CHAPTER 3. Payment and Collection [51500. - 51570.]

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.

§§ 51500–51570 · 30 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 51500–51503 · 4 sections

   • § 51500 The interest due on any unpaid unbonded assessment, or any part or installment thereof, may be called by the board without calling any installment of the…
   • § 51501 All interest paid on any unbonded assessment shall be deposited with the county treasurer in the “warrant interest fund” and be used only for the payment of…
   • § 51502 At least 90 days before any installment of interest is due on any time warrants the board shall estimate the amount necessary to pay the interest, after…
   • § 51503 All provisions of this division relative to the making of calls on any unbonded assessment, or installment thereof, and the sale of property for nonpayment…
2. ARTICLE 2. Original and Additional Assessments §§ 51510–51522 · 13 sections

   • § 51510 For 30 days after the filing of the second original assessment list in the office of the county treasurer pursuant to Section 51254 the assessment shall not…
   • § 51511 Unpaid assessments on which bonds have been issued shall bear interest at the rate of 11/2 percent per month from the date of the bonds originally issued…
   • § 51512 If a district is situated partly in different counties the assessment shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which the particular parcel is situated.
   • § 51513 When the district is situated in more than one county the county treasurers of each county wherein any of the lands assessed are situated shall report to the…
   • § 51514 After the period of 30 days, all unpaid original assessments shall bear interest at the rate of 11/2 percent per month unless the board, by resolution, adopts…
   • § 51515 Assessments unpaid after 30 days and accrued interest thereon shall be collected by and paid to the county treasurer of the county wherein the parcel is…
   • § 51516 The board shall require that an agent give a bond in the amount it considers sufficient for the faithful performance of his duties.
   • § 51517 All payments on unpaid original assessments shall be made in separate installments, of such amounts, and at such times as the board, by order entered in its…
   • § 51518 Upon making the order the secretary shall enter in the minutes of the board a notice in substantially the following form: (Name of reclamation district,…
   • § 51519 The notice shall be personally served upon each owner of land in the district, or in lieu of personal service, shall be mailed to the owner at his place of…
   • § 51520 The county treasurer of each county wherein any of the lands assessed are situated, shall, immediately following the expiration of the period of 60 days from…
   • § 51521 (a) Any installment of an assessment for which no bond or time warrant has been issued, which is unpaid after 60 days from the date of the order, is delinquent…
   • § 51522 All money, including interest and penalties, derived by sale or otherwise, from original and additional assessments shall be placed by the county treasurer of…
3. ARTICLE 3. Operation and Maintenance Assessments §§ 51540–51547 · 8 sections

   • § 51540 When the board has ordered an operation and maintenance assessment levy and has fixed the installments the secretary shall enter in the minutes of the board a…
   • § 51541 The notice shall be published, mailed, or personally served upon each landowner in the manner provided in Section 51519.
   • § 51542 When the operation and maintenance assessment levy is to be paid in more than one installment the secretary shall give notice for 60 days immediately preceding…
   • § 51543 Except as otherwise specifically provided, unpaid assessments for operation and maintenance levied pursuant to this article shall be collected in the manner…
   • § 51544 The principal and interest of any operation and maintenance assessment levy may be paid in lawful money of the United States or approved warrants of the…
   • § 51545 The money collected on operation and maintenance assessments shall be placed by the county treasurer to the credit of the district in a separate fund…
   • § 51546 The maintenance fund, except as provided in Section 51547, shall be disbursed only upon warrants of the board drawn in payment of the cost or expense of…
   • § 51547 When time warrants have been issued in anticipation of an operation and maintenance assessment levy, money collected upon that levy shall be used only for the…
4. ARTICLE 4. Installments Called to Pay Bonds §§ 51560–51563 · 4 sections

   • § 51560 The installment of an assessment called to pay principal or interest on bonds pursuant to Section 51420 may be paid in cash or in bonds of the district, or…
   • § 51561 Bonds and interest coupons received in payment for the assessment shall be accepted at face value.
   • § 51562 Any bond or coupon received in payment for such an installment shall be canceled forthwith by the county treasurer and filed in his office.
   • § 51563 Any part of the installment or any interest thereon which is unpaid at the expiration of 30 days from the date of the notice calling the installment, is…
5. ARTICLE 5. Removal of Lien § 51570 · 1 section

   • § 51570 Any landowner who desires to lessen or remove the lien upon his land of any assessment on which bonds have been issued may deliver to the county treasurer for…