Chapter 6. Claims of California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 18. >> Chapter 6.
(a) All claims for money or damages against the district
are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1
of the Government Code, except as provided therein or by other
statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
(b) No claim for money or damages shall be considered by the board
unless the claim conforms to the provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing
with Section 910) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code
and unless the claim is filed with the clerk of the board not less
than five days prior to the time of the meeting of the board at which
it is to be considered.
(c) Pursuant to Section 935 of the Government Code, all claims
against the district for money or damages that are excepted by
Section 905 of the Government Code from the provisions of Division
3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code,
and which are not governed by any other statutes or regulations
expressly relating thereto, shall be governed by the procedures
prescribed in this section, as follows:
(1) A signed written claim shall be presented to the district by
mailing or delivering it to the clerk of the board by the claimant or
by a person acting on behalf of the claimant. The claim shall
conform to the requirements of Section 910 of the Government Code or
be on a form provided by the district.
(2) Unless otherwise provided in this section, the procedures of
presentation, consideration, and action upon all claims filed
pursuant to this section shall be the same as the procedures provided
and required by Sections 910 to 915.2, inclusive, of the Government
Code, and any amendment thereto as enacted, which provisions and
sections are hereby adopted as the requirements of this section. The
presentation and action on claims provided herein shall be a
prerequisite to a suit thereon, and the suit shall be subject to the
provisions of Sections 945.5 and 945.6 of the Government Code.