SECTIONS 31135-31142 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 31135-31142

31135. A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities
for, or may contract with others for, the collection and disposal of
the garbage, waste, and trash of the district and its inhabitants.

31136. The district may prescribe, revise, and collect rates or
other charges for the services furnished pursuant to this article.

31137. The district may provide that such rates or charges may be
collected with the water or sewer rates, or both, of the district and
that all rates shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as
one item, and that in the event of failure to pay the whole or any
part thereof, the district may discontinue any and all services for
which such bill is rendered.

31138. The district may determine that sanitary service may not be
necessary or feasible for all residents or properties within the
district and shall thereupon make a finding as to which type of
customer or area shall be excluded from service.

31139. The district shall determine the types of wastes to be
excluded from service.

31140. Any contract with other parties for the supplying of this
service for the district shall be granted by public bid for such
periods as the district determines is in the best interest of the
district. In the event of failure to receive a suitable bid, the
district may negotiate a contract for service.

31141. (a) A district may adopt ordinances relating to the
provision of sanitation services and the regulation of those
services. Every such ordinance shall be in full force and effect
immediately upon adoption, but shall be published once in full in a
newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated
in the district within 10 days after adoption, or if there be no such
newspaper it shall be posted within 10 days after adoption in three
public places within the district.
(b) The publication of ordinances, as required by subdivision (a),
may be satisfied by either of the following actions:
(1) The district may publish a summary of a proposed ordinance or
proposed amendment to an existing ordinance. The summary shall be
prepared by an official designated by the board. A summary shall be
published and a certified copy of the full text of the proposed
ordinance or proposed amendment shall be posted in the office of the
board at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the
proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be
adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment,
the board shall publish a summary of the ordinance or amendment with
the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or
amendment and the official shall post in the office of the board a
certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance or amendment
along with the names of those directors voting for and against the
ordinance or amendment.
(2) If the official designated by the board determines that it is
not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed
or adopted ordinance or amendment, and if the board so orders, a
display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page in a
newspaper of general circulation in the county shall be published at
least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed
ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within
15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, a display
advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page shall be published.
The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide
information about, the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment,
including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain
copies of the complete text of the ordinance or amendment, and the
names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or
amendment.

31142. After the posting or publication of any ordinance as
provided in Section 31141, it is a misdemeanor for any person to
violate any ordinance of the district adopted pursuant to Section
31141, and, upon conviction thereof, that person shall be punished by
being imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or
by fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600), or by both the
fine and imprisonment.