California Water Code CHAPTER 1 - Powers and Duties Generally

  • Section 74500.
    A district may:(a) Have perpetual succession.(b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
  • Section 74501.
    A district may make contracts and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its powers.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)
  • Section 74502.
    A district may appoint and employ such engineer or engineers and such attorney or attorneys as the board deems necessary or advisable to accomplish the...
  • Section 74503.
    A district may employ and hire such men, teams, tools, implements, machinery, and equipment as the board deems expedient or advisable to perform the work...
  • Section 74504.
    A district shall cause such work to be done and shall acquire such property as the board deems necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes...
  • Section 74505.
    A district shall provide for the payment, from the proper fund, of all the debts and just claims against the district.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch.
  • Section 74506.
    A district may disseminate information concerning the rights, properties, activities, plans, and proposals of the district; provided, however, that expenditures during any fiscal year for...
  • Section 74507.
    A district may vote bonds, cause assessments to be levied, cause elections to be held for the voting of bonds, or on the question of...
  • Section 74508.
    A district may levy and collect a ground water charge for the production of water from the ground water supplies within the district or within...
  • Section 74509.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may, by resolution of the board of the district, change the name of the district. Such changed...
  • Section 74510.
    A district may construct, operate, and maintain one or more plants, which plants are constructed after the effective date of this section, for the generation...
  • Section 74511.
    The hydroelectric plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 74510 may be leased for operation to, or the power generated may be...

Last modified: October 22, 2018