Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the district board, and countersigned by the county treasurer, and the seal of the district board shall be affixed. The interest coupons of the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the county treasurer. All such signatur…

If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his signature or countersignature shall be as valid as if he had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.

The board may issue and sell the bonds of the district at not less than par value, and the proceeds shall be placed in the treasury of the county. All premiums and accrued interest received shall be paid into the fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the bo…

When the board of supervisors is the district board of a district and such board deems it in the best interests of the district, it may authorize the county treasurer, upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by such board, to issue notes, on a competitive-bid basis, maturi…

The construction fund shall be applied exclusively to the purposes and objects mentioned in the resolution calling the bond election. Payments from the construction fund shall be made upon demands allowed by the district board, and prepared, presented, and audited in the same man…

When the purposes and objects mentioned in the resolution calling the bond election have been accomplished, any moneys remaining in the construction fund may be transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds. The district board by a vote…

If the proposition of issuing bonds submitted at a bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the district board may, at the expiration of six months after that election, call or order another bond election, either for the same objects and purposes, or for any …

If the district board by resolution passed by a vote of a majority of all its members determines that the public interest or necessity of the district demands the issuance of additional bonds for carrying out any of the objects of the district, the district board may again have a…

Bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual tax upon the real property in the district, and all the real property in the district shall be and remain liable to be taxed for such payments. Said bonds and the interest thereon shall not be taxable …

In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include: (a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of the project. (b) All engineering, inspection, legal and fiscal agent’s fee…

Nothing in this chapter shall affect the validity of, or the right to issue and sell, bonds voted prior to the date when this code goes into effect.

(1) An issue of bonds is hereby defined to be the aggregate principal amount of all of the bonds authorized to be issued in accordance with a proposal submitted to and approved by the electors of the district, but no indebtedness will be deemed to have been contracted until bonds…

Bonds may be made payable on a date subsequent to the time fixed for the collection of the second installment of general district taxes with which the first levy of taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds is to be collected. In such event, the first inte…

An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The provisions of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 as amended shall be applicable to county sanitation districts, and the term “local agency” as used in Chapter 6 of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code shall be deemed to include a county sanitation district. Notwithsta…

As an alternative method of issuing bonds the district board may, after the approval and adoption of an engineer’s report for a portion of the district, if it deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness to obtain funds with which to acquire the property and do the work set …

As an alternative method of issuing bonds the district board may, after the approval and adoption of an engineer’s report for a portion of the district, if it deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness to obtain funds with which to acquire the property and do the work set …

Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code prior to the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper having general circulation in the county sanitation district. Such notice shall also be given by post…

At the time and place so fixed, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the district board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing any person interested, including any person owning property within the district or within the proposed improvement distric…

At the time and place so fixed, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the district board shall proceed with the hearing. At the hearing any person interested, including any person owning property within the district or within the proposed improvement distric…

When the board has made its determinations as provided in Section 4808 and if the board deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness, the board shall by resolution call a special election in said improvement district for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters th…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, notice of the election shall be given and the election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for the authorization of bonds of the entire county sanitation district, and if two-thirds of the votes cast are in fav…

No irregularities or informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same, if the election shall have otherwise been fairly conducted. Any action or proceedings, wherein the validity of the formation of the improvement district or of any bonds issued for it or of t…

Bonds issued as bonds of the district for an improvement district therein and the interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the real property in the improvement district of such county sanitation district, and all the real property with…

Annually, on or before the first day of August the district board shall furnish to the board of supervisors and the county auditor a written statement of the amount necessary to pay the interest on bonds for that year, and the portion of the principal that is to become due before…

The board of supervisors of the county shall annually, at the time and in the manner of levying other county taxes, levy and cause to be collected a tax upon the taxable real property in the district, based upon the last equalized assessment roll of the county sufficient to pay t…

If the district board fails to furnish to the board of supervisors the written statement of the amount necessary, the board of supervisors of the county shall ascertain the amount necessary to pay the interest on the bonds for that year and the portion of the principal that is to…

The tax shall be 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 treasury of the county to the credit of the district, and shall be used for the payment of the principal and interest upon the…

The principal and interest on the bonds shall be paid by the treasurer of the county in the manner now or hereafter provided by law for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds of the county. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

In any year, at least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located, is required by law to levy the amount of taxes required by law for county purposes, the district board shall furnish to the board of s…

The tax shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes, and the revenue derived from the tax shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the operating fund of the district, unless the board has designa…

Claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code, except as provided therein. Claims not governed thereby or by other statutes or by ord…

The cost of preparing the engineer’s report, including the compensation paid engineers and other employees of the district, is a charge against the district and shall be paid from the first available funds of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The cost of the engineer’s report, employees’ salaries, costs of engineering surveys, bond counsel fees, and other initial costs and expenses, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), incurred after formation of a district and prior to receipt of its first available funds, m…

The board of directors of a county sanitation district engaging in refuse disposal operations may, by resolution, establish a cash difference fund in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), in the same manner and by the same procedures as prescribed by Sections 29370 …

Territory, whether situated within the same or another county and whether incorporated or unincorporated, which is not included in any other county sanitation district or other district formed for similar purposes, may be annexed to a county sanitation district if the directors f…

If a refuse transfer or disposal system of the district, or both, is in existence, any territory proposed to be annexed to the district shall be and become a part of said system unless an express finding is made by the district board that said territory proposed to be annexed wil…

Property contiguous to a sanitation district but which is situated in a county other than the county in which the sanitation district has been organized may be annexed to said sanitation district and to any improvement district therein.

Whenever any territory in another county is annexed to a district it thereupon becomes a part of the district. The board of supervisors of the county in which is situated the annexing territory shall appoint one of its members to sit as a member of the board of directors of said …

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4832.5, whenever territory of less than 50 acres in another county is annexed to the Selma-Kingsburg-Fowler County Sanitation District, and if the board of supervisors of the county in which the territory to be annexed is situated consent…

Taxes for a district which is situated in more than one county as provided in this article shall be levied in accordance with the following procedure: (a) The board of directors shall annually, before the time of fixing the general tax levy for county purposes, estimate the amoun…

Territory already a part of a county sanitation district may be annexed to an improvement district of that county sanitation district under the procedure set forth in Sections 4835 to 4839, inclusive. Whenever territory is so annexed to an improvement district of a county sanitat…

The district board shall adopt a resolution initiating proceedings for annexation pursuant to Section 4834, which resolution shall contain all the following: (a) Set forth the exterior boundaries of the territory proposed for annexation. (b) State that the territory will be benef…

The clerk of the district shall give notice of the hearing by mailing a copy of such notice to all landowners owning land within the territory proposed to be annexed, and by publishing notice thereof in at least two successive issues, not more than 30 nor less than 10 days prior …

A majority protest shall be deemed to exist, and the proposed annexation shall be abandoned, if the district board shall find that written protests filed and not withdrawn prior to the conclusion of the hearing represent more than 50 percent of the assessed value of the land ther…

At the hearing, all interested persons shall be given the opportunity to present evidence and testimony for or against the proposed annexation. Any person who shall have filed a written protest may withdraw the written protest at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing. I…

If the district board approves the proposed annexation, or approves the annexation but excludes any lands, a certified copy of the resolution of the district board, together with a map or plat of the new boundaries of the improvement district, shall be filed with the agencies des…

Whenever two or more sanitation districts find and declare by resolution adopted by their respective district boards that it is for the interest or advantage of the districts to do so, the districts by their respective district boards may enter into an agreement for the maintenan…

The agreement shall specify the proportionate amount to be paid by each district toward the costs and expenses of the organization and the salaries, wages, or other compensation of all persons employed jointly by the districts. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

For the purpose of facilitating the payment of the joint costs, expenses, salaries, wages, or other compensation, the agreement may also provide for the payment by each district of its proportionate share of the costs, expenses, salaries, wages, or other compensation, into the fu…