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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6521.5.

6521.5. Any district may exercise the power granted to sanitation districts by Section 4765 of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1018.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6522.

6522. It may do any act necessary or proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for which it is formed.
(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 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6522.1.

6522.1. No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates or prescribes standards for the installation of plumbing inside of buildings and structures, shall be effective within any county, city and county, or city which has adopted an ordinance, regulation, or code incorporated in an ordinance governing such installations.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1155.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6523.

6523. A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 30 days, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 651.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6523.1.

6523.1. It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether heretofore or hereafter incurred; and also refund or retire any public indebtedness or lien that may exist or be created against the district or any property therein which shall have arisen out of the transaction of the affairs of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1375.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6523.2.

6523.2. In order to effect its powers, it may enter upon private property for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of sanitary and waste disposal facilities and may terminate service to property in which a violation of any rule or regulation is found to exist.
Prior to termination of service, however, the district board shall notify, in writing, the owner and tenant, if any, of such property that service is intended to be so terminated and conduct a hearing thereon as herein provided. Such notice shall be mailed to the owner at the address shown on the records of the assessor of the county or as known to the clerk, and a copy shall be delivered to the tenant or posted conspicuously on the property. The notice shall state the date of proposed termination of service and the reasons therefor and the date the district board shall hold a hearing upon such intended termination. Such hearing shall not be held less than 10 days subsequent to the giving of notice as herein required.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1068.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6523.3.

6523.3. In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of the district. The cost of such correction may be added to any sewer service charge payable by the person violating the ordinance or the owner or tenant of the property upon which the violation occurred, and the district shall have such remedies for the collection of such costs as it has for the collection of sewer service charges. The district may also petition the superior court for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, as may be appropriate, restraining any person from the continued violation of any ordinance of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 406.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1.5 - Inclusion in County Sanitation District › Section 6524.

6524. Any district organized under the provisions of this act may become a part of a county sanitation district after the board of supervisors of the county within which the district is located, has, after a hearing, pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act, found and determined by resolution duly adopted that such inclusion is for the best interest of the district and the governing body of the district consents thereto by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1375.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1.5 - Inclusion in County Sanitation District › Section 6525.

6525. A sanitary district which becomes a part of a county sanitation district as hereinabove provided for is not thereby dissolved, but may continue to function, except as herein otherwise provided, in the same manner as heretofore.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1375.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1.5 - Inclusion in County Sanitation District › Section 6526.

6526. When a sanitary district is not included in a county sanitation district at the time of formation of the latter, it may subsequently become included within such county sanitation district, upon its sanitary board adopting a resolution, by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members, declaring its intention so to do.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1375.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1.5 - Inclusion in County Sanitation District › Section 6527.

6527. Following the formation of such county sanitation district it shall have no jurisdiction within such sanitary district until the legislative body of such sanitary district shall, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of no less than four-fifths of its members, determine what facilities and functions of constructing, maintaining and operating sanitary sewerage facilities of such sanitary district shall be transferred to such county sanitation district.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1375.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1.5 - Inclusion in County Sanitation District › Section 6528.

6528. Copies of the resolutions herein mentioned, duly certified by the clerk or secretary of the respective legislative bodies, shall be filed with the county clerk, in the respective files of such sanitary district and county sanitation district, and with the county assessor, and such resolutions shall not be effective until said copies are so filed.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1375.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 1.5 - Inclusion in County Sanitation District › Section 6529.

6529. Nothing herein shall prevent any territory within a county sanitation district from being formed into or annexed to any sanitary district, and such territory shall thereafter become subject to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1375.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Sewer Maintenance in Cities › Section 6530.

6530. At any time after the sewer or other sanitary system is constructed the governing body of any city lying within the limits of the district may elect to keep and maintain the lateral sewer lying within the city in order and repair and may enter into an agreement with the board to do so.
From the date of the agreement the governing body shall keep the lateral in repair and the board is not required to keep it in order or repair.
After a city elects to keep the lateral sewers within its corporate limits in order and repair the property within the corporate limits of the city shall not be taxed for running expenses necessary to keep and maintain the lateral sewer lying within the city in order and repair but shall be taxed for the inspection and repairs of the main sewers lying within the city together with the expense of those functions other than sewerage collection within the city performed by the district pursuant to Section 6512 hereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1201.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Sewer Maintenance in Cities › Section 6530.1.

6530.1. Whenever any portion of a district has been included within a city by annexation, incorporation, or otherwise, the governing body of such city may elect, upon agreement by the district, to construct new storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities within the city limits, and acquire title to and reconstruct, alter, enlarge, renew, replace, maintain and operate existing storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities, lying within the city and may enter into an agreement with the board to do so.
From the date fixed in the agreement the city shall have exclusive jurisdiction to perform the functions described in the first paragraph of this section and in the agreement in that portion of the district lying within the city, and the board is not required to exercise any functions pertaining to such storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities, and is relieved of all liability in connection therewith.
If the city elects to perform such functions within the city, the property within the corporate limits of the city shall not be taxed by the district for any costs necessary to construct, maintain, and keep in repair such storm drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities lying within the city which are taxed by the city for those functions, other than storm drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities within the city which continue to be owned, maintained and operated by the district pursuant to Section 6512 of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 419.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Sewer Maintenance in Cities › Section 6531.

6531. Where an entire district shall have heretofore become located within the boundaries of a city by reason of the incorporation thereof, and said district shall have continued thereafter to function as a sanitary district, and no court having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall have adjudicated that said district has merged with said city, and a portion of the boundary of said district shall thereafter have become extended beyond the territorial limits of said city by reason of annexation thereto, said district shall during all said times be and constitute a legally existing sanitary district and shall not thereafter be deemed or adjudged to have merged with said city by reason of said original inclusion therein.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 977.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 3 - Application of Other Statutes › Section 6540.

6540. The governing board may order the construction of sewers, drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment works and other sanitary disposal systems, and storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal systems, and appurtenances and appurtenant work in the whole or any portion of any of the streets, highways, or public places either in or out of the district, or in property or in rights of way owned by the district, and acquire property, rights of way, and easements therefor, and may provide that the cost shall be assessed upon the fronting lots and lands or on a special assessment district; provided, that said district shall first obtain the consent to said work and the assumption of jurisdiction thereover from the legislative body having jurisdiction of the territory within which any of the proposed work is to be done; and provided further, that if any of the territory proposed to be assessed shall be outside the boundaries of the district, the consent of the legislative body having jurisdiction over such territory shall be obtained to the formation of the special assessment district.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 765.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 3 - Application of Other Statutes › Section 6541.

6541. The Improvement Act of 1911, the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 are applicable to districts.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 3 - Application of Other Statutes › Section 6542.

6542. In the application of those acts to proceedings under this article the terms used in those acts shall have the following meanings:
(a)  “City council” and “council” mean board.
(b)  “City” and “municipality” mean district.
(c)  “Clerk” and “city clerk” mean secretary.
(d)  “Superintendent of streets,” “street superintendent,” and “city engineer” mean the engineer of the district, or any other person appointed to perform the duties.
(e)  “Tax collector” means county tax collector.
(f)  “Treasurer” and “city treasurer” mean any person or official who has charge of and makes payment of the funds of the district.
(g)  “Right-of-way” means any parcel of land in, on, under or through which a right-of-way or easement has been granted to the district for the purpose of constructing and maintaining any of the works or improvements mentioned in Section 6540.
(h)  “Health officer” means the health officer appointed by the legislative body having jurisdiction over all or any portion of the territory to be served by any of the works mentioned in Section 6540, except that as to cities that have consented to or contracted for health administration by the county health officer pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 101375) of, or Article 3 (commencing with Section 101400) of, Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 101, it shall mean the county health officer.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 189. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 3 - Application of Other Statutes › Section 6543.

6543. The powers and duties conferred by those acts and supplementary acts upon boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the respective boards, officers, and agents of the district.
(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 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 3 - Application of Other Statutes › Section 6544.

6544. The improvements authorized to be constructed or acquired by this article are restricted to those permitted to be constructed or acquired by such districts under Article 1 of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1072.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.1.

6550.1. An improvement district may be formed to undertake any project for any one or more of the purposes stated in Section 6512 that is of special benefit to the area of such improvement district, including in any such project, any required investigation, study, analysis, appraisal or financing plan.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.2.

6550.2. The formation of an improvement district shall be initiated by a resolution of the district board which shall contain all of the following:
(a)  A description of the proposed boundaries of the improvement district proposed to be formed.
(b)  A brief general description of the project proposed to be undertaken within such improvement district.
(c)  A statement that the proposed project will be a special benefit to such improvement district.
(d)  A statement of the district board’s intention to undertake the project.
(e)  An estimate of the cost of the proposed project.
(f)  The method by which the proposed project is proposed to be financed, including the amount of bonded debt, if any, to be incurred; and, to the extent that the project is to be financed by taxes levied in such improvement district for purposes other than the payment of the principal of, and interest on, bonds, the proposed maximum amount of such tax which may be levied in any year, which maximum shall not exceed one dollar ($1) per one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of the taxable property in such improvement district.
(g)  The time, place, and date for a hearing by the district board on the matters stated in such resolution, which shall be not less than 15 nor more than 60 days after the date of adoption of the resolution initiating formation proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.3.

6550.3. The secretary shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing by causing a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 6550.2 to be published for the time provided by Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation, circulated in the proposed improvement district, but if there is no such newspaper, then in one circulated in the county in which the proposed improvement district is situated. The secretary shall also mail copies of the resolution to all landowners owning land within the proposed improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.4.

6550.4. The hearing on the proposed improvement district shall be held by the board of directors upon the date and at the time specified in the resolution initiating proceedings. At the hearing the board of directors shall hear and receive any oral or written protests, objections, or evidence which shall be made, presented, or filed. Any person who shall have filed a written protest may withdraw the same at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.5.

6550.5. The district board shall have power to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district, the project to be undertaken, the estimate of the cost of the project, the method by which the project is to be financed, or any two or more of such matters; provided, however, that the board shall not change such boundaries so as to include any territory which will not, in its judgment, be benefited by such improvement and shall exclude from the proposed improvement district any territory which it finds will not be benefited by inclusion therein.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.6.

6550.6. If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district by adding territory thereto, the project, the estimate of cost, or the method by which the project is to be financed or to increase the proposed maximum amount of the tax, it shall state the proposed change and the time and place for a hearing thereon in a resolution and give notice of such hearing in the manner required by Section 6550.3. At the time and place fixed for the hearing, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the district board shall continue with the hearing. At the hearing any person interested, including any person owning property within the district or within the proposed improvement district, may appear and present any matters material to the changes stated in the notice.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.7.

6550.7. If prior to the conclusion of the hearing written protests against the formation of the proposed improvement district or the proposed project signed by the current holders of title to taxable property within the proposed improvement district which, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll, constitutes more than one-half of the total assessed value of taxable property within the proposed improvement district, are filed with the district board, further proceedings relating to the proposed improvement district and the proposed project shall be terminated and no proceedings for the formation of any improvement district to undertake the proposed project shall be instituted for a period of six months following the date of the conclusion of the hearing.
Where taxable property is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the first one of such owners who signs the written protest shall commit all such property to the protest.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.8.

6550.8. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the proceedings are not terminated pursuant to Section 6550.7, the district board shall by resolution determine whether it is deemed necessary to form the improvement district and to undertake the project and, if so, the amount of any proposed debt to be incurred to finance the project, that the exterior boundaries of the portion of the district which will be benefited are set forth on a map on file with the district board (which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the improvement district), and that such portion of the district set forth on such map shall thereupon constitute and be known as “Improvement District No. __ of ____ (name of sanitary district),” and the determination made in said resolution shall be final and conclusive. After the formation of such improvement district within a sanitary district, all proceedings for the purpose of any bond election for the project for which the improvement district was formed shall be limited and shall apply only to such improvement district, and taxes for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in such improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.9.

6550.9. When the district board has made its determinations as provided in Section 6550.8, and if the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness to finance the project for which the improvement district was formed, the board shall by resolution call a special election in such improvement district for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters thereof, the proposition of incurring such indebtedness by the issuance of bonds of the district for such improvement district. Such resolution shall state:
(a)  That the board deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness.
(b)  The purpose for which the bonded indebtedness will be incurred.
(c)  The amount of debt to be incurred.
(d)  The name of the improvement district to be benefited by such indebtedness, and that a map showing the exterior boundaries of such improvement district is on file with the district board, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the improvement district.
(e)  That taxes for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in such improvement district.
(f)  The maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity, which shall not exceed 40 years.
(g)  The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not be more than the rate specified in this part for bonds of the district, payable at the times specified in this chapter for bonds of the district.
(h)  The measure to be submitted to the voters.
(i)  The date of the election.
(j)  The election precincts, polling places and election officers.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.10.

6550.10. Except as otherwise provided in this article, notice of the election shall be given and the election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for the authorization of bonds of the entire sanitary district, and if two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness, as proposed, bonds of the district, issued in the name of the district and designated “Bonds of ____ (naming the sanitary district) for Improvement District No. __”, shall be issued and sold for the amount stated in the resolution calling the election in the same form and manner as bonds of the entire sanitary district. Each bond of the district for an improvement district and all interest coupons thereof, shall state that taxes for the payment thereof shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.11.

6550.11. No irregularities or informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same, if the election shall have otherwise been fairly conducted. Any action or proceedings, wherein the validity of the formation of the improvement district or of any bonds issued for it or of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned or denied, shall be commenced within three months from the date of such election; otherwise, such bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the formation of the improvement district, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.12.

6550.12. Any moneys required to be raised from taxes for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on bonds of the district for an improvement district shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in the improvement district of such sanitary district, and all the taxable property within the improvement district of such sanitary district shall be and remain liable to be taxed for such payments. The district board shall annually, at the time and in the manner of levying other district taxes, levy and cause to be collected a tax upon the taxable property in the improvement district, based upon the last equalized assessment roll of the district, sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds for that year and such portion of the principal as is to become due before the time for making the next general tax levy. Such bonds and the interest thereon shall not be taxable in this state.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.13.

6550.13. Subject to such limitations as may be contained in the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed, the district board shall have the power in any year to cause taxes to be levied and collected in any improvement district to finance any project of such improvement district and to pay the costs of administration, maintenance, and operation of any works or facilities of, or for, such improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.14.

6550.14. The procedure for levying and collecting taxes in any improvement district shall be the same as is provided in Chapter 7 (commencing at Section 6695) of this part for taxes on property in districts.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.15.

6550.15. All taxes collected pursuant to this article shall be expended only for the payment of bond principal and interest, or only for the improvement district project for which levied, except that any surplus tax proceeds levied otherwise than for payment of bond principal and interest which remain after the completion of any improvement district project for which levied shall be transferred to the bond interest and redemption fund of such improvement district, if any, otherwise to the district’s general fund.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.16.

6550.16. For the purpose of any tax levied under this article, the properties within any improvement district shall be deemed to be equally benefited.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.17.

6550.17. Territory within a district, but not a part of an improvement district created pursuant to this article, may be annexed to such improvement district whether or not contiguous thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.18.

6550.18. Annexation of territory to an improvement district shall be initiated by a resolution of the district board which shall contain at least all of the following:
(a)  A description of the territory proposed to be annexed.
(b)  A statement that the area to be annexed to the improvement district will be benefited by such annexation.
(c)  The time, place, and date for a hearing by the district board on the proposed annexation, which shall not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days after the date of adoption of the resolution initiating annexation proceedings.
(d)  Any additional matters which the district board may determine are necessary or convenient to the annexation proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.19.

6550.19. The resolution shall be published and notice of the hearing on the proposed annexation shall be given, in the manner required by Section 6550.3, except that in applying such section the words “improvement district” shall mean the territory proposed to be annexed.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.20.

6550.20. The hearing on the proposed annexation shall be held in the manner required by Section 6550.4, except that in applying such section the words, “improvement district” shall mean the territory proposed to be annexed.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.21.

6550.21. The district board shall have the power to change the boundaries of territory proposed to be annexed to an improvement district, but shall not include any territory which, in its judgment, will not be benefited by inclusion within the improvement district, nor shall it exclude any territory which it finds would be benefited by inclusion within the improvement district.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.22.

6550.22. If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed by adding territory thereto, it shall give notice thereof in the manner provided in Section 6550.19. Owners of land within the affected territory shall be given an opportunity to appear before the district board pursuant to Section 6550.20 and to register any protests.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.23.

6550.23. At the conclusion of the hearing, the district board may, by resolution, order the annexation to the improvement district of such territory as it determines will be benefited by inclusion therein.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.24.

6550.24. If all the owners of land within the territory proposed to be annexed have given their written assent to such annexation, the board may, by resolution, order such an annexation without notice and hearing by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.25.

6550.25. After the adoption of a resolution ordering such annexation, or a resolution confirming an order of annexation following an election thereon, the secretary shall file a certified copy thereof with a map of the territory thus annexed with the county assessor and the county tax collector of each county in which such annexed territory is situated and with the State Board of Equalization.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 4 - District Powers › ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts › Section 6550.26.

6550.26. Territory annexed to an improvement district shall be subject to existing bond issues and indebtedness of the improvement district from and after the filing with the county assessor specified in Section 6550.25.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6560.

6560. The election on the question of formation of a district shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law.
Except as otherwise provided in this part, general district elections shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law.
(Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6561.

6561. Every voter resident within the district or a proposed district for the period requisite to enable him to vote at a general election, is entitled to vote at district elections.
(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 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6562.

6562. At an annexation election every qualified voter resident in the territory proposed to be annexed for the length of time necessary to enable him to vote at a general election may vote.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 977.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 6563.

6563. At district elections the last great register of the county shall be used, and any person otherwise entitled to vote whose name is not upon the register is entitled to vote upon producing and filing with the election board a certificate, under the hand and seal of the county clerk, showing that his name is registered and uncanceled upon the great register of the county.
(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 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Officers › Section 6580.

6580. Except as provided in Sections 6580.1 and 6580.2, all elections of officers after the formation of the district, which elections shall be known as “general district elections,” shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year.
(Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Officers › Section 6580.2.

6580.2. An officer elected or appointed pursuant to Section 6580.1 shall hold office until the election or appointment and qualification of his or her successor.
A district that has determined to consolidate its general district elections with the direct primary election may thereafter determine to conduct its general district elections pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law. In such event, the district board shall, at any time on or before July 15 of any odd-numbered year, adopt a resolution to that effect. A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the county elections official no later than July 20 of that year. Thereafter, the terms of each elective officer shall be determined pursuant to Section 10507 of the Elections Code, and, commencing with the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of said year, all subsequent general district elections shall be held in the time and manner set forth in the Uniform District Election Law.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 124. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 2 - Election of Officers › Section 6585.

6585. The nominating petition may be upon one or more sheets of paper.
Each petition shall contain the name of only one candidate who shall be a resident elector of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 154.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 2.5 - Central Contra Costa Sanitary District › Section 6590.

6590. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this article shall apply only to the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 696, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 2.5 - Central Contra Costa Sanitary District › Section 6591.

6591. (a)  In the case of an elected district board, the directors may be elected by divisions if a majority of the voters voting upon the question are in favor of the question at a general district or special election. Conversely, in the case of a district that has an elected district board which is elected by election division, the directors may be elected at large if a majority of the voters voting upon the question are in favor of the question at a general district or special election.
(b)  As used in this section, “election by division” means the election of each member of the district board by voters of only the respective election division.
(c)  The district board may adopt a resolution placing the question on the ballot. Alternatively, upon receipt of a petition signed by at least 5 percent of the registered voters of the district, the district board shall adopt a resolution placing the question on the ballot.
(d)  If the question is submitted to the voters at a general district election, the notice required by Section 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on the ballot. If the question is submitted to the voters at a special election, the notice of election and ballot shall contain a statement of the question.
(e)  If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves the election of directors by divisions, the district board shall promptly adopt a resolution dividing the district into as many divisions as there are directors. The resolution shall assign a number to each division. Using the last decennial census as a basis, the divisions shall be as nearly equal in population as possible. In establishing the boundaries of the divisions the district board may give consideration to the following factors: (1) topography, (2) geography, (3) cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of territory, and (4) community of interests of the divisions.
(f)  If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves the election of directors by division, the board members shall be elected by election divisions and each member elected shall be a resident of the election division from which he or she is elected. At the district general election following the approval by the voters of the election of directors by divisions, the district board shall assign vacancies on the board created by the expiration of terms to the respective election divisions and the vacancies shall be filled from those election divisions.
(g)  If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves the election of directors at large, the district board shall promptly adopt a resolution dissolving the election divisions which had existed.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 696, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 2.5 - Central Contra Costa Sanitary District › Section 6592.

6592. In the case of a district board elected by election divisions, the district board shall adjust the boundaries of the election divisions before November 1 of the year following the year in which each decennial federal census is taken. If at any time between each decennial federal census a change of organization alters the population of the district or the district increases or decreases the number of members of the district board, the district board shall reexamine the boundaries of its election divisions. If the district board finds that the population of any election division has varied so that the divisions no longer meet the criteria specified in subdivision (c) of Section 6591, the district board shall adjust the boundaries of the election divisions so that the divisions shall be as nearly equal in population as possible. The district board shall make this change within 60 days of the effective date of the change of organization or an increase or decrease in the number of members of the district board.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 696, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923 › CHAPTER 5 - Elections › ARTICLE 2.5 - Central Contra Costa Sanitary District › Section 6593.

6593. (a)  Before circulating any petition pursuant to Section 6591, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for the proposal. The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the district. If the district is located in more than one county, publication of the notice shall be made in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties.
(b)  The notice shall be signed by at least one, but not more than three, chief petitioners and shall be in substantially the following form:
“Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition
Notice is hereby given of the intention to circulate a petition affecting the Board of Directors of the ______ (name of the district). The petition proposes that ______ (description of the proposal).”
(c)  Within five days after the date of publication, the chief petitioners shall file with the secretary of the district board a copy of the notice together with an affidavit made by a representative of the newspaper in which the notice was published certifying to the fact of publication.
(d)  After the filing required pursuant to subdivision (c), the petition may be circulated for signatures.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 696, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)