Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

Whenever a complaint is received concerning a violation of the restrictions imposed pursuant to Section 52080, the city or county shall investigate promptly and make a report to the complaining party on whether the violation existed and whether it persists, and if it persists, wh…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, this chapter shall not be construed to limit or otherwise restrict the authority of chartered cities to issue bonds for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, refinancing, or development of multifamily…

(a) Multifamily rental housing development financed, or for which financing has been extended or committed, pursuant to this chapter from the proceeds of sale of each bond issue shall at all times during the qualified project period meet the requirement of paragraph (1) or (2), w…

Each city, county, and city and county that has issued bonds pursuant to this chapter or a charter provision or ordinance for the purposes specified in Section 52097 shall file a report annually, on or before March 1, with the Governor, the Legislature, and the department, which …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, no more than sixty cents ($0.60) on each one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation shall be levied for all the district purposes in any one year, besides what is required for the payment of the bond principal and interest for tha…

The board may prescribe the time and manner of assessing, levying, and collecting taxes for district purposes, except as otherwise provided in this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

District taxes may be assessed, levied, and collected for any or all of the following purposes: (a) To pay the principal and interest of the bonds issued by the district. (b) To raise money for any of the purposes stated in Sections 6512 and 6660 hereof. (c) To pay any lawful cla…

The board shall annually levy a tax upon the taxable property in the district sufficient to pay the interest on bonds for the year, and such portion of the principal as is due or is to become due during the year, so that the entire amount of principal and interest of the bonds sh…

If any portion of the interest or principal due for any year remains unpaid, it shall be added to the levy for the next year, and shall be collected and paid accordingly. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The payment of the principal and interest of all bonds, within forty years from their issuance, is the obligation of the district; and, if necessary to accomplish that purpose, a special tax shall be levied. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds of annexed territory shall be limited to the taxable property in the annexed territory.

Between the first Mondays in March and July annually the assessor shall assess all taxable property in the district to the persons by whom it was owned or claimed, or in whose possession or control it was at twelve o'clock noon of the first Monday in March next preceding. (Enacte…

No mistake in the name of the owner of any property, or any informality in the description or in other parts of the assessment, shall invalidate the assessment. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The assessor shall verify his assessment roll, and shall deposit it with the board on the first Monday in July in each year, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

All the provisions of law relating to assessment of property by county assessor shall, so far as applicable, apply to and govern the acts of the assessor in the assessment of taxable property in the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Annually, on the first Monday of July at seven thirty p.m. the board shall meet as a board of equalization. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

If the district assessor has returned the assessment roll for the year the board shall proceed to equalize the assessments. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

If the assessment roll has not been returned by the district assessor the board shall adjourn from time to time until the roll has been returned, and for the purpose of adjournment one or more of the members of the board present may make and announce the adjournment.

When the assessment roll is returned by the district assessor, the board shall equalize the assessments, and the board shall continue in session as a board of equalization with reasonable intermissions until the roll has been examined, rectified, and equalized. (Enacted by Stats.…

The board may hear complaints as to the proceedings of the district assessor and adjudicate and determine the controversy. It may of its own motion raise an assessment, after such reasonable notice to the party whose assessment is to be raised, as may be ordered by the board. (En…

After the equalization of the assessments has been completed, the board shall, by resolution, fix the rate of taxation for district purposes, designating the number of cents on each one hundred dollars to be levied for each fund and shall designate the fund into which the proceed…

After the entry in the minutes of the resolution fixing the rate of the tax the board shall cause the district assessor to compute the amount of the tax upon each item of real and personal property, and enter the amount on the assessment roll. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

When completed, the roll shall be verified by the district assessor and signed by the president and secretary. The amount of the tax then is a lien on the property against which it is assessed, and has the effect of a judgment against the owner. The lien has the force and effect …

As soon as practicable, but not later than the third Monday in August, after the taxes have been computed and extended on the assessment roll, verified by the district assessor and signed by the president and secretary of the board, the board shall transmit, or cause the district…

The tax collector shall collect the taxes shown to be due, in the same manner as he collects the county taxes. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

All the provisions of the laws of the state as to the collection of taxes and delinquent taxes, and the enforcement of their payment, so far as applicable, apply to the collection of district taxes. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The board may direct the district attorney of the county to commence and prosecute suits for the collection of the whole or any portion of the delinquent taxes. The district attorney shall carry out such directions of the board. The district attorney and the sureties on his offic…

All money collected for district purposes by the district attorney under this part shall be at once paid to the treasurer. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The board may at any time, by order entered in its minutes, provide a system for the collection of delinquent taxes, or make any change in the manner of their collection. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The tax collector shall immediately pay to the treasurer all money collected by him for district purposes and the treasurer shall keep it in the county treasury as provided in this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The tax collector and the sureties on his official bond are responsible for the due performance of the duties imposed upon him by this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The board may elect to avail itself of the assessment made by the assessor of the county in which the district is situated, and may take that assessment as the basis for district taxation. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The board shall declare its election by resolution and shall file a certified copy with the auditor and the assessor of the county on or before the first Monday in February of the year in which the district proposes to use the county assessment roll. Until the board by resolution…

Following the board’s election, the county auditor shall on or about the third Monday of August of each year transmit to the board a written statement showing the total value of all property in the district, which value shall be ascertained from the assessment roll used by the co…

The board shall, then, before September 1st, estimate the amount of money needed and fix the rate of taxation for district purposes and for the payment of the principal and interest of that year upon outstanding bonds and the payment of the principal and interest that the board b…

The board shall designate the number of cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) to be levied for each fund and the fund into which the proceeds shall be paid, using as a basis the value of property as assessed on the county roll. These acts by the board are a valid assessment of…

The board shall by September 1st of each year certify to the county auditor of the county in which the district is situated the rate of taxation fixed.

The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district, using the rate of levy as fixed by the board and the assessed value as found on the assessment roll. The taxes shall be colle…

The taxes are a lien on all the property in the district, and the taxes, whether for the payment of a bonded indebtedness, or for other purposes, shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes, and their collection shall be enforced by the same means as provided f…

Taxes for a district which is situated in more than one county and which has availed itself of the county assessor’s roll pursuant to Sections 6780 and 6781 shall be levied in accordance with the following procedure: (a) The district board shall annually, before the time of fixin…

In a fund called the “bond fund of sanitary district” (naming it) the treasurer shall keep the money levied by the board for that fund. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

No part of the money in the bond fund may be transferred to any other fund or be used for any purpose other than the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds of the district, and for the retirement of bonds that have been issued by a district that formerly formed a part…

In a fund called the “running expense fund of ____ Sanitary District” (naming it) the treasurer shall place and keep the money levied by the board for that fund. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The whole or any part of the money in the running expense fund shall be transferred to the bond fund, or to any other fund provided for in this part, on the order of the board. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

(a) The treasurer, or other person or persons that are authorized by the board, shall draw checks or warrants to pay demands when demands have been approved by the board and signed by the president and secretary. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the board may adopt a procedur…

The treasurer shall keep the order as his voucher, and shall keep a specific account of receipts and disbursements for the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be deposited with the treasurer and shall be by him placed in the fund to be called the “sewer construction fund of ____ sanitary district” (naming it). (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The money in the sewer construction fund shall be used for the purpose indicated in the order calling the election upon the question of the issuance of the bonds, and for no other purpose, but, if after those purposes are entirely fulfilled any balance remains in the fund, the ba…

All fines for the violation of any regulation or order of the board shall, after the expenses of the prosecution are deducted, be paid to the secretary, who shall forthwith deposit them with the treasurer, who shall place them in the running expense fund of the district. (Enacted…

The county treasurer and sureties upon his official bond are liable for the due performance of the duties imposed upon him by this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)