Title HNC, California Harb. & Nav. Code

A district may provide for the opening and laying out of streets leading to the waterfront. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 27.)

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. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

If a person elected fails to qualify, the office shall be filled as if there were a vacancy in the office. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

All vacancies occurring in the office of director shall be filled by appointment by the remaining directors. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

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. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

Each director elected or appointed shall hold office until his successor qualifies. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

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…

If a collision is occasioned by failure to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, the owner of the vessel by which the rule is infringed can not recover compensation for damages sustained by the vessel unless the circumstances of the case made a departure from the rule ne…

Damage to person or property arising from the failure of a vessel to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, shall be deemed to have been occasioned by the wilful default of the person in charge of the deck at the time, unless the circumstances of the case made a departure…

Losses caused by collision are to be borne as follows: (a) If either party was exclusively in fault he shall bear his own loss, and he shall compensate the other for any loss he has sustained. (b) If neither was in fault, the loss shall be borne by him upon whom it falls. (c) If …

Where damage arises out of, or is caused directly and proximately by, the acts of an owner or operator, without the interposition of any external or independent agency which could not reasonably be foreseen, any owner or operator of any vessel engaged in the commercial transporta…

(a) Any person responsible for natural gas, oil, drilling waste, or exploration, as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (g), shall be absolutely liable without regard to fault for any damages incurred by any injured party which arise out of, or are caused by, the discharge or…

The board of supervisors of any county in which there is a port of entry or harbor, for which there is not otherwise provided quarantine regulations, may by an ordinance adopt the whole or any part of the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Part 1 of Divison VI, of this code…

Sheriffs and all persons employed by them or aiding in the recovery and preservation of wrecked property, are entitled to a reasonable allowance as salvage for their services, and to all expenses incurred by them in their performance, out of the property saved. The officer having…

Every officer to whom an order for the delivery of wrecked property or the payment of its proceeds is directed, shall present to the claimant of the property or proceeds, a written statement of the claims for salvage and expenses. If the claimant refuses to allow that amount, it …

If, in any case, the amount of salvage and expenses is not settled by agreement, on the application of the owner or consignee of the property, or the master or supercargo having charge at the time of the wreck, or of a claimant having an order for the property, or of a person cla…

The fees and expenses of the contest shall be paid by the person upon whose application it was had, and are a charge on the property saved. Each referee is entitled to such per diem and expenses as the court may order. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

Any person, other than the master, mate, or a seaman of a wrecked vessel, who rescues it, or its appurtenances or cargo from danger, is entitled to a reasonable compensation, to be paid out of the property saved. He shall have a lien for salvage upon the vessel and its appurtenan…

The board is the governing body of the district. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

The powers of the district shall, except as otherwise provided in this part, be exercised by the board. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

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. (Added by …

At its organization meeting the board may transact any business of the district. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2006.)

A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

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. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

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. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

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:”. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

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. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

The board shall establish rules for its proceedings. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

The board may adopt a seal for the district and alter it at pleasure. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1598.)

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…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) A “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation by water. (b) “Marine debris” is a vessel or part of…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, marine debris that is floating, sunk, partially sunk, or beached in or on a public waterway, public beach, or on state tidelands or submerged lands may be removed and destroyed, or otherwise disposed of, by any state, county, city, or other …

On or before January 1, 2017, the State Lands Commission shall adopt, at a public meeting and after consultation with interested state and local agencies, best management practices for salvage of marine debris. These best management practices shall be published by the State Lands…

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. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 378.)