California Harbors and Navigation Code ARTICLE 3 - Powers

• Section 6070.
  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,...
• Section 6070.2.
  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...
• Section 6070.4.
  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.(Added by...
• Section 6070.6.
  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...
• Section 6071.
  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...
• Section 6072.
  It may sue and be sued in the name of the district in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
• Section 6073.
  It may adopt a seal.(Enacted by Stats. 1973, Ch. 368.)
• Section 6074.
  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...
• Section 6075.
  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...
• Section 6076.
  It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch.
• Section 6077.
  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...
• Section 6077.1.
  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...
• Section 6077.2.
  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,...
• Section 6077.3.
  It may perform the functions of warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers, reconditioners, shippers and reshippers of properties of all kinds.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 1031.)
• Section 6077.4.
  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...
• Section 6077.5.
  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...
• Section 6077.5.5.
  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...
• Section 6077.6.
  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...
• Section 6078.
  The board may do all other acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of its powers.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
• Section 6079.
  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...
• Section 6081.
  By resolution, the board may provide for the creation and accumulation of a fund for capital outlays.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 905.)
• Section 6082.
  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...
• Section 6083.
  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...
• Section 6084.
  (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...
• Section 6084.2.
  (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...
• Section 6085.
  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...
• Section 6086.
  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...
• Section 6087.
  (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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018