California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 1 - Generally

• Section 6510.
  A district may use a seal, alterable at the pleasure of the board.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
• Section 6511.
  It may sue and be sued by its name.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
• Section 6512.
  (a)  A district may acquire, plan, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate garbage dumpsites and garbage collection and disposal systems, sewers,...
• Section 6512.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Winton Sanitary...
• Section 6512.6.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Lost Hills...
• Section 6512.7.
  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 6512 and the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government...
• Section 6513.
  It may permit the use of any property of the district by any county or municipality, or any other district or governmental agency.(Amended by Stats....
• Section 6514.
  It may, for the purposes specified in this part, acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, such real and personal property and rights...
• Section 6514.1.
  (a)  A district may lease, for a term not exceeding 99 years, subject to periodic review, district property that will not be needed for district...
• Section 6515.
  It may make and accept contracts, deeds, releases, and documents that, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper in the exercise of...
• Section 6516.
  It may pay lawful claims and demands against it.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
• Section 6517.
  It may employ and pay necessary agents and assistants.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
• Section 6518.
  It may lay its sewers and drains in any public street or road in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make...
• Section 6518.5.
  It may collect waste and garbage.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 303.)
• Section 6519.
  It may call and conduct all necessary or proper elections.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
• Section 6520.
  It may compel all residents and property owners in the district to connect their houses and habitations and structures requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service...
• Section 6520.1.
  It may prohibit any resident or property owner in the district from connecting any house, habitation, or structure requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service to...
• Section 6520.2.
  It may require any resident or property owner in the district who desires to have any house, habitation, or structure connected to a sewer or...
• Section 6520.3.
  Any sanitary district and any county may enter into a contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of locating, removing, repairing, or...
• Section 6520.5.
  It may, by an order approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board, prescribe, revise and collect, fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or...
• Section 6520.6.
  The district board may, by resolution, abandon action for the collection of any district tax assessment, connection charge, service charge, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, fine,...
• Section 6520.7.
  It may sell, or otherwise dispose of, any water, sewage effluent, fertilizer, or other byproduct resulting from the operation of a sewerage system, sewage disposal...
• Section 6520.9.
  It may construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines or other works as may be necessary to conserve and put to beneficial use any water or...
• Section 6520.10.a.
  On or before August 10, the board may certify to the board of supervisors and county auditor a statement of any delinquent and unpaid charges...
• Section 6520.11.
  A district shall notify the assessee shown on the latest equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for sewer and other services, or either,...
• Section 6520.12.
  In the event any charges for sewer and other services, or either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the discretion of...
• Section 6521.
  It may make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations for:(a)  The removal of garbage. (b)  The cleanliness of the roads and streets of the...
• Section 6521.5.
  Any district may exercise the power granted to sanitation districts by Section 4765 of this code.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1018.)
• Section 6522.
  It may do any act necessary or proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for which...
• Section 6522.1.
  No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates or prescribes standards for the installation of plumbing inside of buildings and structures, shall be effective...
• Section 6523.
  A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 30 days,...
• Section 6523.1.
  It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether heretofore or hereafter incurred; and also refund...
• Section 6523.2.
  In order to effect its powers, it may enter upon private property for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of sanitary and waste disposal facilities...
• Section 6523.3.
  In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of the district. The...

Last modified: October 22, 2018