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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 7 - Finances and Taxation › ARTICLE 7 - Funds › Section 6801.

6801. (a) As an alternative to the functions of the treasurer, the district board may elect to disburse funds of the district. Such election shall be made by resolution of the board and the filing of a certified copy thereof with the treasurer. The treasurer shall thereupon and thereafter deliver to the district all funds of the district. Such funds shall be deposited by the board in a bank or banks, or savings and loan association or savings and loan associations, approved for deposit of public funds. The treasurer shall deposit with the district, prior to October 1st of each year, a surety bond in the annual amount fixed by the district board. The deposit and withdrawal of funds of the district shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing at Section 53630), Chapter 4, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5, of the Government Code. The district board shall appoint a district treasurer who shall be responsible for the deposit and withdrawal of funds of the district.
(b) Funds shall be withdrawn by the district treasurer only by written order of the district board, signed by the president and secretary.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the board may adopt a procedure that provides for checks or warrants to pay claims and demands without approval by the board of directors before payment if the district treasurer determines that the demands are payable within the district’s approved budget. The procedure shall contain appropriate internal controls with measures to prevent fraud and ensure accountability, and which are necessary for financial reporting in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles. Demands so paid shall be presented to the board of directors at the next regular meeting for review. Demands exceeding the district’s approved budget shall be subject to board approval.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 19, Sec. 3. (AB 759) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 7 - Finances and Taxation › ARTICLE 8 - Claims › Section 6805.

6805. All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization › Section 6810.

6810. A district organized under Chapter 161, Statutes of 1891, or under the Sanitary District Act of 1919 may be reorganized as a district under this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization › Section 6811.

6811. To effect the reorganization a petition, signed by not less than twenty-five residents and freeholders within the district, and also by a majority of the members of the district board, shall be presented to the board of supervisors.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization › Section 6812.

6812. The petition shall be verified by at least one of the petitioners in the manner prescribed by law for the verification of pleadings, and shall set forth the boundaries and name of the district and pray that it be reorganized under this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization › Section 6813.

6813. The petition shall be published for at least two weeks preceding the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county, together with a notice stating the time when the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors, and that all persons interested may appear and be heard.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization › Section 6814.

6814. At that time the board of supervisors shall hear the petition.
The board of supervisors shall not modify the boundaries of the district as set forth in the petition so as to exclude from the district any land which would be benefited by the reorganization of the district under this part, nor shall any lands which will not in the judgment of the board of supervisors be benefited by the reorganized district be included within the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization › Section 6815.

6815. If the board of supervisors finds, upon the final hearing of the petition, that the statements therein are correct the board shall make an order approving the petition, describing the boundaries of the territory included within the district, and declaring that the territory is organized as a district under this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization › Section 6816.

6816. From and after the making of the order of reorganization by the board of supervisors, the district is organized under this part with all the powers conferred by this part.
The persons in office at the time of the reorganization are entitled immediately to enter upon the duties of the like offices of the reorganized district and shall continue to serve until the election and qualification of their respective successors in accordance with this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization › Section 6818.

6818. Reorganization shall not affect or impair the title to any property owned or held by or in trust for the district, or any debt, demand, liability, or obligation existing in favor of or against the district, or any proceeding then pending.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization › Section 6819.

6819. Reorganization shall not operate to repeal or affect in any manner any ordinance previously passed or adopted and remaining unrepealed, or to discharge any person from any liability then existing for any violation of the ordinance. Proceedings commenced before reorganization shall, after reorganization, be conducted in accordance with this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization › Section 6823.

6823. The district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or with any person, firm or corporation, for the joint acquisition or construction or use of any sewer or sewers or other works or facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from the district and such other area as may be designated in said contract, when in the judgment of the legislative body of said district it is for the best interests of the district so to do. Any such contract may provide for the construction and maintenance of such sewer or sewers, or such other works or facilities, and for the payment by or for the parties thereto of such proportionate part of the cost of the acquisition, construction or maintenance of such sewer or sewers or other works or facilities as may be stated in said contract, the payments to be made at such times and in such amounts as may be provided by said contract. Any such contract may provide for the joint use of any sewer or sewers, works or facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, and for the flowage, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from such area for each of the parties thereto as may be described in the contract.
Any district which has acquired or constructed or which proposes to acquire or construct, any sewer or sewers, or works or other facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste, may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or with any person, firm or corporation for the use of any such sewer or sewers, works or facilities by any such county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation, or for the flowage, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from any area designated by such person, firm or corporation so contracting, upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in said contract.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 843.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 8.5 - District Reorganized From County Sanitation District › Section 6825.

6825. Any duty imposed by this part on any county officer shall be deemed imposed on the county officers of the respective counties in which is situated a sanitary district reorganized under Section 4857 of this code from a county sanitation district encompassing territory in more than one county; provided, that where appropriate, the board may select the officers of one county to perform such duties for the entire district.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1636.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 9 - Annexation › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6830.

6830. There may be annexed to a district any of the following territory which is in the same county as the district or which is within another county but in the natural watershed area of the district:
(a)  Any territory contiguous to the district.
(b)  Any territory any point of which touches any point of the district.
(c)  Any territory separated from the district by a “separating barrier,” which term includes a street, road, highway, railway line, railway crossing, railway right-of-way, watercourse, lagoon, or other natural barrier.
(d)  Any territory not contiguous to the district that will, in the opinion of the district board, be benefited by inclusion in the district.
Any territory specified in this section may consist of one or more separate parcels of land, but it is not necessary that all parcels shall constitute in the aggregate one tract of land.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 6935.

6935. No right or obligation accrued by the formation, organization, reorganization or operation of a sanitary district pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891 or the provisions of the Sanitary District Act of 1919 is affected by the repeal of those acts and any district so organized or reorganized may continue in existence and subject to the act under which it was organized or reorganized or may reorganize pursuant to this part.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 990.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 1 - General › Section 6936.

6936. Pursuant to Section 1002 of the Elections Code, any election held under Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891 or the Sanitary District Act of 1919 shall be held on the second Tuesday in March rather than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 125. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 2 - Use of County Assessor s Roll › Section 6940.

6940. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 161 of the Statutes of 1891, or the provisions of the Sanitary District Act of 1919, as the provisions of these acts existed at the time of their repeal, the board of any sanitary district organized or reorganized under and continuing in existence and subject to these acts may elect to avail itself of the assessment roll of the properties within the district, used by the county in which the district is situated, and may take that assessment as the basis for district taxation.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 990.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 2 - Use of County Assessor s Roll › Section 6940.3.

6940.3. The board shall declare its election by resolution and shall file a certified copy with the auditor and the assessor of the county on or before the first Monday in February of the year in which the district proposes to use the county assessment roll.
Thereafter, until the board by resolution elects otherwise all taxes shall be collected by the county assessor and tax collector of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 990.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 2 - Use of County Assessor s Roll › Section 6940.6.

6940.6. Following the board’s election, the county auditor shall on or about the third Monday in August of each year transmit to the board a written statement showing the total value of all property in the district, which value shall be ascertained from the assessment roll used by the county for that year.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 2 - Use of County Assessor s Roll › Section 6940.9.

6940.9. Before the first day of September the district board shall fix the rate of taxation for district purposes and for the payment of the principal and interest of that year upon outstanding bonds and the payment of the principal and interest that the board believes will become due during the year on bonds authorized but not sold.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 2 - Use of County Assessor s Roll › Section 6941.3.

6941.3. The board shall designate the number of cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) to be levied for each fund and the fund into which the proceeds shall be paid, using as a basis the value of property as assessed on the county roll.
The district board shall immediately transmit to the auditor of the county in which the district is situated a statement of the tax rate fixed.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 990.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 2 - Use of County Assessor s Roll › Section 6941.6.

6941.6. The county auditor shall compute and enter in the county assessment roll the respective sums to be paid as a district tax on the property in the district, using the rate of levy as fixed by the board and the assessed value as found on the assessment roll.
The taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected, and when collected shall be at once paid to the treasurer.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 2 - Use of County Assessor s Roll › Section 6941.9.

6941.9. The taxes are a lien on all the property in the district, and the taxes, whether for the payment of a bonded indebtedness, or for other purposes, shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes, and their collection shall be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens for county taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 990.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 6950.

6950. “Board” or “board of directors” means the governing authority of a public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 6951.

6951. “Public agency” means a city, a county, a special district, or any other political subdivision of the state which is otherwise authorized to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate sanitary sewers or sewage systems.
“Public agency” does not mean an improvement district organized pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000), Streets and Highways Code), or the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000), Streets and Highways Code) or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500), Streets and Highways Code), or a county maintenance district.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 6952.

6952. “On-site wastewater disposal system” means any of several works, facilities, devices, or other mechanisms used to collect, treat, recycle, or dispose of wastewater without the use of communitywide sanitary sewers or sewage systems.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 28, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 6952.5.

6952.5. “Owner of real property” means any public agency owning land and any person shown as the owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll; provided that where such person is no longer the owner, the term means any person entitled to be shown as owner on the next assessment roll and where land is subject to a recorded written agreement of sale, the term means any person shown therein as purchaser.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 6953.

6953. “Zone” means an on-site wastewater disposal zone formed pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 6954.

6954. “Real property” means both land and improvements to land which benefit, directly or indirectly from, or on behalf of, the activities of the zone.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6955.

6955. Whenever the board of directors of a public agency deems it necessary to form an on-site wastewater disposal zone in all or a portion of the public agency’s jurisdiction, the board shall by resolution declare that it intends to form such a zone.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6955.1.

6955.1. A proposed zone shall contain at least 12 voters, as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code. However, where there are fewer than 12 registered voters within a proposed zone, the public agency may form a zone if the county health officer determines that an existing or potential public health hazard exists. The board of supervisors shall receive a notice of this determination.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 126. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6956.

6956. The resolution of intention shall also state:
(a)  A description of the boundaries of the territory proposed to be included within the zone. The description may be accompanied by a map showing such boundaries.
(b)  The public benefit to be derived from the establishment of such a zone.
(c)  A description of the proposed types of on-site wastewater disposal systems and a proposed plan for wastewater disposal.
(d)  The number of residential units and commercial users in the proposed zone which the public agency proposes to serve.
(e)  The proposed means of financing the operations of the zone.
(f)  The time and place for a hearing by the board on the question of the formation and extent of the proposed zone, and the question of the number and type of the residential units and commercial units that the public agency proposes to serve in the proposed zone.
(g)  That at such time and place any interested persons will be heard.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6956.5.

6956.5. The resolution of intention shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which all or the greater portion of the land in the proposed zone is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6957.

6957. (a)  A proposal to form a zone within a public agency may also be initiated by filing a petition with the board. Such a petition shall contain all the matters specified in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 6956. Such a petition shall be signed as provided in either of the following:
(1)  By not less than 10 percent of the voters who reside within the territory proposed to be included within the zone.
(2)  By not less than 10 percent of the number of owners of real property, including both land and improvements to land, within the territory proposed to be included within the zone who also own not less than 10 percent of the assessed value of the real property within such territory.
(b)  Each signer of a petition shall add to his or her signature, the date of signing. If the signer is signing the petition as a voter, he or she shall add to his or her signature his or her place of residence, giving street and number, or a designation sufficient to enable the place of residence to be readily ascertained. If the signer is signing the petition as an owner of real property, he or she shall add to his or her signature a description of the real property owned by him or her sufficient to identify the real property.
(c)  Following certification of the petition, the board shall set the time and place of the hearing on the question of the formation of the proposed zone.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6958.

6958. (a)  Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention or the petition, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper circulated in the public agency.
(b)  Notice of the hearing shall also be given to the local health officer, the board of supervisors, the governing body of any other public agency within the boundaries of the proposed zone, the governing body of any public agency whose sphere of influence, as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 54774 of the Government Code, includes the proposed zone, the affected local agency formation commission, and the regional water quality control board in whose jurisdiction the proposed zone lies.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6959.

6959. The hearing by the board on the question of the formation of the proposed zone shall be commenced no less than 45 days nor more than 60 days from adoption of a resolution of intention or the receipt of a petition containing a sufficient number of signatures and shall be completed no more than 90 days after the first day of the hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6960.

6960. After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6958, a local health officer shall review the proposed formation and report his or her findings in writing to the board of directors of the public agency. The report shall specify the maximum number, type, volume, and location of on-site wastewater disposal systems which could be operated within the proposed zone without individually or collectively, directly or indirectly, resulting in a nuisance or hazard to public health. The local health officer may require from the public agency such information as may be reasonably necessary to make the findings required in this section.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6960.1.

6960.1. After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6958, the affected regional water quality control board shall review the proposed formation and report its findings in writing to the board of directors of the public agency. The report shall specify the maximum number, type, volume, and location of on-site wastewater disposal systems which could be operated within the proposed zone without individually or collectively, directly or indirectly, resulting in a pollution or nuisance, or adversely affecting water quality. The regional water quality control board may require from the public agency such information as may be reasonably necessary to make the findings required in this section.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6960.2.

6960.2. The number, type, volume, and location of on-site wastewater disposal systems to be operated within the zone shall not exceed the number specified pursuant to either Section 6960 or Section 6960.1.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6960.3.

6960.3. The formation of an on-site wastewater disposal zone shall be subject to review and approval by a local agency formation commission which has adopted rules and regulations affecting the functions and services of special districts pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 56450) of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 323, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6960.4.

6960.4. Prior to any decision on the question of the formation of the proposed zone, the board shall obtain approval for the proposed plan for wastewater disposal from the affected regional water quality control board if such plan involves the disposal of wastewater to a wastewater treatment facility. For any other method of wastewater disposal, and prior to any decision, the board shall obtain approval for the proposed plan from the local health officer and the affected regional water quality control board. The affected regional water quality control board or the local health officer shall not approve any plan which does not comply with applicable requirements of federal, state, regional, or local law, order, regulation, or rule relating to water pollution, the disposal of waste, or public health.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6961.

6961. At the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention or the petition, or at any time or place to which the hearing is adjourned, any interested person may appear and present any matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution of intention or the petition. At the hearing the board shall also hear the reports of any local health officer, and any public agency with statutory responsibilities for setting water quality standards, regarding any matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution of intention or the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6962.

6962. At the hearing the board shall also hear and receive any oral or written protests, objections, or evidence which shall be made, presented, or filed. Any person who shall have filed a written protest may withdraw the same at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing. The board shall have the following powers and duties:
(a)  To exclude any territory proposed to be included in a zone when the board finds that such territory will not be benefited by becoming a part of such zone.
(b)  To include any additional territory in a proposed zone when the board finds that such territory will be benefited by becoming a part of such zone.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6963.

6963. At the close of the hearing the board shall find and declare by resolution that written protests, filed and not withdrawn prior to the conclusion of the hearing, represent one of the following:
(a)  Less than 35 percent of either of the following:
(1)  The number of voters who reside in the proposed zone.
(2)  The number of owners of real property in the proposed zone who also own not less than 35 percent of the assessed value of the real property within the proposed zone.
(b)  Not less than 35 percent but less than 50 percent of either of the following:
(1)  The number of voters who reside in the proposed zone.
(2)  The number of owners of real property in the proposed zone who also own not less than 35 percent but less than 50 percent of the assessed value of the real property within the proposed zone.
(c)  Not less than 50 percent of either of the following:
(1)  The number of voters who reside in the proposed zone.
(2)  The number of owners of real property in the proposed zone who also own not less than 50 percent of the assessed value of the real property within the proposed zone.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6964.

6964. If the number of written protests filed and not withdrawn is the number described in subdivision (c) of Section 6963, the board shall abandon any further proceedings on the question of forming a proposed zone.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6965.

6965. If the number of written protests filed and not withdrawn is the number described in subdivision (a) of Section 6963, the board shall find and declare by resolution all of the following:
(a)  A description of the exterior boundaries of the zone as proposed or modified.
(b)  The number of on-site wastewater disposal systems which the public agency proposes to acquire, operate, maintain, or monitor.
(c)  That the operation of the proposed zone will not result in land uses that are not consistent with applicable general plans, zoning ordinances, or other land use regulations.
(d)  The method of financing the operations of the zone.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6966.

6966. The board may order the formation of the zone either without election or subject to confirmation by the voters within the zone upon the question of such formation. However, the board shall not order any such formation without an election if the number of written protests filed and not withdrawn is a number described in subdivision (b) of Section 6963.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6967.

6967. If the board does not order the formation of the proposed zone, an election on the question shall be conducted if, within 30 days of the date upon which the board did not order the formation, the board receives a petition requesting such an election signed by either of the following:
(a)  Not less than 35 percent of the voters who reside within the territory proposed to be included within the zone.
(b)  Not less than 35 percent of the number of owners of real property within the territory proposed to be included within the zone who also own not less than 35 percent of the assessed value of the real property within such territory.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6968.

6968. Any election conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of law pertaining to regular or special elections held in the public agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6969.

6969. After the canvass of returns of any election on the question of forming a proposed zone, the board shall adopt a resolution ordering the formation of the zone if a majority of votes cast at such election are in favor of such formation.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6970.

6970. No public agency shall form a zone which includes any territory already included within another zone.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6971.

6971. No public agency shall form a zone if such formation will permit other land uses which are not consistent with the general plans, zoning ordinances, or other land use regulations of any county or city within which the proposed zone is located.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6972.

6972. After the formation of the zone pursuant to this article, all taxes levied to carry out the purposes of the zone shall be levied exclusively upon the property taxable in the zone by the public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6973.

6973. If the board does not form a zone after the close of a hearing in accordance with Section 6967 and no petition is filed pursuant to Section 6967, or if the board abandons proceedings on the proposal to form a zone, or if the formation of a zone is not confirmed by the voters, no further proceeding shall be taken thereon. No application for a subsequent proposal involving substantially the same territory and undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be considered or acted upon by the public agency for at least one year after the date of disapproval of, abandonment of, or election on the proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6974.

6974. Territory within the public agency may be annexed to a zone, provided that such territory is not part of another zone. The requirements and proceedings for the annexation of territory shall be the same as the requirements and proceedings for formation of a zone.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 6974.5.

6974.5. Land already a part of a zone may be detached if the board finds and determines, following notice and hearing in the same manner provided for formation of the zone, that the land will not be benefitted by its continued inclusion in the zone.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 6975.

6975. An on-site wastewater disposal zone may be formed to achieve water quality objectives set by regional water quality control boards, to protect existing and future beneficial water uses, protect public health, and to prevent and abate nuisances. Whenever an on-site wastewater disposal zone has been formed pursuant to this chapter, the public agency shall have the powers set forth in this article, which powers shall be in addition to any other powers provided by law. A public agency shall exercise its powers on behalf of a zone.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 6976.

6976. An on-site waste water disposal zone shall have the following powers:
(a)  To collect, treat, reclaim, or dispose of waste water without the use of communitywide sanitary sewers or sewage systems and without degrading water quality within or outside the zone.
(b)  To acquire, design, own, construct, install, operate, monitor, inspect, and maintain on-site wastewater disposal systems, not to exceed the number of systems specified pursuant to either Section 6960 or Section 6960.1, within the zone in a manner which will promote water quality, prevent the pollution, waste, and contamination of water, and abate nuisances.
(c)  To conduct investigations, make analyses, and monitor conditions with regard to water quality within the zone.
(d)  To adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations necessary to implement the purposes of the zone. Such rules and regulations may be adopted only after the board conducts a public hearing after giving public notice pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 6977.

6977. The public agency shall do all such acts as are reasonably necessary to secure compliance with any federal, state, regional, or local law, order, regulation, or rule relating to water pollution or the discharge of pollutants, waste, or any other material within the zone. For such purpose, any authorized representative of the public agency, upon presentation of his credentials, or, if necessary under the circumstances, after obtaining an inspection warrant pursuant to Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, shall have the right of entry to any premises on which a water pollution, waste, or contamination source, including, but not limited to, septic tanks, is located for the purpose of inspecting such source, including securing samples of discharges therefrom, or any records required to be maintained in connection therewith by federal, state, or local law, order, regulation, or rule.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 6978.

6978. (a)  Violation of any of the provisions of a rule or regulation adopted pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 6976 may be abated as a public nuisance by the board. The board may by regulation establish a procedure for the abatement of such a nuisance and to assess the cost of such abatement to the violator. If the violator maintains the nuisance upon real property in which he has a fee title interest, the assessment shall constitute a lien upon such real property in the manner provided in subdivision (b).
(b)  The amount of any costs, which are incurred by the zone in abating such a nuisance upon real property, shall be assessed to such real property and shall be added to, and become part of, the annual taxes next levied upon the real property subject to abatement and shall constitute a lien upon that real property as of the same time and in the same manner as does the tax lien securing such annual taxes. All laws applicable to the collection and enforcement of county ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to such assessment, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attached thereon, prior to the date on which such delinquent charges appear on the assessment roll, then a lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the delinquent and unpaid charges relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. Any amounts of such assessments collected are to be credited to the funds of the zone from which the costs of abatement were expended.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 6979.

6979. (a)  The owner of any real property upon which is located an on-site wastewater disposal system, which system is subject to abatement as a public nuisance by the public agency, may request the public agency to replace or repair, as necessary, such system. If replacement or repair is feasible, the board may provide for the necessary replacement or repair work.
(b)  The person or persons employed by the board to do the work shall have a lien, subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 6978, for work done and materials furnished, and the work done and materials furnished shall be deemed to have been done and furnished at the request of the owner. The zone, in the discretion of the board, may pay all, or any part, of the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished; and, to the extent that the zone pays the cost or price of the work done and materials furnished, the zone shall succeed to and have all the rights, including, but not limited to, the lien, of such person or persons employed to do the work against the real property and the owner.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 6980.

6980. A board may exercise all of the public agency’s existing financial powers on behalf of a zone, excepting that any assessment or tax levied upon the real property of a zone shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 6978 and 6981.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 6981.

6981. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public agency may levy an assessment reasonably proportional to the benefits derived from the zone, as determined by the board, and subject to the approval of the voters pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 2285) of Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. Such benefit assessment shall be in addition to any other charges, assessments, or taxes otherwise levied by the public agency upon the property in the zone.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 445.)