Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

Property for additional parking places may be acquired by any of the following means: (a) By a lump sum payment or by contract of purchase with payments made annually, or otherwise, over a period of years, but that contract shall not provide for payments to be over a period longe…

Any lease or contract of purchase shall not bind the city to pay the rental or purchase price from funds other than those provided pursuant to this part. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

Proceeds of taxes levied under Section 31822 for maintenance, operation, repair, and improvement may also be used for the maintenance, operation, repair, and improvement of any parking places held under lease or contract of purchase, or lease with option to purchase. (Added by St…

At any time and with any city funds available for the purpose, the legislative body may acquire parking places which benefit the district and improve them. It may place the parking places under the control of the board of commissioners of the district. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. …

At any time, either before or after the formation of the district, the legislative body may provide by ordinance that, for a period specified in the ordinance but not exceeding 25 years from its operative date, all or any specified amount, portion or percentage of revenues derive…

Whenever the board of commissioners determines by resolution that additional parking places should be acquired and improved by assessment upon land in the district, a certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the legislative body. The legislative body may thereafter pr…

As an alternative method of administration, upon request made to the legislative body by the owners of 50 percent of the assessed value of taxable land in each vehicle parking district created in the city, as shown by the last equalized county assessment roll, the parking places …

At any time following the formation of a district under this part and the levy of the initial assessment in such district, any parcel of land, whether contiguous or noncontiguous to the district, may be added to such district if the owner of such parcel files with the legislative…

As a condition to the granting of a petition for inclusion under Section 31866, the legislative body, with the approval of the board of parking place commissioners, may require that the owner pay to the city an amount in addition to the amount required by and computed under Secti…

The treasury of the county in which the district is situated shall be the depository for the funds of the district. The county treasurer shall receive and receipt for the funds of the district, and shall place all such funds to the credit of the district. He shall be responsible …

The following funds are hereby established in the county treasury to which the money belonging to the district and raised by taxation shall be apportioned by the treasurer: (a) Bond fund. (b) Construction and maintenance fund. (c) District expense fund. The treasurer shall pay ou…

In the event of nonpayment of any reassessment or installment thereof or of any interest thereon, together with any penalties and other charges accruing under the laws or ordinances of the city and not later than four years after the due date of the last installment of principal,…

The lien of a reassessment on tax-deeded land may be foreclosed as in case of other lands. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

The action shall be brought in the name of the city and may be brought at any time prior to the expiration of four years subsequent to the date of delinquency of the last installment of reassessment due or to become due thereunder. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

The complaint may be brief and include substantially only the following allegations with reference to the reassessments sought to be collected: (a) That on a date stated the legislative body passed its resolution or ordinance determining to refund certain bonds which had been iss…

The costs of the action shall be fixed and allowed by the court and shall include a reasonable attorney’s fee, interest, penalties, and other charges and advances as provided in this division, and when so fixed and allowed by the court shall be included in the judgment. (Added by…

The amount of penalties, costs and interest due shall be calculated up to the date of judgment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

The court may adjudge and decree a lien against the lot or parcel of land covered by the reassessment for the amount of the judgment and may order the premises to be sold on execution as in other cases of the sale of real estate by the process of the court. (Amended by Stats. 198…

On appeal, the appellate courts shall have the same power to adjudge and decree a lien and order such premises to be sold on execution as is provided in this chapter for the superior court. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

The foreclosure action shall be governed and regulated by the provisions of this chapter, and also where not in conflict herewith by the codes of this state. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

Upon the ordering of any of the foreclosure actions the tax collector shall be credited upon the assessment roll then in his hands with the amount charged against him on account of reassessments ordered to suit and shall be relieved of further duty in regard thereto. (Added by St…

In any action to foreclose the lien of a reassessment, any refunding bond shall be conclusive evidence of the regularity and validity of the reassessment proceedings and of the reassessment and of the refunding bond. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

A city shall have the right to advance and pay county or other taxes wherever necessary to protect its interest in property against which there is a delinquent reassessment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

Any foreclosure of a reassessment lien shall convey the property to the purchaser free and clear of all encumbrances except such taxes and special assessment liens as are by law equal or superior to said reassessment lien. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

The revenue derived from the special tax, together with all other moneys acquired by the district, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the lighting fund of the district subject only to the order of the governing body and shall be expended by it only for and on…

Any funds arising from assessments made under this part remaining in the county treasury after the payment of all outstanding legal obligations incurred by the district, shall be ordered transferred by the governing body to the city treasurer of any city that has been incorporate…

The governing body of any highway lighting district may provide for the establishment of an accumulative capital outlay fund for the replacement of obsolete lighting system equipment. The fund shall be kept in reserve until appropriated in whole or in part to a specific project. …

This chapter may be cited as the Rural Highway Public Transportation Act. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 781.)

Federal law has authorized appropriations for expenditure for public mass transportation on highways in rural areas in order to enhance access of rural area populations to employment, health care, retail centers, education, and public services. The purpose of this chapter is to i…

As used in this chapter, “rural areas” means areas as defined in Section 101 of Title 23 of the United States Code. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 781.)

The department shall establish operating procedures and take such other appropriate actions to comply with the provisions of this chapter and with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 781.)

All applications for federal funds for rural public mass transportation projects under Section 147 of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-87) shall be made through the department. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 781.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may authorize the Controller to make payments to claimants for work performed on a rural public mass transportation project prior to the execution of a formal grant agreement subject to all of the following conditions: (a…

At or before the first meeting of the board of supervisors in September of each year, the commission shall furnish the board of supervisors and the auditor of the county in which the district is situated, an estimate in writing of the amount of money needed for the purposes of th…

Annually, at the time of levying county taxes, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax to be known as the “_______ (name of district) boulevard district tax,” sufficient to raise the amount estimated by the commission to be necessary for the purposes of the district for the ens…

The tax so levied shall be computed and entered on the assessment roll by the county auditor, and if the board of supervisors fails to levy the tax the auditor shall do so. The tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes, and when collected shal…

All money raised by taxation which is authorized by this part shall belong to the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)

No taxes shall be levied under the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of carrying out new projects undertaken by the district after the original project for which the district was formed has been completed. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)

During July of each year the board shall determine the amount of money required by the district which must be raised by taxation, and shall fix a rate of taxation which will raise that amount. If the purpose of the taxation is to supply funds for investigating the project prior t…

All running expenses of the district prior to the time the works of the district are earning revenue, being a part of the cost of constructing or acquiring or both the works, may be paid from the proceeds of any bonds issued by the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)

Within a reasonable time prior to the time that the boards of supervisors of the counties having any portion of their territory within the boundaries of the district are required by law to fix their tax rates, the board shall certify to the board of supervisors of each of the sai…

All county officers charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect district taxes at the same time and in the same form and manner as county taxes are collected, and when collected pay the proceeds to the district. The appropriate county officers shall pay the taxes coll…

Taxes levied by the board of supervisors of a county for the benefit of the district shall be a lien upon all property within the district, and shall have the same force and effect as other liens for taxes. Their collection may be enforced in the same manner as liens for county t…

If during the month of July next preceding the expiration of the time estimated for the construction of the works it shall appear to the board that the construction of the works may be delayed beyond the time so estimated the board shall estimate the period of such delay and caus…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms used in this chapter shall mean: (a) “Substitution proceeding” means a proceeding taken under or pursuant to this chapter. (b) “New property” means any or all of the following: (1) Additional lands, property, and rights o…

Substitution proceedings may be taken in the manner provided in this chapter if the legislative body determines that such substitution proceedings are necessary or desirable because of a change in circumstances. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)