Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s climate and topography support a wide diversity of biological organisms. (2) Most of these organisms are beneficial, but some are vectors of human disease pathogens or directly cause other human disease…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Abate” means to put an end to a public nuisance, or to reduce the degree or the intensity of a public nuisance. (b) “Board of trustees” means the legislative body of a district. (c) “City” means any city, whether general law or chartered, including a…

(a) This chapter provides the authority for the organization and powers of mosquito abatement and vector control districts. This chapter succeeds the former Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2200) as added by Chapter 60 of the Statutes of 1939, as subsequently amended, and any o…

This chapter is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.

The board shall call and give notice of an election to be held in the proposed district to determine whether the district shall be formed, and to elect the commissioners who shall serve as the first district board.

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the coun…

The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a …

If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the…

The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question. The ballot pamphlet shall contain th…

The notice of the formation election shall contain: (a) The date of the election. (b) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The name of the proposed police protection district, which shall contain the words “Police Protection District of ____ County” (stat…

The county clerk shall publish the notice of election once a week for at least two weeks prior to the formation election, in a newspaper printed and published in the district, if any, and if none, shall give such notice by posting the notice in three public places within the dist…

At the formation election the first directors shall be elected and the following measure shall be submitted: “Shall the proposition to form ______ Police Protection District of ______ County be adopted?”

No person shall be a candidate for the district board unless he is a resident within the boundaries of the proposed district.

The election shall be conducted, candidates nominated, the votes canvassed, and the results declared as provided by the Elections Code for election of county officers, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with this chapter. Each person voting at the formation election shall…

If a majority of votes cast are in favor of forming the district, the board of supervisors shall by an order entered on its minutes declare the district formed under the name designated for it.

No person is entitled to vote on the question of formation of a district, or for the first board of commissioners, unless that person is a voter within the meaning of the Elections Code, and a resident within the boundaries of the proposed district.

If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumstance or to any person, city, county, special district, school district, the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state, including the California State University and the Univ…

(a) Any action to determine the validity of either the organization, or any action, of a district shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (b) Any judicial review of an action taken pursuant to this…

A district shall be governed by a district board of three commissioners, each of whom shall be a resident of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Except as otherwise provided in this article, all district elections shall be called, held, and conducted in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the Uniform District Election Law.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the terms of office of commissioners of the board in all districts existing on January 1, 1969, shall be determined as provided in Section 10507 of the Elections Code, and the terms of office of commissioners of the board in all n…

A vacancy occurring in the office of an elected commissioner shall be filled by an appointment of the board. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Every commissioner shall serve without compensation. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

(a) Except as provided in this section, territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, may be included in a district. Territory that is already within a mosquito abatement and vector control district formed pursuant to this chapter may not…

The district board shall adopt all rules and regulations necessary for the administration, operation, and maintenance of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

(a) A district’s police department, police chief, and employees shall have all of the rights, duties, privileges, immunities, obligations, and powers of a municipal police department. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the act adding this section shall not affect the Br…

(a) The district board shall determine the number of employees, if any, necessary for the proper care and protection of the life and property of residents in the district. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the district board shall appoint all district employees and presc…

The district may contract with a municipality within the county in which the district is located or with the county for the furnishing of police protection service by any police agency of the municipality or county.

For the purpose of housing its police equipment and apparatus, and for housing its ambulances, the district board may acquire land and erect a police station; or acquire land on which a police station, or a building suitable for a police station, has been erected.

Before acquiring any real property for a police station, the district board may submit to the voters in the district at a special election, or at the election for a commissioner, the proposition whether or not land shall be acquired and a police station built thereon; or whether …

All real property for a police station acquired pursuant to this article shall be conveyed to and held in the name of the “Board of Police Commissioners of the Police Protection District ______” (naming the district). (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The district board may pay for any real property it acquires for a police station out of money derived from the annual district tax, or out of money derived from a special tax approved by the voters in the district at an election. The procedure and conduct of an election for the …

The district board may dispose of any real property acquired for a police station. The disposition shall, however, be first approved by the voters in the district at an election, if the property was acquired pursuant to their approval at an election. The proceeds from the disposi…

The district board may make and award contracts and may sue and be sued in the name of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The district board shall keep a correct record of all its acts and proceedings, and of all its receipts and disbursements. For that purpose, it shall procure all necessary books and blanks. The books of the district board shall be open to public inspection at all times. (Enacted …

Each commissioner shall, at the expiration of his term of office, turn over to his successor all books and documents in his possession belonging to the district board and take a receipt therefor. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

All accounts, bills, and demands against the district shall be audited, allowed, and paid by the district board by warrants of the county auditor drawn on the county treasurer upon orders of the district board. The county treasurer shall honor the warrants in the order in which t…

In addition to the duties specified in this chapter, the district board shall perform such other duties as are proper and necessary to carry out this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

A new district may be formed pursuant to this article.

The district board shall call an election at which it shall submit to the voters in the district the question whether a special tax shall be levied for establishing and equipping a police department for the protection of life and property in the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939,…

The election shall be called by posting notices in three of the most public places in the district for not less than ten days; and if there is a newspaper printed and published in the district, by publishing a notice in at least two regular issues of the newspaper. (Enacted by St…

The notice shall specify the time and place of the election, and the amount required for the establishment and equipment of the police department. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

To the right of or below the question on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets.

The district board shall appoint three judges and two clerks to conduct the election. The election shall be conducted as far as practicable pursuant to the general election law; but neither a new register nor legal ballot paper is required, and the polls may be opened at eight o'…

Within twenty-four hours after the election, the judges of the election shall report and certify to the district board the number of votes cast for and against the tax. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

If the majority of the votes cast are in favor of the tax, the district board shall report to the board the amount of money authorized to be raised. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The district board shall make an annual estimate of the amount of money required during the ensuing fiscal year for the maintenance of any police department established in the district, and for the cost of any other thing necessary for carrying out this part; and shall submit it …

The auditor of each county in which a district is located shall allocate to the district, its share of property tax revenue pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(a) A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the things required by Section 56700 of the Government Code. In addition, the petition shall: (1) Set forth the methods by which the district will be financed, including, but not limited t…

A district may levy special taxes services pursuant to the following: (a) Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Government Code. (b) Article 16 (commencing with Section 53970) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the…