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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 22554.

22554. A district may also:
(a) Employ legal counsel, in addition to its district counsel, and provide all necessary custodians, employees, engineers, and attendants for the proper maintenance of the property of the district and the conduct of the affairs of the district, for any of its purposes.
(b) Borrow money, incur indebtedness, issue bonds or other evidence of the indebtedness, and refund or retire any indebtedness of the district.
(c) Cause to be levied and collected, taxes for the purpose of maintaining and carrying on the operations of the district and paying its obligations.
(d) Make contracts, employ labor, and do all acts necessary or convenient for the full exercise of any of the powers of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 760.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 22555.

22555. The board shall make all rules governing the use of the airports and spaceports, landing places for aerial traffic, and other aerial facilities of the district that the board determines to be necessary.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 191, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 22556.

22556. The board may charge and collect fees, tolls, and rentals for the use of all or a part of the aerial facilities of the district in such amounts and at such rates as, so far as possible, will produce revenues sufficient to pay the operating expenses of the district, provide for repairs and depreciation of the properties of the district, pay the interest on the bonded indebtedness of the district, and provide a sinking or other fund for the payment of the principal of the indebtedness as it becomes due.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 22557.

22557. (a) The district may issue temporary negotiable notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent per annum. However, these notes shall be general obligations of the district payable from revenues and taxes, unless paid from other available funds of the district, in the same manner as bonds of the district. The maturity of the notes shall not be later than 20 years from the date thereof, and the total aggregate amount of the notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed 2 percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district, or if the assessed valuation is not obtained, 2 percent of the county auditor’s estimate of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of the district evidenced by his or her certificate. The total aggregate amount of these notes outstanding at any one time shall further not exceed the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
(b) Any note proposed to be issued pursuant to subdivision (a) with a term longer than five years shall not be issued until after a public hearing is conducted with respect to the issuance and a resolution is adopted approving the issuance. At least 15 days prior to the public hearing, the board shall cause notice of the hearing to be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in the principal county. The resolution shall be subject to referendum pursuant to Section 9340 of the Elections Code and shall so provide. Within 15 days after adoption of the resolution of issuance, the board shall cause the resolution to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county, or if there is none, posted in at least three public places in the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 189. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 22557.5.

22557.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22557, the Big Bear Airport District may issue temporary negotiable notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum rate permitted pursuant to Section 53531 of the Government Code. These notes shall be general obligations of the district payable from revenues and taxes, unless paid from other available funds of the district, in the same manner as bonds of the district. The notes shall mature not later than 20 years from the date thereof, and the total aggregate amount of notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed 2 percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district, or if the assessed valuation is not obtained, 2 percent of the county auditor’s estimate of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of the district evidenced by the auditor’s certificate. The total aggregate amount of notes outstanding at any one time shall further not exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000).
(b) Any note proposed to be issued pursuant to subdivision (a) with a term longer than five years shall not be issued until after a public hearing is conducted with respect to the issuance and a resolution is adopted approving the issuance. At least 15 days prior to the public hearing, the board shall cause notice of the hearing to be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in the principal county. The resolution is subject to referendum pursuant to Section 9340 of the Elections Code and shall so provide. Within 15 days after adoption of the resolution of issuance, the board shall cause the resolution to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county, or if there is none, posted in at least three public places in the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 190. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 22558.

22558. In addition to all other powers authorized by this part, the Santa Maria Public Airport District may do both of the following:
(a) Employ airport police officers in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 830.33 of the Penal Code.
(b) Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 6300) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, apply for, establish, operate, and maintain a foreign trade zone and subzones thereto, and allow in the foreign trade zone and the subzones thereto any properties and businesses that are located either within or outside the geographic boundaries of the district and that are located within either the County of Santa Barbara or the County of San Luis Obispo.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 396, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties › Section 22559.

22559. The board may by resolution change the name of the district. Certified copies of such resolution shall be recorded in each county within which some portion of the territory of the district is situated and shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State and to the clerk of each such county.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 398.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4.5 - Claims › Section 22601.

22601. 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 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22702.

22702. District bonds may be issued and sold pursuant to this chapter for all of the following purposes:
(a) Raising money for purchasing real property for airport and spaceport purposes.
(b) Building and purchasing buildings or structures including hangars, or making alterations, additions, or repairs to the buildings or structures.
(c) Restoring or rebuilding buildings or structures damaged or destroyed by fire or other public calamity.
(d) Supplying buildings, structures, and hangars with furnishings and necessary apparatus.
(e) Improving the grounds of airports and spaceports.
(f) Acquiring and maintaining lighting equipment and all other equipment, devices, and facilities necessary or convenient for the airports and spaceports.
(g) Liquidating any indebtedness incurred for these purposes or refunding any valid outstanding indebtedness of the district evidenced by bonds or warrant.
(h) Paying all costs and expenses incident to the bond election, including engineering, architectural, legal charges, fiscal agent’s charges and interest during construction and for a period of not to exceed 12 months after the date of completion of construction.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 191, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22703.

22703. If the board deems it advisable it may call an election and submit to the electors of the district the question whether district bonds shall be issued and sold. The board shall call a bond election upon the filing with the board of a petition signed by 10 percent of the registered voters of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22706.

22706. In the order calling the bond election, the board may submit to the electors as one proposal the question of issuing bonds for all or any of the purposes described in this article, or it may submit as separate questions the issuance of bonds for any of these purposes, singly or in such combinations as it directs in the order.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22707.

22707. When bonds issued pursuant to this part have been investigated and certified by any authorized officer of the state and are declared to be legal investments for savings banks, they may be purchased or received in pledge for loans by savings banks, building and loan companies, trust companies, insurance companies, guardians, conservators, executors, administrators, and special administrators, or by any public officer of the state or of any county or other municipal or corporate body in the state having or holding funds which they may legally invest or loan.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 730.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22708.

22708. If any officer whose signature, countersignature, or attestation appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature, countersignature, or attestation is valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds. The signature on the coupons of the person who is auditor at the date of the bonds is valid although the bonds may be attested by a different person who is auditor at the time of their delivery.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22731.

22731. A notice of the bond election, signed by a majority of the directors, shall be posted in three public places in the district not less than 20 days before the election and shall be published in each affected county pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22732.

22732. The notice shall contain:
(a) The time and place of holding the bond election.
(b) The names of the election officers.
(c) The hours the polls will be open.
(d) A statement of the purpose for which the election is held.
(e) The amount and denomination, the rate of interest, and the term, not exceeding 40 years, of the proposed bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22733.

22733. For the purpose of the bond election, the board may divide the district into election precincts and may change the precincts as often as occasion requires.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22735.

22735. If the board fails to appoint the election officers, or if those appointed are not present at the opening of the polls, the electors present may appoint them and they shall conduct the election.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22736.

22736. The board may fix the compensation of the election officers but not exceeding seven dollars ($7) for each election officer.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22737.

22737. The polls shall be open on election day from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22738.

22738. Every resident of the district, who is a qualified elector of the county, and who is registered in the precinct where the election is held at least 30 days before the election, may vote in the election.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22739.

22739. The secretary shall obtain uniform ballots for the bond election. No other form of ballot shall be used. The expense of printing and distributing the ballots to the polling places shall be paid as other current expenses of the district are paid.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22740.

22740. The ballot shall contain the following:
(a) “Official ballot provided by the board of directors of the ‛____ airport district’ to be used in the bond election of said district in the county of ____, State of California, on the ____ day of ____ 19__.”
(b) Other matters required by law.
(c) “Bonds—Yes” and “Bonds—No.”
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22743.

22743. Each voter shall put a cross (×) upon his ballot with pencil or ink after the words “Bonds—Yes” or “Bonds—No” to indicate whether he has voted for or against the issuance of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22744.

22744. After marking his ballot the voter shall hand it to the inspector. The inspector, in the presence of the voter, shall deposit the ballot in the ballot box. The judge or clerks shall enter the voter’s name on the poll list.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22745.

22745. Any person offering to vote may be challenged by any elector of the district. In the case of a challenge the judge or clerks of the election shall administer to the person challenged an oath substantially as follows: “You do swear that you are a citizen of the United States, that you are 21 years of age, that you have resided in this State one year, in this county 90 days, and in this airport district 30 days preceding this election, and that your name is on the great register of this county and was on the great register of a precinct in this airport district at least 30 days before this election, and that you have not before voted this day.” If the person challenged takes this oath his vote shall be received. Otherwise his vote shall be rejected.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22747.

22747. The heading of the poll list shall read “Official poll list of ____ airport district for the airport district bond election on the ____ day of ____ 19__.” Under this heading shall be arranged three columns. The heading of the first column shall read “Write your name as it appears on the great register of this county.” The heading of the second column shall read “Write your residence, street and number, city, and airport district.” The heading of the third column shall read “Are you a qualified registered voter in this airport district?” The person offering to vote shall write his name on the first column of the poll list, give his residence in the second, and in the third shall write the word “Yes” or “No.” If he writes the word “No” he shall not be permitted to vote. Persons writing the word “Yes” may be challenged pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22748.

22748. The heading of the tally list shall read “An official tally list of ____ airport district for the airport district bond election held on the ____ day of ____ 19__.” It shall be arranged so that the propositions to be voted on at the election may be set forth. It shall be vertically ruled to provide for the counting of votes under a tally system. The heading of the final column shall read “Total votes cast for the bonds” and “Total votes cast against the bonds.” A space shall be provided at the bottom of the page for the signatures of the election officers. Over these signatures shall be printed the words “We hereby certify that this is a correct report of the election held in ____ airport district in the county of ____ on the ____ day of ____ 19__.”
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22749.

22749. The election officers shall publicly canvass the votes immediately after closing the polls. They shall fill out the tally sheet and certify the correctness of the canvass. They shall make, sign, and deliver a certificate of the result of the election and transmit it to the clerk of the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Bond Election › Section 22750.

22750. The election officers shall transmit the returns of the election to the board of directors. The board shall meet and canvass the returns on the seventh day after the election at 2 p.m.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Bond Issuance › Section 22776.

22776. If two-thirds of the votes cast at the election were for the issuance of bonds, the board shall enter that fact in its minutes. The board shall certify all of the board proceedings to the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Bond Issuance › Section 22777.

22777. The board of supervisors shall issue the district bonds in the number and amount specified in the bond proceedings. The board of supervisors shall provide that the bonds are payable out of the interest and sinking fund of the district, naming the fund, and that the money for redemption of the bonds and payment of the interest shall be raised by taxation upon the taxable property in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Bond Issuance › Section 22778.

22778. By an order entered in its minutes, the board of supervisors shall:
(a) Prescribe the form of the bonds and of the interest coupons.
(b) The manner in which the bonds shall be executed.
(c) Fix the time when all or any part of the principal of the bonds is payable.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Bond Issuance › Section 22779.

22779. The total amount of bonds issued shall not exceed 15 percent of the taxable property of the district as shown by the last equalized assessment books of the affected counties.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Bond Issuance › Section 22782.

22782. The board of supervisors may make the principal and interest of the bonds payable at the office of the treasurer of the principal county, at such other place within the United States as the board may designate, or at the county treasurer’s office or such other designated place at the option of the bondholders. The place of payment shall be specified in the bonds. The expense of paying the principal and interest other than at the office of the county is a charge against the district funds, to be paid out of the tax for the payment of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Bond Issuance › Section 22783.

22783. The bonds shall be sold at the times and in the amounts prescribed by the board of supervisors, but for not less than par.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Bond Issuance › Section 22784.

22784. Before selling all or any part of the bonds, the board of supervisors shall advertise for bids pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county, or if no such newspaper is published in the county, in some newspaper published in another county.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Bond Issuance › Section 22785.

22785. If satisfactory bids are received the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest bidder. If no bids are received or the board of supervisors determines that the bids received are not satisfactory as to price or responsibility of the bidders, the board of supervisors may reject all bids received and either re-advertise or sell the bonds at private sale.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Bond Issuance › Section 22786.

22786. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county to the credit of the improvement fund of the district, and may be withdrawn for the purposes for which the bonds were voted as other district money is withdrawn.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Cancellation of Unsold Bonds › Section 22811.

22811. If any bonds remain unsold for six months after having been offered for sale, the board of directors of the district for which the bonds were issued or of a district containing any territory which at the time of the bond election was embraced within the district for which the bonds were issued, may petition the board of supervisors to cause the unsold bonds to be withdrawn from the market and canceled.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Cancellation of Unsold Bonds › Section 22812.

22812. Upon receiving a petition signed by a majority of the members of the board of directors, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petition. The hearing shall be held not more than 30 days after receipt of the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Cancellation of Unsold Bonds › Section 22813.

22813. The board of supervisors shall publish a notice stating the time and place of the hearing and the object of the petition in general terms, pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in the district or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper published at the county seat of an affected county.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Cancellation of Unsold Bonds › Section 22814.

22814. At the time and place designated in the notice, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing is postponed, the board of supervisors shall hear any reason that may be submitted for or against the granting of the petition. If the board of supervisors deems it for the best interest of the district named in the petition that the unsold bonds be canceled, it shall make and enter an order in its minutes that the unsold bonds are canceled. Thereafter the bonds and the vote by which they were authorized to be issued have no validity whatever.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Revenue Bonds › Section 22850.

22850. In addition to any other powers of the district to finance improvements and to provide an independent method of financing from that contained in any other sections of the California Airport District Act, subject to the provisions of this article a district may borrow money to provide funds to pay all costs of any public improvement authorized by this part and may issue revenue bonds to evidence the indebtedness created by such borrowing.
Such revenue bonds shall constitute special obligations and evidence a special indebtedness of the district which shall be a charge upon and payable as to the principal thereof, interest thereon, and any premiums upon the redemption of any thereof, solely from such revenues and funds as are specified therein and in the proceeding for their issuance. They shall not constitute general obligations of the district, and they shall neither constitute obligations nor evidence any indebtedness of any other public agency of which the district may be a part or of the State.
All such bonds shall recite upon their face the substance of the preceding portions of this section and shall also recite upon their face that they are issued under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 760.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Bonds › ARTICLE 5 - Revenue Bonds › Section 22851.

22851. Revenue bonds under this article shall be authorized, issued and sold under the 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. 1963, Ch. 760.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Taxation › Section 22902.

22902. If the revenues of the district are inadequate to pay the interest or principal of the bonded indebtedness of the district as it becomes due, or to pay any other expenses of or claims against the district, the board of directors shall transmit to the board of supervisors and the county auditor a written estimate of the minimum amount of money required for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonded indebtedness as it becomes due, and of the minimum amount of money required by the district for any other purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Taxation › Section 22903.

22903. The board shall transmit the estimates to the board of supervisors and the county auditor at least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors is required to levy taxes for county purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Taxation › Section 22904.

22904. Annually, after receiving the estimates, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax sufficient for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonded indebtedness, designated as the “____ airport bond tax,” and a tax sufficient for the payment of all other expenses of, and claims against, the district, designated as the “____ airport district tax.”
The bond tax shall be levied annually until the bonded indebtedness is fully paid. The district tax shall be levied annually until all other expenses of and claims against the district are fully paid.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Taxation › Section 22905.

22905. The bond tax shall be sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds for the year and the portion of the principal becoming due during the year. The bond tax shall also be sufficient to raise annually for the first half of the term of the bonds a sum sufficient to pay the interest for that period, and, during the balance of the term, sufficient to pay the annual interest and to pay annually a proportion of the principal equal to the amount produced by dividing the total amount of outstanding bonds by the number of years the bonds then have to run.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Taxation › Section 22906.

22906. The proceeds of the bond tax shall be paid into the treasury of the principal county to the credit of the district interest and sinking fund and shall be used only for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds. The treasurer of the principal county shall pay the principal and interest on the bonds upon the warrant of the auditor of the principal county out of this fund. The county auditor shall cancel and retain the bonds and coupons when he draws his warrants on the treasurer in favor of the owners.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Taxation › Section 22907.

22907. The rate of the district tax levied in any one year shall not exceed twenty cents ($0.20) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of the real and personal property in the district, exclusive of the bond tax.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Taxation › Section 22908.

22908. The bond and district taxes shall be levied on all the taxable property in the district. They shall be levied by the board of supervisors and collected by the tax collector of the principal county at the time and in the manner and form as county taxes are levied and collected. The proceeds of the taxes shall be paid to the district. The taxes become delinquent at the same time as county taxes and bear the same penalties for delinquency. The taxes are a lien on all taxable property in the district, have the same force and effect as liens for county taxes, and their collection shall be enforced by the same means as liens for county taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 2 - AIRPORT DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Taxation › Section 22909.

22909. 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. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24231.

24231. This part shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1452.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24234.

24234. “Aircraft” means any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1452.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24235.

24235. “Judgment” means any judgment which has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States, upon a claim for damages suffered by a claimant arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of any aircraft, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person or injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or upon an agreement of settlement for such damages.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1452.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24237.

24237. “Owner” means any of the following persons who may be legally responsible for the operation of an aircraft:
(a) A person who holds the legal title to an aircraft.
(b) A lessee of an aircraft.
(c) A conditional vendee, a trustee under a trust receipt and a mortgager or other person holding an aircraft subject to a security interest.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1452.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24238.

24238. “Passenger” means any person in, on or boarding an aircraft for the purpose of riding therein, or alighting therefrom following a flight or attempted flight therein.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1452.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24239.

24239. “Person” means any individual, firm, copartnership, association or corporation, public or private, including his or its successors, assignees or legal representatives.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1452.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24240.

24240. “Notification” means notice in writing served upon a person by either:
(a) Actual delivery or offer of delivery to such person by any adult individual whose rights are not affected by the proceeding involved; or
(b) Registered mail addressed to the person at the last address known to the division.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1452.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24241.

24241. “State” means any state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1452.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24242.

24242. “Claimants” means any person having a claim for damages as the result of an accident within this state involving an aircraft.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1452.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24243.

24243. This part does not apply to:
(a) Any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and subject to the sole control of the United States or any civil or military agency of the United States or of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or possession of the United States.
(b) Any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and subject to the sole control of this or any other state or agency thereof or any political subdivision or municipality of this or any other state.
(c) Any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and subject to the sole control of any foreign country or any civil or military agency thereof or any political subdivision or municipality thereof.
(d) Any commercial air operator subject to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 2.
(e) Any aircraft operated by an operator subject to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11931) of Chapter 5 of Division 6 of the Agricultural Code.
(f) Any person who maintains in effect an insurance policy meeting the requirements of Section 24350 and who has filed with the department a certificate of insurance issued by the insurance company which issued such policy; provided, however, that such person shall, in accordance with the provisions of Section 24300, report each aircraft accident in which he is involved as operator or owner of aircraft.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 852.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 24245.

24245. Nothing in this part shall be construed as precluding any party in any action or proceeding from employing other processes provided by law. Nothing in this part shall be construed as precluding the utilization by the department of the injunctive or other process of the courts in aid of the enforcement of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Administration › Section 24250.

24250. The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this part and may make rules and regulations necessary for its administration.
Nothing in this part shall be construed as requiring any license for operators of aircraft other than that required by the federal government, or to permit any registration of aircraft by the state.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Administration › Section 24251.

24251. The department shall provide for hearings upon request of any person who may be affected by its orders or acts under the provisions of this part and may provide for a stay thereof until a hearing may be had. All hearings held under this part shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code, and the department shall have all of the powers granted therein.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Administration › Section 24252.

24252. Any person aggrieved by any rule, regulation, order or act of the department or by a failure of the department to act hereunder, may have judicial review thereof as provided in Sections 11440 and 11523 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Administration › Section 24253.

24253. The records of and proceedings before the department shall be inadmissible in evidence and shall not be referred to at the trial of any civil action or criminal proceeding.
Subject to the foregoing provisions, the department shall, upon written request, make available to persons whose legal rights may be affected thereby, information and material developed in the course of its administration of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Administration › Section 24254.

24254. (a) The operation of an aircraft on the land or waters of, or in the air over, this state shall be deemed an appointment by the owner or operator of the department to be his true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all legal process in any action or proceeding against him, arising from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of such aircraft and resulting in damage or loss to person or property, and said use or operation shall be signification of their agreement that any such process against him which is so served, shall be of the same legal force and validity as though served upon him personally; provided, such person is a nonresident of this state or at the time a cause of action arises is a resident of this state but subsequently becomes a nonresident of this state.
(b) Service of such process shall be made by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint with the department or in its office at Sacramento, together with a fee of two dollars ($2), and by the mailing of a copy of such summons and complaint by the plaintiff or his attorney to the defendant, and to each of the defendants if more than one at his last known address, within 10 days thereafter by registered mail. In lieu of such mailing to such defendant in a foreign state, plaintiff may cause a copy of the summons and complaint to be served personally in the foreign state upon such defendant by any adult person not a party to the suit, by actually delivering the same to such defendant or by offering to make such delivery in case defendant refuses to accept delivery.
(c) Proof of the service of such process upon the department, and proof of the mailing or personal delivery thereof to the defendant, shall be made by the affidavit or affidavits of the party or parties doing the acts, which shall be filed with the court from out of which such summons issued, within such time as the court may allow for the return of such summons. Process shall be deemed to be completed upon the filing of such affidavit or affidavits and of the original registry receipt issued by the post office upon the mailing of such registered letter, if service is obtained by mail.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Security Following Accident › ARTICLE 1 - Accident Report › Section 24300.

24300. The operator of any aircraft involved in an accident within this state in which any person is killed or injured or damage in excess of four hundred dollars ($400), is sustained to the property of any person, other than property owned by the owner or operator, or in his care, custody or control, or carried in or on the aircraft, shall immediately but not later than 15 days after the accident report the matter in writing to the department. If the operator is physically incapable of making the report, the owner of the aircraft involved in the accident, shall immediately but not later than 15 days after learning of the accident, make the report. If neither the operator nor the owner is physically capable of making the report, then each passenger shall, within 15 days after learning of the incapacity of the operator or owner, make the report. If the owner or operator dies as a result of the accident, the legal representative of the operator or owner shall make the report within 15 days after his qualifications. The sheriff of the county in which the accident occurred, or the chief of police of the city in which the accident occurred, as the case may be, shall notify the department in writing immediately but not later than 15 days after learning of the accident.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 852.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Security Following Accident › ARTICLE 1 - Accident Report › Section 24301.

24301. The report, the form of which shall be prescribed by the department, shall include information to enable the department to determine whether the requirements for the deposit of security under Article 2 (commencing with Section 24325) are inapplicable by reason of existence of insurance or other exceptions specified in this part. The department may rely upon the accuracy of the information until it has reason to believe that the information is erroneous.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Security Following Accident › ARTICLE 1 - Accident Report › Section 24302.

24302. The operator and the owner shall furnish such additional information as the department may require.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 9 - AVIATION › PART 5 - AIRCRAFT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Security Following Accident › ARTICLE 2 - Security › Section 24325.

24325. As promptly as practicable but not later than 30 days after receipt of an accident report as required in Article 1 (commencing with Section 24300), the department shall determine by an order entered of record (a) the amount of security within the limits specified in Section 24350, which it deems sufficient to satisfy any judgment for damages resulting from the accident which may be recovered against each owner or operator, and (b) the name and address of each claimant.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)