CHAPTER 2.2. Provisions Pertaining Only to the Lost Hills Water District [35520. - 35520.46.]

Chapter 2.2 added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 57, Sec. 1.

§§ 35520–35520.46 · 47 sections

§ 35520 The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the Lost Hills Water District. The powers provided in this chapter shall be in addition to any existing…
§ 35520.1 A district may acquire, construct, operate, and furnish facilities for the control of waters to protect, maintain, and enhance the quality of lands within the…
§ 35520.2 If a district determines to exercise the powers granted by this chapter, the district shall prepare and adopt a plan of works and an estimate of the amount of…
§ 35520.3 In order to carry out the powers and purposes granted under this chapter, a district may exercise or use any of the powers or procedures otherwise granted to a…
§ 35520.4 The powers or procedures referred to in Section 35520.3 includes, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing…
§ 35520.5 The powers and procedures referred to in Section 35520.3 shall include all powers or procedures necessary, useful, or desirable to carry out the powers and…
§ 35520.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the board may determine to issue bonds secured by benefit assessments, in which event the board shall…
§ 35520.7 When the board has determined to issue bonds secured by benefit assessments, it shall, by resolution, employ a civil engineer, who shall have no interest,…
§ 35520.8 Upon completion of the apportionment of costs, the engineer shall prepare and certify to the board an assessment roll which shall contain all of the following:…
§ 35520.9 When completed, the roll, which shall be accompanied by the written report of the engineer setting out with particularity the exact nature and quantum of the…
§ 35520.10 The board shall file a copy of the roll and report in its records and forthwith give notice of the filing of the report and assessment roll by publication at…
§ 35520.11 If no objections are presented to the board with respect to a particular assessment at the time and place noticed, the secretary shall execute a certificate in…
§ 35520.12 The board may continue the hearing on objections to assessments from time to time.
§ 35520.13 At the hearing, the board shall hear any evidence that may be offered on the correctness of the assessment and may modify, amend, or approve the assessment in…
§ 35520.14 After the hearing of objections, the board shall, by resolution, approve the assessment as finally fixed or modified. A certified copy of the assessment roll…
§ 35520.15 When the secretary files the certificate as provided in Section 35520.11 or, if objections are raised, when the board approves the assessment as finally fixed…
§ 35520.16 The election required by Section 35520.15 shall be called, noticed, and held in the manner provided for bond elections by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section…
§ 35520.17 The board may advance general funds of the district to pay all costs and expenses incurred in preparation of the plan of works and estimate of cost provided…
§ 35520.18 If more than one-third of the votes cast are for “Benefit Assessment Bonds - No,” the board shall, by resolution, abandon the project, make a call upon the…
§ 35520.19 If two-thirds or more of the votes are cast in favor of the bonds, the board shall transmit a certified copy of the roll to the district tax collector. The…
§ 35520.20 The assessment roll as approved by the board shall be conclusive evidence before any court or body that the assessment has been made and levied according to…
§ 35520.21 All unpaid assessments shall bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum. Interest shall commence to run 30 days after the board has adopted a resolution…
§ 35520.22 The assessment list shall remain open for payment of any unpaid balance of the assessment thereon at the office of the district tax collector until such time…
§ 35520.23 Payments on assessments made to the district tax collector prior to the adoption of a resolution of the board calling for the sale of bonds secured by the…
§ 35520.24 Any time after the filing of the assessment roll as provided in Section 35520.19, the board may, by resolution, call for the sale of bonds secured by the…
§ 35520.25 Collection of assessments levied and called by the board shall be made by the district tax collector.
§ 35520.26 Concurrently with the making of the annual estimate to be filed with the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 36552, the board shall designate and…
§ 35520.27 The district assessor, upon receipt of the assessment call resolution from the secretary, shall compute the amount to be collected from each parcel of land in…
§ 35520.28 Assessments called pursuant to this chapter shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as district assessments. When collected, the entire…
§ 35520.29 The board shall levy an amendatory assessment in the manner provided for original assessments if any of the following occur: (a) Any land within the drainage…
§ 35520.30 When any tract of land upon which any assessment has been levied is subdivided into smaller parcels, the board shall, upon its own motion or upon written…
§ 35520.31 The secretary shall file certified copies of any amendatory or reapportioned assessment with the district assessor, the district tax collector, and the…
§ 35520.32 Upon the inclusion of any land within a drainage service area, an assessment shall be levied upon the land so included. The amount of the assessment against…
§ 35520.33 When a district has levied an assessment and it appears to the board that the assessment or some part thereof, together with the interest thereon, will provide…
§ 35520.34 The board, pursuant to a resolution entered in its minutes, may distribute among the landowners of a drainage service area any funds in the treasury belonging…
§ 35520.35 All bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable in lawful money of the United States. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the board shall prescribe…
§ 35520.36 The board may sell the bonds, from time to time, in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise money to carry out the objects and…
§ 35520.37 All bonds of the same issue shall be equally and ratably secured without priority by reason of number, date of bonds, date of sale, date of execution, or date…
§ 35520.38 For the purpose of the care, operation, management, and improvement of a project or projects, including payment of salaries of officers and employees and all…
§ 35520.39 Whenever any tolls or charges for the use of drainage facilities or for other services rendered by the district provided for in this chapter have been fixed by…
§ 35520.40 In case any tolls or charges remain unpaid for a period of 30 days after they become payable, they shall become delinquent and a penalty of 10 percent shall be…
§ 35520.41 After any toll or charge becomes delinquent, the board may, by resolution, direct the assessor to add to the assessment of the parcel of land to which it…
§ 35520.42 In addition to and as an alternative to all other powers contained in this chapter with respect to provision of funds for the purpose of the care, operation,…
§ 35520.43 No zone shall be established or varying rates of assessment fixed under Section 35520.42, unless the board, by resolution, declares that it intends to do so…
§ 35520.44 The board annually, concurrently with the making of the estimate required by Section 36552, shall adopt a resolution setting forth an estimate of the amount of…
§ 35520.45 The secretary shall deliver certified copies of the resolution levying the assessment pursuant to Section 35520.44, one to the district assessor, one to the…
§ 35520.46 Proceeds from assessments levied pursuant to this chapter may be used to pay any lawful obligation of the district incurred in the care, operation, or…