DIVISION 14. STREET LIGHTING [18000. - 19402.]
Division 14 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.
§§ 18000–19402 · 282 sections
PART 1. THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1919 §§ 18000–18193 · 81 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 18000–18014 · 16 sections
- § 18000 This part may be cited as the Street Lighting Act of 1919.
- § 18001 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions obtained in this chapter shall govern the…
- § 18002 This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.
- § 18003 This part provides an alternative system for making the improvements authorized by this part and the provisions of this part shall not apply to or affect any…
- § 18004 “Street lighting system” and “system” include any or all appliances, poles, posts, electroliers, transformers, lighting units, lamps, cables, wires, pipes,…
- § 18004.5 “Street,” and any of its variants, mean and include highways, state highways, roads, avenues, boulevards, alleys, parkways and other public places and ways…
- § 18005 “Tax collector” and “city tax collector” mean the city officer, board or employee designated as such by the city council in the resolution levying the…
- § 18006 “Service,” and any of its variants, means and includes the furnishing of electric current or energy, gas, or other illuminating agent to all or part of any…
- § 18007 “Improvement,” and any of its variants, include the maintenance or servicing, or both, of all or part of any one or more street lighting systems and, where…
- § 18007.5 “Maintenance,” and any of its variants, as used in this part includes the replacement of any obsolete equipment with the new modern equipment necessary for an…
- § 18008 “Assessment district” means the territory to be benefited by the proposed improvement and to be assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof.
- § 18009 “Clerk” and “city clerk” mean any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the city council.
- § 18010 “Treasurer” and “city treasurer” include any person or officer who has charge of and makes payment of city funds.
- § 18011 “City” includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal purposes.
- § 18012 “City Council” and “council” include any body which by law is the legislative department of the government of the city.
- § 18014 If lots or parcels of land belonging to the United States, to this state, or to a county, city, public agency, mandatory of the government, school board,…
CHAPTER 2. Authority to Maintain and Service §§ 18030–18034 · 5 sections
- § 18030 Whenever in the opinion of the city council of any city the public interest or convenience may require, that body may do one or more of the following: (a)…
- § 18031 The city shall not be limited by the provisions of this part to the maintenance or servicing of street lighting systems, or any part thereof, owned only by the…
- § 18032 If there is more than one street lighting system in any city any or all of such systems may be consolidated and improved under one proceeding. In such case the…
- § 18033 Whenever a street lighting system is installed along a boundary line or street of any city, the city council may, by resolution, assess the land abutting upon…
- § 18034 If land has been assessed pursuant to Section 18033, the city council may proceed in all respects in connection therewith as though the street lighting system…
CHAPTER 3. The Preliminary Report §§ 18040–18042 · 3 sections
- § 18040 The city council shall, prior to the passage of the resolution of intention, order the board, commission or officer of the city having charge and control of…
- § 18041 Such report shall contain the following: (a) Plans and specifications which shall set out, among other things, the general type of street lighting system in…
- § 18042 When the report is filed with him the clerk shall present it to the city council for consideration, and that body may modify it in any respect, and in case of…
CHAPTER 4. The Resolution of Intention §§ 18060–18062 · 3 sections
- § 18060 After the report is considered by it, the city council may pass a resolution of intention to order the improvement.
- § 18061 The resolution of intention: (a) Shall briefly describe the proposed improvement. (b) Shall describe, in writing or by reference to the diagram referred to in…
- § 18062 The city council shall, in the resolution of intention, provide that the improvement of the street lighting system shall be for a period of time stated in the…
CHAPTER 5. Protest and Hearing §§ 18070–18077 · 5 sections
- § 18070 (a) After the adoption of the resolution of intention, the city council shall direct the clerk to give notice and set the time and date for a public meeting…
- § 18074 (a) Any person interested who objects to the proposed improvement may file a written protest, stating his or her objections, with the clerk at or before the…
- § 18075 The city council shall hear, consider, and pass upon the protests against the proposed improvement at the time appointed, or at any time to which the hearings…
- § 18076 If there is a majority protest by the landowners in any zone to the improvement in that zone, or if the officer or person designated reports that it is…
- § 18077 If a zone or subdivided zone is struck from the proceedings, the city council may proceed the same as though that zone or subdivided zone was not a part of the…
CHAPTER 5.5. Annexation of Additional Lands §§ 18080–18084 · 5 sections
- § 18080 Whenever in the opinion of the city council of any city the public interest or convenience may require that body to order the improvement of any street…
- § 18081 The procedures applicable to such annexation and the lands so annexed shall, except as otherwise in this chapter expressly provided, be the same as those…
- § 18082 The improvement of the street lighting system within the lands so annexed shall be for a period of time not longer than that fixed for the improvement ordered…
- § 18083 The term of the contract to be let for making the improvement within the lands so annexed shall be for such period of time as will cause such contract to…
- § 18084 In the event that an ordinance requires the installation of a street lighting system by a subdivider, the resolution of intention may state that the territory…
CHAPTER 6. Levying and Collecting the Assessment §§ 18090–18099 · 11 sections
- § 18090 After acquiring jurisdiction to proceed with the improvement, the city council shall levy the assessment for the portion or percentage required to pay for the…
- § 18091 Such report shall contain: (a) An estimate of the cost and expense of the improvement for the ensuing 12-month period or the ensuing fiscal year. (b) A diagram…
- § 18092 Any surplus assessments collected shall be applied by the city council to reduce the assessment to be levied either for the next ensuing contract year or for…
- § 18092.1 If there is any surplus remaining at the close of the last contract year under any proceedings, such surplus shall be used as follows: (a) If new proceedings…
- § 18093 If for any reason there is a deficiency in the funds derived from the assessment for any improvement, including all incidental expenses thereof, the city…
- § 18094 Upon the levying of any assessment, the city clerk shall transmit the diagram and assessment upon which such levy is based, or a certified copy of said diagram…
- § 18095 The validity of any assessment levied under this part shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless such action or proceeding is commenced within…
- § 18096 Upon the receipt of the diagram and assessment or a certified copy thereof, the tax collector shall record them in a suitable book to be kept for that purpose,…
- § 18097 The tax collector shall, upon the recording of such diagram and assessment, give notice by publication for five days in a daily newspaper, published and…
- § 18098 When payment of any assessment is made, the tax collector shall mark opposite such assessment the word “paid,” with the date of the payment thereof, and shall…
- § 18099 The lien shall be subordinate to all fixed special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property, but it shall have priority over all fixed…
CHAPTER 7. Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property §§ 18120–18131 · 12 sections
- § 18120 The tax collector shall, within 30 days after the date of delinquency, begin the publication of a notice of sale of the land upon which the assessments have…
- § 18121 The notice of sale so published shall contain a description sufficient to identify each lot or parcel of land delinquent, and opposite each description the…
- § 18122 At any time after such delinquency and prior to the sale of any lots or parcels of land assessed and delinquent, any person may pay the assessment thereon,…
- § 18123 At the time and place fixed in the notice of sale the tax collector shall proceed with such sale, commencing at the head of the list of lands contained in such…
- § 18124 The tax collector shall issue for each sale an original and duplicate certificate of sale, referring to the proceedings, describing the lot or parcel of land…
- § 18125 At any time after the date of sale and prior to the issuance and delivery of a deed to the land sold, any land sold under the provisions of this chapter may be…
- § 18126 The redemption money shall be paid by the tax collector to the person holding the original certificate of sale upon his delivering up such certificate and…
- § 18127 At any time after the expiration of 12 months from the date of sale, the tax collector shall execute to the purchaser, or his assignee, on his application, if…
- § 18128 The purchaser or his assignee shall, at least 30 days before he applies for a deed, serve upon the owner of the land, and upon the occupant of the land if it…
- § 18129 If the owner can not be found, after due diligence, the notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the land at least 30 days before the date stated…
- § 18130 If redemption of the land is made after such affidavit is filed, and more than 11 months from the date of sale, the person making such redemption shall pay, in…
- § 18131 The deed of the tax collector shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of all matters recited therein, and of the regularity of all proceedings prior to the…
CHAPTER 8. Alternative Procedure for Installment Assessments §§ 18150–18155 · 6 sections
- § 18150 The procedure in this chapter shall be an alternative procedure to that provided in other sections of this part, and the city council may use this procedure or…
- § 18151 When the assessment has been adopted and confirmed, as provided in Section 18075, the city clerk shall transmit the report, diagram and assessment, or a…
- § 18152 Assessments coming due under this procedure in any year during the period of time stated in the resolution of intention shall be payable in annual or…
- § 18153 The city may be the purchaser at any delinquent sale under this chapter in like manner as it may become the purchaser of property sold for delinquent general…
- § 18154 When the city becomes the purchaser the land shall not again be sold for any succeeding delinquent assessment, penalties and interest until it has been…
- § 18155 If the procedure provided for in this chapter is adopted and the duties of assessing property and collecting city taxes are performed for the city by the…
CHAPTER 8.5. Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis §§ 18160–18169 · 10 sections
- § 18160 The procedure in this chapter shall be an alternative procedure for levying and collecting assessments, and the city council may by resolution determine, in…
- § 18161 In the event that the city council shall determine to follow the procedure provided in this chapter with respect to the organization of the district, the…
- § 18162 In the event that the city council shall determine to follow the procedure provided in this chapter with respect to the organization of the district, the…
- § 18163 A certified copy of the resolution ordering the proposed improvement and the map or plat of the district referred to in Section 18161 shall be filed with each…
- § 18164 Each year during the period of time for which the improvement is to continue, and not less than 30 days prior to the making of the general tax levy for city…
- § 18165 The city council shall, at the time of making the next general tax levy and in the manner provided for the general tax levy, levy a special assessment tax upon…
- § 18166 Each year, at the time of making the special assessment tax levy, the city council shall appropriate from the fund designated in the resolution ordering the…
- § 18167 The city council may also transfer from the general fund of the city to the fund of the district sufficient money to pay all or any part of the percentage of…
- § 18168 The special assessment tax shall be levied, computed, entered, collected and enforced at the same time, in the same manner, by the same persons and with the…
- § 18169 If for any reason there is a deficiency in the funds derived from the assessment for any improvement, including all incidental expenses thereof, the city…
CHAPTER 9. Bids and Awards of Contract § 18170 · 1 section
- § 18170 At any time after the transmission of the diagram and assessment to the city tax collector or city auditor, the city council may let the contract for making…
CHAPTER 10. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 18190–18193 · 4 sections
- § 18190 The money collected by the tax collector shall be paid by him, as fast as collected, to the city treasurer, who shall place it in a special fund designated by…
- § 18191 The city council may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to abandon an assessment district or any portion thereof, describing the area to be abandoned…
- § 18192 The city council may reinstitute any such abandoned assessment district or abandoned portion of such assessment district as a separate district, either…
- § 18193 Upon such entire or partial abandonment, all money collected for any improvements which have not been made, which money has not been paid therefor, shall be…
PART 2. THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 §§ 18300–18440 · 45 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 18300–18313 · 14 sections
- § 18300 This part may be cited as the Street Lighting Act of 1931.
- § 18301 This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.
- § 18302 This part provides an alternative system for making the improvements authorized by this part, and the provisions of this part shall not apply to or affect any…
- § 18303 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the…
- § 18304 “Street lighting system” or “system” includes any or all appliances, poles, posts, electroliers, transformers, lighting units, lamps, cables, wires, pipes,…
- § 18305 “Service,” and any of its variants, means the electrical current or energy or other illuminating agent used to light a street lighting system.
- § 18306 “Maintenance” means the repair, replacement, inspection, cleaning or painting of the posts and standards and the equipment attached to or used in connection…
- § 18307 “Improvement,” and any of its variants, includes the maintenance or servicing, or both, of all or part of any one or more street lighting systems.
- § 18308 “Contract year” means a period of 12 months.
- § 18309 “Installment assessment” means the amount levied by the city council for the first or any subsequent contract year to create a fund with which to pay for the…
- § 18310 “Clerk” or “city clerk” means any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the city council.
- § 18311 “Street” includes alleys and other public places.
- § 18312 “City” includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal purposes.
- § 18313 “City council” includes any body which by law is the legislative department of the government of the city.
CHAPTER 2. Authority to Maintain and Service §§ 18320–18325 · 6 sections
- § 18320 Whenever in the opinion of the city council the public interest or convenience may require, that body may: (a) Order any street lighting system to be…
- § 18321 The improvement shall be for a period to commence at a time to be fixed by the city council but not exceeding five years from the date of commencement thereof.
- § 18322 The provisions of this part shall not be limited to the improvement of street lighting systems owned only by the city, but the city council may also order such…
- § 18323 If there is more than one street lighting system in any city any or all of such systems may be consolidated and improved under one proceeding. In such case the…
- § 18324 Whenever a street lighting system is installed along a boundary line or street of any city, the city council may, by resolution, assess the land abutting upon…
- § 18325 If land has been assessed pursuant to Section 18324, the city council may proceed in all respects in connection therewith as though the street lighting system…
CHAPTER 3. Report and Resolution of Intention §§ 18340–18343 · 4 sections
- § 18340 The city council shall, prior to the adoption of the resolution of intention to order any improvement to be made, require the superintendent of streets to make…
- § 18341 Upon the filing of the report, the clerk shall present it to the city council for consideration at its next regular meeting, and that body may correct or…
- § 18342 When the report has been approved, the city council shall adopt a resolution of intention to order the improvement to be made. The resolution shall: (a)…
- § 18343 (a) The city council shall cause notice to be mailed and set the time and date for a public meeting and public hearing pursuant to Section 54954.6 of the…
CHAPTER 4. Protest and Hearing §§ 18362–18366 · 4 sections
- § 18362 (a) At any time not later than the hour set for hearing protests any owner of any lot or parcel of land liable to be assessed for the improvement may make…
- § 18364 If there is a majority protest by the landowners in any zone to the improvement in that zone, or if the street superintendent reports that it is practical to…
- § 18365 If a zone or subdivided zone is struck from the proceedings, the city council may proceed the same as though that zone or subdivided zone was not a part of the…
- § 18366 Immediately upon the city council’s determination it shall have jurisdiction to confirm the report and assessment, and order the proposed improvement to be…
CHAPTER 5. Levying and Collecting the Assessment §§ 18390–18405 · 16 sections
- § 18390 The city council shall thereafter levy an assessment upon each lot and parcel of land for the first contract year for the amount estimated to be necessary to…
- § 18391 The city council may order by resolution that any part or amount of the next installment of the estimated cost and expense of any improvement be paid out of…
- § 18392 Whenever a part of the next installment of the estimated cost and expense is to be paid by the city, the superintendent of streets, in making up the…
- § 18393 Any surplus assessments collected shall be applied by the city council to reduce the assessment to be levied either for the next ensuing contract year or for…
- § 18394 If there is any suplus remaining at the close of the last contract year under any proceedings, such surplus shall be used as follows: (a) If new proceedings…
- § 18395 Whenever a lot or parcel of land belonging to the United States or to the state, or to a county, city, public agent, mandatory of the government, school board,…
- § 18396 If the lots or parcels of land, or any of them, are so omitted from any installment assessment then the total cost and expense of the improvement shall be…
- § 18397 If in such resolution the city council declares that the lots or parcels of land owned as provided in Section 18395 shall be included in an installment…
- § 18398 The validity of any assessment levied under this part shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless such action or proceeding is commenced within…
- § 18399 Upon the levying of an installment assessment the city clerk shall transmit the diagram and assessment and any modifications or corrections thereof made by the…
- § 18400 Upon the receipt of the diagram and installment assessment the tax collector shall record them in a suitable book to be kept for that purpose and append…
- § 18401 Where the duties of assessing property and collecting city taxes are performed for the city by the county assessor and the county tax collector, in the manner…
- § 18402 All sums collected on account of such assessment shall be placed in the city treasury to the credit of a special fund, which shall be designated by the name of…
- § 18403 When the diagram and installment assessment are recorded, the several amounts assessed shall be a lien upon the lots or parcels of land assessed, respectively.…
- § 18404 Where the duties of assessing property and collecting city taxes are performed for a city by the county assessor and the county tax collector in a manner…
- § 18405 The lien shall be subordinate to all fixed special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property, but it shall have priority over all fixed…
CHAPTER 7. City Furnishing Maintenance and Service § 18440 · 1 section
- § 18440 If the city owns or operates or owns and operates a public utility capable of furnishing the improvement provided for in this part, this section may be used as…
PART 3. THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927 §§ 18600–18781 · 33 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 18600–18609 · 10 sections
- § 18600 This part may be cited as the Municipal Lighting Maintenance District Act of 1927.
- § 18601 This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.
- § 18602 This part provides an alternative system for the maintenance and operation of a street lighting system within cities, and the provisions of this part shall not…
- § 18603 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the…
- § 18604 “City” includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal purposes.
- § 18605 “Street lighting system” or “system” includes any or all appliances, poles, posts, pipes, conduits, lamps and other necessary works or appliances used for…
- § 18606 “Maintaining and operating” or any of its variants, when used with relation to a street lighting system, includes the cost of necessary repairs, replacements,…
- § 18607 “City council” includes any body which by law is the legislative department of the government of the city.
- § 18608 “Clerk” or “city clerk” means any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the city council.
- § 18609 “Public way” includes all public highways, roads, streets, avenues, boulevards, alleys, parkways and other rights of way of the public, or any portion thereof,…
CHAPTER 2. Authority to Create the District §§ 18630–18633 · 4 sections
- § 18630 Whenever the public interest or convenience may require, the city council of any city in which a street lighting system has been installed may order that the…
- § 18631 The lands which will be benefited by, and which are to be assessed for, the maintenance and operation of the system shall form and be known as a lighting…
- § 18632 Any number of public ways and one or more street lighting systems may be included in one district, but the district, the public ways and the street lighting…
- § 18633 Before forming any district or ordering any part of the expenses of the maintenance and operation of any street lighting system to be assessed upon the lands…
CHAPTER 3. Preliminary Report and Resolution of Intention §§ 18660–18666 · 7 sections
- § 18660 Before adopting a resolution of intention, the city council shall order the city engineer to prepare and file with it a report containing substantially the…
- § 18661 The city council shall order the engineer to prepare and file with the report a map or plat of the district to be benefited by the maintenance and operation…
- § 18662 The report and map shall be presented to the city council and examined by it and either the report or map, or both, may be modified by the city council at any…
- § 18663 The resolution of intention shall contain: (a) A statement of the public ways to be lighted. (b) A general description of the lighting systems to be maintained…
- § 18664 The city council may order in the resolution of intention that a certain percentage of the costs of such maintenance and operation shall be paid out of the…
- § 18665 The resolution shall refer to the map or plat on file with the clerk for the boundaries of the district to be assessed, the public ways to be lighted and the…
- § 18666 After the passage of the resolution of intention, the clerk shall publish it by at least two insertions in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation…
CHAPTER 4. Protest and Hearing §§ 18690–18692 · 3 sections
- § 18690 At the time and place fixed for the hearing of protests or at any time to which the hearing is adjourned, the city council shall hear the evidence introduced…
- § 18691 The city council may, by four-fifths vote, deny all protests finding that the public health and safety require that the improvements be made and its decision…
- § 18692 If no protests are filed or if all protests filed are heard and denied, or if any of the authorized modifications are made and the city council after hearing…
CHAPTER 5. The Final Resolution §§ 18710–18711 · 2 sections
- § 18710 The city council may, by final resolution, order the district formed. The final resolution shall: (a) Describe the boundaries of the district as finally…
- § 18711 A certified copy of the final resolution shall be filed with the assessor who makes the assessment for general city taxes. Thereafter the assessor in making up…
CHAPTER 6. Levying and Collecting the Assessment §§ 18730–18734 · 5 sections
- § 18730 Each year during the existence of the district and at least 30 days prior to the making of the general tax levy for city purposes, the city engineer shall…
- § 18731 The special assessment tax shall be levied, computed, entered, collected and enforced at the same time, in the same manner, by the same persons and with the…
- § 18732 The city council shall control and order the expenditure of the funds of the district for the purposes of maintenance and operation as provided in the final…
- § 18733 Each year at the time of making the special assessment tax levy the city council shall appropriate from the fund designated in the resolution of intention or…
- § 18734 The city council may also transfer from the general fund of the city to the fund of the district sufficient money to pay all or any part of the percentage of…
CHAPTER 8. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 18780–18781 · 2 sections
- § 18780 The sole acts necessary to confer jurisdiction upon the city council to order the formation of a district under the provisions of this part and the furnishing…
- § 18781 No error, defect, irregularity, informality, neglect or omission of any officer of any city in any proceeding taken under the provisions of this part, which…
PART 4. THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT §§ 19000–19328 · 120 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 19000–19008 · 9 sections
- § 19000 This part may be cited as the Highway Lighting District Act.
- § 19001 This part shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
- § 19002 This part provides an alternative system for making the improvements authorized by this part, and this part does not apply to or affect any other provisions of…
- § 19003 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the…
- § 19004 “Street lighting system” or “system” includes any system of illumination by means of street lights which are set upon poles or suspended in the air and use…
- § 19005 “Clerk” or “county clerk” means any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the board of supervisors of the county.
- § 19006 “Service,” and any of its variants, means and includes the furnishing of electric current or energy, gas, or other illuminating agent to all or part of any…
- § 19007 “Governing body” refers to the board of supervisors of the county acting as the ex officio governing body of the lighting district, unless the context clearly…
- § 19008 “Public highway” or “highway” includes any highway, county highway, state highway, public street, avenue, alley, park, parkway, driveway, or public place, in…
CHAPTER 2. Proceedings for the Formation of the District §§ 19030–19037 · 8 sections
- § 19030 In accordance with the provisions of this part any unincorporated area in this State may be established as a highway lighting district for the purpose of…
- § 19031 Proceedings for the formation of a highway lighting district may be instituted by filing, at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in…
- § 19032 The petition shall contain the name of the proposed district, a description of its boundaries, and a statement that the provisions of this part shall govern…
- § 19033 The name of the proposed district shall be in the following form: ____ lighting district (using the name of the district), of ____ County (using the name of…
- § 19034 Upon the presentation of a petition requesting that the District Investigation Law of 1933 be declared inapplicable to the proceedings, the clerk of the board…
- § 19035 If the certifying officer certifies that the petition bears the signatures of owners of taxable property within the proposed district, representing 60 percent…
- § 19036 The county assessment roll last equalized at the time the petition is first presented shall be conclusive evidence as to ownership of taxable property and the…
- § 19037 The affidavit of the person who circulated and obtained the signatures on the petition, stating that to the best of his knowledge and belief said signatures…
CHAPTER 3. Protests and Hearing §§ 19050–19056 · 7 sections
- § 19050 The board of supervisors shall fix a time, not less than 25 nor more than 30 days after the filing of the petition, for hearing the petition and the protests…
- § 19051 The clerk shall cause notices of the filing and hearing of the petition to be posted at least seven days before the date set for the hearing in three public…
- § 19052 The clerk shall also cause a notice, similar in content to the posted notice, to be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper…
- § 19053 Any person interested, who objects either to the formation of the district, or to the extent of the district, or to the proposed improvement, or to the…
- § 19054 The board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the petition and protests at the time appointed or at any time to which the hearing thereof is adjourned. Its…
- § 19055 If any person protests against the extent of the district, or against the inclusion of property in the district, the board of supervisors shall have power to…
- § 19056 In the event that an ordinance requires the installation of a street lighting system by a subdivider, the board of supervisors may, as an alternative…
CHAPTER 4. Authority to Proceed §§ 19070–19071 · 2 sections
- § 19070 If no protests are filed, or if all protests filed are heard and denied or if authorized modifications are made in the boundaries of the proposed district and…
- § 19071 If the board finds that the petition was signed by taxpayers representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within the…
CHAPTER 5. Calling and Conducting the Election §§ 19090–19094 · 5 sections
- § 19090 Within 30 days after acquiring jurisdiction to proceed, the board of supervisors shall by resolution order that an election be held in the proposed district to…
- § 19091 The election shall be called by posting notice thereof in three public places in the proposed lighting district, and by publishing the notice in a daily or…
- § 19092 The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this state, where applicable. The ballots shall contain the words, “For…
- § 19093 Every registered voter in the jurisdiction shall be entitled to vote at this election.
- § 19094 The precinct boards shall canvass the votes in accordance with the general laws of this state. The board of supervisors may order the county elections official…
CHAPTER 6. Establishing the District §§ 19110–19112 · 3 sections
- § 19110 If a majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of a lighting district, the board of supervisors shall by resolution establish the district.
- § 19111 If a majority of the votes cast are against the lighting district, the board of supervisors shall by order so declare. No other proceedings shall be taken for…
- § 19112 The fact of the filing of the petition, and the resolution establishing the lighting district, shall be entered in the minutes of the board of supervisors and…
CHAPTER 7. Authority of the Governing Body §§ 19130–19132 · 3 sections
- § 19130 The board of supervisors of the county in which the lighting district has been established shall be ex officio the governing body of the lighting district and…
- § 19131 The district may sue and be sued.
- § 19132 The governing body shall: (a) Make all rules, regulations and laws necessary for the administration, operation and maintenance of the highway lighting…
CHAPTER 8. Bids and Award of Contracts § 19151 · 1 section
- § 19151 In granting authority to install the system and in contractng for service the governing body shall impose such restrictions and conditions, and provide for…
CHAPTER 9. Installation of Additional Lights §§ 19160–19162 · 4 sections
- § 19160 Proceedings for the installation and maintenance of additional lights may be instituted by the governing body on its own initiative and shall be instituted by…
- § 19161 Upon institution of proceedings pursuant to Section 19160, if the governing body determines that it will be just and equitable and in the public interest for…
- § 19161.1 Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by this chapter for the installation or maintenance of lights, the assessment shall be levied…
- § 19162 If the governing body determines that it will not be just and equitable, or in the public interest, for the cost of installation and maintenance of said…
CHAPTER 9.5. Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District §§ 19165–19177 · 15 sections
- § 19165 Upon the receipt of a petition signed by owners of taxable property representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property…
- § 19165.1 As an alternative to the petition procedure, the board of supervisors, by a four-fifths vote, may determine that the public safety and convenience require…
- § 19166 A petition asking for the removal of obsolete lights and their replacement with modern county- or utility-owned lights pursuant to this chapter may request the…
- § 19167 Upon the presentation of a petition pursuant to this chapter, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately refer the same to an appropriate county…
- § 19168 If the certifying officer certifies that the petition bears the signatures of owners of taxable property within the district or, if applicable, the proposed…
- § 19169 Upon the date fixed for the hearing, or at any time to which it is continued, the board of supervisors shall, in addition to any other proceedings required by…
- § 19170 If the board of supervisors determines with respect to a petition for the replacement of lights filed in conformity with this chapter, that (a) It is just and…
- § 19171 With respect to a petition for the replacement of lights which includes no request for the establishment of a temporary zone, if the board of supervisors…
- § 19172 The provisions of Sections 19036 and 19037 apply to proceedings under this chapter.
- § 19173 A statement regarding the boundaries of a zone established pursuant to this chapter shall be filed as provided by Chapter 8, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the…
- § 19174 In order that the obsolete system may be removed and a modern system installed in its place and maintained immediately after the action of the board pursuant…
- § 19175 The board of supervisors may, from time to time, transfer moneys to the district, for the benefit of the zone, from any available funds of the county. Any…
- § 19176 The board of supervisors shall, in the first fiscal year in which a special tax or assessment, as the case may be, may be levied in and on behalf of the zone,…
- § 19176.1 Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by Section 19176, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter 6.1 (commencing with…
- § 19177 A zone shall remain in existence for the period of time specified in the resolution of the board of supervisors which established it, and shall thereafter…
CHAPTER 10. Estimating and Levying the Assessment §§ 19180–19185 · 7 sections
- § 19180 On or before the first day of September of each year, the governing body shall make an estimate of the cost, not otherwise offset by other available revenue,…
- § 19180.1 Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by Section 19180, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter 6.1 (commencing with…
- § 19181 When the estimate has been made, the board of supervisors of the county shall, at the time of levying county taxes, levy a special tax upon all of the taxable…
- § 19182 If a district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a tax or assessment in that year or in the next ensuing year, the board of supervisors is…
- § 19183 If any lights have been maintained by public subscription or by money supplied from the district road funds, within any territory which subsequently becomes a…
- § 19184 The special tax shall be levied, computed, entered, collected, and enforced at the same time, in the same manner, by the same persons and with the same…
- § 19185 Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, a county may lend any available county funds to a district for the replacement of obsolete…
CHAPTER 10.5. Claims § 19190 · 1 section
- § 19190 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…
CHAPTER 11. Disposition of Funds §§ 19200–19202 · 3 sections
- § 19200 The revenue derived from the special tax, together with all other moneys acquired by the district, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the…
- § 19201 Any funds arising from assessments made under this part remaining in the county treasury after the payment of all outstanding legal obligations incurred by the…
- § 19202 The governing body of any highway lighting district may provide for the establishment of an accumulative capital outlay fund for the replacement of obsolete…
CHAPTER 12. Annexation of Territory §§ 19210–19215 · 6 sections
- § 19210 Territory in the same county whether contiguous or not may be annexed to a highway lighting district. A petition for that purpose may be filed with the board…
- § 19211 At the first regular meeting after the petition has been filed with it, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petition and the protests of…
- § 19212 Upon the date fixed for the hearing, or at any time to which it is continued, the board of supervisors shall consider the petition, and any objections which…
- § 19213 Any territory which will not be benefited, by inclusion in the district, or which is not contiguous to the district, or which is not described in the petition,…
- § 19214 The order of annexation shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of all prior proceedings leading to the annexation recited therein and after the making of…
- § 19215 If a petition, signed by 15 or more taxpayers and residents of the area sought to be annexed, but less than the number of owners representing one-fourth of the…
CHAPTER 13. Withdrawal of Territory §§ 19230–19234 · 5 sections
- § 19230 Any portion of the territory of a highway lighting district may be withdrawn therefrom. Proceedings for the withdrawal of territory may be instituted by the…
- § 19231 The board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for the hearing on the motion or the petition and for hearing protests against the continuance of the…
- § 19232 At least 10 days before the time fixed for the hearing the board of supervisors shall publish a notice of the hearing by one insertion in the newspaper…
- § 19233 Any person interested may appear at the hearing and object to the withdrawal of territory from the district or may object to the continuance of the remaining…
- § 19234 Upon the withdrawal of any territory from the district, the remaining territory in the district shall continue as a lighting district until dissolved. No…
CHAPTER 14. Dissolution by Petition §§ 19250–19253 · 4 sections
- § 19250 Proceedings for the dissolution of the district may be instituted by filing with the board of supervisors a petition signed by 50 or more property owners and…
- § 19251 If a majority of the votes cast at the election held in the district for determination of the question of dissolution are in favor of dissolution, the district…
- § 19252 Upon the dissolution of the district the title to any property which it may have acquired shall vest in any city which has at that time a considerable portion…
- § 19253 If at the time of the election to dissolve the district there is any indebtedness of the district outstanding, the vote to dissolve shall dissolve the district…
CHAPTER 15. Dissolution by Annexation or Incorporation Proceedings §§ 19270–19274 · 5 sections
- § 19270 Upon the inclusion of all of the territory embraced in any highway lighting district within one or more incorporated cities, either by annexation proceedings…
- § 19271 If all of the territory of the district is included within one incorporated city, the money paid into the lighting fund shall be paid to the treasurer of that…
- § 19272 If all of the territory of the district is included within more than one incorporated city, then such proportionate part of the money paid into the lighting…
- § 19273 Each city shall be liable for such proportionate part of all the outstanding liabilities of the district incurred prior to its inclusion within the cities as…
- § 19274 After all of its territory has been included in one or more cities, and the district has been dissolved, upon the expenditure of its funds and the discharge of…
CHAPTER 15.5. Dissolution Upon Annexation to Maintenance District or Establishment of a County Service Area, a Community Services District, or a City §§ 19280–19282 · 4 sections
- § 19280 (a) A district organized under this part may be dissolved by resolution of the board of supervisors if all of the territory in the district has been annexed to…
- § 19280.5 A district organized under this part may be dissolved by a resolution of the board of supervisors, after a public hearing, where a community services district…
- § 19281 If the board of supervisors finds that all of the facts set forth in Section 19280 exist, the board may dissolve the district by adopting a resolution which…
- § 19282 The dissolution shall be effective upon the filing with the State Board of Equalization and the county assessor of a copy of the resolution of the board of…
CHAPTER 16. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 19290–19291 · 2 sections
- § 19290 Whenever any portion of a district is included within a city by reason of incorporation, annexation, or otherwise, such portion may be withdrawn from the…
- § 19291 If a portion of the territory embraced in any district has been detached therefrom prior to the twenty-ninth day of July, 1927, either by annexation or…
CHAPTER 17. Temporary Zones §§ 19300–19314 · 17 sections
- § 19300 A petition asking for the installation and maintenance of additional lights pursuant to Chapter 9 of this part may request the board of supervisors to…
- § 19301 A petition for annexation filed pursuant to Chapter 12 of this part may, in addition to other matters required by that chapter, request that if the territory…
- § 19302 Upon the presentation of a petition pursuant to this chapter, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately refer the same to an appropriate county…
- § 19303 If the certifying officer certifies that the petition bears the signatures of the owners of taxable property within the proposed zone representing 60 percent…
- § 19304 Upon the date fixed for the hearing, or at any time to which it is continued, the board of supervisors shall, in addition to any other proceedings required by…
- § 19305 If the board of supervisors determines, with respect to a petition for additional lights filed in conformity with this chapter, that (a) It is just and…
- § 19306 If the board of supervisors determines, with respect to a petition for annexation filed in conformity with this chapter, that (a) The petition for annexation…
- § 19307 The provisions of Sections 19036 and 19037 apply to proceedings under this chapter.
- § 19308 A statement regarding the boundaries of a zone established pursuant to this chapter shall be filed as provided by Chapter 8, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the…
- § 19309 In order that the lights proposed to be installed and maintained in a zone may be installed therein immediately after its formation, the governing body may…
- § 19310 The board of supervisors may, from time to time, transfer moneys to the district, for the benefit of the zone, from any available funds of the county. Any…
- § 19310.5 Any area of the district, or of a zone in the district, which is included in a city by annexation or incorporation after a loan has been made shall continue to…
- § 19311 The board of supervisors shall, in the first fiscal year in which a special tax or assessment, as the case may be, may be levied in and on behalf of the zone,…
- § 19311.1 (a) The board of supervisors shall not levy assessments pursuant to Section 19311 unless it has adopted an ordinance to do so. The board of supervisors shall…
- § 19312 A zone shall remain in existence for the period of time specified in the resolution of the board of supervisors which established it, and shall thereafter…
- § 19313 Where the board of supervisors or legislative body has so declared in its resolution of intention to order the formation of a lighting district or any…
- § 19314 If a highway lighting district is divided into tax assessment zones, the board of supervisors or legislative body may determine what portion of the amount of…
CHAPTER 18. Consolidation §§ 19320–19328 · 9 sections
- § 19320 At any time after the establishment of two or more districts in any county, the board of supervisors may determine that any two or more of such districts which…
- § 19321 The board shall fix a time and place for hearing the matter of consolidation of the districts and shall direct its clerk to publish a notice once a week for…
- § 19322 The notice shall be headed “Notice of the proposed consolidation of ____ Highway Lighting District and ____ Highway Lighting District,” stating the names of…
- § 19323 The notice shall state that it is proposed to consolidate into one district all of the territory within the named districts.
- § 19324 At the time and place fixed for hearing or at any time to which the hearing may be continued, the board shall hear any person objecting to the consolidation.
- § 19325 At the conclusion of the hearing the board may refuse to consolidate any of the districts or it may order the consolidation of any or all of the districts…
- § 19326 If the board determines to consolidate any of the districts it shall so declare by resolution stating the name by which the consolidated district shall be…
- § 19327 The district resulting from the consolidation of two or more districts shall become liable for all outstanding liabilities of the districts consolidated.
- § 19328 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district resulting from the consolidation of two or more districts shall assume all of the assets of the…
PART 5. STREET LIGHTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE §§ 19400–19402 · 3 sections
- § 19400 From federal funds available for promoting public safety on the streets, the department may allocate to cities, cities and counties, and counties up to 50…
- § 19401 In allocating funds for such purposes, the department shall give priority to those cities, cities and counties, and counties which submit in their requests for…
- § 19402 The department shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this part.