Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

In the event that an ordinance requires the installation of a sewer, drainage, or street lighting system by a subdivider, the resolution of intention may state that the territory owned by the subdivider comes under the terms of such ordinance and order that such territory be form…

The resolution of intention shall describe the boundaries of the district which is to be assessed for such maintenance and operation, or if the improvements or any part thereof to be maintained or operated are constructed in the same proceeding, it may describe the maintenance di…

The maintenance district may include property lying within one or more cities if the consent of the legislative body of each such city to the formation of such district expressed by resolution, is first obtained before the resolution of intention is adopted by the board of superv…

At any time not later than the hour for hearing objections to the proposed work as provided in this division, or at any time not later than the time fixed in the resolution of intention for the hearing of objections, if the resolution of intention provides for maintenance only, a…

If the resolution of intention contemplates annexation of the territory within which the improvements are to be constructed to an existing maintenance district, written protests against such annexation or the extent thereof may be filed by any interested person. (Added by Stats. …

The board of supervisors, in addition to hearing protests against the proposed work and the extent of the district to be assessed therefor, shall hear and pass upon all protests against the formation of the maintenance district and against the extent thereof, and shall hear and p…

If the board of supervisors finds that the protest against the formation of the maintenance district is made by the owners of more than one-half of the area of the property included within such district, no further proceedings shall be taken, unless the protests are overruled by …

If the board of supervisors, in its resolution of intention, declares its intention to order a maintenance district formed, the notice of improvement shall likewise give notice of such declaration of intention and that protests against such maintenance district may be filed and w…

The board of supervisors shall acquire jurisdiction to order that the maintenance district be formed in the same manner prescribed in this division for the acquiring of jurisdiction to order the construction of improvements, and it may thereupon by resolution order the formation …

When the board of supervisors adopts a separate resolution declaring its intention to form a maintenance district for sanitary sewers or for street lighting, the clerk shall be directed to give notice of the hearing. The notice shall have the heading “Notice of the proposed forma…

Upon adoption of the resolution ordering the formation of the maintenance district or the annexation of territory to an existing maintenance district, the legislative body adopting the resolution shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of P…

Any district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation, or with any person, firm or corporation, for the joint use of any sewer or sewers or othe…

The board of supervisors shall thereafter, in each year, prior to the time of fixing the county tax rate, estimate the cost of maintaining and operating the improvements to be maintained and operated within the maintenance district during the ensuing year. The board of supervisor…

Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by Section 5830 for purposes of lighting maintenance, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter 6.1 (commencing with Section 54701) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (Added by Stat…

The special assessment tax shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the fund of the maintenance district and be used for the payment…

The board of supervisors may determine that the whole or any part of the expense of such maintenance shall be paid by the county. If the county is to contribute toward the expenses of such maintenance the resolution of intention shall so provide. When such provision is made the e…

The board of supervisors may temporarily transfer moneys to the maintenance district fund from other funds in which such moneys are not immediately needed. The money so transferred shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the board and shall be used for the purposes provided …

If a maintenance district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a special assessment tax or an assessment, as the case may be, in that year or in the next ensuing year, the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to transfer funds of the county not immediately neede…

Any area of a maintenance district, or of a temporary zone formed pursuant to Section 5855 in a district, which is included in a city by annexation or incorporation after a loan has been made shall continue to be taxed or assessed for the repayment of its proportionate share of t…

(a) The board of supervisors may adopt an ordinance proposing the imposition of a special tax for the purpose of maintaining improvements. Such ordinance shall be submitted to the voters of the maintenance district and shall take effect upon approval of two-thirds of the voters o…

The board of supervisors of the county in which a maintenance district is formed shall: (a) Make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration, operation and government of such district. (b) Execute all contracts and make all necessary provisions for the …

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting the county itself from maintaining and operating any or all of the improvements when ordered by the board of supervisors and from purchasing the materials and supplies and employing the labor necessary for those purposes. …

“Sewers” as used in this chapter includes lateral and collecting sewers, septic tanks, and all other means of handling, gathering, and disposing of sewage in the district. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 144.)

“Maintenance of sewers” as used in this chapter includes the extension and enlargement of sewers within the district, and the acquisition or construction of other works or improvements useful in the proper operation of those sewers. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 145.)

“Maintenance” as used in this chapter in relation to lighting systems, includes the replacement of any obsolete equipment with new modern equipment found by the board of supervisors or legislative body of a city to be necessary for the proper operation of the district. The replac…

The board of supervisors of any lighting maintenance district may provide for the establishment of an accumulative capital outlay fund for the replacement of obsolete lighting system equipment. The fund shall be held in reserve until appropriated in whole or in part to a specific…

Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors, a county may lend any available county funds to a county maintenance district for the replacement of obsolete equipment, or to defray unusual maintenance costs. Any such loan may be restricted for use in a temporary zo…

The title to all property acquired by a maintenance district shall be vested in the county. Upon the dissolution of the district by reason of all of its territory being included within a city, such property shall thereupon become the property of such city, and if all of the distr…

The boundaries of any maintenance district may be altered, and contiguous or noncontiguous territory whether it is within incorporated or unincorporated territory may be annexed thereto. If incorporated territory is sought to be annexed, consent thereto shall first be obtained fr…

The board of supervisors shall cause notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing to be given by mail to each owner whose name and address appears on the last equalized assessment roll and who owns real property within the boundaries of the territory sought to be annexed…

At the time fixed for the hearing or to which it may be continued, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the proposal and any objections which may be filed to the inclusion of any property within the proposed annexation. The board of supervisors may, by order entered …

If any portion of the territory annexed to a maintenance district comprises a portion of another maintenance district formed under the provisions of this chapter, a highway lighting district organized pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 19000) of Division 14, or a sewer m…

If the territory annexed to a maintenance district includes within its boundaries all of another maintenance district formed under the provisions of this chapter, a highway lighting district organized pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 19000) of Division 14, or a sewer m…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsequent to annexation of such territory and dissolution of the annexed district, the maintenance district shall assume all of the assets and liabilities of the dissolved district and shall be entitled to all of the property tax reven…

If, after the formation of a maintenance district, additional improvements of the same type or nature are constructed within the boundaries of such district, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention that the cost of maintaining and operating such …

Notice of the hearing on the resolution shall be given to the persons within the existing maintenance district in the manner prescribed by Section 5838. Mailed notice shall be required with respect to additional improvements for a lighting maintenance district where the annual co…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors, upon its own motion or upon receipt of a petition signed by 20 or more taxpayers of an existing lighting maintenance district asking for the installation and maintenance of additional lights, may, by …

Any portion of any maintenance district which will not be benefited by remaining within the district, may be withdrawn therefrom. The board of supervisors may by resolution entered upon its minutes fix a time for a hearing on the question of the withdrawal of any portion of a mai…

The time for the hearing shall be not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the date of the adoption of the resolution. The board of supervisors shall at least five days prior to the time so fixed cause a notice of such hearing to be published by one insertion in such daily, w…

Any person interested may appear at the hearing and object to the withdrawal of said portion from the maintenance district, or may object to the continuance of the remaining territory as a maintenance district. The board of supervisors shall consider and pass upon all objections …

No withdrawal of territory under the provisions of Section 5846 or 5853 shall become effective unless and until any outstanding contract of the maintenance district from which a portion is sought to be withdrawn has expired, or such contract, with the consent of the parties there…

Any maintenance district created to finance any work which might also be constructed or maintained by a county sanitation district, may become a part of a county sanitation district after the board of supervisors of the county within which the maintenance district is located has,…

A maintenance district included in a county sanitation district pursuant to Section 5847.5 is not dissolved by such inclusion, but may continue to function in the same manner that it functioned before the inclusion. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1319.)

Any maintenance district may be dissolved by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors upon its own motion may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to dissolve the maintenance district and may fix a time for a hearing upon such dissolution. The time for such hearin…

At the time appointed for such hearing, or at any time to which it is adjourned, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the question of dissolution and all objections and protests and may grant or deny the same, and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive. I…

Upon the inclusion of all of the territory of a maintenance district within one or more cities, either by reason of annexation proceedings or by reason of the incorporation of one or more cities, and upon dissolution of such district, all funds paid into the county treasury to th…