California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 7 - Powers and Duties

• Section 5786.
  A district may:(a) Organize, promote, conduct, and advertise programs of community recreation, including, but not limited to, parks and open space, parking, transportation, and other related...
• Section 5786.1.
  A district shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter,...
• Section 5786.3.
  When acquiring, improving, or using any real property, a district shall comply with Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Part 1...
• Section 5786.5.
  (a) If a district was formed without the power of eminent domain, the district shall not exercise eminent domain to acquire any real or personal property,...
• Section 5786.7.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law:(a) If a majority of the voters voting on the question at a general district or special district election are in...
• Section 5786.9.
  (a) A district shall have perpetual succession.(b) A board of directors may, by a four-fifths vote of its total membership, adopt a resolution to change the name...
• Section 5786.11.
  (a) A district may cooperate with any city, county, special district, school district, state agency, or federal agency to carry out the purposes and intent of...
• Section 5786.13.
  A district may contract with other public agencies to provide recreation facilities and programs of community recreation within the district’s boundaries. A district may contract...
• Section 5786.15.
  (a) Each district shall adopt policies and procedures, including bidding regulations, governing the purchase of supplies and equipment. Each district shall adopt these policies and procedures...
• Section 5786.17.
  (a) Violation of any rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by a board of directors is a misdemeanor punishable pursuant to Section 19 of the Penal Code.(b) Any...
• Section 5786.19.
  (a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all districts.(b) A board of...
• Section 5786.21.
  If a county board of supervisors has appointed itself as the board of directors and the county has by ordinance provided a civil service system:(a) A...
• Section 5786.23.
  (a) This section shall apply only to a district where all of the following apply:(1) The county board of supervisors has appointed itself as the board of...
• Section 5786.25.
  A board of directors may require any employee or officer to be bonded. The district shall pay the cost of the bonds.(Added by Stats. 2001,...
• Section 5786.27.
  A board of directors may provide for any programs for the benefit of its employees and members of the board of directors pursuant to Chapter...
• Section 5786.29.
  A district may authorize the members of its board of directors and its employees to attend professional or vocational meetings and pay their actual and...
• Section 5786.31.
  Whenever the boundaries of a district or a zone change, the district shall comply with Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1 of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018