Title HNC — California Harb. & Nav. Code

The board of supervisors of the county may determine the denomination of the bonds, except that no one bond shall be of a denomination less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. The bonds shall be payable on the date and at the place fixed in the bond, with interes…

The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors, and the treasurer, and countersigned by the auditor of the county. The coupons upon the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the county treasurer. If any officer whose signature or counter-signa…

Bonds may be issued and sold by the board of supervisors of the county for not less than their par value and accrued interest at the date of delivery, and the proceeds shall be placed in the treasury of the county to the credit of the proper improvement fund, and applied exclusiv…

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…

The board of supervisors may at the same time and in the same manner levy upon all of the property in the district a tax sufficient to pay the ordinary annual expenses of maintenance of the district and it may also levy a tax sufficient to meet expenditures for any further improv…

In no event shall the district levy a tax in excess of twenty cents ($0. 20) for each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation within the district.

The Resources Agency shall represent the State of California and the Governor of California in relationships with the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and his authorized agents for the purposes set forth in this division.

The department may enter into agreements with the United States and with any county, city, district, or other political subdivision of this state in connection with participation with the United States in any project in which the department may act and may, also, provide such adj…

The department may enter into any contract of agreement with the United States Department of the Army or any other agency or instrumentality of the United States, for the dredging of harbors and the erection of breakwaters, piers, or any other device for the protection of vessels…

The department may enter into any contracts or agreements that may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this division including agreements to hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction and maintenance by the United States of such works as …

The department may do any act or enter into any contract or agreement desirable in carrying out the purposes of this division.

Each district formed pursuant to this part shall be governed by a board of five harbor commissioners, who shall hold office for the term of four years from 12 o'clock noon on the first Monday after the first day of January succeeding their election, and until their successors are…

The first board shall be elected at the election for the formation of the district, and the two candidates for commissioner receiving the highest number of votes shall hold office until the expiration of four years from 12 o'clock noon of the first Monday after the first day of J…

There shall be an election for harbor commissioners within each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November of each even-numbered year.

A candidate for harbor commissioner shall be a registered voter of the proposed or existing district, and shall qualify for election by securing a nomination paper proposing his or her candidacy for the office of harbor commissioner signed by not less than 25 but not more than 50…

Any qualified voter in the proposed or existing district may sign as many nomination papers as there are commissioners to be elected. At the first and any subsequent election for commissioners, all candidates shall file their nomination papers with the county elections official o…

If on the 60th day prior to a general district election only one person has been nominated for each of the offices to be filled at that election or no person has been nominated for any such office or offices, and a petition signed by 5 percent of the voters requesting that the el…

If, pursuant to Section 6054.1, no election is held, the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated shall appoint those nominated for the offices or shall, if no person has been nominated, appoint any qualified person to the office. Any person thus appoi…

Where the office of a commissioner becomes vacant during his term the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by appointment by the majority of remaining commissioners, and if not so filled within 30 days after the vacancy, it shall be filled by appointment …

The commissioners elected at the first election shall, within 10 days from the date of the canvass of the returns of the election, enter upon the duties of office. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, each commissioner shall take and subscribe the official oath b…

Each commissioner upon taking the oath of office, and for each term, shall file with the county elections official of the county in which the district is situated, a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), made payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful pe…

The commissioners shall serve without salary until the yearly gross income of the district, exclusive of taxes levied by the district, exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per year, when the board may, by ordinance, fix their salaries, which shall not exceed the sum of six h…

The board shall fix the compensation or salary of all subordinate officers or employees of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The board shall provide for a yearly audit of its books by a certified public accountant or a public accountant and compile a statement of its finances. The statement shall be open to the inspection of any qualified electors of the district.

The board shall hold at least one meeting a month, at such time as is fixed by ordinance of the board. The meeting shall be held within the district and shall be open to the public. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.

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, ordinances to provide for the protection and safety of persons or the property of persons using district facilities, and per…

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 circulation published within the district, or if none, in any newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the distr…

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.

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 of district ordinances in the manner provided by Chapter 5c (commencing with Section 853.6) of Title 3, Part 2 …

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 hold office at the pleasure of the board, and whose duty it shall be to receive and safely keep all moneys of the district. He sh…

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.)

It may adopt a seal. (Enacted by Stats. 1973, Ch. 368.)

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 every kind, within or without the district, necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its power. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.…

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 its established boundaries. No interest in lands may be acquired, either by lease, purchase, or the exercise o…

It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.

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 and held pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of Division 4, Title 4 of the Government Code. When …

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 have not been entirely expended, the board may by resolution order that the unexpended proceeds be placed in the fund provided for the…

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, towing, and docking of all vessels.

It may perform the functions of warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers, reconditioners, shippers and reshippers of properties of all kinds.

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 of business within or without the district, within other States or in foreign countries, through such employees or agencie…

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 with the prior consent of each district, port, city, or county in which the lands are located.

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 invested in accordance with Section 53601 of the Government Code.

The board may do all other acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of its powers. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

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 owned and constructed or services furnished or provided by the district.

By resolution, the board may provide for the creation and accumulation of a fund for capital outlays.

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 purpose whatever, remaining on hand at the end of any fiscal year or years.

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 for such a purpose unless the district board submits a proposition to the electors of the district to obtain their consent to use the mon…

(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 property, in an amount or of a value not exceeding in the aggregate at any one time the sum of one million…