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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12819.

12819. (a) Every district furnishing light, heat, or power shall expend no funds for advertising when the advertising encourages increased consumption of the services or commodities.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a district furnishing light, heat, or power from expending funds for advertising which encourages the more efficient operation of the facilities, works, or utilities of the district, or for advertising which encourages the more efficient use of light, heat, or power, the conservation of energy or natural resources, or presents accurate information on the economical purchase, maintenance, or use of any appliance or device using light, heat, or power.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a district furnishing light, heat, or power from expending funds for advertising for the purposes of economic development that benefits ratepayers, retaining customers, marketing competitive services and commodities, or promoting electrotechnologies that enhance productivity or provide environmental benefits, within or without the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 175, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12819.5.

12819.5. Whenever a business transaction of a municipal utility district furnishing electricity, gas, water service where the utility has 10,000 or more service connections, or telephone service is such that a personal appearance by a person is required by the district and the person is unable to appear at the district’s place of business during the district’s usual business hours, then the district shall provide a reasonable and convenient alternative to the person such as an appointment outside the district’s usual business hours or allowing the person to conduct the transaction by telephone, mail, or both.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 614, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12820.

12820. (a) A district may employ a suitable security force. The employees of the district that are designated by the general manager as security officers shall have the authority and powers conferred by subdivision (a) of Section 830.34 of the Penal Code upon peace officers. The district shall adhere to the standards for recruitment and training of peace officers established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part 4 of the Penal Code.
(b) Every security officer employed by a district shall conform to the standards for peace officers of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Any officer who fails to conform to these standards shall not continue to have the powers of a security officer.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1165, Sec. 45.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12821.

12821. (a) Notwithstanding Section 117070 or 117120 of the Health and Safety Code, any violation of a rule or regulation of a district adopted pursuant to Section 117060 or 117105 of the Health and Safety Code shall be a misdemeanor unless the district by ordinance declares the violations to be an infraction.
(b) Every violation declared an infraction pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be punishable by (1) a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year; and (3) a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 412. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12821.5.

12821.5. (a)  Whenever residential light, heat, or power is furnished through a submeter system by a master-meter customer for sale to users who are tenants of a mobilehome park, apartment building, or similar residential complex, the master-meter customer is responsible for maintenance and repair of its submeter facilities beyond the master meter, and nothing in this section requires a district to make repairs to or perform maintenance on the submeter system.
(b) Every master-meter customer shall provide an itemized billing of charges for light, heat, and power to each individual user generally in accordance with the form and content of bills of the district to its residential customers, including, but not limited to, the opening and closing readings for the meter, and the identification of all rates and quantities under the applicable rate structure. The master-meter customer shall charge each user of the service at a rate which does not exceed the rate which would be applicable if the user were receiving residential light, heat, or power directly from the district. The master-meter customer shall also post, in a conspicuous place, the applicable prevailing residential rate schedule, as published by the district.
(c) The district shall notify each master-meter customer of its responsibilities to its users under this section.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 512, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12822.

12822. (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling.
(b) If a district furnishes individually metered residential light, heat, water, or power to residential occupants in a detached single-family dwelling, multiunit residential structure, mobilehome park, or permanent residential structure in a labor camp, as defined in Section 17008 of the Health and Safety Code, and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling, structure, or park is the customer of record of the service, the district shall make every good faith effort to inform the residential occupants, by means of written notice, when the account is in arrears, that service will be terminated in 10 days. The written notice shall further inform the residential occupants that they have the right to become customers of the district without being required to pay the amount due on the delinquent account. The notice shall be in English and in the languages listed in Section 1632 of the Civil Code.
(c) The district is not required to make service available to the residential occupants unless each residential occupant agrees to the terms and conditions of service, and meets the requirements of the district’s rules. However, if one or more of the residential occupants are willing and able to assume responsibility for the subsequent charges to the account to the satisfaction of the district, or if there is a physical means, legally available to the district, of selectively terminating service to those residential occupants who have not met the requirements of the district’s rules, the district shall make service available to the residential occupants who have met those requirements.
(d) If prior service for a period of time is a condition for establishing credit with the district, residence and proof of prompt payment of rent or other credit obligation acceptable to the district for that period of time is a satisfactory equivalent.
(e) Any residential occupant who becomes a customer of the district pursuant to this section whose periodic payments, such as rental payments, include charges for residential light, heat, water, or power, where these charges are not separately stated, may deduct from the periodic payment each payment period all reasonable charges paid to the district for those services during the preceding payment period.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 560, Sec. 6. (SB 120) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12822.6.

12822.6. (a) The decision of a district to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of money with the district prior to establishing an account and furnishing service shall be based solely upon the creditworthiness of the applicant as determined by the district.
(b) No municipal utility district owning or operating a public utility furnishing services for residential use to a tenant under an account established by the tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of services to, or for the tenant’s residential use from, any subsequent tenant or the property owner due to nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant. For this purpose, the term “subsequent tenant” shall not include any adult person who lived at the residence during the period that the charges or penalties accrued. The district may collect a deposit from the tenant service applicant prior to establishing an account for the tenant. The district may not require that service to subsequent tenants be furnished on the account of the landlord or property owner unless the property owner voluntarily agrees to that requirement, nor may the district refuse to furnish services to a tenant in the tenant’s name based on the nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant.
(c) A district subject to this section may not demand or receive security in an amount that exceeds twice the estimated average periodic bill or three times the estimated average monthly bill.
(d) In the event of tenant nonpayment of all or a portion of the bill, the deposit shall be applied to the final bill issued when service is terminated.
(e) This section shall not apply to master-metered apartment buildings.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 739, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12823.

12823. (a) No district furnishing its inhabitants with light, water, power, or heat may terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the district first gives notice of the delinquency and impending termination, as provided in Section 12823.
(b) No district shall terminate residential service for nonpayment in any of the following situations:
(1) During the pendency of an investigation by the district of a customer dispute or complaint.
(2) When a customer has been granted an extension of the period for payment of a bill.
(3) On the certification of a licensed physician and surgeon that to do so will be life threatening to the customer and the customer is financially unable to pay for service within the normal payment period and is willing to enter into an amortization agreement with the district pursuant to subdivision (e) with respect to all charges that the customer is unable to pay prior to delinquency.
(c) Any residential customer who has initiated a complaint or requested an investigation within five days of receiving the disputed bill, or who has, within 13 days of mailing of the notice required by subdivision (a), made a request for extension of the payment period of a bill asserted to be beyond the means of the customer to pay in full during the normal period for payment, shall be given an opportunity for review of the complaint, investigation, or request by a review manager of the district. The review shall include consideration of whether the customer shall be permitted to amortize the unpaid balance of the account over a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 12 months. No termination of service shall be effected for any customer complying with an amortization agreement, if the customer also keeps the account current as charges accrue in each subsequent billing period.
(d) Any customer whose complaint or request for an investigation pursuant to subdivision (c) has resulted in an adverse determination by the district may appeal the determination to the board. Any subsequent appeal of the dispute or complaint to the board is not subject to this section.
(e) Any customer meeting the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) shall, upon request, be permitted to amortize, over a period not to exceed 12 months, the unpaid balance of any bill asserted to be beyond the means of the customer to pay within the normal period for payment.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 888, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12824.

12824. No electrical, gas, heat, or water municipal utility district shall, by reason of delinquency in payment for any electric, gas, heat, or water services, cause cessation of any such services on any Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or at any time during which the business offices of the district are not open to the public.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1027.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12825.

12825. (a) A district furnishing light, heat, or power may engage in activities to reduce wasteful, uneconomical or unnecessary uses of energy, including, but not limited to, public information programs, the sale of insulation, the sale, rental and lease of materials or equipment for the purpose of conserving energy or reducing the need for the installation of electric generating facilities, and the adoption of voluntary and mandatory load management programs, and may also engage in activities to accelerate and participate in the development of alternative sources of energy including, but not limited to, the supply of equipment for use in connection therewith, and may do all things necessary or convenient to the full exercise of the powers herein granted. The interest rates charged on extended payment contracts for such materials or equipment shall not exceed that necessary to cover the district’s full cost of money plus its administrative costs and anticipated losses due to nonpayment on such contracts.
(b) This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law.
(Added by renumbering Section 12823 (as added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 14) by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5 - Utility Works and Service › Section 12827.

12827. The board of a district that has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may engage in programs to encourage economic development that benefits its ratepayers.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 53, Sec. 2. Effective April 26, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 5a - Claims › Section 12830.

12830. All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 12841.

12841. A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness, and may issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. No indebtedness shall be incurred exceeding the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district without the approval of two-thirds of the voters voting on the proposition to incur such indebtedness except as follows:
(a) A further vote of the voters is not required for any indebtedness heretofore or hereafter incurred within the purposes and not exceeding the available amount of any previously authorized bond issue, and as to such indebtedness the proceeds of any of the bonds unexpended in the treasury of the district, or the par value of any of the bonds which are unsold shall be deemed a part of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district.
(b) Any district operating a utility under rules requiring applicants for extensions to advance the expenses of such extensions and facilities for serving additional territory may enter into agreements to refund to the applicants in a subsequent year the whole or any part of the expenses so advanced, and the refunds may be paid out of the revenues of subsequent years.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 761.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 12842.

12842. No district shall incur an indebtedness for public works which in the aggregate exceeds 20 percent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property within the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 12843.

12843. Indebtedness which has been incurred for the construction and operation of a public utility, where the revenue from the utility for three years or more next preceding has been sufficient to pay the interest and principal due on any bonds issued for its construction or acquisition, in addition to the cost of operation and maintenance, shall not be counted and included in ascertaining the limit of indebtedness, and any indebtedness incurred for the acquisition, construction or operation of a public utility within any special district shall be excluded in ascertaining the aggregate indebtedness specified in Section 12842.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 210.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6 - Indebtedness › Section 12844.

12844. 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 cooperate with, and accept cooperation 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 cooperation 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 cooperation under any federal legislation now or hereafter enacted. Any evidence of indebtedness issued under this section shall constitute a negotiable instrument.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6a - Electric, Water, Communications, or Sewage Disposal System Improvements › Section 12850.

12850. This article shall apply only to districts which have owned and operated an electric distribution, water distribution, or sewage disposal system for at least eight years and which have a population of 250,000 or more.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 399.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6a - Electric, Water, Communications, or Sewage Disposal System Improvements › Section 12851.

12851. A district may, from time to time, issue bonds in accordance with 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), as it now reads or as hereafter amended, for the purpose of financing the construction, reconstruction, replacement, acquisition, or improvement of any facility or facilities necessary or convenient for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity; the storage, transmission, or distribution of water; the furnishing of communications services; or the disposal of sewage; or incidental to, or in connection with, the operation of the electric, water, communications, or sewage disposal system or facilities of the district, or for purposes of financing programs for the conservation of electricity, which shall constitute an “enterprise” within the meaning of Section 54309 of the Government Code. The authority hereby granted to the districts is in addition to all powers granted local agencies under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, and Section 54310 of the Government Code, insofar as it is inconsistent with that authority, shall not apply.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 367, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6a - Electric, Water, Communications, or Sewage Disposal System Improvements › Section 12852.

12852. Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, the limitations on the rate of interest set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 54402 of the Government Code and on the discount set forth in Section 54418 of the Government Code, and the requirements for refunding revenue bonds set forth in Sections 53573, 53583, 54388, and 54661 of the Government Code do not apply to the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this article. Whenever a district proposes to exercise the power to issue bonds pursuant to this article, the board shall adopt a preliminary resolution declaring its intention to authorize the issuance of bonds, which resolution shall specify all of the following:
(a) The purpose for which the proposed bonds are to be issued.
(b) The maximum principal amount of the bonds then proposed to be issued.
(c) The maximum term for which any of the bonds are to run.
(d) The maximum rate of interest to be payable upon the bonds which rate shall be determined by the board.
(e) The maximum discount, which shall be determined by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 984, Sec. 1. Effective September 11, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6a - Electric, Water, Communications, or Sewage Disposal System Improvements › Section 12853.

12853. When bonds are issued under this article, the preliminary resolution of the board adopted pursuant to this article shall take effect upon its adoption by the board subject to the right of referendum provided for in this article. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized under this article from time to time and the authority herein contained shall not be limited to any particular issue.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 916.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6a - Electric, Water, Communications, or Sewage Disposal System Improvements › Section 12854.

12854. Upon any such resolution taking effect subject to the right of referendum pursuant to this article, the board shall cause the same to be published in the manner provided for the publication of notices. At any time within 60 days after the date of the second such publication a referendum petition, signed by voters in number equal to at least 3 percent of the total vote cast, as defined in Section 11507, demanding the submission of such resolution to a vote of the voters of the district for their assent to the issuance of the proposed bonds, may be filed with the secretary. Upon presentation to the secretary of a referendary petition, the resolution which is the subject thereof shall be of no effect unless and until it has been assented to by the voters.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 916.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6a - Electric, Water, Communications, or Sewage Disposal System Improvements › Section 12855.

12855. If no such referendary petition is presented within the period of 60 days, then upon the expiration of such period, or if the proposition of issuing the bonds specified in the resolution of the board adopted pursuant to this article has been assented to by a majority of the voters voting on the proposition, whether upon referendum or pursuant to Section 12856, then upon such proposition having been so assented to, the resolution shall take full and final effect, and the board may proceed in accordance with the provisions of this article and issue bonds within the terms of the resolution and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5, Government Code).
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 916.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6a - Electric, Water, Communications, or Sewage Disposal System Improvements › Section 12856.

12856. The board at any time may, and upon the filing of a referendum petition as provided in Section 12854 shall, adopt a resolution calling a special election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the proposition of issuing revenue bonds in conformity with the preliminary resolution adopted pursuant to Section 12852. The resolution calling the election shall fix the date on which the election is to be held, the proposition to be submitted thereat, the manner of holding the election and of voting for or against the proposition, and shall state that in all other particulars the election shall be held and the votes canvassed as provided by law for the holding of elections within the district. Such election may be held separately or may be consolidated with any other election authorized by law at which the voters of the district may vote. The resolution calling the election shall be published and no other notice of the election need be given. The votes of a majority of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 916.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6a - Electric, Water, Communications, or Sewage Disposal System Improvements › Section 12857.

12857. The authority herein contained shall be in addition to the authority conferred by Chapter 7 of this division and indebtedness incurred in accordance with the authority herein contained shall not be included in ascertaining the aggregate indebtedness specified in Section 12842.
(Added by renumbering Section 12852 by Stats. 1965, Ch. 916.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 6b - Bonds › Section 12860.

12860. Bonds issued by a district, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 53540) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, may bear interest at the rate or rates as may be fixed by the board of directors without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 53541 of the Government Code, and may be sold at a discount, as determined by the board of directors.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 394, Sec. 2. Effective July 26, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 12871.

12871. A district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any of the following:
(a) Its own bonds, whether issued on behalf of the entire district or any special district.
(b) Treasury notes, certificates of indebtedness, bills, bonds of the United States, or any other evidence of indebtedness secured by the full faith and credit of the United States.
(c) Obligations issued pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act or the National Housing Act.
(d) Treasury notes or bonds of this state, or of any public corporation, municipal corporation, public district, or political subdivision within this state which are legal as security for the deposit of public funds.
(e) Obligations issued by federal intermediate credit banks, federal land banks, and banks for cooperatives.
(f) Obligations issued or assumed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Inter-American Development Bank, or Export-Import Bank of Washington participation certificates.
(g) Banker’s acceptances of banks having total deposits of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) or more.
(h) Any securities in which savings banks in this state may legally invest their funds pursuant to Sections 1350 to 1366, inclusive, of the Financial Code; provided, that the provisions of said sections limiting the amount which a savings bank may invest in securities to a specified percent of its paid-up capital and surplus, or savings deposits, shall not apply to investments authorized by the terms of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 926.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 12872.

12872. Such investment may be made by direct purchase of any issue of such bonds, treasury notes, or obligations, or part thereof, at the original sale or by the subsequent purchase of the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 12873.

12873. Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the district may from time to time be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds, treasury notes, or obligations as provided in this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 12874.

12874. Sales of any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held by the district shall from time to time be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which the bonds, treasury notes, or obligations were originally purchased was placed in the treasury of the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 7 - Investments › Section 12875.

12875. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district which has owned and operated a water distribution or sewage disposal system for at least eight years and which has a population of 250,000 or more may enter into contracts commonly known as “interest rate swap agreements” or “forward payment conversion agreements” with any person providing for the exchange of payments between the person and the district including, without limitation, contracts providing for the exchange of fixed interest payments for floating payments or floating interest payments for fixed payments, or a combination thereof, after giving due consideration for the creditworthiness of the counter parties, where applicable, including any rating by a nationally recognized agency or such other criteria as may be appropriate. The contracts may be made upon the terms and conditions established by the board. The authority conferred by this section includes the authority to enter into any and all contracts incident to the exercise of the authority conferred by this section including, without limitation, contracts to obtain credit enhancement devices and contracts for the performance of professional services.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1389, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12891.5.

12891.5. 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. 9.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12892.

12892. If, in the opinion of the board, the revenues will not be sufficient for any and all lawful purposes the board shall levy a tax for such purpose or purposes and fix the amount of money necessary to be raised therefor by taxation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12893.

12893. The board shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy and in the manner provided for the general tax levy, levy and collect annually until the district’s bonds are paid, or until there is a sum in the treasury of the district set apart for that purpose to meet all sums coming due for principal and interest on the bonds, a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on the bonds and such part of the principal thereof as becomes due before the time for fixing the next general tax levy. If the maturity of the indebtedness created by the issue of bonds begins more than one year after the date of the issuance thereof, the tax shall be levied and collected annually at the time and in the manner aforesaid, sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due and to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12894.

12894. The taxes required to be levied and collected on account of interest, principal, and sinking fund of district bonds shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for district purposes, and shall be collected at the time and in the same manner as other district taxes are collected, and be used for no other purpose than the payment of the bonds and accruing interest.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12895.

12895. Nothing in this division prevents the issuance of revenue bonds by a district for the entire district or any special district created therein under any provision of law permitting the issuance of revenue bonds by municipal utility districts.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12896.

12896. The board may provide for the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes by the district, including the sale of property to the district for delinquent taxes, with penalties, interest, and cost.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12897.

12897. The board may elect to avail itself of the assessments made by the assessors of the counties in which the district is situated, and of the assessments made by the State Board of Equalization for those counties, and may take such assessments as the basis for district taxation and have its taxes collected by the county officials if the board declares its election so to do by resolution or ordinance and files a certified copy of the resolution or ordinance on or before the first day of August with the auditors of the counties in which the district is situated. Thereafter, each year and until otherwise provided by the board, all assessments shall be made for the district by the State Board of Equalization and the county assessors, and all taxes shall be collected for the district by the tax collectors, of the counties in which the district is situated.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1632.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12898.

12898. In such case the county auditor shall, on or before August 15th of each year, transmit to the board a statement in writing showing the total value of all property within the district, ascertained from the assessments referred to in Section 12897 as equalized.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 761.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12899.

12899. In case the board elects to avail itself of the assessments referred to in Section 12897 it shall, on or before the first week day in September, or if such week day falls upon a holiday then on the first business day thereafter, fix the rate of taxes, designating the number of cents upon each hundred dollars, using as a basis the value of property transmitted to the board by the county auditors, which rate of taxation shall be sufficient to raise the amount previously fixed by the board. These acts by the board shall constitute a valid assessment of the property and a valid levy of the taxes so fixed.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1632.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12900.

12900. The board shall immediately after fixing the rate of taxes as above provided transmit to the county auditors of the counties in which the district is situated a statement of the rate of taxes fixed by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1632.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12901.

12901. The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. When collected the net amount, ascertained as provided in this article, shall be paid to the treasurer of the district, under the general requirements and penalties provided by law for the settlement of other taxes. The district may adopt the alternative procedure of tax collection and apportionment established by Chapter 3, Part 8, Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and any amendments thereof; provided, however, that the district may thereafter abandon said alternative procedure at the end of any fiscal year of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 808.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12902.

12902. Whenever any real property situate in any district which has availed itself of the provisions of Section 12897 has been sold for taxes and has been redeemed, the money paid for redemption shall be apportioned and paid to the district by the county treasurers receiving it in the proportion which the tax due to the district bears to the total tax for which the property was sold.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12903.

12903. The compensation to be charged by and paid to any county for the performance of services under this article shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors of the county and the board. The compensation shall in no event exceed one-half of 1 percent of all money collected for the district. The compensation collected by the county shall be placed to the credit of the county salary fund.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 8 - Taxation › Section 12904.

12904. All taxes levied under this division are a lien on the property on which they are levied. Unless the board has by ordinance otherwise provided, the enforcement of the collection of such taxes shall be in the same manner and by the same means provided by law for the enforcement of liens for county taxes, all the provisions of law relating to the enforcement of the latter being made a part of this division, so far as applicable.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 9 - Improvement Act of 111 › Section 12921.

12921. The Improvement Act of 1911 may be used by a district formed pursuant to this division for the construction of water facilities. In the application of said improvement act to proceedings instituted by such district, the terms used in said improvement act shall have the following meanings:
(a) “City council” and “council” mean the board of the district.
(b) “Municipality” and “city” mean district.
(c) “Clerk” and “city clerk” mean secretary of the board.
(d) “Superintendent of streets,” “street superintendent” and “city engineer” mean the engineer appointed by the district to perform the engineering work for the assessment district.
(e) “Tax collector” means county tax collector.
(f) “Treasurer” and “city treasurer” mean the person or officer who has charge of and makes payment of the funds of the district.
(g) “Right-of-way” shall mean any parcel of land over which the district shall have an easement for the purpose of constructing or maintaining water or sewer lines.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 210.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 9 - Improvement Act of 111 › Section 12922.

12922. The powers and duties conferred by the Improvement Act of 1911 on boards, officers and agents of cities shall be exercised by the respective boards, officers and agents of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1206.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 11 - Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 › Section 13010.

13010. The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 may be used by a district formed pursuant to this division for any purpose or purposes which a district may carry out.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 210.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 12 - Irrigation Standby or Immediate Availability Charge › Section 13021.

13021. This article shall apply only to the ownership, operation, control, or use by a district of a system for the distribution of irrigation water and shall not affect, but shall be in addition to, the right of the board of directors of the district to fix rates and charges, and to supervise and regulate every utility owned and operated by the district pursuant to this division.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 174.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 12 - Irrigation Standby or Immediate Availability Charge › Section 13022.

13022. (a) A district which acquires, constructs, owns, operates, controls, or uses works for supplying its inhabitants and lands within the district with irrigation water, may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix by resolution on or before the first day of July of each year a water standby or immediate availability charge on all land within its boundaries to which water is made available by the district for irrigation purposes, whether the water is actually used or not. Such charge shall not apply to lands permanently dedicated exclusively to transportation of persons or property.
(b) The board of directors of a district which fixes such a standby charge may establish schedules varying the charges in different areas within a district. The board of directors may not, however, fix an annual standby charge at a rate in excess of ten dollars ($10) per acre or portion thereof, 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 the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the district’s board 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 board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Functions of District › ARTICLE 12 - Irrigation Standby or Immediate Availability Charge › Section 13023.

13023. (a) Any district levying a standby charge, which has elected under Section 12897 to use county and state assessment and tax collection procedures, shall, on or before the first day of August of each year, furnish in writing to the county auditor of each affected county a description of each parcel of land within the district upon which a standby charge has been levied for the current fiscal year, together with the amount of standby charge fixed by the district on each parcel of land.
(b) All county officers charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect district standby charges with the regular tax payments to the county. Such charges shall be collected in the same form and manner as county taxes are collected and shall be paid to the district. Charges fixed by the district shall be a lien on all the property benefited thereby. Liens for such charges shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes, and their collection may be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens for state and county taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 174.)