CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.

§§ 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.