Title HNC — California Harb. & Nav. Code

It may adopt a seal. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

It may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease or otherwise acquire and hold and enjoy and lease or dispose of, real and personal property of every kind, within or without the district, necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its powers. The board may lease, mortga…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6894, the board of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District shall not do any of the following: (a) Sell or dismantle the Deepwater Channel or the North Terminal Property without the prior consent of the City of Sacramento, the County of Sacramen…

(a) Moneys in the Riverfront Enhancement Fund, created by the Joint Port Governance Agreement dated January 15, 2006, shall be expended exclusively on projects related to the Sacramento and American Rivers, including tributaries and fluvial features, encompassed within the Counti…

A district may acquire, purchase, takeover, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, bunkering facilities, cold storage facilities, belt railroads, floating plants, lighterage, lands, towage facilities, and any and all other…

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

It may incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for its purposes, and if any bonds issued for port improvement purposes by any part of a district prior to its creation are refunded, the refunding bonds are a lien only upon the lands upon which the refu…

It may levy and collect or cause to be levied or collected taxes as in this part provided. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

It has exclusive jurisdiction over, and it may provide for and supervise pilots and the pilotage of sea-going vessels from the end of jurisdiction of existing pilot authorities to points lying upon any navigable waterway project of the United States, entering the district. (Enact…

It may contribute money to the Federal or the State government or to any county in which the district is located or to any city within the district, for the purpose of defraying the whole or a portion of the cost and expenses of work and improvement to be performed, either within…

A district may do any work or make any improvement within or without the territorial limits of the district, if the doing of the work or the making of the improvement will aid in the development or the improvement of navigation or commerce to or within the district.

It may by resolution hold and save harmless the State of California, the Reclamation Board of the State of California, and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, their officers, agents or employees, from all claims, damages or liability due or incident to the design, c…

A district may enact necessary police regulations providing for control of any waterway project of the United States, entering the district, and it may adopt rules and regulations concerning the construction of wharves, docks, buildings, and improvements of all types.

A district may provide for the opening and laying out of streets leading to the waterfront.

A district may regulate and control the construction, maintenance, and operation, or use, of all wharves, warehouses, structures, improvements, or appliances used in connection with or for the accommodation and promotion of transportation or navigation on any improvement project …

It may fix, regulate, and collect the rates or charges for the use of wharves, warehouses, vessels, railroads and other facilities, structures and appliances owned, controlled or operated by the district, in connection with or for the promotion and accommodation of transportation…

It may lay out, plan and establish the general plan and system of harbor and harbor district improvements and modify such plan and prescribe the specifications for such improvements. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

It may act as warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers, reconditioners, shippers and reshippers of properties of all kinds. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

It may manage the business of the district and promote the maritime and commercial interests by proper advertisement of its advantages, and by the solicitation of business, within or without the district, within other States or in foreign vessels from the end of jurisdiction of e…

Upon a four-fifths vote of all the members of the board, it may issue negotiable promissory notes bearing interest at a rate of not exceeding 7 percent per annum; provided, however, that said notes shall be payable from revenues and taxes levied for purposes of the district other…

Notwithstanding the enumeration and specific statement herein of particular powers, the district may do and perform all acts and things necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this part and the powers of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Sacramento-Yolo Port District shall not exercise the power of eminent domain in the County of Sacramento, the City of Sacramento, the County of Yolo, or the County of Solano, without specific authorization respectively from the Count…

Each district shall have a board of five directors all of whom shall be registered electors residing within the boundaries of the district and all of whom shall be elected at large. The directors first elected upon the formation of the district shall classify themselves by lot so…

The term of office of each director, other than directors first elected or directors appointed to fill an unexpired term, shall be four years.

If a person elected fails to qualify, the office shall be filled as if there were a vacancy in the office.

All vacancies occurring in the office of director shall be filled by appointment by the remaining directors.

An appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of director shall be for the unexpired term of the office in which the vacancy exists.

Each director elected or appointed shall hold office until his successor qualifies.

If and when the territory included within the district lies entirely within a single city, the legislative body of such city shall be ex officio the board of directors of the district. In such a case, the presiding officer of such legislative body shall be ex officio the presiden…

Each director shall receive a sum as may be fixed by the board, not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) for each meeting of the board attended by him or her, for not exceeding four meetings in any calendar month. A director may also receive traveling and other expenses incurred by him …

Before entering upon the duties of his office each director shall take and subscribe the official oath and file it with the secretary. The oath of office may be taken before the secretary, any member of the board of directors, or any officers authorized by law to administer oaths…

The board is the governing body of the district.

The powers of the district shall, except as otherwise provided in this part, be exercised by the board.

Within 30 days after the formation of the district the directors shall meet and organize as a board. The board shall: (a) Elect one of its members president except in a case where Section 7046 applies. (b) Provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings.

At its organization meeting the board may transact any business of the district.

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

A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

The board may act either by ordinance, resolution, order or motion. No ordinance or resolution shall be passed or become effective without at least the affirmative votes of a majority of the then members of the board.

Separate books may be maintained for the filing of ordinances and resolutions but the ayes and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions and entered upon the minutes of the board.

The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be in substantially the following form: “Be it Ordained by the Board of Directors of (____ naming the district) as follows:”.

The board may pass all ordinances necessary for the regulation of the district. All ordinances shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary.

The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.

The board may adopt a seal for the district and alter it at pleasure.

By resolution the board may change the name of the district. A change of name shall be effective upon the filing of a certified copy of the resolution with the Secretary of State and recording a certified copy in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the distri…

The board shall at its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as practical, appoint a secretary and treasurer. The board shall also appoint other officers that are necessary or convenient for the business of the district.

A director shall not be treasurer. The secretary and treasurer shall receive the compensation determined by the board and shall serve at its pleasure.

The board may, at any time, appoint or employ, fix the compensation of and prescribe the authority and duties of other officers, employees, attorneys, engineers and consultants necessary or convenient for the business of the district, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of t…

The board may require the secretary, treasurer or other officers, employees or assistants of the district to give a bond to the district conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties in an amount as the board may provide.

The treasurer shall receive and safely keep all moneys of the district. He shall comply with all provisions of law governing the deposit and securing of public funds.

The board shall appoint and license the number of pilots which is sufficient to carry out the purposes of this division.