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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11887.2.

11887.2. The board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may, notwithstanding any other provision of this division, appoint or remove only those officers or employees who are exempt from the district civil service and who either report directly to the board or report to another officer who reports directly to the board. All other officers and employees exempt from the district civil service shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the general manager.
The board may contract for the services of any officer who reports directly to the board or who reports to an officer who reports directly to the board and may authorize the general manager to contract for the services of other officers and exempt employees. The term of these contracts may not exceed five years in duration.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 692, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11888.

11888. The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the district or for the performance of work or services which cannot satisfactorily be performed under the civil service provisions of this division.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11889.

11889. The board shall employ an expert who shall examine and report, at least annually, upon the system of accounts kept by the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11890.

11890. The salaries or wages of all officers and employees of a district shall be paid periodically as the board may prescribe. At the expiration of the period fixed for the payment of salaries or wages a payroll shall be prepared, showing all persons employed during the preceding salary period and stating the amount of compensation to which each person is entitled. Payment of the salary or wages of each person specified in the payroll may be made after approval of the payroll by the board or the general manager in accordance with rules adopted by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 26.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11891.

11891. The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment of demands against the district without prior specific approval thereof by the board if the demand is for a purpose for which an expenditure has been previously approved by the board and in an amount not greater than the amount so authorized, and if the demand is approved by the general manager.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11891.5.

11891.5. The board of any district which has owned and operated a water distribution system for at least 10 years and which maintains a system of accounting substantially in accordance with the Uniform System of Accounts for Water Utilities prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission may provide, by resolution, under the terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment, without prior specific approval by the board, of demands against the district which relate to obligations incurred for purposes and within the amounts specified for those purposes in a projection of the district’s operations for a period of not longer than one year, if the demands are approved by the general manager. The projection shall be expressed in terms of the major groups of accounts in the uniform system of accounts and shall be incorporated in the resolution.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 692, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11891.6.

11891.6. The board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more which maintains a system of accounting substantially in accordance with the Uniform System of Accounts for Electrical Corporations prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission, or any other generally accepted accounting system, may provide, by resolution, under the terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment, without prior specific approval by the board, of demands against the district which relate to obligations incurred for purposes and within the amounts specified for those purposes in a projection of the district’s operations for a period of not longer than one year, if the demands are approved by the general manager. The projection shall be expressed in terms of the major groups of accounts in the system of accounts and shall be incorporated in the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 692, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11892.

11892. To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administration of revolving funds as the needs of the district may require. The aggregate amount of the revolving funds shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). The revolving funds shall be disbursed in accordance with rules established by the board, and all payments from any revolving fund shall be reported to the board and vouchers filed therefor.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 162, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11892.1.

11892.1. Notwithstanding Section 11892, the board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may, to facilitate the business of the district, provide for the creation and administration of revolving funds as the needs of the district may require. The aggregate amount of the revolving funds shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000). The revolving funds shall be disbursed in accordance with the rules adopted by the board, and all payments from any revolving fund shall be reported to the board and vouchers filed therefor.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 692, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11893.

11893. If a legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the board may provide by resolution that the Friday preceding is a holiday within the district for the purpose of closing its offices and excusing its employees from work.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 401.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11894.

11894. The board may provide by resolution, if necessary to implement a memorandum of understanding adopted pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, that the Friday following the Thursday in November appointed as Thanksgiving Day is a holiday within the district for the purpose of closing its offices and excusing its employees from work.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 368, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1981.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 11895.

11895. A district may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, change its name. A certified copy of the resolution changing the name of the district shall be recorded in each county included in whole or in part within the district and shall be transmitted to the Treasurer.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 829, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 11908.

11908. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each member shall receive for each attendance at the meetings of the board, or for each day’s service rendered as a director by request of the board, the sum of one hundred dollars ($100). No director shall receive any other compensation, nor receive pay for more than six days in any one calendar month. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a director’s activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 11908.1.

11908.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11908, a district with a board having seven directors may provide, by resolution or ordinance, that each director shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at public meetings of the board or for each day’s service rendered as a director by request of the board, not exceeding a total of six days in any calendar month, or, in lieu of that compensation, a salary of not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month subject to annual adjustments pursuant to subdivision (b), together with any expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties required or authorized by the board. No resolution or ordinance establishing compensation pursuant to this subdivision shall provide for any automatic increase in that compensation.
(b) Any district which adopts salaries for directors pursuant to subdivision (a) may increase those salaries by not more than 5 percent for each calendar year following the operative date of the last adjustment, commencing with the calendar year following adoption of the salary or increase.
(c) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 11908.2.

11908.2. Notwithstanding Section 11908, the board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each director shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at public meetings of the board or for each day’s service rendered as a director by request of the board, not exceeding a total of 10 days in any calendar month, together with any expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties required or authorized by the board. The board may, by resolution or ordinance, increase the compensation per day by not more than 5 percent for each calendar year following the operative date of the last adjustment, commencing with the 1988 calendar year. No resolution or ordinance establishing compensation pursuant to this subdivision shall provide for any automatic increase in that compensation. For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a director’s activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 11909.

11909. The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. No ordinance, resolution, or motion shall have any validity or effect unless passed by the affirmative votes of at least three directors of a five-ward district, or at least four directors of a seven-ward district.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 692, Sec. 9.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 11910.

11910. (a) No ordinance shall be passed by the board within five days of the day of its introduction or at any time other than a regular or adjourned regular meeting. All ordinances or summaries of ordinances shall be published after passage.
(b) The publication of ordinances, as required by subdivision (a), may be satisfied by either of the following actions:
(1) Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment to an ordinance, the board of directors shall publish a summary of the ordinance or amendment with the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment and the secretary shall post in the office of the secretary of the board of directors a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance or amendment along with the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment.
(2) If the general manager determines that it is not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the adopted ordinance or amendment, and if the board of directors so orders, within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment to an ordinance, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page shall be published. The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide information about, the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment, including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain copies of the complete text of the ordinance or amendment, and the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 118, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 11911.

11911. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows:
“Be it enacted by the board of directors of ________ municipal utility district:”
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 11912.

11912. All ordinances shall be signed by the president of the board or the vice president, and attested by the secretary.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11926.

11926. The board shall appoint and fix the salary of a general manager, who shall have full charge and control of the construction of the works of the district and of their maintenance and operation, and also of the administration of the business affairs of the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11927.

11927. All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager some person who has had experience in municipal engineering or in the construction or management of public utilities.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11929.

11929. The general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board only upon the adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of not less than three members of the board of a five-ward district, or four members of the board of a seven-ward district. Before the general manager may be removed, he shall, if he demands it, be given a written statement of the reasons alleged for his removal and he shall have the right to be publicly heard thereon at a meeting of the board prior to the final vote on the resolution providing for his removal, but pending and during such hearing the board may suspend him from office. The board may not reduce the salary of the general manager below the amount fixed at the time of his original appointment except upon the adoption of a resolution by a like vote and after a like opportunity to be heard. The action of the board in suspending or removing the general manager or reducing his salary, if approved by a majority of the membership of the board, is final.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 337.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11930.

11930. Notwithstanding this article, until such time as the district has operated, controlled, or used works or parts of works for providing the inhabitants and public agencies within the boundaries of the district with the utility services, or any of them, specified in this division, for a period of six months, the board may or may not appoint a general manager, who during such time holds office at the pleasure of the majority of the board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11931.

11931. The board may appoint an accountant, a secretary, a treasurer, and an attorney, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11932.

11932. The attorney shall be admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the State, and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of his profession for not less than three years next preceding his appointment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11933.

11933. The board may also provide for assistants to any officer of the district who shall hold office at the pleasure of the board and may perform any and all acts that their principal may perform, when authorized so to do by the board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11935.

11935. The oath of office of all appointive officers of the district shall be taken, subscribed, and filed with the secretary of the district at any time after the officer has notice of his appointment but not later than 15 days after the commencement of his term of office. No other filing is required.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11937.

11937. The powers of the general manager are:
(a) To see that all ordinances of the district are enforced.
(b) To administer the civil service system of the district and, except as otherwise provided in this division, to appoint to the positions created by the board which are subject to the civil service provisions of this division, such employees as are necessary for the administration of the affairs of the district, and to remove such employees, in accordance with the provisions of the civil service system.
(c) To attend all meetings of the board and submit a general report of the affairs of the district.
(d) To keep the board advised as to the needs of the district.
(e) To prepare or cause to be prepared all plans and specifications for the construction of the works of the district.
(f) To devote his entire time to the business of the district.
(g) To perform such other and additional duties as the board may require.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11938.

11938. The general manager shall within 90 days from the end of each fiscal year cause to be published a summary of the financial report showing the result of operations for the preceding fiscal year and the financial status of the district on the last day thereof. The publication shall be made in the manner provided in this division for the publication of ordinances and notices generally.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 79.1. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11939.

11939. The attorney shall take charge of all suits and other legal matters to which the district is a party or in which it is legally interested. He shall give his advice or opinion in writing whenever required by the board. He shall be the legal adviser of the general manager and other district officers and shall prepare and approve the forms of all ordinances, resolutions, contracts, bonds, and other legal documents connected with the business of the district. He shall perform such other and additional services as the board may require.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11940.

11940. The accountant shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting which shall completely and at all times show the financial condition of the district and provide reasonable assurance that the financial transactions of the district were executed in accordance with the instructions of the board. The accountant shall prepare all instruments necessary for the payment of demands against the district in accordance with the instructions of the board. The accountant shall perform such other duties as the board may require.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 27.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11941.

11941. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments and execute instruments for the payment of demands against the district after determination by the accountant that the demands are authorized. The treasurer shall keep an account of all receipts and disbursements.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 28.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Other Officers › Section 11942.

11942. With the consent of the board, the treasurer may:
(a) Authorize the trust department of any state or national bank, or a trust company authorized to act as such, to receive as his agent deposits of any securities acquired by the district.
(b) Place and maintain for safekeeping as a trust deposit with the trust department of any state or national bank, or a trust company authorized to act as such, any securities owned by the district.
The bank or trust company selected shall have a total paid-in capital of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000). The treasurer shall take from the trust department or trust company a receipt for the securities, and neither the treasurer nor the district is responsible for the custody and safe return of the securities until they are withdrawn from the trust department or trust company by the treasurer. Any trust department or trust company to which securities are delivered, either as agent or depositary for the treasurer, shall make such disposition of the securities as the treasurer directs and is responsible only for strict compliance with written instructions given to it by the treasurer. All such securities are at all times subject to the order of the treasurer.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1129.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Initiative and Referendum › Section 11950.

11950. The initiative and referendum provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections Code shall apply to every municipal utility district.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 182. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12051.

12051. The general manager shall adopt a civil service system for the selection, examination, employment, classification, advancement, suspension, and discharge of employees included in the “district civil service.”
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12052.

12052. The general manager shall adopt rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of the civil service provisions of this division and may from time to time amend existing rules. Except as otherwise provided herein such rules shall govern applications, examinations, eligibility, duration of eligible lists; certifications of eligibles; appointments; promotions; transfers; resignations; layoffs or reductions in force, both permanent and temporary, due to lack of work or funds, retrenchment, or completion of work; the filling of positions, temporary, seasonal, and permanent; classification; and such other matters as are not in conflict with the civil service provisions of this division.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12053.

12053. The rules and regulations or any proposed amendments thereto shall be in writing and a copy thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the district and shall not become effective until 20 days after the posting thereof. The board may require that such rules and regulations or amendments thereof be submitted to it for approval prior to posting. Any person interested may within 10 days after such posting file written objections to such proposed rules or amendments, or any part thereof, with the general manager, in which event the rules or amendments shall not become effective until the general manager has given notice of a hearing and heard objections thereto and announced his decision on the objections.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12054.

12054. The civil service provisions of this chapter do not apply to any district until such time as it has operated, controlled, or used works or parts of works for the providing of any of the utility services specified in this division. A civil service system may, however, be adopted at any time after the district commences to operate, control, or use works or parts of works for the providing of any of the utility services specified in this division, and such system shall be adopted within six months thereafter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12055.

12055. The “district civil service” includes every employee of the district except all of the following:
(a) Officers elected by the people.
(b) Officers, assistant officers, and other persons and employees appointed by the board of directors.
(c) Temporary construction employees.
(d) Part-time employees.
(e) The unfilled positions (not to exceed 15) requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications, including those of a scientific, professional, or expert character or of special confidence, as may be exempted from “district civil service” upon the recommendation of the general manager approved by the board.
(f) Limited-term employees appointed for a period not to exceed two years. Limited-term appointments may be extended for an additional period not to exceed two years upon approval of the general manager.
(g) Employees occupying positions determined to be exempt from the district civil service pursuant to Section 11887.1.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 692, Sec. 10.5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 2 - Appointments › Section 12101.

12101. All appointments under the civil service system shall be made for the good of the public service and solely on the basis of integrity, character, merit, fitness, and industry as established by appropriate competitive tests, without regard to partisan, political, social, or other considerations, and shall be made from lists of eligibles prepared by the general manager.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 2 - Appointments › Section 12102.

12102. (a) When no list of eligibles is available for a position in the class requisitioned by the department or division head, the general manager may make a noncivil service appointment thereto for a period of not exceeding six months and only until a regular appointment can be made, but no person shall be compensated under a noncivil service appointment, or appointments, for a period exceeding six months in any fiscal or calendar year, and no office or employment may be filled by a noncivil service appointment for more than six months in the aggregate in one fiscal or calendar year.
(b) This section does not apply to a district which has owned or operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 692, Sec. 12.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 2 - Appointments › Section 12102.1.

12102.1. When no list of eligibles is available for a position in the class requisitioned by the department or division head, the general manager of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least eight years and has a population of 250,000 or more may make a noncivil service appointment thereto for a period of not exceeding 12 months and only until a regular appointment can be made.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 692, Sec. 13.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 2 - Appointments › Section 12104.

12104. Every appointee to a permanent position shall be on probation for six months, except that the general manager may establish a probationary period for up to 12 months for professional, scientific, technical, administrative, management, or executive positions, or for positions requiring certification by the state pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 13625) of Division 7 of the Water Code. The general manager may terminate the appointment during the probationary period. If the appointment is not then terminated it shall be permanent, subject to this division and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 84, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 3 - Blanketing-In › Section 12131.

12131. The incumbents of permanent positions who have held such positions for a period of at least six months continuously next preceding the time that a civil service system is first adopted shall be continued in their positions as if appointed thereto after examination and certification from a list of eligibles, and shall be governed thereafter by this division and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto but shall not be subject to the six months’ probation period.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 3 - Blanketing-In › Section 12132.

12132. Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, whether by proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, any or all of the officers or employees of such public utility whose duties pertained to the facilities acquired may be appointed to positions in the district’s civil service system without examination and certification from a list of eligibles and shall be governed thereafter by this division and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto but shall not be subject to the six months’ probation period.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 3 - Blanketing-In › Section 12133.

12133. If a civil service system is adopted for a district during the period of a leave of absence granted under Section 395.4 of the Military and Veterans Code or similar legislation, the officer or employee shall, on the termination of his leave of absence, be restored to a position in the district’s civil service system wherein he shall have the same or equivalent status as of the last working day before his leave of absence began. The officer or employee shall hold that position as if appointed thereto after examination and certification from a list of eligibles, and shall be governed thereafter by the rules and regulations of the civil service system, except that if such officer or employee had held a permanent position with the district for a period of six months continuously next preceding the beginning of his leave of absence, he shall not be subject to the six months’ probation period.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 3 - Blanketing-In › Section 12134.

12134. Whenever a district acquires existing facilities from a public utility, whether by proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, any officer or employee of the public utility who left a permanent position with such utility pertaining principally to the facilities acquired in order to perform training and service under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 shall be entitled to be appointed to a position with permanent status in the district’s civil service under the same conditions as would have governed his right to reinstatement with the public utility under Section 8 (b) of that act if the district had not acquired those facilities.
No civil service status acquired by other officers or employees of the district shall prevent their removal by layoff or transfer from positions to which reinstatement is provided for in this section.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 4 - Discipline › Section 12161.

12161. No person employed under civil service provisions of this division or of any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto in a permanent position shall be removed, discharged, or suspended except for cause.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 4 - Discipline › Section 12162.

12162. Removal or discharge may be made for any of the following causes: incompetence, habitual intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, dishonesty, or inattention to public service.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 4 - Discipline › Section 12163.

12163. The department or division head may for disciplinary purposes suspend a subordinate for a period of not exceeding 15 days and suspension shall carry with it a loss of salary for the period of suspension.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 4 - Discipline › Section 12164.

12164. Within five days after the mailing of written notice of removal, discharge, or suspension, any employee may file a written request with the general manager for an opportunity to be heard in his own defense or, at the employee’s option, may utilize a grievance procedure if the district and a recognized employee organization have agreed after meeting and conferring in good faith pursuant to Section 3505 of the Government Code that a grievance procedure may be used in disciplinary proceedings involving removals, discharges, and suspensions as an alternative to the procedure provided for in Sections 12165 and 12166.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1217, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 4 - Discipline › Section 12165.

12165. When such request is made the general manager shall immediately appoint from officers or assistant officers of the district (other than elected officials), or heads of departments or divisions, a committee of three to hear and determine such charges and shall notify the person accused of the time and place when the charges will be heard by mailing a notice to his last known address.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 4 - Discipline › Section 12166.

12166. The committee shall examine into the case and make such decision as it deems just and may among other things order the employee discharged, suspended, or reinstated. Its order or decision shall be final unless the employee within 10 days after the date of the order requests the general manager to review the order, in which event the general manager may require any additional evidence he deems material, and his order or decision, with or without such additional evidence, shall be final.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Civil Service System › ARTICLE 4 - Discipline › Section 12167.

12167. Nothing in the civil service provisions of this division deprives any person of his rights and remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12301.

12301. The board may establish a retirement system for the officers, whether elective or appointive, or both, and employees of the district and provide for the payment of annuities, pensions, retirement allowances, disability payments, and death benefits, or any of them.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 530, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12302.

12302. The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers and employees, or their beneficiaries, by means of group insurance or other insurance, or by such means as in the opinion of the board will satisfactorily provide an adequate and sure method of meeting the payments contemplated by the retirement system.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12303.

12303. Before establishing any retirement system the board shall secure a report from a qualified actuary, which shall show the cost of the benefits provided by the system, and the prospective assets and liabilities of the system.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12304.

12304. The board may adopt all ordinances and resolutions and perform all acts necessary or convenient to the initiation, maintenance, and administration of the retirement system.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12305.

12305. A district may make all or part of its officers, whether elective or appointive, or both, and employees members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System by contract entered into between the district and the board of administration of the system under the Public Employees’ Retirement Law (Part 3 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code); and the district may perform all acts necessary or convenient for that participation.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 530, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12306.

12306. The board may classify and determine the officers, whether elective or appointive, or both, and employees who shall be included as members in the retirement system and may change the classification from time to time. Membership of all officers and employees so classified and included in the retirement system is compulsory.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 530, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 1 - Establishment › Section 12307.

12307. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a participant in a deferred compensation plan may also participate in the district’s retirement system, and, in ascertaining the amount of compensation of such participant, for purposes of computing the amount of his contributions or benefits under the district’s retirement system, any amount deducted from his wages pursuant to Section 12338 shall be included.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 820.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 12331.

12331. The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the district or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and the amounts thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 12332.

12332. The retirement allowance may be predicated in part upon service rendered the district by a member prior to the establishment of the retirement system, which service is known as “prior service.”
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 12333.

12333. The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system. Based on tables and assumptions adopted by the board, it shall fix the rates of contributions by officers and employees of the district who are members of the retirement system.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 909.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 12334.

12334. All members of the retirement system shall contribute in the manner and amount fixed by the board and such contributions may be collected by deducting the amounts thereof from the salary, wages, or compensation due such members.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 12335.

12335. Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equivalent of contributions by the members, with accumulated interest, shall be met by contributions by the district. Prior service or other liabilities of the district may be met by annual appropriations instead of by one appropriation for the total of the liabilities; but until the present value of regular contributions for current service, together with assets then available, equals the present value of all allowances and benefits granted or to be granted under the system, the appropriation for any one year when added to any unused balance of any previous appropriations for such purpose shall not be less than the amount disbursed during that year on account of prior service or other liabilities of the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Retirement System › ARTICLE 2 - Benefits and Contributions › Section 12336.

12336. If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed by him with such interest as may be credited thereto shall be returned to him; provided, however, that the board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a member, whose district service is terminated except by death or retirement, may elect to leave his contributions and interest thereon in the retirement fund, and the terms and conditions upon which a retirement allowance may be made to him after such termination based upon his contributions prior to such termination.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 808.)