Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

If a district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a tax in that year or in the next ensuing year, the board is hereby authorized to transfer funds of the county not immediately needed for county purposes to the maintenance fund of the district to be used for the pay…

Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors, a county may lend any of its available funds to a county sewer maintenance district located wholly within the county for use by the district in emergency situations for the construction, reconstruction, and repair of s…

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

Outlying territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and whether contiguous or not, may be annexed to a district as provided in this article, except that no portion of any city shall be annexed unless consent of the governing body of the city is first obtained.

The board may by resolution fix a time and place for a hearing upon the question of the annexation of territory to a district. The resolution shall describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The date set for the hearing on the proposed annexation shall be at least three weeks after the date of the adoption of the resolution setting the hearing. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The board shall cause notices of the hearing to be posted in at least three conspicuous places in the territory proposed to be annexed and in at least three conspicuous places in the district. However, if the territory proposed to be annexed is in more than one existing district …

The notices shall be headed “notice of hearing” in letters not less than one inch in height and shall contain a description of the territory proposed to be annexed and a statement of the time and place of the hearing. In lieu of the description the boundaries of territory propose…

At the time fixed for the hearing or at any time to which it is continued the board shall hear and pass upon the proposal and any objections that may be filed to the inclusion of any property in the proposed annexation. The board may, by order entered upon its minutes, determine …

If the territory annexed to the district comprises a portion of another district formed under the provisions of this chapter, or under the provisions of Chapter 26 (commencing at Section 5820), Part 3, Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code, upon the annexation becoming comp…

If the territory annexed to the district comprises all of another district, formed under the provisions of this chapter, or under the provisions of Chapter 26 (commencing at Section 5820), Part 3, Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code, the theretofore existing district is t…

The exclusion of territory from one district and its annexation to another district shall not be effective until all outstanding contracts of the district from which it is excluded have expired or the contracts, with the consent of the parties, have been modified or canceled so a…

Any portion of a district that will not be benefited by remaining in the district may be excluded as provided in this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

A petition to exclude territory shall be signed by 50 or more freeholders in the portion proposed to be excluded from the district, or by a majority of the freeholders, if there are less than one hundred freeholders in the portion proposed to be excluded. The petition shall reque…

As an alternative to the procedure outlined in Section 4906, the board may by resolution entered in its minutes fix a time for a hearing on the question of the exclusion of any portion of a district which will not be benefited by remaining in the district. The time fixed for the …

Upon receiving a petition to exclude territory the board shall fix a time for hearing it and for hearing protests to the continuance of the remaining territory as a district. The time of hearing shall not be less than fifteen nor more than thirty days after the receipt of the pet…

At least ten days prior to the time fixed, the board shall publish a notice of the hearing by one insertion in the newspaper circulated in the district that the board deems most likely to give notice to the district’s inhabitants of the proposed exclusion. (Enacted by Stats. 1939…

Any person interested may appear at the hearing and object to the exclusion of the territory from the district, or may object to the continuance of the remaining territory as a district, and the board shall consider all objections and shall pass upon them. (Enacted by Stats. 1939…

If the board finds that the territory proposed to be excluded will not be benefited by remaining in the district, and that the territory not proposed to be excluded will be benefited by continuing as a district, it shall by resolution declare the district re-established excluding…

Upon the exclusion of any territory from the district all property acquired for the district shall remain vested in the county and be used for the purposes of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

A district may be dissolved by the board as provided in this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

A petition for dissolution, signed by 50 or more freeholders and residents of the district, or by a majority of the freeholders and residents if there are less than 100 freeholders and residents in the district, may be filed with the board to initiate dissolution proceedings, or …

Upon receiving a petition for dissolution, or adopting a resolution to initiate dissolution proceedings, the board shall fix a time for a hearing of the petition or resolution, which shall not be less than 15 nor more than 30 days after its receipt or adoption.

At least ten days prior to the time fixed, the board shall publish a notice of the hearing by one insertion in a newspaper circulated in the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

At the time appointed for the hearing or at any time to which it is continued, the board shall hear and pass upon the petition or resolution and may grant or deny the proposed dissolution, and its decision is final.

If the proposed dissolution is granted, the board shall by resolution order the dissolution of the district and the district is thereupon dissolved. The property of the district remains the property of the county in which the district is located. If at the time of the dissolution…

Upon the inclusion of all the territory of a district in one or more cities, either by reason of annexation or by reason of the incorporation of one or more cities, all funds paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district shall be paid over by the board as provided i…

If all of the district is included in one city, the fund shall be paid to the treasurer of the city and administered by the governing body of the city. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

If a part only of the district is so included in one city and the remaining part of the district is included in one or more other cities then such proportionate part of the funds shall be paid to the treasurer of each city as the assessed valuation of the real property of the por…

The funds paid over by the district to a city shall be administered by its governing body for the benefit of such portions of the district as are included in the city, and for the purpose of operating and maintaining the sewers in it formerly maintained by the district. (Enacted …

When all territory in a district has been included in a city the district is thereupon, by reason of the inclusion, dissolved. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

If less than the whole of a district is included in a city either by reason of annexation or by reason of incorporation proceedings, the territory so included within the city shall continue to remain a part of the district for all purposes until a copy of a resolution adopted by …

If all of the district is included within a sanitary district, the district is dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of a resolution adopted by the district board of the sanitary district and approved by the board of supervisors which states that the sanitary dist…

A district may use a seal, alterable at the pleasure of the board. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

It may sue and be sued by its name. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

(a) A district may acquire, plan, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate garbage dumpsites and garbage collection and disposal systems, sewers, drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment works and other sanitary d…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Winton Sanitary District may exercise any of the powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate, finance, and …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Lost Hills Sanitary District may exercise any of the powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate, finance, …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 6512 and the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code), for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use…

It may permit the use of any property of the district by any county or municipality, or any other district or governmental agency.

It may, for the purposes specified in this part, acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, such real and personal property and rights of way, either within or without the limits of the district, as in the judgment of the board are necessary or pro…

(a) A district may lease, for a term not exceeding 99 years, subject to periodic review, district property that will not be needed for district purposes during the term of the lease, as a means of providing revenues to the district for the operation and maintenance of sanitary se…

It may make and accept contracts, deeds, releases, and documents that, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper in the exercise of any of the powers of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

It may pay lawful claims and demands against it. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

It may employ and pay necessary agents and assistants. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

It may lay its sewers and drains in any public street or road in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make all necessary and proper excavations, restoring it to proper condition. The work of restoring and repairing any such public street or road in the county shall …

It may collect waste and garbage.

It may call and conduct all necessary or proper elections. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

It may compel all residents and property owners in the district to connect their houses and habitations and structures requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service with the sewers and storm drains in streets and to use the garbage collection and disposal system.

It may prohibit any resident or property owner in the district from connecting any house, habitation, or structure requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service to any privately owned sewer or storm drain in the district.