SECTIONS 17010-17013 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 17010-17013

17010. Whenever, in the opinion of the board, the public interest
or convenience may require, it may order to be done in, under, or
upon the whole or any portion of any one or more of the streets or
public places of the district, or any property or rights-of-way owned
by the district, any work or improvement which the district is
authorized to do and provide that the cost thereof shall be assessed
upon the lots and lands fronting on the streets or public places, or
upon any district which may be assessed therefor, and which need not
be composed of lands contiguous to each other. The Improvement Act of
1911, the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, and the Improvement
Bond Act of 1915, as now or hereafter provided, are applicable to
districts.

17011. In the application of said acts to proceedings under this
section the terms used in said acts shall have the following
meanings:
(a) "City council" and "council" mean board;
(b) "City" and "municipality" mean district;
(c) "Clerk" and "city clerk" mean secretary;
(d) "Superintendent of streets" and "street superintendent" and
"city engineer" mean the engineer of the district, or any other
person appointed to perform such duties;
(e) "Tax collector" means county tax collector;
(f) "Treasurer" and "city treasurer" mean the treasurer of the
public utility district, unless the district elects to use the county
treasurer as provided in Section 16036, in which case it is the
county treasurer as ex officio treasurer of the district;
(g) "Right-of-way" means any parcel of land in, on, under or
through which a right-of-way or easement has been granted to the
district for the purpose of constructing or maintaining or work or
improvements which the district is authorized to do.

17012. The powers and duties conferred by said acts and
supplementary acts upon boards, officers, and agents of cities shall
be exercised by the board, officers, and agents of the district,
respectively.

17013. The improvements authorized to be constructed or acquired by
this chapter are restricted to those permitted to be constructed or
acquired pursuant to this division.