Title HNC — California Harb. & Nav. Code

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 powers of a district established pursuant to this part shall be exercised by the board, by ordinance or resolution passed by a majority vote of the board. All ordinances shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, printed or published in the county in which the …

A grant of a franchise or lease of property of the district shall not be made for a longer period than 50 years.

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

The district may itself, without letting contracts therefor, do work and make improvements. The work shall be done under the direction of its officers or employees.

An officer of the district, and any of its employees, shall not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or transaction with the district; or become surety for the performance of any contract made with or for the district, upon bonds given to the district. An office…

(a) In lieu of the benefits afforded pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) and Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Labor Code, the district may agree to provide workers’ compensation benefits to its stevedore employees in amounts, and under such con…

The department may sell copies of all or any part of its records at a charge sufficient to pay at least the entire actual cost to the department of the copies. The charge for the records and the conditions under which they may be sold shall be determined by the director, with the…

The director may recommend to the Legislature such action as may be necessary to provide the finances required of local agencies as a condition for the participation of the United States in any project in which the department may act.

In addition to other powers specified in this division and in Division 3 (commencing with Section 399), the department may do any of the following: (a) Apply for and accept grants, contributions, and appropriations. (b) Contract for professional services if such work or services …

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the growth of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), Brazilian elodea (Egeria densa), and South American spongeplant (Limnobium laevigatum) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, its tributaries, and the Suisun Marsh has occurred a…

To the extent feasible, the division shall collaborate with the California Conservation Corps established pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 14000) of the Public Resources Code and use members of the corps in implementing its invasive aquatic plants control programs…

(a) The division is designated as the lead agency of the state for the purpose of cooperating with other state, local, and federal agencies in identifying, detecting, controlling, and administering programs to manage invasive aquatic plants in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, it…

(a) Each marina that is developed or improved with funds loaned by the department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 70) or Article 5 (commencing with Section 76) on or after January 1, 2002, shall have all of its electrical systems that extend into or over water insp…

The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal, or other agency, to the extent that funds are available therefor, shall study and report upon problems of beach erosion and means for the stabilization of beaches and shoreline a…

To the extent that funds are available therefor, the department shall cooperate with all agencies of government, federal, state, and local, for the purposes of beach erosion control and stabilization of beaches and shoreline areas, and shall act in an advisory capacity on beach e…

The department shall prepare plans for and construct such works as its studies and investigations indicate to be necessary for beach erosion control and stabilization of beaches and shoreline areas, to the extent that funds are available therefor. In the preparation of such plans…

When state funds are made available on a matching basis to be expended in connection with any federal project for beach erosion control or stabilization of beaches and shoreline areas, such funds shall be administered by the department, subject to approval of the Director of Fina…

Whenever a beach erosion control project has been authorized by Congress for federal financial participation in accordance with Public Law 727, 79th Congress, 2nd Session, as amended by Public Law 826, 84th Congress, 2nd Session, or as it may be later amended, or any other act of…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 65.5, appropriations may be made by the state, from time to time by law, to pay for the costs of sharing in such participation in beach erosion control projects following state authorization of a specific project, but such participation s…

Small beach erosion control projects not specifically authorized by Congress and undertaken by the United States Corps of Engineers pursuant to Section 103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, Title I of Public Law 87-874, 76 Stat. 1173, and Section 310(b) of the River and Harbor…

Whenever beach erosion control works are included in a small boat harbor development project, the report of the department required by Section 65.8 shall be approved by the Director of Finance prior to submission to the Legislature.

The department, with the approval of the Director of Finance, and on terms satisfactory to the department may advance moneys appropriated for this purpose in the amount required to meet the federal share of any project described in Section 65.5 in order to carry out construction …

Where the department is the construction agency, the city, county or other public agency acting in cooperation with the department in the construction of any federally authorized beach erosion control project shall transmit funds representing its share of the costs to the departm…

The San Diego County Beach Erosion Control Project (Imperial Beach) is authorized for state participation pursuant to Section 65.5 substantially in accordance with the plan set forth in House Document 399, 84th Congress, and authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1958, Title I…

The San Diego (Sunset Cliffs), California, Beach Erosion Control Project is authorized for state participation pursuant to Section 65.5 substantially in accordance with the plan set forth in House Document 477, 89th Congress, and authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1966, Ti…

The Orange County, California, Beach Erosion Control Project is authorized for state participation pursuant to Section 65.5 substantially in accordance with the plan set forth in House Document 602, 87th Congress, and authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1962, Title I of Pub…

The Los Angeles County (Redondo Beach to Malaga Cove) Beach Erosion Control Project is authorized for state participation pursuant to Section 65.5 substantially in accordance with the plans set forth in House Document 277, 83rd Congress, and authorized by the River and Harbor Act…

The department shall conduct the repair and restoration of the beach and shoreline located adjacent to the Pacific Ocean and in the City of Oceanside if the city does all of the following: (a) Prepares a plan for the repair and restoration which is approved by the department and …

The director shall cause to be prepared, and continuously maintained, a comprehensive plan for the development and operation of a statewide system of recreational boating trails. The plan shall be the boating trails element of the California Recreational Trails System Plan as req…

In conformance with the California Recreational Trails Act, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a statewide and continuing interest in the public’s use of the state’s inland waterways for recreational purposes. The Legislature further finds and declares that t…

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.

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.