Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

Upon adoption of the resolution ordering the formation of the maintenance district or the annexation of territory to an existing maintenance district, the legislative body adopting the resolution shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of P…

Any district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation, or with any person, firm or corporation, for the joint use of any sewer or sewers or othe…

The board of supervisors shall thereafter, in each year, prior to the time of fixing the county tax rate, estimate the cost of maintaining and operating the improvements to be maintained and operated within the maintenance district during the ensuing year. The board of supervisor…

Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by Section 5830 for purposes of lighting maintenance, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter 6.1 (commencing with Section 54701) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (Added by Stat…

The special assessment tax shall be levied and 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 county treasury to the credit of the fund of the maintenance district and be used for the payment…

The board of supervisors may determine that the whole or any part of the expense of such maintenance shall be paid by the county. If the county is to contribute toward the expenses of such maintenance the resolution of intention shall so provide. When such provision is made the e…

The board of supervisors may temporarily transfer moneys to the maintenance district fund from other funds in which such moneys are not immediately needed. The money so transferred shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the board and shall be used for the purposes provided …

If a maintenance district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a special assessment tax or an assessment, as the case may be, in that year or in the next ensuing year, the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to transfer funds of the county not immediately neede…

Any area of a maintenance district, or of a temporary zone formed pursuant to Section 5855 in a district, which is included in a city by annexation or incorporation after a loan has been made shall continue to be taxed or assessed for the repayment of its proportionate share of t…

(a) The board of supervisors may adopt an ordinance proposing the imposition of a special tax for the purpose of maintaining improvements. Such ordinance shall be submitted to the voters of the maintenance district and shall take effect upon approval of two-thirds of the voters o…

The board of supervisors of the county in which a maintenance district is formed shall: (a) Make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration, operation and government of such district. (b) Execute all contracts and make all necessary provisions for the …

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting the county itself from maintaining and operating any or all of the improvements when ordered by the board of supervisors and from purchasing the materials and supplies and employing the labor necessary for those purposes. …

“Sewers” as used in this chapter includes lateral and collecting sewers, septic tanks, and all other means of handling, gathering, and disposing of sewage in the district. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 144.)

“Maintenance of sewers” as used in this chapter includes the extension and enlargement of sewers within the district, and the acquisition or construction of other works or improvements useful in the proper operation of those sewers. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 145.)

“Maintenance” as used in this chapter in relation to lighting systems, includes the replacement of any obsolete equipment with new modern equipment found by the board of supervisors or legislative body of a city to be necessary for the proper operation of the district. The replac…

The board of supervisors of any lighting maintenance district may provide for the establishment of an accumulative capital outlay fund for the replacement of obsolete lighting system equipment. The fund shall be held in reserve until appropriated in whole or in part to a specific…

Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors, a county may lend any available county funds to a county maintenance district for the replacement of obsolete equipment, or to defray unusual maintenance costs. Any such loan may be restricted for use in a temporary zo…

The title to all property acquired by a maintenance district shall be vested in the county. Upon the dissolution of the district by reason of all of its territory being included within a city, such property shall thereupon become the property of such city, and if all of the distr…

The boundaries of any maintenance district may be altered, and contiguous or noncontiguous territory whether it is within incorporated or unincorporated territory may be annexed thereto. If incorporated territory is sought to be annexed, consent thereto shall first be obtained fr…

The board of supervisors shall cause notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing to be given by mail to each owner whose name and address appears on the last equalized assessment roll and who owns real property within the boundaries of the territory sought to be annexed…

At the time fixed for the hearing or to which it may be continued, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the proposal and any objections which may be filed to the inclusion of any property within the proposed annexation. The board of supervisors may, by order entered …

If any portion of the territory annexed to a maintenance district comprises a portion of another maintenance district formed under the provisions of this chapter, a highway lighting district organized pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 19000) of Division 14, or a sewer m…

If the territory annexed to a maintenance district includes within its boundaries all of another maintenance district formed under the provisions of this chapter, a highway lighting district organized pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 19000) of Division 14, or a sewer m…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsequent to annexation of such territory and dissolution of the annexed district, the maintenance district shall assume all of the assets and liabilities of the dissolved district and shall be entitled to all of the property tax reven…

If, after the formation of a maintenance district, additional improvements of the same type or nature are constructed within the boundaries of such district, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention that the cost of maintaining and operating such …

Notice of the hearing on the resolution shall be given to the persons within the existing maintenance district in the manner prescribed by Section 5838. Mailed notice shall be required with respect to additional improvements for a lighting maintenance district where the annual co…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors, upon its own motion or upon receipt of a petition signed by 20 or more taxpayers of an existing lighting maintenance district asking for the installation and maintenance of additional lights, may, by …

Any portion of any maintenance district which will not be benefited by remaining within the district, may be withdrawn therefrom. The board of supervisors may by resolution entered upon its minutes fix a time for a hearing on the question of the withdrawal of any portion of a mai…

The time for the hearing shall be not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the date of the adoption of the resolution. The board of supervisors shall at least five days prior to the time so fixed cause a notice of such hearing to be published by one insertion in such daily, w…

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

No withdrawal of territory under the provisions of Section 5846 or 5853 shall become effective unless and until any outstanding contract of the maintenance district from which a portion is sought to be withdrawn has expired, or such contract, with the consent of the parties there…

Any maintenance district created to finance any work which might also be constructed or maintained by a county sanitation district, may become a part of a county sanitation district after the board of supervisors of the county within which the maintenance district is located has,…

A maintenance district included in a county sanitation district pursuant to Section 5847.5 is not dissolved by such inclusion, but may continue to function in the same manner that it functioned before the inclusion. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1319.)

Any maintenance district may be dissolved by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors upon its own motion may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to dissolve the maintenance district and may fix a time for a hearing upon such dissolution. The time for such hearin…

At the time appointed for such hearing, or at any time to which it is adjourned, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the question of dissolution and all objections and protests and may grant or deny the same, and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive. I…

Upon the inclusion of all of the territory of a maintenance district within one or more cities, either by reason of annexation proceedings or by reason of the incorporation of one or more cities, and upon dissolution of such district, all funds paid into the county treasury to th…

If the whole district is so included within one city, the district shall continue in existence for all purposes until a copy of a resolution adopted by the city requesting dissolution of the district or requesting transfer of jurisdiction over the district and the funds of the di…

If a part only of the district is so included within one city and the remaining part of the district is so included within one or more other cities, so that no portion of the district remains within unincorporated territory of the county, the district shall continue in existence …

Whenever any portion of a district is included within a city by reason of incorporation, annexation, or otherwise, such portion shall continue to remain a part of the district for all purposes until a copy of a resolution adopted by the city requesting exclusion of such territory…

The board of supervisors may by resolution change the name of any maintenance district to conform with a change in the street name or other designation which the district bears. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall file in the office of the county assessor and with the Sta…

Where the board of supervisors or legislative body has so declared in its resolution of intention to order the formation of a maintenance district or any annexation thereto, the board of supervisors or legislative body may, in its resolution ordering the formation of a maintenanc…

If a maintenance district is divided into zones, the board of supervisors or legislative body may determine what portion of the amount of money to be secured from the levy of taxes shall be secured from each zone within the district. (Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 748.)

As used in this chapter: (a) “Block” means property facing one side of any street between the next intersecting streets or between the terminus of a dedicated right-of-way of a street and an intersecting street. “Street” does not include an alley or other right-of-way unless it i…

(a) This chapter applies to the construction of sidewalks, gutters, pavements, driveways, and curbs, and the installation of storm and sanitary drainage facilities, water mains, pipes, conduits, tunnels, hydrants, and other necessary works and appliances for providing water servi…

This chapter constitutes a separate and alternative procedure for performing the work specified herein, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no other provision of this division, excepting definitions, shall apply to proceedings instituted hereunder. Chapter 8 (commen…

As used in this chapter, “cost,” “construction cost,” or variants thereof, means and includes both the actual cost of construction of the work and any incidental expenses, as defined in Section 5024. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1837.)