California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 9 - General Powers of District

• Section 9401.
  The board of directors of a district shall manage and conduct the business and affairs of the district.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 513.)
• Section 9402.
  The directors shall be empowered to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the conservation of resources and the preventive and control measures and works...
• Section 9403.
  The directors may accept gifts and grants of money from any source whatsoever to carry out the purposes of the district.(Repealed and added by Stats....
• Section 9403.5.
  The directors may establish and charge fees for services provided by the district to, and upon the request of, persons or governmental entities. No fee...
• Section 9404.
  The directors may execute all necessary contracts. They may employ such agents, officers, and employees as may be necessary, prescribe their duties, and fix their...
• Section 9405.
  The directors may acquire by purchase, lease, contract, or gift all lands and property necessary to carry out the plans and works of the district....
• Section 9406.
  The directors may take conveyances, leases, contracts, or other assurances for all property acquired by the district, in the name, and for the uses and...
• Section 9407.
  The directors may sue and be sued in the name of the district and may appear in person or by counsel.(Repealed and added by Stats....
• Section 9408.
  (a) The directors may cooperate and enter into contracts or agreements with the state, the United States, any county, any city, any other resource conservation or...
• Section 9409.
  The directors may make improvements or conduct operations on public lands, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on private...
• Section 9410.
  The directors may operate and maintain, independently or in cooperation with the United States or this state or any state agency or political subdivision or...
• Section 9411.
  The directors may disseminate information relating to soil and water conservation and erosion stabilization, and may conduct demonstrational projects within, or adjacent to, the district...
• Section 9412.
  Each district may provide technical assistance to private landowners or land occupants within the district to support practices that minimize soil and related resource degradation....
• Section 9413.
  (a) Each district may develop districtwide comprehensive annual and long-range work plans as provided in this section. These plans shall address the full range of soil...
• Section 9414.
  Directors may accept, by purchase, lease, or gift, and administer any soil conservation, water conservation, water distribution, erosion control, or erosion prevention project located within...
• Section 9415.
  The directors may manage, as agents of the United States or any of its agencies, or of this state or any of its agencies, any...
• Section 9416.
  The directors may establish standards of cropping and tillage operations and range practices on private land as a condition to expenditure by the district of...
• Section 9417.
  (a) The directors of any district may cooperate with the directors of any other district in respect to matters of common interest or benefit to the...
• Section 9417.5.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that concerned state agencies, in cooperation with resource conservation districts and other appropriate local entities, work with the...
• Section 9418.
  The directors of any district may call upon the district attorney of the principal county for legal advice and assistance in all matters concerning the...
• Section 9419.
  (a) The directors may engage in activities designed to promote a knowledge of the principles of resource conservation throughout the district and for that purpose may...
• Section 9420.
  The board of directors of a district may appoint advisory committees to provide technical assistance in addressing soil and related resource problems, to assist in...

Last modified: October 22, 2018