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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 2805.

2805. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), every pest abatement district employee who handles, applies, or supervises the use of any pesticide for public health purposes, shall be certified by the state department as a vector control technician in at least one of the following categories commensurate with assigned duties:
(1) Mosquito control.
(2) Terrestrial invertebrate vector control.
(3) Vertebrate vector control.
(b) The state department may establish by regulation exemptions from the requirements of this section that are deemed reasonably necessary to further the purposes of this section.
(c) The state department shall establish by regulation minimum standards for continuing education for any government agency employee certified under Section 116110 and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, who handles, applies, or supervises the use of any pesticide for public health purposes.
(d) An official record of the completed continuing education units shall be maintained by the state department. If a certified technician fails to meet the requirements set forth under subdivision (c), the state department shall suspend the technician’s certificate or certificates and immediately notify the technician and the employing district. The state department shall establish by regulation procedures for reinstating a suspended certificate.
(e) The state department shall charge and collect a nonreturnable renewal fee of one hundred twenty dollars ($120) to be paid by each continuing education certificant on or before the first day of July, or on any other date that is determined by the state department. Each person employed on September 29, 1996, in a position that requires certification shall first pay the annual fee the first day of the first July following that date. All new certificants shall first pay the annual fee the first day of the first July following their certification.
(f) The state department shall collect and account for all money received pursuant to this section and shall deposit it in the Vectorborne Disease Account provided for in Section 116112. Notwithstanding Section 116112, fees deposited in the Vectorborne Disease Account pursuant to this section shall be available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to implement this section.
(g) Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be subject to the annual fee increase provisions of Section 100425.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 758, Sec. 8. Effective September 30, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2822.

2822. The organization of a pest abatement district may be initiated by a petition, describing the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, and the nature of the pest or pests to be controlled or abated.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2822.5.

2822.5. The petition shall state the basis on which the property in the district shall be taxed for district purposes. The petition may include a plan for zones of benefit or other proposal which would provide equity in financing the district’s purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 46. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2824.

2824. The petition shall be signed by registered voters residing in the proposed district equal in number to ten per cent of the votes cast in the proposed district for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election. The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates, except for the signatures and addresses of the signers. Each person who signs the petition shall also state his address.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2825.

2825. The petition shall be presented to the clerk of the county in which the land in the proposed district is situated. The clerk shall compare the signatures on the petition with the signatures of the registered voters on his records for the purpose of ascertaining whether the petition meets the signature requirements of this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2826.

2826. If the petition lacks sufficient signatures the county clerk shall certify that fact, and at any time within sixty days thereafter additional signatures may be presented to supplement the signatures on the original petition. The additional signatures shall be compared by the clerk in the same manner as the original signatures. If sufficient additional signatures are not presented, proceedings under the petition shall be terminated, without prejudice to the right to file a new petition.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2827.

2827. If the petition contains the requisite number of signatures the clerk shall make a certificate to that effect, and shall present the petition and his certificate to the board of supervisors.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2828.

2828. If the board of supervisors finds that the petition has been properly presented, the board shall, by resolution, fix a time for hearing the petition, which shall be not less than two nor more than five weeks from the time of its presentation. It shall also publish a notice of the time and place of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the county, for not less than two weeks prior to the time of the hearing.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2829.

2829. At the time of the hearing, or at any time to which it may be adjourned, the board of supervisors shall hear and consider all competent and relevant testimony or evidence offered in support of, or in opposition to, the formation of the district, and the proposed method of financing.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 47. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2830.

2830. The board of supervisors may make such changes in the proposed boundaries of the district as it may consider advisable. It may exclude any land in the proposed district upon the application of the owner, or it may include any land outside and contiguous to the proposed district upon the application of the owner, if it determines that the exclusion or inclusion is proper.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2831.

2831. If, upon the hearing, the board of supervisors determines that the public interest or welfare of the proposed territory and its inhabitants requires the formation of the district, it shall, by resolution, declare its findings and order that the territory within the boundaries determined by it is a district, under an appropriate name to be selected by it.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2832.

2832. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately record a certified copy of the order in the office of the county recorder in which the district is situated and also file a certified copy with the Secretary of State. The district is then formed as a pest abatement district, with all of the rights, privileges, and powers set forth in this chapter, and those necessarily incident thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 504.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2833.

2833. If at any time after the board of supervisors has entered its order for organization good cause appears therefor, the district board may, by a two-thirds vote of its members, adopt a resolution reciting the facts, declaring the advisability for a change of the district’s name, and setting forth therein a new name for the district. A certified copy of such resolution shall be transmitted to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 276.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2834.

2834. Upon receipt of the certified copy of the resolution the board of supervisors shall:
(a)  Enter an order changing the district’s name to the name set forth in the resolution.
(b)  Record a certified copy of the order in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the district is situated.
(c)  File a certified copy of the order in the office of the Secretary of State.
(d)  File a certified copy of the order in the office of the State Board of Equalization.
From and after the date of the filing of the certified copy with the Secretary of State the new name shall be the official name of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 276.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2835.

2835. Upon a petition adopted by a four-fifths vote of the district board, or upon its own motion following the notice the board of supervisors deems sufficient and a public hearing, the board of supervisors, may, with the concurrence of the district board, add to, or delete from, the list of pests which the district may control. The board of supervisors at the hearing may also consider, and make changes in, the method of district taxation, as authorized by Section 2822.5, as though a new district were being formed.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 48. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 2850.

2850. Within 30 days after incorporation the board of supervisors shall appoint a board of trustees, consisting of not less than five nor more than nine members to act as the governing body of the district. At any time after the appointment of the initial board of trustees the board of supervisors may, at the request of the existing board of trustees of the district, increase or decrease the number of members of the board of trustees, but such board shall under no circumstances consist of less than five nor more than nine members.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 890.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 2851.

2851. The members of the district board shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of supervisors. They shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed their necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in performance of their official duties. In lieu of expenses, the district board may, by resolution, provide for the allowance and payment to each member of the board of a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) as expenses incurred in attending each business meeting of the board. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 2852.

2852. The district board may take all necessary or proper steps for the extermination of the pest or pests mentioned in the petition for the organization of the district, subject to the control of city or other public authorities having jurisdiction in the matter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 2853.

2853. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2855.

2855. The district board may do all of the following:
(a)  Purchase supplies and other personal property.
(b)  Employ necessary labor.
(c)  Acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, in the name of the district, any lands, rights-of-way, easements, or other real property necessary for the district.
(d)  Sell or lease any lands, rights-of-way, easements, material, or other property, real or personal, acquired by the district.
(e)  Make contracts to indemnify or compensate any owner of land or other property for any injury or damage caused by the exercise of the powers conferred by this chapter or of powers incident to those powers.
(f)  Sue and be sued.
(g)  Enter upon, without hindrance or notice, any property, either within the district or so reasonably adjacent that pests may disperse into the district, for any of the following purposes:
(1)  To inspect to ascertain the presence of pests or their breeding places.
(2)  To abate public nuisances in accordance with this article through direct control or through notice to the property owner to abate the public nuisance.
(3)  To ascertain if a notice to abate a public nuisance has been complied with.
(4)  To treat the property with any physical, chemical, or biological control measures deemed appropriate by the district board.
(h)  Assess civil penalties, as determined in the discretion of the district board, but not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day that a notice or hearing order to abate a nuisance has not been complied with.
(i)  Exercise the powers authorized by Section 2270 if the pests the district is empowered to control fall within the meaning of “vector,” as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 2200.
(j)  Do everything necessary to carry out the powers conferred by this chapter and carry out the objects of the formation of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 50. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2855.3.

2855.3. Every sale of real property made pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2855 shall be made at such place within the district as the district board shall specify, and such real property shall be sold to the highest bidder at public auction, after notice of sale is published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district or county. If a newspaper of general circulation is not printed and published within such district or county, public notice of the sale shall be given for at least two weeks by notices posted in three public places in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 465.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2855.7.

2855.7. The district board may borrow money in any fiscal year, which shall not exceed the anticipated revenue of that fiscal year and which shall be repaid in the same fiscal year. Such money shall be borrowed upon such other terms as the board shall fix; provided, that interest shall not exceed 6 percent, computed annually or semiannually.
The district board may also issue warrants payable upon a future date in the same fiscal year as issued, which shall be evidentiary of the obligation to repay the money so borrowed and interest thereon, and for that purpose such warrant may bear such interest as is fixed by the terms of the agreement to repay.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 465.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2856.

2856. Any nuisance may be abated in any action or proceeding by any remedy provided by this article or any other law.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 465.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2857.

2857. Whenever a nuisance exists upon any property, either in the district or in territory not in the district but so situated with respect to the district that pests from the territory migrate into, or otherwise encroach upon, the district, the district board may notify in writing the owner or party in possession, or the agent of either, of the existence of the nuisance. The contents of the written notice shall conform to the requirements of Section 2858.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 51. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2858.

2858. The notice required by Section 2857 shall include all of the following:
(a)  State the finding of the district that a public nuisance exists on the property and the location of the nuisance on the property.
(b)  Direct the owner or party in possession to abate the nuisance within a specified time by destroying the pests which are present.
(c)  Direct the owner or party in possession to perform, within a specified time, any work necessary to prevent the recurrence of the pests in the places specified in the notice.
(d)  Inform the owner or party in possession that failure to comply with the requirements of subdivision (b) shall subject the owner or party in possession to civil penalties of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day the nuisance continues after the time specified for the abatement of the nuisance in the notice.
(e)  Inform the owner or party in possession that before complying with the requirements of the notice, the owner or party in possession may appear at a hearing before the district board at a time and place stated in the notice.
The notice shall be served upon the owner of record and the person having charge or possession, if other than the owner of record, of the property upon which the nuisance exists, and may be served by any person authorized by the district board in the same manner as a summons in a civil action.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 52. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2860.

2860. If the property is owned by a person who is not a resident of the district, and is not in charge or possession of any person, and there is no tenant or agent of the owner upon whom service can be made, who can after diligent search be found; or if the owner of record of the property cannot after diligent search be found, the notice may be served by posting a copy in a conspicuous place upon the property for a period of 10 days, and by mailing a copy to the owner of record addressed to his address as given on the last completed assessment roll of the county in which the property is situated, or, in the absence of an address on the roll, to his last known address.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 465.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2861.

2861. Before complying with the requirements of the notice, the owner or party in possession may appear at a hearing before the board at a time and place fixed by the board and stated in the notice. At the hearing the district board shall determine whether the initial finding as set forth in the notice is correct and shall permit the owner or party in possession to present testimony in his behalf. If, after hearing all the facts, the board makes a determination that a nuisance exists on the property, the board shall order compliance with the requirements of the notice or with alternate instructions issued by the board.
Any failure to comply with any such order of the board issued pursuant to this section shall subject the owner or party in possession, if other than the owner of record, to civil penalties of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day such order is not complied with.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 465.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2861.5.

2861.5. Any judicial review of administrative procedure provided for in this chapter shall be pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 465.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2861.7.

2861.7. Any recurrence of the nuisance may be deemed to be a continuation of the original nuisance.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 53. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2862.

2862. If the nuisance is not abated within the time specified in the notice or an order following the hearing, the district board may abate the nuisance.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 54. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2862.5.

2862.5. The cost of abating a nuisance shall be repaid to the district by the owner of the property. However, the owner shall not be required to pay for the costs unless, either prior to or subsequent to the abatement by the district, a hearing is held by the district board, at which the property owner is afforded an opportunity to be heard, and the district board determines that a nuisance actually exists or that a nuisance existed prior to the abatement by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 55. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2863.

2863. When any nuisance is found to exist on any property subject to the control of any state or local agency, the district shall notify the state or local agency of the existence of the nuisance. Sections 2858, 2860, 2861, 2861.5, and 2862 shall govern the contents of the notice and the manner of serving it, the right of the state or local agency to a hearing before the board, the hearing before the board, and the power of the district to abate the nuisance if it is not abated by the state or local agency. If the state or local agency determines that the order to prevent recurrence of the breeding specified in the notice to abate the nuisance is excessive or inappropriate for the intended use of the land, or if the state or local agency determines that a nuisance, as specified in Section 2800.5, does not exist, the agency may appeal the decision of the board to the State Director of Health Services within 10 days subsequent to the hearing. The director shall decide the matters on appeal and convey his or her decision to the agency and district within 30 days of the receipt of the appeal. The decision of the director shall be final and conclusive. If the control of the nuisance is performed by the district, the cost for that control is a charge against, and shall be paid from, the maintenance fund or from other funds for the support of the state or local agency.
Any state or local agency and a district may enter into contractual agreements to provide control of nuisances. The authority which is granted by this paragraph is in addition to any other authority which a state or local agency and a district may have to enter into contractual agreements for the control of public nuisances, as defined in Section 2800.5.
As used in this section, “state agency” means an agency defined in Section 11000 of the Government Code, and “local agency” means a city, county, city and county, district, or other public corporation.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 56. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2864.

2864. Upon the failure of the property owner or the person in possession of the property to pay the district for all sums expended by the district in abating a nuisance or preventing its recurrence, or upon the failure to pay all civil penalties, the costs or penalties, or both, shall become a lien upon the property on which the nuisance was abated or its recurrence prevented when notice of the lien is filed and recorded. However, if the property has been conveyed prior to the recordation of the lien, the lien shall not attach to the real property, but shall remain the debt of the person who owned the land at the time the costs were incurred, and the debt may be recovered by the district board against the debtor, as provided in Section 2866.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 58. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2864.7.

2864.7. A copy of the filed and recorded lien may be given to the county assessor and tax collector, who, upon receipt of the lien, shall add the amount of the lien to the next regular tax bill levied against the parcel for district purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 59. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2865.

2865. If the county assessor and the tax collector assess property and collect taxes for the district, a certified copy of the lien shall be filed with the county auditor on or before August 10th. The descriptions of the parcels reported shall be those used for the same parcels on the county assessor’s map books for the current year.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 60. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2865.5.

2865.5. The county auditor shall enter each lien on the county tax roll opposite the parcel of land.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 61. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2866.

2866. The amount of the lien shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency, as provided for ordinary county taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of county taxes shall be applicable to the lien, except that if any real property to which the cost of abatement relates 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 taxes would become delinquent, then the cost of abatement shall not result in a lien against the real property, but instead shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 48, Sec. 4. Effective May 20, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2867.

2867. The lien provisions of this article do not apply to the property of any county, city, district, or other public corporation. However, the governing body of the county, city, district, or other public corporation shall repay to a district the amount expended by the district upon any of its property under this article upon presentation by the district board of a verified claim or bill.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 465.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers › Section 2868.

2868. Any amounts collected by a county on account of a lien authorized by this article, other than the amounts requested to be paid into the county general fund pursuant to Section 29304 of the Government Code, shall be paid to the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 63. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Taxation › Section 2870.

2870. The district board shall annually before July 10 prepare a written estimate of the amount of money necessary for the purposes of the district during the ensuing fiscal year.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 64. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Taxation › Section 2871.

2871. The county auditor shall allocate to a district its share of property tax revenue pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 66. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Taxation › Section 2871.5.

2871.5. (a)  If the petition for formation of the district states that the property shall be taxed on the basis of area, the rate shall be based on area of land, regardless of assessed valuation.
(b)  If the petition for formation of the district states that property shall be taxed on the basis of a combination of area and some other basis, the district board shall, after a public hearing, determine the proportion of each source of revenue, and may consider zones of benefit or other equitable methods of establishing the rate to be charged based on area.
(c)  The county assessor of each county shall prepare an assessment roll showing the names and addresses and the acreage owned by each person owning land within a district, which roll shall be the basis for the tax provided for in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 67. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Taxation › Section 2871.7.

2871.7. After a public hearing, the district board shall determine the rate of the tax.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 69. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Taxation › Section 2871.8.

2871.8. (a)  Whenever it appears to the district board that the amount of funds required during an ensuing fiscal year will exceed the amount available, the district board may call an election to submit to the electors of the district the question of whether a special tax shall be voted for raising the additional funds, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(b)  Notice of the election shall be published for at least four weeks prior to the election.
(c)  No particular form of ballot shall be required, nor shall any informalities in conducting the election invalidate it if it is otherwise fairly conducted.
(d)  At the election the ballots shall contain the words “Shall the district vote a tax to raise the additional sum of ____ ?” or words equivalent thereto.
(e)  The district board shall canvass the votes cast at the election, and, if two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of the imposition of the tax, shall report the result to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated, stating the additional amount of money required to be raised. If the district is in more than one county, the additional amount shall be prorated for each county by the district board in the same way that the district’s original total estimate of funds is prorated. The district board shall furnish the board of supervisors and auditor of each county a written statement of the apportionment for each county.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 70. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Taxation › Section 2871.9.

2871.9. Any district formed prior to January 1, 1985, may petition the board of supervisors for a change in the method of financing the district’s operations, as provided in this chapter. The board of supervisors shall accept the petition, in lieu of the petition required by Section 2822.5, and shall proceed to consider changes in the method of district financing consistent with Article 2 (commencing with Section 2210) of Chapter 5.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 71. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Taxation › Section 2872.

2872. All taxes and assessments levied under this chapter shall be assessed and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are collected for county purposes, and shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 72. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Taxation › Section 2874.

2874. The board of supervisors, from time to time, may order a temporary transfer of money from other available funds in the county treasury to the credit of the district fund. The transfer shall be made only upon resolution adopted by the board of supervisors directing the treasurer to make the transfer. It shall not exceed eighty-five per cent of the taxes accruing to the district, and shall not be made prior to the first day of the fiscal year nor after the last Monday in April of the current fiscal year. Any funds transferred shall be replaced from the taxes accruing to the district before any other obligation of the district is met from those taxes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Taxation › Section 2876.

2876. Notwithstanding the basis upon which property in the district is taxed, if a district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a tax in that year or in the next ensuing year, the board of supervisors is authorized to transfer funds of the county not immediately needed for county purposes to the district fund to be used for the payment of the expenses of the district until the district’s special assessment tax receipts are available to it. The board of supervisors shall include, in the levy of taxes for the district for the first fiscal year in which a tax may be levied, a sum sufficient to repay to the county the amounts transferred to the district for the portion or portions of the preceding fiscal year or years for which no levy of taxes was made for that purpose. The amounts transferred shall be retransferred to the county treasury from the district fund out of the first available receipts from the tax levy.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 74. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4.1 - Standby Charges for Public Health Emergencies › Section 2877.

2877. The Legislature finds that unabated outbreaks of mosquitoes pose a serious threat to the public health and safety. The Legislature further finds that public agencies, including pest abatement districts, must be prepared to abate extraordinary outbreaks of mosquitoes. The Legislature further finds and declares that to protect the public health and safety from unabated outbreaks of mosquitoes, it is necessary to enact this article to provide pest abatement districts with the ability to abate mosquitoes.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1055, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4.1 - Standby Charges for Public Health Emergencies › Section 2878.

2878. A pest abatement district may adopt an ordinance to fix an emergency mosquito abatement standby charge pursuant to the provisions of Article 5.1 (commencing with Section 2315) of Chapter 5, except to the extent that the provisions of that article conflict with the provisions of this chapter, in which case the provisions of this chapter shall be in addition to the provisions of that article.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1055, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 4.5 - Claims › Section 2880.

2880. 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.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Annexation › Section 2900.

2900. At any time after the incorporation of a district, land contiguous to it may be annexed, if the board of trustees finds that the annexation will benefit both the land to be annexed and the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts › ARTICLE 5 - Annexation › Section 2901.

2901. Annexations may proceed under Article 2 (commencing with Section 2822), as though territory to be annexed were a new district, except that the pest or pests to be controlled shall be the same as those which the annexing district is authorized to control.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 75. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 4600.

4600. This chapter shall be known as the Community Facilities Law of 1911.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 420.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 4601.

4601. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 756.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 4602.

4602. “City” means the city in which the district is located. If a district is not entirely within the boundaries of a single city, “city” means the initiating city.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 756.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 4602.1.

4602.1. “District” means any district which is formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.
(Added by renumbering Section 4600 by Stats. 1963, Ch. 756.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 4602.2.

4602.2. “Governing body” means the city council or other legislative body of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 756.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 4602.3.

4602.3. “Initiating city” means the city whose governing body initiated the proceeding for the formation of a district which is not entirely within the boundaries of a single city.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 756.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 4602.4.

4602.4. Improvement means any or all of the following:
(a)  The acquisition or construction of sanitary sewers of all types, including, but not limited to, outfall, trunk, intercepting, connecting, lateral, and house connection sewers.
(b)  The acquisition or construction of sewage treatment plants, works, or systems.
(c)  The acquisition or construction of other improvements, works, or system for the collection, transmission, treatment, or disposal of sewage or industrial waste.
(d)  The acquisition or construction of sewers, drains, pipelines, conduits, culverts, or ditches for the collection, transmission, or disposal of surface or storm water.
(e)  The acquisition or construction of other improvements, works, or system for the purpose of surface or storm water drainage or for the purpose of flood control.
(f)  The acquisition, construction, or extension of waterworks, water systems or water distribution systems.
(g)  The acquisition or construction of works or improvements appurtenant or related to any of the works, improvements, or systems described in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive.
(h)  Additions to, or the reconstruction or improvement of, any of the works, improvements, or systems described in subdivisions (a) to (g), inclusive.
(i)  The acquisition of any land, rights-of-way, capacity rights, rights of use, or other property needed for any of the works, improvements, or systems described in subdivisions (a) to (h), inclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 34.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 4602.5.

4602.5. In cities within a county of the 20th class, as defined in Section 28041 of the Government Code, improvement shall also mean the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of any public buildings which would serve as a community center facility, including, but not limited to, an exhibition building, an auditorium, a stadium, and a sports arena; and the acquisition and improvement of any land, rights-of-way, rights of use, or other property needed for any of the improvements described in this section, or for offstreet parking facilities therefor.
For the purposes of this section, at the hearing held pursuant to Section 4611, the governing body may exclude from the proposed district any territory the inhabitants of which would not be benefited by the proposed improvements as finally determined.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 35.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 4603.

4603. This chapter does not affect any other law under which improvements may be made within or by any city but it provides an alternate system of proceedings for sewer work or improvement. Improvements may be made either pursuant to this chapter, or pursuant to any other law. If, however, any proceedings are commenced pursuant to this chapter, its provisions apply to any improvement made under those proceedings until such improvement is completed.
If, after an improvement has been made pursuant to this chapter, the governing body of any city determines that it is necessary or convenient to make any additional improvement, the governing body may proceed to do so either pursuant to this chapter or under any other appropriate law. If the additional improvement is made pursuant to this chapter for the same district, the procedure shall be the same as that which is provided under this chapter for the making of the initial improvement. It is not necessary to reform the district if the governing body finds, following the hearing which is provided for by Section 4611 that the additional improvement is of benefit to the entire district which was previously formed under this chapter as such district is then constituted. As an alternative method, the governing body may make such additional improvement by forming a new district pursuant to this chapter which may include, in whole or in part, territory which is included in any district previously formed pursuant to this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 828.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 4605.

4605. The governing body of any city may create an improvement district within the city pursuant to this chapter whenever in its judgment the district is necessary or convenient for any improvement authorized by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 420.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 5 - SANITATION › PART 3 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Facilities Law of 9 › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 4606.

4606. A district may be formed to make any improvement and to provide for the incurring of indebtedness to pay for the costs and expenses of such improvement.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 828.)