California Streets and Highways Code CHAPTER 26 - Maintenance Districts

• Section 5820.
  As used in this article, “maintenance district” means an assessment district which a county board of supervisors or the legislative body of a city has...
• Section 5821.
  The board of supervisors may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made or by separate resolution, declare its intention...
• Section 5821.1.
  The board of supervisors may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made, declare its intention to order the territory...
• Section 5821.2.
  If the board of supervisors in its resolution of intention declares its intention to order the territory within which the improvements are to be constructed...
• Section 5821.3.
  In the event that an ordinance requires the installation of a sewer, drainage, or street lighting system by a subdivider, the resolution of intention may...
• Section 5822.
  The resolution of intention shall describe the boundaries of the district which is to be assessed for such maintenance and operation, or if the improvements...
• Section 5823.
  The maintenance district may include property lying within one or more cities if the consent of the legislative body of each such city to the...
• Section 5824.
  At any time not later than the hour for hearing objections to the proposed work as provided in this division, or at any time not...
• Section 5824.1.
  If the resolution of intention contemplates annexation of the territory within which the improvements are to be constructed to an existing maintenance district, written protests...
• Section 5825.
  The board of supervisors, in addition to hearing protests against the proposed work and the extent of the district to be assessed therefor, shall hear...
• Section 5826.
  If the board of supervisors finds that the protest against the formation of the maintenance district is made by the owners of more than one-half...
• Section 5827.
  If the board of supervisors, in its resolution of intention, declares its intention to order a maintenance district formed, the notice of improvement shall likewise...
• Section 5828.
  The board of supervisors shall acquire jurisdiction to order that the maintenance district be formed in the same manner prescribed in this division for the...
• Section 5828.1.
  When the board of supervisors adopts a separate resolution declaring its intention to form a maintenance district for sanitary sewers or for street lighting, the...
• Section 5829.
  Upon adoption of the resolution ordering the formation of the maintenance district or the annexation of territory to an existing maintenance district, the legislative body...
• Section 5829.1.
  Any district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district...
• Section 5830.
  The board of supervisors shall thereafter, in each year, prior to the time of fixing the county tax rate, estimate the cost of maintaining and...
• Section 5830.1.
  Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by Section 5830 for purposes of lighting maintenance, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter...
• Section 5831.
  The special assessment tax shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county...
• Section 5832.
  The board of supervisors may determine that the whole or any part of the expense of such maintenance shall be paid by the county. If...
• Section 5832.5.
  The board of supervisors may temporarily transfer moneys to the maintenance district fund from other funds in which such moneys are not immediately needed. The...
• Section 5832.6.
  If a maintenance district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a special assessment tax or an assessment, as the case...
• Section 5832.7.
  Any area of a maintenance district, or of a temporary zone formed pursuant to Section 5855 in a district, which is included in a city...
• Section 5832.8.
  (a) The board of supervisors may adopt an ordinance proposing the imposition of a special tax for the purpose of maintaining improvements. Such ordinance shall be...
• Section 5833.
  The board of supervisors of the county in which a maintenance district is formed shall:(a) Make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration,...
• Section 5835.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting the county itself from maintaining and operating any or all of the improvements when ordered by...
• Section 5835.1.
  “Sewers” as used in this chapter includes lateral and collecting sewers, septic tanks, and all other means of handling, gathering, and disposing of sewage in...
• Section 5835.2.
  “Maintenance of sewers” as used in this chapter includes the extension and enlargement of sewers within the district, and the acquisition or construction of other...
• Section 5835.3.
  “Maintenance” as used in this chapter in relation to lighting systems, includes the replacement of any obsolete equipment with new modern equipment found by the...
• Section 5835.4.
  The board of supervisors of any lighting maintenance district may provide for the establishment of an accumulative capital outlay fund for the replacement of obsolete...
• Section 5835.5.
  Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors, a county may lend any available county funds to a county maintenance district for the...
• Section 5836.
  The title to all property acquired by a maintenance district shall be vested in the county. Upon the dissolution of the district by reason of...
• Section 5837.
  The boundaries of any maintenance district may be altered, and contiguous or noncontiguous territory whether it is within incorporated or unincorporated territory may be annexed...
• Section 5838.
  The board of supervisors shall cause notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing to be given by mail to each owner whose...
• Section 5839.
  At the time fixed for the hearing or to which it may be continued, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the proposal...
• Section 5840.
  If any portion of the territory annexed to a maintenance district comprises a portion of another maintenance district formed under the provisions of this chapter,...
• Section 5841.
  If the territory annexed to a maintenance district includes within its boundaries all of another maintenance district formed under the provisions of this chapter, a...
• Section 5841.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsequent to annexation of such territory and dissolution of the annexed district, the maintenance district shall assume all of...
• Section 5842.
  If, after the formation of a maintenance district, additional improvements of the same type or nature are constructed within the boundaries of such district, the...
• Section 5843.
  Notice of the hearing on the resolution shall be given to the persons within the existing maintenance district in the manner prescribed by Section 5838....
• Section 5843.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors, upon its own motion or upon receipt of a petition signed by 20 or...
• Section 5844.
  Any portion of any maintenance district which will not be benefited by remaining within the district, may be withdrawn therefrom. The board of supervisors may...
• Section 5845.
  The time for the hearing shall be not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the date of the adoption of the resolution....
• Section 5846.
  Any person interested may appear at the hearing and object to the withdrawal of said portion from the maintenance district, or may object to the...
• Section 5847.
  No withdrawal of territory under the provisions of Section 5846 or 5853 shall become effective unless and until any outstanding contract of the maintenance district...
• Section 5847.5.
  Any maintenance district created to finance any work which might also be constructed or maintained by a county sanitation district, may become a part of...
• Section 5847.6.
  A maintenance district included in a county sanitation district pursuant to Section 5847.5 is not dissolved by such inclusion, but may continue to function in...
• Section 5848.
  Any maintenance district may be dissolved by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors upon its own motion may adopt a resolution declaring its...
• Section 5849.
  At the time appointed for such hearing, or at any time to which it is adjourned, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon...
• Section 5850.
  Upon the inclusion of all of the territory of a maintenance district within one or more cities, either by reason of annexation proceedings or by...
• Section 5851.
  If the whole district is so included within one city, the district shall continue in existence for all purposes until a copy of a resolution...
• Section 5852.
  If a part only of the district is so included within one city and the remaining part of the district is so included within one...
• Section 5853.
  Whenever any portion of a district is included within a city by reason of incorporation, annexation, or otherwise, such portion shall continue to remain a...
• Section 5854.
  The board of supervisors may by resolution change the name of any maintenance district to conform with a change in the street name or other...
• Section 5855.
  Where the board of supervisors or legislative body has so declared in its resolution of intention to order the formation of a maintenance district or...
• Section 5856.
  If a maintenance district is divided into zones, the board of supervisors or legislative body may determine what portion of the amount of money to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018