Section 16467 Of Article 3. Utility Works And Services From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.
16467
. Only revenue producing utilities shall be acquired, owned,
or operated by a district. So far as possible the board shall fix
such charges for commodities or service furnished by any revenue
producing utility as will pay all of the expenses of the government
of the district, or such portion as the board determines justly
apportionable to such utility. The expenses to be paid include:
(a) Salaries, office expenses, and other necessary disbursements.
(b) The operating expenses of the utility.
(c) The interest on any indebtedness incurred for the acquisition,
construction, and completion of the utility.
(d) Provisions for a sinking or other appropriate fund for the
payment of the principal of such debt as it becomes due.
(e) Provisions for an appropriate fund for repairs, replacements,
and betterments.
It is the intention of this section that a district pay all of
such charges and expenditures and the interest and principal of its
debt from the revenues derived by the district from the operation of
its public utilities, and that each public utility owned and operated
by a district shall be self-sustaining.