Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

Upon the withdrawal of any territory from the district, the remaining territory in the district shall continue as a lighting district until dissolved. No withdrawal of territory shall become effective until any outstanding contract for service has expired or such contract has, wi…

If the Federal Government desires to include any highway improved or to be improved by a district in any scheme of National defense and to use or assume the use of the highway for military or other purposes, the board of directors of the district, either directly or through the p…

The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the state to acquire abandoned railroad lines when the right-of-way for such lines has a potential public transportation use including, but not limited to, a use for highways, busways, bicycles, pedestrians, or guideways. (…

The Abandoned Railroad Account is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund. The money in the Abandoned Railroad Account is appropriated to the department for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1130.)

The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature not later than July 1, 1976, a priority list of abandoned railroad lines having rights-of-way that may be developed for public transportation uses. In preparing the list, the department shall consider the State Rail Plan …

With money made available for such purpose, the department may acquire any of the rights-of-way included in the priority list prepared pursuant to Section 2544 and shall offer such property to all cities, counties, and transit districts within whose jurisdiction such property is …

In the name of the people of the State of California or, upon authorization from a city, county, or transit district, in the name of such city, county, or transit district, the department may condemn for public transportation purposes, under the provisions of the Code of Civil Pr…

(a) Any city, county, transit operator, or the department may submit an application to the department for an advance of funds for the purchase of abandoned railroad rights-of-way pursuant to Section 99317 of the Public Utilities Code. The department shall evaluate the application…

The treasury of the county in which the district is situated shall be the depository for the funds of the district. The county treasurer shall receive and receipt for the funds of the district, and shall place all such funds to the credit of the district. He shall be responsible …

The following funds are hereby established in the county treasury to which the money belonging to the district, and raised by taxation shall be apportioned by the treasurer: (a) Bond fund. (b) Construction and maintenance fund. (c) District expense fund. The treasurer shall pay o…

At or before the time of issuing any bonds the board shall estimate: (a) The total cost of constructing or acquiring or both the works for which the bonds are to be issued. (b) The period of construction of such works. (c) The amount of bonds which will be required to pay the tot…

If the estimated amount of bonds required to pay the estimated cost and interest exceeds the total amount of bonds theretofore authorized, the board may submit to the electors of the district the proposition of authorizing additional bonds for the purpose of meeting the estimate.…

Bonds may be issued in accordance with the estimate in such amounts not exceeding the total amount of bonds authorized as will produce a sum sufficient to pay the cost of constructing or acquiring or both the works for which they were authorized and interest on the bonds so issue…

Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds the board may issue temporary bonds of any denomination and with or without coupons and subject to the same restrictions imposed upon the issuance of definitive bonds. Temporary bonds shall be exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the…

If, after any bond has been duly signed by any properly authorized officer, that officer ceases to hold office, the bond may nevertheless be delivered with the same effect as if it had been signed by the person holding the office at the time of delivery. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch…

The district bonds may be made registerable as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the board prior to the issuance thereof. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)

If after paying the cost of constructing or acquiring or both the works and interest on the bonds during the actual period of construction and for a period of six months thereafter, there is a surplus of the proceeds of the bonds issued by the district, including all premiums pai…

The money in the reserve interest fund shall be deposited in the same manner as other funds of the district or invested in securities which are legal investments for public funds, and the fund shall be used solely for the payment of interest on such bonds whenever there shall be …

If the surplus from the proceeds of the bonds exceeds one year’s interest on the bonds, the balance shall be placed in the fund for the payment of the principal of such bonds. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)

A district formed under this part may issue either general obligation bonds or revenue bonds secured solely by tolls. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1592.)

Whenever a railroad, street, or interurban railroad right-of-way shall be included within any district to be assessed for the cost of any work provided in this division, such railroad right-of-way (whether it is owned in fee or as an easement) shall be included in the warrant, as…

If a lot or parcel of land belonging to the United States, or to the state, or to a county, city, public agent, mandatory of the government, school board, educational, penal or reform institution, or facility for the housing of persons with developmental or intellectual disabilit…

If any such lots or parcels of land are omitted from the assessment, the total expense of all work done shall be assessed on the remaining lots or parcels of land lying within the limits of the assessment district, without regard to such omitted lots or parcels of land. (Amended …

If the legislative body, in the resolution of intention, declares that any lot or parcel of land owned and used as provided in Section 5301 shall be included in the assessment, or if no declaration is made respecting any such lot or parcel of land then any assessment upon such lo…

As an alternative method to that method provided in Sections 5302.5 and 6467, for financing unpaid assessments against publicly owned property, as such property is defined in Section 5301, bonds may be issued to represent unpaid assessments against such public property. Bonds sha…

If the legislative body, in the resolution of intention, declares that any lot or parcel of land used as provided in Section 5301 and owned by the United States or any department thereof or the State of California or any department thereof shall be included in the assessment, the…

The legislative body may provide for deferral of payment of assessments in accordance with procedures prescribed by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 10700) of Division 12. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 449, Sec. 1. Effective July 22, 1986.)

Bonds issued pursuant to this part may be refunded pursuant to the procedures in Division 11.5 (commencing with Section 9500). (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1332, Sec. 6. Effective October 1, 1985.)

Any district, in order to determine the legality of its existence, may institute a proceeding in the superior court of the county. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1147.)

The proceeding is instituted by filing with the clerk of the court a complaint setting forth: (a) The name of the district. (b) Its exterior boundaries. (c) The date of its organization. (d) A prayer that the district be judged legally formed under this part. (Amended by Stats. 2…

The summons shall be addressed generally to all persons interested in the district, or in any of the lands contained in the district, and shall be served by publishing a copy once a week for four weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county. (Added by Stats…

Within 30 days after the last publication of summons, any person interested may appear and answer the complaint. The answer shall set forth the facts relied upon to show the invalidity of the district. If no answer is filed within the time allowed the court shall render judgment …

If any provision of this part is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this part. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed each provision of this part irrespective of the fact that any …

After the reassessment has been confirmed it shall not be contested in any way other than at the time and in the manner specified in this chapter, and in any such action all findings, conclusions, and determinations of the legislative body which conducted the reassessment proceed…

No defect in the form of any reassessment levied pursuant to this division and no statutory defect in any of the proceedings relating to the reassessment and refunding shall in any way invalidate any reassessment or any refunding bond. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1525…

No bond, coupon, assessment, or installment thereof or of the interest or penalties thereon, and no certificate of sale or deed shall be held invalid for error in the computation of the proper amount due on it if the error be found to be comparatively negligible or be found to be…

An action to determine the validity of a reassessment and of any refunding bonds issued or to be issued thereon may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. For such purpose the reassessment shall be deem…

If any reassessment or any refunding bond is held illegal or invalid in any action or proceeding upon any ground which would apply to the entire reassessment or the entire issue of refunding bonds, then the unpaid bonds refunded remain in full force and effect. If the unpaid bond…

If refunding bonds are invalidated or held to be illegal, all of the provisions of the act under which the original bonds were issued shall apply to the original bonds and to any bonds issued under Section 9479 to replace such original bonds. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, C…

No action or proceeding to set aside, cancel, avoid, annul, or correct any reassessment levied under this division, or to review any of the proceedings, acts, or determinations made in the proceedings for the reassessment and the issuance of refunding bonds, or to question the va…