DIVISION 6. SANITARY DISTRICTS [6400. - 6982.]

Division 6 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.

§§ 6400–6982 · 296 sections

PART 1. SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 1923 §§ 6400–6830 · 246 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 6400–6408 · 8 sections
  - § 6400 “District,” as used in this part, means a district formed pursuant to this part or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.
  - § 6401 “Board” or “district board,” as used in this part, means the governing board of a district.
  - § 6402 “Secretary,” as used in this part, means the secretary of a district.
  - § 6403 “Assessor,” as used in this part, means the assessor of a district.
  - § 6404 “Tax collector,” as used in this part, means the tax collector of the county or counties in which a district is located.
  - § 6405 “Treasurer,” as used in this part, means the treasurer of the county or counties in which a district is located.
  - § 6406 “Garbage,” as used in this part, shall include all of the following: (a) animal, fruit and vegetable refuse; (b) offal; (c) leaves and cuttings, trimmings from…
  - § 6408 “Board of supervisors,” as used in this part, means the board of supervisors of the county in which the greatest portion of the area of the district, is…
2. CHAPTER 2. Formation §§ 6420–6466 · 26 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Petition §§ 6420–6425 · 6 sections
    § 6420 Whenever 25 persons in any county, or in two or more counties within the same natural watershed area, desire the formation of a sanitary district within the…
    § 6421 The petition shall contain: (a) The name of the proposed district. (b) The boundaries of the proposed district. (c) A request that the territory within the…
    § 6422 Each petitioner shall be a resident and freeholder in the proposed district.
    § 6423 The petition shall be verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners.
    § 6424 The petition shall be published for at least two weeks preceding the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in which the…
    § 6425 With the petition there shall be published a notice stating the time when the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors, and that all persons…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Hearing §§ 6440–6448 · 9 sections
    § 6440 At the time designated the board of supervisors shall hear the petition, and may adjourn the hearing from time to time.
    § 6441 The board of supervisors shall not modify the boundaries of the proposed district as set forth in the petition so as to exclude from the proposed district any…
    § 6442 If the board of supervisors concludes that any land has been improperly omitted from the proposed district and the owner has not appeared at the hearing, it…
    § 6443 The notice shall be given either by publication in the same manner as the original petition and for the same period, or by personal service on each…
    § 6444 If the notice is given by personal service, it shall be given at least three days prior to the date fixed for the further hearing.
    § 6445 The board of supervisors may grant further continuances, by order entered in its minutes, to the end that a full hearing may be had.
    § 6446 Upon the final hearing of the petition, the board of supervisors, if it approves the petition as originally presented or in a modified form, shall make an…
    § 6447 The order shall: (a) Fix the day of the election, which shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of the order.…
    § 6448 The order shall be entered in the minutes of the board of supervisors, and is conclusive evidence of the due presentation of a proper petition, and of the fact…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Election on Formation and for Officers §§ 6460–6466 · 11 sections
    § 6460 Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, the provisions of the chapter of this part on elections govern the election on the question of…
    § 6461 A copy of the order shall be posted for four successive weeks prior to the election in three public places in the proposed district at least one of which shall…
    § 6461.1 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
    § 6461.2 The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled…
    § 6461.3 If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time…
    § 6461.4 The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be…
    § 6462 At least 15 days prior to the election, the board of supervisors shall select one, and may select two or more, polling places in the proposed district, and…
    § 6463 The ballots shall contain the words, “Shall the sanitary district be formed?” To the right of or below these words, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed…
    § 6464 At the election there shall be elected an assessor and the members of the board who shall be resident electors of the district.
    § 6465 If a majority of the votes cast in each county are in favor of formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall make and cause to be entered in its…
    § 6466 If a majority of the votes cast are against formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall by order entered in its minutes so declare, and no other…
3. CHAPTER 3. Officers §§ 6480–6501 · 28 sections
  - § 6480 (a) The officers of the district are an assessor and five members of the board. (b) Any member of the legislative body of a city whose territory is…
  - § 6480.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 6480, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more…
  - § 6480.5 At any time within two years after a sanitary district consolidates with or annexes the territory of a district having powers and functions substantially…
  - § 6480.7 If a consolidation involving the Capistrano Beach Sanitary District and the Dana Point Sanitary District is approved, the board of directors of the…
  - § 6481 The board is the governing power of the district, and exercises all district powers, except the making of an assessment roll in the first instance.
  - § 6482 Except as to those members of the board who are elected at the election on formation, the term of office of each member of the board is four years and each…
  - § 6483 Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
  - § 6484 The members of the board elected at the election as a result of which the district was organized or, if the district is reorganized under this part, then the…
  - § 6486 At its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the board shall choose one of its members as president, and shall appoint a secretary who…
  - § 6487 All contracts, deeds, warrants, releases, receipts, and documents shall be signed in the name of the district by its president, and countersigned by its…
  - § 6488 The board shall hold such meetings, either in the day or in the evening, as may be convenient. In case of the absence or inability of the president or…
  - § 6489 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each of the members of the board shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for…
  - § 6490 (a) A general regulation of the board shall be entered in its minutes, and shall be published once in a newspaper published in the district, if there is one,…
  - § 6491 Unless otherwise provided by this part, orders not establishing a general regulation need not be published or posted, but shall be entered in the minutes and…
  - § 6491.1 The district board may, by general regulation, adopt codes or specifications controlling the manner of construction, repair, maintenance and operation of…
  - § 6491.2 The district board may, by general regulation, adopt a code by reference in the same manner as legislative bodies of local agencies are authorized to adopt…
  - § 6491.3 Ordinances of the district may be enacted in the same manner as general regulations of the board and shall have the same force and effect as such general…
  - § 6491.5 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
  - § 6492 The board may instruct the district attorney of the county to commence and prosecute any or all actions and proceedings necessary or proper to enforce any of…
  - § 6492.5 The board may provide, by resolution, that the health officer of the county in which the district is situated shall be the health officer of the district. Upon…
  - § 6493 The board may at any time employ special counsel for any purpose.
  - § 6494 There shall be an election for assessor in each even-numbered year in which members of the board are elected, and at the same time, place, and manner;…
  - § 6495 The assessor’s duties are fixed by this part and he shall perform such other duties as are ordered or required by the board.
  - § 6496 The assessor shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board.
  - § 6497 (1) The sanitary board of sanitary districts may classify all the places of employment in or under the district, and in or under all the offices and…
  - § 6499 Any county officer required to act as an officer of the district and perform services for the district by virtue of his office, or any county health officer…
  - § 6500 If a district has a boundary which is contiguous to the boundary of a city and the district has a contract with that city under which the city is responsible…
  - § 6501 By resolution, the board may change the name of the district. Any name resulting from a change shall include the words “Sanitary District” or shall be a name…
4. CHAPTER 4. District Powers §§ 6510–6550.26 · 74 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 6510–6523.3 · 34 sections
    § 6510 A district may use a seal, alterable at the pleasure of the board.
    § 6511 It may sue and be sued by its name.
    § 6512 (a) A district may acquire, plan, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate garbage dumpsites and garbage collection…
    § 6512.5 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…
    § 6512.6 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…
    § 6512.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 6512 and the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of…
    § 6513 It may permit the use of any property of the district by any county or municipality, or any other district or governmental agency.
    § 6514 It may, for the purposes specified in this part, acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, such real and personal property and…
    § 6514.1 (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…
    § 6515 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…
    § 6516 It may pay lawful claims and demands against it.
    § 6517 It may employ and pay necessary agents and assistants.
    § 6518 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,…
    § 6518.5 It may collect waste and garbage.
    § 6519 It may call and conduct all necessary or proper elections.
    § 6520 It may compel all residents and property owners in the district to connect their houses and habitations and structures requiring sewerage or drainage disposal…
    § 6520.1 It may prohibit any resident or property owner in the district from connecting any house, habitation, or structure requiring sewerage or drainage disposal…
    § 6520.2 It may require any resident or property owner in the district who desires to have any house, habitation, or structure connected to a sewer or drainage disposal…
    § 6520.3 Any sanitary district and any county may enter into a contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of locating, removing, repairing, or…
    § 6520.5 It may, by an order approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board, prescribe, revise and collect, fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or other charges for…
    § 6520.6 The district board may, by resolution, abandon action for the collection of any district tax assessment, connection charge, service charge, penalty, cost, fee,…
    § 6520.7 It may sell, or otherwise dispose of, any water, sewage effluent, fertilizer, or other byproduct resulting from the operation of a sewerage system, sewage…
    § 6520.9 It may construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines or other works as may be necessary to conserve and put to beneficial use any water or recycled effluent…
    § 6520.10 On or before August 10, the board may certify to the board of supervisors and county auditor a statement of any delinquent and unpaid charges for sewer and…
    § 6520.11 A district shall notify the assessee shown on the latest equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for sewer and other services, or…
    § 6520.12 In the event any charges for sewer and other services, or either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the discretion of the district be…
    § 6521 It may make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations for: (a) The removal of garbage. (b) The cleanliness of the roads and streets of the district. (c)…
    § 6521.5 Any district may exercise the power granted to sanitation districts by Section 4765 of this code.
    § 6522 It may do any act necessary or proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for which it is formed.
    § 6522.1 No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates or prescribes standards for the installation of plumbing inside of buildings and structures, shall be…
    § 6523 A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 30 days, or by a fine not…
    § 6523.1 It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether heretofore or hereafter incurred; and…
    § 6523.2 In order to effect its powers, it may enter upon private property for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of sanitary and waste disposal facilities and…
    § 6523.3 In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of the district. The cost of such…
  2. ARTICLE 1.5. Inclusion in County Sanitation District §§ 6524–6529 · 6 sections
    § 6524 Any district organized under the provisions of this act may become a part of a county sanitation district after the board of supervisors of the county within…
    § 6525 A sanitary district which becomes a part of a county sanitation district as hereinabove provided for is not thereby dissolved, but may continue to function,…
    § 6526 When a sanitary district is not included in a county sanitation district at the time of formation of the latter, it may subsequently become included within…
    § 6527 Following the formation of such county sanitation district it shall have no jurisdiction within such sanitary district until the legislative body of such…
    § 6528 Copies of the resolutions herein mentioned, duly certified by the clerk or secretary of the respective legislative bodies, shall be filed with the county…
    § 6529 Nothing herein shall prevent any territory within a county sanitation district from being formed into or annexed to any sanitary district, and such territory…
  3. ARTICLE 2. Sewer Maintenance in Cities §§ 6530–6531 · 3 sections
    § 6530 At any time after the sewer or other sanitary system is constructed the governing body of any city lying within the limits of the district may elect to keep…
    § 6530.1 Whenever any portion of a district has been included within a city by annexation, incorporation, or otherwise, the governing body of such city may elect, upon…
    § 6531 Where an entire district shall have heretofore become located within the boundaries of a city by reason of the incorporation thereof, and said district shall…
  4. ARTICLE 3. Application of Other Statutes §§ 6540–6544 · 5 sections
    § 6540 The governing board may order the construction of sewers, drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment works and other sanitary disposal…
    § 6541 The Improvement Act of 1911, the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 are applicable to districts.
    § 6542 In the application of those acts to proceedings under this article the terms used in those acts shall have the following meanings: (a) “City council” and…
    § 6543 The powers and duties conferred by those acts and supplementary acts upon boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the respective boards,…
    § 6544 The improvements authorized to be constructed or acquired by this article are restricted to those permitted to be constructed or acquired by such districts…
  5. ARTICLE 4. Improvement Districts §§ 6550.1–6550.26 · 26 sections
    § 6550.1 An improvement district may be formed to undertake any project for any one or more of the purposes stated in Section 6512 that is of special benefit to the…
    § 6550.2 The formation of an improvement district shall be initiated by a resolution of the district board which shall contain all of the following: (a) A description…
    § 6550.3 The secretary shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing by causing a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 6550.2 to be published for…
    § 6550.4 The hearing on the proposed improvement district shall be held by the board of directors upon the date and at the time specified in the resolution initiating…
    § 6550.5 The district board shall have power to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district, the project to be undertaken, the estimate of the cost of…
    § 6550.6 If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district by adding territory thereto, the project, the estimate of cost, or…
    § 6550.7 If prior to the conclusion of the hearing written protests against the formation of the proposed improvement district or the proposed project signed by the…
    § 6550.8 At the conclusion of the hearing, if the proceedings are not terminated pursuant to Section 6550.7, the district board shall by resolution determine whether it…
    § 6550.9 When the district board has made its determinations as provided in Section 6550.8, and if the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness to…
    § 6550.10 Except as otherwise provided in this article, notice of the election shall be given and the election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as…
    § 6550.11 No irregularities or informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same, if the election shall have otherwise been fairly conducted. Any…
    § 6550.12 Any moneys required to be raised from taxes for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on bonds of the district for an improvement district shall…
    § 6550.13 Subject to such limitations as may be contained in the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed, the district board shall have the power in…
    § 6550.14 The procedure for levying and collecting taxes in any improvement district shall be the same as is provided in Chapter 7 (commencing at Section 6695) of this…
    § 6550.15 All taxes collected pursuant to this article shall be expended only for the payment of bond principal and interest, or only for the improvement district…
    § 6550.16 For the purpose of any tax levied under this article, the properties within any improvement district shall be deemed to be equally benefited.
    § 6550.17 Territory within a district, but not a part of an improvement district created pursuant to this article, may be annexed to such improvement district whether or…
    § 6550.18 Annexation of territory to an improvement district shall be initiated by a resolution of the district board which shall contain at least all of the following:…
    § 6550.19 The resolution shall be published and notice of the hearing on the proposed annexation shall be given, in the manner required by Section 6550.3, except that in…
    § 6550.20 The hearing on the proposed annexation shall be held in the manner required by Section 6550.4, except that in applying such section the words, “improvement…
    § 6550.21 The district board shall have the power to change the boundaries of territory proposed to be annexed to an improvement district, but shall not include any…
    § 6550.22 If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed by adding territory thereto, it shall give notice thereof in…
    § 6550.23 At the conclusion of the hearing, the district board may, by resolution, order the annexation to the improvement district of such territory as it determines…
    § 6550.24 If all the owners of land within the territory proposed to be annexed have given their written assent to such annexation, the board may, by resolution, order…
    § 6550.25 After the adoption of a resolution ordering such annexation, or a resolution confirming an order of annexation following an election thereon, the secretary…
    § 6550.26 Territory annexed to an improvement district shall be subject to existing bond issues and indebtedness of the improvement district from and after the filing…
5. CHAPTER 5. Elections §§ 6560–6613 · 18 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 6560–6563 · 4 sections
    § 6560 The election on the question of formation of a district shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law.…
    § 6561 Every voter resident within the district or a proposed district for the period requisite to enable him to vote at a general election, is entitled to vote at…
    § 6562 At an annexation election every qualified voter resident in the territory proposed to be annexed for the length of time necessary to enable him to vote at a…
    § 6563 At district elections the last great register of the county shall be used, and any person otherwise entitled to vote whose name is not upon the register is…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Election of Officers §§ 6580–6585 · 4 sections
    § 6580 Except as provided in Sections 6580.1 and 6580.2, all elections of officers after the formation of the district, which elections shall be known as “general…
    § 6580.1 The election of officers may be consolidated with the direct primary election if the board of directors passes a resolution to that effect on or before the…
    § 6580.2 An officer elected or appointed pursuant to Section 6580.1 shall hold office until the election or appointment and qualification of his or her successor. A…
    § 6585 The nominating petition may be upon one or more sheets of paper. Each petition shall contain the name of only one candidate who shall be a resident elector of…
  3. ARTICLE 2.5. Central Contra Costa Sanitary District §§ 6590–6595 · 6 sections
    § 6590 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this article shall apply only to the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District.
    § 6591 (a) In the case of an elected district board, the directors may be elected by divisions if a majority of the voters voting upon the question are in favor of…
    § 6592 In the case of a district board elected by election divisions, the district board shall adjust the boundaries of the election divisions before November 1 of…
    § 6593 (a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to Section 6591, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement…
    § 6594 (a) Sections 100 and 104 of the Elections Code shall govern the signing of the petition and the format of the petition. (b) A petition may consist of a single…
    § 6595 (a) Within 30 days after the date of filing a petition, the secretary of the district board shall cause the petition to be examined and shall prepare a…
  4. ARTICLE 3. Bond Elections §§ 6610–6613 · 4 sections
    § 6610 Notice of bond elections shall be given by posting notices, signed by not less than a majority of the board, in three public places in the district, at least…
    § 6611 The notice shall contain: (a) Time and place of holding the election. (b) The names of the officers of election appointed to conduct it. (c) The hours during…
    § 6612 The vote shall be by ballot, without reference to the general law in regard to form of ballot. The ballots shall have printed on them the words “Shall the…
    § 6613 After the votes have been announced the ballots shall be sealed and delivered to the secretary or president of the board, which board shall on the seventh day…
6. CHAPTER 6. Bonds §§ 6640–6694.3 · 30 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 6640–6655 · 15 sections
    § 6640 A district may issue bonds as provided in this part.
    § 6641 A district may issue bonds to raise money for any of the purposes stated in Section 6512 hereof.
    § 6642 By order entered in its minutes, when in its judgment it is advisable, the board may and shall, upon a petition of a majority of the qualified electors…
    § 6643 The order calling the election may submit as one proposal the question of issuing bonds to make all of the outlays, or so many of them as may be selected, or…
    § 6644 If, at the election, two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of the issuance of bonds, the board may issue and dispose of the bonds as proposed in the order…
    § 6645 Bonds issued by the district under the provisions of this part shall be of such denomination or denominations as the board determines.
    § 6646 The bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer and bear interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent per annum,…
    § 6647 No bonds shall be payable in installments, but each shall be payable in full on the date specified therein by the board, which need not be an anniversary of…
    § 6648 Each bond shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary. The bonds shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with number one, and shall…
    § 6649 The bonds shall be sold by the board in such manner and in such quantities as may be determined by it in its discretion but not less than 95 percent of the par…
    § 6650 The term of bonds issued shall not exceed forty years.
    § 6651 The outstanding bonds of the district shall not at any one time exceed 15 percent of the assessed value of the real and personal property of the district,…
    § 6653 An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil…
    § 6654 (1) An issue of bonds is hereby defined to be the aggregate principal amount of all of the bonds authorized to be issued in accordance with a proposal…
    § 6655 In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include: (a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Bonds of Annexed Territory §§ 6660–6661 · 2 sections
    § 6660 At any time after the annexation of territory, the board may issue bonds to raise money for any of the purposes stated in Section 6512 hereof in or for the…
    § 6661 The provisions of this part with reference to bonds in annexed territory do not limit the powers or alter the procedure provided for the issuance of bonds by…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Reconstruction Bonds § 6670.1 · 1 section
    § 6670.1 Bonds of the district for the purpose of providing funds for the construction of a larger main sewer or a different system shall be authorized and issued in…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Exchange of Bonds §§ 6680–6683 · 4 sections
    § 6680 After a district organized under the Sanitary District Act of 1891, or Chapter 161, Statutes of 1891, has been reorganized under this part the entire amount of…
    § 6681 The new bonds shall be payable as nearly as practicable at the same time as the installments on the old bonds and in equal amounts. Interest on the new bonds…
    § 6682 The expenses of the exchange shall be borne by the holder of the bonds presented for exchange.
    § 6683 After the exchange the old bonds shall be canceled by punching holes in the signatures, and shall be retained by the county treasurer.
  5. ARTICLE 5. Refunding Bonds §§ 6690–6694.3 · 8 sections
    § 6690 The board may cause refunding bonds to be issued for the purpose of refunding any or all outstanding bonds of the district.
    § 6691 Refunding bonds shall be issued and delivered only when the bonds to be refunded have matured or are about to mature or are subject to retirement before…
    § 6692 Except as otherwise provided in this article, refunding bonds shall be issued in substantially the manner and form prescribed for the issuance of other bonds…
    § 6693 The board desiring to refund any of its bonds may formulate a proposed plan for that purpose and shall call an election for the purpose of authorizing the…
    § 6694 Only a majority vote shall be required to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds.
    § 6694.1 The maturity date of refunding bonds shall be fixed by the board but in no case shall the maturity of any such bonds be more than forty years from the date…
    § 6694.2 The rate of interest on refunding bonds shall not exceed 8 percent per annum payable semiannually.
    § 6694.3 Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment of the bonds to be refunded thereby and in addition all…
7. CHAPTER 7. Finances and Taxation §§ 6695–6805 · 49 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 6695–6701 · 7 sections
    § 6695 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, no more than sixty cents ($0.60) on each one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation shall be levied for all…
    § 6696 The board may prescribe the time and manner of assessing, levying, and collecting taxes for district purposes, except as otherwise provided in this part.
    § 6697 District taxes may be assessed, levied, and collected for any or all of the following purposes: (a) To pay the principal and interest of the bonds issued by…
    § 6698 The board shall annually levy a tax upon the taxable property in the district sufficient to pay the interest on bonds for the year, and such portion of the…
    § 6699 If any portion of the interest or principal due for any year remains unpaid, it shall be added to the levy for the next year, and shall be collected and paid…
    § 6700 The payment of the principal and interest of all bonds, within forty years from their issuance, is the obligation of the district; and, if necessary to…
    § 6701 Taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds of annexed territory shall be limited to the taxable property in the annexed territory.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Assessment by District Assessor §§ 6715–6718 · 4 sections
    § 6715 Between the first Mondays in March and July annually the assessor shall assess all taxable property in the district to the persons by whom it was owned or…
    § 6716 No mistake in the name of the owner of any property, or any informality in the description or in other parts of the assessment, shall invalidate the assessment.
    § 6717 The assessor shall verify his assessment roll, and shall deposit it with the board on the first Monday in July in each year, or as soon thereafter as is…
    § 6718 All the provisions of law relating to assessment of property by county assessor shall, so far as applicable, apply to and govern the acts of the assessor in…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Equalization of Assessments by District Assessor §§ 6730–6734 · 5 sections
    § 6730 Annually, on the first Monday of July at seven thirty p.m. the board shall meet as a board of equalization.
    § 6731 If the district assessor has returned the assessment roll for the year the board shall proceed to equalize the assessments.
    § 6732 If the assessment roll has not been returned by the district assessor the board shall adjourn from time to time until the roll has been returned, and for the…
    § 6733 When the assessment roll is returned by the district assessor, the board shall equalize the assessments, and the board shall continue in session as a board of…
    § 6734 The board may hear complaints as to the proceedings of the district assessor and adjudicate and determine the controversy. It may of its own motion raise an…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Levy of Tax §§ 6745–6747 · 3 sections
    § 6745 After the equalization of the assessments has been completed, the board shall, by resolution, fix the rate of taxation for district purposes, designating the…
    § 6746 After the entry in the minutes of the resolution fixing the rate of the tax the board shall cause the district assessor to compute the amount of the tax upon…
    § 6747 When completed, the roll shall be verified by the district assessor and signed by the president and secretary. The amount of the tax then is a lien on the…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Collection §§ 6760–6767 · 8 sections
    § 6760 As soon as practicable, but not later than the third Monday in August, after the taxes have been computed and extended on the assessment roll, verified by the…
    § 6761 The tax collector shall collect the taxes shown to be due, in the same manner as he collects the county taxes.
    § 6762 All the provisions of the laws of the state as to the collection of taxes and delinquent taxes, and the enforcement of their payment, so far as applicable,…
    § 6763 The board may direct the district attorney of the county to commence and prosecute suits for the collection of the whole or any portion of the delinquent…
    § 6764 All money collected for district purposes by the district attorney under this part shall be at once paid to the treasurer.
    § 6765 The board may at any time, by order entered in its minutes, provide a system for the collection of delinquent taxes, or make any change in the manner of their…
    § 6766 The tax collector shall immediately pay to the treasurer all money collected by him for district purposes and the treasurer shall keep it in the county…
    § 6767 The tax collector and the sureties on his official bond are responsible for the due performance of the duties imposed upon him by this part.
  6. ARTICLE 6. Use of County Assessor’s Roll §§ 6780–6787 · 8 sections
    § 6780 The board may elect to avail itself of the assessment made by the assessor of the county in which the district is situated, and may take that assessment as the…
    § 6781 The board shall declare its election by resolution and shall file a certified copy with the auditor and the assessor of the county on or before the first…
    § 6782 Following the board’s election, the county auditor shall on or about the third Monday of August of each year transmit to the board a written statement showing…
    § 6783 The board shall, then, before September 1st, estimate the amount of money needed and fix the rate of taxation for district purposes and for the payment of the…
    § 6784 The board shall designate the number of cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) to be levied for each fund and the fund into which the proceeds shall be paid,…
    § 6785 The board shall by September 1st of each year certify to the county auditor of the county in which the district is situated the rate of taxation fixed.
    § 6786 The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district,…
    § 6787 The taxes are a lien on all the property in the district, and the taxes, whether for the payment of a bonded indebtedness, or for other purposes, shall be of…
  7. ARTICLE 6.5. Districts in More Than One County § 6789 · 1 section
    § 6789 Taxes for a district which is situated in more than one county and which has availed itself of the county assessor’s roll pursuant to Sections 6780 and 6781…
  8. ARTICLE 7. Funds §§ 6790–6801 · 12 sections
    § 6790 In a fund called the “bond fund of sanitary district” (naming it) the treasurer shall keep the money levied by the board for that fund.
    § 6791 No part of the money in the bond fund may be transferred to any other fund or be used for any purpose other than the payment of the principal and interest of…
    § 6792 In a fund called the “running expense fund of ____ Sanitary District” (naming it) the treasurer shall place and keep the money levied by the board for that…
    § 6793 The whole or any part of the money in the running expense fund shall be transferred to the bond fund, or to any other fund provided for in this part, on the…
    § 6794 (a) The treasurer, or other person or persons that are authorized by the board, shall draw checks or warrants to pay demands when demands have been approved by…
    § 6795 The treasurer shall keep the order as his voucher, and shall keep a specific account of receipts and disbursements for the district.
    § 6796 The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be deposited with the treasurer and shall be by him placed in the fund to be called the “sewer construction fund of…
    § 6797 The money in the sewer construction fund shall be used for the purpose indicated in the order calling the election upon the question of the issuance of the…
    § 6798 All fines for the violation of any regulation or order of the board shall, after the expenses of the prosecution are deducted, be paid to the secretary, who…
    § 6799 The county treasurer and sureties upon his official bond are liable for the due performance of the duties imposed upon him by this part.
    § 6800 Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this article, the board may, out of any surplus funds remaining in the bond fund, the running expense…
    § 6801 (a) As an alternative to the functions of the treasurer, the district board may elect to disburse funds of the district. Such election shall be made by…
  9. ARTICLE 8. Claims § 6805 · 1 section
    § 6805 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
8. CHAPTER 8. Reorganization §§ 6810–6823 · 11 sections
  - § 6810 A district organized under Chapter 161, Statutes of 1891, or under the Sanitary District Act of 1919 may be reorganized as a district under this part.
  - § 6811 To effect the reorganization a petition, signed by not less than twenty-five residents and freeholders within the district, and also by a majority of the…
  - § 6812 The petition shall be verified by at least one of the petitioners in the manner prescribed by law for the verification of pleadings, and shall set forth the…
  - § 6813 The petition shall be published for at least two weeks preceding the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county, together with a…
  - § 6814 At that time the board of supervisors shall hear the petition. The board of supervisors shall not modify the boundaries of the district as set forth in the…
  - § 6815 If the board of supervisors finds, upon the final hearing of the petition, that the statements therein are correct the board shall make an order approving the…
  - § 6816 From and after the making of the order of reorganization by the board of supervisors, the district is organized under this part with all the powers conferred…
  - § 6817 A district reorganized under this part is for all purposes the district previously existing.
  - § 6818 Reorganization shall not affect or impair the title to any property owned or held by or in trust for the district, or any debt, demand, liability, or…
  - § 6819 Reorganization shall not operate to repeal or affect in any manner any ordinance previously passed or adopted and remaining unrepealed, or to discharge any…
  - § 6823 The district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation,…
9. CHAPTER 8.5. District Reorganized From County Sanitation District § 6825 · 1 section
  - § 6825 Any duty imposed by this part on any county officer shall be deemed imposed on the county officers of the respective counties in which is situated a sanitary…
10. CHAPTER 9. Annexation § 6830 · 1 section
  1. ARTICLE 1. Generally § 6830 · 1 section
    § 6830 There may be annexed to a district any of the following territory which is in the same county as the district or which is within another county but in the…
PART 2. OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS §§ 6935–6982 · 50 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General §§ 6935–6936 · 2 sections
  - § 6935 No right or obligation accrued by the formation, organization, reorganization or operation of a sanitary district pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 161 of…
  - § 6936 Pursuant to Section 1002 of the Elections Code, any election held under Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891 or the Sanitary District Act of 1919 shall be held…
2. CHAPTER 2. Use of County Assessor’s Roll §§ 6940–6941.9 · 7 sections
  - § 6940 Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891, or the provisions of the Sanitary District Act of 1919, as the provisions of these acts…
  - § 6940.3 The board shall declare its election by resolution and shall file a certified copy with the auditor and the assessor of the county on or before the first…
  - § 6940.6 Following the board’s election, the county auditor shall on or about the third Monday in August of each year transmit to the board a written statement showing…
  - § 6940.9 Before the first day of September the district board shall fix the rate of taxation for district purposes and for the payment of the principal and interest of…
  - § 6941.3 The board shall designate the number of cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) to be levied for each fund and the fund into which the proceeds shall be paid,…
  - § 6941.6 The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district,…
  - § 6941.9 The taxes are a lien on all the property in the district, and the taxes, whether for the payment of a bonded indebtedness, or for other purposes, shall be of…
3. CHAPTER 3. On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones §§ 6950–6982 · 41 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 6950–6954 · 6 sections
    § 6950 “Board” or “board of directors” means the governing authority of a public agency.
    § 6951 “Public agency” means a city, a county, a special district, or any other political subdivision of the state which is otherwise authorized to acquire,…
    § 6952 “On-site wastewater disposal system” means any of several works, facilities, devices, or other mechanisms used to collect, treat, recycle, or dispose of…
    § 6952.5 “Owner of real property” means any public agency owning land and any person shown as the owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll; provided that…
    § 6953 “Zone” means an on-site wastewater disposal zone formed pursuant to this chapter.
    § 6954 “Real property” means both land and improvements to land which benefit, directly or indirectly from, or on behalf of, the activities of the zone.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Formation §§ 6955–6974.5 · 27 sections
    § 6955 Whenever the board of directors of a public agency deems it necessary to form an on-site wastewater disposal zone in all or a portion of the public agency’s…
    § 6955.1 A proposed zone shall contain at least 12 voters, as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code. However, where there are fewer than 12 registered voters…
    § 6956 The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) A description of the boundaries of the territory proposed to be included within the zone. The description may…
    § 6956.5 The resolution of intention shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which all or the greater portion of the land in the…
    § 6957 (a) A proposal to form a zone within a public agency may also be initiated by filing a petition with the board. Such a petition shall contain all the matters…
    § 6958 (a) Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention or the petition, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code,…
    § 6959 The hearing by the board on the question of the formation of the proposed zone shall be commenced no less than 45 days nor more than 60 days from adoption of a…
    § 6960 After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6958, a local health officer shall review the proposed formation and report his or her findings…
    § 6960.1 After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6958, the affected regional water quality control board shall review the proposed formation and…
    § 6960.2 The number, type, volume, and location of on-site wastewater disposal systems to be operated within the zone shall not exceed the number specified pursuant to…
    § 6960.3 The formation of an on-site wastewater disposal zone shall be subject to review and approval by a local agency formation commission which has adopted rules and…
    § 6960.4 Prior to any decision on the question of the formation of the proposed zone, the board shall obtain approval for the proposed plan for wastewater disposal from…
    § 6961 At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention or the petition, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, any interested person…
    § 6962 At the hearing the board shall also hear and receive any oral or written protests, objections, or evidence which shall be made, presented, or filed. Any person…
    § 6963 At the close of the hearing the board shall find and declare by resolution that written protests, filed and not withdrawn prior to the conclusion of the…
    § 6964 If the number of written protests filed and not withdrawn is the number described in subdivision (c) of Section 6963, the board shall abandon any further…
    § 6965 If the number of written protests filed and not withdrawn is the number described in subdivision (a) of Section 6963, the board shall find and declare by…
    § 6966 The board may order the formation of the zone either without election or subject to confirmation by the voters within the zone upon the question of such…
    § 6967 If the board does not order the formation of the proposed zone, an election on the question shall be conducted if, within 30 days of the date upon which the…
    § 6968 Any election conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of law pertaining to regular or special…
    § 6969 After the canvass of returns of any election on the question of forming a proposed zone, the board shall adopt a resolution ordering the formation of the zone…
    § 6970 No public agency shall form a zone which includes any territory already included within another zone.
    § 6971 No public agency shall form a zone if such formation will permit other land uses which are not consistent with the general plans, zoning ordinances, or other…
    § 6972 After the formation of the zone pursuant to this article, all taxes levied to carry out the purposes of the zone shall be levied exclusively upon the property…
    § 6973 If the board does not form a zone after the close of a hearing in accordance with Section 6967 and no petition is filed pursuant to Section 6967, or if the…
    § 6974 Territory within the public agency may be annexed to a zone, provided that such territory is not part of another zone. The requirements and proceedings for the…
    § 6974.5 Land already a part of a zone may be detached if the board finds and determines, following notice and hearing in the same manner provided for formation of the…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Powers §§ 6975–6982 · 8 sections
    § 6975 An on-site wastewater disposal zone may be formed to achieve water quality objectives set by regional water quality control boards, to protect existing and…
    § 6976 An on-site waste water disposal zone shall have the following powers: (a) To collect, treat, reclaim, or dispose of waste water without the use of…
    § 6977 The public agency shall do all such acts as are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with any federal, state, regional, or local law, order, regulation,…
    § 6978 (a) Violation of any of the provisions of a rule or regulation adopted pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 6976 may be abated as a public nuisance by the…
    § 6979 (a) The owner of any real property upon which is located an on-site wastewater disposal system, which system is subject to abatement as a public nuisance by…
    § 6980 A board may exercise all of the public agency’s existing financial powers on behalf of a zone, excepting that any assessment or tax levied upon the real…
    § 6981 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public agency may levy an assessment reasonably proportional to the benefits derived from the zone, as determined…
    § 6982 (a) Notwithstanding Section 6952, the West Bay Sanitary District may use the procedures in this chapter to provide alternative or innovative wastewater…