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CA St & Hwy Code § 27124 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 7 - Appointment and Tenure of the Board of Directors|Section 27124.

27124.  All directors shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority; provided, that notwithstanding this section and Section 27122, any director in office on the effective date of this section may continue to serve on the board until the expiration of the term for which he was appointed.Each appointing authority shall review its appointment or appointments to the board in January every two years, and indicate its desire to retain such director or directors by affirming such retention by the adoption of a resolution, or, in the case of the Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, by the issuance of a declaration, to that effect.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1472.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27125 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 7 - Appointment and Tenure of the Board of Directors|Section 27125.

27125.  Any vacancy in the board shall be filled by appointment by the appointing authority which originally appointed the director whose position has become vacant.(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1472.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27140 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27140.

27140.  The board shall be the governing body of the district and shall outline rules of policy, approve plans, and vote or withhold appropriations to carry the same into effect.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27141 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27141.

27141.  Within two weeks after the Secretary of State has received certified copies of the resolutions of the board of supervisors of each county in the district, appointing the members of the board of directors from that county, he shall call the first meeting of the board of directors and shall designate an appropriate time, which shall be within that two week period, and place at which the meeting shall be held.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27142 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27142.

27142.  At the first meeting the board shall organize by choosing one of its members as president, and choosing a secretary, who shall not be a member of the board. At its first meeting the board shall also provide for the time and place of holding its meetings, and the manner in which its special meetings may be called.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27143 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27143.

27143.  All meetings of the board, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27144 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27144.

27144.  The board shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings, including the use of motions in connection with such proceedings.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1381.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27145 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27145.

27145.  The board shall select an office and place of business within the district.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27146 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27146.

27146.  For the purpose of considering questions relating to the bridge and highway district generally or local questions affecting a particular county or group of counties, the board or any of its committees may hold meetings in the chambers of the boards of supervisors of any county in the group, if suitable for that purpose, or at any other suitable place which the board or any of its committees may designate.(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 440.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27147 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27147.

27147.  All official action of the board shall be by ordinance or resolution.The ayes and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions, and entered upon the journal of the proceedings of the board. No ordinance or resolution shall be passed or become effective without the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the members of the board.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27148 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27148.

27148.  The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be “Be it ordained by the board of directors of ____ bridge and highway district as follows:” All resolutions and ordinances shall be signed by the president of the board and attested by the secretary.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27149 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27149.

27149.  Each member of the board shall receive the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for attending each meeting of the board and each committee meeting on different days, but no member shall receive this compensation in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in any one year, except the president who shall not receive this compensation in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) in any one year. Each member of the board shall receive a sum equal to the necessary traveling expenses incurred by him or her in the performance of board duties.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 593, Sec. 1.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27150 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27150.

27150.  The board shall at its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as practicable, appoint by a majority vote a general manager, an auditor and a secretary. No director shall be eligible for appointment to any district office except president or vice president of the board. The compensation of the general manager, auditor, and secretary shall be fixed by the board, and such officers shall serve during the pleasure of the board.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27151 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27151.

27151.  The general manager shall be the executive officer of the district. He shall employ and discharge at pleasure all subordinate officers, employees and assistants, prescribe their duties, and subject to the approval of the board, he shall fix their compensation. He shall have full charge and control of the construction, maintenance and operation of all works of the district. The general manager shall report to the board in accordance with such rules and regulations as the board may adopt.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27152 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27152.

27152.  The board shall appoint an attorney and all subordinate officers not provided to be appointed by the general manager, and shall fix their salaries. Subordinate officers appointed by the board shall serve at its pleasure.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27153 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27153.

27153.  The board may change the name of the district by resolution, which shall become effective upon the filing of a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and with the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county included in the district.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27154 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers|Section 27154.

27154.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, or any limitation or restriction contained in any law, the board may:(a) Invest and reinvest all or any part of lapsed, unallocated, unappropriated or other surplus moneys belonging to any fund of which the board has custody or control in bonds and other obligations for which the faith and credit of the United States of America are pledged or in any obligation, bond or security approved by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions as legal for investment by savings banks. All such investments heretofore made are legalized.(b) Use all or any part of lapsed, unallocated, unappropriated or other surplus or reserve moneys of the district for the refunding or partial refunding or purchase of any existing bonded indebtedness against the district.The interest or income from any funds invested under this section may be made a part of the fund from which the investment was made and may itself be so invested.Any investment previously made in bonds and other obligations for which the faith and credit of the United States of America are pledged or in any obligation, bond or security which under the Financial Code is legal for investment by savings banks is hereby validated and made legal investments for the purposes of this section, whether such bonds or obligations are negotiable or not.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1064, Sec. 808. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative July 1, 1997, by Sec. 814 of Ch. 1064.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27160 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27160.

27160.  The district shall have perpetual succession and acting through the board shall have the powers prescribed in this chapter in addition to any others expressly conferred on it by this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27161 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27161.

27161.  The district may sue and be sued in its corporate name in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27162 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27162.

27162.  The district may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27163 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27163.

27163.  The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or otherwise acquire, and hold, use, and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary for the full or convenient exercise of its powers. The board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the district when, in its judgment, it is for the best interests of the district so to do.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 50, Sec. 2. Effective March 22, 1984.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27164 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27164.

27164.  The district may acquire, or contract to acquire, and may construct under contract, or by its own employees, maintain, improve, and operate bridges, abutments, rights-of-way, roads, tunnels, railroads, streetcar lines, interurban lines, telephone and telegraph lines, footpaths, viaducts, tollgates, tollhouses, subways, and all other forms of property necessary or proper for the successful prosecution of the project for which the district was organized, or which may be authorized by the board of directors of the district under its powers, including all machinery or other property useful or necessary to construct, maintain, operate, or otherwise make use of toll bridges and highways, and complete, add to, repair, or otherwise improve, any of the property acquired by it.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 174.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27165 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27165.

27165.  The district may acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation, or lease from the United States, this State, or from any person, or public or private corporation, lands, rights of way, or rights in, over or across lands or waters which are necessary or proper for the construction or operation of bridges, and the approaches thereto, fix and collect tolls, for the purpose of meeting the obligations of the district and repaying the same, and dispose of the surplus to the various counties within the district.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27166 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27166.

27166.  The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted in this part, or in any provision of law, to the district.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27167 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27167.

27167.  The district may borrow money, incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidences of such indebtedness; and refund or retire any indebtedness or lien that may exist against the district or any of its property.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27168 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27168.

27168.  The district may purchase or condemn any works which might be constructed by the district, whether completed or partly completed, and conduct and manage the same.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27169 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27169.

27169.  The district may have taxes levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of this part for the purpose of paying running expenses, organization expenses and the investigation expenses of the district before the issuance of bonds, and for the purpose of paying the obligations of the district.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27170 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27170.

27170.  The district may make contracts, employ labor, and all kinds of employees, whether skilled or unskilled, for the purpose of carrying on the business of the district.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 175.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27171 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27171.

27171.  The district may establish all necessary rules, regulation or conditions under which the property of the district may be used by the public and fix and collect all tolls for the use thereof, and enter into contracts with any persons or public officers or public or private corporations, whereby the facilities constructed by the district may be made use of, by such persons, officers, or corporations, and at the tolls or for the consideration fixed by such contracts.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27172 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27172.

27172.  The district may do all things necessary for the complete exercise of the powers described in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27173 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27173.

27173.  The work of constructing, repairing, relocating, or otherwise providing any of the highways or approaches composed of the structures or improvements mentioned in Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 15 of this code or Article 60 (commencing with Section 20910) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, may be done by any district in cooperation with a city, county, joint highway district, or other district formed for the improvement or building of roads, or in cooperation with the state.For the purpose of doing work or acquiring rights-of-way therefor, the board may authorize a contract to be entered into between the district and the political subdivision or agency of the state with which it proposes to cooperate, and full power and authority is granted to the city, county, joint highway, or other district, or the Department of Transportation, to enter into the contracts for cooperative work, construction, or purchase of rights-of-way, in such a manner and upon such apportionment of the cost thereof as may be agreed upon between them. For this purpose, the contracting parties may designate engineers, county surveyors, or other necessary officials or employees to take charge of the particular work, and provide for the payment of the cost of the work out of funds contributed by the contracting parties. The plans and specifications for the work shall be approved by both of the contracting parties, and the work may be carried out by either one of the contracting parties as the agent of the other, or it may be carried out under the joint management of both of the contracting parties. Any project undertaken by a district alone, or in cooperation with any of the agencies mentioned, may be accomplished by federal aid under rules which may be prescribed by the federal agencies involved.Any work may extend across, through, or within any city, county, joint highway district, or other district, if the work is an extension of an approach to a bridge operated by the district and connects the bridge as a main or alternate route with state highways or other through routes leading to or from the bridge.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 176.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27173.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27173.8.

27173.8.  Every purchase or contract made in violation of the competitive bidding requirements of this part shall be void.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1472.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27174 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27174.

27174.  The district may contract with the State for the construction, repair or relocation of highways or approaches to any structure or improvement maintained or operated by it and may collect tolls for the use of such structure or improvement to pay any obligation to the State, incurred under the contract.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1227.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 27174.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 9 - District Powers|Section 27174.1.

27174.1.  (a) The district may adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Vehicle Code for the control of traffic on any facility of travel constructed by the district, to aid and ensure the safe and orderly flow of traffic, and shall, so far as practicable, notify the public of those rules and regulations by signs on the facility of travel. The district may also adopt rules and regulations pertaining to parking areas in conjunction with any facilities of travel constructed or maintained by the district. The district may also adopt rules and regulations governing the use of all modes of transportation owned, operated, or maintained by the district.(b) The district may enforce any rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by the board of directors of the district pursuant to this section or subdivision (a) of Section 21113 of the Vehicle Code and relating to stopping or parking of vehicles by the issuance of notices of parking violation and notices of delinquent parking violation in the manner prescribed by Article 3 (commencing with Section 40200) of Chapter 1 of Division 17 of the Vehicle Code. Notices of parking violation and notices of delinquent parking violation may be issued by those employees of the district authorized by rule, regulation, or ordinance of the district.(c) The district may enforce any rule, regulation, or ordinance relating to toll evasion adopted by the board of directors of the district pursuant to this section or subdivision (a) of Section 40250 of the Vehicle Code by the issuance of notices of toll evasion violation and notices of delinquent toll evasion in the manner prescribed by Article 4 (commencing with Section 40250) of Chapter 1 of Division 17 of the Vehicle Code.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 739, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)