SECTIONS 11501-11509 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 11501-11509

11501. This division may be cited as the "Municipal Utility
District Act."

11502. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of
this article govern the construction of this division.

11503. "District" means a municipal utility district formed under
this division or under Chapter 218 of the Statutes of 1921, as
originally enacted or subsequently amended; "special district" means
a special district for sewage disposal or solid waste resource
recovery purposes created under this division or under Chapter 218 of
the Statutes of 1921, as originally enacted or subsequently amended;
and "board" means the board of directors of a district.

11504. "Public agency" includes a city, county water district,
county sanitation district, or sanitary district.

11505. "Voter" means any elector who is registered under the
Elections Code.

11506. "Sewage disposal" means the acquisition, construction,
enlargement, operation, and maintenance of intercepting sewers,
sewage treatment works, pumping plants, outfall sewers, and
appurtenances.

11507. "Percent of the total vote cast," when used with reference
to the requirements of any petition or nomination paper, means
percent of the total vote cast, exclusive of absent voter ballots,
within the proposed district, district, proposed special district,
special district, or territory proposed to be annexed to a district,
as the case may be at the last general state election.

11508. "Solid Waste Resource Recovery" means the acquisition,
construction, enlargement, operation, and maintenance of facilities
for the purpose of collecting, reducing, separating, recovering,
converting, and recycling solid waste, and for the purpose of
disposing of solid waste residues.

11509. "Electricity district" means a municipal utility district
formed under this division that furnishes electricity to more than
100,000 customers.