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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13571.

13571. Without limiting in any way the provisions of this division, and in addition to the powers granted therein, the board may make and enforce such regulations for the control of quantity, quality and flow of waste water within the boundaries of a special district as are not in conflict with the general laws of the state. “Waste water” shall include all sewage, industrial and other wastes and waters, whether treated or untreated, discharged into or permitted to enter a community sewer system connected to or directly into a district interceptor for treatment in sewage disposal facilities of a special district.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 733.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13572.

13572. Rules and regulations pertaining to the control of quantity, quality or flow of waste water may provide for any or all of the following:
(a) Periodic technical reports to the district from contributors or dischargers into the district’s system.
(b) The issuance of permits or licenses by the district as a condition of discharging waste water for treatment in sewage disposal facilities of a special district.
(c) The installation by the contributor or discharger of pretreatment works or facilities.
(d) The installation by the contributor or discharger of waste water sampling and inspection facilities.
(e) Procedures for enforcement of waste water standards and regulations adopted by the district and remedies for violation thereof.
(f) Entry by the district upon private property to make surveys, inspections or samplings.
(g) Such other provisions as are necessary to effectuate the control of the quantity, quality and flow of waste water within a special district.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 733.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13573.

13573. No person shall discharge waste water into a community sewer system connected to or directly into a district interceptor which will result in contamination, pollution or a nuisance. All discharges of waste water which are, or could be, harmful to or unreasonably affect the sewage disposal facilities of a district, or which impair or unreasonably affect the operation and maintenance of such facilities, or which violate quantity, quality and flow standards adopted by the district, and all waste water discharges which unreasonably affect, or could unreasonably affect, the quality of the district’s treatment plant effluent in such a manner that receiving water quality requirements established by law cannot be met by the district, shall constitute a nuisance for the purposes of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 733.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13574.

13574. Whenever a discharge of waste water is in violation of the district’s regulations or otherwise causes or threatens to cause a condition of contamination, pollution or nuisance, as defined in this article, the district may petition the superior court for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, as may be appropriate, restraining the continuance of such discharge. In any civil action brought under this section, it shall not be necessary to allege or prove at any stage of the proceedings that irreparable damage will occur should the temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or permanent injunction not be issued or that the remedy at law is inadequate and the temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or permanent injunction shall issue without such allegations and without such proof.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 733.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13575.

13575. (a) Any person who fails to comply with any order issued by the district, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each day in which the discharge, violation, or refusal occurs.
(b) Any person who intentionally or negligently violates any order issued by the district for violation of rules regulating or prohibiting discharge of waste water which causes or threatens to cause a condition of contamination, pollution or nuisance, as defined in this article, may be liable civilly in a sum not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.
(c) The attorney of the district, upon request of the board, shall petition the superior court to impose, assess and recover the sums provided for in subdivisions (a) and (b). In determining the amount of the fine the court shall take into consideration all relevant circumstances, including, but not limited to, the extent of harm caused by the violation, the nature and persistence of the violation, the length of time over which the violation occurs and corrective action, if any, attempted or taken by the discharger.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all civil fines imposed by the court for a violation of this section shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Fifty percent shall be transferred into the general fund of the county in which the action to recover the fine was brought.
(2) Fifty percent shall be transferred once a month to the treasurer of any municipal utility district in the county for deposit in the funds of the district.
(e) Remedies under this section are in addition to and do not supersede or limit any and all other remedies, civil or criminal, but no liability shall be recoverable under this section for any violation for which liability is recovered under Section 13575.5.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1179, Sec. 1.5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13575.6.

13575.6. Any party aggrieved by a final order issued by the board under Section 13575.5, after granting review of a hearing officer order, may obtain review of the order of the board in the superior court by filing in the court a petition for writ of mandate within 30 days following the issuance of the order by the board. Any party aggrieved by a final order of a hearing officer issued under Section 13575.5 for which the board denies review may obtain review of the order of the hearing officer in the superior court by filing in the court a petition of writ of mandate within 30 days following the denial of review by the board.
If no aggrieved party petitions for writ of mandate within the time provided by this section, an order of the board or a hearing officer shall not be subject to review by any court or agency, except that the board may grant review on its own motion of an order issued under Section 13575.5 after the expiration of the time limits set by that section.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1179, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13575.7.

13575.7. (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision and order issued by the board pursuant to Section 13575.5, any aggrieved party may file with the superior court a petition for writ of mandate for review thereof. Failure to file a petition shall not preclude a party from challenging the reasonableness and validity of a decision or order of a hearing officer or the board in any judicial proceedings brought to enforce that decision or order or for other civil remedies.
(b) The evidence before the court shall consist of the record before the board, including the hearing officer’s record, and any other relevant evidence which, in the judgment of the court, should be considered to effectuate and implement the policies of this division. In every such case, the court shall exercise its independent judgment on the evidence.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, subdivisions (e) and (f) of Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall govern proceedings pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1179, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13576.

13576. Any person who intentionally discharges waste water in any manner, in violation of any order issued by the district, which results in contamination, pollution or a nuisance, as defined in this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 733.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13576.5.

13576.5. Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any record, report, plan, or other document filed with the district, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required by the district, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1179, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13577.

13577. Any abatement actions taken pursuant to the foregoing sections with respect to contamination, pollution or nuisance, as defined in this article, created by the discharge of waste water into a community sewer system shall be taken against the agent or agency operating such system and the contributor or contributors whose waste creates the contamination, pollution or nuisance.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 733.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 5.5 - Waste Water Control › Section 13578.

13578. The district may enter upon private property of any person and sample at, inspect or survey the waste water sampling installation or pretreatment facilities or processes of any contributor or discharger to ascertain whether district regulations for control of quantity, quality and flow of waste water are being complied with. Such inspections shall be made with the consent of the owner or possessor of such facilities or, if such consent is refused, with a warrant duly issued pursuant to the procedure set forth in Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure. However, in the event of an emergency affecting the public health or safety, such inspection may be made without the consent or the issuance of a warrant. The district may terminate or cause to be terminated sewage disposal or water services to such property if a violation of any rule or regulation pertaining to control of waste water is found to exist or if a discharge of waste water causes or threatens to cause a condition of contamination, pollution or nuisance, as defined in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 733.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 6 - Financing › Section 13591.

13591. The board may use temporarily any district funds for the payment of any costs or expenses incident to the proposed or actual creation of a special district for sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery purposes or the acquisition, construction, or completion of any works, lands, structures, rights, or other property necessary or convenient for the recovery of resources from solid waste or for the collection, treatment, or disposition of sewage matter for the special district or incident to the operation or maintenance of the special district.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 128.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 6 - Financing › Section 13592.

13592. The board shall recover all district funds advanced under this article by means of taxes levied upon all property within the special district or from any appropriate funds or revenues of the special district; but nothing in this section shall compel reimbursement if the tax required therefor would amount to less than one mill ($0.001) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of the property within the special district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 6 - Financing › Section 13593.

13593. Nothing in this article limits the general powers of a district with reference to sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 128.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 7 - Bonds › Section 13621.

13621. At any time after the creation of a special district a proposition of incurring bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, or completion by the district of any works, lands, structures, rights, or any other property necessary or convenient for the recovery of resources from solid waste or for the collection, treatment, or disposition of sewage matter for the special district may be submitted.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 128.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 7 - Bonds › Section 13622.

13622. Except as otherwise provided herein the provisions of Chapter 7 shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining to the issuance of bonds under this article, including among other things, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the calling and holding of the bond election, the form, execution, issuance, maturity, redemption, refunding, validation, the payment of interest from bond funds and the status of the bonds as investments.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 808.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 7 - Bonds › Section 13623.

13623. The favorable vote of two-thirds of all the voters within the special district voting on the proposition is required to authorize the issuance of the bonds.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 761.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 7 - Bonds › Section 13624.

13624. Only the property in the special district shall be taxable for the payment of the principal and interest on special district bonds. Until the bonds are paid, taxes shall be levied in substantial compliance with Section 12893.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 7 - Bonds › Section 13625.

13625. Any proceeding denying the validity of the creation of any special district, or of any bonds authorized by the voters thereof pursuant to this division, shall be brought within three months after the date upon which the applicable proposition is approved by the voters.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 7 - Bonds › Section 13626.

13626. The board may utilize the provisions of Chapter 7.1 (commencing with Section 13345) to authorize emergency financing of the repair or replacement of damaged or demolished works of the special district; provided, that the payment of the principal and interest on such bonds or evidences of indebtedness shall be made only from revenues, taxes, or other available funds, of the special district.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 512.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 7.5 - Short-Term Borrowing › Section 13631.

13631. The special district may borrow money and incur indebtedness in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized to be issued by the voters within the special district but which have not been sold and delivered, and it may issue bonds, notes, or other securities as provided in this article by action of the board and without the necessity of calling and holding an election. Such evidences of indebtedness shall constitute general obligations of the district. The indebtedness may be incurred for any of the purposes for which a bond issue had previously been approved by the voters, and to reimburse the district for expenditures incurred for any of such purposes. The indebtedness incurred under this article shall be evidenced by bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness maturing in not to exceed five years from their date, shall bear interest at such rate or rates as may be fixed by the board, and may be issued and sold at public sale as the board may direct. All other terms and conditions of such evidences of indebtedness shall be fixed by the board. The maximum principal amount of all indebtedness outstanding under this article shall not at any time exceed the aggregate amount of bonds which the district is then authorized to issue, less the amount of other securities then outstanding issued in anticipation of the sale of such an authorized issue.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 310.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 7.5 - Short-Term Borrowing › Section 13632.

13632. The special district may issue refunding bonds, notes, or other securities for the purpose of paying and redeeming at or before maturity any bonds, notes or other securities issued under this article, provided that such refunding bonds, notes, or other securities shall not be in excess of the limitation of indebtedness authorized under this article and shall mature in not to exceed five years from their date.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 310.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 7.5 - Short-Term Borrowing › Section 13633.

13633. Evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article shall be payable from any sources of available funds of the special district, including revenues, taxes, or state or federal grants. If not previously otherwise paid the evidence of indebtedness shall be paid from the proceeds of the next sale of the bonds of the district in anticipation of which they were issued, and if not so paid, the board is hereby authorized to levy and collect taxes from all property in the special district subject to taxation by the district without limitation of rate or amount for the payment of such evidences of indebtedness. Such taxes shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for special district purposes and shall be levied at the same time and in the same manner as other district taxes are levied and when collected shall be deposited in a special fund and shall be used for no purpose other than the payment of the principal of, and interest on, such indebtedness.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 310.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13651.

13651. Any public agency or portion thereof or unincorporated territory within the boundaries of a district (hereinafter referred to collectively as “territory”) not included within the boundaries of a special district may be annexed thereto in the manner provided in this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13652.

13652. The board shall by resolution determine that the annexation of the territory will facilitate the acquisition or operation of a public utility for the special district, describe therein the territory, declare its intention to annex the territory to the special district, set forth the terms and conditions upon which the territory shall be annexed, fix the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation, and provide for the giving of notice of the hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 210.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13653.

13653. No public agency or portion thereof shall be annexed to a special district unless the legislative body thereof shall by resolution consent.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13654.

13654. The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to a special district may provide, among other things, for the payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed in addition to the taxes elsewhere in this division provided for, the fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the special district, the making of a payment or payments, or the transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the territory proposed to be annexed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13655.

13655. Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation of territory to a special district shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13656.

13656. The time for hearing shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the first publication of the notice.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13657.

13657. At or before the hearing any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the annexation of the territory to the special district or to the inclusion of his property therein. Upon the hearing, the board shall hear and determine all protests and objections.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13658.

13658. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order entered upon the minutes of its meeting fixing the time and place of adjournment. In the event that no protests are filed or the protests filed are overruled and denied the board shall thereupon by resolution declare the territory, or a portion thereof, annexed to the special district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13659.

13659. From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the secretary of the district the annexation of the territory, or portion thereof, to the special district is complete.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13660.

13660. No annexation to a special district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal existence of any public agency within or partly within the territory annexed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 8 - Annexation › Section 13661.

13661. From and after the date of annexation any territory annexed to a special district is liable for payment of its proportionate share of any indebtedness then existing and payable by the special district. From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the territory annexed such taxes, tolls, or charges as are necessary to comply with the terms and conditions of annexation, in addition to any other district taxes authorized elsewhere in this division to be levied and collected.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery › ARTICLE 9 - Dissolution › Section 13691.

13691. A special district may be dissolved by resolution of the board if any proposition for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness fails to carry, and if the special district is then subject to no other indebtedness or liability pursuant to this division and has been organized for not less than two years. Such dissolution of the special district shall not prevent subsequent proceedings for the creation of a special district including the same or any part of the area of the special district dissolved.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 13801.

13801. Any public agency not included within the boundaries of a district may be annexed to the district in the manner provided in this chapter or in the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of the Government Code). When proceedings for an annexation are taken pursuant to this chapter, only the provisions of this chapter shall apply to that annexation.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 347, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 13802.

13802. The legislative body of the public agency proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement (among other things) may provide for any of the terms and conditions authorized by the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (commencing at Section 56000, Government Code). The corporate boundaries of the public agency to be annexed need not be coterminous with any election precincts.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 13802.5.

13802.5. The terms and conditions of annexation may provide, among other things, for the levy and payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed in addition to the taxes authorized elsewhere in this division, for the fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district, or for the making of one or more payments, or the transfer of real or personal property or other assets to the district by the public agency. Such payments may be either for the acquisition, transfer, use or right to use all or any part of the existing property of the district or for installation and construction of facilities and equipment required to serve the annexed territory.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 507.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 13803.

13803. After the legislative body of the public agency and the board have concurred upon the proposed terms and conditions, the secretary or clerk of the public agency to be annexed shall file a certified copy of the proposed agreement with the executive officer of the local agency formation commission.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - Annexation Agreement › Section 13804.

13804. After the filing of the proposed agreement with the executive officer, proceedings thereon shall be taken by the local agency formation commission in the manner and subject to the provisions of Part 4 (commencing at Section 56250, Government Code) of the District Reorganization Act of 1965. If the proposed annexation and agreement are approved by the commission, with or without amendment, wholly, partially or conditionally, it shall be mandatory for the board and the legislative body of the public agency to complete the proceedings for such annexation, subject to compliance with the commission’s resolution making determinations.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 13821.

13821. The agreement shall become effective and be binding upon the district and the public agency when approved in the manner set forth in this chapter.
After receipt of the resolution of the local agency formation commission making determinations, the board shall by ordinance setting forth the agreement at length declare its intention of causing it to be executed by the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 13822.

13822. The ordinance, together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon, shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district. The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the first publication of the ordinance.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 13823.

13823. At the hearing any person interested may file with the board written objections to the execution of the agreement.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 13824.

13824. Upon the hearing the board shall determine whether or not the agreement will be carried into execution and shall hear and determine all objections thereto. Failure of any person interested in the district or in the matter of the proposed execution of the agreement to show cause in writing pursuant to Section 13823 constitutes an assent on his part to a change in the boundaries of the district and to the execution of the agreement.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 13825.

13825. Any hearing on the agreement may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order to be entered upon the minutes of the meeting fixing the time and place of adjournment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 13826.

13826. If no protests are filed or if the protests filed are overruled and denied the board shall thereupon by resolution finally approve the agreement and authorize its execution, which shall become effective when executed by the public agency, duly authorized in the manner provided in this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Approval by District › Section 13827.

13827. When executed by the district the agreement shall be dated and an executed copy filed with the secretary of the district. An executed copy shall also be filed with the secretary or clerk of the public agency to be annexed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency › Section 13851.

13851. At any time after the board has finally approved the agreement of annexation the legislative body of the public agency to be annexed shall cause an election to be held in the public agency to determine whether the public agency will be annexed to the district upon the terms and conditions stated in the agreement.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency › Section 13852.

13852. Notice of election shall be published as provided in Section 11534 and shall either state that a copy of the annexation agreement is on file in the office of the secretary or clerk of the public agency proposed to be annexed, and open to the inspection of all persons interested, or set forth the terms and conditions of the agreement of annexation at length, in the discretion of the legislative body calling the election.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 808.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency › Section 13853.

13853. The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county elections and in addition shall set forth the proposition of annexation substantially as follows:
Shall the ________ (public agency) be annexed to _______ municipal utility district in accordance with and subject to all of the terms and conditions of an agreement of annexation dated ________ now on file in the office of the clerk (or secretary) of ________ (public agency)?
YES
NO
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency › Section 13854.

13854. If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition at the election were cast in favor of the annexation, the proposition and all of the terms and conditions of the agreement of annexation shall be deemed carried and approved by the voters; except that if the terms and conditions of the agreement of annexation provide for the assumption of any indebtedness of the district by any city proposed to be annexed, the proposition of annexation shall not be deemed carried unless approved by the vote of two-thirds of all the voters voting on the proposition at the election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency › Section 13855.

13855. If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body of the public agency.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 3 - Approval by Public Agency › Section 13856.

13856. If the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters the governing body of the public agency shall enter in its minutes an order declaring the result of the election and shall thereupon cause the agreement of annexation to be executed by its duly authorized officers.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 4 - Establishment of Annexation › Section 13886.

13886. Upon receipt by the district of a copy of the agreement of annexation properly executed by the district and the public agency proposed to be annexed the board shall pass a resolution declaring the public agency annexed to the district. Thereupon the secretary of the district shall make the filings provided for in Chapter 8 (commencing at Section 56450, Government Code) of Part 5 of the District Reorganization Act of 1965. The annexation shall be complete and effective on the dates specified in said Chapter 8.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 5 - Annexation of Territory Annexed to Public Agencies › Section 13911.

13911. Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory in accordance with law to any city included in the district the city clerk shall file with the secretary of the district a certified copy of the ordinance, resolution or other document completing said annexation, containing a description of the territory so annexed. Unless the district within 90 days after such filing shall file with the city clerk the district’s written objections to the annexation of said territory, or to a specified portion or portions thereof, to the district, said territory, or such portion or portions thereof to which the district does not object as aforesaid, shall upon the termination of said period be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district, and thereafter is subject to taxation, along with the entire territory of the district in accordance with the assessable valuation of the property thereof, for general district purposes, and for the payment of any indebtedness theretofore or thereafter incurred by the district. Any such objection filed with the city clerk by the district as to a portion or portions of said territory shall describe such portion or portions.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 432.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 5 - Annexation of Territory Annexed to Public Agencies › Section 13912.

13912. If the district shall file its objections in the manner aforesaid to the annexation of said territory or any specified portion or portions thereof to the district, said territory, or the portion or portions thereof so objected to, shall not be annexed to the district except in the manner provided in the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (commencing at Section 56000, Government Code). Prior to the expiration of the 90 day period referred to in Section 13911, the district may from time to time withdraw such objections to the annexation of said territory or any specified portion or portions thereof by filing with the city clerk a certified copy of a resolution or resolutions of the board stating that such objections to the annexation of said territory or any specified portion or portions thereof are withdrawn. Thereupon said territory, or the portion or portions as to which such objections are so withdrawn, shall be deemed incorporated into and annexed to the district as provided in Section 13911. Any such resolution or resolutions filed with the city clerk withdrawing the district’s objections to the annexation of a portion or portions of said territory shall describe such portion or portions.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Annexation › Section 13931.

13931. From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the public agency annexed such taxes, tolls, or charges as are necessary to provide funds for the payment of the indebtedness assumed by the public agency or otherwise necessary to comply with the terms and conditions of the annexation agreement, all in addition to the general district taxes authorized elsewhere in this division to be levied and collected.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation of Public Agencies › ARTICLE 6 - Effect of Annexation › Section 13932.

13932. No annexation of a public agency to a district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal existence of the public agency annexed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 10 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › Section 14051.

14051. Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district in the manner provided in the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of the Government Code).
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 347, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 10 - Annexation of Unincorporated Territory › Section 14052.

14052. Unincorporated territory not contiguous to a district may not be annexed if the district does not possess facilities for supplying utility service to that territory.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 1 - Exclusion of Unincorporated Territory › Section 14351.

14351. Any territory contained within a district not operating any utility and not included within the boundaries of any incorporated city and not benefited in any manner by the district or by its continued inclusion therein may be excluded therefrom by proceedings under and pursuant to the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (commencing at Section 56000, Government Code).
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory › Section 14381.

14381. If the city to which any territory included in any district has been annexed already serves electricity or water to the territory annexed, the city council or other governing body of the city may propose an agreement for the exclusion of such territory from the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory › Section 14382.

14382. The agreement for exclusion shall be authorized and executed and proceedings for such exclusion taken in the same manner as provided in Chapter 9 (commencing at Section 13801) for the annexation of a public agency to a district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory › Section 14383.

14383. If an order of exclusion is granted, the board and the governing body of the city shall by contract provide for the payment by the city of the proportion of the taxes and bonded indebtedness for which the territory excluded is justly liable. If they do not agree, either may petition the superior court in and for the county in which the property is located for a judgment declaring the proportion of the taxes and bonded indebtedness for which the territory excluded is justly liable. The proceeding shall be governed by the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to declaratory relief.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11 - Exclusion of Territory › ARTICLE 2 - Exclusion of Incorporated Territory › Section 14384.

14384. The order of exclusion does not invalidate in any manner any taxes or assessments theretofore levied or assessed against the lands excluded nor relieve the property excluded from any outstanding bonds which are a lien thereon at the time of exclusion, nor from any taxes to pay the principal or interest thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 6 - MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11.5 - Hearings › Section 14401.

14401. Before any rates and charges for commodities or service furnished by a district are fixed or changed the general manager shall file with the board a report and recommendation thereon in writing. Within 40 days thereafter the board shall hold a public hearing on the report and recommendation. Prior to the hearing, notice of the time and place of hearing shall be published within the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 294.)