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CA Pub Util Code § 12815.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12815.9.

12815.9.  If the petition is found insufficient, no action shall be taken on it. However, the failure to secure sufficient signatures shall not preclude the later filing of a new petition to the same effect.If the petition is found to be sufficient, the secretary shall certify the results of the signature examination to the board at its next regular meeting.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1098.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12816 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12816.

12816.  (a) At least 90 days prior to the election provided for in Sections 12815 and 12815.1, notice of the election shall be published within the district. Any voter or group of voters may prepare and file with the county elections official of the county containing the largest number of voters within the district an argument for or against the proposition to be submitted. The argument shall not be greater than 300 words in length. If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposition is filed within the time permitted the county elections official shall select one of the arguments for printing. No more than three signatures shall appear with any argument. The county elections official of each county in the district shall mail, or cause to be mailed, to each registered voter in that county in the district one copy of the argument for and one copy of the argument against the proposition. The arguments shall be mailed with the sample ballot.(b) Based on the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments and sample ballots for the particular election, the county elections official shall fix and determine a reasonable date prior to the election after which no arguments for or against the proposition may be submitted for printing and distribution to the voters as provided in this section. Notice of the date fixed shall be published by the county elections official pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. Arguments may be changed up to and including the date fixed by the county elections official.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 85. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12817 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12817.

12817.  A district may, through contract or otherwise, construct, maintain, improve and operate public recreational facilities appurtenant to any water reservoir owned or operated by the district, and the district may expend funds on such public recreational facilities.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 337.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12818 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12818.

12818.  (a) No publicly owned utility shall commence the distribution or sale of water for municipal, domestic, industrial or similar purposes for, on, or to, any land within a district already engaged in similar distribution or sale of water and which land is already subject to the lien of a general obligation bonded indebtedness of the district for these purposes. However, a publicly owned utility may commence to provide the service to the land, otherwise prohibited, upon either of the following conditions:(1) If the board of directors of the district shall by resolution permit the service.(2) In any portion of the district proposed to be served by the publicly owned utility in which the total number of registered voters residing therein exceeds 200, and in which at least two-thirds of the voters shall have voted at a special district election to permit the service. The election shall be called and held as an initiative measure pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 9300) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the Elections Code.(b) As used in this section, “district” shall mean only a municipal utility district.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 185. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12819 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12819.

12819.  (a) Every district furnishing light, heat, or power shall expend no funds for advertising when the advertising encourages increased consumption of the services or commodities.(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a district furnishing light, heat, or power from expending funds for advertising which encourages the more efficient operation of the facilities, works, or utilities of the district, or for advertising which encourages the more efficient use of light, heat, or power, the conservation of energy or natural resources, or presents accurate information on the economical purchase, maintenance, or use of any appliance or device using light, heat, or power.(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a district furnishing light, heat, or power from expending funds for advertising for the purposes of economic development that benefits ratepayers, retaining customers, marketing competitive services and commodities, or promoting electrotechnologies that enhance productivity or provide environmental benefits, within or without the district.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 175, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12819.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12819.5.

12819.5.  Whenever a business transaction of a municipal utility district furnishing electricity, gas, water service where the utility has 10,000 or more service connections, or telephone service is such that a personal appearance by a person is required by the district and the person is unable to appear at the district’s place of business during the district’s usual business hours, then the district shall provide a reasonable and convenient alternative to the person such as an appointment outside the district’s usual business hours or allowing the person to conduct the transaction by telephone, mail, or both.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 614, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12820 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12820.

12820.  (a) A district may employ a suitable security force. The employees of the district that are designated by the general manager as security officers shall have the authority and powers conferred by subdivision (a) of Section 830.34 of the Penal Code upon peace officers. The district shall adhere to the standards for recruitment and training of peace officers established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part 4 of the Penal Code.(b) Every security officer employed by a district shall conform to the standards for peace officers of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Any officer who fails to conform to these standards shall not continue to have the powers of a security officer.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1165, Sec. 45.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12821 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12821.

12821.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 117070 or 117120 of the Health and Safety Code, any violation of a rule or regulation of a district adopted pursuant to Section 117060 or 117105 of the Health and Safety Code shall be a misdemeanor unless the district by ordinance declares the violations to be an infraction.(b) Every violation declared an infraction pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be punishable by (1) a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year; and (3) a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 412. Effective September 29, 1996.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12821.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12821.5.

12821.5.  (a)  Whenever residential light, heat, or power is furnished through a submeter system by a master-meter customer for sale to users who are tenants of a mobilehome park, apartment building, or similar residential complex, the master-meter customer is responsible for maintenance and repair of its submeter facilities beyond the master meter, and nothing in this section requires a district to make repairs to or perform maintenance on the submeter system.(b) Every master-meter customer shall provide an itemized billing of charges for light, heat, and power to each individual user generally in accordance with the form and content of bills of the district to its residential customers, including, but not limited to, the opening and closing readings for the meter, and the identification of all rates and quantities under the applicable rate structure. The master-meter customer shall charge each user of the service at a rate which does not exceed the rate which would be applicable if the user were receiving residential light, heat, or power directly from the district. The master-meter customer shall also post, in a conspicuous place, the applicable prevailing residential rate schedule, as published by the district.(c) The district shall notify each master-meter customer of its responsibilities to its users under this section.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 512, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12822 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12822.

12822.  (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling. (b) If a district furnishes individually metered residential light, heat, water, or power to residential occupants in a detached single-family dwelling, multiunit residential structure, mobilehome park, or permanent residential structure in a labor camp, as defined in Section 17008 of the Health and Safety Code, and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling, structure, or park is the customer of record of the service, the district shall make every good faith effort to inform the residential occupants, by means of written notice, when the account is in arrears, that service will be terminated in 10 days. The written notice shall further inform the residential occupants that they have the right to become customers of the district without being required to pay the amount due on the delinquent account. The notice shall be in English and in the languages listed in Section 1632 of the Civil Code.(c) The district is not required to make service available to the residential occupants unless each residential occupant agrees to the terms and conditions of service, and meets the requirements of the district’s rules. However, if one or more of the residential occupants are willing and able to assume responsibility for the subsequent charges to the account to the satisfaction of the district, or if there is a physical means, legally available to the district, of selectively terminating service to those residential occupants who have not met the requirements of the district’s rules, the district shall make service available to the residential occupants who have met those requirements.(d) If prior service for a period of time is a condition for establishing credit with the district, residence and proof of prompt payment of rent or other credit obligation acceptable to the district for that period of time is a satisfactory equivalent.(e) Any residential occupant who becomes a customer of the district pursuant to this section whose periodic payments, such as rental payments, include charges for residential light, heat, water, or power, where these charges are not separately stated, may deduct from the periodic payment each payment period all reasonable charges paid to the district for those services during the preceding payment period.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 560, Sec. 6. (SB 120) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12822.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12822.6.

12822.6.  (a) The decision of a district to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of money with the district prior to establishing an account and furnishing service shall be based solely upon the creditworthiness of the applicant as determined by the district.(b) No municipal utility district owning or operating a public utility furnishing services for residential use to a tenant under an account established by the tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of services to, or for the tenant’s residential use from, any subsequent tenant or the property owner due to nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant. For this purpose, the term “subsequent tenant” shall not include any adult person who lived at the residence during the period that the charges or penalties accrued. The district may collect a deposit from the tenant service applicant prior to establishing an account for the tenant. The district may not require that service to subsequent tenants be furnished on the account of the landlord or property owner unless the property owner voluntarily agrees to that requirement, nor may the district refuse to furnish services to a tenant in the tenant’s name based on the nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant.(c) A district subject to this section may not demand or receive security in an amount that exceeds twice the estimated average periodic bill or three times the estimated average monthly bill.(d) In the event of tenant nonpayment of all or a portion of the bill, the deposit shall be applied to the final bill issued when service is terminated.(e) This section shall not apply to master-metered apartment buildings.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 739, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12823 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12823.

12823.  (a) No district furnishing its inhabitants with light, water, power, or heat may terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the district first gives notice of the delinquency and impending termination, as provided in Section 12823.(b) No district shall terminate residential service for nonpayment in any of the following situations:(1) During the pendency of an investigation by the district of a customer dispute or complaint.(2) When a customer has been granted an extension of the period for payment of a bill.(3) On the certification of a licensed physician and surgeon that to do so will be life threatening to the customer and the customer is financially unable to pay for service within the normal payment period and is willing to enter into an amortization agreement with the district pursuant to subdivision (e) with respect to all charges that the customer is unable to pay prior to delinquency. (c) Any residential customer who has initiated a complaint or requested an investigation within five days of receiving the disputed bill, or who has, within 13 days of mailing of the notice required by subdivision (a), made a request for extension of the payment period of a bill asserted to be beyond the means of the customer to pay in full during the normal period for payment, shall be given an opportunity for review of the complaint, investigation, or request by a review manager of the district. The review shall include consideration of whether the customer shall be permitted to amortize the unpaid balance of the account over a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 12 months. No termination of service shall be effected for any customer complying with an amortization agreement, if the customer also keeps the account current as charges accrue in each subsequent billing period.(d) Any customer whose complaint or request for an investigation pursuant to subdivision (c) has resulted in an adverse determination by the district may appeal the determination to the board. Any subsequent appeal of the dispute or complaint to the board is not subject to this section.(e) Any customer meeting the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) shall, upon request, be permitted to amortize, over a period not to exceed 12 months, the unpaid balance of any bill asserted to be beyond the means of the customer to pay within the normal period for payment.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 888, Sec. 10.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12824 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12824.

12824.  No electrical, gas, heat, or water municipal utility district shall, by reason of delinquency in payment for any electric, gas, heat, or water services, cause cessation of any such services on any Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or at any time during which the business offices of the district are not open to the public.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1027.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12825 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12825.

12825.  (a) A district furnishing light, heat, or power may engage in activities to reduce wasteful, uneconomical or unnecessary uses of energy, including, but not limited to, public information programs, the sale of insulation, the sale, rental and lease of materials or equipment for the purpose of conserving energy or reducing the need for the installation of electric generating facilities, and the adoption of voluntary and mandatory load management programs, and may also engage in activities to accelerate and participate in the development of alternative sources of energy including, but not limited to, the supply of equipment for use in connection therewith, and may do all things necessary or convenient to the full exercise of the powers herein granted. The interest rates charged on extended payment contracts for such materials or equipment shall not exceed that necessary to cover the district’s full cost of money plus its administrative costs and anticipated losses due to nonpayment on such contracts.(b) This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law.(Added by renumbering Section 12823 (as added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 14) by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12826 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12826.

12826.  Every district shall comply with Section 8029.5.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 549, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12827 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service|Section 12827.

12827.  The board of a district that has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may engage in programs to encourage economic development that benefits its ratepayers.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 53, Sec. 2. Effective April 26, 1994.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12830 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 5a - Claims|Section 12830.

12830.  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.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12841 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness|Section 12841.

12841.  A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness, and may issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. No indebtedness shall be incurred exceeding the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district without the approval of two-thirds of the voters voting on the proposition to incur such indebtedness except as follows:(a) A further vote of the voters is not required for any indebtedness heretofore or hereafter incurred within the purposes and not exceeding the available amount of any previously authorized bond issue, and as to such indebtedness the proceeds of any of the bonds unexpended in the treasury of the district, or the par value of any of the bonds which are unsold shall be deemed a part of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district.(b) Any district operating a utility under rules requiring applicants for extensions to advance the expenses of such extensions and facilities for serving additional territory may enter into agreements to refund to the applicants in a subsequent year the whole or any part of the expenses so advanced, and the refunds may be paid out of the revenues of subsequent years.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 761.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12842 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness|Section 12842.

12842.  No district shall incur an indebtedness for public works which in the aggregate exceeds 20 percent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property within the district.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 12843 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District|ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness|Section 12843.

12843.  Indebtedness which has been incurred for the construction and operation of a public utility, where the revenue from the utility for three years or more next preceding has been sufficient to pay the interest and principal due on any bonds issued for its construction or acquisition, in addition to the cost of operation and maintenance, shall not be counted and included in ascertaining the limit of indebtedness, and any indebtedness incurred for the acquisition, construction or operation of a public utility within any special district shall be excluded in ascertaining the aggregate indebtedness specified in Section 12842.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 210.)