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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Calling and Conducting Elections › Section 26063.

26063. At the election there shall be elected one member of the commission, whose term of office shall be for four years and until the election, or appointment, and qualification of his successor.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Calling and Conducting Elections › Section 26064.

26064. The ballot shall contain the words “Boulevard District—Yes,” and “Boulevard District—No,” and shall also make provision for voting for one member of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Calling and Conducting Elections › Section 26065.

26065. The officers of election shall make a return of the election to the board of supervisors, which shall canvass the returns as provided by law. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of creating the district the board of supervisors shall make and enter in its minutes an order declaring that the district of the name, and with the boundaries theretofore established (setting forth the boundaries), has been duly created, and shall declare the person receiving the highest number of votes for member of the commission, duly elected.
The order shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and of the regularity of all prior proceedings provided for by this part, and of the existence of, and the validity of the creation of, the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Calling and Conducting Elections › Section 26066.

26066. If a majority of the votes cast are against the creation of the district, the board of supervisors shall by order entered in its minutes so declare, and no other proceeding shall be taken in relation thereto until the expiration of one year from the date of the presentation to the board of supervisors of the petition pursuant to which the election was called.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Selection of the Boulevard Commission › Section 26080.

26080. The commission shall consist of the chairman of the board of supervisors and the county surveyor, or the county engineer, as the case may be, of the county in which the district is situated, who shall be ex officio members, and a third member elected pursuant to Chapter 4 of this part. The elected member shall have been a bona fide resident and freeholder within the boundaries of the district for at least one year prior to his election.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Selection of the Boulevard Commission › Section 26081.

26081. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term by the board of supervisors from among the bona fide resident freeholders within the district who shall have been resident freeholders for at least one year prior to their appointment. No member of the board of supervisors, except the chairman thereof, shall be eligible to hold office on the commission or to hold any position in connection therewith.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Selection of the Boulevard Commission › Section 26082.

26082. Upon the receipt of a petition in writing, signed by at least 25 percent in number of the registered voters residing within the district, the California Transportation Commission shall declare the position on the commission held by the county surveyor or county engineer, as the case may be, vacant, and nominate and appoint a person to fill the vacancy who is a civil engineer and who, in the opinion of the California Transportation Commission, is qualified to serve on the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 121.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Selection of the Boulevard Commission › Section 26083.

26083. The member appointed by the California Transportation Commission shall hold office for the term of four years from and after his appointment, and until the appointment and qualification of his successor. All appointments to fill any vacancy in the position of that member either during or at the expiration of his term of office shall be made by the California Transportation Commission upon the receipt of written notice from the commission of the vacancy. No petition shall be necessary to authorize the appointment to fill the vacancy.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 122.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Selection of the Boulevard Commission › Section 26084.

26084. Each member of the commission shall give a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) which has been approved by a judge of the superior court of the county in which the district is located, to the district for the faithful performance of his duties. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation whatever either for general or special services for or on behalf of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Selection of the Boulevard Commission › Section 26085.

26085. An election shall be held on the first Monday after the first Tuesday in March in the fourth year after the formation of the district, and in every fourth year thereafter, for the purpose of electing a member to succeed the elected member of the commission whose term shall expire during that year.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Selection of the Boulevard Commission › Section 26086.

26086. At least 20 days before the day of the election the commission shall post a notice of the election in three public places in the district. The notice shall specify the time and place of election, the hours during which the polls will be kept open, and the officer to be elected.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Selection of the Boulevard Commission › Section 26087.

26087. The commission shall select one or more polling places within the district; shall appoint one inspector and two judges of election in each polling place, and make all necessary and proper arrangements for holding the election. The election officers shall constitute the election board. If no election officers are appointed by the commission, or if any of those appointed are not present at the time of the opening of the polls, the electors present may appoint substitutes to fill the election board who shall conduct the election as if they had been appointd by the commission and were present.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Selection of the Boulevard Commission › Section 26088.

26088. The election board shall publicly canvass the votes immediately after the closing of the polls, and shall make return of the election within 24 hours thereafter to the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors at its first meeting after receiving the returns shall canvass the same and shall make, sign and deliver a certificate of election to the person elected.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 26110.

26110. The commission shall be the governing body of the district, and shall exercise all of the powers which are vested in the district. At its first meeting or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the commission shall choose one of its members as president, and another of its members as secretary. All written documents shall be signed in the name of the district by the president of the commission, and countersigned by the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 26111.

26111. The commission shall hold all meetings in the district at an appointed place, at such times as may be convenient. If either the president or the secretary are absent or unable to act, the commission shall, by order entered upon its minutes, choose from its members a president pro tempore, or secretary pro tempore, as the case may be.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 26112.

26112. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and every decision of the majority made when duly assembled, is valid as an act of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 26113.

26113. The district may use a common seal, alterable at the pleasure of the commission and may:
(a) Sue and be sued in its own name.
(b) Lay out, establish, construct, acquire and maintain boulevards within the district, and for this purpose acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings or otherwise, and pay for and hold, real and personal property and rights of way within the district.
Any easement procured for the building of a boulevard, whether procured by grant or condemnation, shall permit the use of the boulevard by a railroad, electric road, or street railroad pursuant to this part.
(c) Make and accept all contracts, deeds, releases and documents of any kind which shall be necessary or proper to the exercise of any of the powers of the district.
(d) Direct the payment of all lawful claims and demands against the district.
(e) Issue bonds as hereinafter provided, and provide for their payment.
(f) When directed to do so by a vote of the people of the district, have sufficient taxes levied for the construction, maintenance or repair of district boulevards, and the payment of all indebtedness and running expenses of the district.
(g) Employ all necessary engineers, surveyors, agents and workmen to do the work on or in connection with the boulevards in the district.
(h) Do any and all things necessary or proper for the complete exercise of its powers and the accomplishment of the purposes for which it was formed.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 26114.

26114. For the purposes of this part the district may take over, control, operate, and use in whole or in part any county road or public highway and may construct any boulevard in whole or in part, over, along, or upon all or any part of any county road or public highway. District funds may be expended in the improvement of such road or highway to conform to the width and general character of the balance of the boulevard.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Powers and Duties of the Commission › Section 26115.

26115. At its option, the commission may make application to the Department of Transportation for the exercise by the department of any powers, duties, or authority which the department may have with respect to the ownership, construction, maintenance, or improvement of any boulevard pursuant to this part, including the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates and the handling and expenditure of district moneys for such construction, maintenance, or improvement.
Any such application to the Department of Transportation shall be made in accordance with the provisions of law defining the powers, duties, or privileges of the department in relation to such matters, and, upon the granting of any such application by the department, the commission shall have full power to carry out the terms of the application on its part.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 123.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 7 - Preliminary Plans and Surveys › Section 26130.

26130. Before the construction of any boulevard and before the calling of any election for the issuance of bonds, the commission shall employ one or more engineers who shall make all necessary surveys, prepare maps showing the location, cross-section and profile of the proposed boulevard. The engineer shall also prepare specifications for the construction of the boulevard and estimates of the cost of construction and of acquiring rights of way.
These surveys, maps, specifications and estimates shall, upon approval by the commission, be formally adopted by order entered upon its minutes and filed with its secretary and when so adopted shall constitute the plan of the district for the proposed boulevard. The commission may, at its option, direct the county surveyor, or county engineer, as the case may be, to do any of the engineering work.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 7 - Preliminary Plans and Surveys › Section 26131.

26131. The expense of making the preliminary surveys may be allowed by the board of supervisors out of the county general fund or the general county road fund upon claims regularly presented and allowed in the manner provided by law.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Approval of Construction Plans › Section 26160.

26160. At any time after the adoption of a plan for a boulevard or the letting of a contract for the construction of the whole or any portion of any boulevard, the commission may by order entered in its minutes call an election for the purpose of determining whether bonds shall be issued for the acquisition of rights of way for, and the construction of, such boulevard, or for the payment of such contract.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Approval of Construction Plans › Section 26161.

26161. The order shall fix the day of the election, shall specify the amount of the bond issue, and shall state in general terms that the money raised from the sale of the bonds shall be used for the acquisition of rights of way for, and the construction of, boulevards in the district.
If the election is called for the payment of a contract already entered into by the commission, the order shall state the terms of the contract in such manner as will advise the electors of its contents. Any money raised by means of a bond issue which remains on hand after the acquisition of rights of way and the construction have been completed, shall be expended in the betterment and maintenance of the boulevard.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Approval of Construction Plans › Section 26163.

26163. At any time prior to the day fixed for the election the commission shall select one or more polling places within the district, and appoint from among the qualified electors within the district, one inspector, and two judges for each polling place who shall constitute the officers of the election and the election board, and shall make all other necessary and proper arrangements for holding the election. The ballots shall contain the words “Bonds, Yes” and “Bonds, No.”
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Approval of Construction Plans › Section 26164.

26164. After the vote has been counted and the result announced by the election officers the ballots shall be sealed up and delivered to the secretary of the commission with the election returns. The commission shall, at its next meeting, canvass the returns and enter the result upon its minutes. This entry in the minutes is conclusive evidence of the fact and regularity of all prior proceedings required by this part and of the facts stated in the entry.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Approval of Construction Plans › Section 26165.

26165. If, at the election, two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of the issuance of bonds, the commission is authorized to issue and sell the bonds as proposed in the order calling the election. If the result of the election is against the issuance of bonds no other election upon the same question shall be called or held for one year after such election.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Approval of Construction Plans › Section 26166.

26166. A boulevard may be constructed with money raised by taxation instead of a bond issue if authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an election called for the purpose of determining if the boulevard shall be so constructed.
Elections to authorize the construction of boulevards with money raised by taxation shall be called and held in the same manner as is provided for bond elections.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - The Bond Issue › Section 26180.

26180. All bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the commission may determine, except that they shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - The Bond Issue › Section 26181.

26181. All bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the county treasurer of the county in which the district is situated, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 8 percent per annum which shall be payable semiannually. Not less than one-thirtieth part of the total issue of bonds shall be payable each year, commencing not more than five years after the date of the bond issue.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - The Bond Issue › Section 26182.

26182. The bonds shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of the commission. They shall be numbered consecutively, in the order of their maturity, and shall have coupons for interest attached, attested by the facsimile signature of the secretary of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - The Bond Issue › Section 26183.

26183. The bonds may be sold by the commission in such manner and in such quantities as it may determine. However no bond may be sold for less than its face value.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - The Bond Issue › Section 26184.

26184. The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be deposited with the county treasurer and shall be placed by him in a fund in the county treasury to be called the boulevard fund of ____ boulevard district (naming it). The money in the fund shall be used for the purposes indicated in the order calling the election at which the issuance of the bonds was authorized.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Levy and Collection of Taxes › Section 26200.

26200. At or before the first meeting of the board of supervisors in September of each year, the commission shall furnish the board of supervisors and the auditor of the county in which the district is situated, an estimate in writing of the amount of money needed for the purposes of the district for the ensuing fiscal year. The amount shall be sufficient to pay:
(a) The interest on all outstanding bonds of the district which will become due during the ensuing fiscal year.
(b) The principal of all outstanding bonds of the district which will mature during the ensuing fiscal year.
(c) The estimated cost of repairs and maintenance of the boulevard, and the running expenses of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Levy and Collection of Taxes › Section 26201.

26201. Annually, at the time of levying county taxes, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax to be known as the “_______ (name of district) boulevard district tax,” sufficient to raise the amount estimated by the commission to be necessary for the purposes of the district for the ensuing fiscal year. The board of supervisors shall determine the rate of the tax by deducting 15 per cent for anticipated delinquencies from the total assessed value of the real property within the district, as it appears on the assessment roll of the county, and dividing the sum required to be raised, by the remainder of the total assessed value.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Levy and Collection of Taxes › Section 26202.

26202. The tax so levied shall be computed and entered on the assessment roll by the county auditor, and if the board of supervisors fails to levy the tax the auditor shall do so. The tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes, and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the district.
The provisions of law prescibing the manner of levying and collecting county taxes and the duties of the several county officers with respect to taxation are, so far as they are not in conflict with this part, applicable to taxation under this part. Such officers shall be liable upon their several official bonds for the faithful discharge of the duties imposed upon them by this part.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 12 - County Contributions › Section 26220.

26220. The board of supervisors shall set apart and turn over to the commission out of the general fund of the county 25 per cent of the cost of acquiring the rights of way for, and construction of, the boulevard and 25 per cent of the cost of maintaining and repairing the boulevard. All money so set apart and turned over to the commission shall be used exclusively for the purposes for which it was so set apart and turned over.
The board of supervisors shall set apart and use for road work in the district all moneys raised in the district by the county for road purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - District Funds › Section 26221.

26221. The treasury of the county in which the district is situated shall be the depository for the funds of the district. The county treasurer shall receive and receipt for the funds of the district, and shall place all such funds to the credit of the district. He shall be responsible upon his official bond for their safekeeping and proper disbursement.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13 - District Funds › Section 26222.

26222. The following funds are hereby established in the county treasury to which the money belonging to the district, and raised by taxation shall be apportioned by the treasurer:
(a) Bond fund.
(b) Construction and maintenance fund.
(c) District expense fund.
The treasurer shall pay out district funds only upon warrants of the commission, signed by the president and attested by the secretary, except that all bonds and coupons shall be paid on presentation by the county treasurer out of the bond fund without warrant.
Upon request of the commission or its secretary, the treasurer shall report in writing to the commission the amount of money in the various funds, the amount of receipts since his last report and the amounts paid out.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 13.5 - Claims › Section 26225.

26225. 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 › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 14 - Transfer of District Boulevards › Section 26230.

26230. After any boulevard has been completely constructed the commission may, at its option, convey all the right, title and interest of the district in and to that boulevard to the county within which the district is situated, if the board of supervisors of the county consents to and accepts the conveyance and agrees to maintain the boulevard as a boulevard and as part of the county highway system. All boulevards so conveyed shall be held by the county as county boulevards without any further liability or responsibility on the part of the district. No such conveyance shall affect the liability of the district for, or any bonds previously issued by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 15 - Dissolution › Section 26240.

26240. Whenever it shall deem it advisable, the commission shall, by resolution, order that an election be held in the district upon the question of dissolution of the district. The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as other elections of the district, and if two-thirds of the electors of the district vote in favor of dissolution, the district shall be dissolved.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 15 - Dissolution › Section 26241.

26241. Upon dissolution, any property in unincorporated territory which may have been acquired by the district shall vest in the county, and any property within the boundaries of an incorporated city shall vest in the city.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 15 - Dissolution › Section 26242.

26242. If at the time of the election to dissolve the district there is outstanding any bonded indebtedness of the district, the vote to dissolve shall dissolve the district for all purposes except the levy and collection of taxes for the payment of that outstanding indebtedness.
From the time of dissolution until the bonded indebtedness together with the interest thereon is fully paid, the board of supervisors of the county shall constitute ex officio the boulevard commission of the district, and shall levy such taxes and perform such other acts as may be necessary to raise money for the payment of the outstanding indebtedness of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 16 - Validating Proceedings › Section 26260.

26260. An action to determine the legality of the existence of a district may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1527.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 27004.

27004. As used in this part, “tolls” include tolls, charges, rentals, rates, traffic charges, and other income and revenue actually received or receivable by, or for the account of, the district for the use and operation of equipment, rolling stocks, ferries, properties, and facilities for travel that are constructed, owned, operated, or maintained by the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1694.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 27005.

27005. In any county having a registrar of voters, the powers conferred and the duties imposed by this part upon the county clerk in relation to matters of election and polling places, shall be exercised and performed by the registrar of voters.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 27006.

27006. Except as otherwise provided in this part, all elections held by the district shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general election laws of the State.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 27007.

27007. No irregularity or informality in conducting any district election which has been otherwise fairly conducted shall invalidate or affect the election.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinance of Intention › Section 27020.

27020. A bridge and highway district may be organized and incorporated in accordance with this part. When so incorporated it shall be entitled to exercise the powers expressly or impliedly conferred upon it by this part.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinance of Intention › Section 27022.

27022. Proceedings for the incorporation of a district may be instituted by the adoption of an ordinance by the board of supervisors of each county desiring to form a district or by the electors of each such county under the provisions of law applicable to passage of ordinances by initiative declaring that the county, or part of the county, intends to unite with such other counties as may adopt like ordinances to form the district.
The ordinance need not name the counties to be included in the district, and a general statement in the ordinance that the county adopting it intends to unite with any other counties which may adopt like ordinances to form the district, shall be sufficient.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinance of Intention › Section 27023.

27023. The ordinance of intention shall provide that a petition for the formation of the district be circulated, and the board of supervisors shall, by resolution name and appoint persons to circulate and secure signatures for the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinance of Intention › Section 27025.

27025. The ordinance of intention may be adopted by the board of supervisors at any time after application shall be made to it for that purpose. If the board of supervisors neglects to act upon the application for the adoption of the ordinance for a period of 60 days after it is submitted to it, the ordinance may be submitted to the electors of the county under the provisions of the initiative applicable to ordinances generally in the county.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinance of Intention › Section 27026.

27026. If the ordinance is adopted by the board of supervisors, it shall be subject to the referendum provisions applicable to ordinances generally in the county.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Proceeding by Petition › Section 27040.

27040. The petition for the formation of the district shall give the name of the district, which shall be the legal name under which the district shall be known, and shall set forth the extent of the proposed district, either by describing its exterior boundaries, or by naming the counties proposed to be included in it and shall contain a prayer that the proposed district be incorporated under the provisions of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Proceeding by Petition › Section 27041.

27041. If only part of any county is proposed to be included in the district, the extent of the part of the county included may be indicated by naming the county and excepting therefrom some administrative or governmental subdivisions thereof, such as townships, school districts or other similar subdivisions, or the excluded portion may be described by its boundaries. In any description of included or excluded territory, reference to recorded instruments may be made for the purpose of defining boundaries.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Proceeding by Petition › Section 27043.

27043. The petition circulated in each county may consist of any number of separate copies of the original instrument and shall be signed by voters residing within the boundaries of the county or portion of the county proposed to be included in the district equal in number to at least 10 per cent of the number of voters in the county or portion thereof from which the petition is presented who voted for Governor of this State at the last general election at which a Governor was elected prior to the presentation of the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Proceeding by Petition › Section 27044.

27044. The copies of the petition from each county shall be grouped or fastened together and submitted to the county elections official of that county for examination and verification. The county elections official shall have 30 days’ time for the examination of the copies of the petition left with him or her for verification. Within that period of time he or she shall verify each of the signatures on the copies of the petition left with him or her, attach thereto his or her certificate that the copies of the petition have been signed by the requisite number of registered voters and forward the copies of the petition with his or her certificate attached to the Secretary of State.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 136. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Proceeding by Petition › Section 27045.

27045. If the county elections official finds that the copies of the petition are not signed by the requisite number of registered voters residing within the county he or she shall certify to the number of registered voters required to make the petition sufficient. Within 20 days from the date of that certificate, copies of the petition containing additional signatures secured either by the same persons theretofore appointed to secure signatures or by other persons appointed by the board of supervisors for that purpose may be filed with the county elections official.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 137. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Proceeding by Petition › Section 27046.

27046. The county elections official shall within 30 days after the filing of the supplemental copies of the petition examine and verify each of the signatures thereon and certify to the result of the examination as he or she did in connection with the original copies of the petition.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 138. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Proceeding by Petition › Section 27047.

27047. If the petition as supplemented contains a sufficient number of signatures the county elections official shall present it with the certificate to that effect attached to the Secretary of State without delay.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 139. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Proceeding by Petition › Section 27048.

27048. If the certificate of the county elections official shows that any petition as originally filed or as supplemented is insufficient he or she shall so certify and the petition with the certificate attached shall be filed with the Secretary of State and kept by the Secretary of State as a public record, without prejudice however, to the filing of a new petition to the same effect.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 140. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Proceeding by Election › Section 27060.

27060. The board of supervisors of any county may, instead of proceeding by petition, call a special election for the purpose of submitting the question of the inclusion of the county, or that part of the county which is proposed to be included, in the district, to the electors of the county, or to the electors of that portion of the county proposed to be included in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Proceeding by Election › Section 27061.

27061. If a majority of the registered voters voting at the election vote in favor of including the county or a specified part thereof in the district, the county or the part thereof approved for inclusion in the district, shall be included therein.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Proceeding by Election › Section 27062.

27062. The election shall be called and held in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code).
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 141. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Proceeding by Election › Section 27063.

27063. The county elections official shall certify the results of the election to the Secretary of State together with a copy of the action of the board of supervisors calling the election.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 142. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Exclusion of Counties Proposed for Inclusion in the District › Section 27080.

27080. If, within 120 days after application is made to it the board of supervisors of any county named in the petitions from other counties engaged in the formation of the district fails to adopt an ordinance of intention to unite with the other counties in the formation of the district, and no proceedings for the adoption of an ordinance under the provisions of law relating to the initiative are on file with the county elections official, the county elections official shall upon receipt of an affidavit of an elector of the county, setting forth: (a) The date the original application was made to the board of supervisors and (b) the failure of that body to act thereon for 60 days thereafter, issue a certificate to the Secretary of State certifying that on the date of the issuing thereof no proceedings have been filed in his or her office to submit an ordinance to the electors under the provisions applicable to the initiative. The county elections official shall immediately transmit the certificate and affidavit to the Secretary of State.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 143. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Exclusion of Counties Proposed for Inclusion in the District › Section 27081.

27081. The Secretary of State shall file the affidavit with the certificate attached and he shall exclude the county from which the affidavit and certificate have been received from the proposed district in the same manner as if the county had been excluded by order of the superior court.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Exclusion of Counties Proposed for Inclusion in the District › Section 27082.

27082. If an ordinance declaring it to be the intention of a county to become part of the district has been submitted to the people and has failed to be adopted, that fact shall be certified to the Secretary of State by the county elections official, and that county shall be excluded from the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 144. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Exclusion of Counties Proposed for Inclusion in the District › Section 27083.

27083. If a county which is excluded because no ordinance of intention is adopted by it, separates another county, from which sufficient petitions have been received to become a part of the district, from the remainder of the counties of the proposed district, the county thus separated shall not be excluded from the district but shall be included therein even though it is not contiguous to the other counties composing the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27100.

27100. When all of the petitions, or certifications of the result of elections have been received from the county elections officials of the counties having any portion of their territory within the boundaries of the proposed district the Secretary of State shall publish the text of the petition, together with a notice fixing the time within which protests against the inclusion of property within the proposed district may be filed.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 145. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27101.

27101. The petition and notice shall be published for at least three weeks prior to the last day in which protests may be filed in at least one and not to exceed three newspapers printed and published in each of the counties from which petitions have been presented.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27102.

27102. Neither the names attached to the petition, nor the certificates of any of the county elections officials, need be published with the petition. It shall be sufficient to state that the petition has been signed by a certain number of electors, naming it, and duly verified by the county elections official of the county in which the petition was circulated.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 146. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27103.

27103. Any owner of property which is subject to taxation within the boundaries of the proposed district may, within the time specified, protest against the formation of the district.
The protest shall be in writing and shall be filed with the Secretary of State. The protest shall contain:
(a) The name and address of the person protesting and the name and address of his attorney, if he has one.
(b) The grounds upon which the protestant claims that his property will not be benefited by the formation of the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 3 - BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 6 - Incorporation of the District › Section 27104.

27104. The Secretary of State shall attach the protests which he receives from each county to the petition filed from that particular county, and forward the petition with the protests attached to the superior court of that county. The superior court in each county shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the protests so received. The clerk of the court shall set the protests for hearing, and give notice thereof in writing to the protestants, and to their attorneys if they have any, at least 10 days before the date set for the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 286.)