California Streets and Highways Code CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

• Section 18300.
  This part may be cited as the Street Lighting Act of 1931.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18301.
  This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18302.
  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 18303.
  Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part.(Added...
• Section 18304.
  “Street lighting system” or “system” includes any or all appliances, poles, posts, electroliers, transformers, lighting units, lamps, cables, wires, pipes, conduits, and other suitable or...
• Section 18305.
  “Service,” and any of its variants, means the electrical current or energy or other illuminating agent used to light a street lighting system.(Added by Stats....
• Section 18306.
  “Maintenance” means the repair, replacement, inspection, cleaning or painting of the posts and standards and the equipment attached to or used in connection with such...
• Section 18307.
  “Improvement,” and any of its variants, includes the maintenance or servicing, or both, of all or part of any one or more street lighting systems.(Added...
• Section 18308.
  “Contract year” means a period of 12 months.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18309.
  “Installment assessment” means the amount levied by the city council for the first or any subsequent contract year to create a fund with which to...
• Section 18310.
  “Clerk” or “city clerk” means any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the city council.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18311.
  “Street” includes alleys and other public places.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18312.
  “City” includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal purposes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
• Section 18313.
  “City council” includes any body which by law is the legislative department of the government of the city.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018