SECTIONS 74500-74511 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 74500-74511

74500. A district may:
(a) Have perpetual succession.
(b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.

74501. A district may make contracts and do all acts necessary for
the full exercise of its powers.

74502. A district may appoint and employ such engineer or engineers
and such attorney or attorneys as the board deems necessary or
advisable to accomplish the purposes of the district.

74503. A district may employ and hire such men, teams, tools,
implements, machinery, and equipment as the board deems expedient or
advisable to perform the work which it deems necessary or advisable
to accomplish the purposes of the district.

74504. A district shall cause such work to be done and shall
acquire such property as the board deems necessary or advisable to
accomplish the purposes of the district, and the board shall estimate
the cost thereof, together with rights-of-way for the purpose of
ingress to and egress from the works of the district.

74505. A district shall provide for the payment, from the proper
fund, of all the debts and just claims against the district.

74506. A district may disseminate information concerning the
rights, properties, activities, plans, and proposals of the district;
provided, however, that expenditures during any fiscal year for such
purposes shall not exceed three cents ($0.03) for each one hundred
dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of the district.

74507. A district may vote bonds, cause assessments to be levied,
cause elections to be held for the voting of bonds, or on the
question of special assessments.
If special assessments are voted, the district may cause them to
be levied, as provided by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 75390)
of Part 8 of this division, for the purpose of paying any obligation
of the district, and for the purpose of raising money to further
accomplish the purposes of this division in the manner provided in
this division.

74508. A district may levy and collect a ground water charge for
the production of water from the ground water supplies within the
district or within a zone or zones thereof in the manner prescribed
in Part 9 (commencing with Section 75500) of this division.

74509. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may,
by resolution of the board of the district, change the name of the
district. Such changed name shall include the words "Water
Conservation District."

74510. A district may construct, operate, and maintain one or more
plants, which plants are constructed after the effective date of this
section, for the generation of hydroelectric power and transmission
lines for the conveyance thereof. Construction of the plants or
plants and transmission lines may be financed by the issuance of
revenue bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (commencing
with Section 54300 of the Government Code) or any other method of
financing district works as provided in this division.

74511. The hydroelectric plant or plants and transmission lines
constructed pursuant to Section 74510 may be leased for operation to,
or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility or public
agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of electricity. The
power generated may be used by the district for its own purposes, or
for the production or transmission of water, but shall not be offered
for sale directly by the district to customers other than a public
utility or public agency.