Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The clerk of the legislative body shall give notice of the time and place in the resolution of intention as provided in Section 33825.

The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the first publication of which shall be at least 20 days prior to the date set for hearing. Copies of the notice shall (1) be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the owners of property in t…

No proceeding shall be held invalid for the failure to mail notice to any property owner or occupant or to post the notice if there has been substantial compliance with the requirements of this article.

If no newspaper is published and circulated in the city, the notice shall be published in a newspaper published in any county in which the city is located.

Any owner of property within the proposed special assessment area may protest the formation of the special assessment area, the extent thereof, or the proposed assessment by filing a written protest with the clerk of the legislative body at or before the time set for the hearing.…

At the time and place set for hearing on the formation of the special assessment area and levy of special assessments, the legislative body shall consider the report of the agency and hear and pass upon all written protests. Such hearing may be continued from time to time by the …

If protests are filed against the special assessment area, and the legislative body finds that such protests are signed by the owners of more than one-half of the area of the property included within the proposed special assessment area, all further proceedings under the resoluti…

If it is necessary, in order to find whether a majority protest exists, to determine whether any or all of the signers of written protests are the “owners” of property to be assessed, the legislative body shall make such determination from the last equalized assessment roll or th…

Prior to final action on the report, the legislative body shall find and determine, based on evidence submitted at the public hearing, (a) whether the properties proposed to be assessed are specially benefited by the redevelopment activities described in Section 33814, and are ca…

In no event shall a special assessment be levied pursuant to this chapter if the amount specified in the adopted report pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 33822 is equal to or greater than the amount determined by the legislative body pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 33…

Prior to taking final action on the report pursuant to either Section 33821 or 33837, the legislative body shall find and determine that the total amount of revenues received by levying a special assessment pursuant to this chapter, plus the taxes which the legislative body has d…

If written protests by more than one-half of the area of the property in the special assessment area are either not received or are received and are overruled the legislative body may, by resolution, confirm, modify, or correct the report and order the formation of the special as…

Prior to May 15th of each year, after the first fiscal year, during which the assessment district is to continue, the agency shall file with the legislative body a report which shall contain (1) an estimate of the total amount of funds including taxes received by the agency pursu…

After receiving a report pursuant to Section 33837, the legislative body shall review and adopt the report, either as presented or as modified, and shall take one of the following actions: (a) Find that the existing levy will raise substantially the same amount as is needed to ma…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, all tax increments allocated to the agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 33670 with respect to a redevelopment project for which a special assessment district has been created pursuant to this chapter, shall first be u…

Immediately after the levy, but in all cases before July 15th, a certified copy of the diagram and assessment shall be filed with the county auditor. The county auditor shall enter the amounts of the respective assessments on the county tax roll opposite the respective parcels of…

A city or county which levies assessments pursuant to this chapter shall pay to the county tax collector all such assessments levied on real property containing one or more dwelling units occupied by persons and families of low or moderate income; provided, that where such real p…

(a) Each city or county which makes a finding that the assessment area includes property containing residential dwelling units shall establish procedures to enable persons and families of low or moderate income who occupy dwelling units within the assessment area, or owners of su…

The lien of an assessment levied pursuant to this chapter 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 against the property.

Assessments levied under this chapter shall be subject to all the provisions of Division 1 (commencing with Section 101) of the Revenue and Taxation Code applicable to the collection, penalties, costs, or other charges resulting from delinquency, redemption, and sale for nonpayme…

The special assessments provided for in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 33836 shall be deemed to have been levied in each succeeding year until the assessment is revised pursuant to Section 33838 or rescinded and the county auditor is given notice thereof.

All the proceeds of the assessment shall be placed in a separate fund of the legislative body and shall be transferred to the agency only for the payment of indebtedness.

Upon receipt of any proceeds from the legislative body pursuant to Section 33844, the agency shall either immediately use such proceeds for the payment of indebtedness or it shall place such proceeds in a separate fund and shall thereafter only be removed and expended for the pur…

The validity of any assessment levied under this chapter shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless commenced within 60 days after the levy thereof. The provisions of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the sale or issuance of bonds.

All proceedings and decisions undertaken or made pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the requirements of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code.

The Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931, Division 4 (commencing with Section 2800) of the Streets and Highways Code, shall not apply to proceedings under this part.

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end th…

If Section 33840.5 or any portion thereof is held invalid such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this chapter which can be given effect without such invalid section; however, after such section or portion thereof has been held to be invalid: (1) no assessment distri…

(a) As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) [Reserved] (2) “Btu” means British thermal unit. (3) “Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. (4) “Cost-effectiveness” means dollars provided to a proje…

(a) There is hereby created the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program. The program shall be administered by the state board in accordance with this chapter. The administration of the program may be delegated to the districts. (b) The program shall provide g…

(a) Eligible projects are any of the following: (1) Purchase of new very low or zero-emission covered vehicles or covered engines. (2) Emission-reducing retrofit of covered engines, or replacement of old engines powering covered sources with newer engines certified to more string…

The following criteria apply to all projects to be funded through the program except for projects funded through the infrastructure demonstration program: (a) Except for projects involving marine vessels, 75 percent or more of vehicle miles traveled or hours of operation shall be…

(a) An off-road project that involves farm equipment shall be deemed to have a minimum project life of at least 10 years. (b) A grant may be awarded for a project described in subdivision (a) regardless of the time period between the date the application for funding was submitted…

(a) Grants shall not be made for projects with a cost-effectiveness, calculated in accordance with this section, of more than twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per ton of NOx reduced in the state or a higher value that reflects state consumer price index adjustments on or after J…

(a) In order to provide sufficient support for low-emission vehicle projects at the start of the program, the commission shall administer a demonstration project that provides limited funds for fueling infrastructure. Expenditures from the fund for this demonstration program shal…

(a) From time to time, the commission shall issue specific requests for proposals (RFPs) or program opportunity notices (PONs) for technology proposals to be funded from the Advanced Technology Account. The first issuance of RFPs or PONs shall be no later than January 31, 2000. I…

(a) The responsibilities of the state board include management of program funds and program oversight. The state board is responsible for producing guidelines, protocols, and criteria for covered vehicle projects and developing methodologies for evaluating project cost-effectiven…

(a) The state board shall establish grant criteria and guidelines consistent with this chapter for covered vehicle projects as soon as practicable, but not later than January 1, 2000. The adoption of guidelines is exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Proced…

(a) The state board shall, at its first opportunity, revise the grant criteria and guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 44287 to incorporate projects in which an applicant turns in nonroad internal combustion technology and equipment that the applicant owns and that still has s…

(a) By July 1, 2017, the state board shall revise project grant criteria and guidelines pursuant to Section 44287 to allow funds from federal, state, and local programs or other public funding sources to be used for a project also funded under this chapter without those additiona…

(a) An application for a project grant shall be reviewed by the administering district immediately upon receipt. If the administering district determines that an application is incomplete, the applicant shall be notified within 30 working days with an explanation of what is missi…

The state board and participating districts shall institute an outreach program to inform potential participants, technology suppliers, vendors, engine and equipment dealers and distributors, fleet owners, industry organizations and publications, districts, and rail and port orga…

(a) The state board shall assist districts with developing procedures to monitor whether the emission reductions projected in successful grant applications are actually achieved. Monitoring procedures may include project audits, and may also include requirements, as part of the c…

(a) Not later than March 1, 2001, and each March 1 thereafter, through March 1, 2003, the state board in cooperation with participating districts, and assisted by the commission with regard to projects funded from the Infrastructure Demonstration Program and the Advanced Technolo…

Beginning January 1, 2023, any program funded by the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program that provides grants, loans, vouchers, or other incentives shall comply with the reporting requirements in Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 39680) of Part 2. The …

(a) All program funds shall be encumbered prior to January 1, 2002. No grants shall be made by districts using money reserved within the fund after that date, and no technology or infrastructure project may be funded by the commission after that date. (b) On January 1, 2002, all …

(a) The state board, acting within its existing authority, shall, at its first opportunity following January 1, 2005, revise the grant criteria and guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 44287 to incorporate projects described in subdivision (c). (b) The guidelines may define eli…

(a) To ensure that emission reductions are obtained as needed from pollution sources, any moneys deposited in the fund for use by the program or appropriated to the program shall be segregated and administered as follows: (1) Not more than 2.5 percent of the moneys in the fund fo…

Funds shall be allocated to districts, and shall be subject to administrative terms and conditions as follows: (a) Available funds shall be distributed to districts taking into consideration the population of the area, the severity of the air quality problems experienced by the p…