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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 975.

975. The board of any county to which the use is granted, pursuant to the provisions of section 972, may, by mutual consent expressed through ordinances of the respective boards, retransfer the use, control, and maintenance of any highway, constructed under the provisions of sections 972 and 973, to the county originally granting the use.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 976.

976. The board of supervisors of any county may purchase or lease with the consent of the owner, or may obtain by gift, and may hold, improve or maintain any real property or interest therein for the uses and purposes of county highways. Such real property or interest need not be within the boundaries of the county acquiring it, if it is convenient thereto in an adjoining county. In all such cases such property or interest is subject to the control of the county acquiring it and to the ordinances, rules, and regulations of such county.
Nothing in this section shall affect the power of any county to acquire property within its boundaries by proceedings in eminent domain in the manner prescribed by law.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 977.

977. The board of supervisors of any county desiring to act under section 976 may, by unanimous vote of its membership, determine what real property is necessary and proper for the uses and purposes of county highways. Any county thus desiring to purchase or lease with the consent of the owner, or to obtain, hold, improve or maintain, real property or an interest therein situated within an adjoining county shall first obtain the consent by resolution of the board of supervisors of the adjoining county.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 978.

978. Whenever the United States government grants real property to a county for highway uses and purposes, the county may take and dispose of such real property and the board of supervisors shall have, with regard to such real property, the powers of management, control and disposition provided by law for other county property.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 979.

979. The board of supervisors shall keep in repair all objects or markers adjacent to a county highway which have been erected to mark registered historical places and shall keep such markers free from all vegetation which may obscure them from view.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 982.

982. Except as provided in this section, the board of supervisors shall have power to temporarily close all or any part of any public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, lane or place and grant the possession and use thereof, together with the management and control thereof, to any person, firm or corporation operating, managing and controlling any exposition or fair in aid of which the granting of public moneys or other things of value has been authorized by the Constitution or laws of this State upon such terms and conditions, and for such periods of time, as the board of supervisors may determine, such possession, use, management and control to terminate not later than one year after the closing of such exposition or fair. As to State highways, the exercise of any power granted hereby shall be subject to the approval of the department.
(Added by Stats. 1935, Ch. 656.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 985.

985. The board of supervisors may construct, install and maintain cattle guards on or adjacent to the county highways. The cost of constructing, installing, and maintaining such cattle guards may be paid from the general county fund.
The board of supervisors may, under such restrictions, plans and specifications as it may deem proper, permit any property owner to construct, install or maintain at his own expense, cattle guards on or adjacent to any county highway. The construction and maintenance of such cattle guards shall be under the direction and supervision of the board of supervisors, and they may require such bond as they deem proper as a condition of the granting of permission to erect such cattle guard.
(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 165.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 989.

989. (a) (1) Upon the incorporation of a city or upon the annexation of territory to a city, all right, title, and interest of the county, including the underlying fee where owned by the county, in and to any county highway within the territory involved, which had been accepted into the county road system pursuant to Section 941 shall vest in the city and shall thereupon constitute a city street.
(2) All right, title, and interest of a county in and to any county highway included within territory heretofore incorporated as a city or annexed to a city is hereby determined to have vested in the city as a city street.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a road or highway which had been accepted into the county road system pursuant to Section 941 after the date of the first signature on a petition for annexation or incorporation, the adoption of a resolution of application by an affected local agency, or a date mutually agreed upon by the city and county.
(c) Nothing in subdivision (a) requires a city to improve the affected road or highway to city standards.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 531, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 990.

990. Where practical or desirable, the board of supervisors shall, along any highway under its jurisdiction, possession, or control, replace trees that have been destroyed or removed because of projects undertaken to widen the highway.
Money received by county from the Highway Users Tax Fund available for the widening of highways is also available for the planting of trees pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1388.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 991.

991. Before any bridge on a county highway is constructed over any navigable river, the board of supervisors, after a study and public hearing on the question, shall determine and shall prepare a report on the feasibility of providing public access to the river for recreational purposes and a determination as to whether such public access shall be provided.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 972.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 3 - Road Districts › Section 1020.

1020. The boards of supervisors may divide their respective counties into suitable road districts, may change the boundaries thereof, and may create new districts. The board shall not include in such road district any city wherein street work and improvements are done by virtue of any law relating to street work and improvements within such city.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 414.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 3 - Road Districts › Section 1026.

1026. Whenever the board of supervisors finds that any road district in such county is or will be unreasonably burdened by the expense of constructing or maintaining any county highway, or any bridge or tunnel connecting or forming a part of such highway, or by the expense of the purchase of any toll roads the board may:
(a) Order the whole or any portion of the aggregate expense to be paid out of the road fund of the county.
(b) By a majority vote of the board’s membership, order the whole or any portion of the expense of construction or repair of such bridges or tunnels, or a portion of the expense of the purchase of such toll roads, to be paid out of the county general fund.
(c) By unanimous vote of the board’s membership, order the whole or any portion of the expense of material for highway construction to be paid out of the county general fund.
(d) By a four-fifths vote of the board’s membership, order to be paid out of the county general fund or the road fund, or both, the whole or any portion of the expense of constructing, reconstructing or repairing any bridges or highways destroyed or damaged by storms, floods or calamities.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 801.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 3 - Road Districts › Section 1027.

1027. When the alteration of an old or the opening of a new county highway necessitates the removal of fences on real property acquired for highway purposes, the road commissioner shall serve upon the owner, his occupant or his agent, a notice to remove the fences, or in lieu of such service may post such notice on the fences which are to be removed.
If, within ten days after such service or posting, the removal is not completed, or is not commenced and then being prosecuted with due diligence, the road commissioner may cause the fence to be carefully removed at the expense of the owner, and may recover judgment of him for the cost of such removal. The road commissioner may sell the fence material and apply the proceeds toward the satisfaction of the judgment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 3 - Road Districts › Section 1028.

1028. The board of supervisors may call, at such times as in the judgment of the board may be required, a special meeting of the board for hearing highway and road matters. At such special meetings the board shall hear highway and bridge reports and complaints from officers and citizens, and shall take such action regarding the reports and complaints as the public welfare demands.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 3 - Road Districts › Section 1029.

1029. The consolidation of road districts as provided in Section 2006 shall be without prejudice to the legal requirement that all road district taxes collected in any one such district shall be expended in that district.
(Amended by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 3.5 - Private Byroads › Section 1050.

1050. For the purposes of this chapter, “private byroads” are roads opened, laid out, or altered for the purpose of providing access to parcels of contiguous private land of more than 100 acres which have been cut off by a change in the course of a navigable stream. Except as provided in this chapter, private byroads may be opened, laid out, or altered for the necessity of one or more residents or landowners of any road district in the same manner, and using the same procedure, as specified for the opening, laying out, or altering of public roads as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 1160) of Chapter 4; provided, however, that only one petitioner is necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 627.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 3.5 - Private Byroads › Section 1052.

1052. The petitioner shall accompany the petition with a bond, approved by the board of supervisors, in double the amount of the probable cost of the proceedings, including the market value for land taken and any severance damage resulting from the taking, and shall be conditioned that the petitioner will pay all costs of the proceedings, including any compensation which may be awarded to any landowner. The bond shall be further conditioned that the petitioner will pay to the person over whose land the private byroad is sought to be opened or altered, the necessary costs and disbursements in contesting the opening or alteration of the private byroad, in case the petition is not granted or the private byroad is finally not opened or altered.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 374.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 3.5 - Private Byroads › Section 1053.

1053. The board of supervisors may, by resolution, order the private byroad to be opened, laid out, or altered. The clerk shall cause such order to be recorded in the office of the county recorder within five days, naming the owner of the dominant tenement as “grantee” and the owner of the servient tenement as “grantor.”
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 627.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 3.5 - Private Byroads › Section 1054.

1054. The person for whose benefit the private byroad is required shall pay the landowner the market value for land taken and any severance damage resulting from such taking and shall build and maintain the private byroad.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 627.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 1 - By Boards of Supervisors › Section 1070.

1070. Whenever a board of supervisors, by a four-fifths vote of its membership, determines that the public convenience and necessity demand the acquisition or construction of a new county highway or the improvement, repair or maintenance of any existing county highway, and that the expense of such new highway or the expense of improving, repairing or maintaining such existing highway is too great to pay out of the road fund of the district, the board may, by a resolution passed by a four-fifths vote of its membership, determine to make such acquisition or do such work, and charge the expense thereof to the county general fund, the road fund of the county or the district fund of any district benefited.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 801.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1160.

1160. As used in this article:
(a) “Division” means permanent road division.
(b) “Last equalized assessment roll” means the last assessment roll made up by the county assessor, including the changes ordered by the board of supervisors sitting as a board of equalization.
(c) “Highway” means any county road or highway or any public roadway right of way or any private easement or roadway not accepted or acceptable into the county highway system but upon which a permanent public easement is offered or any privately owned road which meets the requirements of and in connection with which the necessary findings of Section 969.5 of this code can be made.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 981.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1160.5.

1160.5. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Permanent Road Division Law.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 578, Sec. 4. Effective August 26, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1161.

1161. Any portion of a county, not already contained in a division, may be formed into a division under the provisions of this article. When formed, each division shall have the powers enumerated in this article. For the purpose of this article, a city is not a division, but may be included in a division.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1162.

1162. A petition for the formation of a division may be presented to the board of supervisors of the county wherein the division is proposed to be formed. The petition shall contain:
(a) The name of the proposed division.
(b) The signatures of at least a majority of the landowners within the proposed division or the signatures of owners of more than 50 percent of the assessed valuation within the division.
(c) The boundaries of the proposed division.
(d) The number of acres therein and the assessed valuation of such acreage according to the last equalized assessment roll of the county.
(e) The value of the improvements on real estate and of the personal property within the proposed division according to the last equalized assessment roll.
(f) The number of inhabitants therein, as nearly as can be ascertained.
(g) A particular description of the location of any highway which it is desired to construct, improve or permanently maintain or maintain for a specified number of years, in the event of which such limited period of maintenance the period thereof shall be shown and a statement showing the necessity for such work.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1308.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1162.6.

1162.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of supervisors may form a permanent road division without reference to a specific permanent road project. The division may include the entire unincorporated area of the county. The board may create zones within the division for specific permanent road projects, with differing special taxes or parcel charges. Parcel charges shall be deemed to be assessments within the meaning of Article XIII D of the California Constitution.
(b) Formation of the division shall be initiated by resolution of the board of supervisors that sets a time and date for a hearing on the matter. Notice of the hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county, or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation published in the county, in a newspaper of general circulation that is circulated within the territory proposed to be included within the division. Publication shall be complete at least seven days prior to the hearing.
(c) At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall hear all objections to the establishment of the division and shall determine whether to form the division.
(d) Proceedings to form a division or zones may be consolidated with an assessment ballot proceeding pursuant to Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 269, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1163.

1163. Such petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit stating that affiant has compared the valuations given in the petition with those on the last equalized assessment roll and that such valuations are complete and correct. The affiant shall be a person over the age of eighteen who is not a signatory to the petition and who owns no taxable property in the division.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1164.

1164. Such petition shall be published in the manner authorized by Section 1196, together with a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the board will consider the petition.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 964.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1165.

1165. Such petition shall be presented either at a regular meeting of the board or at a special meeting called to receive and consider it. On the day stated in the notice the board shall hear the petition and may adjourn such hearing from time to time, but not longer than one month in all.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1166.

1166. Following the hearing or election, as the case may be, the board shall decide if the proposed division is to be formed. If the board decides to form the division, it may make changes in the boundaries as it finds proper and shall define and establish the boundaries. The changes shall not include any territory outside of the boundaries described in the petition or resolution unless the board has given at least 15 days’ notice of its intention to include that territory in the division. The notice shall be given by publication, in the the manner authorized by Section 1196, and by leaving a copy of the notice at each place of abode in the outside territory.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 70, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1167.

1167. The boundaries established by the board shall be the boundaries of the division until such boundaries are changed in the manner provided in this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1168.

1168. If the board finds that the boundaries thus established for such division are incorrectly described, it shall direct the county surveyor to ascertain and report a correct description of the boundaries in conformity with the orders of the board. At the first regular meeting of the board after the filing of the county surveyor’s report, the board shall cause to be published, in the manner authorized by section 1196, a notice that the report will be considered at the next regular meeting of the board, stating the day. At the appointed meeting the board shall ratify the report of the surveyor, with such modifications as the board considers necessary. The boundaries established pursuant to this section shall be the legal boundaries of the division.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1168.5.

1168.5. Any landowner whose property is located within the division may file a verified petition with the board alleging that the property will not be benefited by any construction, improvement, or maintenance project proposed to be undertaken by the division.
In such case, the board shall set the petition for hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be published in accordance with Section 1196. If, after hearing all of the evidence introduced at such hearing, the board finds and determines that the property will not, in fact, be benefited by the proposed project to be undertaken by the division and if there are no outstanding obligations owed by the landowner to the division, the board may order the property withdrawn and the boundaries modified accordingly. Thereafter, the boundaries as modified shall be the legal boundaries of the division.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 633.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1168.7.

1168.7. The board may hold a hearing to determine if any property located outside of a division will benefit from any construction, improvement, or maintenance project proposed to be undertaken by the division.
Notice of the hearing shall be published in accordance with Section 1196. Notice shall also be mailed by the board, at least 10 days prior to the hearing, to all landowners whose property located outside of the division may benefit from the proposed project. The failure to mail any notice, or the failure of any person to receive such notice, shall not affect the validity of any action taken by the board under this section.
If, after hearing all of the evidence introduced at the hearing, the board finds and determines that property located outside of the division will benefit from the project proposed to be undertaken by the division, the board may order the boundaries of the division to be modified so as to include such property. Thereafter, the boundaries as modified shall be the legal boundaries of the division.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 633.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1168.8.

1168.8. (a) Property may be annexed to or detached from a permanent road division in the same manner and under the same procedures provided in Sections 1162 to 1168, inclusive, for the formation of a division. Any reference to “proposed division” in any of these sections shall be deemed to be a reference to the area proposed for annexation to or detachment from the existing division.
(b) If the board finds that the proposed annexation or detachment should occur, with or without modification, the board may by resolution declare the change to be made and establish a date upon which the boundaries of the division, as amended, shall become effective.
(c) Property annexed to a division in which bonds are outstanding for work performed pursuant to this article shall not be deemed to be property in the division for the purpose of Section 1184.
(d) Property detached from a division in which bonds are outstanding for work done pursuant to this article shall be deemed to be property in the division for purposes of Section 1184 until the bonds are retired.
(e) This section is alternative to any other provision of this article providing for a change in boundaries of a permanent road division.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 578, Sec. 5. Effective August 26, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1168.9.

1168.9. (a) The board may order two or more divisions consolidated if the board finds that their boundaries are contiguous at any point or that a consolidated program of construction, improvement, or maintenance will reduce the costs of or increase the efficiency of providing highway construction, improvement, or maintenance.
(b) Property within a division proposed to be consolidated with another division and in which bonds are not outstanding for work performed pursuant to this article shall not be deemed to be property in the division for the purpose of Section 1184 as it applies to the consolidated division.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 578, Sec. 6. Effective August 26, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1169.

1169. At, or at any time after, the time of forming a division, any 10 or more freeholders thereof may petition the board to have plans prepared for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of all or any part of any highway lying within the division, whether or not such highway is mentioned in the petition for the formation of the division. In the event that there are 10 or fewer freeholders thereof, such petition will be sufficient if it bears the signatures of at least a majority of the landowners within the proposed division and the signatures of owners of more than 50 percent of the assessed valuation within the division.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1308.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1170.

1170. Such petition for construction or improvement shall state if appropriate:
(a) The recommendations of the petitioners as to the materials to be used and the manner of constructing or improving such highway.
(b) An estimate of the probable expense of such work.
(c) A request that the board appropriate for such work a specified sum of money from the road fund of the county.
(d) A request that the board appropriate for such work a specified sum of money from the road district funds of the road districts in which any part of the division is located.
(e) A request that, in order to raise the balance necessary for such work, a special tax be levied or bonds of the division be issued.
(f) A request that annually for the period for which maintenance is proposed the board levy a special tax upon the division in amount sufficient for maintenance and annually appropriate such amount for maintenance purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 801.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1171.

1171. Upon receiving such petition the board shall cause to be prepared estimates, plans, and specifications for the work mentioned in the petition exclusive of maintenance, and for any other highway or work which the board considers a necessary part of the highway mentioned in the petition.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 981.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1172.

1172. When it has adopted plans and specifications for such work exclusive of maintenance, the board may set apart therefor from the road fund of the county, and from the funds of any district of which the division is a part, such sums as the board considers equitable.
The board shall not set apart from the funds of any such district less than 75 percent of the sum which bears the same ratio to the whole fund of the particular district as the assessed valuation of that part of the division lying in the district bears to the whole assessed valuation of the district. The board may set apart more than this percentage. The board shall cause the sums to be set apart in a fund known as the “permanent road fund of ____ division,” specifying the division by name.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 801.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1173.

1173. When a special tax is petitioned for, the board shall immediately order an election within the division to determine whether such tax will be levied. The board may submit to the electors at such election the question whether the balance of the estimated cost of the proposed work will be raised by a special tax in one year or spread equally over 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 successive years and whether the amount annually estimated to be needed for maintenance will be raised by the annual levy of a special tax for the period appropriate to the period indicated in the petition. The electorate at such an election shall consist of the registered voters residing within the boundaries of the division if there are 10 or more registered voters residing within the division at the time of ordering the election or if there are less than 10 registered voters within the boundaries of the division at the time of ordering the election the electorate shall consist of the legal owners of the land lying within the boundaries of such division as shown on the last equalized assessment roll unless proof of transfer of legal title satisfactory to the board is submitted to the board at least 10 days prior to the date of election in which event the transferee shall be an elector in the place and stead of the transferor unless the transferor is the legal owner of other property within the boundaries of the division.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 140.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1174.

1174. The board shall call such election by posting notices in the manner provided in section 1195, and by publishing notice of the election in the manner authorized by section 1196.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1175.

1175. Such notice of election shall contain:
(a) The time and place of holding the election.
(b) The amount of money proposed to be raised for construction or improvement.
(c) The purpose for which such money is to be used, including a brief description of the proposed work and materials to be used.
(d) Whether it is proposed to raise the amount in one or more years, stating the number of years and the amount to be raised each year.
(e) Whether it is proposed to levy a tax annually for maintenance and for what period any such tax is proposed.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 981.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1176.

1176. For the purposes of this election, the board shall establish, by order, one or more precincts and appoint three judges for each precinct to conduct the election. The election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in conformity with the general election laws, but no particular form of ballot need be used. The ballots shall contain the words “Tax—Yes” and “Tax—No”. No informality in conducting the election shall invalidate the election if it was otherwise fairly conducted.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1177. The officers of the election shall certify the result of the election to the board, giving the whole number of votes cast, and the number for and the number against the tax. If the majority is against the tax, the money transferred to the fund of such division shall revert to the funds from which it was taken.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1178. If two-thirds of the votes cast are for the tax, the board shall annually, at the time of levying the county taxes, levy a special tax in the division sufficient to raise the amount voted for the current fiscal year, sufficient to meet estimated costs of maintenance for the current fiscal year, and sufficient to reimburse the county for any expenses recoverable under Section 1197.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 97, Sec. 2.)
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1178.5. When the levy of a special tax has been authorized, the board of supervisors may advance to the permanent road division the division’s share of the cost of the improvements or the board of supervisors may determine to proceed with such work at such time as the estimated expense has been raised by taxes levied within the division.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1308.)
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1179. The tax so levied shall be collected in the same manner as county taxes and, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the division in which the tax is collected.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 97, Sec. 3.)
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1179.5. In lieu of, or in addition to, any special tax levied pursuant to Section 1178, the board may fix and collect parcel charges for any permanent road division pursuant to the assessment ballot procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 158, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2009.)
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1179.6. (a) In addition to any other authority granted under this article, the board may issue bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness on behalf of a permanent road division or a zone to finance capital improvements for a term of not more than 10 years, to be repaid solely from special taxes or parcel charges levied within the division or zone.
(b) The provisions of Sections 53356.1 to 53356.6, inclusive, of the Government Code shall apply within the division or zone with regard to the collection of the special taxes or parcel charges and to the foreclosure of liens when the board has issued bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness on behalf of the division or zone.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 179, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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1180. If the petition proposing the work asks for the issuance of bonds of the division, the board shall call an election in such division and submit to the electors thereof the question whether the bonds of the division shall be issued. The board shall call such election by posting notices in the manner provided in section 1195 and by publishing notice thereof in the manner provided in section 1196.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1181.

1181. The notice of election shall contain:
(a) The time and place of holding the election.
(b) The boundaries of the election districts. No election precinct shall be partly in each of two or more districts.
(c) The names of three judges for each election district, to conduct the election.
(d) The hours, which shall not be less than eight, during which the polls will be open.
(e) The amount and denomination of the bonds, the rate of interest, and the greatest number of years for which the last-maturing bonds will run.
(f) The purpose for which the proceeds of the bonds are to be used, including a brief description of the proposed work and the materials to be used.
(g) The signature of the chair of the board, attested by the clerk of the board of supervisors.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 122. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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1182. The election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general election laws, but no particular form of ballot need be used. No informality in conducting the election shall invalidate the election if it was otherwise fairly conducted. At such elections the ballots shall contain the words “Bond—Yes” and “Bond—No.”
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1183. The officers of the election shall certify the result of the election to the board, giving the whole number of votes cast and the number for and the number against the bonds. If two-thirds of those voting on the proposition are in favor of issuing the bonds, the board shall cause an entry of that fact to be made upon the minutes of the board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1184. The board may then issue the bonds of the division to the number and amount provided for in the election proceedings. The bonds shall be payable out of the funds of the division, and the money for the redemption of and the interest on the bonds shall be raised by taxation upon the property in the division. The total amount of bonds so issued shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the taxable property of the division as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of the county.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1185. The board, by an order entered upon its minutes, shall prescribe all of the following:
(a) The form of the bonds.
(b) The time when the bonds become due, not exceeding 40 years from the date thereof.
(c) The rate of interest the bonds shall bear, not exceeding the maximum rate permitted by law.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 97, Sec. 5.)
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1186. The interest on the bonds shall be payable annually. Each bond and each coupon shall bear the signature or facsimile printed signature of the chair of the board and of the clerk of the board of supervisors. The county treasurer shall, after reasonable notice, sell the bonds to the highest and best bidder, but not for less than par plus any accrued interest.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 123. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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1187. If, at the election on the question of whether or not bonds are to be issued, the bonds are not authorized, the money transferred to the fund of the division shall revert to the funds from which it was taken.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1188. The board shall cause the highway work provided for in this article to be done in accordance with the provisions of Sections 20391 to 20395, inclusive, of the Public Contract Code, except that the notice calling for bids shall be published in a newspaper published in the division if there is such a newspaper. The successful bidder shall deposit a bond in the amount the board requires, conditioned on the faithful performance of the contract and on the payment for all labor employed and all material used in the work.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 290. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 4 - Methods of Performing Highway Work › ARTICLE 3 - By Permanent Road Divisions › Section 1189.

1189. Before opening the bids for doing any work provided for in this article, the board may appoint such inspectors as it considers necessary and fix their compensation, or may proceed as provided in either section 1075 or section 1191. Such compensation shall be paid out of the funds of the division. Such inspectors shall:
(a) Inspect from time to time the work being done under the contract.
(b) File with the board at least once a month reports on the manner in which the contractor is performing the work, setting forth in detail any objections they or any of them have to the manner in which the work is being done, with recommendations as to changes desirable and provided for in the plans and specifications.
(c) State in each report the amount of unsatisfactory work done during the period for which the report is made, and estimate the value thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1190. The board shall make no payment on account of work which is reported by the inspectors to be unsatisfactory, until the objections are investigated and determined to be unfounded, or until the contractor has performed the work in strict compliance with the plans and specifications.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1191. In lieu of the appointment of inspectors as provided in section 1189, or in lieu of proceeding pursuant to section 1075, the board may employ an engineer who shall prepare plans and specifications, supervise the work, and perform such other services as the board requires.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1192. From time to time as the work progresses, the board may make payments on account, but shall not, before the completion of the contract, pay more than seventy-five per cent of the contract price of the amount completed. The board shall not make final payment until the work is accepted by the board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1193. Any money in the fund of the division, after completion of, and final payment for, the work contracted for, shall remain in such fund and be expended solely in maintaining the highways of that division.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
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1194. On payment of all debts of the division or on the failure of the division within two years after formation to vote a special tax or bonds for any proposed work, the division shall cease to exist, unless the division also exists for the purpose of maintenance.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 97, Sec. 6.)