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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15973.1.

15973.1. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 15951, 15972, and 15973, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single public utility district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Section 56886 of the Government Code, increase the number of directors to serve on the board of directors of the consolidated or reorganized district to 7, 9, or 11, who shall be members of the board of directors of the districts to be consolidated or reorganized as of the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization.
(b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the members of the board of directors of the consolidated district, or a district reorganized as described in subdivision (a), whose terms first expire following the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization, the total number of members on the board of directors shall be reduced until the number equals the number of members permitted by the principal act of the consolidated or reorganized district, or any larger number as may be specified by the local agency formation commission in approving the consolidation or reorganization.
(c) In addition to the powers granted under Section 1780 of the Government Code, in the event of a vacancy on the board of directors of the consolidated district or a district reorganized as described in subdivision (a) at which time the total number of directors is greater than five, the board of directors may, by majority vote of the remaining members of the board, choose not to fill the vacancy. In that event, the total membership of the board of directors shall be reduced by one board member. Upon making the determination not to fill a vacancy, the board of directors shall notify the board of supervisors of its decision.
(d) For the purposes of this section the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Consolidation” means consolidation, as defined in Section 56030 of the Government Code.
(2) “District” or “special district” means district or special district, as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code.
(3) “Reorganization” means reorganization, as defined in Section 56073 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 172, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15974.

15974. Notwithstanding Section 15952 or any other provision of this division, each member of the board of directors of the Johnsville Public Utility District in Plumas County, whether elected or appointed, shall be either a voter of the district or an owner of land within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 36.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15975.

15975. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, candidates for director of the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District may be elected by wards upon adoption of a resolution or ordinance to this effect by the board of directors of the district dividing the district into wards and fixing the boundaries thereof, subject to approval of the board of supervisors. The boundaries shall be fixed such that the wards shall be as nearly equal in population as may be, and the board of supervisors shall approve the boundaries fixed by the board of directors if it so finds.
(b) Nomination papers may be circulated only within the ward from which the candidate is to be elected.
(c) The wards shall be reapportioned subject to the approval of the board of supervisors after each federal decennial census.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 63, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Election of Directors › Section 15976.

15976. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the Board of Directors of the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District shall consist of five members, elected at large. Each member of the board, including a member appointed to fill a vacancy, shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district.
If the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District is not incorporated on or before March 1, 1986, this section is repealed on that date.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 733, Sec. 2. Note: Repeal condition failed; the district was incorporated on Dec. 4, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Compensation of Directors › Section 16001.

16001. On the first Tuesday after their election and qualification, the directors shall meet and classify themselves by lot, so that the largest possible minority shall hold office for two years, and a majority for four years. Thereafter at each biennial district election their successors shall be elected for the term of four years.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Terms and Compensation of Directors › Section 16003.

16003. A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1059.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16031.

16031. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the powers of the district shall be exercised by the board of directors.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16033.

16033. The president shall sign all contracts on behalf of the district and perform such other duties as may be imposed by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16034.

16034. The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional services required by the district, the board, or any officers of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16035.

16035. At the first meeting of the board, after the board has qualified and organized, it shall appoint the clerk, accountant, general manager, and treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16036.

16036. In lieu of appointing a treasurer, the board may elect that the duties of treasurer be performed by the treasurer of the county in which the district, or the greater part of its population, is situated. Whenever the board by ordinance so determines, such duties shall be performed by the county treasurer. The ordinance shall also prescribe the manner in which money is to be drawn out of the various funds belonging to the district in the hands of the treasurer. The treasurer shall be served with a certified copy of the ordinance.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16038.

16038. The board may provide for an assistant to any officer of the district who may perform the acts his principal may perform, when authorized so to do by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16039.

16039. At the first meeting after the end of each fiscal year, the board shall render and immediately cause to be published a verified statement of the financial condition of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16040.

16040. The financial statement shall show particularly the receipts and disbursements since the publication of the last preceding statement and of the last preceding fiscal year and the source of such receipts and the purpose of such disbursements.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16041.

16041. Publication of the financial statement shall be made pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the district, or if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in a county where any part of the district is situated.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16042.

16042. A neglect or refusal of the board to comply with Sections 16601 to 16614, inclusive, 16644 to 16659, inclusive, and 16467 is cause for removal from office.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16043.

16043. No director or other officer of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived from it. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and a director or officer convicted shall forfeit his office, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 363. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties of Directors › Section 16044.

16044. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16071.

16071. The board shall establish rules for its proceedings and shall provide for the time and place of holding meetings and the manner in which special meetings may be called. All legislative sessions of the board, whether regular or special, are open to the public. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16072.

16072. The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion. The ayes and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances, resolutions, or motions and entered upon the journal of the proceedings of the board. No ordinance, resolution, or motion shall be passed or become effective without the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 192.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16073.

16073. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be:
“Be it enacted by the board of directors of _______ public utility district:”.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16075.

16075. No ordinance passed by the board takes effect less than 30 days after its passage. At least one week before the expiration of the said 30 days copies of the ordinance shall be posted by the clerk at three public places in the district, and if there is a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the district, the ordinance shall be published in the newspaper pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16076.

16076. An order entered in the minutes of the board that an ordinance has been duly posted and published is prima facie proof of such posting and publication.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16077.

16077. All tax levies for a purpose other than interest or sinking fund payments shall be first authorized by the board by ordinance when the amount proposed to be raised by a tax levy exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 709, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16078.

16078. During the 30 days following passage of an ordinance pursuant to Section 16077 a petition, signed by qualified voters of the district equal to 10 percent of the entire vote cast within the district for all candidates for Governor at the last preceding general election at which a Governor was voted for, protesting against the passage of the ordinance may be presented to the board.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16079.

16079. Immediately upon receipt of a petition submitted pursuant to Section 16078 the board shall cause the clerk of the district to examine and verify the signatures, and to certify the result to the board within 10 days. If the petition is found insufficient, the clerk shall certify to the number of additional signatures of qualified electors required to make the petition sufficient, and the petition may be amended by a supplemental petition filed within 10 days from the date of the certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16080.

16080. Within 10 days after the filing of a supplemental petition, the clerk shall examine it and certify to the result of his examination.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16082.

16082. If a petition, or petition as amended, is certified to be sufficient the ordinance is suspended from going into operation and the board shall reconsider it.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16083.

16083. If the board does not entirely repeal the ordinance upon reconsideration, it shall submit the ordinance to a vote of the electors at a general district election or at a special district election called for the purpose, and the ordinance shall not become operative unless approved by a majority of the voters voting upon it.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Meetings and Legislation › Section 16084.

16084. Unless otherwise provided in this division, petitions made pursuant to this article, in the matter of form, signatures, and preparation, and the proceedings based upon them, in the matter of calling and conducting an election, the manner of voting, cavassing the return, and declaring the result shall conform as nearly as practicable to the provisions of general law relating to direct legislation or the referendum by cities.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 16111.

16111. The officers of the district, other than the board of directors, are:
(a) A clerk, who is also ex officio secretary of the board.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A treasurer.
(d) A general manager.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 16112.

16112. The officers, other than the board of directors, shall be appointed by the board, hold office at its pleasure, and receive such compensation as is provided for by the board by ordinance. They, or any of them, shall give such bond as is prescribed by the board. They shall perform such duties as are provided by this division, and such further duties as are imposed upon them by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 16113.

16113. When the district acquires, constructs, owns, or operates two or more public utilities, a general manager may be appointed and employed for each public utility.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 16114.

16114. Subject to such restrictions as the board may impose, the general manager shall have full charge and control of the construction of the works of the district and of their maintenance and operation. He shall report to the board in accordance with such rules and regulations as it may adopt.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 16115.

16115. The clerk shall countersign all contracts on behalf of the district. He shall give his full time during office hours to the affairs of the district. He is ex officio secretary of the board and shall keep a record of its proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Other Officers › Section 16116.

16116. The accountant shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting which completely and at all times shows the financial condition of the district. He shall draw all warrants to pay demands made against the district when the demands have been first approved by a majority of the board present at the meeting at which the demands are acted upon.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - District Elections › Section 16151.

16151. The biennial election for the election of directors shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years. This election is the general district election.
(Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 14.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - District Elections › Section 16152.

16152. Except as otherwise provided in this division, districts governed by this division are subject to the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law.
(Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 14.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - District Elections › Section 16153.

16153. No person may vote at any district election unless he possesses all the requirements of an elector under the general laws and is a qualified elector residing within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - District Elections › Section 16160.

16160. If land is annexed to a district, the board shall reestablish the boundaries of the units and election precincts within the district not less than 90 days before any election in the district. The reestablished boundaries shall include the annexed land in the same manner and with the same effect as set forth in Sections 15953 to 15964, inclusive. If land is annexed less than 90 days before an election within the district, the inhabitants of the land included shall not vote at the election.
(Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 14.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - District Elections › Section 16162.

16162. Whenever a special election is called pursuant to Articles 1 or 2 of Chapter 5 for the purpose of submitting to the electors a proposition, the board shall pass an ordinance calling the election.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - District Elections › Section 16163.

16163. At the special election all propositions formulated pursuant to Articles 1 or 2 of Chapter 5 may be submitted to the electors of the district, but no question other than such propositions shall be submitted.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 6 - District Elections › Section 16164.

16164. The ordinance calling the election shall set forth the following:
(a) The purposes for which it is called.
(b) The estimated cost of each utility or utility works proposed for acquisition, construction, or completion by the district.
(c) The proposed method and manner of payment.
(d) The day on which the election will be held.
(e) The manner of holding the election.
(f) The manner of voting for or against each proposition submitted to the electors.
(g) If it is necessary to incur a district indebtedness for any utility or public utility works therein proposed, the objects and purposes for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, and that bonds of the district shall issue for the payment of the cost of such utility or public utility works, if the proposition is accepted by the electors.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Employees › Section 16191.

16191. The maximum time of labor or service required of any laborer, workman, or mechanic employed upon any work of the district, whether employed directly by the district and its officers, or by a contractor or subcontractor, shall be eight hours during any one calendar day, except in case of emergency.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Employees › Section 16192.

16192. The board shall fix the hours of labor or service required of all employees of the district, and their compensation, and shall employ all necessary employees or may by ordinance provide for their employment by the several officers of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Employees › Section 16193.

16193. The board shall classify all places of employment under the district and its offices and departments, with reference to the examinations provided by this article, except as provided in Section 16196. The places classified by the board are the classified civil service of the district, and appointments to civil service places shall be made according to the rules provided by this article.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Employees › Section 16194.

16194. The board shall make rules to effect a civil service system, and for examinations, appointments, promotions, and removals, and from time to time may make changes in existing rules. All rules and all changes shall be forthwith printed for distribution by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Internal Organization of Districts › ARTICLE 7 - Employees › Section 16195.

16195. Examinations shall be practical, and shall relate to those matters only which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions which they seek, and shall include, when appropriate, tests of manual or professional skill. The selection of laborers shall be governed by priority of application as far as practicable. No question in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations. The board shall control all examinations.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers › Section 16402.

16402. Except as otherwise provided, a district may sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers › Section 16402.5.

16402.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any judicial action or proceeding against a district that provides electric utility service, to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance, resolution, or motion fixing or changing a rate or charge for an electric commodity or an electric service furnished by a district and adopted on or after July 1, 2000, shall be commenced within 120 days of the effective date of that ordinance, resolution, or motion.
(b) This section does not apply to any judicial action or proceeding filed pursuant to Chapter 13.7 (commencing with Section 54999) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code to protest or challenge a rate or charge or to seek the refund of a capital facilities fee if the notice and disclosure requirements of Section 54999.35 of the Government Code have not been followed.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 146, Sec. 7. Effective July 21, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers › Section 16404.

16404. A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers › Section 16407.

16407. A district has the same powers with reference to improvement districts as are conferred upon irrigation districts by Division 11, Part 7 of the Water Code and as are conferred upon municipal water districts by Part 7 (commencing with Section 71851) and Part 8 (commencing with Section 72000) of Division 20 of the Water Code. As used in this section, all references to districts in the adopted acts shall refer to public utility districts and all words relating to irrigation or municipal water district officers and matters refer to the corresponding officers of a public utility district and matters under this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 661.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers › Section 16408.

16408. Improvement districts also may be formed of land proposed to be annexed to the district, contingent upon the annexation being completed. The petition for annexation may request that the land to be annexed shall be included in and form a part of any improvement district existing within the district or shall constitute a new improvement district within the district when annexed or the board of directors of the district may determine, as one of the terms and conditions for the annexation, that the land shall be included in and form a part of any improvement district then existing within the district or shall constitute a new improvement district when annexed.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers › Section 16409.

16409. For the purpose of obtaining and supplying water for domestic, irrigation, and fire protection purposes, a district may cooperate and contract with the United States and borrow or procure money from the United States in the same manner and under the same procedures as irrigation districts under Division 11, Part 6, Chapter 2 of the Water Code. Any district, in order to make payments to the United States under any contract between the district and the United States, may, in lieu, in whole or in part of levying assessments, fix and collect charges for the service of water by the district to any land. A district may charge higher rates for service of water to any landowner in the amount required to pay any interest costs charged to the district on any United States Bureau of Reclamation loan by reason of land held by such owner in excess of 160 acres.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 388.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Property › Section 16431.

16431. A district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or otherwise acquire, hold and enjoy, and lease or dispose of, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district, when in the judgment of the board it is for the best interests of the district so to do.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Property › Section 16432.

16432. The legal title to all property acquired under this division vests immediately and by operation of law in the district, and is held by the district in trust, and is dedicated and set apart to the uses and purposes set forth in this division.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16461.

16461. A district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use, within or without or partly within and partly without the district, works for supplying its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transportation, telephone service, or other means of communication, or means for the disposition of garbage, sewage, or refuse matter, and may do all things necessary or convenient to the full exercise of the powers granted in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 133.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16461.5.

16461.5. (a) The Shasta Dam Area Public Utility District may construct those public works necessary for the industrial and commercial development of any undeveloped property owned by the district prior to January 12, 1990. A decision by the Shasta Dam Area Public Utility District to construct public works pursuant to this section is a legislative act subject to referendum pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 9340) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the Elections Code. The improvements shall comply with all of the ordinances, resolutions, policies, and other standards of the city or county in which the property is located, and comply with all state laws governing public works and public agencies.
(b) Any contract awarded by the Shasta Dam Area Public Utility District pursuant to this section shall be considered a public works project subject to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.
(c) None of the costs for public works constructed pursuant to this section shall be borne by Shasta Dam Area Public Utility District customers.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 187. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16461.10.

16461.10. A district that provides broadband Internet access services shall comply with the requirements of Article 12 (commencing with Section 53167) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 963, Sec. 8. (AB 1999) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16462.

16462. A district may also purchase any of such commodities or services from any other utility district, municipality, person, or private company, and distribute them.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16463.

16463. A district may acquire, construct, own, complete, use, and operate a fire department, street lighting system, public parks, public playgrounds, golf courses, public swimming pools, public recreation buildings, buildings to be used for public purposes, and works to provide for the drainage of roads, streets, and public places, including, but not limited to, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and pavement of streets. For purposes of this division, all of those projects shall be considered a public utility or public utility works.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 134.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16463.5.

16463.5. (a) A district may exercise any of the powers, functions, and duties which are vested in, or imposed upon, a fire protection district pursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, Part 3 (commencing with Section 13800) of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) If the district includes any part of a local agency which provides fire protection service to any territory in the district, the district shall have no authority regarding the prevention and suppression of fires in that territory, unless the district has obtained the consent of the local agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 16.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16464.

16464. A district may construct works across or along any street or public highway, or over any land which is the property of the state, and has the same rights and privileges appertaining thereto as are granted to cities within the state.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 135.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16466.

16466. A district using a street or highway shall restore it to its former state as nearly as possible and shall not unnecessarily impair its usefulness.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 137.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16467.

16467. Only revenue producing utilities shall be acquired, owned, or operated by a district. So far as possible the board shall fix such charges for commodities or service furnished by any revenue producing utility as will pay all of the expenses of the government of the district, or such portion as the board determines justly apportionable to such utility. The expenses to be paid include:
(a) Salaries, office expenses, and other necessary disbursements.
(b) The operating expenses of the utility.
(c) The interest on any indebtedness incurred for the acquisition, construction, and completion of the utility.
(d) Provisions for a sinking or other appropriate fund for the payment of the principal of such debt as it becomes due.
(e) Provisions for an appropriate fund for repairs, replacements, and betterments.
It is the intention of this section that a district pay all of such charges and expenditures and the interest and principal of its debt from the revenues derived by the district from the operation of its public utilities, and that each public utility owned and operated by a district shall be self-sustaining.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16467.1.

16467.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16467 of this code, fire departments, street lighting systems, public parks, public playgrounds, public swimming pools, public recreation buildings, buildings used for a public purpose, and works to provide for the drainage of roads, streets, and public places, including, but not limited to, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and pavement of streets need not be operated on a self-sustaining, revenue-producing basis. Revenue to defray the cost of acquiring, constructing, installing, maintaining, improving, and operating such utilities and to pay the principal and interest and to create reserve and sinking funds on any indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, may be raised in any manner authorized by this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 226.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16469.

16469. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), charges unpaid at the time specified for the fixing of the rate of taxes may be added to and become part of the annual assessment levied upon the land upon which the commodity or service was used if the property is owned, controlled, or in the possession of the same person who owned, controlled, or was in possession of it during the time the service charges were incurred or if the only transfers made of the property since the date the charges were incurred have been transfers by gift, descent, bequest, or devise.
(b) No district furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of water to or for the tenant’s residential use from any subsequent tenant on account of nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant. The district may, however, require that service to subsequent tenants be furnished on the account of the landlord or property owner.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1251, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16470.

16470. Charges added to an assessment are a lien on the land, except that if, during the year preceding the date on which the first installment of real property taxes which evidence the charges appears on the roll, any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such property and the district shall within three years after the amount is due file for record in the office of any county recorder a certificate specifying the amount, interest, and penalty due, the name and address as it appears on the records of the district of the person liable for the same, and the fact that the district has complied with all provisions of this part in the determination of the amount required to be paid. From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount required to be paid together with interest and penalty constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county owned by the person or afterwards and before the lien expires acquired by him. The lien has the force, effect, and priority of a judgment lien and shall continue for 10 years from the time of the filing of the certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien may, within 10 years from the date of the filing of the certificate or within 10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the manner herein provided, be extended by filing for record a new certificate in the office of the county recorder of any county and from the time of such filing the lien shall be extended to the real property in such county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1137, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16471.

16471. If the assessment is divided and made payable in two installments, the unpaid charges may be added to and become a part of the first installment of the assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16472.

16472. When the board declares that charges are to be added to the annual assessment and the district is availing itself of assessments made by the assessor of any county in which the district is situated, the board shall include in the statement of the tax rate to be transmitted to the county auditor the amount of each of the charges to be levied, and the auditor shall make the charges a part of the assessment in accordance with the statement.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 7 - PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Functions of Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Utility Works and Services › Section 16472.1.

16472.1. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 16469 to 16472, inclusive, and as an alternative to the procedures specified in those sections, a district may provide by resolution or ordinance that delinquent water charges and interest and penalties thereon constitute a lien on the real property served to the extent that the property is owned by the person or entity receiving the service, when a certificate is recorded pursuant to this section, which shall continue in effect until the amount of charges, interest, and penalties are paid or the property is sold to satisfy the charges, interest, and penalties. No lien may be created under this section on any publicly owned property.
(b) A lien pursuant to this section attaches when the district files for record in the office of the county recorder a certificate specifying the amount of charges, interest, and penalties due; the name of the owner of record of the property who received the water service; the legal description of the property served; and the fact that the district has complied with all provisions of this part in the determination of the charges, interest, and penalties due. From the time of recordation of the certificate, the charges, interest, and penalties constitute a lien on the property. Within 30 days of receipt of payment of all costs specified in subdivision (a), or within 30 days of a demand by an escrow agent in the event of a voluntary sale, the district shall record in the office of the county recorder a release of the lien created by this section.
(c) The county recorder shall charge the district the fees specified in Sections 27361 and 27361.4 of the Government Code for recording any certificate pursuant to subdivision (b), which certificate shall be indexed to the name of the property owner as grantor and the district as grantee.
(d) This section is in addition to any other remedies available to a district.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1217, Sec. 5.)