California Water Code CHAPTER 2.2 - Provisions Pertaining Only to the Lost Hills Water District

  • Section 35520.
    The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the Lost Hills Water District. The powers provided in this chapter shall be in addition to...
  • Section 35520.1.
    A district may acquire, construct, operate, and furnish facilities for the control of waters to protect, maintain, and enhance the quality of lands within the...
  • Section 35520.2.
    If a district determines to exercise the powers granted by this chapter, the district shall prepare and adopt a plan of works and an estimate...
  • Section 35520.3.
    In order to carry out the powers and purposes granted under this chapter, a district may exercise or use any of the powers or procedures...
  • Section 35520.4.
    The powers or procedures referred to in Section 35520.3 includes, but are not limited to, the following:(a) Bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section...
  • Section 35520.5.
    The powers and procedures referred to in Section 35520.3 shall include all powers or procedures necessary, useful, or desirable to carry out the powers and...
  • Section 35520.6.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the board may determine to issue bonds secured by benefit assessments, in which event the board shall define...
  • Section 35520.7.
    When the board has determined to issue bonds secured by benefit assessments, it shall, by resolution, employ a civil engineer, who shall have no interest,...
  • Section 35520.8.
    Upon completion of the apportionment of costs, the engineer shall prepare and certify to the board an assessment roll which shall contain all of the...
  • Section 35520.9.
    When completed, the roll, which shall be accompanied by the written report of the engineer setting out with particularity the exact nature and quantum of...
  • Section 35520.10.a.
    The board shall file a copy of the roll and report in its records and forthwith give notice of the filing of the report and...
  • Section 35520.11.
    If no objections are presented to the board with respect to a particular assessment at the time and place noticed, the secretary shall execute a...
  • Section 35520.12.
    The board may continue the hearing on objections to assessments from time to time.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 57, Sec. 1. Effective May 31, 1983.)
  • Section 35520.13.
    At the hearing, the board shall hear any evidence that may be offered on the correctness of the assessment and may modify, amend, or approve...
  • Section 35520.14.
    After the hearing of objections, the board shall, by resolution, approve the assessment as finally fixed or modified. A certified copy of the assessment roll...
  • Section 35520.15.
    When the secretary files the certificate as provided in Section 35520.11 or, if objections are raised, when the board approves the assessment as finally fixed...
  • Section 35520.16.
    The election required by Section 35520.15 shall be called, noticed, and held in the manner provided for bond elections by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section...
  • Section 35520.17.
    The board may advance general funds of the district to pay all costs and expenses incurred in preparation of the plan of works and estimate...
  • Section 35520.18.
    If more than one-third of the votes cast are for “Benefit Assessment Bonds - No,” the board shall, by resolution, abandon the project, make a...
  • Section 35520.19.
    If two-thirds or more of the votes are cast for “Benefit Assessment Bonds - Yes,” the board shall transmit a certified copy of the roll...
  • Section 35520.20.a.
    The assessment roll as approved by the board shall be conclusive evidence before any court or body that the assessment has been made and levied...
  • Section 35520.21.
    All unpaid assessments shall bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum. Interest shall commence to run 30 days after the board has...
  • Section 35520.22.
    The assessment list shall remain open for payment of any unpaid balance of the assessment thereon at the office of the district tax collector until...
  • Section 35520.23.
    Payments on assessments made to the district tax collector prior to the adoption of a resolution of the board calling for the sale of bonds...
  • Section 35520.24.
    Any time after the filing of the assessment roll as provided in Section 35520.19, the board may, by resolution, call for the sale of bonds...
  • Section 35520.25.
    Collection of assessments levied and called by the board shall be made by the district tax collector.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 57, Sec. 1. Effective...
  • Section 35520.26.
    Concurrently with the making of the annual estimate to be filed with the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 36552, the board shall designate and...
  • Section 35520.27.
    The district assessor, upon receipt of the assessment call resolution from the secretary, shall compute the amount to be collected from each parcel of land...
  • Section 35520.28.
    Assessments called pursuant to this chapter shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as district assessments. When collected, the entire...
  • Section 35520.29.
    The board shall levy an amendatory assessment in the manner provided for original assessments if any of the following occur:(a) Any land within the drainage service...
  • Section 35520.30.a.
    When any tract of land upon which any assessment has been levied is subdivided into smaller parcels, the board shall, upon its own motion or...
  • Section 35520.31.
    The secretary shall file certified copies of any amendatory or reapportioned assessment with the district assessor, the district tax collector, and the district treasurer.(Added by...
  • Section 35520.32.
    Upon the inclusion of any land within a drainage service area, an assessment shall be levied upon the land so included. The amount of the...
  • Section 35520.33.
    When a district has levied an assessment and it appears to the board that the assessment or some part thereof, together with the interest thereon,...
  • Section 35520.34.
    The board, pursuant to a resolution entered in its minutes, may distribute among the landowners of a drainage service area any funds in the treasury...
  • Section 35520.35.
    All bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable in lawful money of the United States. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the board...
  • Section 35520.36.
    The board may sell the bonds, from time to time, in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise money to carry...
  • Section 35520.37.
    All bonds of the same issue shall be equally and ratably secured without priority by reason of number, date of bonds, date of sale, date...
  • Section 35520.38.
    For the purpose of the care, operation, management, and improvement of a project or projects, including payment of salaries of officers and employees and all...
  • Section 35520.39.
    Whenever any tolls or charges for the use of drainage facilities or for other services rendered by the district provided for in this chapter have...
  • Section 35520.40.a.
    In case any tolls or charges remain unpaid for a period of 30 days after they become payable, they shall become delinquent and a penalty...
  • Section 35520.41.
    After any toll or charge becomes delinquent, the board may, by resolution, direct the assessor to add to the assessment of the parcel of land...
  • Section 35520.42.
    In addition to and as an alternative to all other powers contained in this chapter with respect to provision of funds for the purpose of...
  • Section 35520.43.
    No zone shall be established or varying rates of assessment fixed under Section 35520.42, unless the board, by resolution, declares that it intends to do...
  • Section 35520.44.
    The board annually, concurrently with the making of the estimate required by Section 36552, shall adopt a resolution setting forth an estimate of the amount...
  • Section 35520.45.
    The secretary shall deliver certified copies of the resolution levying the assessment pursuant to Section 35520.44, one to the district assessor, one to the district...
  • Section 35520.46.
    Proceeds from assessments levied pursuant to this chapter may be used to pay any lawful obligation of the district incurred in the care, operation, or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018