The rates and charges for commodities or service furnished by a district shall be fixed by the board. As far as possible utilities shall be self-supporting but the board is not required to fix a rate which in its opinion is unreasonably high, nor to cover by rates large expenditures and the interest thereon required for future needs and developments.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 12809
Utility Works and Service
Known as the Municipal Utility District Act
The act spans §§ 11501–14403 (486 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 24 Cal. App. 4th 178 - Brydon v. East Bay Municipal Utility District (1994)
Most recently applied in 127 Cal. App. 4th 914 - Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n v. City of Fresno (April 2005)
Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.
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