Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

Whenever bonds of cities, counties, school districts or irrigation districts may be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public moneys, any bonds issued by joint highway districts may be so used. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)

The State Director of Finance may purchase any bonds issued by joint highway districts and pay for them out of any surplus money in the State treasury which, in his judgment, is not required for governmental purposes prior to the maturity of such bonds. The boards of supervisors …

If the report of the board of directors shows that the proposed project or any unit thereof, is estimated to cost more than one million dollars ($1,000,000), the board of directors may provide that any bonds issued to finance the same shall be extended over a period of not to exc…

The issuance of any bonds by the district shall be conclusive evidence of the regularity, validity and legal sufficiency of all proceedings, acts and determinations in any wise pertaining thereto. After the bonds are issued no assessment tax or tax or other charge levied or colle…

No bonds shall be issued by the district in an amount which will aggregate at any time an obligation in excess of 10 per cent of the assessed value of the aggregate total taxable property within the district as shown by the then current taxation assessment rolls of the several co…

The taxable property within any county shall not at any time be obligated for all joint highway district purposes, in any amount in excess of the following limitations: (a) In counties having a total assessed value of all taxable property therein of one hundred million dollars ($…

(a) Investments in traffic signal synchronization may be eligible for an allocation of moneys pursuant to Section 39712 of the Health and Safety Code as a component of an eligible sustainable infrastructure project if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The sponsoring a…

An action to determine the legality of the existence of a district may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1527.)

The board may in each fiscal year set aside in separate funds out of the revenues of the works a sufficient sum to: (a) First, pay the operating expenses of the district. (b) Second, provide for repairs and maintenance of the works owned or operated by the district, including any…

For the purpose of paying the principal or interest of bonds due or to become due within four months, and not otherwise adequately provided for, the district may borrow money in anticipation of the receipt of either the revenues and taxes of the fiscal year in which the loan is m…

After the completion of construction of the works, the board shall, in the month of July in each year, cause a tax to be levied and collected in the manner provided in Chapter 11 of this part. The amount of such tax, after deducting any available and applicable moneys on hand (ex…

The taxes required to be levied and collected under this chapter shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for county purposes, and all taxable property of the district shall be and remain liable to be taxed as provided in this chapter until the entire principal and interest…

After the contractor has fulfilled his contract to the satisfaction of the street superintendent, or the engineer if such power has been delegated to him, the superintendent or engineer, as the case may be, shall forthwith make an assessment to cover the sum due for the work perf…

The street superintendent in making an assessment shall deduct from the total costs and expenses of the work any contributions authorized to be paid pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing at Section 5125) of Part 3. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 416.)

In assessing land, credit may be given for dedications and for improvements constructed at private expense. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 739.)

The assessment shall briefly refer to the contract, the work contracted for and performed, and shall show the amount to be paid therefor, together with all incidental expenses, the amount of each assessment against each lot or portion of a lot, the number of each lot or portion o…

The assessment shall be filed with the clerk. The clerk shall give notice of the filing of the assessment and of a time to be therein fixed by the clerk when all persons interested in the work done or in the assessment will be heard by the legislative body. The notice shall be po…

Such notice shall also be given by mail. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

Such notice shall designate the property within the assessment district belonging to the owner by street number, or some other description sufficient to enable the property owner to identify the property, include a statement of the amount proposed to be assessed against such prop…

Reference shall be made in the notices required by this chapter to the resolution of intention and the date of its passage for a description of the work therein mentioned and no other description thereof shall be necessary. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 57.)

The owners, the contractor, or his assigns, and all other persons interested in any work done under this division, or in the assessment, feeling aggrieved by any act or determination of the superintendent of streets or engineer in relation thereto, or who claim that the work has …

Upon such appeal, the legislative body may remedy and correct any error or informality in the proceedings, and revise and correct any of the acts or determinations of the street superintendent or engineer relative to said work; may confirm, amend, alter, modify or correct the ass…

All the decisions and determinations of the legislative body, upon notice and hearing as aforesaid, shall be final and conclusive upon all persons entitled to appeal to the legislative body, as to all errors, informalities, and irregularities which the legislative body might have…

No assessment, warrant, or diagram, and no proceedings prior to the assessment, shall be held invalid by any court for any error, informality, or other defect in the same, where the resolution of intention of the legislative body to do the work, has been actually published as pro…

Whenever the resolution of intention declares that a contribution of labor or of labor and any portion of materials, supplies or equipment for the proposed work will be made by any local, State or National agency or authority, an assessment shall be made to cover the sum due for …

To the assessment shall be attached a warrant, which shall be signed by the superintendent of streets, and countersigned by the mayor or the city clerk. The warrant shall be substantially in the following form: By virtue hereof, I (name of the superintendent of streets), of the C…

The warrant, diagram and assessment shall be recorded in the office of the superintendent of streets and in accordance with Section 5372.1 and may be recorded at any hour of the calendar day. Immediately thereafter the clerk shall record a notice of assessment, as provided for in…

No assessment or bond hereafter levied or issued shall become a lien and no person shall be deemed to have notice thereof until a certified copy of the assessment and the diagram attached thereto shall be recorded in the office of the county surveyor if the improvement district o…

Upon the confirmation of the assessment by the legislative body, the clerk shall furnish the superintendent of streets with a list containing each assessment or parcel number, as shown on said recorded assessment, and the name and address of the owner or owners of the real proper…

The lien, whether bonds issued to represent the assessment or otherwise, shall be subordinate to all fixed special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property, but it shall have priority over all fixed special assessment liens which may thereafter be created agains…

The lien of a reassessment and a refunding assessment shall have the same priority as the original assessment to which it relates. A supplemental assessment is a new assessment. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1465.)

The amount of any contribution for the cost and expenses of the work shall be paid by the city to the contractor, or his agent, or assigns, upon delivery of the warrant, assessment and diagram, or prior to said delivery, may be paid in installments, for work completed, during the…

After the warrant, assessment and diagram are recorded, the same shall be delivered to the contractor, or his agent or assigns, on demand, but not until after the payment to the superintendent of streets of the incidental expenses not previously paid by the contractor, his agent …

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5375 the legislative body may waive the requirement that the contractor, or his agent, or assigns pay the expenses incidental to the cost of the work, or work and acquisition paid for by contribution. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 979.)