CHAPTER 1. Flood Control by Cities

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 369.

§§ 8000–8061 · 39 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 8000–8007 · 8 sections

   • § 8000 The provisions of this chapter are intended to be paramount and controlling as to all matters provided for in, and as to all questions arising out of procedure…
   • § 8001 As used in this chapter, “works” includes canals, ditches, levees, dikes, embankments, dams, machinery, and other appropriate or ancillary means of…
   • § 8002 As used in this chapter, “city” means any city, town, or municipal corporation incorporated under the laws of this State.
   • § 8003 As used in this chapter, “city council” includes the legislative body of any city by whatever name it may be designated.
   • § 8004 Every publication required by this chapter shall be made in some newspaper published in the city.
   • § 8005 Except as otherwise specifically provided, if publication is in a daily paper the publication shall appear in at least 10 issues thereof, and if in a weekly…
   • § 8006 No publication shall be deemed to have begun until any required preceding publication has been completed.
   • § 8007 A capital improvement project undertaken by a charter city to extend that city’s water, sewer, or storm drain system or similar system to a disadvantaged…
2. ARTICLE 2. Preliminary Proceedings §§ 8010–8016 · 7 sections

   • § 8010 Any city may, pursuant to this chapter, incur indebtedness and liability, although in excess of the income and revenue provided by it for the current fiscal…
   • § 8011 The works may be situated within or without the territorial limits of the city.
   • § 8012 The city council shall have some competent person make general plans and estimates of the cost of the contemplated works.
   • § 8013 The general plans and estimates shall, after adoption, be filed in the office of the clerk of the city, and shall be substantially adhered to thereafter in…
   • § 8014 After the filing of the general plans and estimates, and by resolution or ordinance of intention passed at a regular meeting by a vote of two-thirds of all its…
   • § 8015 The city council, by the same resolution or ordinance, shall determine, if so advised, that the cost of the works will be too great to be paid out of the…
   • § 8016 The resolution or ordinance of intention, shall, after its passage and approval, be published.
3. ARTICLE 3. Election §§ 8020–8026 · 7 sections

   • § 8020 Within one month after the publication of the resolution or ordinance of intention, and by resolution or ordinance passed at a regular meeting by a vote of…
   • § 8021 The resolution or ordinance calling the special election shall specify the following: (a) The purpose for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred.…
   • § 8022 The resolution or ordinance calling the election shall be published.
   • § 8023 The city council shall publish, after the publication of the resolution or ordinance calling the election and prior to the day of holding the special election,…
   • § 8024 The special election shall be held in the manner provided by law for holding elections in the city.
   • § 8025 The votes of two-thirds of all the voters voting at the special election are necessary to authorize the incurring of any indebtedness or the issuance of any…
   • § 8026 If two-thirds of all the votes cast at the special election are in favor of the proposition submitted, the city council may, by ordinance reciting the result…
4. ARTICLE 4. Bonds §§ 8030–8039 · 10 sections

   • § 8030 All bonds issued under this chapter shall be serial bonds and of such denominations as the city council determines.
   • § 8031 No bond shall be for less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor for more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
   • § 8032 Not less than one-fortieth part of the whole indebtedness evidenced by the whole of the issue of bonds shall be, by the terms of the bonds, made payable each…
   • § 8033 Each bond shall be made payable in lawful money of the United States on a day and at a place designated in the bond, with interest at the rate specified in the…
   • § 8034 The interest rate shall not exceed 8 percent per annum, and shall be fixed by the city council.
   • § 8035 The place of payment shall be either at the office of the treasurer of the city, or at some designated bank in San Francisco, Chicago, or New York.
   • § 8036 The bonds shall be executed on the part of the city by the mayor or other executive, and the treasurer, and countersigned by the clerk of the city.
   • § 8037 The interest coupons shall be numbered consecutively and signed by the treasurer.
   • § 8038 Any of the bonds may be issued and sold by the city council at not less than its face value.
   • § 8039 The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the city treasury to the credit of a designated fund and shall be applied exclusively to the…
5. ARTICLE 5. Powers of City Council §§ 8050–8054 · 5 sections

   • § 8050 The city council of every city in or for which any works are constructed for the purposes specified in this chapter, and for which indebtedness has been…
   • § 8051 All contracts for the works shall be let, in such parcels as the city council determines, to the lowest responsible bidder, after notice inviting sealed…
   • § 8052 Security or bonds may be required in order to guarantee good faith in bidding and in the performance of contracts, or either, in such amount as the city…
   • § 8053 The city council may reject any or all bids.
   • § 8054 The city council may, by resolution, require the treasurer of the city to give additional bonds for the safe custody and care of public funds derived under…
6. ARTICLE 6. Taxation §§ 8060–8061 · 2 sections

   • § 8060 The city council, at the time of fixing the general tax levy, and in the manner provided for the general tax levy, shall levy and collect each year for the…
   • § 8061 The taxes required by this chapter to be levied and collected shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for municipal purposes, and shall be collected at…