Article 9. Sanitation Service of California Water Code >> Division 12. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 9.

A district may acquire, construct, and operate facilities for, or may contract with others for, the collection and disposal of the garbage, waste, and trash of the district and its inhabitants.

The district may prescribe, revise, and collect rates or other charges for the services furnished pursuant to this article.

The district may provide that such rates or charges may be collected with the water or sewer rates, or both, of the district and that all rates shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as one item, and that in the event of failure to pay the whole or any part thereof, the district may discontinue any and all services for which such bill is rendered.

The district may determine that sanitary service may not be necessary or feasible for all residents or properties within the district and shall thereupon make a finding as to which type of customer or area shall be excluded from service.

The district shall determine the types of wastes to be excluded from service.

Any contract with other parties for the supplying of this service for the district shall be granted by public bid for such periods as the district determines is in the best interest of the district. In the event of failure to receive a suitable bid, the district may negotiate a contract for service.

(a) A district may adopt ordinances relating to the provision of sanitation services and the regulation of those services. Every such ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon adoption, but shall be published once in full in a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the district within 10 days after adoption, or if there be no such newspaper it shall be posted within 10 days after adoption in three public places within the district.
  (b) The publication of ordinances, as required by subdivision (a), may be satisfied by either of the following actions:
  (1) The district may publish a summary of a proposed ordinance or proposed amendment to an existing ordinance. The summary shall be prepared by an official designated by the board. A summary shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance or proposed amendment shall be posted in the office of the board at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, the board shall publish a summary of the ordinance or amendment with the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment and the official shall post in the office of the board a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance or amendment along with the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment.
  (2) If the official designated by the board determines that it is not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment, and if the board so orders, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page in a newspaper of general circulation in the county shall be published at least five days prior to the board meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment or alteration thereto is to be adopted. Within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance or amendment, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page shall be published. The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide information about, the proposed or adopted ordinance or amendment, including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain copies of the complete text of the ordinance or amendment, and the names of those directors voting for and against the ordinance or amendment.

After the posting or publication of any ordinance as provided in Section 31141, it is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any ordinance of the district adopted pursuant to Section 31141, and, upon conviction thereof, that person shall be punished by being imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or by fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600), or by both the fine and imprisonment.