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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27105.

27105. At the time specified in the notice, or at such other time to which the said hearing may be continued, the superior court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters urged by the protestants against the formation of the proposed district, or against the inclusion of their lands therein.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27106.

27106. The superior court shall have jurisdiction to exclude any lands from the proposed district, together with any other lands contiguous to the excluded lands, and contiguous to the exterior boundaries of the proposed district which are similarly situated to the lands of the protestants, to the end that isolated tracts may not be excluded from the district without also rectifying the boundaries thereof so that the district when finally formed shall be compact, continuous and without tracts of land excluded therefrom which are totally surrounded by other lands which are left within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27107.

27107. The judgment of the superior court shall not be appealable, and all questions of fact therein contained shall be final and conclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27108.

27108. The judgment shall only be subject to review by the Supreme Court of this State, upon a writ of review issued out of that court in such cases as writs of review are now permissible against superior courts.
Proceedings for a writ of review may only be taken within 10 days after the entry of the judgment in the superior court and if not so taken all such judgments of the superior court shall become final.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27109.

27109. After the judgment of the court has become final the county elections official shall certify the judgment together with the petition and the protests which he or she received, to the Secretary of State.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 147. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27110.

27110. When the results of the final judgments upon all protests have been certified to the Secretary of State, he shall issue his certificate of incorporation declaring the district with the boundaries as finally established to be duly incorporated. He shall file the original certificate of incorporation in his office, and have a certified copy of the certificate recorded in the office of the county recorder of each of the counties having any territory within the boundaries of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27111.

27111. Upon the issuance of the certificate of incorporation the district shall come into existence and shall have all the rights, powers and privileges expressly or impliedly conferred upon it by this part.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27112.

27112. After the Secretary of State has issued his certificate of incorporation of the district, the sufficiency of any petition shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27113.

27113. No informality in any proceeding not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any person shall invalidate the incorporation of any district.
All proceedings to contest the validity of the incorporation of any district may only be commenced within three months from the date of the issuance of the certificate of incorporation. If no such proceedings are commenced within the time allowed, the incorporation of the district, and all proceedings in connection therewith, shall be valid and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 7 - Appointment and Tenure of the Board of Directors › Section 27120.

27120. Within five days after the issuance of the certificate of incorporation, the Secretary of State shall notify the boards of supervisors of each of the counties in which any portion of the territory of the district is located, of the incorporation of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 7 - Appointment and Tenure of the Board of Directors › Section 27121.

27121. Within 30 days after the receipt of the notice of incorporation of the district each of the boards of supervisors so notified shall appoint the persons to represent the county on the board of directors of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 7 - Appointment and Tenure of the Board of Directors › Section 27123.

27123. Those directors appointed by the board of supervisors of a county shall be appointed by resolution of the board of supervisors, and a copy of the resolution shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, and a certified copy of the resolution shall be immediately forwarded to the Department of Transportation.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 148. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 7 - Appointment and Tenure of the Board of Directors › Section 27124.

27124. All directors shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority; provided, that notwithstanding this section and Section 27122, any director in office on the effective date of this section may continue to serve on the board until the expiration of the term for which he was appointed.
Each appointing authority shall review its appointment or appointments to the board in January every two years, and indicate its desire to retain such director or directors by affirming such retention by the adoption of a resolution, or, in the case of the Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, by the issuance of a declaration, to that effect.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1472.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 7 - Appointment and Tenure of the Board of Directors › Section 27125.

27125. Any vacancy in the board shall be filled by appointment by the appointing authority which originally appointed the director whose position has become vacant.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1472.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27140.

27140. The board shall be the governing body of the district and shall outline rules of policy, approve plans, and vote or withhold appropriations to carry the same into effect.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27141.

27141. Within two weeks after the Secretary of State has received certified copies of the resolutions of the board of supervisors of each county in the district, appointing the members of the board of directors from that county, he shall call the first meeting of the board of directors and shall designate an appropriate time, which shall be within that two week period, and place at which the meeting shall be held.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27142.

27142. At the first meeting the board shall organize by choosing one of its members as president, and choosing a secretary, who shall not be a member of the board. At its first meeting the board shall also provide for the time and place of holding its meetings, and the manner in which its special meetings may be called.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27143.

27143. All meetings of the board, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27144.

27144. The board shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings, including the use of motions in connection with such proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1381.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27146.

27146. For the purpose of considering questions relating to the bridge and highway district generally or local questions affecting a particular county or group of counties, the board or any of its committees may hold meetings in the chambers of the boards of supervisors of any county in the group, if suitable for that purpose, or at any other suitable place which the board or any of its committees may designate.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 440.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27147.

27147. All official action of the board shall be by ordinance or resolution.
The ayes and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions, and entered upon the journal of the proceedings of the board. No ordinance or resolution shall be passed or become effective without the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the members of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27148.

27148. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be “Be it ordained by the board of directors of ____ bridge and highway district as follows:” All resolutions and ordinances shall be signed by the president of the board and attested by the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27149.

27149. Each member of the board shall receive the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for attending each meeting of the board and each committee meeting on different days, but no member shall receive this compensation in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in any one year, except the president who shall not receive this compensation in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) in any one year. Each member of the board shall receive a sum equal to the necessary traveling expenses incurred by him or her in the performance of board duties.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 593, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27150.

27150. The board shall at its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as practicable, appoint by a majority vote a general manager, an auditor and a secretary. No director shall be eligible for appointment to any district office except president or vice president of the board. The compensation of the general manager, auditor, and secretary shall be fixed by the board, and such officers shall serve during the pleasure of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27151.

27151. The general manager shall be the executive officer of the district. He shall employ and discharge at pleasure all subordinate officers, employees and assistants, prescribe their duties, and subject to the approval of the board, he shall fix their compensation. He shall have full charge and control of the construction, maintenance and operation of all works of the district. The general manager shall report to the board in accordance with such rules and regulations as the board may adopt.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27152.

27152. The board shall appoint an attorney and all subordinate officers not provided to be appointed by the general manager, and shall fix their salaries. Subordinate officers appointed by the board shall serve at its pleasure.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27153.

27153. The board may change the name of the district by resolution, which shall become effective upon the filing of a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and with the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county included in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Organization and Powers of the Board and the Executive Officers › Section 27154.

27154. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, or any limitation or restriction contained in any law, the board may:
(a) Invest and reinvest all or any part of lapsed, unallocated, unappropriated or other surplus moneys belonging to any fund of which the board has custody or control in bonds and other obligations for which the faith and credit of the United States of America are pledged or in any obligation, bond or security approved by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions as legal for investment by savings banks. All such investments heretofore made are legalized.
(b) Use all or any part of lapsed, unallocated, unappropriated or other surplus or reserve moneys of the district for the refunding or partial refunding or purchase of any existing bonded indebtedness against the district.
The interest or income from any funds invested under this section may be made a part of the fund from which the investment was made and may itself be so invested.
Any investment previously made in bonds and other obligations for which the faith and credit of the United States of America are pledged or in any obligation, bond or security which under the Financial Code is legal for investment by savings banks is hereby validated and made legal investments for the purposes of this section, whether such bonds or obligations are negotiable or not.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1064, Sec. 808. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative July 1, 1997, by Sec. 814 of Ch. 1064.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27160.

27160. The district shall have perpetual succession and acting through the board shall have the powers prescribed in this chapter in addition to any others expressly conferred on it by this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27161.

27161. The district may sue and be sued in its corporate name in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27163.

27163. The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, or otherwise acquire, and hold, use, and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary for the full or convenient exercise of its powers. The board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property within or without the district when, in its judgment, it is for the best interests of the district so to do.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 50, Sec. 2. Effective March 22, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27164.

27164. The district may acquire, or contract to acquire, and may construct under contract, or by its own employees, maintain, improve, and operate bridges, abutments, rights-of-way, roads, tunnels, railroads, streetcar lines, interurban lines, telephone and telegraph lines, footpaths, viaducts, tollgates, tollhouses, subways, and all other forms of property necessary or proper for the successful prosecution of the project for which the district was organized, or which may be authorized by the board of directors of the district under its powers, including all machinery or other property useful or necessary to construct, maintain, operate, or otherwise make use of toll bridges and highways, and complete, add to, repair, or otherwise improve, any of the property acquired by it.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 174.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27165.

27165. The district may acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation, or lease from the United States, this State, or from any person, or public or private corporation, lands, rights of way, or rights in, over or across lands or waters which are necessary or proper for the construction or operation of bridges, and the approaches thereto, fix and collect tolls, for the purpose of meeting the obligations of the district and repaying the same, and dispose of the surplus to the various counties within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27166.

27166. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted in this part, or in any provision of law, to the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27167.

27167. The district may borrow money, incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidences of such indebtedness; and refund or retire any indebtedness or lien that may exist against the district or any of its property.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27168.

27168. The district may purchase or condemn any works which might be constructed by the district, whether completed or partly completed, and conduct and manage the same.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27169.

27169. The district may have taxes levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of this part for the purpose of paying running expenses, organization expenses and the investigation expenses of the district before the issuance of bonds, and for the purpose of paying the obligations of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27170.

27170. The district may make contracts, employ labor, and all kinds of employees, whether skilled or unskilled, for the purpose of carrying on the business of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 175.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27171.

27171. The district may establish all necessary rules, regulation or conditions under which the property of the district may be used by the public and fix and collect all tolls for the use thereof, and enter into contracts with any persons or public officers or public or private corporations, whereby the facilities constructed by the district may be made use of, by such persons, officers, or corporations, and at the tolls or for the consideration fixed by such contracts.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27173.

27173. The work of constructing, repairing, relocating, or otherwise providing any of the highways or approaches composed of the structures or improvements mentioned in Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 15 of this code or Article 60 (commencing with Section 20910) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, may be done by any district in cooperation with a city, county, joint highway district, or other district formed for the improvement or building of roads, or in cooperation with the state.
For the purpose of doing work or acquiring rights-of-way therefor, the board may authorize a contract to be entered into between the district and the political subdivision or agency of the state with which it proposes to cooperate, and full power and authority is granted to the city, county, joint highway, or other district, or the Department of Transportation, to enter into the contracts for cooperative work, construction, or purchase of rights-of-way, in such a manner and upon such apportionment of the cost thereof as may be agreed upon between them. For this purpose, the contracting parties may designate engineers, county surveyors, or other necessary officials or employees to take charge of the particular work, and provide for the payment of the cost of the work out of funds contributed by the contracting parties. The plans and specifications for the work shall be approved by both of the contracting parties, and the work may be carried out by either one of the contracting parties as the agent of the other, or it may be carried out under the joint management of both of the contracting parties.
Any project undertaken by a district alone, or in cooperation with any of the agencies mentioned, may be accomplished by federal aid under rules which may be prescribed by the federal agencies involved.
Any work may extend across, through, or within any city, county, joint highway district, or other district, if the work is an extension of an approach to a bridge operated by the district and connects the bridge as a main or alternate route with state highways or other through routes leading to or from the bridge.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 176.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27174.

27174. The district may contract with the State for the construction, repair or relocation of highways or approaches to any structure or improvement maintained or operated by it and may collect tolls for the use of such structure or improvement to pay any obligation to the State, incurred under the contract.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27174.1.

27174.1. (a) The district may adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Vehicle Code for the control of traffic on any facility of travel constructed by the district, to aid and ensure the safe and orderly flow of traffic, and shall, so far as practicable, notify the public of those rules and regulations by signs on the facility of travel. The district may also adopt rules and regulations pertaining to parking areas in conjunction with any facilities of travel constructed or maintained by the district. The district may also adopt rules and regulations governing the use of all modes of transportation owned, operated, or maintained by the district.
(b) The district may enforce any rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by the board of directors of the district pursuant to this section or subdivision (a) of Section 21113 of the Vehicle Code and relating to stopping or parking of vehicles by the issuance of notices of parking violation and notices of delinquent parking violation in the manner prescribed by Article 3 (commencing with Section 40200) of Chapter 1 of Division 17 of the Vehicle Code. Notices of parking violation and notices of delinquent parking violation may be issued by those employees of the district authorized by rule, regulation, or ordinance of the district.
(c) The district may enforce any rule, regulation, or ordinance relating to toll evasion adopted by the board of directors of the district pursuant to this section or subdivision (a) of Section 40250 of the Vehicle Code by the issuance of notices of toll evasion violation and notices of delinquent toll evasion in the manner prescribed by Article 4 (commencing with Section 40250) of Chapter 1 of Division 17 of the Vehicle Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 739, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27174.2.

27174.2. (a) Every person who, without permission of the board or its authorized officers or agents, climbs upon any railing, cable, suspender rope, tower, or superstructure of any district toll bridge, or otherwise trespasses on any portion of the bridge that is not intended for public use, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
(b) Every person who trespasses on district property other than that referred to in subdivision (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c) If the court grants probation to any person punished under subdivision (a), in addition to any other terms or conditions imposed by the court, the court shall impose as a condition of that probation that the person perform not less than 40 hours and not more than 160 hours of community service in the county in which the violation occurred. To the extent practicable, the service shall involve work in homeless shelters, programs designed for the care of drug abuse, and hospices. The service shall be performed during a time that does not interfere with the person’s school attendance or employment.
(d) Any person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of this section shall reimburse the bridge district for costs resulting from the violation. The court shall consider the costs to the bridge district and shall prorate the defendant’s share of the costs based on the defendant’s responsibility for the acts and in accordance with the defendant’s ability to pay, as the court deems appropriate in the interest of justice.
(e) This section does not apply to persons engaged in the operation, maintenance, or repair of a bridge.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 379, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27174.3.

27174.3. Every person who stands in the roadway or on the sidewalk of any district toll bridge, or the approaches thereto, for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1731.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27175.

27175. The district shall cause to be published and made available to the public at the toll gates of any facilities of travel constructed by the district, copies of those traffic laws and rules and regulations particularly applicable thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1350.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27176.

27176. Violation of any rules or regulations provided for in Section 27174.1, notice of which has been given by a sign on the facility of travel constructed by the district is a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1731.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27177.

27177. The California Highway Patrol shall have the authority and it shall be its duty to provide for proper and adequate policing of all facilities of travel constructed by the district, to insure the enforcement thereon of the Vehicle Code and of any other law relating to the use and operation of vehicles upon highways or vehicular crossings as defined in the Vehicle Code, and of the rules and regulations adopted by the board of directors of the district in respect to facilities of travel and parking areas, and to cooperate with the district, to the end that such facilities of travel and parking areas be operated at all times in such manner as to carry traffic efficiently. This authority of the California Highway Patrol is exclusive except as to the authority conferred upon the district by Section 27174.1 in respect to those facilities of travel or parking areas.
All required accident reports and supplemental reports, and all other reports made to the California Highway Patrol by any peace officer, member of the California Highway Patrol, or other employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles and California Highway Patrol relative to accidents and incidents occurring on property of a bridge and highway district shall be immediately available for the confidential use of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 50, Sec. 4. Effective March 22, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27177.5.

27177.5. A towing service may be maintained by a bridge and highway district on each vehicular crossing under its jurisdiction, and said district may furnish such towing and emergency road service as is necessary to permit the orderly flow of traffic upon such crossing and upon district property. The district may prescribe and collect reasonable rates for towing and other services furnished. When any vehicle or object on any vehicular crossing or road under district jurisdiction or upon district property upon which towing service is maintained is stopped for any reason and such vehicle or object is obstructing or may obstruct traffic, the district shall order that such vehicle or object be towed by the towing service either to the nearest property of the bridge and highway district designated for the parking or storing of vehicles, or to a suitable parking location on a public street or highway and thereupon left in the custody of the owner or operator of such vehicle or object, or his agent, or, in the event no such owner, operator, or agent is present, or if such owner, operator, or agent so requests, to a public garage or off-street parking facility. The district may prescribe the limits within which the towing service authorized herein shall be operated. The district may furnish and deliver fuel to vehicles, the supply of which is exhausted, or change tires, and may charge a reasonable sum for the services and materials furnished. If the district deems it safe and advisable and the owner or operator of such vehicle or object so requests, it may be towed from the vehicular crossing as herein provided.
The towing service maintained by a district pursuant to this section shall be the only towing service authorized to render service to or remove vehicles or objects which become disabled upon vehicular crossings or property under the jurisdiction of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1054.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27178.

27178. Within the district, the Department of Transportation may restrict any portion of a state highway to a particular mode of vehicular transportation during such hours as the department, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, determines such restriction would expedite the flow of traffic.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 125.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - District Powers › Section 27179.

27179. A bridge and highway district may contract with the State to furnish regular highway patrol officers to serve for 24-hour police or patrol duty on the bridge and its approaches. The cost of such services shall be a legal expense for operation of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1467.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Duties of District Officers › Section 27180.

27180. 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. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Duties of District Officers › Section 27181.

27181. The secretary shall countersign all contracts on behalf of the district and perform such other duties as may be imposed by the board. The secretary shall devote his full time during office hours to the affairs of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Duties of District Officers › Section 27182.

27182. The auditor under the direction of the board of directors shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting which shall completely show the financial condition of the district at all times. He shall draw warrants to pay those claims made against the district which have been approved by the general manager.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 366.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Duties of District Officers › Section 27183.

27183. The engineer, under the direction of the general manager, shall have full charge of the constructions and of the works of the district. No person shall serve or act as engineer unless he is a licensed civil engineer under the laws of this State.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1861.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Duties of District Officers › Section 27184.

27184. The attorney shall have full charge of the legal matters pertaining to the district, and shall be the legal adviser to the board, the general manager, and all of the officers of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Duties of District Officers › Section 27185.

27185. The board shall designate a bank or a savings and loan association of good standing, or both, as a depositary for district funds. The board may also designate other banks or savings and loan associations as branch depositaries. Any depositary and each branch depositary shall give security sufficient to secure the district against possible loss, and in the case of active deposits shall pay the warrants drawn by the auditor for demands against the district under such rules as the board may prescribe.
The board may also deposit all or part of the funds of the district in the State Treasury, and the State Treasurer shall receive any district funds sent to him for deposit and pay out said funds upon warrants of the district, under such rules as the board may prescribe. Boards and district officials conforming to the provisions of this section are not required to conform to the provisions of Chapters 4 (commencing with Section 16500) or 4.5 (commencing with Section 16600) of Part 2, Division 4, Title 2, of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 349.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Duties of District Officers › Section 27186.

27186. The general manager, secretary, auditor, engineer, and attorney, and any other officers or employees of the district who may be required to do so by the board, shall give such bonds to the district, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties, as the board may prescribe. When deemed expedient by the board a master official bond may be used which shall provide coverage on more than one officer or employee who is required by the board to give bond. Such bond shall be in the form and for the term which is approved by the board and shall inure to the benefit of the district by whom such officer or employee is employed as well as the officer under whom the employee serves.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1592.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Duties of District Officers › Section 27187.

27187. After the organization of the district the board, the general manager, and all of the other officers of the district shall prepare plans, both engineering and financial, for the purpose of putting into operation the project for which the district has been organized, and secure the necessary data, contracts, agreements, plans and specifications for the prosecution of such work as will enable them to put the matter before the voters at an election held for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of bonds by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Duties of District Officers › Section 27188.

27188. The board of directors shall, for the protection of a bridge and highway district, insure any bridge or other facility constructed or acquired under the provisions of this act against all risks to such extent as it deems necessary. In case of damage or destruction, the proceeds of such insurance shall be applied to the restoration of such bridge or facility. Any such bridge or facility may be insured, irrespective of the retirement of all indebtedness incurred for its construction or acquisition, and the cost of such insurance shall be paid from any funds available to the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 304.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Duties of District Officers › Section 27189.

27189. In cases of great emergency, including but not limited to states of emergency as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558 of the Government Code, the board of directors of a bridge and highway district may proceed at once to replace or repair any and all structures, roadway, or property of the district that may be rendered unusable or unsafe without adopting the plans, specifications, strain sheets or working details or giving notice for bids to let contracts. The work may be done by day labor under the direction of the board, by contract, or by a combination of the two. If the work is done wholly or in part by contract, the contractor shall be paid the actual cost of the use of machinery and tools and of material and labor expended by him in doing the work, plus not more than 15 percent to cover all profits, supervision, and other expenses. No more than the lowest current market prices shall be paid for materials. Not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the work is performed, fixed as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, shall be paid to all workmen employed on such works.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 618.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10.5 - Claims › Section 27190.

27190. All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10.6 - Annual Audit of the District › Section 27195.

27195. (a) The district shall contract with a certified public accountant or public accountant to make an annual audit, the scope and content of which shall be prescribed by such accountant, of the books, accounts, records, papers, money, and securities of the district.
(b) Such report shall include a statement as to whether or not the accountant, through the application of auditing tests and other auditing procedures, is satisfied that expenditures and claims were supported by proper documentation and were properly recorded.
(c) All costs of the audit shall be borne by the district.
(d) A copy of each year’s audit shall be sent to the county auditor of each county within the district for public inspection.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 25.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10.6 - Annual Audit of the District › Section 27196.

27196. The accountant who is under contract to perform the audit provided for in Section 27195 may at any reasonable time and place examine the books and records of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1472.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Taxation for Preliminary District Expenses › Section 27200.

27200. No taxes shall be levied under the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of carrying out new projects undertaken by the district after the original project for which the district was formed has been completed.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Taxation for Preliminary District Expenses › Section 27201.

27201. During July of each year the board shall determine the amount of money required by the district which must be raised by taxation, and shall fix a rate of taxation which will raise that amount. If the purpose of the taxation is to supply funds for investigating the project prior to the issuance of bonds and the payment of the officers and employees of the district prior to the time when the works of the district are earning revenue the tax rate shall not exceed ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Taxation for Preliminary District Expenses › Section 27202.

27202. All running expenses of the district prior to the time the works of the district are earning revenue, being a part of the cost of constructing or acquiring or both the works, may be paid from the proceeds of any bonds issued by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Taxation for Preliminary District Expenses › Section 27203.

27203. Within a reasonable time prior to the time that the boards of supervisors of the counties having any portion of their territory within the boundaries of the district are required by law to fix their tax rates, the board shall certify to the board of supervisors of each of the said counties the rate of taxation fixed for district purposes and at the time and in the manner required by law for the levying of taxes for county purposes each shall levy and collect a tax for district purposes in addition to any other tax levied by such board of supervisors at the rate certified by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Taxation for Preliminary District Expenses › Section 27204.

27204. All county officers charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect district taxes at the same time and in the same form and manner as county taxes are collected, and when collected pay the proceeds to the district. The appropriate county officers shall pay the taxes collected for the district to the secretary of the district who shall deposit them in the district depositary or in the State Treasury to the credit of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)