
6305. It may fix, regulate and collect the rates or charges for the use of wharves, warehouses, vessels, railroads and other facilities, structures and appliances owned, controlled or operated by it, in connection with or for the promotion and accommodation of transportation or navigation, and it may also fix, regulate and collect the rates or charges for pilotage and towage.
6306. It may lay out, plan and establish the general plan and system of harbor and harbor district improvements and modify the plan and prescribe the specifications for such improvements.
6307. It may perform the functions of warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers, reconditioners, shippers and reshippers of properties of all kinds.
6308. It may manage the business of the district and promote the maritime and commercial interests by proper advertisement of its advantages, and by the solicitation of business, within or without the district, within other States or in foreign countries, through such employees and agencies as are expedient.
6309. Except as otherwise provided in Section 660, the board may adopt all ordinances necessary for the regulation of the district with respect to the parking of vehicles, the speed and operation on vehicles and vessels, berthing of vessels, fire safety ashore and afloat, prohibiting the pumping of raw sewage or waste into port waters, and littering.
6309.2. Before any ordinance may be adopted, the ordinance shall be published in its entirety on three separate occasions in a newspaper of general circulation published within the district, or if none, in any newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the district, or a part thereof, is located, together with a notice of the date on which the board will meet for the purpose of adopting the ordinance. The first publication shall occur at least 20 days prior to the date of such meeting, and the second and third publications shall occur at seven-day intervals. The general public shall be allowed to appear at the meeting and be heard on the proposed ordinance. The ordinance shall become effective as provided in Section 9141 of the Elections Code, unless another effective date is set forth by the board.
6309.4. Every person who violates any of the provisions of a district ordinance adopted pursuant to Sections 6309 and 6309.2 is guilty of an infraction and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
6309.6. The district's manager, harbormaster or wharfinger, or any duly authorized representative of one of these persons, shall have the power to issue citations for violation of district ordinances in the manner provided by Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
6310. Notwithstanding the enumeration and specific statement herein of particular powers, the district may do and perform all acts and things necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this part and the powers of the district.
6311. Upon a four-fifths vote of all the members of the board, it may issue negotiable promissory notes bearing interest at a rate of not exceeding 7 percent per annum; provided, however, that said notes shall be payable from revenues and taxes levied for purposes of the district other than the payment of principal and interest on any bonded debt of the district; and provided further, that the maturity shall not be later than 20 years from the date thereof and that the total aggregate amount of such notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed 1 percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district, or if said assessed valuation is not obtainable, 1 percent of the county auditor's estimate of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district evidenced by his certificate.
Ca Codes (hnc:6330-6331) Harbors And Navigation Code
Section 6330-6331
6330. A district may create a bonded debt pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of Division 4 of Title 4 of the Government Code. Bonds may be issued for the purpose of raising money for use in carrying out any of the powers and purposes of the district.
6331. Bonds issued by any district pursuant to this part are legal investments for all trust funds, and for the funds of all insurers, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies, and for the State school funds, and whenever any money or funds may, by law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts or municipalities in this State, such money or funds may be invested in bonds of districts organized pursuant to this part.
Ca Codes (hnc:6340-6346) Harbors And Navigation Code
Section 6340-6346
6340. Pursuant to this article a district may create a revenue bond indebtedness for the acquisition and construction, or acquisition or construction of any improvements or property or facilities contained within its powers.
6341. The issuance of said bonds shall be authorized by ordinance adopted by two-thirds of all the members of the board, to take effect upon its publication.
6342. The secretary shall publish said ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation printed in said district, and if there is none, then in such newspaper published in the county in which said district is located.
6343. Said ordinance shall specify the total amount, denomination, method of maturity, and the rate or maximum rate of interest of said bonds, and in general terms, the acquisitions and improvements to be constructed thereby; and, in addition, shall contain such other and further provisions as in the judgment of the board are deemed advisable.
6344. The proceeds of said bonds shall be placed in an account in the treasury of the district to be entitled ____ Port District Revenue Construction Fund No. ____ and used exclusively for the objects and purposes mentioned in the ordinance.
6345. The lien of said bonds of the same issue shall be prior and superior to all revenue bonds subsequently issued.
6346. Proceedings for the issuance of said bonds shall be had, the board shall have such powers and duties, and the bondholders shall have such rights and remedies, all in substantial accordance with and with like legal effect as provided in Sections 54344 to 54346, inclusive, 54347, 54348, 54350, 54351, 54352, and in Articles 4 (commencing at Section 54400) to 11 (commencing at Section 54660), inclusive, of Chapter 6, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code. As used therein the word "resolution" shall mean ordinance, the word "local agency" shall mean district, and the words "legislative body" shall mean board.
Article 2.5. Additional Stockton Port District Bonds
Ca Codes (hnc:6350-6353) Harbors And Navigation Code
Section 6350-6353
6350. Pursuant to this article, the Stockton Port District may also create an additional bonded debt up to but not in excess of 3 percent of the assessed value of all taxable real and personal property within the district.
6350.1. This bonded indebtedness may be created solely for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition or construction of revenue-producing harbor improvements of a self-liquidating character.
6350.2. All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be authorized by ordinance passed by two-thirds of all of the members of the board concurred in by ordinance of the Stockton City Council. But an election need not be held within the district and it is unnecessary to secure the approval of the electors within the district for the issuance of bonds for the purposes and within the limitations of this article.
6350.3. The bonds shall be payable within 30 years from their date and shall mature serially at such times as may be fixed by the board, but the earliest maturity of the principal of the bonds shall be fixed at a date not more than 10 years from the date of issue.
6350.4. The bonds may be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bond shall be of a denomination less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor of a greater denomination than one thousand dollars ($1,000). The bonds shall be payable on the day and at the place or places fixed in such bonds, with interest at the rate specified in the bonds, which rate shall not be in excess of 7 percent per annum of the face amount, payable annually or semiannually. The board may provide for redemption of the bonds before maturity at prices and upon terms and conditions determined by it. A bond shall not be subject to call or redemption prior to maturity unless it contains a recital on its face to that effect.
6350.5. If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his signature or countersignature is nevertheless as valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office. The bonds may be issued and sold by the board for not less than their par value and accrued interest to date of delivery, at such time and under such conditions as may be designated by the board. The proceeds shall be placed in the treasury of the district to the credit of the proper improvement fund and applied exclusively to the objects and purposes mentioned in the ordinance.
6350.6. The form of the bonds shall be prescribed by the board and they shall be signed by the officer or officers that the board designates. The coupons appertaining to the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the facsimile signature of the officer or officers that the board has designated.
6350.7. The income and revenue derived or to be realized from the harbor improvement acquired or to be acquired from the proceeds of the bonds shall be deposited in a special fund and kept separate and apart from all other revenues of the district. It shall be applied, firstly, to the creation of an interest fund, herein designated as "interest fund," for the payment of the annual interest due or to become due upon the bonds during the next ensuing fiscal year and before the time for the fixing of the next general tax levy in the county in which the district is located.
6350.8. The special fund shall be applied, secondly, to the creation of a sinking fund, herein designated as "sinking fund," to provide for the payment of the principal of the bonds at or before their maturity date or dates.
6350.9. Any additional revenues over and above the amounts required to be deposited in the interest fund and the sinking fund, may be deposited in an operation fund, herein designated as "operation fund," to be applied to the costs of operation and maintenance, including reasonable repairs and depreciation, of the particular revenue-producing harbor improvement acquired by the issuance and sale of the bonds.
6351. Surplus revenues in the operation fund may be deposited either in the interest fund or the sinking fund, but money allocated to the interest fund or the sinking fund shall not be transferred to any other fund or used for any other purpose than the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon so long as the bonds are outstanding.
6351.5. The board, in and by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds, shall hypothecate and allocate all of the revenues to be realized from the revenue-producing harbor improvement to be acquired or constructed from the proceeds of the bonds to the payment of both principal and interest. The allocation and hypothecation is irrevocable until all bonds and the accrued interest thereon are paid. The allocation and hypothecation shall be made in each case for the exclusive benefit of the bonds to be issued for the purpose of acquiring or constructing the particular revenue-producing harbor improvement, and as additional security for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds. But the allocation and hypothecation do not constitute the exclusive source of payment. The bonds constitute general obligations of the district and both principal and interest may be paid from any money or sources of revenue of any kind, including taxes, on hand and available for that purpose.
6352. Whenever the revenues of the district are, or in the opinion of the board will be insufficient to provide for the payment in full of the principal or interest on the bonds, the board may, and if the revenues in the interest fund are insufficient to meet the next ensuing fiscal year's interest on the bonds issued and then outstanding or if the moneys in the sinking fund are insufficient to pay or provide for the payment of any bonds maturing during the next ensuing fiscal year, it shall cause a tax to be levied and collected, upon all of the taxable property in the district, sufficient to meet all sums coming due for principal and interest on the bonds during the next ensuing fiscal year and before the time for fixing the next general tax levy in the county in which the district is located. The tax shall be levied and collected annually in the manner provided by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6360) of this part, and shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized to be levied and collected. When collected, the tax shall not be used for any purpose other than the payment of the bonds and the accruing interest thereon.
6353. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that because of the unique, complex problems existing with respect to the Stockton Port District, as a large inland port district, it is necessary that special legislation be enacted to authorize additional, limited financing provisions for said port district, and that a general law cannot be made applicable.
Article 3. County And Municipal Bonds
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6355. Whenever, upon the creation of a district any municipality therein or any county in which the district is located which has theretofore authorized or incurred a bonded indebtedness for any work or improvement for which the district may incur a bonded debt pursuant to this part, and such municipality or such county thereafter sells such bonds or any portion thereof, the proceeds of the sale may, upon the order of the appropriate board of supervisors or city council, be paid by the custodian into the treasury of the district and shall be applied by the board, exclusively to the purposes and objects for which the bonds were authorized by the municipal corporation or the county issuing them.
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6360. On or before June first of each year, the port director shall submit to the board a detailed statement of the money required for the ensuing fiscal year for the purpose of conducting the business of the district. There shall be submitted with such estimate, such data and schedules as the board may require.
6361. Annually, on or before the date set for the consideration of the budget by the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located, the board of each district shall furnish to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated, an estimate in writing of the amount of money needed for all purposes by the district during the ensuing fiscal year. Thereupon, it is the duty of the board of supervisors to levy a special tax, on all taxable property of the county lying within the district, sufficient in amount to raise that sum.
6362. The tax shall in no event exceed the rate of ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of all taxable property within the district, exclusive of the amount necessary to be raised by taxes to meet bond and promissory note interest and redemption. The tax shall be computed, entered upon the tax rolls and collected in the same manner as county taxes are computed, entered and collected. All money collected shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the particular district fund and shall be paid to the treasurer of the district upon the order of the board of port commissioners.
6363. From the time of the organization of any district until the next succeeding July first, the district may incur indebtedness for the purpose of operating the port and in the first tax levy, the rate shall be in an amount sufficient to operate the port for the first full fiscal year as well as to pay the obligations thus incurred before the first of the July succeeding the creation of the district.
6364. A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.
6365. (a) The district may, in any year, levy assessments, reassessments, or special taxes and issue bonds to finance waterway construction projects and related operations and maintenance, or operations and maintenance projects independent of construction projects in accordance with, and pursuant to, the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 (Chapter 6.4 (commencing with Section 54703) of the Government Code), the Integrated Financing District Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 53175) of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), and the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code). (b) Sections 5116, 5117, 5118, 5119, 5190, 5191, 5192, 5193, 10104, and 10302 of the Streets and Highways Code shall not apply to assessment proceedings undertaken pursuant to this section. (c) Notwithstanding the related provisions of any assessment act which the district is authorized to use, any assessment diagram which any of those acts requires to be prepared prior to final approval of the assessment district may show only the exterior boundaries of the assessment district and the boundaries of any assessment zones or improvement areas within the district. The diagram may refer to the county assessor's maps and records for a detailed description of each lot or parcel. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district may levy and collect assessments and reassessments in the same manner as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of Division 15 of the Water Code, to pay any or all of the following: (1) For the operation and maintenance of projects, including maintenance of lands, easements, rights-of-way, dredge material disposal areas, and remediation. (2) For the satisfaction of liabilities arising from projects. (3) To accumulate a fund which may be used to advance the cost of district projects, provided that the advances be repaid, with interest as determined by the commissioners, from assessments, reassessments, special taxes, or fees charged by the district pursuant to this section. (4) To acquire real property, easements, or rights-of-way for a navigation project or the maintenance of a navigation project. (5) To acquire real property within the district for disposal of dredged material. (e) For purposes of this section, functions designated by Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of Division 15 of the Water Code to be performed by the board of supervisors, the board of trustees, or valuation commissioners shall be performed by the district's board. (f) For purposes of this section, the board may order the creation of a separate assessment roll to pay the allowable expenses of any single project or any group or system of projects. (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all assessments, reassessments, and taxes levied by the district may be collected together with, and not separately from, taxes for county purposes. Any county in which the district is located may collect, at the request of the district, all assessments, reassessments, and special taxes levied by the district and shall cause those revenues to be deposited into the county treasury to the credit of the district. Each county may deduct its reasonable collection and administrative costs. (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any assessment or reassessment levied pursuant to this section may be apportioned on the basis of land use category, tonnage shipped on the waterway, size and type of vessel using the waterway, front footage, acreage, capital improvements, or other reasonable basis, separately or in combination, as determined by the district commissioners. (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Division 4 (commencing with Section 2800) of the Streets and Highways Code shall not apply to any assessment levied by the district. (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no bond issued pursuant to this section shall be used to fund the routine maintenance dredging of channels.
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Section 6370-6372
6370. 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 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto. All claims not governed thereby shall be filed with the auditor on forms and blanks prescribed by him. A claim shall not be paid without the endorsement of the auditor certifying to its correctness. The auditor shall keep a record, which shall be a public record, of all claims against the district showing by whom made, for what purpose, the amount thereof and when paid.
6371. If there is not sufficient money in any fund to pay the demands made against it, the demand shall be registered in a book kept by the treasurer, showing its number, when presented, date, amount, name of payee, and on what account allowed and out of what fund payable, and when so registered, the demand shall be returned to the person presenting it with the endorsement of the word "Registered" dated and signed by the treasurer. All registered demands are payable in the order of their registration. This section does not prevent the payment by the treasurer of bonds of the district or of any city or county, and interest coupons thereof, in accordance with the Constitution of this State and the provisions of this part authorizing the issuance and payment of such bonds.
6372. Wages and salaries shall be paid at such intervals as the board may direct, but at least once each month.