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Timestamp: 2016-05-06 17:11:24
Document Index: 18423045

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', 'art 1', 'art. 6495', 'art 3', 'art 3', 'art. 6641', 'art 2', 'art. 6697', 'art. 6764', 'art. 6767', 'art. 6798', 'art. 6800', 'art 1', 'art 3', 'art 4', 'art. 6811', 'art. 6813', 'art. 6816', 'art. 6817', 'art. 6823', 'art 2', 'art. 6936', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art 4']

Ca Codes (hsc:6480-6501) Health And Safety Code Section 6480-6501 6480. (a) The officers of the district are an assessor and five members of the board. (b) Any member of the legislative body of a city whose territory is encompassed, in whole or in part, by the boundaries of the district is not disqualified from holding office as a member of the board solely because of his membership on such legislative body. 6480.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6480, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single sanitary district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Section 56886 of the Government Code, increase the number of directors to serve on the board of directors of the consolidated or reorganized district to 7, 9, or 11, who shall be members of the board of directors of the districts to be consolidated or reorganized as of the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization. (b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the members of the board of directors of the consolidated district, or a district reorganized as described in subdivision (a), whose terms first expire following the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization, the total number of members on the board of directors shall be reduced until the number equals the number of members permitted by the principal act of the consolidated or reorganized district, or any larger number as may be specified by the local agency formation commission in approving the consolidation or reorganization. (c) In addition to the powers granted under Section 1780 of the Government Code, in the event of a vacancy on the board of directors of the consolidated district or a district reorganized as described in subdivision (a) at which time the total number of directors is greater than five, the board of directors may, by majority vote of the remaining members of the board, choose not to fill the vacancy. In that event, the total membership of the board of directors shall be reduced by one board member. Upon making the determination not to fill a vacancy, the board of directors shall notify the board of supervisors of its decision. (d) For the purposes of this section: "consolidation" means consolidation, as defined in Section 56030 of the Government Code; "district" or "special district" means district or special district, as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code; and "reorganization" means reorganization, as defined in Section 56073 of the Government Code. 6480.5. At any time within two years after a sanitary district consolidates with or annexes the territory of a district having powers and functions substantially identical to those of a sanitary district formed pursuant to this part, the board of directors of the sanitary district may, by resolution, increase the number of members of the board from five to seven, and may designate the first two additional members to serve on the enlarged board. If the board is enlarged subsequent to the consolidation with, or the annexation of the territory of, another district, the first two additional directors so designated shall be resident voters of such consolidated or annexed territory. The board shall determine the term of office of each of the new directors so appointed, but in no event shall such term designated by the board be for more than four years. The terms of office thus created shall be determined in such a manner as to keep as nearly equal as practicable the number of directors to be elected at each subsequent general district election. Upon the expiration of such term so designated by the board, the membership shall be filled at the next general district election and general district elections held thereafter for the election of officers of the district. Any references to five members of the board in this part mean seven members as applied to a board increased in size pursuant to this section. In the same manner, references to three members mean four members and to two members mean three members, and references to a four-fifths vote mean a five-sevenths vote, as applied to an enlarged board. 6480.7. If a consolidation involving the Capistrano Beach Sanitary District and the Dana Point Sanitary District is approved, the board of directors of the consolidated district shall initially consist of 10 members who shall be the members of the boards of directors of the two districts as of the effective date of the consolidation. Notwithstanding Section 56844 of the Government Code, those board members shall determine within 60 days from the effective date of the consolidation whether the board of directors shall consist of 5, 7, 9, or 11 members, and they shall further determine within that time the persons who shall thereafter be members of the board of directors. If those board members determine that the board of directors shall consist of 11 members, they shall appoint the eleventh member whose term shall be the same as the terms of the members of the board of directors whose terms will first expire. Upon making those determinations, the members so selected shall notify by resolution the Board of Supervisors and the Registrar of Voters of the County of Orange of the number of members and the names of the persons who have been selected or appointed as members of the board of directors, and of the expiration dates of their terms of office. If that selection and appointment process is not completed within 60 days of the effective date of the consolidation, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange shall determine the number of members of the board of directors and shall select the members of the board of directors from among those 10 persons, or call a special election for the election of the directors of the consolidated district on the next available election date. In that event, those 10 persons shall serve as the board of directors until the results of the special election are declared by the board of supervisors. 6481. The board is the governing power of the district, and exercises all district powers, except the making of an assessment roll in the first instance. 6482. Except as to those members of the board who are elected at the election on formation, the term of office of each member of the board is four years and each holds office until the election and qualification of his successors or his resignation or termination of residence within the district. 6483. Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code. 6484. The members of the board elected at the election as a result of which the district was organized or, if the district is reorganized under this part, then the five members in office at the time of the reorganization shall, at their first meeting, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, so classify themselves, by lot, that they shall go out of office as follows: (a) Two shall serve until the election held in the first even-numbered year after the year in which the district is formed or reorganized, and until the election and qualification of their successors. (b) Three shall serve until the second even-numbered year after the district is formed or reorganized, and until the election and qualification of their successors. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, except in districts that consolidate the election of directors with the direct primary election, the terms of office of members of the board in all districts existing on January 1, 1967, shall be determined as provided in Section 10507 of the Elections Code, and the terms of office of members of the board in all new districts shall be determined as provided in Section 10505 of the Elections Code. 6486. At its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the board shall choose one of its members as president, and shall appoint a secretary who may be a member of the board. 6487. All contracts, deeds, warrants, releases, receipts, and documents shall be signed in the name of the district by its president, and countersigned by its secretary, except that the board may, by resolution, authorize the district manager or other district employees specified by the board to sign contracts, warrants, releases, receipts, and similar documents in the name of the district. 6488. The board shall hold such meetings, either in the day or in the evening, as may be convenient. In case of the absence or inability of the president or secretary to act, the board shall choose a president pro tem., or secretary pro tem., or both as the case may be. 6489. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each of the members of the board shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day's attendance at meetings of the board or for each day's service rendered as a director by request of the board, not exceeding a total of six days in any calendar month, together with any expenses incident thereto. (b) The district board, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the compensation received by board members above the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per day. (c) The secretary of the sanitary board shall receive compensation to be set by the sanitary district board, which compensation shall be in lieu of any other compensation to which he or she may be entitled by reason of attendance at the meeting or meetings of the sanitary board. (d) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a director's activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (e) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code. 6490. (a) A general regulation of the board shall be entered in its minutes, and shall be published once in a newspaper published in the district, if there is one, and if not, then it shall be posted for one week in three public places in the district. (b) The publication or posting of general regulations, as required by subdivision (a), may be satisfied by either of the following actions: (1) The board of directors may publish a summary of a proposed regulation or ordinance or proposed amendment to an existing regulation or ordinance. This summary shall be prepared by an official designated by the board. A summary shall be published along with the names of those board members voting for and against the regulation or ordinance or amendment, and a certified copy of the full text of the proposed regulation or ordinance or proposed amendment to same shall be posted in the office of the clerk of the board, along with the names of those board members voting for and against the regulation, ordinance, or amendment. (2) If the official designated by the board determines that it is not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the regulation or ordinance or amendment to same, and if the board so orders, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page in a newspaper published in the district shall be published. The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide information about, the regulation, ordinance, or amendment, including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain copies of the complete text of the regulation or ordinance or amendment to same, and the names of those board members voting for and against the regulation, ordinance, or amendment. (c) A subsequent order of the board that publication or posting has been made is conclusive evidence that the publication or posting has been properly made. (d) A general regulation takes effect upon expiration of the week of publication or posting. 6491. Unless otherwise provided by this part, orders not establishing a general regulation need not be published or posted, but shall be entered in the minutes and shall take effect upon adoption. 6491.1. The district board may, by general regulation, adopt codes or specifications controlling the manner of construction, repair, maintenance and operation of facilities referred to in Sections 6512 and 6522. Such codes or specifications need not be set out in full in such general regulation but may be incorporated therein by reference. Copies of such codes or specifications shall be available for examination in the office of the secretary at all times. 6491.2. The district board may, by general regulation, adopt a code by reference in the same manner as legislative bodies of local agencies are authorized to adopt primary and secondary codes by reference pursuant to Section 50022.1 to 50022.8, inclusive, of the Government Code, and for the purposes of such sections of the Government Code the district board shall be deemed a legislative body and the district shall be deemed a local agency. Any code adopted by the district board, by reference, shall impose restrictions equal to or greater than those imposed by the State Housing Law, Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910), Division 13 of this code, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto by the Commission of Housing and Community Development. No penalty clauses or sanctions contained in any code adopted by reference pursuant to this section shall be effective. Every person who violates any provision of a general regulation adopted pursuant to this section or of a code adopted by reference in such general regulation is guilty of a misdemeanor. 6491.3. Ordinances of the district may be enacted in the same manner as general regulations of the board and shall have the same force and effect as such general regulations. 6491.5. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code. 6492. The board may instruct the district attorney of the county to commence and prosecute any or all actions and proceedings necessary or proper to enforce any of its regulations or orders, and may call upon him for advice as to any sanitary subject; and the district attorney shall obey the instructions and give advice when requested by the board. 6492.5. The board may provide, by resolution, that the health officer of the county in which the district is situated shall be the health officer of the district. Upon the adoption of such resolution, it shall be presented to the board of supervisors and, if it is approved by the board of supervisors, such county health officer shall become the ex officio health officer of the district and it shall be his duty to give advice when requested by the board and to aid the district in doing any act necessary or proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for which it is formed. 6493. The board may at any time employ special counsel for any purpose. 6494. There shall be an election for assessor in each even-numbered year in which members of the board are elected, and at the same time, place, and manner; provided, however, that if a district board has elected to avail itself of the county assessment roll for district taxation pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 7 of this part, no assessor shall thereafter be elected until it shall again elect the use of its own tax roll. The assessor holds office for two years, and until the election and qualification of his successor except that the first assessor elected holds office until the election and qualification of his successor. If a vacancy occurs in the office of assessor, the board shall appoint a suitable person to fill the vacancy until the next election at which an assessor may be elected under this part. 6495. The assessor's duties are fixed by this part and he shall perform such other duties as are ordered or required by the board. 6496. The assessor shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board. 6497. (1) The sanitary board of sanitary districts may classify all the places of employment in or under the district, and in or under all the offices and departments of the district, with reference to the examinations hereinafter provided for. The places so classified by the sanitary board may constitute the classified civil service of the district, and no appointment to any such place shall be made except according to the rules hereinafter mentioned. (2) The sanitary board may make rules to carry out the purposes of this section, and for examinations, appointments, promotions, and removals, and may from time to time make changes in existing rules. All rules and all changes therein shall be forthwith printed for distribution by the sanitary board. (3) The examinations shall be practical in their character, and shall relate to those matters only which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek to be appointed, and shall include, when appropriate, tests of manual or professional skill. The selection of laborers shall be governed by priority of application as far as may be practicable. No questions in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations. The sanitary board shall control all examinations. 6499. Any county officer required to act as an officer of the district and perform services for the district by virtue of his office, or any county health officer who becomes the ex officio health officer of the district pursuant to Section 6492.5, shall be entitled to reimbursement from the district for the reasonable and actual expenses incurred by him while acting on behalf of the district, to be paid into the county treasury. The amount of such reimbursement shall not exceed the actual expense which he incurred. 6500. If a district has a boundary which is contiguous to the boundary of a city and the district has a contract with that city under which the city is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all facilities of the district, the governing board of the district may, by a resolution adopted by a 4/5 vote of the board, declare the board dissolved and thereafter the governing body of the city shall be ex officio the governing board of the district. 6501. By resolution, the board may change the name of the district. Any name resulting from a change shall include the words "Sanitary District" or shall be a name that is descriptive of the functions of the district. The change of name shall be effective upon recording a certified copy in the office of the county recorder of the county or counties in which the district is situated. Chapter 4. District Powers
Ca Codes (hsc:6510-6523.3) Health And Safety Code Section 6510-6523.3 6510. A district may use a seal, alterable at the pleasure of the board. 6511. It may sue and be sued by its name. 6512. (a) A district may acquire, plan, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate garbage dumpsites and garbage collection and disposal systems, sewers, drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment works and other sanitary disposal systems, and storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal systems, and water recycling and distribution systems, as the board deems necessary and proper, and in the performance of these functions, either in or out of the district, it may join through joint powers agreements pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, or through other means with any county or municipality or any other district or governmental agency. (b) Before any garbage dump is established, the location shall first be approved by the county health officer, and, in addition, if the location is within two miles of any city, the consent of the governing body of the city shall first be secured. (c) (1) If the district includes any part of a city, water district, or other local agency that provides water service to any territory in the district, the district shall not supply water service to the territory unless the district first obtains the consent of the city, water district, or other local agency. The consent shall not be revoked, if the revocation will result in a decrease of the revenues available to pay the outstanding bonds of the district. (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the provision of recycled water by a district. (3) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), a district may not supply water service using recycled water to the territory of any part of a city, water district, or other local public entity providing water service, or commence construction of facilities for that service, prior to offering to consult with that city, water district, or other local public entity, and providing notification of availability for consultation. The obligation to consult terminates if that local public entity providing water service fails to make itself available for consultation within 60 days of written notification to that local public entity. (B) The consultation and notification requirements described in subparagraph (A) do not apply to a district if the district, prior to supplying water or commencing construction as described in subparagraph (A), provides notification to the local public entity pursuant to Section 65604 of the Government Code or submits a written request to the local public entity pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 13580 of the Water Code. (d) The Department of Water Resources may assist sanitary districts in applying for, and in obtaining approval of, federal and state funding and permits for cost-effective water recycling projects and shall confer and cooperate with the legislative body of the district during the application and approval process. 6512.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Winton Sanitary District may exercise any of the powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). However, the Winton Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in all respects as a sanitary district under the provisions of this part, and the provisions of this section are intended only to vest additional powers in the district which the district may elect to exercise. 6512.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Lost Hills Sanitary District may exercise any of the powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). However, the Lost Hills Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in all respects as a sanitary district under the provisions of this part, and the provisions of this section are intended only to vest additional powers in the district which the district may elect to exercise. 6512.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6512 and the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code), for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Montara Sanitary District may, pursuant to subdivision (b), exercise any of the powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store or make use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). The Montara Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in all respects as a sanitary district under this part, and the provisions of this section are intended only to vest additional powers in the district which the district may elect to exercise. (b) If the governing body of the Montara Sanitary District determines, by resolution, entered in the minutes, that it is feasible, economically sound, and in the public interest for the district to exercise the powers specified in subdivision (a), the governing body shall submit to the electors of the district the question of whether the district should adopt those additional powers. The question submitted to the electors shall be in substantially the following form: "Shall the Montara Sanitary District exercise the powers of a county water district for the purpose of furnishing water in the district " The district may exercise those powers only if a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of the question. The costs of that election, including any additional costs incurred by the County of San Mateo for purposes of meeting legal requirements directly associated with the conduct of the election, shall be borne by the district. (c) If the electors of the district authorize the district to exercise the powers specified in subdivision (a), the district shall include in any revenue plan developed as part of its exercise of those powers an item to reimburse the County of San Mateo the sum of one hundred eighteen thousand dollars ($118,000) for costs incurred with respect to its effort to acquire the existing water system serving the Montara Sanitary District service area. Reimbursement to the county shall occur within 180 days after the district receives any revenues from the sale of bonds, the levy of assessments, or the receipt of any other revenues to be used by the district in the exercise of its powers pursuant to this section. (d) If the Montara Sanitary District assumes authority to exercise the powers of a county water district pursuant to this section, thereafter the district shall be subject to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code). (e) In enacting this section it is the intent of the Legislature that any service by the Montara Sanitary District not affect the approval or development of a project that includes units for lower income persons, as defined in Section 50079.5, and persons and families of moderate income, as defined in Section 50093. (f) Upon request of the governing body of the Montara Sanitary District, the County of San Mateo shall provide the district with all books, papers, records, documents and other information, including all writings as defined in Section 250 of the Evidence Code, resulting from, or produced by, the expenditure of funds by the county to determine if the acquisition of the existing water system serving the Montara Sanitary District service area is feasible. 6513. It may permit the use of any property of the district by any county or municipality, or any other district or governmental agency. 6514. It may, for the purposes specified in this part, acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, such real and personal property and rights of way, either within or without the limits of the district, as in the judgment of the board are necessary or proper to the exercise of its powers, and particularly for the purpose of permitting ingress to and egress from such real or personal property, and pay for and hold them, and it may dispose of such of its property as the board finds to be no longer required for the purposes of the district. The district shall not condemn property outside of the county or counties in which it is located unless the board of supervisors of each county in which such property is located has consented to such acquisition by resolution. 6514.1. (a) A district may lease, for a term not exceeding 99 years, subject to periodic review, district property that will not be needed for district purposes during the term of the lease, as a means of providing revenues to the district for the operation and maintenance of sanitary sewer system and waste water treatment and disposal facilities of the district, and to finance the acquisition, construction, and improvement of these facilities. (b) Prior to entering into a lease, the board shall, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (e), publish notice pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code of the time and place of the meeting of the board at which the proposed lease will be considered, and at that time and place shall afford all persons present an opportunity to be heard with respect to the proposed lease. (c) If the board finds that the subject property will not be needed by the district and that it is in the best interests of the district and the users of its sanitary sewer system that the lease be entered into, it may, by ordinance setting forth the findings, authorize the lease. The ordinance shall be subject to Article 2 (commencing with Section 9340) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the Elections Code. (d) Every lease shall be awarded to the bidder which, in the determination of the legislative body, offers the greatest economic return to the district after competitive bidding conducted in the manner determined by the legislative body. Notice inviting bids may be published pursuant to Section 6066, in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the district. (e) If the board makes a finding at a noticed public hearing that the subject property will be used for compatible uses, that it will be of public benefit, and that the term of the lease will not exceed 10 years, subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be optional. 6515. It may make and accept contracts, deeds, releases, and documents that, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper in the exercise of any of the powers of the district. 6516. It may pay lawful claims and demands against it. 6517. It may employ and pay necessary agents and assistants. 6518. It may lay its sewers and drains in any public street or road in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make all necessary and proper excavations, restoring it to proper condition. The work of restoring and repairing any such public street or road in the county shall be done under the supervision and control of the county engineer or road commissioner at the cost of the district, and in accordance with the standards established by ordinance of the board of supervisors for restoring and repairing county roads. If the street or road is in a city the consent of the proper city authorities shall first be obtained. If the street or road is in the unincorporated area of the county, the consent of the proper county authorities shall first be obtained. 6518.5. It may collect waste and garbage. 6519. It may call and conduct all necessary or proper elections. 6520. It may compel all residents and property owners in the district to connect their houses and habitations and structures requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service with the sewers and storm drains in streets and to use the garbage collection and disposal system. 6520.1. It may prohibit any resident or property owner in the district from connecting any house, habitation, or structure requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service to any privately owned sewer or storm drain in the district. 6520.2. It may require any resident or property owner in the district who desires to have any house, habitation, or structure connected to a sewer or drainage disposal line owned by the district to pay his proportionate share of the cost of the line, either by an increased installation charge or by other arrangement with the district, if he did not contribute to the cost of the acquisition, construction, or installation of the line by the district. 6520.3. Any sanitary district and any county may enter into a contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of locating, removing, repairing, or relocating any facilities owned or to be owned by either party on the roads or other property of the other in such proportion and upon such terms as the governing boards of the parties shall determine to be equitable. 6520.5. It may, by an order approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board, prescribe, revise and collect, fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or other charges for services and facilities furnished by it in connection with its sanitation or sewerage systems. Revenues derived by the district under the provisions of this section may be used for any purpose except the acquisition or construction of additional local street sewers or laterals which are an augmentation to an existing sewer system. 6520.6. The district board may, by resolution, abandon action for the collection of any district tax assessment, connection charge, service charge, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, fine, or other money owed the district under this part or pursuant to any other provision of law which the district board determines is in an amount too small to justify the cost of collection. Such a resolution shall discharge all district officers and employees, and any other public officer or employee charged with the collection thereof, from further accountability with respect to collection of the amount owed. However, the resolution shall not extinguish the claim nor constitute a release of any person from liability for the payment of any amounts which are due and owing. The addition of this section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the preexisting law. 6520.7. It may sell, or otherwise dispose of, any water, sewage effluent, fertilizer, or other byproduct resulting from the operation of a sewerage system, sewage disposal plant, refuse disposal plant or process, or treatment plant, and construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines and other works as may be necessary for that purpose. The addition of this section made at the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law. 6520.9. It may construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines or other works as may be necessary to conserve and put to beneficial use any water or recycled effluent recovered from the operation of the wastewater system, plant, or works, by sale or disposition for agricultural or industrial purposes, or by discharging or spreading the water or recycled effluent in such a manner as to percolate into the underground gravels and replenish the natural water resources. The addition of this section made at the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law. 6520.10. On or before August 10, the board may certify to the board of supervisors and county auditor a statement of any delinquent and unpaid charges for sewer and other services, or either, requested in writing by the owner of the property that remain delinquent and unpaid for a period of 60 days or more on July 1. The amount of any charges for sewer and other services, or either, included in the statement of delinquent and unpaid charges shall be added to and become a part of the annual taxes next levied upon the property for which the sewer service was provided and upon the property subject to the charges for any other district services and shall constitute a lien on that property as of the same time and in the same manner as does the tax lien securing the annual taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to the charges, except that if any real property to which the lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon prior to the date on which the first installment of the taxes would become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to the real property and the charges relating to the property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. The county shall deduct from the charges collected an amount sufficient to compensate the county for costs incurred in collecting the delinquent and unpaid charges. The amount of the compensation shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors and the district's board of directors. 6520.11. A district shall notify the assessee shown on the latest equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for sewer and other services, or either, which could become a lien on the property pursuant to Section 6520.10 remain delinquent and unpaid for 60 days. 6520.12. In the event any charges for sewer and other services, or either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the discretion of the district be secured at any time by recording in the office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate specifying the amount of the charges and the name and address of the person liable therefor. From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount required to be paid together with interest and penalty constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county owned by the person or afterwards, and before the lien expires, acquired by him or her. The lien has the force, priority, and effect of a judgment lien and shall continue for 10 years from the date of the recording of the certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien may, within 10 years from the recording of the certificate or within 10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the manner herein provided, be extended by recording a new certificate in the office of the county recorder of any county and from the time of the recording the lien shall be extended to the real property in the county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. 6521. It may make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations for: (a) The removal of garbage. (b) The cleanliness of the roads and streets of the district. (c) All other sanitary purposes not in conflict with the laws of this State. 6521.5. Any district may exercise the power granted to sanitation districts by Section 4765 of this code. 6522. It may do any act necessary or proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for which it is formed. 6522.1. No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates or prescribes standards for the installation of plumbing inside of buildings and structures, shall be effective within any county, city and county, or city which has adopted an ordinance, regulation, or code incorporated in an ordinance governing such installations. 6523. A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 30 days, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both. 6523.1. It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether heretofore or hereafter incurred; and also refund or retire any public indebtedness or lien that may exist or be created against the district or any property therein which shall have arisen out of the transaction of the affairs of the district. 6523.2. In order to effect its powers, it may enter upon private property for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of sanitary and waste disposal facilities and may terminate service to property in which a violation of any rule or regulation is found to exist. Prior to termination of service, however, the district board shall notify, in writing, the owner and tenant, if any, of such property that service is intended to be so terminated and conduct a hearing thereon as herein provided. Such notice shall be mailed to the owner at the address shown on the records of the assessor of the county or as known to the clerk, and a copy shall be delivered to the tenant or posted conspicuously on the property. The notice shall state the date of proposed termination of service and the reasons therefor and the date the district board shall hold a hearing upon such intended termination. Such hearing shall not be held less than 10 days subsequent to the giving of notice as herein required. 6523.3. In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of the district. The cost of such correction may be added to any sewer service charge payable by the person violating the ordinance or the owner or tenant of the property upon which the violation occurred, and the district shall have such remedies for the collection of such costs as it has for the collection of sewer service charges. The district may also petition the superior court for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, as may be appropriate, restraining any person from the continued violation of any ordinance of the district. Article 1.5. Inclusion In County Sanitation District
Ca Codes (hsc:6524-6529) Health And Safety Code Section 6524-6529 6524. Any district organized under the provisions of this act may become a part of a county sanitation district after the board of supervisors of the county within which the district is located, has, after a hearing, pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act, found and determined by resolution duly adopted that such inclusion is for the best interest of the district and the governing body of the district consents thereto by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members. 6525. A sanitary district which becomes a part of a county sanitation district as hereinabove provided for is not thereby dissolved, but may continue to function, except as herein otherwise provided, in the same manner as heretofore. 6526. When a sanitary district is not included in a county sanitation district at the time of formation of the latter, it may subsequently become included within such county sanitation district, upon its sanitary board adopting a resolution, by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members, declaring its intention so to do. 6527. Following the formation of such county sanitation district it shall have no jurisdiction within such sanitary district until the legislative body of such sanitary district shall, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of no less than four-fifths of its members, determine what facilities and functions of constructing, maintaining and operating sanitary sewerage facilities of such sanitary district shall be transferred to such county sanitation district. 6528. Copies of the resolutions herein mentioned, duly certified by the clerk or secretary of the respective legislative bodies, shall be filed with the county clerk, in the respective files of such sanitary district and county sanitation district, and with the county assessor, and such resolutions shall not be effective until said copies are so filed. 6529. Nothing herein shall prevent any territory within a county sanitation district from being formed into or annexed to any sanitary district, and such territory shall thereafter become subject to this article. Article 2. Sewer Maintenance In Cities
Ca Codes (hsc:6530-6531) Health And Safety Code Section 6530-6531 6530. At any time after the sewer or other sanitary system is constructed the governing body of any city lying within the limits of the district may elect to keep and maintain the lateral sewer lying within the city in order and repair and may enter into an agreement with the board to do so. From the date of the agreement the governing body shall keep the lateral in repair and the board is not required to keep it in order or repair. After a city elects to keep the lateral sewers within its corporate limits in order and repair the property within the corporate limits of the city shall not be taxed for running expenses necessary to keep and maintain the lateral sewer lying within the city in order and repair but shall be taxed for the inspection and repairs of the main sewers lying within the city together with the expense of those functions other than sewerage collection within the city performed by the district pursuant to Section 6512 hereof. 6530.1. Whenever any portion of a district has been included within a city by annexation, incorporation, or otherwise, the governing body of such city may elect, upon agreement by the district, to construct new storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities within the city limits, and acquire title to and reconstruct, alter, enlarge, renew, replace, maintain and operate existing storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities, lying within the city and may enter into an agreement with the board to do so. From the date fixed in the agreement the city shall have exclusive jurisdiction to perform the functions described in the first paragraph of this section and in the agreement in that portion of the district lying within the city, and the board is not required to exercise any functions pertaining to such storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities, and is relieved of all liability in connection therewith. If the city elects to perform such functions within the city, the property within the corporate limits of the city shall not be taxed by the district for any costs necessary to construct, maintain, and keep in repair such storm drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities lying within the city which are taxed by the city for those functions, other than storm drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities within the city which continue to be owned, maintained and operated by the district pursuant to Section 6512 of this code. 6531. Where an entire district shall have heretofore become located within the boundaries of a city by reason of the incorporation thereof, and said district shall have continued thereafter to function as a sanitary district, and no court having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall have adjudicated that said district has merged with said city, and a portion of the boundary of said district shall thereafter have become extended beyond the territorial limits of said city by reason of annexation thereto, said district shall during all said times be and constitute a legally existing sanitary district and shall not thereafter be deemed or adjudged to have merged with said city by reason of said original inclusion therein. Article 3. Application Of Other Statutes
Ca Codes (hsc:6540-6544) Health And Safety Code Section 6540-6544 6540. The governing board may order the construction of sewers, drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment works and other sanitary disposal systems, and storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal systems, and appurtenances and appurtenant work in the whole or any portion of any of the streets, highways, or public places either in or out of the district, or in property or in rights of way owned by the district, and acquire property, rights of way, and easements therefor, and may provide that the cost shall be assessed upon the fronting lots and lands or on a special assessment district; provided, that said district shall first obtain the consent to said work and the assumption of jurisdiction thereover from the legislative body having jurisdiction of the territory within which any of the proposed work is to be done; and provided further, that if any of the territory proposed to be assessed shall be outside the boundaries of the district, the consent of the legislative body having jurisdiction over such territory shall be obtained to the formation of the special assessment district. 6541. The Improvement Act of 1911, the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 are applicable to districts. 6542. In the application of those acts to proceedings under this article the terms used in those acts shall have the following meanings: (a) "City council" and "council" mean board. (b) "City" and "municipality" mean district. (c) "Clerk" and "city clerk" mean secretary. (d) "Superintendent of streets," "street superintendent," and "city engineer" mean the engineer of the district, or any other person appointed to perform the duties. (e) "Tax collector" means county tax collector. (f) "Treasurer" and "city treasurer" mean any person or official who has charge of and makes payment of the funds of the district. (g) "Right-of-way" means any parcel of land in, on, under or through which a right-of-way or easement has been granted to the district for the purpose of constructing and maintaining any of the works or improvements mentioned in Section 6540. (h) "Health officer" means the health officer appointed by the legislative body having jurisdiction over all or any portion of the territory to be served by any of the works mentioned in Section 6540, except that as to cities that have consented to or contracted for health administration by the county health officer pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 101375) of, or Article 3 (commencing with Section 101400) of, Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 101, it shall mean the county health officer. 6543. The powers and duties conferred by those acts and supplementary acts upon boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the respective boards, officers, and agents of the district. 6544. The improvements authorized to be constructed or acquired by this article are restricted to those permitted to be constructed or acquired by such districts under Article 1 of this chapter. Article 4. Improvement Districts
Ca Codes (hsc:6550.1-6550.26) Health And Safety Code Section 6550.1-6550.26 6550.1. An improvement district may be formed to undertake any project for any one or more of the purposes stated in Section 6512 that is of special benefit to the area of such improvement district, including in any such project, any required investigation, study, analysis, appraisal or financing plan. 6550.2. The formation of an improvement district shall be initiated by a resolution of the district board which shall contain all of the following: (a) A description of the proposed boundaries of the improvement district proposed to be formed. (b) A brief general description of the project proposed to be undertaken within such improvement district. (c) A statement that the proposed project will be a special benefit to such improvement district. (d) A statement of the district board's intention to undertake the project. (e) An estimate of the cost of the proposed project. (f) The method by which the proposed project is proposed to be financed, including the amount of bonded debt, if any, to be incurred; and, to the extent that the project is to be financed by taxes levied in such improvement district for purposes other than the payment of the principal of, and interest on, bonds, the proposed maximum amount of such tax which may be levied in any year, which maximum shall not exceed one dollar ($1) per one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of the taxable property in such improvement district. (g) The time, place, and date for a hearing by the district board on the matters stated in such resolution, which shall be not less than 15 nor more than 60 days after the date of adoption of the resolution initiating formation proceedings. 6550.3. The secretary shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing by causing a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 6550.2 to be published for the time provided by Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation, circulated in the proposed improvement district, but if there is no such newspaper, then in one circulated in the county in which the proposed improvement district is situated. The secretary shall also mail copies of the resolution to all landowners owning land within the proposed improvement district. 6550.4. The hearing on the proposed improvement district shall be held by the board of directors upon the date and at the time specified in the resolution initiating proceedings. At the hearing the board of directors shall hear and receive any oral or written protests, objections, or evidence which shall be made, presented, or filed. Any person who shall have filed a written protest may withdraw the same at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing. 6550.5. The district board shall have power to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district, the project to be undertaken, the estimate of the cost of the project, the method by which the project is to be financed, or any two or more of such matters; provided, however, that the board shall not change such boundaries so as to include any territory which will not, in its judgment, be benefited by such improvement and shall exclude from the proposed improvement district any territory which it finds will not be benefited by inclusion therein. 6550.6. If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district by adding territory thereto, the project, the estimate of cost, or the method by which the project is to be financed or to increase the proposed maximum amount of the tax, it shall state the proposed change and the time and place for a hearing thereon in a resolution and give notice of such hearing in the manner required by Section 6550.3. At the time and place fixed for the hearing, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the district board shall continue with the hearing. At the hearing any person interested, including any person owning property within the district or within the proposed improvement district, may appear and present any matters material to the changes stated in the notice. 6550.7. If prior to the conclusion of the hearing written protests against the formation of the proposed improvement district or the proposed project signed by the current holders of title to taxable property within the proposed improvement district which, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll, constitutes more than one-half of the total assessed value of taxable property within the proposed improvement district, are filed with the district board, further proceedings relating to the proposed improvement district and the proposed project shall be terminated and no proceedings for the formation of any improvement district to undertake the proposed project shall be instituted for a period of six months following the date of the conclusion of the hearing. Where taxable property is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the first one of such owners who signs the written protest shall commit all such property to the protest. 6550.8. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the proceedings are not terminated pursuant to Section 6550.7, the district board shall by resolution determine whether it is deemed necessary to form the improvement district and to undertake the project and, if so, the amount of any proposed debt to be incurred to finance the project, that the exterior boundaries of the portion of the district which will be benefited are set forth on a map on file with the district board (which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the improvement district), and that such portion of the district set forth on such map shall thereupon constitute and be known as "Improvement District No. __ of ____ (name of sanitary district)," and the determination made in said resolution shall be final and conclusive. After the formation of such improvement district within a sanitary district, all proceedings for the purpose of any bond election for the project for which the improvement district was formed shall be limited and shall apply only to such improvement district, and taxes for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in such improvement district. 6550.9. When the district board has made its determinations as provided in Section 6550.8, and if the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness to finance the project for which the improvement district was formed, the board shall by resolution call a special election in such improvement district for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters thereof, the proposition of incurring such indebtedness by the issuance of bonds of the district for such improvement district. Such resolution shall state: (a) That the board deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness. (b) The purpose for which the bonded indebtedness will be incurred. (c) The amount of debt to be incurred. (d) The name of the improvement district to be benefited by such indebtedness, and that a map showing the exterior boundaries of such improvement district is on file with the district board, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the improvement district. (e) That taxes for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in such improvement district. (f) The maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity, which shall not exceed 40 years. (g) The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not be more than the rate specified in this part for bonds of the district, payable at the times specified in this chapter for bonds of the district. (h) The measure to be submitted to the voters. (i) The date of the election. (j) The election precincts, polling places and election officers. 6550.10. Except as otherwise provided in this article, notice of the election shall be given and the election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for the authorization of bonds of the entire sanitary district, and if two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness, as proposed, bonds of the district, issued in the name of the district and designated "Bonds of ____ (naming the sanitary district) for Improvement District No. __", shall be issued and sold for the amount stated in the resolution calling the election in the same form and manner as bonds of the entire sanitary district. Each bond of the district for an improvement district and all interest coupons thereof, shall state that taxes for the payment thereof shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in the improvement district. 6550.11. No irregularities or informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same, if the election shall have otherwise been fairly conducted. Any action or proceedings, wherein the validity of the formation of the improvement district or of any bonds issued for it or of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned or denied, shall be commenced within three months from the date of such election; otherwise, such bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the formation of the improvement district, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable. 6550.12. Any moneys required to be raised from taxes for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on bonds of the district for an improvement district shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in the improvement district of such sanitary district, and all the taxable property within the improvement district of such sanitary district shall be and remain liable to be taxed for such payments. The district board shall annually, at the time and in the manner of levying other district taxes, levy and cause to be collected a tax upon the taxable property in the improvement district, based upon the last equalized assessment roll of the district, sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds for that year and such portion of the principal as is to become due before the time for making the next general tax levy. Such bonds and the interest thereon shall not be taxable in this state. 6550.13. Subject to such limitations as may be contained in the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed, the district board shall have the power in any year to cause taxes to be levied and collected in any improvement district to finance any project of such improvement district and to pay the costs of administration, maintenance, and operation of any works or facilities of, or for, such improvement district. 6550.14. The procedure for levying and collecting taxes in any improvement district shall be the same as is provided in Chapter 7 (commencing at Section 6695) of this part for taxes on property in districts. 6550.15. All taxes collected pursuant to this article shall be expended only for the payment of bond principal and interest, or only for the improvement district project for which levied, except that any surplus tax proceeds levied otherwise than for payment of bond principal and interest which remain after the completion of any improvement district project for which levied shall be transferred to the bond interest and redemption fund of such improvement district, if any, otherwise to the district's general fund. 6550.16. For the purpose of any tax levied under this article, the properties within any improvement district shall be deemed to be equally benefited. 6550.17. Territory within a district, but not a part of an improvement district created pursuant to this article, may be annexed to such improvement district whether or not contiguous thereto. 6550.18. Annexation of territory to an improvement district shall be initiated by a resolution of the district board which shall contain at least all of the following: (a) A description of the territory proposed to be annexed. (b) A statement that the area to be annexed to the improvement district will be benefited by such annexation. (c) The time, place, and date for a hearing by the district board on the proposed annexation, which shall not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days after the date of adoption of the resolution initiating annexation proceedings. (d) Any additional matters which the district board may determine are necessary or convenient to the annexation proceedings. 6550.19. The resolution shall be published and notice of the hearing on the proposed annexation shall be given, in the manner required by Section 6550.3, except that in applying such section the words "improvement district" shall mean the territory proposed to be annexed. 6550.20. The hearing on the proposed annexation shall be held in the manner required by Section 6550.4, except that in applying such section the words, "improvement district" shall mean the territory proposed to be annexed. 6550.21. The district board shall have the power to change the boundaries of territory proposed to be annexed to an improvement district, but shall not include any territory which, in its judgment, will not be benefited by inclusion within the improvement district, nor shall it exclude any territory which it finds would be benefited by inclusion within the improvement district. 6550.22. If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed by adding territory thereto, it shall give notice thereof in the manner provided in Section 6550.19. Owners of land within the affected territory shall be given an opportunity to appear before the district board pursuant to Section 6550.20 and to register any protests. 6550.23. At the conclusion of the hearing, the district board may, by resolution, order the annexation to the improvement district of such territory as it determines will be benefited by inclusion therein. 6550.24. If all the owners of land within the territory proposed to be annexed have given their written assent to such annexation, the board may, by resolution, order such an annexation without notice and hearing by the board. 6550.25. After the adoption of a resolution ordering such annexation, or a resolution confirming an order of annexation following an election thereon, the secretary shall file a certified copy thereof with a map of the territory thus annexed with the county assessor and the county tax collector of each county in which such annexed territory is situated and with the State Board of Equalization. 6550.26. Territory annexed to an improvement district shall be subject to existing bond issues and indebtedness of the improvement district from and after the filing with the county assessor specified in Section 6550.25. Chapter 5. Elections
Ca Codes (hsc:6560-6563) Health And Safety Code Section 6560-6563 6560. The election on the question of formation of a district shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law. Except as otherwise provided in this part, general district elections shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law. 6561. Every voter resident within the district or a proposed district for the period requisite to enable him to vote at a general election, is entitled to vote at district elections. 6562. At an annexation election every qualified voter resident in the territory proposed to be annexed for the length of time necessary to enable him to vote at a general election may vote. 6563. At district elections the last great register of the county shall be used, and any person otherwise entitled to vote whose name is not upon the register is entitled to vote upon producing and filing with the election board a certificate, under the hand and seal of the county clerk, showing that his name is registered and uncanceled upon the great register of the county. Article 2. Election Of Officers
Ca Codes (hsc:6580-6585) Health And Safety Code Section 6580-6585 6580. Except as provided in Sections 6580.1 and 6580.2, all elections of officers after the formation of the district, which elections shall be known as "general district elections," shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year. 6580.1. The election of officers may be consolidated with the direct primary election if the board of directors passes a resolution to that effect on or before the first day of August of the preceding odd-numbered year, and states in the resolution those offices of director to be filled at the first consolidated election. The offices that may be filled at the first consolidated election in those districts whose general district elections are held pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law are those offices that would have expired on the last Friday of December of the year preceding the direct primary election and in all other districts are those offices that would have expired in the year of the consolidated election or in the year next following. Upon a determination to consolidate pursuant to this section, the affected officers shall hold office until the first meeting of the board following the entry of the statement of the result of the consolidated election on the records of the board of supervisors or until the end of the terms for which they were elected, whichever is shorter. In the event this consolidation procedure is used, all other elective offices shall expire and be filled in the same manner at the next succeeding consolidated election. Any vacant office resulting from the operation of this section shall be filled by appointment by the board. If the election of directors is consolidated, and if there is to be but one person to be elected to the office, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast for the candidates for that office shall be declared elected. If there are two or more persons to be elected to the office, those candidates equal in number to the number to be elected who receive the highest number of votes for the office shall be declared elected. If a tie vote makes it impossible to determine which of two or more candidates has been elected, the governing board shall forthwith notify the candidates who have received the tie votes to appear before it either personally or by representative, at a time and place designated by the governing body. The governing body shall then determine the tie by lot and the results thereof shall be declared by the governing body. The candidate so chosen shall qualify, take office and serve as though elected at the preceding general district election. For consolidated elections, candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, election returns shall be canvassed, the election shall be held and conducted, the results shall be declared, and the certificates of election shall be issued, in the same manner as the declaration of candidacy, nomination, election, canvassing of returns, declaration of results, and issuance of certificates of election for county officers are made, declared, held, and conducted, and issued, so far as consistent with the provisions of this section. Directors elected under this section, except the first board of directors, shall take office at the first meeting of the board following the entry of the statement of the result of the consolidated election on the records of the board of supervisors. Elections held under this section at the time of the direct primary election and consolidated therewith shall be known as the general district election, and each other election in a district holding elections under this section which may be held by authority of this law, the Elections Code, or other law applicable thereto, shall be known as a special district election. Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 of, and Section 10515 of the Elections Code shall apply to every consolidation under this section. 6580.2. An officer elected or appointed pursuant to Section 6580.1 shall hold office until the election or appointment and qualification of his or her successor. A district that has determined to consolidate its general district elections with the direct primary election may thereafter determine to conduct its general district elections pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law. In such event, the district board shall, at any time on or before July 15 of any odd-numbered year, adopt a resolution to that effect. A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the county elections official no later than July 20 of that year. Thereafter, the terms of each elective officer shall be determined pursuant to Section 10507 of the Elections Code, and, commencing with the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of said year, all subsequent general district elections shall be held in the time and manner set forth in the Uniform District Election Law. 6585. The nominating petition may be upon one or more sheets of paper. Each petition shall contain the name of only one candidate who shall be a resident elector of the district. Article 2.5. Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Ca Codes (hsc:6590-6595) Health And Safety Code Section 6590-6595 6590. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this article shall apply only to the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District. 6591. (a) In the case of an elected district board, the directors may be elected by divisions if a majority of the voters voting upon the question are in favor of the question at a general district or special election. Conversely, in the case of a district that has an elected district board which is elected by election division, the directors may be elected at large if a majority of the voters voting upon the question are in favor of the question at a general district or special election. (b) As used in this section, "election by division" means the election of each member of the district board by voters of only the respective election division. (c) The district board may adopt a resolution placing the question on the ballot. Alternatively, upon receipt of a petition signed by at least 5 percent of the registered voters of the district, the district board shall adopt a resolution placing the question on the ballot. (d) If the question is submitted to the voters at a general district election, the notice required by Section 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on the ballot. If the question is submitted to the voters at a special election, the notice of election and ballot shall contain a statement of the question. (e) If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves the election of directors by divisions, the district board shall promptly adopt a resolution dividing the district into as many divisions as there are directors. The resolution shall assign a number to each division. Using the last decennial census as a basis, the divisions shall be as nearly equal in population as possible. In establishing the boundaries of the divisions the district board may give consideration to the following factors: (1) topography, (2) geography, (3) cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of territory, and (4) community of interests of the divisions. (f) If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves the election of directors by division, the board members shall be elected by election divisions and each member elected shall be a resident of the election division from which he or she is elected. At the district general election following the approval by the voters of the election of directors by divisions, the district board shall assign vacancies on the board created by the expiration of terms to the respective election divisions and the vacancies shall be filled from those election divisions. (g) If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves the election of directors at large, the district board shall promptly adopt a resolution dissolving the election divisions which had existed. 6592. In the case of a district board elected by election divisions, the district board shall adjust the boundaries of the election divisions before November 1 of the year following the year in which each decennial federal census is taken. If at any time between each decennial federal census a change of organization alters the population of the district or the district increases or decreases the number of members of the district board, the district board shall reexamine the boundaries of its election divisions. If the district board finds that the population of any election division has varied so that the divisions no longer meet the criteria specified in subdivision (c) of Section 6591, the district board shall adjust the boundaries of the election divisions so that the divisions shall be as nearly equal in population as possible. The district board shall make this change within 60 days of the effective date of the change of organization or an increase or decrease in the number of members of the district board. 6593. (a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to Section 6591, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for the proposal. The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the district. If the district is located in more than one county, publication of the notice shall be made in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties. (b) The notice shall be signed by at least one, but not more than three, chief petitioners and shall be in substantially the following form: "Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition Notice is hereby given of the intention to circulate a petition affecting the Board of Directors of the ______ (name of the district). The petition proposes that ______ (description of the proposal)." (c) Within five days after the date of publication, the chief petitioners shall file with the secretary of the district board a copy of the notice together with an affidavit made by a representative of the newspaper in which the notice was published certifying to the fact of publication. (d) After the filing required pursuant to subdivision (c), the petition may be circulated for signatures. 6594. (a) Sections 100 and 104 of the Elections Code shall govern the signing of the petition and the format of the petition. (b) A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. The chief petitioner or petitioners shall file the petition, together with all counterparts, with the secretary of the district board. The secretary shall not accept a petition for filing unless the signatures have been secured within six months of the date on which the first signature was obtained and the chief petitioner or petitioners submitted the petition to the secretary for filing within 60 days after the last signature was obtained. 6595. (a) Within 30 days after the date of filing a petition, the secretary of the district board shall cause the petition to be examined and shall prepare a certificate of sufficiency indicating whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of signers. (b) The secretary shall cause the names of the signers on the petition to be compared with the voters' register in the office of the county clerk or registrar of voters and ascertain (1) the number of registered voters in the district, and (2) the number of qualified signers appearing upon the petition. (c) If the certificate of the secretary shows the petition to be insufficient, the secretary shall immediately give notice by certified mail of the insufficiency to the chief petitioners. That mailed notice shall state in what amount the petition is insufficient. Within 15 days after the date of the notice of insufficiency, the chief petitioners may file with the secretary a supplemental petition bearing additional signatures. (d) Within 10 days after the date of filing a supplemental petition, the secretary shall examine the supplemental petition and certify in writing the results of his or her examination. (e) The secretary shall sign and date a certificate of sufficiency. That certificate shall also state the minimum signature requirements for a sufficient petition and show the results of the secretary's examination. The secretary shall mail a copy of the certificate of sufficiency to the chief petitioners. (f) Once the chief petitioners have filed a sufficient petition, the district board shall take the actions required pursuant to Section 6591. Article 3. Bond Elections
Ca Codes (hsc:6610-6613) Health And Safety Code Section 6610-6613 6610. Notice of bond elections shall be given by posting notices, signed by not less than a majority of the board, in three public places in the district, at least one of which shall be in each county in which the district is located, not less than 20 days before the election, and by publishing the notice not less than once a week for three successive weeks before the election in a newspaper published in the district, if there is one, and if not, in a newspaper published in each county in which the district is located. 6611. The notice shall contain: (a) Time and place of holding the election. (b) The names of the officers of election appointed to conduct it. (c) The hours during the day in which the polls will be open. (d) A statement of the purpose for which the election is held. (e) The amount of the proposed bonds, the rate of interest or maximum rate of interest to be paid and the number of years not to exceed which the whole of the bonds are to run. 6612. The vote shall be by ballot, without reference to the general law in regard to form of ballot. The ballot shall contain the words "Bonds--Yes" and "Bonds--No," and the person voting at the election shall put a cross (+) upon his ballot after the "Yes" or "No" to indicate whether he has voted for or against the bonds. 6613. After the votes have been announced the ballots shall be sealed and delivered to the secretary or president of the board, which board shall on the seventh day after the election meet and canvass the returns and enter the results in its minutes. The entry is conclusive evidence of the fact and regularity of all prior proceedings and of the facts stated in the entry. Chapter 6. Bonds
Ca Codes (hsc:6640-6655) Health And Safety Code Section 6640-6655 6640. A district may issue bonds as provided in this part. 6641. A district may issue bonds to raise money for any of the purposes stated in Section 6512 hereof. 6642. By order entered in its minutes, when in its judgment it is advisable, the board may and shall, upon a petition of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the district, call an election and submit to the electors of the district the question whether bonds shall be issued. 6643. The order calling the election may submit as one proposal the question of issuing bonds to make all of the outlays, or so many of them as may be selected, or the order may submit at the election as separate questions the issuance of bonds for any of the outlays singly or in combination. 6644. If, at the election, two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of the issuance of bonds, the board may issue and dispose of the bonds as proposed in the order calling the election. 6645. Bonds issued by the district under the provisions of this part shall be of such denomination or denominations as the board determines. 6646. The bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the treasurer and bear interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent per annum, payable semiannually in like lawful money. The interest for the first year may be payable in one installment at the end of such year, or the interest for the period from the date of the bonds to a date not later than 30 days after the date the second installment of the first district taxes levied after the date of said bonds will become delinquent may be payable in one installment at the end of such period. 6647. No bonds shall be payable in installments, but each shall be payable in full on the date specified therein by the board, which need not be an anniversary of the date of the bond. The board may provide that any bond issued by the district may be subject to call and retirement prior to maturity at such times and prices and upon such other terms as the board may specify. If a bond is subject to call and retirement prior to maturity that fact shall be stated in the bond. 6648. Each bond shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary. The bonds shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with number one, and shall have coupons attached referring to the number of the bond. 6649. The bonds shall be sold by the board in such manner and in such quantities as may be determined by it in its discretion but not less than 95 percent of the par value thereof. Before selling the bonds, or any part thereof, the board shall give notice inviting sealed bids in such manner as the board may prescribe. If satisfactory bids are received, the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. If no bids are received, or if the board determines that the bids received are not satisfactory as to price or responsibility of the bidders, the board may reject all bids received, if any, and either again give notice inviting bids or sell the bonds at private sale. 6650. The term of bonds issued shall not exceed forty years. 6651. The outstanding bonds of the district shall not at any one time exceed 15 percent of the assessed value of the real and personal property of the district, except where the board elects to use the county assessor's tax roll pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 6780) of Chapter 7 of this part, in which case the outstanding bonds of the district may equal an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the assessed value of the real and personal property of the district. Within the meaning of this section the term "bonds" means only bonds payable from the proceeds of taxes levied upon taxable property in the district. 6653. An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. 6654. (1) An issue of bonds is hereby defined to be the aggregate principal amount of all of the bonds authorized to be issued in accordance with a proposal submitted to and approved by the electors of the district, but no indebtedness will be deemed to have been contracted until bonds shall have been sold and delivered and then only to the extent of the principal amount of bonds so sold and delivered. (2) The sanitary board of any district issuing any bonds heretofore or hereafter authorized may, in its discretion, divide the aggregate principal amount of such issue into two or more divisions or series and fix different dates for the bonds of each separate division or series. In the event any authorized issue is divided into two or more divisions or series, the bonds of each division or series may be made payable at such time or times as may be fixed by the legislative body of the district separate and distinct from the time or times of payment of bonds of any other division or series of the same issue. (3) The provisions of this section shall also apply to bonds issued in an annexed territory and to reconstruction bonds and refunding bonds. 6655. In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include: (a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of the project. (b) All engineering, inspection, legal and fiscal agent's fees, costs of the bond election and of the issuance of said bonds, bond reserve funds and working capital and bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period of not to exceed 12 months after completion of construction. Article 2. Bonds Of Annexed Territory
Ca Codes (hsc:6660-6661) Health And Safety Code Section 6660-6661 6660. At any time after the annexation of territory, the board may issue bonds to raise money for any of the purposes stated in Section 6512 hereof in or for the benefit of said annexed area in the same manner as in any other part of the district, except, only qualified electors resident within the annexed territory are entitled to petition or vote in the proceedings. In the event any such bonds are issued in such annexed territory, or in lieu thereof proceedings are had under Article 3 of Chapter 4 of this part, said territory shall not be subject to taxation for any bonds of the district or of any area previously annexed thereto theretofore authorized to be issued for one or more of the same purposes under Article 1 of Chapter 6 of this part. When no such bond proceedings are intended to be taken in such territory, then in the order of the sanitary board fixing the boundaries thereof, or by resolution adopted subsequently thereto when it is found by said sanitary board to be necessary in order to provide equality of taxation in said annexed area, said sanitary board may determine that said annexed area shall not be subject to taxation for any prior indebtedness of said district or of any other part thereof. Certified copies of said resolution shall be filed with the county clerk and also with the county assessor and with the State Board of Equalization in Sacramento and thereafter said annexed area shall not be subject to taxation for any such prior indebtedness. 6661. The provisions of this part with reference to bonds in annexed territory do not limit the powers or alter the procedure provided for the issuance of bonds by an entire district and payable out of taxes levied upon all taxable property whether the boundaries of the district remain as originally established or have been altered by annexation. Article 3. Reconstruction Bonds
Ca Codes (hsc:6670.1) Health And Safety Code Section 6670.1 6670.1. Bonds of the district for the purpose of providing funds for the construction of a larger main sewer or a different system shall be authorized and issued in the same manner as that provided in this part for other bonds of the district. Article 4. Exchange Of Bonds
Ca Codes (hsc:6680-6683) Health And Safety Code Section 6680-6683 6680. After a district organized under the Sanitary District Act of 1891, or Chapter 161, Statutes of 1891, has been reorganized under this part the entire amount of bonds issued by it under either act may be presented by the holder to the board, and there shall be issued in exchange to the holder, by the board, bonds issued in accordance with this part for the various amounts of the bonds surrendered. 6681. The new bonds shall be payable as nearly as practicable at the same time as the installments on the old bonds and in equal amounts. Interest on the new bonds shall be paid at the same time and rate as on the old bonds. The amount of the new bonds payable in any one year shall equal the amount of the installments on the old bonds payable in that year. 6682. The expenses of the exchange shall be borne by the holder of the bonds presented for exchange. 6683. After the exchange the old bonds shall be canceled by punching holes in the signatures, and shall be retained by the county treasurer. Article 5. Refunding Bonds
Ca Codes (hsc:6690-6694.3) Health And Safety Code Section 6690-6694.3 6690. The board may cause refunding bonds to be issued for the purpose of refunding any or all outstanding bonds of the district. 6691. Refunding bonds shall be issued and delivered only when the bonds to be refunded have matured or are about to mature or are subject to retirement before maturity, or, if the outstanding bonds are not subject to retirement the retirement thereof shall have been assured or obtained by consent of the holders thereof. 6692. Except as otherwise provided in this article, refunding bonds shall be issued in substantially the manner and form prescribed for the issuance of other bonds under this part and the provisions of this part concerning the authorization, certification, issuance, and sale of bonds shall be applicable to bonds issued under this article. 6693. The board desiring to refund any of its bonds may formulate a proposed plan for that purpose and shall call an election for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of such refunding bonds. The election shall be called and held and the result thereof determined and declared substantially in the same manner as provided by this part for the issuance of other bonds of the district. 6694. Only a majority vote shall be required to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds. 6694.1. The maturity date of refunding bonds shall be fixed by the board but in no case shall the maturity of any such bonds be more than forty years from the date thereof. 6694.2. The rate of interest on refunding bonds shall not exceed 8 percent per annum payable semiannually. 6694.3. Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment of the bonds to be refunded thereby and in addition all expenses incidental to the calling, retiring or payment of such outstanding bonds and the issuance of such refunding bonds. Chapter 7. Finances And Taxation
Ca Codes (hsc:6695-6701) Health And Safety Code Section 6695-6701 6695. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, no more than sixty cents ($0.60) on each one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation shall be levied for all the district purposes in any one year, besides what is required for the payment of the bond principal and interest for that year. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this part, if the board elects to use the county assessor's tax roll pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 6780) of this chapter, no more than one dollar ($1) on each one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation shall be levied for all the district purposes in any one year, besides what is required for the payment of the bond principal and interest for that year. 6696. The board may prescribe the time and manner of assessing, levying, and collecting taxes for district purposes, except as otherwise provided in this part. 6697. District taxes may be assessed, levied, and collected for any or all of the following purposes: (a) To pay the principal and interest of the bonds issued by the district. (b) To raise money for any of the purposes stated in Sections 6512 and 6660 hereof. (c) To pay any lawful claims against the district. (d) To pay the running expenses of the district. 6698. The board shall annually levy a tax upon the taxable property in the district sufficient to pay the interest on bonds for the year, and such portion of the principal as is due or is to become due during the year, so that the entire amount of principal and interest of the bonds shall be paid at or before maturity, and in any event within forty years of the date of issuance of the bonds. 6699. If any portion of the interest or principal due for any year remains unpaid, it shall be added to the levy for the next year, and shall be collected and paid accordingly. 6700. The payment of the principal and interest of all bonds, within forty years from their issuance, is the obligation of the district; and, if necessary to accomplish that purpose, a special tax shall be levied. 6701. Taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds of annexed territory shall be limited to the taxable property in the annexed territory. Article 2. Assessment By District Assessor
Ca Codes (hsc:6715-6718) Health And Safety Code Section 6715-6718 6715. Between the first Mondays in March and July annually the assessor shall assess all taxable property in the district to the persons by whom it was owned or claimed, or in whose possession or control it was at twelve o'clock noon of the first Monday in March next preceding. 6716. No mistake in the name of the owner of any property, or any informality in the description or in other parts of the assessment, shall invalidate the assessment. 6717. The assessor shall verify his assessment roll, and shall deposit it with the board on the first Monday in July in each year, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. 6718. All the provisions of law relating to assessment of property by county assessor shall, so far as applicable, apply to and govern the acts of the assessor in the assessment of taxable property in the district. Article 3. Equalization Of Assessments By District Assessor
Ca Codes (hsc:6730-6734) Health And Safety Code Section 6730-6734 6730. Annually, on the first Monday of July at seven thirty p.m. the board shall meet as a board of equalization. 6731. If the district assessor has returned the assessment roll for the year the board shall proceed to equalize the assessments. 6732. If the assessment roll has not been returned by the district assessor the board shall adjourn from time to time until the roll has been returned, and for the purpose of adjournment one or more of the members of the board present may make and announce the adjournment. 6733. When the assessment roll is returned by the district assessor, the board shall equalize the assessments, and the board shall continue in session as a board of equalization with reasonable intermissions until the roll has been examined, rectified, and equalized. 6734. The board may hear complaints as to the proceedings of the district assessor and adjudicate and determine the controversy. It may of its own motion raise an assessment, after such reasonable notice to the party whose assessment is to be raised, as may be ordered by the board. Article 4. Levy Of Tax
Ca Codes (hsc:6745-6747) Health And Safety Code Section 6745-6747 6745. After the equalization of the assessments has been completed, the board shall, by resolution, fix the rate of taxation for district purposes, designating the number of cents on each one hundred dollars to be levied for each fund and shall designate the fund into which the proceeds shall be paid. 6746. After the entry in the minutes of the resolution fixing the rate of the tax the board shall cause the district assessor to compute the amount of the tax upon each item of real and personal property, and enter the amount on the assessment roll. 6747. When completed, the roll shall be verified by the district assessor and signed by the president and secretary. The amount of the tax then is a lien on the property against which it is assessed, and has the effect of a judgment against the owner. The lien has the force and effect of an execution duly levied against all the property of the delinquent, and is not satisfied and the lien is not extinguished until the taxes are paid or the property sold to satisfy them. The statute of limitations shall not apply. Article 5. Collection
Ca Codes (hsc:6760-6767) Health And Safety Code Section 6760-6767 6760. As soon as practicable, but not later than the third Monday in August, after the taxes have been computed and extended on the assessment roll, verified by the district assessor and signed by the president and secretary of the board, the board shall transmit, or cause the district assessor to transmit, the roll or a duplicate to the tax collector of the county. 6761. The tax collector shall collect the taxes shown to be due, in the same manner as he collects the county taxes. 6762. All the provisions of the laws of the state as to the collection of taxes and delinquent taxes, and the enforcement of their payment, so far as applicable, apply to the collection of district taxes. 6763. The board may direct the district attorney of the county to commence and prosecute suits for the collection of the whole or any portion of the delinquent taxes. The district attorney shall carry out such directions of the board. The district attorney and the sureties on his official bond are responsible for the due performance of the duty imposed upon him by this part. 6764. All money collected for district purposes by the district attorney under this part shall be at once paid to the treasurer. 6765. The board may at any time, by order entered in its minutes, provide a system for the collection of delinquent taxes, or make any change in the manner of their collection. 6766. The tax collector shall immediately pay to the treasurer all money collected by him for district purposes and the treasurer shall keep it in the county treasury as provided in this part. 6767. The tax collector and the sureties on his official bond are responsible for the due performance of the duties imposed upon him by this part. Article 6. Use Of County Assessor's Roll
Ca Codes (hsc:6780-6787) Health And Safety Code Section 6780-6787 6780. The board may elect to avail itself of the assessment made by the assessor of the county in which the district is situated, and may take that assessment as the basis for district taxation. 6781. The board shall declare its election by resolution and shall file a certified copy with the auditor and the assessor of the county on or before the first Monday in February of the year in which the district proposes to use the county assessment roll. Until the board by resolution elects otherwise all taxes shall be levied by the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated and collected by the county assessor and tax collector of the county. 6782. Following the board's election, the county auditor shall on or about the third Monday of August of each year transmit to the board a written statement showing the total value of all property in the district, which value shall be ascertained from the assessment roll used by the county for that year. 6783. The board shall, then, before September 1st, estimate the amount of money needed and fix the rate of taxation for district purposes and for the payment of the principal and interest of that year upon outstanding bonds and the payment of the principal and interest that the board believes will become due during the year on bonds authorized but not sold. 6784. The board shall designate the number of cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) to be levied for each fund and the fund into which the proceeds shall be paid, using as a basis the value of property as assessed on the county roll. These acts by the board are a valid assessment of the property and a valid levy of the taxes so fixed. 6785. The board shall by September 1st of each year certify to the county auditor of the county in which the district is situated the rate of taxation fixed. 6786. The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district, using the rate of levy as fixed by the board and the assessed value as found on the assessment roll. The taxes shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected, and when collected shall be at once paid to the treasurer. 6787. The taxes are a lien on all the property in the district, and the taxes, whether for the payment of a bonded indebtedness, or for other purposes, shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes, and their collection shall be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens for county taxes. Article 6.5. Districts In More Than One County
Ca Codes (hsc:6789) Health And Safety Code Section 6789 6789. Taxes for a district which is situated in more than one county and which has availed itself of the county assessor's roll pursuant to Sections 6780 and 6781 shall be levied in accordance with the following procedure: (a) The district board shall annually, before the time of fixing the general tax levy for county purposes, estimate the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation to meet the requirements for district purposes, including, but not limited to, operation, maintenance, and payment of principal and interest on outstanding bonds which will become payable before the proceeds of another tax levy made at the time of the next general tax levy for county purposes can be made available for payment of such operation, maintenance, principal and interest. (b) The total estimate shall be divided by the district board in proportion to the value of the real property of the district in each county. The value shall be determined from the equalized values of the last assessment rolls of the counties. When the division of the estimate has been made, the district board shall promptly certify to the boards of supervisors of the counties in which the district is situated the respective parts of the estimate apportioned to each county. (c) The board of supervisors of each county in which is situated any part of a district shall annually, at the time of levying county taxes, levy a tax upon all the property within the district situated in the county sufficient to raise the amount so certified to the board of supervisors by the district board. (d) The tax shall be collected by the same officers and in the same manner as other county taxes, and the money so collected shall be transmitted to the district treasurer. Article 7. Funds
Ca Codes (hsc:6790-6801) Health And Safety Code Section 6790-6801 6790. In a fund called the "bond fund of sanitary district" (naming it) the treasurer shall keep the money levied by the board for that fund. 6791. No part of the money in the bond fund may be transferred to any other fund or be used for any purpose other than the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds of the district, and for the retirement of bonds that have been issued by a district that formerly formed a part of the district while any bonds are unpaid. 6792. In a fund called the "running expense fund of ____ Sanitary District" (naming it) the treasurer shall place and keep the money levied by the board for that fund. 6793. The whole or any part of the money in the running expense fund shall be transferred to the bond fund, or to any other fund provided for in this part, on the order of the board. 6794. The treasurer shall pay out money of the district only upon the written order of the board, signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary. The order shall specify the name of the person to whom the money is to be paid, the fund from which it is to be paid, and shall state generally the purpose for which the payment is to be made. The order shall be entered in the minutes of the board. 6795. The treasurer shall keep the order as his voucher, and shall keep a specific account of receipts and disbursements for the district. 6796. The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be deposited with the treasurer and shall be by him placed in the fund to be called the "sewer construction fund of ____ sanitary district" (naming it). 6797. The money in the sewer construction fund shall be used for the purpose indicated in the order calling the election upon the question of the issuance of the bonds, and for no other purpose, but, if after those purposes are entirely fulfilled any balance remains in the fund, the balance may, upon the order of the board, be transferred to either of the other funds provided by this part. 6798. All fines for the violation of any regulation or order of the board shall, after the expenses of the prosecution are deducted, be paid to the secretary, who shall forthwith deposit them with the treasurer, who shall place them in the running expense fund of the district. 6799. The county treasurer and sureties upon his official bond are liable for the due performance of the duties imposed upon him by this part. 6800. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this article, the board may, out of any surplus funds remaining in the bond fund, the running expense fund or the sewer construction fund, purchase in the open market its outstanding unmatured bonds. No bonds shall be purchased at a price above par and accrued interest plus an allowance of six months interest from the date of purchase. All bonds so purchased shall be canceled. 6801. As an alternative to the functions of the treasurer, the district board may elect to disburse funds of the district. Such election shall be made by resolution of the board and the filing of a certified copy thereof with the treasurer. The treasurer shall thereupon and thereafter deliver to the district all funds of the district. Such funds shall be deposited by the board in a bank or banks, or savings and loan association or savings and loan associations, approved for deposit of public funds and shall be withdrawn only by written order of the district board, signed by the president and secretary. The order shall specify the name of the payee, the fund from which it is to be paid and state generally the purpose for which payment is to be made. Such order shall be entered in the minutes of the board. The district board shall appoint a treasurer who shall be responsible for the deposit and withdrawal of funds of the district. The treasurer shall deposit with the district, prior to October 1st of each year, a surety bond in the annual amount fixed by the district board. The deposit and withdrawal of funds of the district shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing at Section 53630), Chapter 4, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5, of the Government Code. Article 8. Claims
Ca Codes (hsc:6805) Health And Safety Code Section 6805 6805. All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto. Chapter 8. Reorganization
Ca Codes (hsc:6810-6823) Health And Safety Code Section 6810-6823 6810. A district organized under Chapter 161, Statutes of 1891, or under the Sanitary District Act of 1919 may be reorganized as a district under this part. 6811. To effect the reorganization a petition, signed by not less than twenty-five residents and freeholders within the district, and also by a majority of the members of the district board, shall be presented to the board of supervisors. 6812. The petition shall be verified by at least one of the petitioners in the manner prescribed by law for the verification of pleadings, and shall set forth the boundaries and name of the district and pray that it be reorganized under this part. 6813. The petition shall be published for at least two weeks preceding the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county, together with a notice stating the time when the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors, and that all persons interested may appear and be heard. 6814. At that time the board of supervisors shall hear the petition. The board of supervisors shall not modify the boundaries of the district as set forth in the petition so as to exclude from the district any land which would be benefited by the reorganization of the district under this part, nor shall any lands which will not in the judgment of the board of supervisors be benefited by the reorganized district be included within the district. 6815. If the board of supervisors finds, upon the final hearing of the petition, that the statements therein are correct the board shall make an order approving the petition, describing the boundaries of the territory included within the district, and declaring that the territory is organized as a district under this part. 6816. From and after the making of the order of reorganization by the board of supervisors, the district is organized under this part with all the powers conferred by this part. The persons in office at the time of the reorganization are entitled immediately to enter upon the duties of the like offices of the reorganized district and shall continue to serve until the election and qualification of their respective successors in accordance with this part. 6817. A district reorganized under this part is for all purposes the district previously existing. 6818. Reorganization shall not affect or impair the title to any property owned or held by or in trust for the district, or any debt, demand, liability, or obligation existing in favor of or against the district, or any proceeding then pending. 6819. Reorganization shall not operate to repeal or affect in any manner any ordinance previously passed or adopted and remaining unrepealed, or to discharge any person from any liability then existing for any violation of the ordinance. Proceedings commenced before reorganization shall, after reorganization, be conducted in accordance with this part. 6823. The district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or with any person, firm or corporation, for the joint acquisition or construction or use of any sewer or sewers or other works or facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from the district and such other area as may be designated in said contract, when in the judgment of the legislative body of said district it is for the best interests of the district so to do. Any such contract may provide for the construction and maintenance of such sewer or sewers, or such other works or facilities, and for the payment by or for the parties thereto of such proportionate part of the cost of the acquisition, construction or maintenance of such sewer or sewers or other works or facilities as may be stated in said contract, the payments to be made at such times and in such amounts as may be provided by said contract. Any such contract may provide for the joint use of any sewer or sewers, works or facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, and for the flowage, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from such area for each of the parties thereto as may be described in the contract. Any district which has acquired or constructed or which proposes to acquire or construct, any sewer or sewers, or works or other facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste, may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or with any person, firm or corporation for the use of any such sewer or sewers, works or facilities by any such county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation, or for the flowage, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from any area designated by such person, firm or corporation so contracting, upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in said contract. Chapter 8.5. District Reorganized From County Sanitation District 6825
Ca Codes (hsc:6825) Health And Safety Code Section 6825 6825. Any duty imposed by this part on any county officer shall be deemed imposed on the county officers of the respective counties in which is situated a sanitary district reorganized under Section 4857 of this code from a county sanitation district encompassing territory in more than one county; provided, that where appropriate, the board may select the officers of one county to perform such duties for the entire district. Chapter 9. Annexation
Ca Codes (hsc:6830) Health And Safety Code Section 6830 6830. There may be annexed to a district any of the following territory which is in the same county as the district or which is within another county but in the natural watershed area of the district: (a) Any territory contiguous to the district. (b) Any territory any point of which touches any point of the district. (c) Any territory separated from the district by a "separating barrier," which term includes a street, road, highway, railway line, railway crossing, railway right-of-way, watercourse, lagoon, or other natural barrier. (d) Any territory not contiguous to the district that will, in the opinion of the district board, be benefited by inclusion in the district. Any territory specified in this section may consist of one or more separate parcels of land, but it is not necessary that all parcels shall constitute in the aggregate one tract of land. Part 2. Other Sanitary District Acts
Ca Codes (hsc:6935-6936) Health And Safety Code Section 6935-6936 6935. No right or obligation accrued by the formation, organization, reorganization or operation of a sanitary district pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891 or the provisions of the Sanitary District Act of 1919 is affected by the repeal of those acts and any district so organized or reorganized may continue in existence and subject to the act under which it was organized or reorganized or may reorganize pursuant to this part. 6936. Pursuant to Section 1002 of the Elections Code, any election held under Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891 or the Sanitary District Act of 1919 shall be held on the second Tuesday in March rather than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March. Chapter 2. Use Of County Assessor's Roll
Ca Codes (hsc:6940-6941.9) Health And Safety Code Section 6940-6941.9 6940. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891, or the provisions of the Sanitary District Act of 1919, as the provisions of these acts existed at the time of their repeal, the board of any sanitary district organized or reorganized under and continuing in existence and subject to these acts may elect to avail itself of the assessment roll of the properties within the district, used by the county in which the district is situated, and may take that assessment as the basis for district taxation. 6940.3. The board shall declare its election by resolution and shall file a certified copy with the auditor and the assessor of the county on or before the first Monday in February of the year in which the district proposes to use the county assessment roll. Thereafter, until the board by resolution elects otherwise all taxes shall be collected by the county assessor and tax collector of the county. 6940.6. Following the board's election, the county auditor shall on or about the third Monday in August of each year transmit to the board a written statement showing the total value of all property in the district, which value shall be ascertained from the assessment roll used by the county for that year. 6940.9. Before the first day of September the district board shall fix the rate of taxation for district purposes and for the payment of the principal and interest of that year upon outstanding bonds and the payment of the principal and interest that the board believes will become due during the year on bonds authorized but not sold. 6941.3. The board shall designate the number of cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) to be levied for each fund and the fund into which the proceeds shall be paid, using as a basis the value of property as assessed on the county roll. The district board shall immediately transmit to the auditor of the county in which the district is situated a statement of the tax rate fixed. 6941.6. The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district, using the rate of levy as fixed by the board and the assessed value as found on the assessment roll. The taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected, and when collected shall be at once paid to the treasurer. 6941.9. The taxes are a lien on all the property in the district, and the taxes, whether for the payment of a bonded indebtedness, or for other purposes, shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes, and their collection shall be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens for county taxes. Chapter 3. On-site Wastewater Disposal Zones
Ca Codes (hsc:6950-6954) Health And Safety Code Section 6950-6954 6950. "Board" or "board of directors" means the governing authority of a public agency. 6951. "Public agency" means a city, a county, a special district, or any other political subdivision of the state which is otherwise authorized to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate sanitary sewers or sewage systems. "Public agency" does not mean an improvement district organized pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000), Streets and Highways Code), or the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000), Streets and Highways Code) or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500), Streets and Highways Code), or a county maintenance district. 6952. "On-site wastewater disposal system" means any of several works, facilities, devices, or other mechanisms used to collect, treat, recycle, or dispose of wastewater without the use of communitywide sanitary sewers or sewage systems. 6952.5. "Owner of real property" means any public agency owning land and any person shown as the owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll; provided that where such person is no longer the owner, the term means any person entitled to be shown as owner on the next assessment roll and where land is subject to a recorded written agreement of sale, the term means any person shown therein as purchaser. 6953. "Zone" means an on-site wastewater disposal zone formed pursuant to this chapter. 6954. "Real property" means both land and improvements to land which benefit, directly or indirectly from, or on behalf of, the activities of the zone. Article 2. Formation
Ca Codes (hsc:6955-6974.5) Health And Safety Code Section 6955-6974.5 6955. Whenever the board of directors of a public agency deems it necessary to form an on-site wastewater disposal zone in all or a portion of the public agency's jurisdiction, the board shall by resolution declare that it intends to form such a zone. 6955.1. A proposed zone shall contain at least 12 voters, as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code. However, where there are fewer than 12 registered voters within a proposed zone, the public agency may form a zone if the county health officer determines that an existing or potential public health hazard exists. The board of supervisors shall receive a notice of this determination. 6956. The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) A description of the boundaries of the territory proposed to be included within the zone. The description may be accompanied by a map showing such boundaries. (b) The public benefit to be derived from the establishment of such a zone. (c) A description of the proposed types of on-site wastewater disposal systems and a proposed plan for wastewater disposal. (d) The number of residential units and commercial users in the proposed zone which the public agency proposes to serve. (e) The proposed means of financing the operations of the zone. (f) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the question of the formation and extent of the proposed zone, and the question of the number and type of the residential units and commercial units that the public agency proposes to serve in the proposed zone. (g) That at such time and place any interested persons will be heard. 6956.5. The resolution of intention shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which all or the greater portion of the land in the proposed zone is situated. 6957. (a) A proposal to form a zone within a public agency may also be initiated by filing a petition with the board. Such a petition shall contain all the matters specified in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 6956. Such a petition shall be signed as provided in either of the following: (1) By not less than 10 percent of the voters who reside within the territory proposed to be included within the zone. (2) By not less than 10 percent of the number of owners of real property, including both land and improvements to land, within the territory proposed to be included within the zone who also own not less than 10 percent of the assessed value of the real property within such territory. (b) Each signer of a petition shall add to his or her signature, the date of signing. If the signer is signing the petition as a voter, he or she shall add to his or her signature his or her place of residence, giving street and number, or a designation sufficient to enable the place of residence to be readily ascertained. If the signer is signing the petition as an owner of real property, he or she shall add to his or her signature a description of the real property owned by him or her sufficient to identify the real property. (c) Following certification of the petition, the board shall set the time and place of the hearing on the question of the formation of the proposed zone. 6958. (a) Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention or the petition, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper circulated in the public agency. (b) Notice of the hearing shall also be given to the local health officer, the board of supervisors, the governing body of any other public agency within the boundaries of the proposed zone, the governing body of any public agency whose sphere of influence, as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 54774 of the Government Code, includes the proposed zone, the affected local agency formation commission, and the regional water quality control board in whose jurisdiction the proposed zone lies. 6959. The hearing by the board on the question of the formation of the proposed zone shall be commenced no less than 45 days nor more than 60 days from adoption of a resolution of intention or the receipt of a petition containing a sufficient number of signatures and shall be completed no more than 90 days after the first day of the hearing. 6960. After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6958, a local health officer shall review the proposed formation and report his or her findings in writing to the board of directors of the public agency. The report shall specify the maximum number, type, volume, and location of on-site wastewater disposal systems which could be operated within the proposed zone without individually or collectively, directly or indirectly, resulting in a nuisance or hazard to public health. The local health officer may require from the public agency such information as may be reasonably necessary to make the findings required in this section. 6960.1. After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6958, the affected regional water quality control board shall review the proposed formation and report its findings in writing to the board of directors of the public agency. The report shall specify the maximum number, type, volume, and location of on-site wastewater disposal systems which could be operated within the proposed zone without individually or collectively, directly or indirectly, resulting in a pollution or nuisance, or adversely affecting water quality. The regional water quality control board may require from the public agency such information as may be reasonably necessary to make the findings required in this section. 6960.2. The number, type, volume, and location of on-site wastewater disposal systems to be operated within the zone shall not exceed the number specified pursuant to either Section 6960 or Section 6960.1. 6960.3. The formation of an on-site wastewater disposal zone shall be subject to review and approval by a local agency formation commission which has adopted rules and regulations affecting the functions and services of special districts pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 56450) of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government Code. 6960.4. Prior to any decision on the question of the formation of the proposed zone, the board shall obtain approval for the proposed plan for wastewater disposal from the affected regional water quality control board if such plan involves the disposal of wastewater to a wastewater treatment facility. For any other method of wastewater disposal, and prior to any decision, the board shall obtain approval for the proposed plan from the local health officer and the affected regional water quality control board. The affected regional water quality control board or the local health officer shall not approve any plan which does not comply with applicable requirements of federal, state, regional, or local law, order, regulation, or rule relating to water pollution, the disposal of waste, or public health. 6961. At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention or the petition, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, any interested person may appear and present any matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution of intention or the petition. At the hearing the board shall also hear the reports of any local health officer, and any public agency with statutory responsibilities for setting water quality standards, regarding any matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution of intention or the petition. 6962. At the hearing the board shall also hear and receive any oral or written protests, objections, or evidence which shall be made, presented, or filed. Any person who shall have filed a written protest may withdraw the same at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing. The board shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To exclude any territory proposed to be included in a zone when the board finds that such territory will not be benefited by becoming a part of such zone. (b) To include any additional territory in a proposed zone when the board finds that such territory will be benefited by becoming a part of such zone. 6963. At the close of the hearing the board shall find and declare by resolution that written protests, filed and not withdrawn prior to the conclusion of the hearing, represent one of the following: (a) Less than 35 percent of either of the following: (1) The number of voters who reside in the proposed zone. (2) The number of owners of real property in the proposed zone who also own not less than 35 percent of the assessed value of the real property within the proposed zone. (b) Not less than 35 percent but less than 50 percent of either of the following: (1) The number of voters who reside in the proposed zone. (2) The number of owners of real property in the proposed zone who also own not less than 35 percent but less than 50 percent of the assessed value of the real property within the proposed zone. (c) Not less than 50 percent of either of the following: (1) The number of voters who reside in the proposed zone. (2) The number of owners of real property in the proposed zone who also own not less than 50 percent of the assessed value of the real property within the proposed zone. 6964. If the number of written protests filed and not withdrawn is the number described in subdivision (c) of Section 6963, the board shall abandon any further proceedings on the question of forming a proposed zone. 6965. If the number of written protests filed and not withdrawn is the number described in subdivision (a) of Section 6963, the board shall find and declare by resolution all of the following: (a) A description of the exterior boundaries of the zone as proposed or modified. (b) The number of on-site wastewater disposal systems which the public agency proposes to acquire, operate, maintain, or monitor. (c) That the operation of the proposed zone will not result in land uses that are not consistent with applicable general plans, zoning ordinances, or other land use regulations. (d) The method of financing the operations of the zone. 6966. The board may order the formation of the zone either without election or subject to confirmation by the voters within the zone upon the question of such formation. However, the board shall not order any such formation without an election if the number of written protests filed and not withdrawn is a number described in subdivision (b) of Section 6963. 6967. If the board does not order the formation of the proposed zone, an election on the question shall be conducted if, within 30 days of the date upon which the board did not order the formation, the board receives a petition requesting such an election signed by either of the following: (a) Not less than 35 percent of the voters who reside within the territory proposed to be included within the zone. (b) Not less than 35 percent of the number of owners of real property within the territory proposed to be included within the zone who also own not less than 35 percent of the assessed value of the real property within such territory. 6968. Any election conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of law pertaining to regular or special elections held in the public agency. 6969. After the canvass of returns of any election on the question of forming a proposed zone, the board shall adopt a resolution ordering the formation of the zone if a majority of votes cast at such election are in favor of such formation. 6970. No public agency shall form a zone which includes any territory already included within another zone. 6971. No public agency shall form a zone if such formation will permit other land uses which are not consistent with the general plans, zoning ordinances, or other land use regulations of any county or city within which the proposed zone is located. 6972. After the formation of the zone pursuant to this article, all taxes levied to carry out the purposes of the zone shall be levied exclusively upon the property taxable in the zone by the public agency. 6973. If the board does not form a zone after the close of a hearing in accordance with Section 6967 and no petition is filed pursuant to Section 6967, or if the board abandons proceedings on the proposal to form a zone, or if the formation of a zone is not confirmed by the voters, no further proceeding shall be taken thereon. No application for a subsequent proposal involving substantially the same territory and undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be considered or acted upon by the public agency for at least one year after the date of disapproval of, abandonment of, or election on the proceedings. 6974. Territory within the public agency may be annexed to a zone, provided that such territory is not part of another zone. The requirements and proceedings for the annexation of territory shall be the same as the requirements and proceedings for formation of a zone. 6974.5. Land already a part of a zone may be detached if the board finds and determines, following notice and hearing in the same manner provided for formation of the zone, that the land will not be benefitted by its continued inclusion in the zone. Article 3. Powers
Ca Codes (hsc:6975-6982) Health And Safety Code Section 6975-6982 6975. An on-site wastewater disposal zone may be formed to achieve water quality objectives set by regional water quality control boards, to protect existing and future beneficial water uses, protect public health, and to prevent and abate nuisances. Whenever an on-site wastewater disposal zone has been formed pursuant to this chapter, the public agency shall have the powers set forth in this article, which powers shall be in addition to any other powers provided by law. A public agency shall exercise its powers on behalf of a zone. 6976. An on-site waste water disposal zone shall have the following powers: (a) To collect, treat, reclaim, or dispose of waste water without the use of communitywide sanitary sewers or sewage systems and without degrading water quality within or outside the zone. (b) To acquire, design, own, construct, install, operate, monitor, inspect, and maintain on-site wastewater disposal systems, not to exceed the number of systems specified pursuant to either Section 6960 or Section 6960.1, within the zone in a manner which will promote water quality, prevent the pollution, waste, and contamination of water, and abate nuisances. (c) To conduct investigations, make analyses, and monitor conditions with regard to water quality within the zone. (d) To adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations necessary to implement the purposes of the zone. Such rules and regulations may be adopted only after the board conducts a public hearing after giving public notice pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. 6977. The public agency shall do all such acts as are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with any federal, state, regional, or local law, order, regulation, or rule relating to water pollution or the discharge of pollutants, waste, or any other material within the zone. For such purpose, any authorized representative of the public agency, upon presentation of his credentials, or, if necessary under the circumstances, after obtaining an inspection warrant pursuant to Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, shall have the right of entry to any premises on which a water pollution, waste, or contamination source, including, but not limited to, septic tanks, is located for the purpose of inspecting such source, including securing samples of discharges therefrom, or any records required to be maintained in connection therewith by federal, state, or local law, order, regulation, or rule. 6978. (a) Violation of any of the provisions of a rule or regulation adopted pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 6976 may be abated as a public nuisance by the board. The board may by regulation establish a procedure for the abatement of such a nuisance and to assess the cost of such abatement to the violator. If the violator maintains the nuisance upon real property in which he has a fee title interest, the assessment shall constitute a lien upon such real property in the manner provided in subdivision (b). (b) The amount of any costs, which are incurred by the zone in abating such a nuisance upon real property, shall be assessed to such real property and shall be added to, and become part of, the annual taxes next levied upon the real property subject to abatement and shall constitute a lien upon that real property as of the same time and in the same manner as does the tax lien securing such annual taxes. All laws applicable to the collection and enforcement of county ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to such assessment, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attached thereon, prior to the date on which such delinquent charges appear on the assessment roll, then a lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the delinquent and unpaid charges relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. Any amounts of such assessments collected are to be credited to the funds of the zone from which the costs of abatement were expended. 6979. (a) The owner of any real property upon which is located an on-site wastewater disposal system, which system is subject to abatement as a public nuisance by the public agency, may request the public agency to replace or repair, as necessary, such system. If replacement or repair is feasible, the board may provide for the necessary replacement or repair work. (b) The person or persons employed by the board to do the work shall have a lien, subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 6978, for work done and materials furnished, and the work done and materials furnished shall be deemed to have been done and furnished at the request of the owner. The zone, in the discretion of the board, may pay all, or any part, of the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished; and, to the extent that the zone pays the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished, the zone shall succeed to and have all the rights, including, but not limited to, the lien, of such person or persons employed to do the work against the real property and the owner. 6980. A board may exercise all of the public agency's existing financial powers on behalf of a zone, excepting that any assessment or tax levied upon the real property of a zone shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 6978 and 6981. 6981. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public agency may levy an assessment reasonably proportional to the benefits derived from the zone, as determined by the board, and subject to the approval of the voters pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 2285) of Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. Such benefit assessment shall be in addition to any other charges, assessments, or taxes otherwise levied by the public agency upon the property in the zone. 6982. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6952, the West Bay Sanitary District may use the procedures in this chapter to provide alternative or innovative wastewater technologies in the district's jurisdiction. (b) The determination of a public health officer pursuant to Section 6955.1 shall include written findings, adopted by the district board of directors, regarding the existing or potential public health hazard. (c) "Alternative or innovative wastewater technologies" means either (1) an onsite wastewater disposal system, as defined in Section 6952, or (2) such a system in conjunction with communitywide sewer or sewage systems, if one or more of the components of the system is located on or in close proximity to the real property and employs innovative or alternative wastewater technologies, including, but not limited to, grinder pump pressure sewer systems, septic tank effluent pump pressure sewer systems, vacuum sewer systems, or small-diameter gravity septic tank systems.
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