SECTIONS 39790-39794 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 39790-39794

39790. As used in this article, "facility" means any works, road,
railroad, tramway, power plant, telegraph or telephone line, or other
necessary works or structures.

39791. A city may construct, equip, use, maintain, and operate any
facility, within or without the city or the county where the city is
located, for the preparation, manufacture, handling, or transporting
of any materials or supplies required in the construction or
completion by the city of any public work, improvement, or utility.

39792. For the purpose of constructing, equipping, using,
maintaining, or operating any facility, the city may lease or acquire
by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise and hold and use any land,
rights of way, water, water rights, quarry, gravel bed, other mineral
deposits, or any other necessary property, within or without the
city or the county where the city is located.

39793. When authorized by a two-thirds vote of the members of its
legislative body at a regular meeting, a city, for the purpose of
breaking, crushing, or otherwise preparing gravel or rock to be used
in making, paving, improving, or repairing its streets, may do any
and all of the following:
(a) Acquire, lease, purchase, and operate any gravel bed or quarry
within the county where the city is situated.
(b) Equip and operate a plant for preparing gravel or rock at the
gravel bed or quarry, or within the city.
(c) Acquire, lease, or purchase and maintain all necessary roads,
rights of way, and tramways over which to transport gravel or rock
from the gravel bed or quarry to the city, and all necessary
appliances for that purpose.

39794. This article does not extend or enlarge any limitation
prescribed by law or charter upon taxation, expenditure of public
funds, or the incurring of indebtedness by a city.