California

Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC

1,333 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 6025 — The findings of fact required to be made by the board of supervisors shall set forth: (a) The name of the proposed district as set forth in the petition.
• § 6026 — The findings are conclusive evidence of the existence of every fact so found by the board of supervisors and of the due signing and publication of the petition and of the publication or personal servi
• § 6030 — The board of supervisors shall have entered in its minutes an order finally determining and establishing the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, and it shall pass a resolution calling an ele
• § 6031 — The board of supervisors, by resolution, shall fix the date of the election, which shall not be less than 130 days from the date of its passage and it shall divide the proposed district into one or mo
• § 6032 — The board of supervisors for the first election in the proposed district and the board at any subsequent election in the district, shall appoint a board of election for each precinct, consisting of at
• § 6033 — The resolution shall also prescribe the manner of voting for or against the formation of the district, and in all particulars not recited in the resolution or otherwise provided for in this part, the
• § 6034 — The resolution shall invite the qualified voters residing in the district to vote upon the propositions of its formation and the election of a board.
• § 6035 — The ballot to be used at the election shall be substantially in the following form: (Name) Harbor District Official Ballot Instructions to voters: to vote in favor of the formation of the harbor distr
• § 6036 — The official ballot at the first election in the proposed district shall provide voting squares after the words “For the harbor district” and after the words “Against the harbor district” and shall al
• § 6037 — The resolution calling the first election and the resolution of the board calling any subsequent election shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper published, p
• § 6037.1 — Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election ca
• § 6037.2 — The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposit
• § 6037.3 — If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select on
• § 6037.4 — (a) The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entit
• § 6038 — On the day of any election held pursuant to this part, the polls at each of the polling places designated, shall be opened and closed as provided in Section 14212 of the Elections Code.
• § 6039 — When the polls are closed, the board of election in every precinct at the election to be held for the formation of the district, shall close the polls in accordance with the general laws governing the
• § 6040 — The board of supervisors at its first regular meeting after the date of the election for the formation of the district shall canvass all of the returns of the election and shall have a finding entered
• § 6041 — If from the canvass it appears and the board of supervisors finds that a majority of the votes were cast in favor of the formation of the district, it shall enter that fact upon its minutes, together
• § 6042 — The clerk of the board of supervisors shall thereupon make up and certify a copy of the minutes and order and transmit them to the Secretary of State.
• § 6043 — The Secretary of State shall file the certificate in his office and within five days thereafter execute under the great seal of the State and transmit to the clerk of the county in which the proceedin
• § 6044 — The clerk of the board of supervisors shall file the certificate in his or her office and from the filing of the certificate of the Secretary of State in the office of the clerk of the board of superv
• § 6045 — An action or proceeding shall not be thereafter maintained or prosecuted in any court whatever to test or to invalidate the formation of the district unless it is commenced in a court of competent jur
• § 605 — Where the nonresident has died prior to the commencement of a suit, action or proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter service of process shall be made on the executor or administrator of the nonre
• § 6050 — 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 th
• § 6051 — 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
• § 6052 — 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.
• § 6053 — 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 t
• § 6054 — Any qualified voter in the proposed or existing district may sign as many nomination papers as there are commissioners to be elected.
• § 6054.1 — 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
• § 6054.2 — If, pursuant to Section 6054.
• § 6054.3 — 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 no
• § 6055 — 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.
• § 6056 — 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 d
• § 606 — Proof of compliance with Section 604 shall be made in the event of service by mail by affidavit of the plaintiff or libelant or by affidavit of his attorney showing said mailing, together with the ret
• § 6060 — 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 boar
• § 6061 — The board shall fix the compensation or salary of all subordinate officers or employees of the district.
• § 6062 — 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.
• § 6063 — The board shall hold at least one meeting a month, at such time as is fixed by ordinance of the board.
• § 6064 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 607 — The court in which the suit, action or proceeding is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant or respondent reasonable opportunity to defend the suit, action or
• § 6070 — 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
• § 6070.2 — 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
• § 6070.4 — Every person who violates any of the provisions of a district ordinance adopted pursuant to Sections 6070 and 6070.
• § 6070.6 — 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 m
• § 6071 — It may employ engineers, attorneys and any other officers and employees necessary in the work of the district.
• § 6072 — It may sue and be sued in the name of the district in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 6073 — It may adopt a seal.
• § 6074 — 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
• § 6075 — 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.
• § 6076 — It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.
• § 6077 — It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness.
• § 6077.1 — 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 reso
• § 6077.2 — 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.
• § 6077.3 — It may perform the functions of warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers, reconditioners, shippers and reshippers of properties of all kinds.
• § 6077.4 — 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
• § 6077.5 — A harbor district may acquire, purchase, takeover, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate grain elevators, bunkering facilities, belt or other railroads, floating plants, lighterage, towa
• § 6077.5.5 — 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 con
• § 6077.6 — 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
• § 6078 — The board may do all other acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of its powers.
• § 6079 — 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 th
• § 608 — In the event of service of process pursuant to this chapter upon a nonresident outside this State, the person so served shall have 60 days from receipt of the notice required under Section 604 in whic
• § 6081 — By resolution, the board may provide for the creation and accumulation of a fund for capital outlays.
• § 6082 — 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
• § 6083 — 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 pr
• § 6084 — (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
• § 6084.2 — (a) A district may issue limited obligation notes after the adoption, by a four-fifths vote of all the commissioners of the board, of a resolution reciting each of the following: (1) That the resoluti
• § 6085 — Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, the Crescent City Harbor District may borrow money and incur indebtedness under Section 6077 or under Section 6084 and may accept financial or other a
• § 6086 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Port San Luis Harbor District may operate, itself only and not pursuant to a lease agreement with a third party, the portion of its property known
• § 6087 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding the borrowing limit set forth in Section 6084, the Oxnard Harbor District may borrow money by issuance of promissory notes, or execute conditional sales contracts to purchase p
• § 609 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting other methods of service of process upon nonresidents as now provided by existing laws.
• § 6090 — All bonds issued pursuant to this part and Chapter 32, Statutes of 1901, page 27, are obligations of the district and so long as the bonds are outstanding and unpaid the board of supervisors of the co
• § 6091 — The board shall, at least thirty days before the meeting of the board of supervisors at which the general tax levy is fixed, notify the board of supervisors in writing of the amount of money necessary
• § 6092 — The taxes shall be levied upon all of the taxable property within the district taxable for county purposes and are in addition to all other taxes levied for all other county purposes and shall be coll
• § 6092.5 — A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.
• § 6093 — On or before June 15 of each year, the district board shall estimate and determine the amount of money required by the harbor district and shall adopt a preliminary budget which shall be divided into
• § 6093.1 — On or before June 15 of each year, the board shall publish a notice pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code throughout the district stating both of the following: (a) That the preliminary budg
• § 6093.2 — At the time and place designated in the published notice for the meeting, any taxpayer may appear and be heard regarding the increase, decrease or omission of any item in the budget or for the inclusi
• § 6093.3 — The district board shall report the final budget to the board of supervisors after the budget hearing but not later than the first day of August each year after making any changes in the preliminary b
• § 6093.4 — The board of supervisors shall at the time of levying the county taxes, levy a tax upon all the taxable property within the district sufficient to meet the amounts set forth in the final budget submit
• § 6094 — (a) The district may, in any year, levy assessments, reassessments, or special taxes and issue bonds to finance waterway construction projects and related operations and maintenance, or operations and
• § 6095 — All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.
• § 61 — The department may take such action as may be necessary to take advantage of any act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted which may be of assistance in carrying out the purposes of this divisio
• § 61.2 — For the purposes of this division, the department may receive and accept for the state any gift, devise, grant or other conveyance of title to or any interest in real property.
• § 61.4 — The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the department federal grants for the purposes for which the department is established.
• § 61.6 — The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration of the statutes the administration of which is commit
• § 61.8 — The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other property, real or personal, held for the ben
• § 6100 — Pursuant to this chapter a district may create a revenue bond indebtedness for the acquisition and construction, or acquisition or construction of any improvements or property or facilities contained
• § 6101 — The issuance of said bonds shall be authorized by ordinance adopted by two-thirds of all the members of the board, to take effect upon its publication.
• § 6102 — The secretary shall publish said ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation printed in said district, and if there is none, then in such newspaper published in the county in which said distr
• § 6103 — The ordinance shall specify the total amount, denomination, method of maturity, and the rate or maximum rate of interest of the bonds, whether other parity revenue bonds may be issued, and in general
• § 6104 — The proceeds of said bonds shall be placed in an account in the treasury of the district to be entitled ____ Harbor District Revenue Construction Fund No.
• § 6105 — (a) The lien of the bonds of the same issue shall be prior and superior to all revenue bonds subsequently issued.
• § 6106 — Proceedings for the issuance of the bonds shall commence, the board shall have those powers and duties, and the bondholders shall have those rights and remedies provided in Sections 54344 to 54346, in
• § 6110 — There may be annexed to a district any of the following territory which is in the same county as the district, or in any other county: a.
• § 62 — The department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of personal property under its jurisdiction, and may contract with other public agencie
• § 62.4 — Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or in error, or whenever a refund of all or a portion of suc
• § 62.6 — The department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may procure insurance on vessels owned or operated by the department against the usual hazards in addition to the special hazar
• § 62.8 — For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department may issue publications, construct and maintain exhibits, and perform such acts and
• § 62.9 — Upon request, the department shall make available to persons owning or operating small craft harbors, such information as is available to the commission concerning the following: (a) The maintenance a
• § 6200 — “District,” as used in this part, refers to any port district formed pursuant to this part.
• § 6201 — “Board,” as used in this part, means the board of port commissioners described in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6240).
• § 6202 — This part does not repeal, modify or otherwise affect the provisions of any other law relating to port or harbor districts, and no other law providing for the creation of port or harbor districts repe
• § 6203 — Any property owned by any city which is used or held for the purpose of aiding or developing navigation, commerce or fishing may be transferred to the district to be used for the same purposes, and an
• § 6204 — If any land under a navigable stream is by virtue of any work or improvement by the United States or the State, freed from the easement of navigation and fishing, it reverts to the district, to be use
• § 6205 — If the district is dissolved, lands which were granted to it by a municipal corporation revert to that municipal corporation.
• § 6210 — A district may be organized pursuant to this part.
• § 6211 — The formation of a district is initiated by a petition presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district is situated.
• § 6212 — The petition shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the proposed boundaries and it shall pray that the territory included be created a district pursuant to this part.
• § 6213 — Upon presentation, the petition shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, and upon filing, or at its next regular meeting, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing it, wh
• § 6214 — A notice of the time and place of the hearing of the petition, including a copy of the petition, excepting the names thereon, shall be published at least four times in a newspaper of general circulati
• § 6215 — At the hearing of the petition, the board of supervisors shall hear those appearing in support, and all protests or objections.
• § 6215.5 — If the board of supervisors finds that protests have been made, prior to its final determination for formation of the district, by the owners of real property within the proposed district the assessed
• § 6216 — The board of supervisors may make such changes in the proposed boundaries of the district as are advisable, and it shall define and establish the boundaries.
• § 6217 — The boundaries of any district shall be fixed by the board of supervisors so as not to include more than fifty square miles of unincorporated territory.
• § 6218 — At the time of making its order fixing the boundaries of the district the board of supervisors shall call an election to determine whether the proposed district shall be organized.
• § 6230 — An election shall be held within 130 days of the call, to determine whether the district shall be organized.
• § 6231 — The board of supervisors shall canvass the results of the election and if a majority of those voting have voted “yes” the proposition is carried, and the board of supervisors shall certify the result
• § 6232 — A certified copy of the certificate filed with the Secretary of State, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the district is situated.
• § 6233 — Any informality in procedure or in the conduct of the election shall not invalidate the establishment of the district.
• § 6240 — The district shall be governed by a board of port commissioners.
• § 6240.3 — (a) The Stockton Port District shall be governed by a board of port commissioners consisting of seven members who shall have the qualifications prescribed by Section 6244.
• § 6240.5 — The Santa Cruz Port District shall be governed by a board of port commissioners consisting of five members, elected by the district at large, each of whom shall be an elector of the district at the ti
• § 6241 — These appointments shall be made within thirty days after the formation of the district.
• § 6241.1 — Port districts in Ventura County shall be governed by a board of port commissioners consisting of five members appointed by the mayor of the municipal corporation in the district, with the approval of
• § 6242 — A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the body which appointed the commissioner whose office is vacated, and the new appointee shall hold his office for the unexpired term.
• § 6243 — Each commissioner shall, within ten days after 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 author
• § 6244 — A person shall not be appointed a member of the board unless he is, at the time of his appointment, a taxpayer within the district and has resided within the district for at least one year.
• § 6245 — The term of office of each commissioner is four years from the time of his appointment, except that the chairman first appointed shall hold office for two years, and the remaining commissioners first
• § 6246 — The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on propositions passed upon by the board.
• § 6247 — The first meeting of the board shall be held within ten days of the appointment of its chairman.
• § 6248 — The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the chairman.
• § 6249 — The board may prescribe rules and regulations pertaining to the selection of officers and employees of the district, other than the auditor.
• § 6250 — 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 th
• § 6251 — The commissioners shall serve without salary or compensation.
• § 6252 — 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 suc
• § 6253 — 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.
• § 6254 — 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
• § 6255 — The board shall annually file a report of the affairs and financial condition of the district for the preceding year.
• § 6270 — 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.
• § 6271 — A grant of a franchise or lease of property of the district shall not be made for a longer period than 50 years.
• § 6272 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 6273 — The district may itself, without letting contracts therefor, do work and make improvements.
• § 6275 — 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 con
• § 6276 — (a) In lieu of the benefits afforded pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) and Division 4.
• § 6290 — A district created under this part is a public corporation created for municipal purposes.
• § 6291 — It has perpetual succession.
• § 6292 — It may sue and be sued.
• § 6293 — It may adopt a seal.
• § 6294 — 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, necess
• § 6295 — A district may acquire, purchase, takeover, construct, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate wharves, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, bunkering facilities, belt railroads, floating plants, ligh
• § 6296 — 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.
• § 6297 — It may incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for its purposes.
• § 6298 — It may levy and collect or cause to be levied or collected taxes as in this part provided.
• § 6299 — 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 an
• § 63.2 — 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.
• § 63.4 — 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 projec
• § 63.9 — 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
• § 630 — The operator of every privately or publicly owned marina or small craft harbor, or facilities in connection therewith, furnishing electrical power to slips or berths for use aboard any vessel, may pro
• § 6300 — 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 co
• § 6301 — 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
• § 6302 — 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
• § 6302.5 — (a) This section is applicable only within the Santa Cruz Port District.
• § 6303 — A district may provide for the opening and laying out of streets leading to the waterfront.
• § 6304 — 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 accommoda
• § 6304.1 — 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 i
• § 6305 — 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 con
• § 6306 — 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.
• § 6307 — It may perform the functions of warehousemen, stevedores, lighterers, reconditioners, shippers and reshippers of properties of all kinds.
• § 6308 — 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 distr
• § 6309 — 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 vehicle
• § 6309.2 — 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 an
• § 6309.4 — Every person who violates any of the provisions of a district ordinance adopted pursuant to Sections 6309 and 6309.
• § 6309.6 — 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 m
• § 6310 — 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
• § 6311 — 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 sh
• § 6330 — A district may create a bonded debt pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of Division 4 of Title 4 of the Government Code.
• § 6331 — Bonds issued by any district pursuant to this part are legal investments for all trust funds, and for the funds of all insurers, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies, and for the St
• § 6340 — Pursuant to this article a district may create a revenue bond indebtedness for the acquisition and construction, or acquisition or construction of any improvements or property or facilities contained
• § 6341 — The issuance of said bonds shall be authorized by ordinance adopted by two-thirds of all the members of the board, to take effect upon its publication.
• § 6342 — The secretary shall publish said ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation printed in said district, and if there is none, then in such newspaper published in the county in which said distr
• § 6343 — Said ordinance shall specify the total amount, denomination, method of maturity, and the rate or maximum rate of interest of said bonds, and in general terms, the acquisitions and improvements to be c
• § 6344 — The proceeds of said bonds shall be placed in an account in the treasury of the district to be entitled ____ Port District Revenue Construction Fund No.
• § 6345 — The lien of said bonds of the same issue shall be prior and superior to all revenue bonds subsequently issued.
• § 6346 — Proceedings for the issuance of said bonds shall be had, the board shall have such powers and duties, and the bondholders shall have such rights and remedies, all in substantial accordance with and wi
• § 6350 — Pursuant to this article, the Stockton Port District may also create an additional bonded debt up to but not in excess of 3 percent of the assessed value of all taxable real and personal property with
• § 6350.1 — This bonded indebtedness may be created solely for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition or construction of revenue-producing harbor improvements of a self-liquidating character.
• § 6350.2 — All bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be authorized by ordinance passed by two-thirds of all of the members of the board concurred in by ordinance of the Stockton City Council.
• § 6350.3 — The bonds shall be payable within 30 years from their date and shall mature serially at such times as may be fixed by the board, but the earliest maturity of the principal of the bonds shall be fixed
• § 6350.4 — The bonds may be issued in such denominations as the board determines, except that no bond shall be of a denomination less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor of a greater denomination than one thousa
• § 6350.5 — If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his signature or countersignature is never
• § 6350.6 — The form of the bonds shall be prescribed by the board and they shall be signed by the officer or officers that the board designates.
• § 6350.7 — The income and revenue derived or to be realized from the harbor improvement acquired or to be acquired from the proceeds of the bonds shall be deposited in a special fund and kept separate and apart
• § 6350.8 — The special fund shall be applied, secondly, to the creation of a sinking fund, herein designated as “sinking fund,” to provide for the payment of the principal of the bonds at or before their maturit
• § 6350.9 — Any additional revenues over and above the amounts required to be deposited in the interest fund and the sinking fund, may be deposited in an operation fund, herein designated as “operation fund,” to
• § 6351 — Surplus revenues in the operation fund may be deposited either in the interest fund or the sinking fund, but money allocated to the interest fund or the sinking fund shall not be transferred to any ot
• § 6351.5 — The board, in and by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds, shall hypothecate and allocate all of the revenues to be realized from the revenue-producing harbor improvement to be acquired
• § 6352 — Whenever the revenues of the district are, or in the opinion of the board will be insufficient to provide for the payment in full of the principal or interest on the bonds, the board may, and if the r
• § 6353 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that because of the unique, complex problems existing with respect to the Stockton Port District, as a large inland port district, it is necessary that specia
• § 6355 — Whenever, upon the creation of a district any municipality therein or any county in which the district is located which has theretofore authorized or incurred a bonded indebtedness for any work or imp
• § 6360 — On or before June first of each year, the port director shall submit to the board a detailed statement of the money required for the ensuing fiscal year for the purpose of conducting the business of t