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CA St & Hwy Code § 18398 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18398.

18398.  The validity of any assessment levied under this part shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless such action or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the city council has acquired jurisdiction to confirm the report and assessment and any appeal from a final judgment in such an action or proceeding shall be perfected within 30 days after the entry of such judgment.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18399 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18399.

18399.  Upon the levying of an installment assessment the city clerk shall transmit the diagram and assessment and any modifications or corrections thereof made by the city council to the tax collector.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18400.

18400.  Upon the receipt of the diagram and installment assessment the tax collector shall record them in a suitable book to be kept for that purpose and append thereto his certificate of the date of such recording. Such record shall become a part of the assessment roll upon which other taxes of the city are entered and shall be collected at the same time, in the same manner and by the same officer as in the case of other city taxes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18401 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18401.

18401.  Where the duties of assessing property and collecting city taxes are performed for the city by the county assessor and the county tax collector, in the manner provided by law, a certified copy of the diagram and assessment shall be filed with the county auditor on or before the tenth day of August. In each such diagram and assessment so filed with the county auditor, the descriptions of the properties reported shall be the descriptions used for the same properties on the map books of the county assessor for the then current year. The county auditor shall enter the amounts of the respective assessments on the county tax roll opposite the respective parcels of land and thereafter the amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected and all laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county taxes shall be and are hereby made applicable to such special assessment taxes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18402 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18402.

18402.  All sums collected on account of such assessment shall be placed in the city treasury to the credit of a special fund, which shall be designated by the name of the proceeding. The special fund shall be used only for paying the costs and expenses of the improvement described in the resolution ordering the work, including the cost of all posting and publication provided for in this part and any other incidental expenses connected with the proceeding. The city council may at any time advance to such special fund out of any available funds in the city treasury, sums in excess of the amount to be paid by the city toward the cost of such improvement and may reimburse the city for such advances by repaying the amount thereof out of any money that thereafter comes into such special fund.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18403 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18403.

18403.  When the diagram and installment assessment are recorded, the several amounts assessed shall be a lien upon the lots or parcels of land assessed, respectively. Such lien shall continue and be enforced in the same manner and with the same penalties as other taxes of the city are continued and enforced.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18404 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18404.

18404.  Where the duties of assessing property and collecting city taxes are performed for a city by the county assessor and the county tax collector in a manner provided by law, cities and counties may enter into an agreement whereby special assessments may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected and all laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county taxes shall be and are hereby made applicable to such special assessments. The amount of the compensation to be paid a county for the collection of such assessments shall be provided for in the agreement.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1101.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18405 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18405.

18405.  The lien shall be subordinate to all fixed special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property, but it shall have priority over all fixed special assessment liens which may thereafter be created against the property. A supplemental assessment is a new assessment.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1465.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18440 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931|CHAPTER 7 - City Furnishing Maintenance and Service|Section 18440.

18440.  If the city owns or operates or owns and operates a public utility capable of furnishing the improvement provided for in this part, this section may be used as an alternative procedure to that provided in Chapter 6 of this part. The city council by resolution may direct the superintendent of streets, instead of calling for bids and entering into a contract, to issue an interdepartmental purchase order for the improvement of the street lighting system upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the street superintendent and the public utility board or commission. Such purchase order shall not be effective until it is approved by the city council. The interdepartmental purchase order shall state the date on which the improvement shall be started and that it shall continue in force for a period of one year from the effective date thereof.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 18600.

18600.  This part may be cited as the Municipal Lighting Maintenance District Act of 1927.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 18601.

18601.  This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 18602.

18602.  This part provides an alternative system for the maintenance and operation of a street lighting system within cities, and the provisions of this part shall not apply to nor affect any other provisions of this code. When any proceedings are commenced under this part, the provisions of this part and no others shall apply to all such proceedings.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 18603.

18603.  Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 18604.

18604.  “City” includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal purposes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 18605.

18605.  “Street lighting system” or “system” includes any or all appliances, poles, posts, pipes, conduits, lamps and other necessary works or appliances used for street lighting purposes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 18606.

18606.  “Maintaining and operating” or any of its variants, when used with relation to a street lighting system, includes the cost of necessary repairs, replacements, fuel, power and all other items necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of a street lighting system, or the expense of any one or more of those items.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18607 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 18607.

18607.  “City council” includes any body which by law is the legislative department of the government of the city.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18608 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 18608.

18608.  “Clerk” or “city clerk” means any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the city council.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18609 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 18609.

18609.  “Public way” includes all public highways, roads, streets, avenues, boulevards, alleys, parkways and other rights of way of the public, or any portion thereof, within a city.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18630 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 2 - Authority to Create the District|Section 18630.

18630.  Whenever the public interest or convenience may require, the city council of any city in which a street lighting system has been installed may order that the expenses of maintaining and operating the system be assessed, either partly or wholly, upon lands in the city lying within a district which will be benefited by such maintenance and operation.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18631 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 2 - Authority to Create the District|Section 18631.

18631.  The lands which will be benefited by, and which are to be assessed for, the maintenance and operation of the system shall form and be known as a lighting maintenance district.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18632 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 2 - Authority to Create the District|Section 18632.

18632.  Any number of public ways and one or more street lighting systems may be included in one district, but the district, the public ways and the street lighting systems must lie entirely within the city whose city council forms the district.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18633 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 2 - Authority to Create the District|Section 18633.

18633.  Before forming any district or ordering any part of the expenses of the maintenance and operation of any street lighting system to be assessed upon the lands within a district formed under the provisions of this part, the city council shall adopt a resolution of intention so to do.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18660 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Report and Resolution of Intention|Section 18660.

18660.  Before adopting a resolution of intention, the city council shall order the city engineer to prepare and file with it a report containing substantially the following matters:(a) A statement of the public ways or portions thereof to be lighted.(b) A general description of the lighting systems to be maintained and operated.(c) A statement of the general items of maintenance and operation proposed to be furnished the systems. Such items may include electric power, gas, repairs, replacements, and any other items necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of the systems.(d) A statement of the estimated cost of maintenance and operation for the first year and an estimate of the amount of electric power necessary for the operation of the system each year.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18661 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Report and Resolution of Intention|Section 18661.

18661.  The city council shall order the engineer to prepare and file with the report a map or plat of the district to be benefited by the maintenance and operation and which is to be assessed to pay the expenses thereof. The map or plat shall also show the public ways to be lighted under the proceedings and the approximate location of the lights to be maintained and operated thereon.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18662 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Report and Resolution of Intention|Section 18662.

18662.  The report and map shall be presented to the city council and examined by it and either the report or map, or both, may be modified by the city council at any time prior to the adoption of the resolution of intention. When the report and map are finally approved by the city council, they shall be filed with the clerk.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18663 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Report and Resolution of Intention|Section 18663.

18663.  The resolution of intention shall contain:(a) A statement of the public ways to be lighted.(b) A general description of the lighting systems to be maintained and operated.(c) A statement of the general items of expense of maintenance and operation proposed to be furnished for the street lighting systems, the cost of which is to be assessed in whole or in part against the lands within the district. Those items may include electric power, gas, repairs, replacements, and any other items necessary for the proper maintenance of the street lighting systems.(d) A statement of the estimated cost of all other items of maintenance and operation to be furnished the systems in the district for the first year; in addition, a separate estimate of the amount of gas or electric power necessary for the systems each year.(e) A general description of the boundaries of the district to be benefited by and to be assessed to pay the costs of the maintenance and operation.(f) A statement of the length of time, which shall not exceed five years from the date of the formation of the district, that the maintenance and operation shall be furnished for the systems.(g) Notice of a public meeting and public hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 54954.6 of the Government Code. All persons having any interest in lands within the district liable to be assessed for the expenses of the maintenance and operation may be heard at the public meeting and the public hearing and any of these persons may present any objections that they may have by written protest filed with the clerk at or before the time set for the hearing.(h) If assessments are to be levied, the notice, protest, and hearing procedures shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 47. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18664 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Report and Resolution of Intention|Section 18664.

18664.  The city council may order in the resolution of intention that a certain percentage of the costs of such maintenance and operation shall be paid out of the treasury of the city from such fund as the city council may designate.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18665 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Report and Resolution of Intention|Section 18665.

18665.  The resolution shall refer to the map or plat on file with the clerk for the boundaries of the district to be assessed, the public ways to be lighted and the approximate location of the lights thereon.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18666 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Report and Resolution of Intention|Section 18666.

18666.  After the passage of the resolution of intention, the clerk shall publish it by at least two insertions in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation designated by the city council for that purpose. Copies of the resolution headed “Notice of formation of lighting maintenance district” in letters not less than one inch in height, and signed by the clerk shall be posted by the superintendent of streets not more than 300 feet apart, and not less than three in all, along all open streets within the district. The first posting of notice and the first publication of the resolution of intention shall each be at least 20 days before the date set for the hearing of protests.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18690 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 4 - Protest and Hearing|Section 18690.

18690.  At the time and place fixed for the hearing of protests or at any time to which the hearing is adjourned, the city council shall hear the evidence introduced in support of the protests. At the hearing the city council may modify the provisions for the maintenance and operation as stated in the resolution of intention by omitting one or more of the items stated therein, and may modify the boundaries of the district, but any land not within the district as described in the resolution of intention may not be included therein. The city council may change the percentage of the total maintenance and operation cost to be paid by the city and by the district; but the percentage to be paid by the district shall not be increased without further notice being given and a hearing being held in the same manner as notice was given and a hearing held on the original resolution of intention.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18691 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 4 - Protest and Hearing|Section 18691.

18691.  The city council may, by four-fifths vote, deny all protests finding that the public health and safety require that the improvements be made and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive. If any protests on matters which can not be modified as provided in Section 18690 hereof are sustained, the proceedings shall be abandoned but may be renewed at any time. No land shall be included within the district which in the judgment of the city council will not be benefited by the street lighting system as that body has finally determined to maintain and operate it.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 860, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18692 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 4 - Protest and Hearing|Section 18692.

18692.  If no protests are filed or if all protests filed are heard and denied, or if any of the authorized modifications are made and the city council after hearing evidence on the question of benefits, determines that the territory within the finally established boundaries of the district will be benefited by the maintenance and operation finally determined upon, then the city council shall have jurisdiction to proceed.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 5 - The Final Resolution|Section 18710.

18710.  The city council may, by final resolution, order the district formed. The final resolution shall:(a) Describe the boundaries of the district as finally established.(b) List the items of maintenance and operation agreed to be furnished, and their estimated cost for the first year, and order that those items be furnished from time to time as necessary.(c) Order that the percentage of the total expenses of the maintenance and operation to be paid by the district shall be paid by special assessment taxes levied upon all the lands, exclusive of improvements, within the district.(d) Specify the percentages of the total expenses of maintenance and operation to be paid by the district and by the city respectively.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18711 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 5 - The Final Resolution|Section 18711.

18711.  A certified copy of the final resolution shall be filed with the assessor who makes the assessment for general city taxes. Thereafter the assessor in making up the city assessment roll shall segregate the property included within the district on the assessment roll under the district designation contained in the resolution.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)