CHAPTER 1. Memorial Districts [1170. - 1259.]

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.

§§ 1170–1259 · 71 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Formation §§ 1170–1185 · 22 sections

   • § 1170 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates: (a) “District” means a memorial district organized under the provisions of this chapter. (b)…
   • § 1171 A memorial district may be established, maintained, governed, supported, and operated in the manner and for the purposes herein provided, and may exercise the…
   • § 1172 No district shall include territory not wholly in the same county. A district may include any incorporated territory of the county together with any contiguous…
   • § 1173 By petition filed with the county clerk, registered electors residing within the boundaries of a proposed district, equal in number to at least eight per cent…
   • § 1174 The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county within which the proposed district is situated, shall be signed by the number of…
   • § 1175 The petition may be filed in sections, each of which shall fully comply with all of the requirements for a petition, except that each section need not contain…
   • § 1176 Within 30 days after the filing of the petition the county elections official shall find and certify whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of…
   • § 1177 If the petition and certificate is presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting the board at that meeting shall ascertain whether the petition in…
   • § 1177.5 The notice required in Section 1176 shall state the fact that the board has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for a hearing on the…
   • § 1177.6 At any time prior to the time fixed for a hearing of the matter, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board written objections to the formation…
   • § 1178 At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall either adopt an order abandoning the creation of the proposed district or shall by resolution…
   • § 1178.5 Sample ballots shall be printed and mailed, together with a synopsis of the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing at Section 1170) of Division 6, to each…
   • § 1179 The special election shall be held upon a date not later than the 130th day after the meeting of the board at which the petition was presented. At the special…
   • § 1180 The special election shall be called, noticed, held, and conducted, election officers appointed, voting precincts designated, candidates nominated, ballots…
   • § 1180.1 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
   • § 1180.2 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…
   • § 1180.3 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…
   • § 1180.4 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…
   • § 1181 For the purposes of this chapter the board of supervisors and the county elections official, respectively, shall have all the powers and duties that boards of…
   • § 1182 If a majority of the votes cast at the special election are in favor of formation of the district, the county elections official shall, within ten days after…
   • § 1183 Such certified copies when recorded shall, after sixty days from the date of the special election, be conclusive evidence against all persons, firms,…
   • § 1185 A district may be formed in the manner prescribed by this article that is within an existing memorial district, if, in addition to the petition required by…
2. ARTICLE 2. Management §§ 1190–1208 · 25 sections

   • § 1190 Every district shall be a public corporation, have perpetual succession, and may: (a) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts and…
   • § 1190.5 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
   • § 1191 (a) Every district may do all of the following: (1) Provide and maintain memorial halls, assembly halls, buildings, or meeting places, together with suitable…
   • § 1191.1 (a) The Lindsay-Strathmore Memorial District may enter into a joint powers agreement with the Strathmore Public Utility District to provide for the management,…
   • § 1191.3 When the district desires to sell real property that was donated to the district by a city or county, the district shall offer to reconvey it to the city or…
   • § 1192 Every district may: (a) Cause to be levied and collected in any year a special tax not to exceed three-tenths of one cent ($0.003) on the one dollar ($1) of…
   • § 1192.1 When a district is authorized to provide and maintain indoor and outdoor park and recreation facilities including swimming pools, picnic areas and playgrounds,…
   • § 1192.5 A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government…
   • § 1193 Every district may combine with the county in which it is located or with any incorporated city wholly within the county, in the accomplishment of any of the…
   • § 1194 The powers of the district, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be exercised by the board of directors.
   • § 1195 The general district election shall be governed by the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law and be held in every district formed under the…
   • § 1195.2 If the board of directors of the district shall fail to take the action necessary to hold a general district election pursuant to Section 1195, the board of…
   • § 1197 The board shall consist of five members who shall be registered electors residing within the district or proposed district at the time of their election and…
   • § 1198 The board first elected in any district shall hold its first meeting in the meeting room of the board of supervisors commencing at ten o'clock a.m. on the…
   • § 1198.5 (a) The secretary of every memorial district shall annually prepare a financial report signed by the board of directors containing the following information…
   • § 1199 The president shall sign all contracts on behalf of the district and shall certify to the county auditor all lawful demands against the district payable from…
   • § 1200 The moneys in the several funds of the district shall be paid out by the county treasurer only upon warrants drawn by the county auditor against the…
   • § 1201 The county auditor shall also draw warrants against the memorial district fund and against the memorial district bond fund, in payment of lawful claims against…
   • § 1202 The board shall, annually, at least fifteen days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors is required by law to levy the taxes…
   • § 1203 The board of supervisors shall annually at the time of levying county taxes and until all bonded indebtedness of the district is fully paid, levy and cause to…
   • § 1204 The board of supervisors shall in like manner and until all other expenses and claims are fully paid, levy and cause to be collected by the county tax…
   • § 1205 The memorial district tax levied in any one year shall not exceed the rate of three-tenths of one cent ($0.003) on each dollar ($1) of the assessed valuation…
   • § 1206 Taxes shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the memorial district bond retirement fund or to the credit of the memorial district fund, as the…
   • § 1207 Taxes become delinquent at the time the county taxes become delinquent and shall bear like penalties for delinquency. All taxes shall be a lien upon all the…
   • § 1208 Boards of supervisors, governing bodies of incorporated cities and school districts, and all authorities having control of public lands within this State may…
3. ARTICLE 2.5. Claims § 1209 · 1 section

   • § 1209 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…
4. ARTICLE 3. Bonds §§ 1210–1219 · 10 sections

   • § 1210 Bonds of a district may be issued, sold, and the proceeds thereof expended in the exercise of any of the powers of the district or in the accomplishment of the…
   • § 1211 The board may, and upon petition of eight per cent of the registered electors of the district shall, submit to the electors of the district the question…
   • § 1212 The question may be submitted at a special bond election called for that purpose or at a general district election. If called upon petition of the electors of…
   • § 1213 If the question whether bonds of the district are to be issued is submitted at a special election, such election shall be noticed, called, conducted, governed,…
   • § 1214 If at such election two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of issuing the bonds of the district, the board shall cause that fact to be entered upon its…
   • § 1215 Thereupon, the board of supervisors, by an order entered in its minutes, shall provide for the issuance and sale of bonds of the district in the amount…
   • § 1216 The board of supervisors shall issue and sell the bonds of the district in the manner and form prescribed by law for county bonds and subject to the conditions…
   • § 1217 If any officer whose signature, countersignature, or attestation appears on any district bonds or coupons thereof, ceases to be such officer before the…
   • § 1218 The board of supervisors at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district…
   • § 1219 Whenever the bonds of a district have been investigated and certified by any officer of this state authorized to make such investigation and certification, and…
5. ARTICLE 3.5. Construction and Alteration of Halls, Buildings and Meeting Places §§ 1221–1224 · 4 sections

   • § 1221 No contract for the construction or alteration of any hall, building or meeting place shall be let until such time as professional estimates of the cost of…
   • § 1222 No contract shall be let for the construction or alteration of any hall, building or meeting place unless such project can be completed and be ready for…
   • § 1223 No contract for the construction or alteration of any hall, building or meeting place is valid, and no district funds shall be paid for any work done under…
   • § 1224 If the cost of construction or alteration under the contract is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, from time to time, as the work of construction or…
6. ARTICLE 6. Annexation §§ 1251–1259 · 9 sections

   • § 1251 The boundaries of any district organized or existing under this chapter may be altered and new territory annexed to, and incorporated within, it pursuant to…
   • § 1252 To qualify for annexation, new territory shall be contiguous to the existing district.
   • § 1253 Proceedings may be commenced for the annexation of territory to an existing district by petition filed with the county clerk and signed by registered voters…
   • § 1254 The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county within which the district is situated, shall be signed by the number of qualified…
   • § 1255 Within 30 days after the filing of the petition the county elections official shall find and certify whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of…
   • § 1256 The notice required in Section 1255 shall state the fact that the board has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for a hearing on the…
   • § 1257 If, at the close of the hearing, the board of supervisors determines to annex the territory, or any portion thereof, it shall so declare by resolution. The…
   • § 1258 The declaration of the result and recordation of the statement of the election shall be carried out substantially pursuant to Sections 1182 and 1183 of this…
   • § 1259 Territory forming a part of any existing district at the time of presentation of a petition for annexation, shall not be annexed pursuant to this article.