Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

This chapter may be cited as the Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads Act. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1270.)

By the Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974, and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976, Congress has enacted Section 219 of Title 23 of the United States Code establishing a Safer Off-System Roads Program for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement (including, but not l…

(a) The federal act provides that sums apportioned to a state under this program be made available for projects throughout the state on a fair and equitable basis. It is in the interest of the state and its counties and cities that the federal funds made available for the Safer O…

Within 60 days after the apportionment is made pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2530, each county shall notify the department as to the amount of the apportionment the county and its cities wish to claim. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1270.)

The county or city responsible for the construction of a safer off-system road project shall prepare the plans, specifications, and estimates of costs for the construction of the project in conformance with federal requirements for off-system roads, shall certify the necessary ri…

All funds not claimed pursuant to Section 2532 shall lapse. The lapsed funds of a county may be reallocated for expenditure upon safer off-system road projects of counties and cities within the other counties of the county group, as specified in Section 187, which included that c…

By agreement with the department, a county or city may transfer all or part of the funds apportioned to it under this chapter to a qualifying safer off-system roads project on a road under other governmental jurisdiction in the same county, or to a qualifying project in another c…

The counties and cities may use any funds available to them to match federal funds made available under this chapter, if the use of funds for such matching purposes is not prohibited by federal law. “Match,” as used in this chapter, means to provide for the payment of the cost of…

Territory in the same county whether contiguous or not may be annexed to a highway lighting district. A petition for that purpose may be filed with the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated. The petition shall: (a) Designate the boundaries of the te…

At the first regular meeting after the petition has been filed with it, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petition and the protests of interested parties, and shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition and the time set for the hearing to be publish…

Upon the date fixed for the hearing, or at any time to which it is continued, the board of supervisors shall consider the petition, and any objections which may be filed against it or against the annexation of any territory to the district. The board of supervisors may by order e…

Any territory which will not be benefited, by inclusion in the district, or which is not contiguous to the district, or which is not described in the petition, shall not be included in the district. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

The order of annexation shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of all prior proceedings leading to the annexation recited therein and after the making of the order, the territory shall become a part of the lighting district and shall be taxed, together with the remainder of…

If a petition, signed by 15 or more taxpayers and residents of the area sought to be annexed, but less than the number of owners representing one-fourth of the amount of assessed value of real property in that area and less than the number of owners specified in subdivision (d) o…

The board of directors of the district may request the board of supervisors and the proper officers of any county situated within the district to condemn and acquire property or rights-of-way within that county which are necessary for the projects of the district. Upon receipt of…

If it is decided that any money authorized to be expended from the State Treasury shall be expended as required by Section 7 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the Director of Transportation shall have the exclusive management and control of the expenditure, if the bo…

The board of supervisors shall set apart and turn over to the commission out of the general fund of the county 25 per cent of the cost of acquiring the rights of way for, and construction of, the boulevard and 25 per cent of the cost of maintaining and repairing the boulevard. Al…

Whenever the board deems it necessary for the district to incur a bonded indebtedness it shall, by resolution so declare. The resolution shall contain: (a) A statement of the proposition to be submitted to the electors, including the purpose for which the proposed debt is to be i…

The board shall fix a date upon which a special election shall be held for the purpose of authorizing the bonded indebtedness to be incurred and shall provide for holding the election on the date so fixed. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)

The board shall give notice of the holding of the election. The notice shall: (a) Refer to the resolution adopted by the board calling the election. (b) Specify the precincts or consolidated precincts in each county or portion of a county which are adopted for the purposes of the…

The notice shall be published for two weeks in at least one newspaper and not more than three newspapers designated by the board, which are published in each county or portion of a county within the district. The notice as published in each county shall contain only the reference…

All the expenses of holding the election shall be borne by the district. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)

The returns of the election shall be made and the votes canvassed by the board within 30 days after the holding of the election, and the results thereof designated and declared in accordance with the general election laws of the State in so far as they may be applicable, and exce…

If more than two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of incurring the indebtedness, the board may by resolution at any time it deems proper provide for the form and execution of the bonds, and for the issuance of any part thereof, and may sell or dispose of the …

All bonds issued by the district shall be legal investments for savings banks, and shall have the same force and effect and shall be equivalent to bonds issued by any municipality, and shall be exempt from all taxation within this State. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)

Whenever the board deems it necessary or advisable to refund any outstanding bonds, it may, by resolution, declare such necessity or advisability and outline a general plan of refunding, including the issuance of refunding bonds and the terms and conditions thereof. Upon adopting…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, any person owning or having any interest in any property may at any time after commencement of an action or proceeding for sale or foreclosure pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6500) or Chapter 11 (commencing with Se…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6619, the treasurer shall reinstate any delinquent bond upon which an action or proceeding for sale or foreclosure has been commenced, upon the payment to him of all principal and interest coupons delinquent at the time of such reinstatem…

The holder of any bond so reinstated shall be entitled to all reinstatement payments made pursuant to Section 6631, adjusted for any difference between the estimated expenses of publication of the notice of sale and the actual expenses paid or incurred by the treasurer for such p…

Whenever it shall deem it advisable, the commission shall, by resolution, order that an election be held in the district upon the question of dissolution of the district. The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as other elections of the district, and if at t…

Upon dissolution of a district containing a single city, any property which may have been acquired by the district shall vest in the city, except projects theretofore transferred and conveyed to the county under the provisions of Chapter 11 of this part. Upon dissolution of a dis…

If at the time of the election to dissolve the district there is outstanding any bonded indebtedness of the district, the vote to dissolve shall dissolve the district for all purposes except the levy and collection of taxes for the payment of that outstanding indebtedness. From t…

Whenever there is in the redemption fund two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more available for the payment of principal of bonds, and not collected for the purpose of paying the principal of bonds maturing on the next second day of July, the city shall purchase or call bonds as pro…

The treasurer shall, by notice published once not less than 30 days prior to the date designated in some financial journal having a national circulation, invite sealed proposals for the sale of any of the refunding bonds to the city. The notice shall state the amount available fo…

The proposals for the sale of bonds shall be opened in public at the time and place specified in the notice. The legislative body in its discretion may reject any or all of the proposals. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

If no proposals are received at a price of less than par and accrued interest, or if an insufficient amount of bonds are tendered at less than par and accrued interest to exhaust, as nearly as possible, the money available for purchase of bonds, the treasurer shall set aside a su…

Notice of the calling of bonds for redemption shall be given by publication once in a financial journal having a national circulation, unless the holders of the bonds to be called, in writing, waive such notice. The date of publication of notice shall be not less than 30 days pri…

All refunding bonds so purchased or redeemed pursuant to call shall be canceled by the treasurer. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

All costs of publication provided for in this chapter shall be payable from the redemption fund. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

Any portion of the territory of a highway lighting district may be withdrawn therefrom. Proceedings for the withdrawal of territory may be instituted by the board of supervisors upon its own motion, or by filing with the board of supervisors a petition signed by 50 or more freeho…

The board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for the hearing on the motion or the petition and for hearing protests against the continuance of the remaining territory as a highway lighting district. The time fixed for the hearings shall not be less than 15 nor more than 30…

At least 10 days before the time fixed for the hearing the board of supervisors shall publish a notice of the hearing by one insertion in the newspaper circulated in the district which the board believes will best serve to give notice to the inhabitants of the district of the pro…

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

Upon the withdrawal of any territory from the district, the remaining territory in the district shall continue as a lighting district until dissolved. No withdrawal of territory shall become effective until any outstanding contract for service has expired or such contract has, wi…

If the Federal Government desires to include any highway improved or to be improved by a district in any scheme of National defense and to use or assume the use of the highway for military or other purposes, the board of directors of the district, either directly or through the p…

The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the state to acquire abandoned railroad lines when the right-of-way for such lines has a potential public transportation use including, but not limited to, a use for highways, busways, bicycles, pedestrians, or guideways. (…