SECTIONS 71300-71314 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 71300-71314

71300. All powers, privileges, and duties of a district shall be
exercised and performed by the board.

71301. Any executive, administrative, and ministerial powers may be
delegated and redelegated by the board to any of the offices created
by this part or by the board.

71302. The board may fix the time and place or places at which its
regular meetings will be held, and shall provide for the calling and
holding of special meetings.

71303. The board may fix the location of the principal place of
business of the district and the location of all offices and
departments maintained under this division.

71304. The board may prescribe by ordinance a system of business
administration.

71305. The board may create any necessary offices and establish and
re-establish the powers, duties, and compensation of all officers
and employees.

71306. The board may require and fix the amount of all official
bonds necessary for the protection of the funds and property of the
district.

71307. The board may prescribe by ordinance a system of civil
service.

71308. The board may by ordinance delegate and redelegate to the
officers of the district the power to employ clerical, legal, and
engineering assistants and labor.

71309. The board may by ordinance delegate and redelegate to
officers of the district, under such conditions and restrictions as
shall be fixed by the board, the power to bind the district by
contract.

71310. The board may prescribe a method of auditing and allowing or
rejecting claims and demands.

71311. The board shall designate a depository or depositories to
have the custody of the funds of the district. All such depositories
shall give security sufficient to secure the district against
possible loss and shall pay the warrants drawn by the treasurer for
demands against the district under such rules as the directors may
prescribe.

71312. The board of a district in existence on the effective date
of this section shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State
on or before January 1, 1964, listing:
(a) The name of the district.
(b) The date of formation.
(c) The county in which the district is located, and a description
of the boundaries of the district, or reference to a map showing
such boundaries, which map shall be attached to the certificate, or
reference to the county recorder's office where a description of such
boundaries has been recorded.
If the order declaring the district organized contains all of the
information required to be in the certificate, the board may file a
copy of the order in lieu of the certificate.
If the certificate filed with the Secretary of State stating that
the proposition for formation of the district was adopted contains
all of the information required by this section, no further
certificate need be filed.

71312.5. A district may issue bonds, borrow money, and incur
indebtedness as authorized by law or this division.

71313. A district may refund such bonds, loans, or indebtedness (by
the issuance of the same obligations following the same procedure)
or retire any indebtedness or lien that may exist against the
district or its property.

71314. A district may insure its directors, officers, assistants,
employees, agents, and deputies for injury, death, or disability
incurred while engaged in the business of the district and the cost
of such insurance is a proper charge against the district. Such
insurance is in addition to any compensation secured under the
provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor
Code and inuring to the benefit of the director, officer, deputy,
assistant, employee, or agent, or his beneficiary or heir.