California Streets and Highways Code CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

• Section 18000.
  This part may be cited as the Street Lighting Act of 1919.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18001.
  Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions obtained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part.(Added...
• Section 18002.
  This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18003.
  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...
• Section 18004.
  “Street lighting system” and “system” include any or all appliances, poles, posts, electroliers, transformers, lighting units, lamps, cables, wires, pipes, conduits and other suitable or...
• Section 18004.5.
  “Street,” and any of its variants, mean and include highways, state highways, roads, avenues, boulevards, alleys, parkways and other public places and ways dedicated to...
• Section 18005.
  “Tax collector” and “city tax collector” mean the city officer, board or employee designated as such by the city council in the resolution levying the...
• Section 18006.
  “Service,” and any of its variants, means and includes the furnishing of electric current or energy, gas, or other illuminating agent to all or part...
• Section 18007.
  “Improvement,” and any of its variants, include the maintenance or servicing, or both, of all or part of any one or more street lighting systems...
• Section 18007.5.
  “Maintenance,” and any of its variants, as used in this part includes the replacement of any obsolete equipment with the new modern equipment necessary for...
• Section 18008.
  “Assessment district” means the territory to be benefited by the proposed improvement and to be assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof.(Added by Stats....
• Section 18009.
  “Clerk” and “city clerk” mean any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the city council.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18010.
  “Treasurer” and “city treasurer” include any person or officer who has charge of and makes payment of city funds.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18011.
  “City” includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal purposes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18012.
  “City Council” and “council” include any body which by law is the legislative department of the government of the city.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18014.
  If lots or parcels of land belonging to the United States, to this state, or to a county, city, public agency, mandatory of the government,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018