California Water Code ARTICLE 1 - Original Assessments

• Section 51230.
  When a plan of reclamation has been adopted by a district located entirely outside the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District the...
• Section 51231.
  The assessment commissioners shall view and assess upon the district land the sum estimated to be the cost of the reclamation plan, and shall apportion...
• Section 51232.
  The assessment shall be collected and paid into the county treasury in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of this part.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch.
• Section 51233.
  Money collected on assessments levied pursuant to Section 51231 shall be paid out for reclamation works upon the warrants of the board of trustees, approved...
• Section 51234.
  When any part of the district is located within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, and the reclamation board has approved the reclamation plan,...
• Section 51235.
  Upon receipt of the petition from the board, the board of supervisors shall appoint assessment commissioners within 60 days, who shall qualify in the manner...
• Section 51236.
  The assessment commissioners shall assess the estimated cost of the reclamation plan upon the district land in the manner provided in Section 51231.(Added by Stats....
• Section 51237.
  The sums assessed shall be collected in the manner provided in Chapter 3 of this part and paid into the county treasury to the credit...
• Section 51238.
  The money collected on assessments levied pursuant to Section 51236 shall be paid out for the reclamation works upon the warrants of the trustees, or,...
• Section 51239.
  The assessment commissioners appointed pursuant to Sections 51230 and 51235 shall make a list of the charges assessed against each parcel, containing:(a) A description of each...
• Section 51240.
  If the list of charges contains any error in the description of the land or the name of the owner, or if any land which...
• Section 51241.
  No error in the list of charges assessed shall render the assessment of a parcel invalid.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
• Section 51242.
  The list of charges assessed, when completed, shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
• Section 51243.
  Upon receipt of the list of charges, the board of supervisors shall appoint a time when it will meet for the purpose of hearing any...
• Section 51244.
  Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the...
• Section 51245.
  Any time before the hearing, any person interested in land upon which any charge has been assessed may file a written objection to the assessment,...
• Section 51246.
  No objection shall be considered by the board of supervisors, or allowed in any other action or proceeding, unless it is made in writing to...
• Section 51247.
  At the hearing the board of supervisors shall hear any evidence offered in support of written objections and may modify or amend the assessment, or...
• Section 51248.
  If the amount of any assessment in the list is changed, the board of supervisors shall set a day for hearing objections to the assessment...
• Section 51249.
  At the hearing on the changes in the assessment an objection in writing may be made by any person interested, and the board of supervisors...
• Section 51250.
  If the amount of any assessment is again changed the board of supervisors shall proceed as before to give notice and to hear objections to...
• Section 51251.
  The board of supervisors shall then make an order approving the assessment, and shall endorse the order upon the assessment list.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch.
• Section 51252.
  The endorsement shall be signed by the chairman of the board of supervisors and attested by the clerk thereof.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.)
• Section 51253.
  The decision of the board of supervisors in approving the assessment list is final, and thereafter the endorsed assessment list is conclusive evidence that the...
• Section 51254.
  The assessment list shall be prepared in duplicate, and one original shall be retained in the office of the district, and the second original shall...
• Section 51255.
  If the district is situated in more than one county, a copy of the assessment list certified by the county treasurer, shall be filed with...
• Section 51256.
  When the second original assessment list is filed as provided in Section 51254, the charges assessed thereby upon parcels constitute a lien thereon, and the...
• Section 51257.
  The lien of an unpaid assessment upon which bonds have been issued continues until the bonds, and any refunding bonds which have been issued, are...
• Section 51258.
  No subsequent act or conduct of the board shall invalidate an assessment after it becomes a lien, and the board may be compelled by mandate,...
• Section 51259.
  At any time within 30 days after the assessment list is filed with the county treasurer, any person aggrieved by the decision of the board...
• Section 51260.
  If the action is not commenced within 30 days, no action or defense shall thereafter be maintained attacking the legality of the assessment.(Added by Stats....

Last modified: October 22, 2018