California Public Utilities Code 22553 – A district may do all of the following:(a) Sue and be sued, …
A district may do all of the following:
(a) Sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 22553
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
(b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
(c) Provide and maintain public airports, spaceports, and landing places for aerial and space reentry traffic.
(d) Acquire by purchase, condemnation, donation, lease, or otherwise, real or personal property necessary to the full or convenient exercise of any of its powers or purposes.
(e) Improve, construct or reconstruct, lease, furnish or refurnish, use, repair, maintain, control, sell, or dispose of the property of the district, including any buildings, structures, lighting equipment, and all other equipment and facilities necessary for those purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 191, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)