Title HNC, California Harb. & Nav. Code

The first meeting of the board shall be held within ten days of the appointment of its chairman. The board may make its own rules of procedure and determine the place and time of its meeting. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the chairman. The board shall provide for and select such officers, except the auditor, as it deems necessary to conduct the affairs of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The board may prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to the selection of officers and employees of the district, other than the auditor. It shall also fix the salary or wages of all officers and employees of the district. The term of each officer appointed by the board shall …

A corporation may be selected as treasurer or the board may provide that the duties of the treasurer shall be performed by the county treasurer of the county in which the district is located, or by the city treasurer of the city within the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 3…

The commissioners shall serve without salary or compensation. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The auditor of the district shall hold office during the pleasure of the board of election, and it shall fix his salary and require him to file a bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such amount as it may determine. The bonds shall be filed in the office of the boar…

The mayor of the city within the district, or the chairman of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located, may call meetings of the board of election. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The fiscal year of any district shall begin on the first day of July of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June in the following year, unless otherwise fixed with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located. (Enacted by Stat…

The board shall annually file a report of the affairs and financial condition of the district for the preceding year. This report shall show the sources of all receipts and purposes of all disbursements during the year. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The district shall be governed by a port commission, which consists of five members. Two commissioners shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest proportion in value of the lands within the district. Two commissioners shall be app…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 6830, the Sacramento-Yolo Port Commission shall be composed of five members selected and appointed as follows: (1) Four commissioners shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of West Sacramento, which commissioners may be members of the city …

The boundaries of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District are hereby established to coincide with the first supervisorial district of the County of Yolo, as of October 1, 2005. The boundaries also shall include all property owned by the Sacramento-Yolo Port District in Solano County th…

(a) The mayor of the municipality in which is located the largest proportion in value of the land within the district, or any chairperson of any of the boards of supervisors of the counties in which the district is located, may call meetings of the board of election. (b) This sec…

Each commissioner shall, within ten days of his appointment and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will support the Constitution of the Unite…

A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the body which appointed the member whose office is vacated, and the newly appointed member shall hold his office for the unexpired term. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

A person shall not be appointed a member of the board who is not, at the time of his appointment, a taxpayer within the district and who has not resided within the district for at least one year. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person shall not be ineligible for appointment to the board because he or she is an elected official or employee of an appointing authority to the board. The appointment of a person to the office of the board shall not be deemed incom…

The members of the board shall serve without salary or compensation, but are entitled to necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The term of office of each member of the board is four years from the time of his appointment, except that the first appointed chairman holds office for two years, and the remaining members shall classify themselves by lot, so that they hold office respectively for one, two, thre…

The chairman is the presiding officer. (Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 563.)

The first meeting of the board shall be held within ten days of the appointment of the chairman. The board shall make its own rules of procedure and determine the place and time of its meeting. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The board shall select one of its members as chairperson and select one of its members as vice chairperson, who shall preside in the absence of the chairperson, and it may provide for and select the officers it deems necessary to conduct the affairs of the district. (Amended by S…

A corporation may be selected as treasurer or the board may provide that the duties of the treasurer shall be performed by the county treasurer of the county in which the district or the greater portion is located. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The fiscal year of a district shall begin on the first day of July of each year and shall end on the thirtieth day of June of the following year. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The board shall annually file a report of the affairs and financial condition of the district for the preceding year with the governing body of every county or city, all or part of which is included in the district. This report shall show the sources of all receipts and the purpo…

A district may be formed consisting of any portion or portions of a county, whether contiguous or not, lying entirely within a city or entirely within unincorporated territory of the county or wholly or partially including territory of all or part of one or more cities within the…

Fifty or more registered, qualified electors in a county residing within the proposed district may sign and present to the board of supervisors of the county a petition in writing for the formation of a district. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

The petition shall: (a) Set forth the exterior boundaries of the proposed district. (b) Generally describe the proposed harbor development. (c) A request that the territory included within the described boundaries be formed into a district pursuant to this part. (Added by Stats. …

Within 10 days from the filing thereof the county registrar of voters, or if there be none, the county clerk, shall examine the petition and report in writing to the board of supervisors as to the sufficiency thereof. If the report shows the petition to be insufficient a suppleme…

If the report shows the petition to be sufficient the petition shall be published as provided in Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proposed district is located together with a notice setting forth the day, hour an…

With all diligence, the commission shall: (a) Proceed to cause proper surveys to be made of any harbor intended to be improved, developed or protected. (b) Collect, compile and preserve all proper data and information concerning the harbor, and the necessity, advantage and benefi…

If the commission, after a careful survey, investigation and examination, finds and reports to the board that the improvement, development or protection of the harbor is not practicable, or that it would involve too great an expense, its report shall be filed, and if it is approv…

The board shall then fix a date for hearing the report which is not more than thirty nor less than twenty days after the filing, and it shall cause notice of the fact that the report has been filed, and of the date fixed for the hearing to be published by at least two publication…

If the plans and specifications and report are finally approved by the board, it shall adopt a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall set forth: (a) The harbor to be improved, developed or protected, designating it by the name by which it is commonly called. (b) The plan…

The board shall without delay call an election to determine whether the bonds of the county shall be issued and sold in the amount estimated by the commission in its report and set forth in the resolution of the board adopting it. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The election shall be conducted, and the bonds issued and sold and paid for, pursuant to the law concerning the issuance, sale and payment of county bonds, and all proceedings had in regard to the bonds shall be in accordance with these laws. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

Every election held for the purpose of submitting the question of the issuance and sale of bonds, authorized by this chapter, shall be a special election and no question other than propositions relating to the issuance and sale of bonds for one or more purposes may be submitted. …

For the holding of the special election the board may form bond election precincts by adopting the precincts established for general election purposes, or by consolidating such precincts inside of incorporated cities and towns, to a number not exceeding six in each bond election …

It is sufficient to set forth the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued and sold, to state that they are for the improvement, development or protection of ____ harbor, naming the harbor by the name by which it is commonly called. Any defect or irregularity in the proceedin…

Respondentia is a contract by which all or part of a cargo is hypothecated as security for a loan, the repayment of which is dependent on maritime risks. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The owner of cargo may hypothecate it upon respondentia, at any time and place, and for any purpose. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The master of a vessel may hypothecate its cargo upon respondentia only if all of the following conditions exist: (a) He would be authorized to hypothecate the vessel and freightage. (b) He is unable to borrow sufficient money on the vessel and freightage for repairs or supplies …

The owner of a vessel is bound to repay to the owner of its cargo all which the latter is compelled to pay in order to discharge a lien under a contract of respondentia made by the master. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The provisions of sections 455 to 462 of this code apply equally to loans on respondentia. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

Bonds issued are obligations of the district and the board of supervisors of the county shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy and in the manner provided for the general tax levy, levy and collect annually until the bonds are paid, or until there is a sufficient sum in…

The taxes shall: (a) Be levied upon all of the property within the district taxable for county purposes. (b) Be in addition to all other taxes levied for county purposes. (c) Be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other county taxes are collected. (d) Be used for…