Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50160. Section 50160.
The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
ARTICLE 1. Corporate Power [50160. - 50162.]
Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC 1.
in effectCal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50161. Section 50161.
The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 50162. Section 50162.
The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this part. The district, in exercising such power shall, in addition to the damage for the taking, injury, or destruction of property, also pay the cost of removal, reconstruction, or relocation of any structure, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, cables, or poles of any public utility or public district which is required to be moved to a new location.
No action in eminent domain to acquire property within any incorporated city or any county shall be commenced unless the legislative body of
the affected city or county has consented to such acquisition by resolution.
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