citation: HNC § 5951

text: If the district is authorized to acquire, develop, operate, and maintain inland parks and recreation areas, the board of supervisors shall, by resolution, adopt a new name for the district which will reflect its new duties and responsibilities.


kind: section

code: HNC

citation: HNC § 5952

text: If the district is authorized to acquire, develop, operate, and maintain inland parks and recreation areas, at least 75 percent of its annual expenditures shall be devoted to that purpose until such time as the total expenditure of district and county funds for land, structures, and improvements which is used for inland park and recreation purposes shall have equaled the total expenditure of district and county funds for land, structures, and improvements which is used for beach and harbor purposes. Thereafter, the district shall devote at least 50 percent of its annual expenditures averaged over each five-year period for inland park and recreation purposes.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1356.)

division: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS

chapter: 6. Inland Parks and Recreation Areas

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 6. Inland Parks and Recreation Areas


citation: HNC § 5953

text: For the purpose of determining the annual expenditures required by Section 5952, only such expenditures for land, structures, and improvements as are raised by local taxation within the district shall be included and the district shall be both charged and credited with the expenditures for land, structures, and improvements made by the county in which the district is located, both for beach and harbor purposes and for inland park and recreational purposes. Within 90 days after the effective date of this section, the auditor-controller of the county in which the district is located shall report to the board of supervisors the moneys raised by local taxation for land, structures, and improvements by the district and by the county for beach and harbor purposes and inland park and recreational purposes. The future annual expenditures, at the ratio set forth in Section 5952, shall be for those expenditures paid from funds raised by the levy of taxes by the district.


citation: HNC § 5954

text: In acquiring, developing, operating, or maintaining inland parks and recreaton areas, the district shall follow and comply with, as nearly as possible, the procedures provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 5940) of this part in regard to the acquisition, improvement, or maintenance of lands for public beaches.


citation: HNC § 5955

text: Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 5940 to 5954, inclusive, the district may acquire, develop, operate, or maintain public beaches or inland parks and recreation areas without holding the hearings and making the findings required by such provisions if there is compliance with Section 21151 of the Public Resources Code and Section 65402 of the Government Code; provided, however, that the board of supervisors shall hold at least one public hearing prior to the approval of any such project. Harbor improvement district funds may be expended prior to the public hearing for the purpose of obtaining compliance with Section 21151 of the Public Resources Code and Section 65402 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 125.)


citation: HNC § 5956

text: The district may purchase, collect, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire exhibition or study material necessary or proper for the use of museums or exhibits maintained by the district, and may sell, lend, or exchange the material, according to the established custom of museums.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 328, Sec. 1.)


citation: HNC § 6000

text: “Harbor,” as used in this part, includes any bay, harbor, inlet, river, channel, slough, or arm of the sea, in which the tides of the Pacific Ocean ebb and flow or in which tides are affected by the Pacific Ocean.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

part: 3. HARBOR DISTRICTS

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 6. Inland Parks and Recreation Areas > 3. HARBOR DISTRICTS


citation: HNC § 6001

text: “Board,” as used in this part, means the commission or board having the management or control of the improvements, development, protection and maintenance of any harbor district established or formed pursuant to this part.


citation: HNC § 6002

text: “District,” as used in this part, refers to a district formed pursuant to this part.


citation: HNC § 6010

text: A county or portion of a county or city or portion of a city or more than one city with or without a portion of the unincorporated territory of a county, the exterior boundary of which includes a harbor, may be formed into a harbor district for the improvement or development of the harbor upon proceedings being taken pursuant to this part.

chapter: 1. Formation

article: 1. Petition

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 1. Formation > 1. Petition


citation: HNC § 6011

text: Whenever fifty or more persons in any area which may be formed into a district pursuant to this part, desire the formation of a district for the improvement or development of a harbor, they may sign and present to the board of supervisors of the county in which the harbor is situated, a petition in writing.

article: 1. Petition


citation: HNC § 6012

text:
The petition shall contain:

(a) The name of the proposed district.

(b) The official name or names by which the harbor is commonly known.

(c) The exterior boundaries of the proposed district which shall include the whole or a portion of the harbor proposed to be improved or developed and which may include any of the following alternatives:

(1) All or a portion of a county.

(2) All or a portion of a city.

(3) All of one or more cities.

(4) All of one or more cities and unincorporated territory situated in any county.

(d) A general description of the improvement and development work proposed to be done in the harbor, which work may include the dredging of channels, shipways, berths, anchorage places and turning basins, the construction of jetties, breakwaters, bulkheads, seawalls, wharves, ferry slips, warehouses, roads and spur tracks or belt line railways, together with any other work necessary for the development and improvement of the harbor.

(e) A request that the territory included within such boundaries be formed into a district for the improvement and development of the harbor.

article: 1. Petition


citation: HNC § 6013

text: Each signer of the petition shall be a registered voter, resident and freeholder within the proposed district.

article: 1. Petition


citation: HNC § 6014

text:
The petition shall be published for a least two weeks preceding the hearing thereon in a newspaper of general circulation printed in the proposed district, if there is such a newspaper so printed. If not, publication shall be so made in a newspaper published in the county.

With the petition there shall be published a notice signed by not exceeding three of the petitioners, setting forth the day, hour and place at which the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors of the county for hearing, which date shall not be less than twenty nor more than forty days from the first publication. All persons interested may appear at that time and place before the board of supervisors and be heard.

article: 1. Petition


citation: HNC § 6020

text:
At the time and place specified in the notice, the board of supervisors shall consider the petition and may continue the hearing from time to time, not exceeding a period of 90 days.

At the hearing by the board of supervisors a certificate issued by the assessor of the county and filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors in the proceedings stating that the name of any signer of the petition appears upon the last equalized assessment roll of the county for land assessed to that signer and located within the boundaries of the proposed district, is prima facie evidence that the signer is a freeholder within the proposed district.

A certificate signed by the county elections official that the name of any signer of the petition is a registered and uncanceled voter of the county, residing within the boundaries of the proposed district, is prima facie evidence that the signer is a registered voter within the boundaries of the proposed district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 57. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 2. Hearing

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 1. Formation > 2. Hearing


citation: HNC § 6021

text:
At the hearing, the board of supervisors may change the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, as set forth in the petition, by excluding lands which would not be benefited by the improvement or development of the harbor.

The board of supervisors may also change the exterior boundaries of the proposed district by adding to the district and including therein other contiguous lands which will be benefited by the improvement or development of the harbor.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HNC § 6022

text:
Land may not be added to or included in the proposed district until notice is served upon the owner of the lands affected.

The notice may be served personally upon the owner or be published for the same period of time in the same newspaper as the original petition and notice of hearing.

The notice shall state the day, hour and place at which any objections of the owner will be heard and shall generally describe the lands affected.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HNC § 6023

text:
The board of supervisors shall investigate and determine whether or not the improvement and development work generally described in the petition is feasible and whether, when completed, it will result in the improvement and development of the harbor and become a benefit to the property within the district.

If it appears, and the board of supervisors finds, that it is necessary in order to make sufficient and adequate investigation upon which to determine such questions to continue the hearing beyond ninety days, the board of supervisors may do so, but the hearing shall be completed within six months from the date of the presentation of the petition.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HNC § 6024

text:
Upon the completion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall have a finding of facts entered upon the minutes if it appears that:

(a) The petition and notice of hearing have been duly published.

(b) The petition is signed by a sufficient number of persons who possess the required qualifications.

(c) A harbor exists within the proposed district.

(d) The harbor can be improved and developed as generally described in the petition.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HNC § 6025

text:
The findings of fact required to be made by the board of supervisors shall set forth:

(a) The name of the proposed district as set forth in the petition.

(b) The official name or name by which the harbor is commonly known.

(c) A description of the exterior boundaries of the territory to be included within the proposed district.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HNC § 6026

text: The findings are conclusive evidence of the existence of every fact so found by the board of supervisors and of the due signing and publication of the petition and of the publication or personal service of all notices and vest the board of supervisors with authority to proceed pursuant to this part.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HNC § 6030

text: The board of supervisors shall have entered in its minutes an order finally determining and establishing the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, and it shall pass a resolution calling an election within the district for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters the proposition of the formation of the district.

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 1. Formation > 3. Election for Formation and for Harbor Commissioners


citation: HNC § 6031

text: The board of supervisors, by resolution, shall fix the date of the election, which shall not be less than 130 days from the date of its passage and it shall divide the proposed district into one or more voting precincts and generally describe or otherwise designate the boundaries of each precinct and designate a place within each precinct at which the polls will be opened for the purpose of the election on the day of the election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 58. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 3. Election for Formation and for Harbor Commissioners


citation: HNC § 6032

text: The board of supervisors for the first election in the proposed district and the board at any subsequent election in the district, shall appoint a board of election for each precinct, consisting of at least one inspector, one judge and one clerk. Each member of the board of election shall be a registered elector of and reside within the precinct for which he is appointed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 777.)


citation: HNC § 6033

text: The resolution shall also prescribe the manner of voting for or against the formation of the district, and in all particulars not recited in the resolution or otherwise provided for in this part, the election shall be held in accordance with the general election laws, so far as they are applicable. It is not necessary to mail or send out sample ballots or precinct polling cards.


citation: HNC § 6034

text: The resolution shall invite the qualified voters residing in the district to vote upon the propositions of its formation and the election of a board.


citation: HNC § 6035

text:
The ballot to be used at the election shall be substantially in the following form:

(Name) Harbor District Official Ballot

Instructions to voters: to vote in favor of the formation of the harbor district, mark in the voting area at the right of the words “For the harbor district.” To vote against the formation of the harbor district mark in the voting area at the right of the words “Against the harbor district.” To vote for a candidate for harbor commissioner mark after the name of the candidate; but no more persons shall be voted for than there are offices of harbor commissioner to be filled at this election.

All erasures and distinguishing marks are forbidden and make the ballot void. If you wrongfully stamp, tear, or deface this ballot, return it to the inspector of elections and obtain another.

“For the harbor district.”

“Against the harbor district.”

“For harbor commissioners.”

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 110. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.)


citation: HNC § 6036

text:
The official ballot at the first election in the proposed district shall provide voting squares after the words “For the harbor district” and after the words “Against the harbor district” and shall also have printed thereon the names of all candidates for harbor commissioner, together with five blank spaces for the purpose of permitting an elector to write in the name of a candidate, with voting squares after the name of each candidate and the five blank spaces.

All official ballots used at any subsequent election in the district shall conform, as near as practicable, to the above ballot, excepting that all reference to voting for or against the formation of the district shall be eliminated; and any question or proposition authorized to be submitted to the voters of the district may be placed on the ballot in addition to the names of any candidate or candidates for harbor commissioner.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 997.)


citation: HNC § 6037

text:
The resolution calling the first election and the resolution of the board calling any subsequent election shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper published, printed and circulated in the district.

The passage and publication of the resolution of the board of supervisors calling the first election and the passage and publication of the resolution of the board calling any subsequent election and publication, as provided for in this part, constitute the notice of election and other or additional notice need not be given.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 540.)


text:
Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the county or principal county in which the territory or major portion of the territory of the proposed district is located. Such written notice shall include the name and a description of the proposed district, and may be in the form of a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the legislative body calling the district formation election.

The executive officer, within five days after being notified that a district formation election has been called, shall submit to the commission, for its approval or modification, an impartial analysis of the proposed district formation.

The impartial analysis shall not exceed 500 words in length and shall include a specific description of the boundaries of the district proposed to be formed.

The local agency formation commission, within five days after the receipt of the executive officer’s analysis, shall approve or modify the analysis and submit it to the officials in charge of conducting the district formation election.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)


text:
The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a written argument for or a written argument against the proposed district formation.

Arguments shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall be filed with the officials in charge of conducting the election not less than 54 days prior to the date of the district formation election.


text:
If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters.

In selecting the arguments, the election officials shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following:

(a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board.

(b) Individual voters or bona fide associations of citizens or a combination of such voters and associations.


text:
(a) The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question.

(b) The ballot pamphlet shall contain the following in the order prescribed:

(1) The complete text of the proposition.

(2) The impartial analysis of the proposition, prepared by the local agency formation commission.

(3) The argument for the proposed district formation.

(4) The argument against the proposed district formation.

(c) The elections officials shall mail a ballot pamphlet to each voter entitled to vote in the district formation election at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The ballot pamphlet is “official matter” within the meaning of Section 13303 of the Elections Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 348. Effective January 1, 2007.)


citation: HNC § 6038

text: On the day of any election held pursuant to this part, the polls at each of the polling places designated, shall be opened and closed as provided in Section 14212 of the Elections Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 110. Effective January 1, 1995.)


citation: HNC § 6039

text: When the polls are closed, the board of election in every precinct at the election to be held for the formation of the district, shall close the polls in accordance with the general laws governing the election, and deposit the ballots with the county elections official in the county in which the election is held. At all subsequent elections, the returns shall be deposited with the board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 60. Effective January 1, 2003.)


citation: HNC § 6040

text: The board of supervisors at its first regular meeting after the date of the election for the formation of the district shall canvass all of the returns of the election and shall have a finding entered in the minutes of the meeting showing the number of votes cast in each precinct for and against the district and the total number of votes cast and the names of the harbor commissioners for whom the votes were cast.


citation: HNC § 6041

text: If from the canvass it appears and the board of supervisors finds that a majority of the votes were cast in favor of the formation of the district, it shall enter that fact upon its minutes, together with a description of the boundaries of the district, its name, the official name or names by which the district is commonly known and enter its order declaring the district duly formed and existing in the county in which the proceedings were had. The board of supervisors shall also make an order declaring the five candidates for harbor commissioner receiving the highest number of votes to have been elected to such office and cause a certificate of election to be issued to the successful candidates.


citation: HNC § 6042

text: The clerk of the board of supervisors shall thereupon make up and certify a copy of the minutes and order and transmit them to the Secretary of State.


citation: HNC § 6043

text: The Secretary of State shall file the certificate in his office and within five days thereafter execute under the great seal of the State and transmit to the clerk of the county in which the proceedings were had, his certificate that a harbor district under the name set forth in the petition has been formed and exists in that county.


citation: HNC § 6044

text: The clerk of the board of supervisors shall file the certificate in his or her office and from the filing of the certificate of the Secretary of State in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors, the formation of the district is complete.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 61. Effective January 1, 2003.)


citation: HNC § 6045

text: An action or proceeding shall not be thereafter maintained or prosecuted in any court whatever to test or to invalidate the formation of the district unless it is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction within 60 days after the date of the filing of the certificate of the Secretary of State in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 62. Effective January 1, 2003.)


citation: HNC § 6050

text: Each district formed pursuant to this part shall be governed by a board of five harbor commissioners, who shall hold office for the term of four years from 12 o'clock noon on the first Monday after the first day of January succeeding their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

chapter: 2. Harbor Commission

article: 1. Election and Terms

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 2. Harbor Commission > 1. Election and Terms


citation: HNC § 6051

text: The first board shall be elected at the election for the formation of the district, and the two candidates for commissioner receiving the highest number of votes shall hold office until the expiration of four years from 12 o'clock noon of the first Monday after the first day of January of the odd-numbered year next succeeding the formation of the district, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and the candidates for commissioner receiving the third, fourth and fifth highest number of votes shall hold office until the expiration of two years from 12 o'clock noon of the first Monday after the first day of January of the odd-numbered year next succeeding the formation of the district, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

article: 1. Election and Terms


citation: HNC § 6052

text: There shall be an election for harbor commissioners within each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November of each even-numbered year.

article: 1. Election and Terms


citation: HNC § 6053

text: A candidate for harbor commissioner shall be a registered voter of the proposed or existing district, and shall qualify for election by securing a nomination paper proposing his or her candidacy for the office of harbor commissioner signed by not less than 25 but not more than 50 qualified electors of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 63. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 1. Election and Terms


citation: HNC § 6054

text:
Any qualified voter in the proposed or existing district may sign as many nomination papers as there are commissioners to be elected.

At the first and any subsequent election for commissioners, all candidates shall file their nomination papers with the county elections official of the county, not more than 113 nor less than 88 days before the day of election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 1. Election and Terms


text: If on the 60th day prior to a general district election only one person has been nominated for each of the offices to be filled at that election or no person has been nominated for any such office or offices, and a petition signed by 5 percent of the voters requesting that the election be held has not been presented to the district board, an election shall not be held.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 74.)

article: 1. Election and Terms


text: If, pursuant to Section 6054.1, no election is held, the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated shall appoint those nominated for the offices or shall, if no person has been nominated, appoint any qualified person to the office. Any person thus appointed shall qualify, take office, and serve as if elected at a general district election.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 540.)

article: 1. Election and Terms


text: Where the office of a commissioner becomes vacant during his term the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by appointment by the majority of remaining commissioners, and if not so filled within 30 days after the vacancy, it shall be filled by appointment by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 1778 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 663.)

article: 1. Election and Terms


citation: HNC § 6055

text:
The commissioners elected at the first election shall, within 10 days from the date of the canvass of the returns of the election, enter upon the duties of office. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, each commissioner shall take and subscribe the official oath before the secretary or an officer authorized by law to administer oaths and shall file it with the county elections official of the county in which the district is situated.

They shall elect one of their number as president or chairperson and one of their number as secretary. The president or chairperson and secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 389, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 1. Election and Terms


citation: HNC § 6056

text: Each commissioner upon taking the oath of office, and for each term, shall file with the county elections official of the county in which the district is situated, a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), made payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful performance of his or her duties; the bonds are subject to approval by the board of supervisors of the county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 66. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 1. Election and Terms


citation: HNC § 6060

text:
The commissioners shall serve without salary until the yearly gross income of the district, exclusive of taxes levied by the district, exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per year, when the board may, by ordinance, fix their salaries, which shall not exceed the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) per month each.

In addition to any salary received pursuant to this section, the commissioners shall be allowed any actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 2. Administrative Provisions

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 2. Harbor Commission > 2. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6061

text: The board shall fix the compensation or salary of all subordinate officers or employees of the district.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

article: 2. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6062

text: The board shall provide for a yearly audit of its books by a certified public accountant or a public accountant and compile a statement of its finances. The statement shall be open to the inspection of any qualified electors of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 230.)

article: 2. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6063

text: The board shall hold at least one meeting a month, at such time as is fixed by ordinance of the board. The meeting shall be held within the district and shall be open to the public.

article: 2. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6064

text: A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 2. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6070

text: Except as otherwise provided in Section 660, the board may pass all necessary ordinances for the regulation of the district, including, but not limited to, ordinances to provide for the protection and safety of persons or the property of persons using district facilities, and persons and property in and upon waters subject to the jurisdiction of the district, and adjacent property owned or controlled by the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 128.)

article: 3. Powers

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 2. Harbor Commission > 3. Powers


text: Before any ordinance may be adopted, the violation of which shall be a misdemeanor, a notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published within the district, or if none, in any newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the district, or a part thereof, is located, stating generally the nature of the ordinance proposed, stating where and when a copy thereof may be inspected, and specifying the date, not less than 20 days from the date of publication of such notice, on which the board will meet for the purpose of adopting the ordinance. The ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption by the board, unless another effective date is set forth by the board.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 128.)

article: 3. Powers


text: Every person who violates any of the provisions of a district ordinance adopted pursuant to Sections 6070 and 6070.2 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

article: 3. Powers


text: The district’s manager, harbormaster or wharfinger, or any duly authorized representative of one of these persons, shall have the power to issue citations for violation of district ordinances in the manner provided by Chapter 5c (commencing with Section 853.6) of Title 3, Part 2 of the Penal Code.

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6071

text:
It may employ engineers, attorneys and any other officers and employees necessary in the work of the district. It shall appoint a treasurer, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the board, and whose duty it shall be to receive and safely keep all moneys of the district. He shall comply with all provisions of law governing the deposit and securing of public funds. He shall pay out moneys only on warrants duly authorized by the board and not otherwise; provided, however, that no warrants need be issued for the payment of principal and interest on bonds of the district. He shall at regular intervals, at least once each month, submit to the secretary of the district a written report and accounting of all receipts and disbursements and fund balances, a copy of which report he shall file with the board.

The treasurer may appoint a deputy or deputies for whose acts he and his bondsman shall be responsible. Such deputy or deputies shall hold office subject to the pleasure of the treasurer and shall receive such compensation as may be provided by the board. Said treasurer shall execute a bond covering the faithful performance by him of the duties of his office and his duties with respect to all moneys coming into his hands as treasurer in such amount as shall be fixed by resolution of said board. The surety bond herein required shall be executed only by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of California and the premium therefor shall be paid by the district out of its general fund. Said bond shall be approved by the board and filed with the secretary of the district. Said treasurer before entering upon the duties of his office shall take and file with the secretary of the district the oath of office required by the Constitution of this State.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 1031.)

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6072

text: It may sue and be sued in the name of the district in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6073

text: It may adopt a seal.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1973, Ch. 368.)

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6074

text: It may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease or otherwise acquire, hold and enjoy and lease and dispose of real and personal property of every kind, within or without the district, necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its power.

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6075

text:
Notwithstanding Section 6012:

(a) A harbor district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or develop any and all harbor works or facilities within the limits of its established boundaries. No interest in lands may be acquired, either by lease, purchase, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain within any port district, chartered port, harbor improvement district, incorporated city, or recreational harbor district without the prior consent to the acquisition by resolution of the governing body of each district, port, or city in which the lands are located.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a harbor district that does not operate on tide and submerged lands that have been granted by legislative enactment may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or develop any and all harbor works or facilities within or outside the boundaries of the district. No interest in lands may be acquired, either by lease, purchase, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain within any port district, chartered port, harbor improvement district, incorporated city, county, or recreational harbor district without the prior consent to the acquisition by resolution of the governing body of the district, port, city, or county in which the lands are located.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 770, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6076

text: It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6077

text:
It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness. All bond elections called by the board shall be conducted and held pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of Division 4, Title 4 of the Government Code.

When in that article, the word “city” is used it includes the district and whenever the words “legislative body” are used they mean the board.

The purposes for which bonded indebtedness may be incurred by the district are described in Section 6075.

All bonds issued shall be signed by the board and a district shall not incur a bonded indebtedness which in the aggregate exceeds 15 percent of the assessed value of all the real and personal property in the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 530.)

article: 3. Powers


text:
Whenever the improvement and development work for which any issue of bonds has been voted has been constructed and the proceeds of the bonds sold have not been entirely expended, the board may by resolution order that the unexpended proceeds be placed in the fund provided for the purpose of paying principal and interest of said bonds or said board may by resolution direct that all or a part of said unexpended proceeds be used for the purpose of purchasing outstanding bonds of said district. Said bonds may be purchased only after the publication at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the district of a notice inviting sealed proposals for the sale of bonds to the district. The notice shall state the time and place when the proposals will be opened and the amount of money available for the purchase of the bonds. The legislative body may reject any or all proposals and if it rejects all thereof, may within a period of thirty days thereafter purchase for cash any outstanding bonds of the district but in that event the purchase price shall not be more than the lowest purchase price at which bonds were tendered to the district in the public bidding.

Any bonds purchased under the authority of this section shall be canceled immediately.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 1031.)

article: 3. Powers


text: It may provide for, and supervise pilots and the pilotage of sea-going vessels within the harbor and it may regulate and control the anchoring, mooring, towing, and docking of all vessels.

article: 3. Powers


text: It may perform the functions of warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers, reconditioners, shippers and reshippers of properties of all kinds.

article: 3. Powers


text: It may manage the business of the district and promote the maritime and commercial interest by proper advertisement of its advantages and by the solicitation of business within or without the district, within other States or in foreign countries, through such employees or agencies as are expedient.

article: 3. Powers


text: A harbor district may acquire, purchase, takeover, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate grain elevators, bunkering facilities, belt or other railroads, floating plants, lighterage, towage facilities, and any and all other facilities, aids, equipment, or property necessary for, or incident to, the development and operation of a harbor or for the accommodation and promotion of commerce, navigation, or fishery in the harbor district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 16.)

article: 3. Powers


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Oxnard Harbor District may acquire, purchase, take over, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate airports and roads with the prior consent of each district, port, city, or county in which the lands are located.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 770, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)

article: 3. Powers


text: A harbor district may by resolution order that all or any of the funds under its control and not necessary for current operating expenses be invested in accordance with Section 53601 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 389, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6078

text: The board may do all other acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of its powers.

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6079

text: The board shall by ordinance fix the rate of wharfage charges and other charges which are appropriate for the use of any of the facilities owned and constructed or services furnished or provided by the district.

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6081

text: By resolution, the board may provide for the creation and accumulation of a fund for capital outlays.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 905.)

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6082

text: At any time after the creation of the fund, the board may transfer to the capital outlay fund any unencumbered surplus funds raised for any purpose whatever, remaining on hand at the end of any fiscal year or years.

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6083

text: The capital outlay fund shall remain inviolate for the making of any capital outlays and the money shall not be disbursed from the fund except for such a purpose unless the district board submits a proposition to the electors of the district to obtain their consent to use the money in the fund for some other specific purpose. The proposition may be submitted at any election. A two-thirds vote of all the voters voting at the election is necessary to authorize the expenditure of the money for such other purpose.

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6084

text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board may borrow money by issuance of promissory notes, or execute conditional sales contracts to purchase personal property, in an amount or of a value not exceeding in the aggregate at any one time the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), for the purposes of acquiring land for and constructing or operating any work, project, or facility authorized by subdivision (d) of Section 6012 or Section 6075 or for the making of improvements or the purchase of equipment or for the maintenance thereof.

All moneys borrowed pursuant to this section shall not be borrowed for a term exceeding five years, and the indebtednesses shall not incur a rate of interest in excess of 12 percent per annum. The indebtedness shall be authorized by a resolution of the board of commissioners adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board.

As a condition precedent to the borrowing of any money or the execution of any conditional sales contract, as provided in this section, in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the board shall first by a two-thirds vote approve by resolution and have on file a report on the engineering and economic feasibility relating to the project contemplated for the expenditure of the borrowed money or conditional sales contract. The feasibility report shall be prepared and signed by an engineer or engineers licensed and registered under the laws of the State of California.

The district shall budget, levy, and collect taxes and pay for all indebtedness without limitation by any other provision of this part.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any money borrowed from any agency or department of the United States government or of the State of California.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 177, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2002.)

article: 3. Powers


text:
(a) A district may issue limited obligation notes after the adoption, by a four-fifths vote of all the commissioners of the board, of a resolution reciting each of the following:

(1) That the resolution is being adopted pursuant to this subdivision.

(2) The purposes of incurring the indebtedness.

(3) The estimated amount of the indebtedness.

(4) The maximum amount of notes to be issued, and the source of revenue or revenues to be used to secure the limited obligation notes.

(5) The maturity date of the limited obligation notes.

(6) The form of the limited obligation notes.

(7) The manner of execution of the limited obligation notes.

(b) The resolution may also provide for one or more of the following matters:

(1) Insurance for the limited obligation notes.

(2) Procedures in the event of default, terms upon which the limited obligation notes may be declared due before maturity, and the terms upon which that declaration may be waived.

(3) The rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the district’s breach of an agreement with regard to the limited obligation notes.

(4) The terms upon which the holders of the limited obligation notes may enforce agreements authorized by this section.

(5) A procedure for amending or abrogating the terms of the resolution with the consent of the holders of a specified percentage of the limited obligation notes. If the resolution contains this procedure, the resolution shall specifically state the effect of amendment upon the rights of the holders of all of the limited obligation notes.

(6) The manner in which the holders of the limited obligation notes may take action.

(7) Other actions necessary or desirable to secure the limited obligation notes or tending to make the notes more marketable.

(c) The limited obligation notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the rate permitted under Article 7 (commencing with Section 53530) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

(d) The limited obligation notes may not mature later than 10 years after the date of the issuance of the notes, and the total amount of the limited obligation notes outstanding at any one time for the district may not exceed the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000).

(e) The agreement between the district and the purchasers of the limited obligation notes shall state that the notes are limited obligation notes payable solely from specified revenue of the district. The pledged revenue shall be sufficient to pay the following amounts annually, as they become due and payable:

(1) The interest and principal on the notes.

(2) Payments required for compliance with the resolution authorizing issuance of the notes or agreements with the purchasers of the notes.

(3) Payments to meet any other obligations of the district that are charges, liens, or encumbrances on the pledged revenue.

(f) The limited obligation notes are special obligations of the district, and shall be a charge against, and secured by a lien upon, and payable, as to the principal thereof and interest thereon, from the pledged revenue. If the revenue described in the authorizing resolution is insufficient for the payment of interest and principal on the notes, the district may make payments from any other funds or revenues that may be applied to their payment. The revenue and any interest earned on the revenue constitute a trust fund for the security and payment of the interest on and principal of the notes.

(g) So long as any limited obligation notes or interest thereon are unpaid following their maturity, the pledged revenue and interest thereon may not be used for any other new purpose.

(h) If the interest and principal on the limited obligation notes and all charges to protect them are paid when due, the district may expend the pledged revenue for other purposes.

(i) Limited obligation notes of the same issue shall be equally secured.

(j) The general fund of the district is not liable for the payment of the principal or the interest on the limited obligation notes.

(k) The holders of the limited obligation notes may not compel the exercise of the taxing power by the district, other than the revenue pledged, or the forfeiture of the district’s property.

(l) Every agreement shall recite in substance that the principal of, and interest on, the limited obligation notes are payable solely from the revenue pledged to the payment of the principal and interest and that the district is not obligated to pay the principal or interest except from the pledged revenue.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 389, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6085

text: Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, the Crescent City Harbor District may borrow money and incur indebtedness under Section 6077 or under Section 6084 and may accept financial or other assistance from the state or federal government, and may expend such funds for the acquisition, construction, development, ownership, and leasing of fish processing plants and facilities, and for any other buildings, plants, equipment, aids, facilities and improvements necessary for or incident to the accommodation and promotion of commerce and fishery in the harbor district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 787.)

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6086

text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Port San Luis Harbor District may operate, itself only and not pursuant to a lease agreement with a third party, the portion of its property known as the Port San Luis Trailer Park as a mobilehome park, as defined in Section 798.4 of the Civil Code, until the current occupants of the mobilehome park cease to occupy the park. When any current occupant ceases to occupy his or her mobilehome, the real property on which that occupant’s mobilehome is located shall cease to be used as a location for a mobilehome residence. No current occupant of the park shall acquire, or be entitled to acquire, through occupancy or any other means, a transferable or assumable interest in occupancy in the park.

As used in this section, “current occupant” means any individual occupying a mobilehome as a residence in the Port San Luis Trailer Park on the effective date of this section.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect a current occupant’s right to file a claim against a local public agency as provided in Section 905 of the Government Code.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the use of tide or submerged lands belonging to the Port San Luis Harbor District in any manner inconsistent with the California Constitution or with the public trust.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1081, Sec. 1. Effective September 12, 1984.)

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6087

text:
(a) (1) Notwithstanding the borrowing limit set forth in Section 6084, the Oxnard Harbor District may borrow money by issuance of promissory notes, or execute conditional sales contracts to purchase personal property, in an amount or of a value not exceeding in the aggregate at any one time the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), for the purposes of acquiring land for and constructing or operating any work, project, or facility authorized by subdivision (d) of Section 6012 or Section 6075 or for the making of improvements or the purchase of equipment or for the maintenance thereof.

(2) All moneys borrowed pursuant to this section shall be borrowed for a term not exceeding five years, and the indebtednesses shall not accrue interest in excess of 12 percent per annum. The indebtedness shall be authorized by a resolution of the board of commissioners adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board.

(3) As a condition precedent to the borrowing of any money or the execution of any conditional sales contract, as provided in this section, in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the board shall first, by a two-thirds vote, approve by resolution and have on file a report on the engineering and economic feasibility relating to the project contemplated for the expenditure of the borrowed money or conditional sales contract. The feasibility report shall be prepared and signed by an engineer or engineers licensed and registered under the laws of the state.

(4) The district shall budget, levy, and collect taxes and pay for all indebtedness without limitation by any other provision of this part.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any money borrowed from any agency or department of the United States government or of the state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 244. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 3. Powers


citation: HNC § 6090

text:
All bonds issued pursuant to this part and Chapter 32, Statutes of 1901, page 27, are obligations of the district and so long as the bonds are outstanding and unpaid the board of supervisors of the county shall at the time of fixing the general tax levy and in the manner provided for such general tax levy until the bonds are paid or until there is a sum in the treasury of the district set apart for that purpose, sufficient to meet all sums coming due for principal and interest, levy and collect annually a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on such bonds as it comes due and such part of the principal thereof as will become due before the proceeds of another tax levy made at the time of the next general tax levy for county purposes can be made available for the payment of said principal.

In the event the district has moneys on hand in any year sufficient to meet all or part of the sum coming due for principal and interest on said bonds prior to the time that the proceeds of a tax levy made at the time of the next general tax levy for county purposes can be made available for the payment of said principal and interest and said moneys have been placed in a fund for the purpose of payment of said principal and interest the amount of moneys to be raised by the annual tax for that year may be reduced to a sum sufficient to provide the balance of moneys necessary for the purpose of payment of said principal and interest.

All taxes collected for the payment of principal and interest, shall when collected by the county tax collector, be paid to the treasurer of said district.

chapter: 3. Taxation and Bonds

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 3. Taxation and Bonds


citation: HNC § 6091

text: The board shall, at least thirty days before the meeting of the board of supervisors at which the general tax levy is fixed, notify the board of supervisors in writing of the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation to meet the payment of principal and interest on outstanding bonds which will become payable before the proceeds of another tax levy made at the time of the next general tax levy for county purposes can be made available for payment of said principal and interest. In fixing the amount of money to be raised by taxation the Board of Harbor Commissioners may take into account all moneys on hand and set aside in a fund for the purpose of paying said principal and interest and the amount of moneys to be raised by taxation shall be the amount required in addition to any moneys on hand and so set aside for the purpose of payment of said principal and interest.


citation: HNC § 6092

text: The taxes shall be levied upon all of the taxable property within the district taxable for county purposes and are in addition to all other taxes levied for all other county purposes and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other county taxes are collected and shall be used for no purpose other than for the payment of the bonds and accrued interest.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)


text: A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 70, Sec. 3.)


citation: HNC § 6093

text:
On or before June 15 of each year, the district board shall estimate and determine the amount of money required by the harbor district and shall adopt a preliminary budget which shall be divided into the following main classes:

(a) Ordinary annual expenses.

(b) Capital outlay and capital outlay fund.

(c) Prior indebtedness.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 76.)


text:
On or before June 15 of each year, the board shall publish a notice pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code throughout the district stating both of the following:

(a) That the preliminary budget has been adopted and is available at a time and at a place within the district specified in the notice for inspection by interested taxpayers.

(b) That on a specified date not less than one month after the publication of the notice and at a specified time and place, the district board will meet for the purposes of fixing the final budget, and that any taxpayer may appear and be heard regarding the increase, decrease, or omission of any item in the budget or for the inclusion of additional items.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 77.)


text: At the time and place designated in the published notice for the meeting, any taxpayer may appear and be heard regarding the increase, decrease or omission of any item in the budget or for the inclusion of additional items. The hearing on the budget may be continued from time to time.


text: The district board shall report the final budget to the board of supervisors after the budget hearing but not later than the first day of August each year after making any changes in the preliminary budget it deems advisable during or after the hearing, including deductions, increases or additions.


text: The board of supervisors shall at the time of levying the county taxes, levy a tax upon all the taxable property within the district sufficient to meet the amounts set forth in the final budget submitted by the district board; provided, that no taxes shall be levied for any capital outlay or capital outlay fund included in the final budget submitted by the district board, if not less than 10 percent of the qualified electors of the district have signed a petition filed with the board of supervisors protesting the levy for any capital outlay or capital outlay fund included in the final budget submitted by the district board, or if a written protest against the proposed capital outlay or capital outlay fund signed by a majority in number of the assessees of real property representing one-half or more of the assessed valuation of the taxable real property within the district, as shown by the last preceding equalized assessment roll, is filed with the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors shall delete said levy for capital outlay or capital outlay fund from the final budget before levying a tax to raise the amount required by the final budget. Such protest petition must be filed with the board of supervisors not later than five days prior to the final day on which the board of supervisors is required by law to make the annual tax levy. The money when collected by the tax collector of the county shall be paid to the treasurer of said district; provided further, that any levy for capital outlay or for capital outlay fund shall not exceed three cents ($0.03) per one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation of all the real and personal property in the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 540.)


citation: HNC § 6094

text:
(a) The district may, in any year, levy assessments, reassessments, or special taxes and issue bonds to finance waterway construction projects and related operations and maintenance, or operations and maintenance projects independent of construction projects in accordance with, and pursuant to, the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 (Chapter 6.4 (commencing with Section 54703) of the Government Code), the Integrated Financing District Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 53175) of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), and the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).

(b) Sections 5116, 5117, 5118, 5119, 5190, 5191, 5192, 5193, 10104, and 10302 of the Streets and Highways Code shall not apply to assessment proceedings undertaken pursuant to this section.

(c) Notwithstanding the related provisions of any assessment act which the district is authorized to use, any assessment diagram which any of those acts requires to be prepared prior to final approval of the assessment district may show only the exterior boundaries of the assessment district and the boundaries of any assessment zones or improvement areas within the district. The diagram may refer to the county assessor’s maps and records for a detailed description of each lot or parcel.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district may levy and collect assessments and reassessments in the same manner as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of Division 15 of the Water Code, to pay any or all of the following:

(1) For the operation and maintenance of projects, including maintenance of lands, easements, rights-of-way, dredge material disposal areas, and remediation.

(2) For the satisfaction of liabilities arising from projects.

(3) To accumulate a fund which may be used to advance the cost of district projects, provided that the advances be repaid, with interest as determined by the commissioners, from assessments, reassessments, special taxes, or fees charged by the district pursuant to this section.

(4) To acquire real property, easements, or rights-of-way for a navigation project or the maintenance of a navigation project.

(5) To acquire real property within the district for disposal of dredged material.

(e) For purposes of this section, functions designated by Article 3 (commencing with Section 51320) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of Division 15 of the Water Code to be performed by the board of supervisors, the board of trustees, or valuation commissioners shall be performed by the district’s board.

(f) For purposes of this section, the board may order the creation of a separate assessment roll to pay the allowable expenses of any single project or any group or system of projects.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all assessments, reassessments, and taxes levied by the district may be collected together with, and not separately from, taxes for county purposes. Any county in which the district is located may collect, at the request of the district, all assessments, reassessments, and special taxes levied by the district and shall cause those revenues to be deposited into the county treasury to the credit of the district. Each county may deduct its reasonable collection and administrative costs.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any assessment or reassessment levied pursuant to this section may be apportioned on the basis of land use category, tonnage shipped on the waterway, size and type of vessel using the waterway, front footage, acreage, capital improvements, or other reasonable basis, separately or in combination, as determined by the district commissioners.

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Division 4 (commencing with Section 2800) of the Streets and Highways Code shall not apply to any assessment levied by the district.

(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no bond issued pursuant to this section shall be used to fund the routine maintenance dredging of channels.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 978, Sec. 3.)


citation: HNC § 6095

text: 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.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)

chapter: 3.5. Claims

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 3.5. Claims


citation: HNC § 6100

text: Pursuant to this chapter a district may create a revenue bond indebtedness for the acquisition and construction, or acquisition or construction of any improvements or property or facilities contained within its powers.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1131.)

chapter: 4. Revenue Bonds

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 4. Revenue Bonds


citation: HNC § 6101

text: The issuance of said bonds shall be authorized by ordinance adopted by two-thirds of all the members of the board, to take effect upon its publication.


citation: HNC § 6102

text: The secretary shall publish said ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation printed in said district, and if there is none, then in such newspaper published in the county in which said district is located.


citation: HNC § 6103

text: The ordinance shall specify the total amount, denomination, method of maturity, and the rate or maximum rate of interest of the bonds, whether other parity revenue bonds may be issued, and in general terms, the acquisitions and improvements to be constructed thereby; and, in addition, shall contain other and further provisions as in the judgment of the board are deemed advisable.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 978, Sec. 4.)


citation: HNC § 6104

text: The proceeds of said bonds shall be placed in an account in the treasury of the district to be entitled ____ Harbor District Revenue Construction Fund No. ____, and used exclusively for the objects and purposes mentioned in the ordinance.


citation: HNC § 6105

text:
(a) The lien of the bonds of the same issue shall be prior and superior to all revenue bonds subsequently issued.

(b) The district shall only issue parity revenue bonds if the district board determines, based on an audit of the district’s finances conducted under generally accepted accounting principles, that both of the following conditions exist:

(1) The district is not in default in the repayment of any prior issuance of its bonds.

(2) The net revenues of the district for the prior fiscal year have amounted to at least 125 percent of the maximum annual debt service in any fiscal year thereafter, including all indebtedness incurred as the result of additional issues of bonds.

(A) For purposes of calculating the net revenues of the district for the prior fiscal year pursuant to this paragraph, the district may include up to 75 percent of the district’s estimated additional annual net revenue to be derived from either of the following:

(i) Any additions, improvements, or extensions to the district’s properties, works, or facilities, or the pro rata portion thereof, which were not in service during the prior fiscal year, and that were, or are to be, made using funds from any source, including, but not limited to, the parity revenue bonds.

(ii) Any increase in the charges made for the district’s services that became effective prior to the authorization of the parity revenue bonds but which were not in effect during the prior fiscal year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 770, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)


citation: HNC § 6106

text: Proceedings for the issuance of the bonds shall commence, the board shall have those powers and duties, and the bondholders shall have those rights and remedies provided in Sections 54344 to 54346, inclusive, Sections 54347, 54348, 54350, 54351, 54352, and Article 4 (commencing with Section 54400) to Article 11.5 (commencing with Section 54664), inclusive, of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. As used in those provisions, “resolution” means ordinance, “local agency” means district, and “legislative body” means board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 770, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)


citation: HNC § 6110

text:
There may be annexed to a district any of the following territory which is in the same county as the district, or in any other county:

a. Any territory contiguous to the district.

b. Any territory, any point of which touches the district.

c. Any territory separated from the district by a “separating barrier,” which term includes a street, road, highway, railway line, railway crossing, railway right-of-way, watercourse, lagoon, or other natural barrier.

d. Any territory specified in this section may consist of one or more separate parcels of land, but it is not necessary that all parcels shall constitute in the aggregate one tract of land.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)

chapter: 5. Annexation

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 5. Annexation


citation: HNC § 6200

text: “District,” as used in this part, refers to any port district formed pursuant to this part.

part: 4. PORT DISTRICTS

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 5. Annexation > 4. PORT DISTRICTS


citation: HNC § 6201

text: “Board,” as used in this part, means the board of port commissioners described in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6240).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 64.)


citation: HNC § 6202

text: This part does not repeal, modify or otherwise affect the provisions of any other law relating to port or harbor districts, and no other law providing for the creation of port or harbor districts repeals, modifies or otherwise affects this part or any of its provisions.


citation: HNC § 6203

text: Any property owned by any city which is used or held for the purpose of aiding or developing navigation, commerce or fishing may be transferred to the district to be used for the same purposes, and any lands of the State which may have been transferred to any such city may be transferred to the district subject to the trusts and other provisions for the transfer of the lands from the State to the city. A city which is governed by a freeholders charter may only transfer or turn over property if authorized by the provisions of its charter or an amendment thereof.


citation: HNC § 6204

text: If any land under a navigable stream is by virtue of any work or improvement by the United States or the State, freed from the easement of navigation and fishing, it reverts to the district, to be used for the purposes for which the district was organized. But if any land is not used or held for such purposes, it reverts to the State.


citation: HNC § 6205

text: If the district is dissolved, lands which were granted to it by a municipal corporation revert to that municipal corporation.


citation: HNC § 6210

text:
A district may be organized pursuant to this part. It shall include one municipal corporation and any contiguous unincorporated territory in any one county but a municipal corporation shall not be divided in the formation of a district.

Territory which may be annexed to a municipal corporation, which is in a district, is by virtue of the annexation a part of the district.

article: 1. Petition and Hearing

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 1. Formation > 1. Petition and Hearing


citation: HNC § 6211

text:
The formation of a district is initiated by a petition presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district is situated.

The petition shall be signed by a number of registered voters, residing within the proposed district, equal to not less than five per cent of the number of registered voters, residing in the district, who voted at the last preceding general State election at which a Governor was elected. The petition may consist of any number of instruments.

article: 1. Petition and Hearing


citation: HNC § 6212

text: The petition shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the proposed boundaries and it shall pray that the territory included be created a district pursuant to this part.

article: 1. Petition and Hearing


citation: HNC § 6213

text: Upon presentation, the petition shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, and upon filing, or at its next regular meeting, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing it, which shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the date of filing.

article: 1. Petition and Hearing


citation: HNC § 6214

text: A notice of the time and place of the hearing of the petition, including a copy of the petition, excepting the names thereon, shall be published at least four times in a newspaper of general circulation published in the territory included within the proposed district, and in case no such newspaper is published in the territory, then in a newspaper published in the county in which the proposed district is situated.

article: 1. Petition and Hearing


citation: HNC § 6215

text: At the hearing of the petition, the board of supervisors shall hear those appearing in support, and all protests or objections. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time, not exceeding sixty days in all.

article: 1. Petition and Hearing


text: If the board of supervisors finds that protests have been made, prior to its final determination for formation of the district, by the owners of real property within the proposed district the assessed value of which, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll, constitutes more than one-half of the total assessed value of the real property within the proposed district, the proceeding shall terminate. The board of supervisors shall order the proceeding terminated when such protests are received.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 70.)

article: 1. Petition and Hearing


citation: HNC § 6216

text:
The board of supervisors may make such changes in the proposed boundaries of the district as are advisable, and it shall define and establish the boundaries.

If the board of supervisors deems it proper to include any territory not included within the boundaries proposed in the petition, it shall first give notice of its intention so to do, by publication of notice in a newspaper published in the county in which the district is located, for two times. The hearing on a proposed inclusion of additional territory shall not be continued beyond sixty days after the board determines to give notice of its intention to increase the boundaries. Within ten days of the final hearing of the matter, the board of supervisors shall make its order fixing the boundaries of the district.

article: 1. Petition and Hearing


citation: HNC § 6217

text: The boundaries of any district shall be fixed by the board of supervisors so as not to include more than fifty square miles of unincorporated territory. This area shall have a frontage upon the waterway which it is contemplated will be improved, and the board of supervisors shall only include within the boundaries land which will be benefited by the creation and operation of the district.

article: 1. Petition and Hearing


citation: HNC § 6218

text:
At the time of making its order fixing the boundaries of the district the board of supervisors shall call an election to determine whether the proposed district shall be organized.

A defect in the contents of the petition or in the title to or in the form or publication of the notice shall not vitiate any proceedings thereon, if the petition has a sufficient number of qualified signatures.

article: 1. Petition and Hearing


citation: HNC § 6230

text: An election shall be held within 130 days of the call, to determine whether the district shall be organized. The election shall be conducted in conformity with the general election laws. At the election the proposition shall be placed on the ballot, permitting each voter to vote “yes” or “no.”

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 67. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 2. Election on Formation

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citation: HNC § 6231

text: The board of supervisors shall canvass the results of the election and if a majority of those voting have voted “yes” the proposition is carried, and the board of supervisors shall certify the result to the Secretary of State, who shall file it. From and after the filing of the certificate by the Secretary of State, the district is in existence.

article: 2. Election on Formation


citation: HNC § 6232

text: A certified copy of the certificate filed with the Secretary of State, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the district is situated.

article: 2. Election on Formation


citation: HNC § 6233

text:
Any informality in procedure or in the conduct of the election shall not invalidate the establishment of the district.

Any proceedings in which the validity of its establishment is denied shall be commenced within sixty days after the date of filing in the office of the Secretary of State of the certificate mentioned in this article. Otherwise, the establishment and legal existence of the district and all proceedings in respect thereto are valid in every respect and incontestable.

article: 2. Election on Formation


citation: HNC § 6240

text: The district shall be governed by a board of port commissioners. The board consists of five members. Two of the commissioners shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located. Two of the commissioners shall be appointed by the city council of the municipal corporation situated in the district. The board of supervisors, together with five members of the city council, appointed by the mayor of the municipality in the district constitute a board of election to appoint the other commissioner. This commissioner shall be chairman of the board. A majority vote is necessary for the appointment of the chairman of the board. An auditor shall be appointed by the board of port commissioners and approved by the board of supervisors and the city council.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2103.)

chapter: 2. Board of Port Commissioners

article: 1. Administrative Provisions

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 2. Board of Port Commissioners > 1. Administrative Provisions


text:
(a) The Stockton Port District shall be governed by a board of port commissioners consisting of seven members who shall have the qualifications prescribed by Section 6244. Three of the commissioners shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of San Joaquin County and four of the commissioners shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Stockton.

(b) Commissioners may be removed from office during their term at pleasure by a two-thirds vote of the appointing authority.

(c) The terms of members of the board of port commissioners in office on the effective date of this section shall expire on the succeeding calendar day. Within 10 days thereafter, members of the board of port commissioners shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by subdivision (a). The terms of office of the members of the board of port commissioners shall be four years from the time of appointment, unless removed from office during their term pursuant to subdivision (b), except that the commissioners first appointed shall classify themselves by lot, so that the terms of such initial members shall expire, as follows:

(1) One member January 15, 1975.

(2) Two members January 15, 1976.

(3) Two members January 15, 1977.

(4) Two members January 15, 1978.

(d) At the first meeting of the board of port commissioners, the board shall organize by electing one of its members chairman. The members of the board of port commissioners shall annually elect a chairman. A chairman shall not succeed himself in office.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 830.)

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


text:
The Santa Cruz Port District shall be governed by a board of port commissioners consisting of five members, elected by the district at large, each of whom shall be an elector of the district at the time of his or her nomination or appointment and during his or her entire term. The Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code) shall govern all district elections for port commissioners.

All members of the board of port commissioners of the district shall be elected at the general district election to be held in 1979 and shall take office as provided in the Uniform District Election Law. The district shall continue to be governed by a board of port commissioners appointed in accordance with this chapter until succeeded by the board of port commissioners elected at such general district election at noon on the last Friday in November next following the election. The term of office of each commissioner is four years, and as provided in the Uniform District Election Law, except that the commissioners elected at the first general district election shall classify themselves by lot so that the initial term of office of two commissioners shall be two years and the initial term of office of three commissioners shall be four years.

All vacancies occurring in the office of commissioner shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining commissioners and as provided in Section 1780 of the Government Code.

At the first meeting of the board of port commissioners following the general district election, the board shall organize by electing one of its members chairperson. The members of the board of port commissioners shall annually elect a chairperson. A chairperson shall not succeed himself or herself in office.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 111. Effective January 1, 1995.)

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6241

text: These appointments shall be made within thirty days after the formation of the district.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


text:
Port districts in Ventura County shall be governed by a board of port commissioners consisting of five members appointed by the mayor of the municipal corporation in the district, with the approval of the city council.

The chairperson of the board shall be elected by the commissioners for a term of two years. An auditor shall be appointed by the board with the approval of the city council.

After a public hearing, the city council may remove commissioners from office during their term for cause by a vote of not less than five members of the city council.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 626, Sec. 1.)

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6242

text: A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the body which appointed the commissioner whose office is vacated, and the new appointee shall hold his office for the unexpired term.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6243

text: Each commissioner shall, within ten days after his appointment and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and will faithfully discharge the duties of his office according to the best of his ability. The oaths or affirmations shall be filed in the office of the district.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6244

text: A person shall not be appointed a member of the board unless he is, at the time of his appointment, a taxpayer within the district and has resided within the district for at least one year.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6245

text: The term of office of each commissioner is four years from the time of his appointment, except that the chairman first appointed shall hold office for two years, and the remaining commissioners first appointed to the board shall classify themselves by lot, so that they hold office respectively for one, two, three, and four years.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6246

text: The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on propositions passed upon by the board.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6247

text: The first meeting of the board shall be held within ten days of the appointment of its chairman. The board may make its own rules of procedure and determine the place and time of its meeting.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6248

text:
The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the chairman.

The board shall provide for and select such officers, except the auditor, as it deems necessary to conduct the affairs of the district.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6249

text:
The board may prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to the selection of officers and employees of the district, other than the auditor. It shall also fix the salary or wages of all officers and employees of the district. The term of each officer appointed by the board shall be during the pleasure of the board.

The board may adopt and carry into effect a contract or contracts of group insurance or a system of group annuities or both for the benefit of such of the officers and employees of the district as accept the same and who have authorized the board to make deductions from their compensation for the payment of a portion of the premium thereon. Contracts of group insurance or systems of group annuities which include benefits to dependents of officers and employees are contracts of group insurance or systems of group annuities for the benefit of officers and employees for the purpose of this section. The board may make such deductions and may pay the remainder of such premiums from any funds of the district not required to be devoted to a specific purpose. The board may pay such portion of the premiums thereon or attributable thereto as it determines to be advisable. The board may arrange or contract for a contract or contracts of group insurance or a system of group annuities or both with any public agency or any insurance company or agent authorized by or pursuant to law to transact such business within this State.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 916.)

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6250

text: A corporation may be selected as treasurer or the board may provide that the duties of the treasurer shall be performed by the county treasurer of the county in which the district is located, or by the city treasurer of the city within the district.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6251

text: The commissioners shall serve without salary or compensation.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6252

text: The auditor of the district shall hold office during the pleasure of the board of election, and it shall fix his salary and require him to file a bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such amount as it may determine. The bonds shall be filed in the office of the board.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6253

text: The mayor of the city within the district, or the chairman of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located, may call meetings of the board of election.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6254

text: The fiscal year of any district shall begin on the first day of July of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June in the following year, unless otherwise fixed with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6255

text: The board shall annually file a report of the affairs and financial condition of the district for the preceding year. This report shall show the sources of all receipts and purposes of all disbursements during the year.

article: 1. Administrative Provisions


citation: HNC § 6270

text:
The powers of a district established pursuant to this part shall be exercised by the board, by ordinance or resolution passed by a majority vote of the board. All ordinances shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, printed or published in the county in which the district is situated, at least once before final passage.

Franchises and leases for a period of more than ten years shall not be valid, unless authorized by ordinance.

article: 2. Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board

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citation: HNC § 6271

text: A grant of a franchise or lease of property of the district shall not be made for a longer period than 50 years.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 21.)

article: 2. Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board


citation: HNC § 6272

text: A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 2. Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board


citation: HNC § 6273

text: The district may itself, without letting contracts therefor, do work and make improvements. The work shall be done under the direction of its officers or employees.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 17.)

article: 2. Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board


citation: HNC § 6275

text:
An officer of the district, and any of its employees, shall not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or transaction with the district; or become surety for the performance of any contract made with or for the district, upon bonds given to the district.

An officer or employee of the district shall not receive any commission or thing of value, or derive any profit, benefit, or advantage, directly or indirectly, from or by reason of any dealings with or service for the district by himself or others, except as lawful compensation as such officer or employee.

The violation of the provisions of this section by an officer or employee works a forfeiture of his office or employment.

article: 2. Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board


citation: HNC § 6276

text:
(a) In lieu of the benefits afforded pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) and Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Labor Code, the district may agree to provide workers’ compensation benefits to its stevedore employees in amounts, and under such conditions, as would be payable to stevedore employees of private employers pursuant to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901, et seq.).

(b) Such an agreement shall be binding upon the parties only if it is in writing and signed by the employee and by a representative of the district. It shall acknowledge, in writing, that the benefits agreed upon are authorized by this section and are expressly in lieu of any benefits available under Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) and Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Labor Code.

(c) All claims for benefits against the district which are authorized by this section shall be determined pursuant to law and the rules and regulations of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. To the fullest extent possible, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board shall attempt to apply the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act to employees covered by this section in the same manner as applicable to private employees.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11779 and 11870 of the Insurance Code or any other provision of law, the State Compensation Insurance Fund or any private insurer may provide insurance coverage for the benefits authorized by this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 739.)

article: 2. Jurisdiction and Powers of the Board


citation: HNC § 6290

text: A district created under this part is a public corporation created for municipal purposes.

chapter: 3. District Powers

article: 1. General

path: 8. HARBOR AND PORT DISTRICTS > 3. District Powers > 1. General


citation: HNC § 6291

text: It has perpetual succession.

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6292

text: It may sue and be sued.

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6293

text: It may adopt a seal.

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6294

text: It may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease or otherwise acquire and hold and enjoy, and lease or dispose of, real and personal property of every kind, within or without the district, necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers.

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6295

text: A district may acquire, purchase, takeover, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, bunkering facilities, belt railroads, floating plants, lighterage, lands, towage facilities, and any and all other facilities, aids, or public personnel, incident to, or necessary for, the operation and development of ports, waterways, and the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 18.)

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6296

text: It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to carry out any of the objects or purposes of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6297

text:
It may incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for its purposes.

If any bonds issued for port improvement purposes by any part of a district prior to its creation are refunded, the refunding bonds are a lien only upon the lands upon which the original bonds were a lien at the time of the creation of the district.

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6298

text: It may levy and collect or cause to be levied or collected taxes as in this part provided.

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6299

text: It has exclusive jurisdiction over, and it may provide for and supervise pilots and the pilotage of sea-going vessels from the end of jurisdiction of existing pilot authorities to points lying upon any navigable waterway project of the United States, entering the district.

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6300

text: It may contribute money to the Federal or the State Government or to the county in which it is located or to any city within the district, for the purpose of defraying the whole or a portion of the cost and expenses of work and improvement to be performed, either within or without the territorial limits of the district, by the Federal, State, county or city government, in improving rivers, streams, or in doing other work, when such work will improve navigation and commerce, in or to the navigable waters in the district.

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6301

text: A district may do any work or make any improvement within or without the territorial limits of the district, which will aid in the development or the improvement of navigation or commerce to or within the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 19.)

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6302

text: A district may enact necessary police regulations providing for control of any waterway project of the United States, entering the district, and adopt rules and regulations concerning the construction of wharves, docks, buildings, and improvements of all types, contemplated.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 20.)

article: 1. General


text:
(a) This section is applicable only within the Santa Cruz Port District. The Legislature finds and declares that this section is necessary to meet a serious danger to the public safety within the Santa Cruz Port District caused by surfriding activities within the harbor entrance area.

(b) No person shall swim or surfride, or use any watercraft or device to surfride, on ocean waters within a harbor entrance area, as prescribed by the Santa Cruz Port District by ordinance.

(c) For the purposes of this section, “surfride” includes traveling to or from a surfriding staging area and activities in the staging area which are preparatory or preliminary to, or connected with, riding the surf.

(d) Every person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 407, Sec. 1.)

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6303

text: A district may provide for the opening and laying out of streets leading to the waterfront.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 21.)

article: 1. General


citation: HNC § 6304

text: A district may regulate and control the construction, maintenance, and operation or use of all wharves, warehouses, structures, improvements, or appliances used in connection with or for the accommodation and promotion of transportation or navigation on any improvement project of the federal government applying to the main waterway entering the district and on other navigable streams improved or unimproved which lie within the district, and it may make and enforce necessary police and sanitary regulations in connection therewith.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 22.)

article: 1. General