Cal. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC 2. — ARTICLE 2. Definitions [1691. - 1699.] | Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC — California

Cal. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC § 1691. Section 1691.

The definitions in this article govern the construction of this part.

Cal. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC § 1692. Section 1692.

“Authority” means a joint powers entity or nonprofit public benefit corporation created in accordance with Section 1700.

Cal. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC § 1693. Section 1693.

“Bonds” means bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, or other evidences of indebtedness or lease, installment sale, or other agreements or certificates of participation therein.

Cal. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC § 1694. Section 1694.

“Harbor agency” means any state or local agency, city, county, city and county, harbor district, port district, harbor improvement district, river port district, small craft harbor district, or other public district, entity, board, commission, or agency that operates a port or harbor in the State of California.

Cal. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC § 1695. Section 1695.

“Infrastructure fund” means a port or harbor infrastructure fund established by an authority pursuant to Section 1700.

Cal. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC § 1696. Section 1696.

“Joint powers laws” means Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

Cal. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC § 1697. Section 1697.

“Member” means any harbor agency that is party to an agreement establishing an authority pursuant to Section 1700.

Cal. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC § 1698. Section 1698.

(a) “Port or harbor infrastructure” means any of the following, if its primary or predominant use is of direct benefit to the port or harbor: (1) Streets, roads, highways, bridges, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, tunnels, subways, alleyways, viaducts, pipelines, rail lines, or other facilities for the transportation or movement of people, vehicles, equipment, or goods. (2) Piers, docks, wharves, slips, quays, platforms, decks, cranes, or other facilities for the mooring, docking, loading, or unloading of vessels. (3) Lands, tidelands, submerged lands, easements, port access routes, channel improvements, rights-of-way, dredge disposal sites, safety zones, breakwaters, levees, bulkheads, or walls of rock or other material to protect property or traffic. (4) Parking, warehouse, or storage facilities. (5) Parks, recreation, or open space facilities. (6) Remediation or any capital improvement that improves environmental quality. (7) Water, wastewater, drainage, electric, or telecommunication systems or facilities. (8) Buildings, structures, facilities, improvements, or equipment necessary or convenient to any of paragraphs (1) to (7), inclusive, or to the operation of a port or harbor. (9) Public improvements authorized pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code), and the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). (b) Any port or harbor infrastructure may be privately operated. Except for any port or harbor infrastructure financed or subsidized with public trust revenues, any privately owned port or harbor infrastructure may be eligible in whole or in part for financing or other support or subsidy from money deposited in the infrastructure fund pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1701. (c) If a port or harbor infrastructure financed wholly or partly with public funds is privately owned and if the use for which the port or harbor infrastructure was originally constructed changes or is incompatible with the port authority’s master plan, the private owner shall pay the public agency the percentage of the full appreciated value of the port or harbor infrastructure that was originally financed with public funds. (d) Any port or harbor infrastructure may be located within, partly within and partly outside, or outside the boundaries of any harbor agency. (e) Any port or harbor infrastructure that has been purchased, constructed, expanded, improved, or rehabilitated by the expenditure or use of public trust revenues shall be held as an asset of the trust in a share proportionate to the investment of public trust revenues.

Cal. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC § 1699. Section 1699.

“Seaport infrastructure financing district” means an enhanced infrastructure financing district that finances port or harbor infrastructure created in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1710) of this part and Chapter 2.99 (commencing with Section 53398.50) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.