ARTICLE 3. By Permanent Road Divisions

Article 3 added by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.

§§ 1160–1197 · 49 sections

§ 1160 As used in this article: (a) “Division” means permanent road division. (b) “Last equalized assessment roll” means the last assessment roll made up by the…
§ 1160.5 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Permanent Road Division Law.
§ 1161 Any portion of a county, not already contained in a division, may be formed into a division under the provisions of this article. When formed, each division…
§ 1162 A petition for the formation of a division may be presented to the board of supervisors of the county wherein the division is proposed to be formed. The…
§ 1162.5 (a) In lieu of submission of a petition pursuant to Section 1162, formation of a division may be initiated by a resolution of the board of supervisors. The…
§ 1162.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of supervisors may form a permanent road division without reference to a specific permanent…
§ 1163 Such petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit stating that affiant has compared the valuations given in the petition with those on the last equalized…
§ 1164 Such petition shall be published in the manner authorized by Section 1196, together with a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the board will…
§ 1165 Such petition shall be presented either at a regular meeting of the board or at a special meeting called to receive and consider it. On the day stated in the…
§ 1166 Following the hearing or election, as the case may be, the board shall decide if the proposed division is to be formed. If the board decides to form the…
§ 1167 The boundaries established by the board shall be the boundaries of the division until such boundaries are changed in the manner provided in this article.
§ 1168 If the board finds that the boundaries thus established for such division are incorrectly described, it shall direct the county surveyor to ascertain and…
§ 1168.5 Any landowner whose property is located within the division may file a verified petition with the board alleging that the property will not be benefited by any…
§ 1168.7 The board may hold a hearing to determine if any property located outside of a division will benefit from any construction, improvement, or maintenance project…
§ 1168.8 (a) Property may be annexed to or detached from a permanent road division in the same manner and under the same procedures provided in Sections 1162 to 1168,…
§ 1168.9 (a) The board may order two or more divisions consolidated if the board finds that their boundaries are contiguous at any point or that a consolidated program…
§ 1169 At, or at any time after, the time of forming a division, any 10 or more freeholders thereof may petition the board to have plans prepared for the…
§ 1170 Such petition for construction or improvement shall state if appropriate: (a) The recommendations of the petitioners as to the materials to be used and the…
§ 1171 Upon receiving such petition the board shall cause to be prepared estimates, plans, and specifications for the work mentioned in the petition exclusive of…
§ 1172 When it has adopted plans and specifications for such work exclusive of maintenance, the board may set apart therefor from the road fund of the county, and…
§ 1173 When a special tax is petitioned for, the board shall immediately order an election within the division to determine whether such tax will be levied. The board…
§ 1174 The board shall call such election by posting notices in the manner provided in section 1195, and by publishing notice of the election in the manner authorized…
§ 1175 Such notice of election shall contain: (a) The time and place of holding the election. (b) The amount of money proposed to be raised for construction or…
§ 1176 For the purposes of this election, the board shall establish, by order, one or more precincts and appoint three judges for each precinct to conduct the…
§ 1177 The officers of the election shall certify the result of the election to the board, giving the whole number of votes cast, and the number for and the number…
§ 1178 If two-thirds of the votes cast are for the tax, the board shall annually, at the time of levying the county taxes, levy a special tax in the division…
§ 1178.5 When the levy of a special tax has been authorized, the board of supervisors may advance to the permanent road division the division’s share of the cost of the…
§ 1179 The tax so levied shall be collected in the same manner as county taxes and, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the division…
§ 1179.5 In lieu of, or in addition to, any special tax levied pursuant to Section 1178, the board may fix and collect parcel charges for any permanent road division…
§ 1179.6 (a) In addition to any other authority granted under this article, the board may issue bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness on behalf of a…
§ 1180 If the petition proposing the work asks for the issuance of bonds of the division, the board shall call an election in such division and submit to the electors…
§ 1181 The notice of election shall contain: (a) The time and place of holding the election. (b) The boundaries of the election districts. No election precinct shall…
§ 1182 The election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general election laws, but no particular form of ballot need be used. An…
§ 1183 The officers of the election shall certify the result of the election to the board, giving the whole number of votes cast and the number for and the number…
§ 1184 The board may then issue the bonds of the division to the number and amount provided for in the election proceedings. The bonds shall be payable out of the…
§ 1185 The board, by an order entered upon its minutes, shall prescribe all of the following: (a) The form of the bonds. (b) The time when the bonds become due, not…
§ 1186 The interest on the bonds shall be payable annually. Each bond and each coupon shall bear the signature or facsimile printed signature of the chair of the…
§ 1187 If, at the election on the question of whether or not bonds are to be issued, the bonds are not authorized, the money transferred to the fund of the division…
§ 1188 The board shall cause the highway work provided for in this article to be done in accordance with the provisions of Sections 20391 to 20395, inclusive, of the…
§ 1189 Before opening the bids for doing any work provided for in this article, the board may appoint such inspectors as it considers necessary and fix their…
§ 1190 The board shall make no payment on account of work which is reported by the inspectors to be unsatisfactory, until the objections are investigated and…
§ 1191 In lieu of the appointment of inspectors as provided in section 1189, or in lieu of proceeding pursuant to section 1075, the board may employ an engineer who…
§ 1192 From time to time as the work progresses, the board may make payments on account, but shall not, before the completion of the contract, pay more than…
§ 1193 Any money in the fund of the division, after completion of, and final payment for, the work contracted for, shall remain in such fund and be expended solely in…
§ 1194 On payment of all debts of the division or on the failure of the division within two years after formation to vote a special tax or bonds for any proposed…
§ 1194.5 A permanent road division formed for the purpose of maintenance that has ceased to exist as a result of the amendments made to Section 1194 by Section 3 of…
§ 1195 The board shall cause the notices, which are required to be posted by sections 1174 and 1180, to be posted at least fifteen days before the election along…
§ 1196 The board shall cause all publications, required by this article, particularly sections 1164, 1166, 1168, 1174 and 1180, in any proceeding or election, to be…
§ 1197 The expenses of organizing a division, conducting any necessary election, and providing engineering services, pursuant to this article, shall be a county…