§ 16461 District Public Works Powers

Public Utilities Code·California

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•A district can build and run things like water, power, or trash services for the people who live there.
•These services can be inside or outside the district.
•The district can do whatever is needed to make these services work well.

Example

A small town needs clean water for its homes.

The town can build a water treatment plant and pipes to bring clean water to all the houses, even if some pipes go outside the town limits.

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§ 16461 District Public Works Powers

A district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use, within or without or partly within and partly without the district, works for supplying its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transportation, telephone service, or other means of communication, or means for the disposition of garbage, sewage, or refuse matter, and may do all things necessary or convenient to the full exercise of the powers granted in this article. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 133.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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acquire construct own operate control use light water power heat transportation telephone service means of communication disposition of garbage sewage refuse matter

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 16461.

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