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2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6350.2.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6350.3.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6350.4.

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.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 280.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6350.5.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6350.6.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6350.7.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6350.8.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6350.9.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6351.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6351.5.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6352.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2.5 - Additional Stockton Port District Bonds › Section 6353.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 859.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - County and Municipal Bonds › Section 6355.

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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Finances and Taxation › ARTICLE 1 - Levy, Assessment and Collection of Taxes › Section 6360.

6360. On or before June first of each year, the 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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Finances and Taxation › ARTICLE 1 - Levy, Assessment and Collection of Taxes › Section 6361.

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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Finances and Taxation › ARTICLE 1 - Levy, Assessment and Collection of Taxes › Section 6362.

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.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1505.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Finances and Taxation › ARTICLE 1 - Levy, Assessment and Collection of Taxes › Section 6363.

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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Finances and Taxation › ARTICLE 1 - Levy, Assessment and Collection of Taxes › Section 6364.

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.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 70, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Finances and Taxation › ARTICLE 2 - Claims and Demands › Section 6370.

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.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Finances and Taxation › ARTICLE 2 - Claims and Demands › Section 6371.

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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 4 - PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Finances and Taxation › ARTICLE 2 - Claims and Demands › Section 6372.

6372. Wages and salaries shall be paid at such intervals as the board may direct, but at least once each month.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition and Hearing › Section 6810.

6810. A district may be organized pursuant to this part. A district may include any contiguous territory in one or more counties, contiguous to a navigable river or to any channel connected with a navigable river, but a municipal corporation shall not be divided in the formation of a district, and territory situated in a county in which there is located a duly organized and existing port district, created pursuant to Part IV of this division, may not be included. Territory situated within the boundaries of any port or harbor district, organized or designated and existing under the provisions of any city charter, shall not be included. Any territory, annexed to a municipal corporation, which is in a district, becomes a part of the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition and Hearing › Section 6811.

6811. Whenever the formation of a district is desired, a petition may be presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of each county in which is located any portion of land within the proposed district. The petition may consist of any number of instruments and shall be signed by not less than five per cent of the registered voters residing within the district, who voted at the last preceding general election at which a Governor was elected. The original petition need not be filed with the board of supervisors of each county, but a certified copy of the original shall be filed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - Formation › ARTICLE 1 - Petition and Hearing › Section 6812.

6812. The provisions of Chapters I and II of Division I of the District Organization Act shall govern and control the proceedings for the filing and hearing of the petition and the proceedings for final hearing of the petition and the formation of the district. The “supervising authority” as used in the District Organization Act means the board of supervisors of each county in which is located any portion of land within the proposed district.
All proceedings necessary for the formation of the district, as provided in Chapters I and II of Division I of the District Organization Act, shall be had in each county in which is located any portion of land within the proposed district. Land lying within any county within the proposed district shall not be included unless a majority of the electors in that portion of the district within the county vote in favor thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6830.

6830. The district shall be governed by a port commission, which consists of five members. Two commissioners shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest proportion in value of the lands within the district. Two commissioners shall be appointed by the governing body of the municipal corporation, having the largest proportion in value of lands within the district. One commissioner shall be appointed by joint action of the boards of supervisors of any other counties located in the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6830.1.

6830.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6830, the Sacramento-Yolo Port Commission shall be composed of five members selected and appointed as follows:
(1) Four commissioners shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of West Sacramento, which commissioners may be members of the city council, and notwithstanding Section 6835, shall be residents of the City of West Sacramento. The appointments shall be made in the manner set by law for appointments by the City of West Sacramento.
(2) One commissioner shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of Yolo County, which commissioner may be a member of the board of supervisors and, notwithstanding Section 6835, shall be a resident of the City of West Sacramento. The appointment shall be made in the manner set by law for appointments by the County of Yolo.
(b) The term of the members appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be four years from the date of appointment. Commission members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and the appointing authority may replace a member prior to the end of the term in the manner set by law for appointments by the appointing authority.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 114, Sec. 1. (AB 1226) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6830.2.

6830.2. The boundaries of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District are hereby established to coincide with the first supervisorial district of the County of Yolo, as of October 1, 2005. The boundaries also shall include all property owned by the Sacramento-Yolo Port District in Solano County that was incorporated into the district by the Sacramento County Local Agency Formation Commission on May 29, 1992.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 284, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6832.

6832. (a) The mayor of the municipality in which is located the largest proportion in value of the land within the district, or any chairperson of any of the boards of supervisors of the counties in which the district is located, may call meetings of the board of election.
(b) This section does not apply to the Sacramento-Yolo Port District.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 284, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6833.

6833. Each commissioner shall, within ten days of 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 oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6834.

6834. A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the body which appointed the member whose office is vacated, and the newly appointed member shall hold his office for the unexpired term.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6835.

6835. A person shall not be appointed a member of the board who is not, at the time of his appointment, a taxpayer within the district and who has not resided within the district for at least one year.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6835.1.

6835.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person shall not be ineligible for appointment to the board because he or she is an elected official or employee of an appointing authority to the board. The appointment of a person to the office of the board shall not be deemed incompatible with being an elected official or employee of an appointing authority to the board, and shall not prevent an elected official or employee so appointed from acting on a proposal before the board affecting the appointing authority. Any regulation providing for the disqualification of a person for that reason is null and void.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 284, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6836.

6836. The members of the board shall serve without salary or compensation, but are entitled to necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6837.

6837. The term of office of each member of the board is four years from the time of his appointment, except that the first appointed chairman holds office for two years, and the remaining members shall classify themselves by lot, so that they hold office respectively for one, two, three, and four years.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6839.

6839. The first meeting of the board shall be held within ten days of the appointment of the chairman. The board shall make its own rules of procedure and determine the place and time of its meeting.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6840.

6840. The board shall select one of its members as chairperson and select one of its members as vice chairperson, who shall preside in the absence of the chairperson, and it may provide for and select the officers it deems necessary to conduct the affairs of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 876, Sec. 11.4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6841.

6841. 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 or the greater portion is located.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6843.

6843. The fiscal year of a district shall begin on the first day of July of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June of the following year.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 1 - Administrative Provisions › Section 6844.

6844. The board shall annually file a report of the affairs and financial condition of the district for the preceding year with the governing body of every county or city, all or part of which is included in the district. This report shall show the sources of all receipts and the purposes of all disbursements.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board › Section 6860.

6860. 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 one of the counties in which the district is situated, at least five days before final passage.
All franchises and leases for a period of more than 10 years, to be valid, shall be authorized by ordinance.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 280.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board › Section 6860.5.

6860.5. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board › Section 6861.

6861. Any grant of a franchise or lease of property of the district shall not be for a longer period than 50 years. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, a district may grant to any common carrier by rail a franchise to operate equipment over any belt railroad, or part thereof, of the district for so long as the district shall own such railroad, and such franchise need not provide for readjustment of compensation therefor during its term.
(Amended by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 21.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board › Section 6864.

6864. The district, may itself, without letting contracts therefor, do such work and make such improvements as are necessary. The work shall be done under the supervision and direction of its officers or employees.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 23.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board › Section 6866.

6866. 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 any such officer or employee works a forfeiture of his office or employment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board › Section 6867.

6867. 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 provide the method of selecting such officers and employees and establish appropriate salary ranges for all officers and employees of the district except the auditor. The term of each officer appointed by the board is during its pleasure.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 563.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board › Section 6868.

6868. 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 portions 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.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 128.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Port Commission › ARTICLE 2 - Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board › Section 6869.

6869. (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 Section 11779 of the Insurance Code or any other provision of law, the State Compensation Insurance Fund may provide insurance coverage for the benefits authorized by this section.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 463.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6894.

6894. 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. 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. 1947, Ch. 563.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6894.1.

6894.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6894, the board of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District shall not do any of the following:
(a) Sell or dismantle the Deepwater Channel or the North Terminal Property without the prior consent of the City of Sacramento, the County of Sacramento, and the County of Yolo.
(b) Sell or lease for nonmaritime purposes, land in excess of 10 acres located north of Southport Parkway and west of Lake Washington, unless, prior to executing a sale or lease, the board makes a written finding, based on substantial evidence in the record, that the proposed sale or lease is necessary to maintain the financial viability of the port.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 284, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6894.2.

6894.2. (a) Moneys in the Riverfront Enhancement Fund, created by the Joint Port Governance Agreement dated January 15, 2006, shall be expended exclusively on projects related to the Sacramento and American Rivers, including tributaries and fluvial features, encompassed within the Counties of Sacramento and Yolo. Projects may include, but are not limited to, those of regional significance; capital improvements on riverfronts; maintenance and operation of riverfronts, waterways, and parkways; and conservation and environmental studies and projects.
(b) In order to provide a disincentive for port closure to the host jurisdiction, which would receive properties of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District in event of its closure in accordance with this code, if the Port of Sacramento is closed and liquidated on or after January 15, 2016, and prior to January 15, 2026, the net proceeds from the liquidation shall be distributed to the Riverfront Enhancement Fund, less 10 percent for each year after January 15, 2016, that shall be distributed to the City of West Sacramento.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or prohibit the sale or lease of any property of the Port of Sacramento.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 284, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6895.

6895. A district may acquire, purchase, takeover, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, bunkering facilities, cold storage 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.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 24.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6896.

6896. It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to carry out any of its purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6897.

6897. It may incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for its purposes, and 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 refunded bonds were a lien, at the time of the creation of the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6898.

6898. It may levy and collect or cause to be levied or collected taxes as in this part provided.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6899.

6899. 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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6900.

6900. It may contribute money to the Federal or the State government or to any county in which the district 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, if such work will improve navigation and commerce, in or to the navigable waters in the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6901.

6901. A district may do any work or make any improvement within or without the territorial limits of the district, if the doing of the work or the making of the improvement will aid in the development or the improvement of navigation or commerce to or within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 25.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6901.1.

6901.1. It may by resolution hold and save harmless the State of California, the Reclamation Board of the State of California, and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, their officers, agents or employees, from all claims, damages or liability due or incident to the design, construction, operation, repair and maintenance of any waterway project of the United States entering the district or other improvement constructed by or for the district for which the approval of the State Reclamation Board must be obtained, whether the same be caused by negligence of the State or of the officers, agents, employees of the State, or otherwise, and it may levy and collect in the manner provided for the raising of funds under this part such sums as may be required to fulfill any obligation incurred hereunder.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 671.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6902.

6902. A district may enact necessary police regulations providing for control of any waterway project of the United States, entering the district, and it may adopt rules and regulations concerning the construction of wharves, docks, buildings, and improvements of all types.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 26.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6903.

6903. A district may provide for the opening and laying out of streets leading to the waterfront.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 27.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6904.

6904. 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 also on other navigable streams improved or unimproved which lie within the district, and make and enforce necessary police and sanitary regulations in connection therewith.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 28.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6905.

6905. 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 the district, in connection with or for the promotion and accommodation of transportation or navigation and the rates or charges for pilotage and towage.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6906.

6906. It may lay out, plan and establish the general plan and system of harbor and harbor district improvements and modify such plan and prescribe the specifications for such improvements.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6907.

6907. It may act as warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers, reconditioners, shippers and reshippers of properties of all kinds.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6908.

6908. 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 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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC › DIVISION 8 - HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS › PART 6 - RIVER PORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 6908.5.

6908.5. 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 date 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 such 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.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1289.)