California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 1 - Corporate Powers

• Section 16401.
  A district has perpetual succession.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
• Section 16402.
  Except as otherwise provided, a district may sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.(Added by...
• Section 16402.5.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any judicial action or proceeding against a district that provides electric utility service, to attack, review, set aside, void,...
• Section 16403.
  A district may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
• Section 16404.
  A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this...
• Section 16407.
  A district has the same powers with reference to improvement districts as are conferred upon irrigation districts by Division 11, Part 7 of the Water...
• Section 16408.
  Improvement districts also may be formed of land proposed to be annexed to the district, contingent upon the annexation being completed. The petition for annexation...
• Section 16409.
  For the purpose of obtaining and supplying water for domestic, irrigation, and fire protection purposes, a district may cooperate and contract with the United States...

Last modified: October 22, 2018