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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 6510-6523.3



6510.  A district may use a seal, alterable at the pleasure of the
board.


6511.  It may sue and be sued by its name.



6512.  (a) A district may acquire, plan, construct, reconstruct,
alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate garbage
dumpsites and garbage collection and disposal systems, sewers,
drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment
works and other sanitary disposal systems, and storm water drains and
storm water collection, outfall and disposal systems, and water
recycling and distribution systems, as the board deems necessary and
proper, and in the performance of these functions, either in or out
of the district, it may join through joint powers agreements pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, or through other means
with any county or municipality or any other district or governmental
agency.
   (b) Before any garbage dump is established, the location shall
first be approved by the county health officer, and, in addition, if
the location is within two miles of any city, the consent of the
governing body of the city shall first be secured.
   (c) (1) If the district includes any part of a city, water
district, or other local agency that provides water service to any
territory in the district, the district shall not supply water
service to the territory unless the district first obtains the
consent of the city, water district, or other local agency. The
consent shall not be revoked, if the revocation will result in a
decrease of the revenues available to pay the outstanding bonds of
the district.
   (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the provision of recycled
water by a district.
   (3) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), a district may not supply
water service using recycled water to the territory of any part of a
city, water district, or other local public entity providing water
service, or commence construction of facilities for that service,
prior to offering to consult with that city, water district, or other
local public entity, and providing notification of availability for
consultation. The obligation to consult terminates if that local
public entity providing water service fails to make itself available
for consultation within 60 days of written notification to that local
public entity.
   (B) The consultation and notification requirements described in
subparagraph (A) do not apply to a district if the district, prior to
supplying water or commencing construction as described in
subparagraph (A), provides notification to the local public entity
pursuant to Section 65604 of the Government Code or submits a written
request to the local public entity pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 13580 of the Water Code.
   (d) The Department of Water Resources may assist sanitary
districts in applying for, and in obtaining approval of, federal and
state funding and permits for cost-effective water recycling projects
and shall confer and cooperate with the legislative body of the
district during the application and approval process.



6512.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose
of furnishing water in the district for any present or future
beneficial use, the Winton Sanitary District may exercise any of the
powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire,
operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights,
and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make
use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county
water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division
12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). However, the
Winton Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in
all respects as a sanitary district under the provisions of this
part, and the provisions of this section are intended only to vest
additional powers in the district which the district may elect to
exercise.



6512.6.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose
of furnishing water in the district for any present or future
beneficial use, the Lost Hills Sanitary District may exercise any of
the powers of a county water district, including the power to
acquire, operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property,
rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store,
or make use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner
as county water districts formed under the County Water District Law
(Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code).
However, the Lost Hills Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to
be governed in all respects as a sanitary district under the
provisions of this part, and the provisions of this section are
intended only to vest additional powers in the district which the
district may elect to exercise.



6512.7.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 6512 and the
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000
(Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the
Government Code), for the purpose of furnishing water in the district
for any present or future beneficial use, the Montara Sanitary
District may, pursuant to subdivision (b), exercise any of the powers
of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate,
finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights and
privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store or make use
of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county
water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division
12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). The Montara
Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in all
respects as a sanitary district under this part, and the provisions
of this section are intended only to vest additional powers in the
district which the district may elect to exercise.
   (b) If the governing body of the Montara Sanitary District
determines, by resolution, entered in the minutes, that it is
feasible, economically sound, and in the public interest for the
district to exercise the powers specified in subdivision (a), the
governing body shall submit to the electors of the district the
question of whether the district should adopt those additional
powers. The question submitted to the electors shall be in
substantially the following form: "Shall the Montara Sanitary
District exercise the powers of a county water district for the
purpose of furnishing water in the district " The district may
exercise those powers only if a majority of the voters voting on the
proposition vote in favor of the question. The costs of that
election, including any additional costs incurred by the County of
San Mateo for purposes of meeting legal requirements directly
associated with the conduct of the election, shall be borne by the
district.
   (c) If the electors of the district authorize the district to
exercise the powers specified in subdivision (a), the district shall
include in any revenue plan developed as part of its exercise of
those powers an item to reimburse the County of San Mateo the sum of
one hundred eighteen thousand dollars ($118,000) for costs incurred
with respect to its effort to acquire the existing water system
serving the Montara Sanitary District service area. Reimbursement to
the county shall occur within 180 days after the district receives
any revenues from the sale of bonds, the levy of assessments, or the
receipt of any other revenues to be used by the district in the
exercise of its powers pursuant to this section.
   (d) If the Montara Sanitary District assumes authority to exercise
the powers of a county water district pursuant to this section,
thereafter the district shall be subject to the
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000
(Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the
Government Code).
   (e) In enacting this section it is the intent of the Legislature
that any service by the Montara Sanitary District not affect the
approval or development of a project that includes units for lower
income persons, as defined in Section 50079.5, and persons and
families of moderate income, as defined in Section 50093.
   (f) Upon request of the governing body of the Montara Sanitary
District, the County of San Mateo shall provide the district with all
books, papers, records, documents and other information, including
all writings as defined in Section 250 of the Evidence Code,
resulting from, or produced by, the expenditure of funds by the
county to determine if the acquisition of the existing water system
serving the Montara Sanitary District service area is feasible.



6513.  It may permit the use of any property of the district by any
county or municipality, or any other district or governmental agency.



6514.  It may, for the purposes specified in this part, acquire by
purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, such
real and personal property and rights of way, either within or
without the limits of the district, as in the judgment of the board
are necessary or proper to the exercise of its powers, and
particularly for the purpose of permitting ingress to and egress from
such real or personal property, and pay for and hold them, and it
may dispose of such of its property as the board finds to be no
longer required for the purposes of the district.
   The district shall not condemn property outside of the county or
counties in which it is located unless the board of supervisors of
each county in which such property is located has consented to such
acquisition by resolution.



6514.1.  (a) A district may lease, for a term not exceeding 99
years, subject to periodic review, district property that will not be
needed for district purposes during the term of the lease, as a
means of providing revenues to the district for the operation and
maintenance of sanitary sewer system and waste water treatment and
disposal facilities of the district, and to finance the acquisition,
construction, and improvement of these facilities.
   (b) Prior to entering into a lease, the board shall, except as
otherwise provided in subdivision (e), publish notice pursuant to
Section 6066 of the Government Code of the time and place of the
meeting of the board at which the proposed lease will be considered,
and at that time and place shall afford all persons present an
opportunity to be heard with respect to the proposed lease.
   (c) If the board finds that the subject property will not be
needed by the district and that it is in the best interests of the
district and the users of its sanitary sewer system that the lease be
entered into, it may, by ordinance setting forth the findings,
authorize the lease. The ordinance shall be subject to Article 2
(commencing with Section 9340) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the
Elections Code.
   (d) Every lease shall be awarded to the bidder which, in the
determination of the legislative body, offers the greatest economic
return to the district after competitive bidding conducted in the
manner determined by the legislative body. Notice inviting bids may
be published pursuant to Section 6066, in one or more newspapers of
general circulation within the district.
   (e) If the board makes a finding at a noticed public hearing that
the subject property will be used for compatible uses, that it will
be of public benefit, and that the term of the lease will not exceed
10 years, subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be optional.



6515.  It may make and accept contracts, deeds, releases, and
documents that, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper
in the exercise of any of the powers of the district.



6516.  It may pay lawful claims and demands against it.



6517.  It may employ and pay necessary agents and assistants.



6518.  It may lay its sewers and drains in any public street or road
in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make all
necessary and proper excavations, restoring it to proper condition.
The work of restoring and repairing any such public street or road in
the county shall be done under the supervision and control of the
county engineer or road commissioner at the cost of the district, and
in accordance with the standards established by ordinance of the
board of supervisors for restoring and repairing county roads. If the
street or road is in a city the consent of the proper city
authorities shall first be obtained. If the street or road is in the
unincorporated area of the county, the consent of the proper county
authorities shall first be obtained.



6518.5.  It may collect waste and garbage.



6519.  It may call and conduct all necessary or proper elections.



6520.  It may compel all residents and property owners in the
district to connect their houses and habitations and structures
requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service with the sewers and
storm drains in streets and to use the garbage collection and
disposal system.



6520.1.  It may prohibit any resident or property owner in the
district from connecting any house, habitation, or structure
requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service to any privately
owned sewer or storm drain in the district.



6520.2.  It may require any resident or property owner in the
district who desires to have any house, habitation, or structure
connected to a sewer or drainage disposal line owned by the district
to pay his proportionate share of the cost of the line, either by an
increased installation charge or by other arrangement with the
district, if he did not contribute to the cost of the acquisition,
construction, or installation of the line by the district.



6520.3.  Any sanitary district and any county may enter into a
contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of
locating, removing, repairing, or relocating any facilities owned or
to be owned by either party on the roads or other property of the
other in such proportion and upon such terms as the governing boards
of the parties shall determine to be equitable.



6520.5.  It may, by an order approved by a two-thirds vote of the
members of the board, prescribe, revise and collect, fees, tolls,
rates, rentals, or other charges for services and facilities
furnished by it in connection with its sanitation or sewerage
systems. Revenues derived by the district under the provisions of
this section may be used for any purpose except the acquisition or
construction of additional local street sewers or laterals which are
an augmentation to an existing sewer system.



6520.6.  The district board may, by resolution, abandon action for
the collection of any district tax assessment, connection charge,
service charge, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, fine, or other money
owed the district under this part or pursuant to any other provision
of law which the district board determines is in an amount too small
to justify the cost of collection. Such a resolution shall discharge
all district officers and employees, and any other public officer or
employee charged with the collection thereof, from further
accountability with respect to collection of the amount owed.
However, the resolution shall not extinguish the claim nor constitute
a release of any person from liability for the payment of any
amounts which are due and owing.
   The addition of this section does not constitute a change in, but
is declaratory of, the preexisting law.


6520.7.  It may sell, or otherwise dispose of, any water, sewage
effluent, fertilizer, or other byproduct resulting from the operation
of a sewerage system, sewage disposal plant, refuse disposal plant
or process, or treatment plant, and construct, maintain, and operate
such pipelines and other works as may be necessary for that purpose.
   The addition of this section made at the 1972 Regular Session of
the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory
of, the existing law.



6520.9.  It may construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines or
other works as may be necessary to conserve and put to beneficial use
any water or recycled effluent recovered from the operation of the
wastewater system, plant, or works, by sale or disposition for
agricultural or industrial purposes, or by discharging or spreading
the water or recycled effluent in such a manner as to percolate into
the underground gravels and replenish the natural water resources.
   The addition of this section made at the 1972 Regular Session of
the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory
of, the existing law.


6520.10.  On or before August 10, the board may certify to the board
of supervisors and county auditor a statement of any delinquent and
unpaid charges for sewer and other services, or either, requested in
writing by the owner of the property that remain delinquent and
unpaid for a period of 60 days or more on July 1.
   The amount of any charges for sewer and other services, or either,
included in the statement of delinquent and unpaid charges shall be
added to and become a part of the annual taxes next levied upon the
property for which the sewer service was provided and upon the
property subject to the charges for any other district services and
shall constitute a lien on that property as of the same time and in
the same manner as does the tax lien securing the annual taxes. All
laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of ad
valorem taxes shall be applicable to the charges, except that if any
real property to which the lien would attach has been transferred or
conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona
fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon
prior to the date on which the first installment of the taxes would
become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by
this section shall not attach to the real property and the charges
relating to the property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll
for collection. The county shall deduct from the charges collected an
amount sufficient to compensate the county for costs incurred in
collecting the delinquent and unpaid charges. The amount of the
compensation shall be fixed by agreement between the board of
supervisors and the district's board of directors.



6520.11.  A district shall notify the assessee shown on the latest
equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for
sewer and other services, or either, which could become a lien on the
property pursuant to Section 6520.10 remain delinquent and unpaid
for 60 days.


6520.12.  In the event any charges for sewer and other services, or
either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the
discretion of the district be secured at any time by recording in the
office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate
specifying the amount of the charges and the name and address of the
person liable therefor.
   From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount
required to be paid together with interest and penalty constitutes a
lien upon all real property in the county owned by the person or
afterwards, and before the lien expires, acquired by him or her. The
lien has the force, priority, and effect of a judgment lien and shall
continue for 10 years from the date of the recording of the
certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien
may, within 10 years from the recording of the certificate or within
10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the
manner herein provided, be extended by recording a new certificate in
the office of the county recorder of any county and from the time of
the recording the lien shall be extended to the real property in the
county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.




6521.  It may make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations
for:
   (a) The removal of garbage.
   (b) The cleanliness of the roads and streets of the district.
   (c) All other sanitary purposes not in conflict with the laws of
this State.



6521.5.  Any district may exercise the power granted to sanitation
districts by Section 4765 of this code.



6522.  It may do any act necessary or proper to the complete
exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for
which it is formed.


6522.1.  No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates or
prescribes standards for the installation of plumbing inside of
buildings and structures, shall be effective within any county, city
and county, or city which has adopted an ordinance, regulation, or
code incorporated in an ordinance governing such installations.




6523.  A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to
exceed 30 days, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars
($1,000), or by both.


6523.1.  It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee
the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether
heretofore or hereafter incurred; and also refund or retire any
public indebtedness or lien that may exist or be created against the
district or any property therein which shall have arisen out of the
transaction of the affairs of the district.



6523.2.  In order to effect its powers, it may enter upon private
property for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of sanitary
and waste disposal facilities and may terminate service to property
in which a violation of any rule or regulation is found to exist.
   Prior to termination of service, however, the district board shall
notify, in writing, the owner and tenant, if any, of such property
that service is intended to be so terminated and conduct a hearing
thereon as herein provided. Such notice shall be mailed to the owner
at the address shown on the records of the assessor of the county or
as known to the clerk, and a copy shall be delivered to the tenant or
posted conspicuously on the property. The notice shall state the
date of proposed termination of service and the reasons therefor and
the date the district board shall hold a hearing upon such intended
termination. Such hearing shall not be held less than 10 days
subsequent to the giving of notice as herein required.



6523.3.  In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the
district, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of
the district. The cost of such correction may be added to any sewer
service charge payable by the person violating the ordinance or the
owner or tenant of the property upon which the violation occurred,
and the district shall have such remedies for the collection of such
costs as it has for the collection of sewer service charges. The
district may also petition the superior court for the issuance of a
preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, as may be appropriate,
restraining any person from the continued violation of any ordinance
of the district.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Hsc > 6510-6523.3

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 6510-6523.3



6510.  A district may use a seal, alterable at the pleasure of the
board.


6511.  It may sue and be sued by its name.



6512.  (a) A district may acquire, plan, construct, reconstruct,
alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate garbage
dumpsites and garbage collection and disposal systems, sewers,
drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment
works and other sanitary disposal systems, and storm water drains and
storm water collection, outfall and disposal systems, and water
recycling and distribution systems, as the board deems necessary and
proper, and in the performance of these functions, either in or out
of the district, it may join through joint powers agreements pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, or through other means
with any county or municipality or any other district or governmental
agency.
   (b) Before any garbage dump is established, the location shall
first be approved by the county health officer, and, in addition, if
the location is within two miles of any city, the consent of the
governing body of the city shall first be secured.
   (c) (1) If the district includes any part of a city, water
district, or other local agency that provides water service to any
territory in the district, the district shall not supply water
service to the territory unless the district first obtains the
consent of the city, water district, or other local agency. The
consent shall not be revoked, if the revocation will result in a
decrease of the revenues available to pay the outstanding bonds of
the district.
   (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the provision of recycled
water by a district.
   (3) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), a district may not supply
water service using recycled water to the territory of any part of a
city, water district, or other local public entity providing water
service, or commence construction of facilities for that service,
prior to offering to consult with that city, water district, or other
local public entity, and providing notification of availability for
consultation. The obligation to consult terminates if that local
public entity providing water service fails to make itself available
for consultation within 60 days of written notification to that local
public entity.
   (B) The consultation and notification requirements described in
subparagraph (A) do not apply to a district if the district, prior to
supplying water or commencing construction as described in
subparagraph (A), provides notification to the local public entity
pursuant to Section 65604 of the Government Code or submits a written
request to the local public entity pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 13580 of the Water Code.
   (d) The Department of Water Resources may assist sanitary
districts in applying for, and in obtaining approval of, federal and
state funding and permits for cost-effective water recycling projects
and shall confer and cooperate with the legislative body of the
district during the application and approval process.



6512.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose
of furnishing water in the district for any present or future
beneficial use, the Winton Sanitary District may exercise any of the
powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire,
operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights,
and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make
use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county
water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division
12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). However, the
Winton Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in
all respects as a sanitary district under the provisions of this
part, and the provisions of this section are intended only to vest
additional powers in the district which the district may elect to
exercise.



6512.6.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose
of furnishing water in the district for any present or future
beneficial use, the Lost Hills Sanitary District may exercise any of
the powers of a county water district, including the power to
acquire, operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property,
rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store,
or make use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner
as county water districts formed under the County Water District Law
(Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code).
However, the Lost Hills Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to
be governed in all respects as a sanitary district under the
provisions of this part, and the provisions of this section are
intended only to vest additional powers in the district which the
district may elect to exercise.



6512.7.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 6512 and the
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000
(Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the
Government Code), for the purpose of furnishing water in the district
for any present or future beneficial use, the Montara Sanitary
District may, pursuant to subdivision (b), exercise any of the powers
of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate,
finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights and
privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store or make use
of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county
water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division
12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). The Montara
Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in all
respects as a sanitary district under this part, and the provisions
of this section are intended only to vest additional powers in the
district which the district may elect to exercise.
   (b) If the governing body of the Montara Sanitary District
determines, by resolution, entered in the minutes, that it is
feasible, economically sound, and in the public interest for the
district to exercise the powers specified in subdivision (a), the
governing body shall submit to the electors of the district the
question of whether the district should adopt those additional
powers. The question submitted to the electors shall be in
substantially the following form: "Shall the Montara Sanitary
District exercise the powers of a county water district for the
purpose of furnishing water in the district " The district may
exercise those powers only if a majority of the voters voting on the
proposition vote in favor of the question. The costs of that
election, including any additional costs incurred by the County of
San Mateo for purposes of meeting legal requirements directly
associated with the conduct of the election, shall be borne by the
district.
   (c) If the electors of the district authorize the district to
exercise the powers specified in subdivision (a), the district shall
include in any revenue plan developed as part of its exercise of
those powers an item to reimburse the County of San Mateo the sum of
one hundred eighteen thousand dollars ($118,000) for costs incurred
with respect to its effort to acquire the existing water system
serving the Montara Sanitary District service area. Reimbursement to
the county shall occur within 180 days after the district receives
any revenues from the sale of bonds, the levy of assessments, or the
receipt of any other revenues to be used by the district in the
exercise of its powers pursuant to this section.
   (d) If the Montara Sanitary District assumes authority to exercise
the powers of a county water district pursuant to this section,
thereafter the district shall be subject to the
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000
(Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the
Government Code).
   (e) In enacting this section it is the intent of the Legislature
that any service by the Montara Sanitary District not affect the
approval or development of a project that includes units for lower
income persons, as defined in Section 50079.5, and persons and
families of moderate income, as defined in Section 50093.
   (f) Upon request of the governing body of the Montara Sanitary
District, the County of San Mateo shall provide the district with all
books, papers, records, documents and other information, including
all writings as defined in Section 250 of the Evidence Code,
resulting from, or produced by, the expenditure of funds by the
county to determine if the acquisition of the existing water system
serving the Montara Sanitary District service area is feasible.



6513.  It may permit the use of any property of the district by any
county or municipality, or any other district or governmental agency.



6514.  It may, for the purposes specified in this part, acquire by
purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, such
real and personal property and rights of way, either within or
without the limits of the district, as in the judgment of the board
are necessary or proper to the exercise of its powers, and
particularly for the purpose of permitting ingress to and egress from
such real or personal property, and pay for and hold them, and it
may dispose of such of its property as the board finds to be no
longer required for the purposes of the district.
   The district shall not condemn property outside of the county or
counties in which it is located unless the board of supervisors of
each county in which such property is located has consented to such
acquisition by resolution.



6514.1.  (a) A district may lease, for a term not exceeding 99
years, subject to periodic review, district property that will not be
needed for district purposes during the term of the lease, as a
means of providing revenues to the district for the operation and
maintenance of sanitary sewer system and waste water treatment and
disposal facilities of the district, and to finance the acquisition,
construction, and improvement of these facilities.
   (b) Prior to entering into a lease, the board shall, except as
otherwise provided in subdivision (e), publish notice pursuant to
Section 6066 of the Government Code of the time and place of the
meeting of the board at which the proposed lease will be considered,
and at that time and place shall afford all persons present an
opportunity to be heard with respect to the proposed lease.
   (c) If the board finds that the subject property will not be
needed by the district and that it is in the best interests of the
district and the users of its sanitary sewer system that the lease be
entered into, it may, by ordinance setting forth the findings,
authorize the lease. The ordinance shall be subject to Article 2
(commencing with Section 9340) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the
Elections Code.
   (d) Every lease shall be awarded to the bidder which, in the
determination of the legislative body, offers the greatest economic
return to the district after competitive bidding conducted in the
manner determined by the legislative body. Notice inviting bids may
be published pursuant to Section 6066, in one or more newspapers of
general circulation within the district.
   (e) If the board makes a finding at a noticed public hearing that
the subject property will be used for compatible uses, that it will
be of public benefit, and that the term of the lease will not exceed
10 years, subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be optional.



6515.  It may make and accept contracts, deeds, releases, and
documents that, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper
in the exercise of any of the powers of the district.



6516.  It may pay lawful claims and demands against it.



6517.  It may employ and pay necessary agents and assistants.



6518.  It may lay its sewers and drains in any public street or road
in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make all
necessary and proper excavations, restoring it to proper condition.
The work of restoring and repairing any such public street or road in
the county shall be done under the supervision and control of the
county engineer or road commissioner at the cost of the district, and
in accordance with the standards established by ordinance of the
board of supervisors for restoring and repairing county roads. If the
street or road is in a city the consent of the proper city
authorities shall first be obtained. If the street or road is in the
unincorporated area of the county, the consent of the proper county
authorities shall first be obtained.



6518.5.  It may collect waste and garbage.



6519.  It may call and conduct all necessary or proper elections.



6520.  It may compel all residents and property owners in the
district to connect their houses and habitations and structures
requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service with the sewers and
storm drains in streets and to use the garbage collection and
disposal system.



6520.1.  It may prohibit any resident or property owner in the
district from connecting any house, habitation, or structure
requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service to any privately
owned sewer or storm drain in the district.



6520.2.  It may require any resident or property owner in the
district who desires to have any house, habitation, or structure
connected to a sewer or drainage disposal line owned by the district
to pay his proportionate share of the cost of the line, either by an
increased installation charge or by other arrangement with the
district, if he did not contribute to the cost of the acquisition,
construction, or installation of the line by the district.



6520.3.  Any sanitary district and any county may enter into a
contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of
locating, removing, repairing, or relocating any facilities owned or
to be owned by either party on the roads or other property of the
other in such proportion and upon such terms as the governing boards
of the parties shall determine to be equitable.



6520.5.  It may, by an order approved by a two-thirds vote of the
members of the board, prescribe, revise and collect, fees, tolls,
rates, rentals, or other charges for services and facilities
furnished by it in connection with its sanitation or sewerage
systems. Revenues derived by the district under the provisions of
this section may be used for any purpose except the acquisition or
construction of additional local street sewers or laterals which are
an augmentation to an existing sewer system.



6520.6.  The district board may, by resolution, abandon action for
the collection of any district tax assessment, connection charge,
service charge, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, fine, or other money
owed the district under this part or pursuant to any other provision
of law which the district board determines is in an amount too small
to justify the cost of collection. Such a resolution shall discharge
all district officers and employees, and any other public officer or
employee charged with the collection thereof, from further
accountability with respect to collection of the amount owed.
However, the resolution shall not extinguish the claim nor constitute
a release of any person from liability for the payment of any
amounts which are due and owing.
   The addition of this section does not constitute a change in, but
is declaratory of, the preexisting law.


6520.7.  It may sell, or otherwise dispose of, any water, sewage
effluent, fertilizer, or other byproduct resulting from the operation
of a sewerage system, sewage disposal plant, refuse disposal plant
or process, or treatment plant, and construct, maintain, and operate
such pipelines and other works as may be necessary for that purpose.
   The addition of this section made at the 1972 Regular Session of
the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory
of, the existing law.



6520.9.  It may construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines or
other works as may be necessary to conserve and put to beneficial use
any water or recycled effluent recovered from the operation of the
wastewater system, plant, or works, by sale or disposition for
agricultural or industrial purposes, or by discharging or spreading
the water or recycled effluent in such a manner as to percolate into
the underground gravels and replenish the natural water resources.
   The addition of this section made at the 1972 Regular Session of
the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory
of, the existing law.


6520.10.  On or before August 10, the board may certify to the board
of supervisors and county auditor a statement of any delinquent and
unpaid charges for sewer and other services, or either, requested in
writing by the owner of the property that remain delinquent and
unpaid for a period of 60 days or more on July 1.
   The amount of any charges for sewer and other services, or either,
included in the statement of delinquent and unpaid charges shall be
added to and become a part of the annual taxes next levied upon the
property for which the sewer service was provided and upon the
property subject to the charges for any other district services and
shall constitute a lien on that property as of the same time and in
the same manner as does the tax lien securing the annual taxes. All
laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of ad
valorem taxes shall be applicable to the charges, except that if any
real property to which the lien would attach has been transferred or
conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona
fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon
prior to the date on which the first installment of the taxes would
become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by
this section shall not attach to the real property and the charges
relating to the property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll
for collection. The county shall deduct from the charges collected an
amount sufficient to compensate the county for costs incurred in
collecting the delinquent and unpaid charges. The amount of the
compensation shall be fixed by agreement between the board of
supervisors and the district's board of directors.



6520.11.  A district shall notify the assessee shown on the latest
equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for
sewer and other services, or either, which could become a lien on the
property pursuant to Section 6520.10 remain delinquent and unpaid
for 60 days.


6520.12.  In the event any charges for sewer and other services, or
either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the
discretion of the district be secured at any time by recording in the
office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate
specifying the amount of the charges and the name and address of the
person liable therefor.
   From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount
required to be paid together with interest and penalty constitutes a
lien upon all real property in the county owned by the person or
afterwards, and before the lien expires, acquired by him or her. The
lien has the force, priority, and effect of a judgment lien and shall
continue for 10 years from the date of the recording of the
certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien
may, within 10 years from the recording of the certificate or within
10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the
manner herein provided, be extended by recording a new certificate in
the office of the county recorder of any county and from the time of
the recording the lien shall be extended to the real property in the
county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.




6521.  It may make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations
for:
   (a) The removal of garbage.
   (b) The cleanliness of the roads and streets of the district.
   (c) All other sanitary purposes not in conflict with the laws of
this State.



6521.5.  Any district may exercise the power granted to sanitation
districts by Section 4765 of this code.



6522.  It may do any act necessary or proper to the complete
exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for
which it is formed.


6522.1.  No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates or
prescribes standards for the installation of plumbing inside of
buildings and structures, shall be effective within any county, city
and county, or city which has adopted an ordinance, regulation, or
code incorporated in an ordinance governing such installations.




6523.  A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to
exceed 30 days, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars
($1,000), or by both.


6523.1.  It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee
the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether
heretofore or hereafter incurred; and also refund or retire any
public indebtedness or lien that may exist or be created against the
district or any property therein which shall have arisen out of the
transaction of the affairs of the district.



6523.2.  In order to effect its powers, it may enter upon private
property for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of sanitary
and waste disposal facilities and may terminate service to property
in which a violation of any rule or regulation is found to exist.
   Prior to termination of service, however, the district board shall
notify, in writing, the owner and tenant, if any, of such property
that service is intended to be so terminated and conduct a hearing
thereon as herein provided. Such notice shall be mailed to the owner
at the address shown on the records of the assessor of the county or
as known to the clerk, and a copy shall be delivered to the tenant or
posted conspicuously on the property. The notice shall state the
date of proposed termination of service and the reasons therefor and
the date the district board shall hold a hearing upon such intended
termination. Such hearing shall not be held less than 10 days
subsequent to the giving of notice as herein required.



6523.3.  In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the
district, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of
the district. The cost of such correction may be added to any sewer
service charge payable by the person violating the ordinance or the
owner or tenant of the property upon which the violation occurred,
and the district shall have such remedies for the collection of such
costs as it has for the collection of sewer service charges. The
district may also petition the superior court for the issuance of a
preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, as may be appropriate,
restraining any person from the continued violation of any ordinance
of the district.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Hsc > 6510-6523.3

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 6510-6523.3



6510.  A district may use a seal, alterable at the pleasure of the
board.


6511.  It may sue and be sued by its name.



6512.  (a) A district may acquire, plan, construct, reconstruct,
alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate garbage
dumpsites and garbage collection and disposal systems, sewers,
drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment
works and other sanitary disposal systems, and storm water drains and
storm water collection, outfall and disposal systems, and water
recycling and distribution systems, as the board deems necessary and
proper, and in the performance of these functions, either in or out
of the district, it may join through joint powers agreements pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, or through other means
with any county or municipality or any other district or governmental
agency.
   (b) Before any garbage dump is established, the location shall
first be approved by the county health officer, and, in addition, if
the location is within two miles of any city, the consent of the
governing body of the city shall first be secured.
   (c) (1) If the district includes any part of a city, water
district, or other local agency that provides water service to any
territory in the district, the district shall not supply water
service to the territory unless the district first obtains the
consent of the city, water district, or other local agency. The
consent shall not be revoked, if the revocation will result in a
decrease of the revenues available to pay the outstanding bonds of
the district.
   (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the provision of recycled
water by a district.
   (3) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), a district may not supply
water service using recycled water to the territory of any part of a
city, water district, or other local public entity providing water
service, or commence construction of facilities for that service,
prior to offering to consult with that city, water district, or other
local public entity, and providing notification of availability for
consultation. The obligation to consult terminates if that local
public entity providing water service fails to make itself available
for consultation within 60 days of written notification to that local
public entity.
   (B) The consultation and notification requirements described in
subparagraph (A) do not apply to a district if the district, prior to
supplying water or commencing construction as described in
subparagraph (A), provides notification to the local public entity
pursuant to Section 65604 of the Government Code or submits a written
request to the local public entity pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 13580 of the Water Code.
   (d) The Department of Water Resources may assist sanitary
districts in applying for, and in obtaining approval of, federal and
state funding and permits for cost-effective water recycling projects
and shall confer and cooperate with the legislative body of the
district during the application and approval process.



6512.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose
of furnishing water in the district for any present or future
beneficial use, the Winton Sanitary District may exercise any of the
powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire,
operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights,
and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make
use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county
water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division
12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). However, the
Winton Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in
all respects as a sanitary district under the provisions of this
part, and the provisions of this section are intended only to vest
additional powers in the district which the district may elect to
exercise.



6512.6.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose
of furnishing water in the district for any present or future
beneficial use, the Lost Hills Sanitary District may exercise any of
the powers of a county water district, including the power to
acquire, operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property,
rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store,
or make use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner
as county water districts formed under the County Water District Law
(Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code).
However, the Lost Hills Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to
be governed in all respects as a sanitary district under the
provisions of this part, and the provisions of this section are
intended only to vest additional powers in the district which the
district may elect to exercise.



6512.7.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 6512 and the
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000
(Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the
Government Code), for the purpose of furnishing water in the district
for any present or future beneficial use, the Montara Sanitary
District may, pursuant to subdivision (b), exercise any of the powers
of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate,
finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights and
privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store or make use
of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county
water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division
12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). The Montara
Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in all
respects as a sanitary district under this part, and the provisions
of this section are intended only to vest additional powers in the
district which the district may elect to exercise.
   (b) If the governing body of the Montara Sanitary District
determines, by resolution, entered in the minutes, that it is
feasible, economically sound, and in the public interest for the
district to exercise the powers specified in subdivision (a), the
governing body shall submit to the electors of the district the
question of whether the district should adopt those additional
powers. The question submitted to the electors shall be in
substantially the following form: "Shall the Montara Sanitary
District exercise the powers of a county water district for the
purpose of furnishing water in the district " The district may
exercise those powers only if a majority of the voters voting on the
proposition vote in favor of the question. The costs of that
election, including any additional costs incurred by the County of
San Mateo for purposes of meeting legal requirements directly
associated with the conduct of the election, shall be borne by the
district.
   (c) If the electors of the district authorize the district to
exercise the powers specified in subdivision (a), the district shall
include in any revenue plan developed as part of its exercise of
those powers an item to reimburse the County of San Mateo the sum of
one hundred eighteen thousand dollars ($118,000) for costs incurred
with respect to its effort to acquire the existing water system
serving the Montara Sanitary District service area. Reimbursement to
the county shall occur within 180 days after the district receives
any revenues from the sale of bonds, the levy of assessments, or the
receipt of any other revenues to be used by the district in the
exercise of its powers pursuant to this section.
   (d) If the Montara Sanitary District assumes authority to exercise
the powers of a county water district pursuant to this section,
thereafter the district shall be subject to the
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000
(Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the
Government Code).
   (e) In enacting this section it is the intent of the Legislature
that any service by the Montara Sanitary District not affect the
approval or development of a project that includes units for lower
income persons, as defined in Section 50079.5, and persons and
families of moderate income, as defined in Section 50093.
   (f) Upon request of the governing body of the Montara Sanitary
District, the County of San Mateo shall provide the district with all
books, papers, records, documents and other information, including
all writings as defined in Section 250 of the Evidence Code,
resulting from, or produced by, the expenditure of funds by the
county to determine if the acquisition of the existing water system
serving the Montara Sanitary District service area is feasible.



6513.  It may permit the use of any property of the district by any
county or municipality, or any other district or governmental agency.



6514.  It may, for the purposes specified in this part, acquire by
purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, such
real and personal property and rights of way, either within or
without the limits of the district, as in the judgment of the board
are necessary or proper to the exercise of its powers, and
particularly for the purpose of permitting ingress to and egress from
such real or personal property, and pay for and hold them, and it
may dispose of such of its property as the board finds to be no
longer required for the purposes of the district.
   The district shall not condemn property outside of the county or
counties in which it is located unless the board of supervisors of
each county in which such property is located has consented to such
acquisition by resolution.



6514.1.  (a) A district may lease, for a term not exceeding 99
years, subject to periodic review, district property that will not be
needed for district purposes during the term of the lease, as a
means of providing revenues to the district for the operation and
maintenance of sanitary sewer system and waste water treatment and
disposal facilities of the district, and to finance the acquisition,
construction, and improvement of these facilities.
   (b) Prior to entering into a lease, the board shall, except as
otherwise provided in subdivision (e), publish notice pursuant to
Section 6066 of the Government Code of the time and place of the
meeting of the board at which the proposed lease will be considered,
and at that time and place shall afford all persons present an
opportunity to be heard with respect to the proposed lease.
   (c) If the board finds that the subject property will not be
needed by the district and that it is in the best interests of the
district and the users of its sanitary sewer system that the lease be
entered into, it may, by ordinance setting forth the findings,
authorize the lease. The ordinance shall be subject to Article 2
(commencing with Section 9340) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the
Elections Code.
   (d) Every lease shall be awarded to the bidder which, in the
determination of the legislative body, offers the greatest economic
return to the district after competitive bidding conducted in the
manner determined by the legislative body. Notice inviting bids may
be published pursuant to Section 6066, in one or more newspapers of
general circulation within the district.
   (e) If the board makes a finding at a noticed public hearing that
the subject property will be used for compatible uses, that it will
be of public benefit, and that the term of the lease will not exceed
10 years, subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be optional.



6515.  It may make and accept contracts, deeds, releases, and
documents that, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper
in the exercise of any of the powers of the district.



6516.  It may pay lawful claims and demands against it.



6517.  It may employ and pay necessary agents and assistants.



6518.  It may lay its sewers and drains in any public street or road
in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make all
necessary and proper excavations, restoring it to proper condition.
The work of restoring and repairing any such public street or road in
the county shall be done under the supervision and control of the
county engineer or road commissioner at the cost of the district, and
in accordance with the standards established by ordinance of the
board of supervisors for restoring and repairing county roads. If the
street or road is in a city the consent of the proper city
authorities shall first be obtained. If the street or road is in the
unincorporated area of the county, the consent of the proper county
authorities shall first be obtained.



6518.5.  It may collect waste and garbage.



6519.  It may call and conduct all necessary or proper elections.



6520.  It may compel all residents and property owners in the
district to connect their houses and habitations and structures
requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service with the sewers and
storm drains in streets and to use the garbage collection and
disposal system.



6520.1.  It may prohibit any resident or property owner in the
district from connecting any house, habitation, or structure
requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service to any privately
owned sewer or storm drain in the district.



6520.2.  It may require any resident or property owner in the
district who desires to have any house, habitation, or structure
connected to a sewer or drainage disposal line owned by the district
to pay his proportionate share of the cost of the line, either by an
increased installation charge or by other arrangement with the
district, if he did not contribute to the cost of the acquisition,
construction, or installation of the line by the district.



6520.3.  Any sanitary district and any county may enter into a
contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of
locating, removing, repairing, or relocating any facilities owned or
to be owned by either party on the roads or other property of the
other in such proportion and upon such terms as the governing boards
of the parties shall determine to be equitable.



6520.5.  It may, by an order approved by a two-thirds vote of the
members of the board, prescribe, revise and collect, fees, tolls,
rates, rentals, or other charges for services and facilities
furnished by it in connection with its sanitation or sewerage
systems. Revenues derived by the district under the provisions of
this section may be used for any purpose except the acquisition or
construction of additional local street sewers or laterals which are
an augmentation to an existing sewer system.



6520.6.  The district board may, by resolution, abandon action for
the collection of any district tax assessment, connection charge,
service charge, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, fine, or other money
owed the district under this part or pursuant to any other provision
of law which the district board determines is in an amount too small
to justify the cost of collection. Such a resolution shall discharge
all district officers and employees, and any other public officer or
employee charged with the collection thereof, from further
accountability with respect to collection of the amount owed.
However, the resolution shall not extinguish the claim nor constitute
a release of any person from liability for the payment of any
amounts which are due and owing.
   The addition of this section does not constitute a change in, but
is declaratory of, the preexisting law.


6520.7.  It may sell, or otherwise dispose of, any water, sewage
effluent, fertilizer, or other byproduct resulting from the operation
of a sewerage system, sewage disposal plant, refuse disposal plant
or process, or treatment plant, and construct, maintain, and operate
such pipelines and other works as may be necessary for that purpose.
   The addition of this section made at the 1972 Regular Session of
the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory
of, the existing law.



6520.9.  It may construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines or
other works as may be necessary to conserve and put to beneficial use
any water or recycled effluent recovered from the operation of the
wastewater system, plant, or works, by sale or disposition for
agricultural or industrial purposes, or by discharging or spreading
the water or recycled effluent in such a manner as to percolate into
the underground gravels and replenish the natural water resources.
   The addition of this section made at the 1972 Regular Session of
the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory
of, the existing law.


6520.10.  On or before August 10, the board may certify to the board
of supervisors and county auditor a statement of any delinquent and
unpaid charges for sewer and other services, or either, requested in
writing by the owner of the property that remain delinquent and
unpaid for a period of 60 days or more on July 1.
   The amount of any charges for sewer and other services, or either,
included in the statement of delinquent and unpaid charges shall be
added to and become a part of the annual taxes next levied upon the
property for which the sewer service was provided and upon the
property subject to the charges for any other district services and
shall constitute a lien on that property as of the same time and in
the same manner as does the tax lien securing the annual taxes. All
laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of ad
valorem taxes shall be applicable to the charges, except that if any
real property to which the lien would attach has been transferred or
conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona
fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon
prior to the date on which the first installment of the taxes would
become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by
this section shall not attach to the real property and the charges
relating to the property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll
for collection. The county shall deduct from the charges collected an
amount sufficient to compensate the county for costs incurred in
collecting the delinquent and unpaid charges. The amount of the
compensation shall be fixed by agreement between the board of
supervisors and the district's board of directors.



6520.11.  A district shall notify the assessee shown on the latest
equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for
sewer and other services, or either, which could become a lien on the
property pursuant to Section 6520.10 remain delinquent and unpaid
for 60 days.


6520.12.  In the event any charges for sewer and other services, or
either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the
discretion of the district be secured at any time by recording in the
office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate
specifying the amount of the charges and the name and address of the
person liable therefor.
   From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount
required to be paid together with interest and penalty constitutes a
lien upon all real property in the county owned by the person or
afterwards, and before the lien expires, acquired by him or her. The
lien has the force, priority, and effect of a judgment lien and shall
continue for 10 years from the date of the recording of the
certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien
may, within 10 years from the recording of the certificate or within
10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the
manner herein provided, be extended by recording a new certificate in
the office of the county recorder of any county and from the time of
the recording the lien shall be extended to the real property in the
county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.




6521.  It may make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations
for:
   (a) The removal of garbage.
   (b) The cleanliness of the roads and streets of the district.
   (c) All other sanitary purposes not in conflict with the laws of
this State.



6521.5.  Any district may exercise the power granted to sanitation
districts by Section 4765 of this code.



6522.  It may do any act necessary or proper to the complete
exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for
which it is formed.


6522.1.  No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates or
prescribes standards for the installation of plumbing inside of
buildings and structures, shall be effective within any county, city
and county, or city which has adopted an ordinance, regulation, or
code incorporated in an ordinance governing such installations.




6523.  A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to
exceed 30 days, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars
($1,000), or by both.


6523.1.  It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee
the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether
heretofore or hereafter incurred; and also refund or retire any
public indebtedness or lien that may exist or be created against the
district or any property therein which shall have arisen out of the
transaction of the affairs of the district.



6523.2.  In order to effect its powers, it may enter upon private
property for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of sanitary
and waste disposal facilities and may terminate service to property
in which a violation of any rule or regulation is found to exist.
   Prior to termination of service, however, the district board shall
notify, in writing, the owner and tenant, if any, of such property
that service is intended to be so terminated and conduct a hearing
thereon as herein provided. Such notice shall be mailed to the owner
at the address shown on the records of the assessor of the county or
as known to the clerk, and a copy shall be delivered to the tenant or
posted conspicuously on the property. The notice shall state the
date of proposed termination of service and the reasons therefor and
the date the district board shall hold a hearing upon such intended
termination. Such hearing shall not be held less than 10 days
subsequent to the giving of notice as herein required.



6523.3.  In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the
district, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of
the district. The cost of such correction may be added to any sewer
service charge payable by the person violating the ordinance or the
owner or tenant of the property upon which the violation occurred,
and the district shall have such remedies for the collection of such
costs as it has for the collection of sewer service charges. The
district may also petition the superior court for the issuance of a
preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, as may be appropriate,
restraining any person from the continued violation of any ordinance
of the district.