Title HNC, California Harb. & Nav. Code

(a) A peace officer, as described in Section 663, or a lifeguard or marine safety officer employed by a county, city, or district while engaged in the performance of official duties, may remove a vessel from, and, if necessary, store a vessel removed from, a public waterway under…

(a) Any peace officer, as described in Section 663, may store any vessel removed from private property when the vessel is found on, or attached to, private property and a report has previously been made that the vessel has been stolen or a complaint has been filed and a warrant t…

(a) Except for the urgent and immediate concern for the safety of those aboard a vessel, a person shall not abandon a vessel upon a public waterway or public or private property without the express or implied consent of the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the p…

(a) On or before January 1, 2005, the department shall submit recommendations to the Legislature on strategies to prevent recreational vessels from being abandoned and to facilitate the ability of owners to turn in their recreational vessels to public agencies for disposal in lie…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any wrecked property that is an unseaworthy derelict or hulk, abandoned property as described in Section 522, or property removed from a navigable waterway pursuant to Section 523 or 524 that is an unseaworthy derelict or hulk, may …

For purposes of this article, “surrendered vessel” means a recreational vessel that the verified titleholder has willingly surrendered to a willing public agency under both of the following conditions: (a) The public agency has determined, in its sole discretion, that the vessel …

It is the intent of the Legislature that a sum of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) be appropriated from the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund to the Abandoned Watercraft Abatement Fund for grants to local agencies pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of …

A district created under this part is a public corporation created for municipal purposes. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

It has perpetual succession. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

It may sue and be sued. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

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. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, C…

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

It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to carry out any of the objects or purposes of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)

It may incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for its purposes. 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 original…

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 the county in which it 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 or withou…

A district may do any work or make any improvement within or without the territorial limits of the district, which will aid in the development or the improvement of navigation or commerce to or within the district. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 19.)

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

(a) This section is applicable only within the Santa Cruz Port District. The Legislature finds and declares that this section is necessary to meet a serious danger to the public safety within the Santa Cruz Port District caused by surfriding activities within the harbor entrance …

A district may provide for the opening and laying out of streets leading to the waterfront. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 21.)

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 of…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any port district which has received, or is receiving, money pursuant to the provisions of Division 1 (commencing with Section 30) for the construction or improvement of a small craft harbor or facilities in connection therewith, may en…

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 it, in connection with or for the promotion and accommodation of transportation or navigat…

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

It may perform the functions of 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 countries, through such employees and age…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 660, the board may adopt all ordinances necessary for the regulation of the district with respect to the parking of vehicles, the speed and operation on vehicles and vessels, berthing of vessels, fire safety ashore and afloat, prohibiting t…

Before any ordinance may be adopted, the ordinance shall be published in its entirety on three separate occasions 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 district…

Every person who violates any of the provisions of a district ordinance adopted pursuant to Sections 6309 and 6309.2 is guilty of an infraction and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 143. Effective Septembe…

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 853.5) of Title 3 of Part …

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.)

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…

Any district created pursuant to this part is a public corporation created for municipal purposes. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

It has perpetual succession. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

It may sue and be sued. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

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. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)

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…