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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22132.

22132. The validity of any assessment levied under this part shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the time the assessment is levied. Any appeal from a final judgment in such an action or proceeding must be perfected within 30 days after the entry of the judgment.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22133.

22133. Upon the receipt of the diagram and assessment the tax collector shall record them in a suitable book to be kept by him for that purpose, and append thereto his certificate of the date of recording. The record shall be the assessment roll. From the date of recording all persons shall be deemed to have notice of the contents of the assessment roll.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22134.

22134. Immediately upon the recording, the several assessments contained in the assessment roll shall become due and payable, and each of the assessments shall be a lien upon the property against which it is made, and shall only be discharged by payment of the assessment or by redemption of the land after sale for delinquency.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1465.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22135.

22135. The tax collector shall, upon the recording of the assessment, give notice thereof by publication for five days in a daily newspaper, published and circulated in the city, or by two insertions in a weekly newspaper so published and circulated. If there is no such newspaper, the notice shall be given by posting in three public places in the city.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22136.

22136. The notice shall state that:
(a) The assessments have been recorded in the tax collector’s office.
(b) All sums assessed therein are due and payable immediately.
(c) The payment of the sums shall be made to him within 30 days after the date of the first publication or posting of notice, which date shall be stated in the notice.
(d) All assessments not paid before the expiration of the 30 days shall be delinquent, and thereupon 10 per cent of the amount of each such assessment shall be added thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22137.

22137. When any assessment is paid, the tax collector shall mark opposite the assessment the word “paid,” with the date of the payment and shall give a receipt therefor.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22138.

22138. All assessments unpaid shall be delinquent at the expiration of a period of 30 days from the first publication or posting of the notice that the assessment is due and payable.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22139.

22139. The tax collector shall, when any assessment is delinquent, mark opposite the assessment the word “delinquent,” and shall add 10 per cent to the amount of the assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22140.

22140. As an alternative method for the collection of assessments levied under this part, the council, after the adoption of the resolution ordering the improvement, may order the assessment roll prepared by the city forester, showing the amount of the assessment against each lot or parcel of land, to be turned over to the assessor and the tax collector of the city, whereupon it shall be the duty of said officers to add the amount of said assessments to the next regular bill for taxes levied against the said lot or parcel of land for city purposes. Where city taxes are collected by the county officials, said assessment roll shall be delivered to the county auditor, who shall enter the amount thereof on the county assessment book opposite the description of the lot or parcel of land, and the amount shall be collected together with all other taxes thereon against the lot or parcel of land; provided, that said assessment roll shall be delivered to the county auditor before the date fixed by law for the delivery of the assessment books to the county board of equalization. Thereafter said amount shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as city taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and interest and to the same procedure under foreclosure and sale, in case of delinquency, as provided for city taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of city taxes are hereby made applicable to such special assessment taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 237.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22141.

22141. The city council shall have the power, in its discretion, to determine that the payment of such assessments may be made in annual installments, in any event not to exceed five, and that the payments of assessments so deferred shall bear interest on the unpaid balance at a rate to be determined by the city council, not to exceed 5 per cent per annum. All such determinations shall be expressed in the resolution of intention.
In the event that it is determined that such assessments may be paid in installments, the notice required in Section 22136 of this code shall so state, and the unpaid assessments shall not be delinquent until the expiration of a period of 30 days from the date upon which such installment was due and payable.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 257.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 22142.

22142. The lien, whether bonds issued to represent the assessment or otherwise, shall be subordinate to all fixed special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property, but it shall have priority over all fixed special assessment liens which may thereafter be created against the property.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1465.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22160.

22160. The tax collector shall, within 30 days after the date of delinquency, begin the publication or posting of a notice that the lots or parcels of land upon which the assessments have not been paid will be sold. The publication shall be made by two consecutive insertions in a daily or weekly newspaper published and circulated in the city. If there is no such newspaper, the notice shall be given by posting in three public places in the city.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22161.

22161. The date fixed for the sale shall be not less than five days, nor more than 10 days after either the last publication or the completion of posting of the notice.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22162.

22162. The notice shall contain a description of each lot or parcel of land delinquent, and opposite each description the name of the owner as shown by the assessment roll, and the amount of the assessment and costs due, including the cost of advertisement. The cost of advertisement shall not exceed the sum of fifty cents ($0.50) for each lot or parcel of land separately assessed.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22163.

22163. The notice shall contain a statement that unless each assessment which is delinquent, together with the penalties and costs thereon, is paid, the property upon which the assessment is a lien will be sold at public auction, at the time and place specified in the notice.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22164.

22164. At any time after the delinquency and prior to the sale of any lots or parcels of land, any person may redeem the property by paying the delinquent assessment thereon, together with the penalties and costs and, if the payment is made after the first publication or posting of notice of sale, the cost of advertising.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22165.

22165. At the time and place stated in the notice the tax collector shall proceed with the sale, commencing at the head of the list of the lots and parcels of land contained in the notice and continuing in the numerical order thereof until all the lots and parcels are sold. He may postpone or continue the sale from day to day until it is completed. He shall separately sell each lot or parcel of land, or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount of the delinquent assessment which is a lien on the same, together with the penalties and costs, and fifty cents ($0.50) for a certificate of sale. If there is no other purchaser, the lot or parcel shall be struck off to the city as purchaser.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22166.

22166. The tax collector shall issue for each sale an original and a duplicate certificate of sale, which shall refer to the proceedings, describe the lot or parcel sold, and give the name of the purchaser and the amount for which the sale was made. He shall deliver the original certificate to the purchaser, and he shall keep the duplicate on file in his office.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22167.

22167. At any time before the expiration of 12 months from the date of the sale, any property so sold may be redeemed by the payment to the tax collector of the amount for which it was sold, with an additional penalty of 20 per cent of that amount.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22168.

22168. Upon redemption of any lot or parcel of land, the tax collector shall enter the fact and date of redemption upon the duplicate certificate of sale.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22169.

22169. The tax collector shall pay the redemption money to the person holding the original certificate of sale upon the surrender of the certificate and the execution of a receipt for the amount received.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22170.

22170. If there has been no redemption of the property at any time after the expiration of 12 months from the date of sale, the tax collector shall, upon proper application being made therefor, execute to the purchaser, or his successor in interest a deed of the property sold.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22171.

22171. The deed shall recite substantially the matters contained in the certificate of sale, any change of interest therein, and the fact that no person has redeemed the property.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22172.

22172. The applicant for a deed shall pay the tax collector one dollar ($1) for making the deed. If the city is the purchaser no charge shall be made for making the deed.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22173.

22173. At least 30 days before he applies for a deed, the purchaser or his successor in interest shall serve upon the owner of the property, and upon any occupant, a written notice setting forth:
(a) A description of the property.
(b) That the property has been sold for a delinquent assessment.
(c) The improvement for which the assessment was made.
(d) The amount for which the property was sold.
(e) The amount necessary to redeem at the time of giving the notice.
(f) The time when the purchaser or his successor in interest will apply to the tax collector for a deed.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22174.

22174. If the owner of the property can not with due diligence be found, the notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the property at least 30 days before the time specified in the notice at which the application for a deed will be made.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22175.

22175. The applicant for a deed shall file with the tax collector an affidavit or affidavits showing that notice of the application has been given, and if the notice was not served personally on the owner of the property, that due diligence was used to find the owner. The tax collector shall file the affidavit or affidavits in his office.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22176.

22176. The person redeeming shall, if he redeems after the filing of the affidavits and more than 11 months from the date of sale, pay, in addition to the other amounts required, three dollars ($3) for the service of notice and the making of the affidavits, which amount shall be paid over to the purchaser or his successor in interest in the same manner as other sums paid for redemption.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22177.

22177. No deed for any property sold for a delinquent assessment shall be executed until the purchaser or his successor in interest has complied with all the provisions of this chapter and filed with the tax collector the proper affidavits.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 22178.

22178. The deed of the tax collector shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of all matters, recited therein, of the regularity of all proceedings prior to the execution thereof, and of title in the grantee.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 8 - Improvement Funds › Section 22200.

22200. The funds collected by the tax collector under this part shall be paid by him, as fast as collected, to the city treasurer. The city treasurer shall place the funds in a special fund designated by the name of the improvement proceeding, and shall make payments out of that fund only for the purposes provided for in this part.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 8 - Improvement Funds › Section 22201.

22201. Payments out of the special fund shall be made by the city treasurer to the board as funds are required for the prosecution and completion of the improvement.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 1 - TREE PLANTING ACT OF 93 › CHAPTER 8 - Improvement Funds › Section 22202.

22202. To expedite the making of the improvement, the city council may at any time transfer into the special fund out of any money in the general fund, any sums which it may deem necessary. The sums so transferred shall be a loan to the special fund, and shall be repaid out of the proceeds of the assessments provided for in this part.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22500.

22500. This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972.”
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22501.

22501. This part shall apply to local agencies whose annual taxes are carried on the county assessment roll and are collected by the county, or an agency or entity created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code and made up solely of local agencies whose annual taxes are carried on the county assessment roll and are collected by the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 966, Sec. 12.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22502.

22502. This part provides an alternative procedure for making the improvements herein authorized and shall not apply to or affect any other provisions of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22503.

22503. An assessment district shall consist of all territory which, as determined by the legislative body, will be benefited by the improvements and is to be assessed to pay the costs thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22504.

22504. An assessment district may consist of all or any part of the territory within the local agency and, in the case of a county, may consist of all or any part of the unincorporated territory of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22505.

22505. An assessment district may consist of contiguous or noncontinguous areas. The improvements in one area need not be of benefit to other areas.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22506.

22506. The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 5115) of Part 3 of Division 7, pertaining to the extension of the work or the assessment district beyond the boundaries of a local agency, are by this reference incorporated in this part.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22507.

22507. Division 4 (commencing with Section 2800) and Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 3100) do not apply to this part or proceedings taken pursuant to this part, except that Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 3100) does apply to proceedings in which the legislative body determines to issue bonds or notes pursuant to Section 22662.5, and may be applied to any other proceedings pursuant to this part at the discretion of the legislative body.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1184, Sec. 25.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22508.

22508. Any resolution, notice, report, diagram or assessment which is required to contain a description of the improvements, the boundaries of the assessment district or any zones therein, or the lines and dimensions of any lot or parcel of land may, for a full and detailed description thereof, refer to any plan or map which is on file with the clerk, the county auditor, or the county assessor and which is open to public inspection. The plan or map so referred to shall govern for all details of the description.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 22509.

22509. This part shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose. Any proceedings taken under this part and any assessment levied pursuant thereto shall not be invalidated for failure to comply with the provisions of this part if such failure does not substantially and adversely affect the rights of any person. All determinations made by the legislative body pursuant to this part shall be final and conclusive in the absence of fraud or prejudicial abuse of discretion.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 22520.

22520. The definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this part unless the context otherwise requires. The definition of a word or phrase applies to any variants thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 22521.

22521. “Assessment district” means an assessment district formed pursuant to this part.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 22522.

22522. “Clerk” means the clerk or secretary of a local agency or its legislative body.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 22523.

22523. “Engineer” means the city engineer, county engineer, engineer of the district, or any other person designated by the legislative body as the engineer for the purposes of this part, including any officer, board, or employee of the local agency or any private person or firm specially employed by the local agency as engineer for the purposes of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 22524.

22524. “Fiscal year” means a 12-month period commencing on July 1 and ending on the following June 30.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 22525.

22525. “Improvement” means one or any combination of the following:
(a) The installation or planting of landscaping.
(b) The installation or construction of statuary, fountains, and other ornamental structures and facilities.
(c) The installation or construction of public lighting facilities, including, but not limited to, traffic signals.
(d) The installation or construction of any facilities which are appurtenant to any of the foregoing or which are necessary or convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof, including, but not limited to, grading, clearing, removal of debris, the installation or construction of curbs, gutters, walls, sidewalks, or paving, or water, irrigation, drainage, or electrical facilities.
(e) The installation of park or recreational improvements, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Land preparation, such as grading, leveling, cutting and filling, sod, landscaping, irrigation systems, sidewalks, and drainage.
(2) Lights, playground equipment, play courts, and public restrooms.
(f) The maintenance or servicing, or both, of any of the foregoing, and of any improvement authorized by subdivision (i).
(g) The acquisition of land for park, recreational, or open-space purposes.
(h) The acquisition of any existing improvement otherwise authorized pursuant to this section.
(i) The acquisition or construction of any community center, municipal auditorium or hall, or similar public facility for the indoor presentation of performances, shows, stage productions, fairs, conventions, exhibitions, pageants, meetings, parties, or other group events, activities, or functions, whether those events, activities, or functions are public or private.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 382, Sec. 13.5. (SB 194) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING › PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197 › CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 22526.

22526. “Incidental expenses” include all of the following:
(a) The costs of preparation of the report, including plans, specifications, estimates, diagram, and assessment.
(b) The costs of printing, advertising, and the giving of published, posted, and mailed notices.
(c) Compensation payable to the county for collection of assessments.
(d) Compensation of any engineer or attorney employed to render services in proceedings pursuant to this part.
(e) Any other expenses incidental to the construction, installation, or maintenance and servicing of the improvements.
(f) Any expenses incidental to the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to Section 22662.5.
(g) Costs associated with any elections held for the approval of a new or increased assessment.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1194, Sec. 16. Effective October 11, 1993.)
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22527. “Including,” unless expressly limited, means including without limitation.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22528. “Landscaping” means trees, shrubs, grass, or other ornamental vegetation.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22529. “Legislative body” means the legislative body or governing board of any local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22530. “Local agency” means a county, a city and county, a city, a special district, or an agency or entity created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code and made up solely of local agencies whose annual taxes are carried on the county assessment roll and are collected by the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 966, Sec. 14.)
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22531. “Maintain” or “maintenance” means the furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation, and servicing of any improvement, including:
(a) Repair, removal, or replacement of all or any part of any improvement.
(b) Providing for the life, growth, health, and beauty of landscaping, including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying, fertilizing, or treating for disease or injury.
(c) The removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid waste.
(d) The cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of walls and other improvements to remove or cover graffiti.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1246, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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22532. “Property owner” means: any person shown as the owner of land on the last equalized county assessment roll; when such person is no longer the owner, then any person entitled to be shown as owner on the next county assessment roll, if such person is known to the local agency; where land is subject to a recorded written agreement of sale, any person shown therein as purchaser.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22533. “Public agency” means the state or federal governments, any city, city and county, county, or other public corporation formed pursuant to charter, general law, or special act, for the performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries and any department, board, commission, independent agency, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22534. “Public lighting facilities” means all works or improvements used or useful for the lighting of any public places, including ornamental standards, luminaires, poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, braces, transformers, insulators, contacts, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments, and appurtenances.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22535. “Public places” means one or any combination of the following:
(a) Any public street, highway, road, alley, lane, boulevard, parkway, or other way dedicated to or used for public use.
(b) Any public property, right-of-way, or leasehold interest which is in use in the performance of a public function and which adjoins any of the ways described in subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22536. “Public utility” means any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of and regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22537. “Resolution” includes an ordinance.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22538. “Service” or “servicing” means the furnishing of:
(a) Electric current or energy, gas, or other illuminating agent for any public lighting facilities or for the lighting or operation of any other improvements.
(b) Water for the irrigation of any landscaping, the operation of any fountains, or the maintenance of any other improvements.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22539. “Special district” means any public corporation, other than a county or a city, formed pursuant to general law or special act for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries and which is authorized by such law or act to make any of the improvements or to furnish the maintenance or services provided for in this part.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22540. “Treasurer” means the treasurer of a local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22550. “Notice” means any resolution, order, notice, or other instrument authorized or required by this part to be published, posted, or mailed.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22551. The clerk shall give notice or cause the same to be given in accordance with this article, unless the legislative body delegates the duty of giving the notice to some other officer or board.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22552. Published notice shall be made pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22553. Publication of notice of hearing shall be completed at least 10 days prior to the date of hearing specified therein.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22554. Posted notices, other than of hearings for the formation of an assessment district or for the annexation of territory to an existing district, shall be made by posting upon any official bulletin board customarily used by the local agency or legislative body for the posting of notices.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22556. Prior to levying a new assessment pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 22585), the legislative body shall cause notice of the public hearing to be given pursuant to Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 53. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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22565. The engineer shall prepare reports in accordance with this article.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22566. A report shall be prepared for each fiscal year for which assessments are to be levied and collected to pay the costs of the improvements described in the report.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22567. A report shall refer to the assessment district by its distinctive designation, specify the fiscal year to which the report applies, and, with respect to that year, shall contain all of the following:
(a) Plans and specifications for the improvements.
(b) An estimate of the costs of the improvements.
(c) A diagram for the assessment district.
(d) An assessment of the estimated costs of the improvements.
(e) If bonds or notes will be issued pursuant to Section 22662.5, an estimate of their principal amount.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1184, Sec. 27.)
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22568. The plans and specifications shall show and describe existing and proposed improvements. The plans and specifications need not be detailed, but shall be sufficient if they show or describe the general nature, location, and extent of the improvements. If the assessment district is divided into zones, the plans and specifications shall indicate the class and type of improvements to be provided for each such zone. The plans or specifications may be prepared as separate instruments or either or both may be incorporated in the diagram as a combined instrument.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22569. The estimate of the costs of the improvements for the fiscal year shall contain estimates for all of the following:
(a) The total costs for improvements to be made that year, being the total costs of constructing or installing all proposed improvements and of maintaining and servicing all existing and proposed improvements, including all incidental expenses. This may include a reserve which shall not exceed the estimated costs of maintenance and servicing to December 10 of the fiscal year, or whenever the city expects to receive its apportionment of special assessments and tax collections from the county, whichever is later.
(b) The amount of any surplus or deficit in the improvement fund to be carried over from a previous fiscal year.
(c) The amount of any contributions to be made from sources other than assessments levied pursuant to this part.
(d) The amount, if any, of the annual installment for the fiscal year where the legislative body has ordered an assessment for the estimated cost of any improvements to be levied and collected in annual installments.
(e) The net amount to be assessed upon assessable lands within the assessment district, being the total improvement costs, as referred to in subdivision (a), increased or decreased, as the case may be, by any of the amounts referred to in subdivision (b), (c), or (d).
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 966, Sec. 15.)
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22570. The diagram for an assessment district shall show (a) the exterior boundaries of the assessment district, (b) the boundaries of any zones within the district, and (c) the lines and dimensions of each lot or parcel of land within the district. Each lot or parcel shall be identified by a distinctive number or letter.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22571. The lines and dimensions of each lot or parcel of land shown on the diagram shall conform to those shown on the county assessor’s maps for the fiscal year to which the report applies. The diagram may refer to the county assessor’s maps for a detailed description of the lines and dimensions of any lots or parcels, in which case, those maps shall govern for all details concerning the lines and dimensions of such lots or parcels.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)
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22572. The assessment shall refer to the fiscal year to which it applies and shall do all of the following:
(a) State the net amount, determined in accordance with Section 22569, to be assessed upon assessable lands within the assessment district, which shall include an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due during the fiscal year from each parcel on any bonds or notes issued pursuant to Section 22662.5.
(b) Describe each assessable lot or parcel of land within the district.
(c) Assess the net amount upon all assessable lots or parcels of land within the district by apportioning that amount among the several lots or parcels in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by each lot or parcel from the improvements.
The assessment may refer to the county assessment roll for a description of the lots or parcels, in which case that roll shall govern for all details concerning the description of the lots or parcels.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1184, Sec. 28.)
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22573. The net amount to be asessed upon lands within an assessment district may be apportioned by any formula or method which fairly distributes the net amount among all assessable lots or parcels in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by each such lot or parcel from the improvements.
The determination of whether or not a lot or parcel will benefit from the improvements shall be made pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000)).
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)