2019 California Code
Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES
PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 6 - General Powers and Duties
Section 40701.

A district shall have power:

(a)  To have perpetual succession.

(b)  To sue and be sued in the name of the district in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.

(c)  To adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.

(d)  To take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, to hold, use, and enjoy, and to lease or dispose of any real or personal property within or without the district necessary to the full exercise of its powers.

(e)  To lease, sell, or dispose of any property, or any interest therein, whenever, in the judgment of the district board, such property, or any interest therein, or part thereof, is no longer required for the purposes of the district, or may be leased for any purpose without interfering with the use of the same for the purposes of the district, and to pay any compensation received therefor into the general fund of the district.

(f)  To cooperate and contract with any federal, state, or local governmental agencies, private industries, or civic groups necessary or proper to the accomplishment of the purposes of this division.

(g)  To require any owner or operator of any air pollution emission source, except a noncommercial vehicular source, to provide (1) a description of the source, and (2) disclosure of the data necessary to estimate the emissions of pollutants for which ambient air quality standards have been adopted, or their precursor pollutants, so that the full spectrum of emission sources can be addressed equitably pursuant to Section 40910.

(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)