Article 1. Definitions of California Public Utilities Code >> Division 6. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.

This division may be cited as the "Municipal Utility District Act."

Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this division.

"District" means a municipal utility district formed under this division or under Chapter 218 of the Statutes of 1921, as originally enacted or subsequently amended; "special district" means a special district for sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery purposes created under this division or under Chapter 218 of the Statutes of 1921, as originally enacted or subsequently amended; and "board" means the board of directors of a district.

"Public agency" includes a city, county water district, county sanitation district, or sanitary district.

"Voter" means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.

"Sewage disposal" means the acquisition, construction, enlargement, operation, and maintenance of intercepting sewers, sewage treatment works, pumping plants, outfall sewers, and appurtenances.

"Percent of the total vote cast," when used with reference to the requirements of any petition or nomination paper, means percent of the total vote cast, exclusive of vote by mail ballots, within the proposed district, district, proposed special district, special district, or territory proposed to be annexed to a district, as the case may be at the last statewide general election.

"Solid Waste Resource Recovery" means the acquisition, construction, enlargement, operation, and maintenance of facilities for the purpose of collecting, reducing, separating, recovering, converting, and recycling solid waste, and for the purpose of disposing of solid waste residues.

"Electricity district" means a municipal utility district formed under this division that furnishes electricity to more than 100,000 customers.