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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16472.5.

16472.5. (a) In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, including an ordinance fixing charges for the furnishing of commodities or services, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of the district. The district may also petition the superior court for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, as may be appropriate, restraining any person from the continued violation of any ordinance of the district or for the issuance of an order stopping or disconnecting a service if the charges for that service are unpaid at the time specified in the ordinance.
(b) The district may enter upon the private property of any person within the jurisdiction of the district in order to investigate possible violations of an ordinance of the district. The investigation shall be made with the consent of the owner or tenant of the property or, if consent is refused, with a warrant duly issued pursuant to the procedures set forth in Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except that, notwithstanding Section 1822.52 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the warrant shall be issued only upon probable cause.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 798, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16473.

16473. Whenever there is a surplus of available water, light, heat, or power above that which is required by the inhabitants or municipalities within the district, the district may sell or otherwise dispose of such surplus outside of the district to persons, firms, and public or private corporations.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16474.

16474. Whenever any of the facilities, works, or utilities of all or part of a district is not used or employed to its fullest capacity for the benefit or requirements of the district or its inhabitants, the district may employ such surplus facilities to supply any of its public utility services outside the boundaries of the district upon such terms and conditions and under such agreement as its board determines is for the best interests of the district. Any public utility service supplied by a district outside its boundaries shall not exceed in amount the same type of public utility service supplied by the district within its boundaries.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16475.

16475. (a) A public utility district which acquires, constructs, owns, operates, controls or uses works for supplying its inhabitants with water, may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix and collect a water standby or immediate availability charge on all land within its boundaries to which water is made available for any purpose by the district, whether the water is actually used or not, except that such charge shall not supply to lands permanently dedicated exclusively to transportation of persons or property. If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the district’s board of directors may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the district shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(b) The board of directors of the district which fixes such a charge may establish schedules varying the charges in different months and in different localities within a public utility district depending upon factors such as the uses to which the land is put, the cost of transporting the water to the land, the degree of availability or quantity of use of such water to the affected lands. The board may not, however, fix an annual charge in excess of ten dollars ($10) per acre or in excess of five dollars ($5) for parcel of less than one acre, unless the standby charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).
(c) If a person for more than one year obtains substantially all of his or her water requirements for the contiguous parcels of land which he or she occupies from rainfall, springs, streams, lakes, rivers, or wells, and if the person’s primary economic activity on such land is the commercial extraction or processing of minerals, such land shall be exempt from any water standby or availability charges.
(d) Any funds derived from the charges levied pursuant to this section may be used by the district for all purposes which a public utility district is authorized to expend funds insofar as said purposes relate to the acquisition, construction, operation, control, or use of works for supplying its inhabitants with water.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16476.1.

16476.1. (a) The Tahoe City Public Utility District may acquire, construct, install, maintain, improve, or operate public walkways, paths, sidewalks, trails, and public parking facilities if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The district board of directors passes an ordinance pursuant to Sections 16072 to 16084, inclusive, authorizing the district to exercise these powers.
(2) The Board of Supervisors of Placer County adopts a resolution authorizing the district to exercise these powers.
(3) The improvements comply with all of the ordinances, resolutions, policies, and other standards of the city or county in which the property is located, and comply with all state laws governing public works and public agencies.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 16467, the services, facilities, or installations or operation thereof provided for in subdivision (a) need not be financed on a revenue-producing basis. Revenue to defray the cost of constructing, installing, maintaining, and operating the facilities or services or to pay the principal and interest and to create reserve and sinking funds on any indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, may be raised in any manner authorized by this division.
(c) Assessments levied to pay for the acquisition, construction, installation, maintenance, improvement, or operation of public walkways, paths, sidewalks, trails, and public parking facilities pursuant to this section shall be subject to approval by a majority vote of the property owners of the assessment district in which the services, facilities, or installations are located.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 198, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16477.

16477. Notwithstanding Section 16475, the Board of Directors of the Fallbrook Public Utility District may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix and collect an annual water standby or immediate availability charge. The standby or immediate availability charge shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre or any parcel of less than one acre, unless the standby or immediate availability charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that this section, applicable only to the Fallbrook Public Utility District, is necessary because of the unique and special water management problems within that district.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16478.

16478. The Board of Directors of the Tahoe City Public Utility District, the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, and the Board of Directors of the North Tahoe Public Utility District shall each have the authority to fix and collect an annual standby charge for sewage service on all lands within the district under its jurisdiction, in such amount as the board shall specify, provided that such standby charge for sewage service shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) per acre for parcels in excess of one acre or twenty dollars ($20) per parcel for parcels less than one acre, unless the standby charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).
The standby charge authorized by this section shall be imposed only pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code. If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, that charge pursuant to this section may be levied at the same rate in subsequent years without the requirement of a hearing, provided that if new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board of directors shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that this section, applicable only to the Tahoe City Public Utility District, the South Tahoe Public Utility District, and the North Tahoe Public Utility District is necessary because of the unique and special water management, pollution, and sewage disposal problems of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16479.

16479. If the Board of Directors of the Tahoe City Public Utility District or of the North Tahoe Public Utility District determines to use all or any portion of a surplus remaining in the improvement fund from any assessment proceeding to improve the sewer system within district’s jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 10427 of the Streets and Highways Code, all of the surpluses to be used for the maintenance of the improvements may be transferred by the legislative body to a single fund for the maintenance and operation of the sewer system without regard to the proportion of the funds so created attributable to each proceeding from which the surplus arose.
The board of directors shall transfer to such single fund the same percentage of the surplus from each improvement fund. The fact that in one or more of such improvement funds no surplus exists shall not prevent the board of directors from proceeding pursuant to this section as to all improvement funds in which a surplus does exist if a surplus of no less than 2
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This section, applicable only to the Tahoe City Public Utility District and the North Tahoe Public Utility District, is necessary because of unique and special fiscal management problems of improvement districts in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 334, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16480.

16480. (a) Every district furnishing light, heat, or power shall expend no funds for advertising when such advertising encourages increased consumption of such 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.
(Added by renumbering Section 16477 (as added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 194) by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1079.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16480.5.

16480.5. Whenever a business transaction of a public 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. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16481.

16481. (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 is the customer of record, 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. 8. (SB 120) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16481.6.

16481.6. 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 credit worthiness of the applicant as determined by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1066, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16482.

16482. (a) No district furnishing its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, or means for the disposition of garbage, sewage, or refuse matter 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 16482.1.
(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 contested 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. 13.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16483.

16483. No electrical, gas, heat, or water public 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.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16485.

16485. (a) A public utility district which acquires, constructs, owns, operates, controls or uses works for supplying its inhabitants with electricity, may fix and collect charges in the manner provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 16461) and Article 8 (commencing with Section 16641), Chapter 4, Division 7 of the Public Utilities Code, for an electricity standby or immediate availability charge on all lands within its boundaries to which electricity is made available for any purpose by the district, whether the electricity is actually used or not.
(b) The board of directors of the districts which fixes such a charge may exempt certain classes of users from such a charge and may establish schedules varying the charges in different months and in different localities within a public utility district depending upon factors such as the uses to which the electricity is put, the cost of transmitting the electricity to the user, the degree of availability or quantity of use of such electricity. The board may not, however, fix an annual charge in excess of twenty dollars ($20) per acre or in excess of ten dollars ($10) for a parcel of less than one acre.
(c) Any funds derived from the charges levied pursuant to this section may be used by the district for all purposes which a public utility district is authorized to expend funds insofar as these purposes relate to the acquisition, construction, operation, control, or use of works for supplying its inhabitants with electricity.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 467.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16486.

16486. (a) In addition to all other powers, excepting telephone service, authorized by this division, the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District may acquire, construct, own, and operate public parking facilities and cable television facilities and may provide snow removal and road maintenance services for all roads open to the public, including, but not limited to, public roads and roads offered for dedication but not accepted, within the district. Prior to providing any snow removal or road maintenance services, the district shall obtain the consent of any public agency owning the roads. Notwithstanding Section 16467, the facilities and services provided in this subdivision need not be operated on a self-sustaining, revenue-producing basis. Revenue to defray the cost of the facilities and services may be raised in any manner authorized by this division.
(b) The Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District may exercise all of the powers of a mosquito abatement district or vector control district, as set forth in the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District Law (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 3 of the Health and Safety Code), within the service area of the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16487.

16487. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District may issue bonds and incur indebtedness pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code), or the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, and operating any revenue-producing improvement, building, system, plant, works, facilities, undertaking, or other enterprise used for or useful for the generation, production, transmission, or distribution of electricity or gas for light, heat, or power for public or private uses.
If the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District is not incorporated on or before March 1, 1986, this section is repealed on that date.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 852) by Stats. 1983, Ch. 733, Sec. 4. Note: This section was not repealed by its own provisions because the conditions failed.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16488.

16488. Every district shall comply with Section 8029.5.
(Added by renumbering Section 16487 (as added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 549) by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 104.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16489.

16489. The June Lake Public Utility District may exercise all of the powers of a mosquito abatement district or vector control district, as set forth in the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District Law (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 3 of the Health and Safety Code), within the service area of the June Lake Public Utility District.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Purchase of Supplies and Advertising › Section 16531.

16531. Except as otherwise provided, the board shall determine annually what goods, merchandise, stores, subsistence, materials, and other supplies will be needed by the district for the ensuing year.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness and Financing › Section 16571.

16571. A district may borrow money and incur or assume indebtedness, and issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness and Financing › Section 16573.

16573. No district shall incur any funded indebtedness which in the aggregate exceeds 20 percent of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property situated within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness and Financing › Section 16574.

16574. The board of directors or other officers of the district may not incur any debt or liability, either by issuing bonds or otherwise, in excess of the express provisions of this division. Any debt or liability incurred in excess of those express provisions is absolutely void, excepting that the debt limitations may be exceeded where the district finances waterworks or sewage disposal facilities by means of a revenue bond issue, or by means of a general obligation bond issue, or by means provided by Section 16580 and makes provision to pledge, as additional security for the general obligation or indebtedness, all or any part of revenues received from the facilities over a period not to exceed 40 years, in which event the limitation of indebtedness set forth in Section 16573 of this code may not be applicable to the bonds or indebtedness so secured or so additionally secured by the revenue.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 606, Sec. 6. Effective October 9, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness and Financing › Section 16575.

16575. A district may issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring or constructing any waterworks necessary or proper for carrying out the objects and purposes of the district, in like manner as other bonds are authorized to be issued under this division, and may pledge the revenue, income, receipts, and profits from the operation of the waterworks to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds. A district may, if it so elects, declare the payment thereof shall be made solely from the revenue, income, receipts, and profits.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness and Financing › Section 16576.

16576. Notwithstanding any provision of this division limiting the amount of indebtedness which may be incurred by it, in order to repair and replace structures and equipment impaired or destroyed or both by flood, fire, earthquake, or other catastrophe, upon the unanimous vote of its board, a district may do any or all of the following:
(a) Borrow money at a rate of interest not exceeding 8 percent a year, including borrowing from the United States or any of its agencies, in a principal amount not to exceed 6 percent of the assessed value of all real and personal property situated in the district.
(b) Issue evidences of indebtedness to represent the sum borrowed.
(c) Arrange terms for the repayment of the sum borrowed.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness and Financing › Section 16577.

16577. A district may refinance any indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 16576 by borrowing from the United States or any of its agencies and issuing in connection therewith evidences of indebtedness in the form and upon the terms required by the United States or its agency. The sum so borrowed shall not exceed the amount of the obligation being refinanced, and interest shall not exceed 8 percent per year. The money so borrowed for refinancing shall be used only to repay the obligation for the retirement of which the money was borrowed.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness and Financing › Section 16578.

16578. A district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this division requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the construction, maintenance, and operation of any enterprise in which the district is authorized to engage, and may enter into contracts and co-operate with, and accept co-operation from, the United States, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, in the construction, maintenance, and operation, and in financing the construction, maintenance, and operation, of any such enterprise in accordance with any legislation which Congress may have heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt, under which aid, assistance, and co-operation may be furnished by the United States in the construction, maintenance, and operation or in financing the construction, maintenance, and operation of any such enterprise. A district may do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid, assistance, and co-operation under any federal legislation now or hereafter enacted. Any evidence of indebtedness issued under this section shall constitute a negotiable instrument.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 543.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness and Financing › Section 16580.

16580. A district may contract with any state agency to finance any district improvement authorized by Section 16461 that is related to the provision of water for human consumption. The terms of the contract shall be consistent with this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the term of the contract may extend up to 30 years.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 606, Sec. 7. Effective October 9, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16601.

16601. Receipts from the operation of a public utility shall be paid daily into the treasury of the district in a special fund set aside for such public utility.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16602.

16602. The board may from time to time make appropriations from individual public utility funds for the following purposes:
(a) The payment of operating expenses of the public utility and all or such portion of the general salary and expense fund of the district as the board determines is justly apportionable thereto.
(b) Repairs and reconstruction.
(c) Payment of interest and sinking fund on the bonds or indebtedness incurred or assumed for acquisition, construction, or completion of the public utility.
(d) Extensions and improvements.
(e) A reserve fund.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16603.

16603. Whenever a reserve fund exceeds one-half of the payment for operating expenses in the preceding fiscal year, the board may appropriate such excess to the general fund.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16604.

16604. The books of account of the district shall show all of the following:
(a) The true and complete financial results of the ownership and operation of each public utility.
(b) The actual cost of each public utility.
(c) All costs of maintenance, extension, and improvement, and all operating expenses of every description.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16605.

16605. The accounts of the district shall be examined at least once a year by an expert accountant, who shall report to the directors the result of his examination. He shall be employed and selected in such manner as the board directs, and shall receive for his services such compensation as the board prescribes, to be paid out of the income or revenues of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16606.

16606. Every two years the board may, and upon petition of 15 percent of the electors of the district shall, employ a qualified expert who shall with all due diligence examine and report upon the following:
(a) The system of accounts kept by the district.
(b) All the contracts made and entered into by the board within the two years immediately preceding.
(c) The management of the utilities of the district, their operation, the service furnished, and the rates charged by the district.
(d) The properties and investments of the district.
(e) All official acts of the board relating to acquisition, construction, completion, extension, improvement, and betterment of the public utilities of the district.
(f) The efficiency and adequacy of each public utility, and of the property used in connection with it or with its operation, the reasonableness of the service and commodities furnished, and of the rates and charges therefor.
(g) All the business and affairs of the district relating to the ownership, management, and operation of each public utility of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16607.

16607. The expense of employing an expert shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at any one time, to be paid out of the income and revenues of the district, as the board prescribes.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 83, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16608.

16608. Experts shall be selected by the Public Utilities Commission, and their names and addresses certified to the board of directors of the district. Several experts may be so selected and certified.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16609.

16609. Whenever an expert is to be employed pursuant to Section 16606, at least four months before each biennial district election the board shall request in writing the Public Utilities Commission to select and certify experts. The commission shall transmit the names of experts to the board making the request within two weeks after receipt of the request by the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16610.

16610. Within 10 days after receipt of a certification the board shall by resolution entered on its minutes employ the expert, or one of the experts selected and certified, fix the amount of his compensation either absolutely or on a per diem basis, and notify the expert of his appointment.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16611.

16611. In his report the expert shall make such recommendations and suggestions as to him seem proper and required for the good of the district, the efficient and economical or advantageous management and operation of the public utility of the district, and the business and affairs of the district relating to such management and operation.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16612.

16612. In his report the expert shall make such recommendations and suggestions as to:
(a) The system of accounts kept, or in his judgment to be kept in connection with each public utility.
(b) The classification of the public utilities of the district and the establishment of a system of accounts for each class.
(c) The manner in which such accounts shall be kept.
(d) The forms of accounts, records, and memoranda kept or to be kept, including accounts, records, and memoranda of receipts and expenditures of money, and depreciation and sinking fund accounts, as in his judgment are proper and necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16613.

16613. The expert shall enter upon his duties at least 90 days before the next impending biennial district election, and shall complete his examination and file his report at least 30 days before the election.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Receipts, Accounts, and Audits › Section 16614.

16614. The expert’s report shall be made in duplicate to the electors of the district. One copy shall be filed with the board in the office of the clerk of the district, and one copy shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the district, or the greater part of its population, is situated. The county recorder shall record, index, and keep the report as a public record in his office, and shall make no charge for such recording.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 665.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16641.

16641. A district may levy and collect, or cause to be levied and collected, taxes for the purpose of carrying on its operations and paying its obligations.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16641.5.

16641.5. 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. 10.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16643.

16643. The board shall annually levy and collect a tax sufficient (a) to pay the annual interest on bonds, (b) to pay such part of the principal as will fall due within the succeeding year, and (c) to provide for the sinking fund payments of the next succeeding fiscal year.
When the interest and sinking fund payments for any fiscal year on bonds issued for a public utility or public utility works can be met out of the surplus earnings of such public utility, or out of moneys in the general fund of the district theretofore appropriated and transferred to the sinking fund of the public utility, no tax shall be levied for such purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16644.

16644. If from any cause the revenues of a district are inadequate to pay the principal or interest on any bonded debt as it becomes due, the board shall, or if funds are needed to carry out the objects and purposes of the district which cannot be provided out of the revenues of the district the board may, levy a tax for such purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16645.

16645. The board shall state the purposes for which taxes are necessary, and shall fix by ordinance the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16646.

16646. By ordinance, the provisions of which conform to general law, the board may provide the manner of assessing and of correcting and equalizing assessments upon the taxable property situated within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16647.

16647. The board may provide for the collection of delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and costs by actions or legal proceedings brought, prosecuted, and maintained in the name of the district against the several owners of property from whom taxes are due and delinquent.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16648.

16648. The board may elect to avail itself of the assessments made by the assessors of the counties in which the district is situated, and may take such assessments as the basis for district taxation. It shall declare its election by ordinance and file a certified copy of the ordinance with the auditors of the counties in which the district is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16649.

16649. An election pursuant to Section 16648 is effective with respect to all taxes levied and assessed after February 1 next succeeding the date upon which the certified copy is filed. Thereafter all assessments shall be made and taxes collected by the assessors or tax collectors of the counties in which the district is situated until the board by ordinance elects otherwise. When the board elects otherwise, a certified copy of such ordinance shall be filed with the auditors of the counties in which the district is situated and it is effective with respect to all taxes levied and assessed after February 1st next succeeding the date upon which the certified copy is filed.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16650.

16650. Upon receipt of the certified copy filed pursuant to Section 16648 the county auditors shall, on or before the second Monday in August of each year, transmit to the board a statement in writing showing the total value of all property within the district, ascertained from the assessment book of the counties for that year as equalized and corrected by the boards of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16651.

16651. If the board elects to avail itself of county assessments, it shall, before September 1st, fix the rate of taxes, designating the number of cents upon each one hundred dollars ($100), using as a basis the value of property as ascertained from the equalized assessment rolls of the county or counties. The rate of taxation shall be sufficient to raise the amount previously fixed by the board. These acts by the board are a valid assessment of the property and a valid levy of the taxes so fixed.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 16652.

16652. Immediately after fixing the rate of taxes the board shall transmit to the county auditors of the counties in which the district is situated a statement of the rate so fixed by it.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)