CHAPTER 8. Special District for Sewage Disposal or Solid Waste Resource Recovery [13451. - 13691.]
Heading of Chapter 8 amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 128.
§§ 13451–13691 · 61 sections
ARTICLE 1. Proposal of Formation §§ 13451–13456 · 6 sections
- § 13451 One or more special districts for sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery purposes may be created within the boundaries of a district as provided in…
- § 13452 Resolutions shall first be passed by the legislative bodies of half or more, but of not less than two, of the public agencies, all or any part of the area of…
- § 13453 Instead of procedure by resolutions, a petition may be filed with the secretary of a district signed by voters within the proposed special district equal in…
- § 13454 The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands the creation of a special district for sewage disposal or solid waste resource…
- § 13455 The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures with the affidavits of registration and shall certify to the sufficiency or insufficiency of the…
- § 13456 The board may initiate proceedings for the creation of a special district for sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery purposes within the area of the…
ARTICLE 2. Hearing §§ 13481–13488 · 8 sections
- § 13481 Within 60 days after receipt of the resolutions of the public agencies or receipt of the certification of the sufficiency of a petition by the secretary of the…
- § 13482 The notice of hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district.
- § 13483 The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the first publication of the notice.
- § 13484 At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the creation of the special district or to…
- § 13485 The board may reduce or enlarge the boundaries of the proposed special district, but the boundaries as enlarged shall be within the district.
- § 13486 The board shall not approve the creation of a special district containing territory in addition to the territory included in the resolutions or petitions filed…
- § 13487 No public agency or portion thereof shall be included within the boundaries of a special district unless its legislative body consents by resolution, or unless…
- § 13488 If no protests are filed, or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board shall thereupon by resolution approve the creation of the…
ARTICLE 3. Election §§ 13511–13513 · 3 sections
- § 13511 At any time after the board has approved the creation of the proposed special district, and fixed its boundaries, the board shall call and publish notice of an…
- § 13512 No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed special district. The election may be held on the…
- § 13513 If a proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness is submitted at the same election with the proposal to create the special district, the votes cast on the…
ARTICLE 4. Establishment §§ 13531–13532 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 5. Powers and Functions §§ 13561–13565 · 5 sections
- § 13561 Connections of all sewers within the special district to intercepting sewers of the district shall be made at such points and in such manner and under such…
- § 13562 Nothing in this division shall require the district to construct any sewers other than intercepting and outfall sewers. The determination by the board of what…
- § 13563 Upon completion of sewage disposal facilities for any special district all sewage and industrial waste originating within the special district shall be…
- § 13564 Without limiting in any way the foregoing provisions of this division, the respective public agencies within the district and the district may contract…
- § 13565 Each utility which a district is authorized to acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use pursuant to this division shall be considered to be a utility…
ARTICLE 5.5. Waste Water Control §§ 13570–13578 · 13 sections
- § 13570 The board shall supervise and regulate sewage disposal within a special district, including the fixing of standards, contracts, issuance of licenses or…
- § 13571 Without limiting in any way the provisions of this division, and in addition to the powers granted therein, the board may make and enforce such regulations for…
- § 13572 Rules and regulations pertaining to the control of quantity, quality or flow of waste water may provide for any or all of the following: (a) Periodic technical…
- § 13573 No person shall discharge waste water into a community sewer system connected to or directly into a district interceptor which will result in contamination,…
- § 13574 Whenever a discharge of waste water is in violation of the district’s regulations or otherwise causes or threatens to cause a condition of contamination,…
- § 13575 (a) Any person who fails to comply with any order issued by the district, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for…
- § 13575.5 (a) The district may issue a complaint to any person on whom civil liability may be imposed pursuant to this article. The complaint shall allege the act or…
- § 13575.6 Any party aggrieved by a final order issued by the board under Section 13575.5, after granting review of a hearing officer order, may obtain review of the…
- § 13575.7 (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision and order issued by the board pursuant to Section 13575.5, any aggrieved party may file with the…
- § 13576 Any person who intentionally discharges waste water in any manner, in violation of any order issued by the district, which results in contamination, pollution…
- § 13576.5 Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any record, report, plan, or other document filed with the district, or who falsifies,…
- § 13577 Any abatement actions taken pursuant to the foregoing sections with respect to contamination, pollution or nuisance, as defined in this article, created by the…
- § 13578 The district may enter upon private property of any person and sample at, inspect or survey the waste water sampling installation or pretreatment facilities or…
ARTICLE 6. Financing §§ 13591–13593 · 3 sections
- § 13591 The board may use temporarily any district funds for the payment of any costs or expenses incident to the proposed or actual creation of a special district for…
- § 13592 The board shall recover all district funds advanced under this article by means of taxes levied upon all property within the special district or from any…
- § 13593 Nothing in this article limits the general powers of a district with reference to sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery.
ARTICLE 7. Bonds §§ 13621–13626 · 6 sections
- § 13621 At any time after the creation of a special district a proposition of incurring bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, or completion by the…
- § 13622 Except as otherwise provided herein the provisions of Chapter 7 shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining to the issuance of bonds under this…
- § 13623 The favorable vote of two-thirds of all the voters within the special district voting on the proposition is required to authorize the issuance of the bonds.
- § 13624 Only the property in the special district shall be taxable for the payment of the principal and interest on special district bonds. Until the bonds are paid,…
- § 13625 Any proceeding denying the validity of the creation of any special district, or of any bonds authorized by the voters thereof pursuant to this division, shall…
- § 13626 The board may utilize the provisions of Chapter 7.1 (commencing with Section 13345) to authorize emergency financing of the repair or replacement of damaged or…
ARTICLE 7.5. Short-Term Borrowing §§ 13631–13633 · 3 sections
- § 13631 The special district may borrow money and incur indebtedness in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized to be issued by the voters within…
- § 13632 The special district may issue refunding bonds, notes, or other securities for the purpose of paying and redeeming at or before maturity any bonds, notes or…
- § 13633 Evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article shall be payable from any sources of available funds of the special district, including revenues,…
ARTICLE 8. Annexation §§ 13651–13661 · 11 sections
- § 13651 Any public agency or portion thereof or unincorporated territory within the boundaries of a district (hereinafter referred to collectively as “territory”) not…
- § 13652 The board shall by resolution determine that the annexation of the territory will facilitate the acquisition or operation of a public utility for the special…
- § 13653 No public agency or portion thereof shall be annexed to a special district unless the legislative body thereof shall by resolution consent.
- § 13654 The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to a special district may provide, among other things, for the payment of taxes within the territory…
- § 13655 Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation of territory to a special district shall be published once in a newspaper of…
- § 13656 The time for hearing shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the first publication of the notice.
- § 13657 At or before the hearing any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the annexation of the territory to the special…
- § 13658 The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order entered upon the minutes of its meeting fixing the time…
- § 13659 From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the secretary of the district the annexation of the territory, or portion thereof, to the special…
- § 13660 No annexation to a special district shall operate to dissolve or terminate the legal existence of any public agency within or partly within the territory…
- § 13661 From and after the date of annexation any territory annexed to a special district is liable for payment of its proportionate share of any indebtedness then…
ARTICLE 9. Dissolution § 13691 · 1 section
- § 13691 A special district may be dissolved by resolution of the board if any proposition for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness fails to carry, and if the special…