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CA St & Hwy Code § 18730 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18730.

18730.  Each year during the existence of the district and at least 30 days prior to the making of the general tax levy for city purposes, the city engineer shall furnish to the city council an estimate of the expenses for the next year of the items of maintenance and operation provided for in the final resolution. The first year the engineer shall not make an estimate but the estimate in the final resolution shall be used. The city council shall at the time of making the next general tax levy in the city and in the manner provided for the general tax levy, levy a special assessment tax upon all the lands, exclusive of improvements, within the district which will be sufficient to raise that percentage of the total sum required in the estimate which is to be raised from the district.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18731 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18731.

18731.  The special assessment tax shall be levied, computed, entered, collected and enforced at the same time, in the same manner, by the same persons and with the same penalties and priority of lien as other taxes for city purposes and when collected shall be paid into the city treasury to the credit of the fund of the district and shall be used only for the payment of the expenses of the district.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1465.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18732 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18732.

18732.  The city council shall control and order the expenditure of the funds of the district for the purposes of maintenance and operation as provided in the final resolution. If at the expiration of any year there is an unexpended balance in the district fund, the balance shall, to that extent, reduce the fund to be raised from the district for the next year. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of the term for which the district is formed shall be used to help furnish electric current for the systems maintained and operated from the funds raised in whole or in part from the district.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18733 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18733.

18733.  Each year at the time of making the special assessment tax levy the city council shall appropriate from the fund designated in the resolution of intention or from any other available fund a sum sufficient to pay that percentage of the total expenses of the maintenance and operation which is to be paid by the city.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18734 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment|Section 18734.

18734.  The city council may also transfer from the general fund of the city to the fund of the district sufficient money to pay all or any part of the percentage of the yearly expenses of the maintenance and operation which is to be paid from funds raised from the district. The amount of money so transferred shall be deemed a loan to the district fund and shall be repaid to the general fund from the first money thereafter coming into the district fund from taxes levied upon lands within the district.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18780 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 18780.

18780.  The sole acts necessary to confer jurisdiction upon the city council to order the formation of a district under the provisions of this part and the furnishing of maintenance and operation for street lighting systems therein shall consist of the adoption of a resolution of intention and the publication of the same in accordance with the provisions of this part.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 18781 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 3 - THE MUNICIPAL LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACT OF 1927|CHAPTER 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 18781.

18781.  No error, defect, irregularity, informality, neglect or omission of any officer of any city in any proceeding taken under the provisions of this part, which does not affect the jurisdiction of the governing body to order the formation of a district shall avoid or invalidate the proceedings.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 19000.

19000.  This part may be cited as the Highway Lighting District Act.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 19001.

19001.  This part shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 19002.

19002.  This part provides an alternative system for making the improvements authorized by this part, and this part does not apply to or affect any other provisions of this code. When any proceedings are commenced under this part, the provisions of this part and no others apply to the proceedings.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 165.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 19003.

19003.  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 § 19004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 19004.

19004.  “Street lighting system” or “system” includes any system of illumination by means of street lights which are set upon poles or suspended in the air and use gas, electricity or any other feasible means of illumination.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 19005.

19005.  “Clerk” or “county clerk” means any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the board of supervisors of the county.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 19006.

19006.  “Service,” and any of its variants, means and includes the furnishing of electric current or energy, gas, or other illuminating agent to all or part of any street lighting system.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19007 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 19007.

19007.  “Governing body” refers to the board of supervisors of the county acting as the ex officio governing body of the lighting district, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19008 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 19008.

19008.  “Public highway” or “highway” includes any highway, county highway, state highway, public street, avenue, alley, park, parkway, driveway, or public place, in any county, or unincorporated town or village which is dedicated to the public and generally used for traffic by the public or which is privately owned, opened to public traffic, and located within the boundaries of a district created under this part.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 529.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19030 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Proceedings for the Formation of the District|Section 19030.

19030.  In accordance with the provisions of this part any unincorporated area in this State may be established as a highway lighting district for the purpose of installing and maintaining a street lighting system on public highways within the district for the better protection of the public traveling thereon.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 146.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19031 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Proceedings for the Formation of the District|Section 19031.

19031.  Proceedings for the formation of a highway lighting district may be instituted by filing, at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed district to be benefited thereby is situated, a petition signed by 15 or more taxpayers thereof or by the owners of taxable property representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within the proposed district.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1720.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19032 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Proceedings for the Formation of the District|Section 19032.

19032.  The petition shall contain the name of the proposed district, a description of its boundaries, and a statement that the provisions of this part shall govern the proceeding.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19033 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Proceedings for the Formation of the District|Section 19033.

19033.  The name of the proposed district shall be in the following form: ____ lighting district (using the name of the district), of ____ County (using the name of the county in which the district is situated), and if the district is established it shall be thereafter designated by that name.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19034 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Proceedings for the Formation of the District|Section 19034.

19034.  Upon the presentation of a petition requesting that the District Investigation Law of 1933 be declared inapplicable to the proceedings, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately refer the same to an appropriate county officer, who shall certify to the board the number of owners of taxable property within the boundaries of the proposed district whose names appear on said petition, together with the percentage of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within the boundaries of the proposed district, which said signatures represent.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1704.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19035 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Proceedings for the Formation of the District|Section 19035.

19035.  If the certifying officer certifies that the petition bears the signatures of owners of taxable property within the proposed district, representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property therein, the board of supervisors may determine and order, by a four-fifths vote, that the proceedings required by the District Investigation Law of 1933 are unnecessary and that said law shall not apply. The petition shall thereupon be filed without an accompanying bond or other undertaking. If said determination and order is made, the notice of hearing on the petition shall so state.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1704.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19036 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Proceedings for the Formation of the District|Section 19036.

19036.  The county assessment roll last equalized at the time the petition is first presented shall be conclusive evidence as to ownership of taxable property and the assessed value thereof.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1704.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19037 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 2 - Proceedings for the Formation of the District|Section 19037.

19037.  The affidavit of the person who circulated and obtained the signatures on the petition, stating that to the best of his knowledge and belief said signatures are genuine and are the signatures of taxpayers within the proposed district, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts recited.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 146.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19050 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Protests and Hearing|Section 19050.

19050.  The board of supervisors shall fix a time, not less than 25 nor more than 30 days after the filing of the petition, for hearing the petition and the protests of interested persons.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19051 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Protests and Hearing|Section 19051.

19051.  The clerk shall cause notices of the filing and hearing of the petition to be posted at least seven days before the date set for the hearing in three public places in the district. The notice shall be headed “Notice of the proposed formation of ____ (insert name of the proposed lighting district) lighting district” in letters not less than one inch in height and in legible type it shall:(a) State the fact and date of the filing of the petition.(b) Specify the date and hour set for hearing the petition and the protests of interested parties.(c) Specify the boundaries of the proposed district.(d) Refer to the petition for further particulars.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19052 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Protests and Hearing|Section 19052.

19052.  The clerk shall also cause a notice, similar in content to the posted notice, to be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper selected by the board of supervisors which is of general circulation and is printed and published in the county in which the proposed district is located. The last publication shall be made at least seven days before the date set for the hearing of the petition.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19053 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Protests and Hearing|Section 19053.

19053.  Any person interested, who objects either to the formation of the district, or to the extent of the district, or to the proposed improvement, or to the inclusion of his property in the district, may file a written protest, setting forth his objections, with the clerk at or before the time set for the hearing of the petition. The clerk shall indorse on each protest the date of its filing with him, and at the time appointed for the hearing he shall present all protests so filed with him to the board of supervisors.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19054 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Protests and Hearing|Section 19054.

19054.  The board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the petition and protests at the time appointed or at any time to which the hearing thereof is adjourned. Its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19055 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Protests and Hearing|Section 19055.

19055.  If any person protests against the extent of the district, or against the inclusion of property in the district, the board of supervisors shall have power to make such changes in the boundaries of the proposed district as it finds to be proper and advisable. The board of supervisors shall establish the boundaries of the district in accordance with its findings, but it shall not extend the boundaries of the district, nor shall it modify the boundaries so as to exclude from the proposed district any territory which will be benefited by the improvement. Any territory which in the judgment of the board will not be benefited by the improvement shall not be included within the proposed district.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19056 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Protests and Hearing|Section 19056.

19056.  In the event that an ordinance requires the installation of a street lighting system by a subdivider, the board of supervisors may, as an alternative procedure, adopt a resolution stating that the territory described in the resolution is owned by the subdivider and comes under the terms of such ordinance, and order that such territory be formed into a district or annexed to a district. If this procedure is used, the provisions of this part relating to petition, notice, hearing, election, and the District Investigation Law of 1933 shall not be applicable.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 348.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19070 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 4 - Authority to Proceed|Section 19070.

19070.  If no protests are filed, or if all protests filed are heard and denied or if authorized modifications are made in the boundaries of the proposed district and the boundaries finally established, the board of supervisors shall have jurisdiction to proceed.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19071 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 4 - Authority to Proceed|Section 19071.

19071.  If the board finds that the petition was signed by taxpayers representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within the territory therein proposed to be formed into a district, and within the boundaries thereof as finally established by the board, and that public interest and convenience do not require that an election be held upon the proposed formation of said district, it may proceed to establish the district by resolution. The provisions of Section 19112 shall apply to a district formed pursuant to this section.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1720.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19090 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Calling and Conducting the Election|Section 19090.

19090.  Within 30 days after acquiring jurisdiction to proceed, the board of supervisors shall by resolution order that an election be held in the proposed district to determine whether or not the district shall be formed. The board may establish one or more voting precincts within the district and appoint one inspector, one judge, and two clerks residing in the district for each voting precinct to conduct the election, which shall be held on the next established election date not less than 130 days after the date of the resolution ordering it to be held.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 131. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19091 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Calling and Conducting the Election|Section 19091.

19091.  The election shall be called by posting notice thereof in three public places in the proposed lighting district, and by publishing the notice in a daily or weekly newspaper, published and circulated in the district, if there is one, at least once a week for not less than 15 days. The notices shall specify the time, place and purposes of the election, give the boundaries of the proposed lighting district, and the hours during which the polls will be kept open. The polls shall be open the same hours as provided at general elections.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 757.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19092 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Calling and Conducting the Election|Section 19092.

19092.  The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this state, where applicable. The ballots shall contain the words, “For lighting district,” and “Against lighting district,” and the voter shall mark his or her ballot in the space provided for that purpose, in accordance with the general election laws of this state.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 132. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19093 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Calling and Conducting the Election|Section 19093.

19093.  Every registered voter in the jurisdiction shall be entitled to vote at this election.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 133. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19094 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Calling and Conducting the Election|Section 19094.

19094.  The precinct boards shall canvass the votes in accordance with the general laws of this state. The board of supervisors may order the county elections official to conduct the official canvass within seven days subsequent to the holding of the election.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 134. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 19110 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING|PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Establishing the District|Section 19110.

19110.  If a majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of a lighting district, the board of supervisors shall by resolution establish the district.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)