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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 16 - General Bond Provisions › Section 25374.

25374. If the report of the board of directors shows that the proposed project or any unit thereof, is estimated to cost more than one million dollars ($1,000,000), the board of directors may provide that any bonds issued to finance the same shall be extended over a period of not to exceed 15 annual installments, in which event the initial payment from each county within the district shall be not less than the sum obtained by dividing the total amount payable in each county by the number of installments in which the bonds are to be paid.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 16 - General Bond Provisions › Section 25375.

25375. The issuance of any bonds by the district shall be conclusive evidence of the regularity, validity and legal sufficiency of all proceedings, acts and determinations in any wise pertaining thereto. After the bonds are issued no assessment tax or tax or other charge levied or collected for the purpose of paying the principal or interest thereon shall be held to be invalid or illegal or set aside or refunded, by reason of any error, informality, irregularity, omission or defect in any of the proceedings, acts or determinations in any wise pertaining to the issuance or payment of the bonds. No action or proceeding shall be thereafter commenced or maintained to cancel or set aside the bonds or to prevent the payment thereof or the levy, collection or enforcement of any assessment tax, tax or other charge made for such payment.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 16 - General Bond Provisions › Section 25376.

25376. No bonds shall be issued by the district in an amount which will aggregate at any time an obligation in excess of 10 per cent of the assessed value of the aggregate total taxable property within the district as shown by the then current taxation assessment rolls of the several counties within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 16 - General Bond Provisions › Section 25377.

25377. The taxable property within any county shall not at any time be obligated for all joint highway district purposes, in any amount in excess of the following limitations:
(a) In counties having a total assessed value of all taxable property therein of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) or less, not more than 3 per cent thereof.
(b) In counties having a total assessed value of all taxable property therein of more than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), not more than 2 per cent thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds › Section 25400.

25400. The board of directors of the district may cause revenue bonds to be issued upon the security of the anticipated unpaid installments of any levies made upon the counties within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds › Section 25401.

25401. All revenue bonds shall be payable out of a fund of the district designated “Joint Highway District No. ____ of the State of California Revenue Bond Fund” and into which shall be paid all sums necessary for the retirement of any revenue bonds which may be issued by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds › Section 25402.

25402. The board of directors shall prescribe the denominations of the revenue bonds which shall mature serially in convenient amounts not necessarily equal. Revenue bonds shall bear such rate of interest not to exceed 8 percent per annum as may be determined by the board of directors.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds › Section 25403.

25403. Revenue bonds shall be in substantially the following form (filling in blanks as appropriate):
REVENUE BOND
Joint Highway District No. ______ of the State of California
$_______ Bond No. _______ Series________.
Under and by virtue of Part 1 of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, the treasurer of Joint Highway District No. ____ of the State of California will pay to the bearer, out of the fund hereinafter designated, at the office of the treasurer of said district, on the ____ day of ____, 20__, the sum of ____ dollars, in lawful money of the United States of America, with interest thereon in like lawful money at the rate of ____ per cent per annum, payable semiannually on the second day of January and the second day of July of each year from the date hereof (except the last installment thereof, which shall be payable at the maturity of this bond), upon presentation and surrender, as they respectively become due, of the proper interest coupons hereto attached, the first of which is for interest from date hereof to the next date of interest payment, and the last for interest to maturity hereof from the last preceding date of interest payment. This bond is issued under and in conformity with the provisions of the above mentioned Part 1 of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, relative to the issuance of revenue bonds and is a primary obligation of the joint highway district above named.
This bond is payable out of the “Joint Highway District No. ____ of the State of California Revenue Bond Fund,” in accordance with the provisions of the said Part 1 of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code.
It is hereby certified, recited and declared that all proceedings, acts and things required by law precedent to or in the issuance of this bond have been regularly had, done and performed, and this bond is by law made conclusive evidence thereof.
In witness whereof the board of directors of said joint highway district has caused this bond to be signed by the treasurer of said district, attested by the secretary of said board, and the official seal of said district to be affixed hereto, this ____ day of ____, 20__.
(seal)
_____ Treasurer of Joint Highway District
_____ No. _____ of the State of California
Attest:
Secretary of the Board of Directors.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 198, Sec. 16. (AB 3246) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds › Section 25404.

25404. Revenue bonds shall be dated as of the date of the resolution or order of the board of directors authorizing their issuance. The board of directors may use any available moneys of the district, not already allocated to some other purpose, for the payment of any interest or principal due or past due on any revenue bonds of the district, and may advance moneys of the district for such purposes and in the event of such advancement shall be entitled to reimbursement in the amount thereof out of any levies thereafter made or any moneys thereafter collected and applicable to the payment of such bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds › Section 25406.

25406. All revenue bonds shall be signed by the treasurer of the district, attested by the secretary of the board of directors thereof and shall have the official seal of the district attached thereto. The form of the interest coupons attached to the bonds shall be determined by the treasurer subject to the approval of the board of directors. The signature on the interest coupons shall be that of the treasurer and may be either written or engraved or printed facsimile.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds › Section 25407.

25407. The principal and interest of all revenue bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the treasurer of the district issuing the same. Revenue bonds shall be serial in character and an approximately even proportion of the total amount of each issue shall be payable annually. The amount of the principal due in each annual payment excepting the last may be made to differ not more than five hundred dollars ($500) from the amount obtained by dividing the total of the principal amount due under the bonds, by the number of installments which shall not exceed four. The last installment shall be for the balance of the total principal amount not provided to be paid in the previous installments.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds › Section 25408.

25408. The revenue bonds shall be issued and sold by the board of directors at such times and manner and in such amounts as may be required to meet the demands of the district as may be determined by the board of directors or they may be delivered to any contractor performing any work for the district, at par, in satisfaction of any sum due upon his contract.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds › Section 25409.

25409. The board of directors shall levy a tax annually within the district sufficient to meet the principal and interest of all outstanding revenue bonds coming due in each fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds › Section 25410.

25410. The treasurer of the district shall annually determine the amount of money necessary to be raised for the payment of principal and interest coming due each fiscal year upon any outstanding revenue bonds. The treasurer shall add to that amount a sum sufficient, in his judgment, to cover anticipated delinquencies and the resulting sum shall be levied upon all of the property taxable for county purposes, in the several counties composing the district, according to the percentages and proportions established for each county.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25430.

25430. As a separate and cumulative method of financing, the board of directors of the district may issue funding bonds to cover the costs and expenses of the whole or any part of any acquisitions of property and improvements undertaken by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25431.

25431. The provisions of this chapter relating to the issuance of funding bonds shall be cumulative and shall not affect any of the other provisions or sections of this part relative to other bonds or levies. Any number of series of funding bonds may be issued for any portion or portions of a single or different projects of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25432.

25432. If the board of directors propose to issue funding bonds, they shall first adopt a resolution setting forth their intention so to do, and the resolution shall also contain the following:
(a) A general description of the boundaries of the funding district to be charged with the payment of any funding bonds which are proposed to be issued. The funding district may embrace the whole or any portion of the joint highway district, and the funding district shall be divided into zones composed of the counties, or portions thereof, composing the joint highway district. It shall be a sufficient description of the boundaries of the funding district and the zones therein, if the same are clearly shown upon a map or plat attached to the resolution.
(b) A description in general terms of the location, character and cost of the acquisition of property or improvement for which it is proposed to issue the funding bonds.
(c) A statement of the proposed amount for which funding bonds are to be issued, together with a statement of the maximum time for which such bonds are proposed to be issued (which shall not exceed five years from the date of the order providing for their issuance), and the rate of interest which such bonds shall bear, not to exceed 6 per cent per annum.
(d) A statement of the percentage of the total amount of the annual sums to be levied upon the lands, exclusive of improvements, within each zone in the funding district for the purpose of retiring the principal and interest of the funding bonds. The amount to be thus levied shall not exceed the proportionate amounts chargeable against the several counties within the district as set forth in the report of the board of directors adopted pursuant to Section 25154.
(e) A statement of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the matter of the proposed issuance of funding bonds, in the manner provided for in this resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25433.

25433. Upon the adoption of the resolution of intention to issue funding bonds, the secretary shall cause a notice of the time and place of hearing to be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation published at the county seat of each county embraced within the boundaries of the proposed funding district. The newspapers in which such publication shall be made may be designated by the board of directors or, if the board does not make the designation, the secretary may do so.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25434.

25434. The time fixed for the hearing shall not be less than 15 days after the completion of the required publication. Not less than 30 days prior to the time fixed for the hearing, a copy of the notice of the hearing shall be transmitted by the secretary of the board of directors to the several boards of supervisors of the counties comprising the district. No county or portion of a county shall be assessed within any funding district for the payment of any amount which has previously been paid by such county into the district treasury upon any amount previously levied within and upon such county.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25435.

25435. All persons interested may appear at the hearing and they may set forth in writing any objections they may have to the issuance of the funding bonds or to the boundaries of the proposed funding district or the zones therein, or to the amount of benefits to be derived by any parcel of land within the proposed funding district.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25436.

25436. The board of directors shall hear and determine all objections presented at the hearing. The board may alter the boundaries of the proposed funding district or change the amount for which funding bonds are proposed to be issued, but it may not enlarge the boundaries of the funding district or increase the amount of bonds proposed to be issued. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of directors shall finally determine the boundaries of the funding district and the zones therein and shall determine the amount of funding bonds to be issued, and the proportions of the bonds to be charged against each zone, which amounts shall not exceed the benefits to be derived by the lands within the funding district from the project for which the funding bonds are to be issued.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25437.

25437. All decisions, findings and determinations of the board of directors made upon notice and hearing shall, in the absence of actual fraud, be final and conclusive upon all persons entitled to present objections at such hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25438.

25438. If at the hearing, the owners of more than 25 per cent in area of the property within any proposed funding district object in writing to the issuance of funding bonds, the board of directors shall have no power to cause such funding bonds to issue.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25439.

25439. Following the hearing the board of directors shall, if it determines to issue funding bonds, cause its findings in relation thereto to be transmitted to the boards of supervisors of the several counties within the district. If any board of supervisors makes objection to the issuance of the funding bonds within 35 days after receiving notice thereof, the board of directors shall have no power to cause the same to be issued, but may take new proceedings in the same manner as provided in the first instance covering an amended proposition for the issuance of funding bonds for the same or any different project or any portions thereof. If no objections are made by any board of supervisors as in this section provided, the board of directors may proceed to issue the funding bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25440.

25440. Funding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be in substantially the following form (filling in blanks as appropriate):
FUNDING BOND
Joint Highway District No. ___ of the State of California
$____ Bond No. ___ Serial ___.
Under and by virtue of Part 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, the treasurer of Joint Highway District No. ____ of the State of California will pay to the bearer, out of the fund hereinafter designated, at the office of the treasurer of said district, on the ____ day of ____, 20__, the sum of ____ dollars, in lawful money of the United States of America, with interest thereon in like lawful money at the rate of ____ per cent per annum, payable semiannually on the second day of January and the second day of July in each year from the date hereof (except the last installment thereof, which shall be payable at the maturity of this bond), upon presentation and surrender, as they respectively become due, of the proper interest coupons hereto attached, the first of which is for interest from date hereof to the next date of interest payment, and the last for interest to maturity hereof from the last preceding date of interest payment. This bond is issued under and in conformity with the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, and is one of a series of bonds of like date and effect numbered from one to ____ consecutively. It is hereby certified, recited, and declared that all proceedings, acts, and things required by law precedent to or in the issuance of this bond have been regularly had, done, and performed, and this bond is by law made conclusive evidence thereof.
This bond is payable out of the “Joint Highway District No. ____ of the State of California Funding Bond Redemption Fund,” exclusively, as the same appears upon the books of the treasurer of that district, and in accordance with the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code special assessment taxes will be levied and collected upon the lands within Funding District No. ____ in that joint highway district in an amount clearly sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the bonds as the bonds become due and payable.
In witness whereof the board of directors of the district has caused this bond to be signed by the treasurer of the district attested by the secretary of the board and the official seal of the district to be affixed hereto this ____ day of ____, 20__.
(SEAL)
Treasurer of Joint Highway District
No. ___ of the State of California.
Attest:
Secretary of the Board of Directors.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 210. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25441.

25441. Funding bonds shall be dated as of the date of the resolution or order of the board of directors authorizing their issuance.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25442.

25442. The board of directors may use any available moneys of the district, not already allocated to some other purpose, for the payment of any interest or principal due or past due upon any funding bonds of the district, and may advance moneys of the district for that purpose. If an advancement is made the district shall be entitled to reimbursement out of any levies thereafter made or any moneys thereafter collected and applicable to the payment of the funding bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25443.

25443. All funding bonds shall be signed by the treasurer of the district, attested by the secretary, and shall have the official seal of the district affixed thereto. The form of the interest coupons attached to the funding bonds shall be determined by the treasurer subject to the approval of the board of directors. The signature on the interest coupons shall be that of the treasurer and may be either written, or an engraved or printed facsimile. The principal and interest of the funding bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the treasurer of the district issuing the same.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25445.

25445. All funding bonds shall be serial in character and approximately an even proportion of the total amount of each issue shall be payable annually. The amount of the principal due in each annual payment need not be exactly the same but with respect to each installment excepting the last may be made to differ not more than five hundred dollars ($500) from the amount obtained by dividing the total of the principal amount due under the bonds, by the number of installments. The last installment shall be for the balance of the total principal amount not provided to be paid in the previous installments.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25446.

25446. The funding bonds shall be issued by the board of directors at such time and manner and in such amounts as may be required to meet the demands of the district, as may be determined by the board of directors. The form, denomination, rate of interest, time, place and manner of payment and all matters relating to such issuance shall be determined by the board of directors, but the rate of interest shall not exceed 6 per cent per annum.
The funding bonds so issued may be sold in such amounts and at such times and in such manner as the board of directors may determine, or they may be delivered to any contractor performing any work for the district, at par, in satisfaction of any sum due upon his contract.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25447.

25447. In each district in which funding bonds have been issued there is hereby created a special fund to be designated “Joint Highway District No. ____ of the State of California Funding Bond Redemption Fund No. ____” (each such fund to be consecutively numbered within each district as created) for the discharge and payment of principal and interest on such bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25448.

25448. The treasurer of the district shall annually before the fifteenth day of August transmit to the several boards of supervisors within the funding district, a statement showing the amount to be raised in such year by the levy and collection of special assessment taxes upon the lands only, exclusive of improvements, within each county which is within the funding district and subject to be taxed for the payment of principal, interest and delinquencies upon any funding bonds of the district. The statement shall show the percentages of the total amount to be levied upon the lands in each county in accordance with the zones established for each such funding district. The engineer of the district shall cause to be prepared and filed in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county within the district, a map or plat showing the boundaries of the lands in each county which are within any funding district showing the boundaries of the zones therein and the percentage of the total assessment to be paid by each zone.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25449.

25449. The special assessment taxes levied for the payment of funding bonds shall be independent of and distinct from any other levies authorized by this part and shall be levied, collected and enforced by the proper officers of the several counties within the district, in behalf of the joint highway district and in the same manner and by the same persons and at the same time and with the same penalties and interest as are taxes for county purposes, and all laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of taxes for county purposes are hereby made applicable to these special assessment taxes where such laws are not in conflict with the provisions of this part except that such special assessment taxes shall be levied and collected upon land only, exclusive of the improvements thereon.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds › Section 25450.

25450. It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of each county within the district to annually cause to be levied upon the lands only, exclusive of improvements, within the county liable therefor the amounts reported to it by the treasurer of such district, which amounts shall be clearly sufficient to pay the principal and interest coming due or past due in such year upon any funding bonds of the district together with a sufficient amount to cover delinquencies.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 19 - Emergency Bonds › Section 25490.

25490. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any contract, proceeding, step or action taken, levy made, or any bonds issued under this part are void, invalid, or unenforceable, or if such court shall for any reason enjoin the issuance or payment of any bonds proposed to be issued or paid under the provisions of this part the court shall also determine whether or not any improvement has been made or services rendered by any person in behalf of and for the benefit of the district under any invalid contract or proceeding or under any contract pursuant to which invalid bonds were issued or proposed to be issued, and if so what part, if any, is of a kind that the district might have lawfully authorized.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 19 - Emergency Bonds › Section 25491.

25491. If the court finds that any such improvement has been made, or services rendered, or necessary rights of way or property acquired, the court shall order the board of directors of the district to take the steps authorized in this chapter for the issuance of bonds to cover the cost of the same. The board of directors of the district may also utilize the provisions of this chapter without order of court when it is necessary to correct any invalid act or proceeding which has resulted in a benefit to the district and which it might have lawfully authorized.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 19 - Emergency Bonds › Section 25492.

25492. It is the purpose of this chapter to make the costs and expenses of all improvements made, or services rendered, and all necessary acquisitions of property or rights of way obtained, under an attempted compliance with and exercise of the powers and rights conferred by this part, payable by the property benefited or to be benefited thereby, by the issuance of bonds as provided in this chapter for the purpose of defraying the costs and expenses thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 19 - Emergency Bonds › Section 25493.

25493. The board of directors shall cause a report on the bond issue proposed under this chapter to be made and filed by the district engineer or some other competent person appointed for that purpose. The report shall contain:
(a) A statement in general terms of what the proposed bond issue is to cover, together with the total amount of the same. The total amount shall not exceed the original charge made against the district for the items included, plus a reasonable interest thereon not to exceed 6 per cent per annum.
(b) A description of the lands benefited by the items for which the bonds are proposed to be issued.
(c) A description of the zones, if any, into which such district is to be divided, and a statement of the amounts (not exceeding the percentages of the total sum established for the several counties within the district under Section 25154 hereof) proposed to be made chargeable against each of such zones.
(d) A description of the bonds to be issued for the total amount set forth in the report.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 19 - Emergency Bonds › Section 25494.

25494. The report shall be filed with the secretary of the board of directors, who shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing the report and shall give notice thereof. Notice of the hearing shall be published at least twice in one or more newspapers of general circulation selected by the secretary, from those which are published and circulated within the boundaries of the land within the district which will be benefited by the items for which the bonds are to be issued. The last publication of notice of hearing shall be not less than 20 days prior to the date set for the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 19 - Emergency Bonds › Section 25495.

25495. At the time of the hearing, or at any time to which the hearing may be continued, any person interested may appear and be heard upon any of the matters set forth in the report. The board of directors may confirm, revise, correct or modify the report in accordance with the facts found.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 19 - Emergency Bonds › Section 25496.

25496. At the conclusion of the hearing the board shall adopt a resolution declaring its findings upon the report. When adopted the resolution shall be final and conclusive upon all persons and in all proceedings or actions as to all matters so found. If no changes are made in the report, the board shall declare that the report is confirmed and that declaration shall constitute the findings of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 19 - Emergency Bonds › Section 25497.

25497. The bonds issued under this chapter shall in terms and form conform substantially to the provisions contained in Chapter 18 relating to funding bonds and shall be payable in not more than five annual installments. The annual amounts required for the payment of principal and interest on any bonds issued under this chapter shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the annual amounts required for the payment of principal and interest on funding bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 19 - Emergency Bonds › Section 25498.

25498. Upon the adoption of the resolution by the board, the treasurer of the district shall immediately cause bonds to be issued in the amount and manner provided in the resolution. The bonds shall be dated as of the date of the resolution and shall be issued and delivered to the persons entitled thereto. No action or proceeding shall be commenced or maintained after 60 days from the date of their issuance to cancel or set aside the bonds or prevent the payment thereof, or the levy, collection or enforcement of any taxes, assessment taxes or other charges or levies for such payment.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 20 - Dissolution › Section 25520.

25520. Upon the completion or other termination of the projects for which the district is organized and upon the payment and retirement of all outstanding bonds and obligations of the district, the district shall be wound up and dissolved. The secretary shall or any member of the board of directors may call a meeting for the dissolution of the district. If a meeting for dissolution is not called the board of supervisors of any county within the district may demand the calling of such meeting and the dissolution of the district. Notice of such meeting shall be given to each member county and contributing political subdivision and public corporation.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1141.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 20 - Dissolution › Section 25521.

25521. Any property or money belonging to the district at the time of dissolution shall be distributed by the board of directors to the State and the several counties, cities, other political subdivisions and public corporations in the proportions in which they have respectively contributed to the expense and operation of the district. Upon such distribution the board of directors shall adopt a resolution certifying such distribution and the dissolution of the district. Upon the filing of a copy of said resolution with the Secretary of State, the district shall be finally terminated and dissolved.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1141.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 26002.

26002. “Boulevard,” means a highway not less than 30 and not more than 100 feet in width and upon, along, and over the portion or portions of which where the same is less than 60 feet in width no railroad, electric road, or street railroad shall, except upon a permit granted therefor by the board or body in control of such boulevard evidenced by an order entered in its minutes, be constructed or operated; and any easements granted or condemned for the building of said boulevard shall be so granted or condemned. This section does not prevent or limit the use of vehicles across 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 26003.

26003. Except as otherwise provided in this part, all elections conducted in the district shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general election laws of the State. The provisions of such election laws relating to the form of ballots and the making of nominations and the selection or appointment of officers of election, shall not apply to district elections.
No irregularity or informality in conducting any district election which does not substantially affect adversely the legal rights of any person who is entitled to vote at that election shall invalidate or affect the election.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 26004.

26004. At each election held pursuant to this part, every registered voter residing in the district as proposed or established, who would be entitled on the date of the election to vote in the district at a general election, is entitled to vote.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Formation Petition › Section 26020.

26020. A boulevard district may be formed from any portion of a county not already contained in a boulevard district. When formed, the district shall be known and designated as _______ boulevard district (using the name of the district) of ______ county (using the name of the county in which the district is located).
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Formation Petition › Section 26021.

26021. A petition for the formation of a district may be presented to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is proposed to be formed. The petition shall be signed by not less than 10 freeholders, owning land within the proposed district and shall contain:
(a) The name of the proposed district.
(b) The boundaries of the proposed district, and an estimate of the number of inhabitants residing within those boundaries.
(c) An estimate of the number of acres contained within the boundaries of the proposed district and the assessed value of the land and of the improvements.
(d) A request that an election be called within the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not a district shall be formed for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a boulevard.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Formation Petition › Section 26022.

26022. At the time of the filing of the petition for the formation of the district the petitioners shall file a bond with the board of supervisors for not more than three hundred dollars ($300), approved by the board, upon the condition that the petitioners will pay the expense and cost of the election in an amount not exceeding the amount of the bond if the proposition to organize the district is defeated.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 380.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Formation Petition › Section 26023.

26023. The petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the board of supervisors which shall thereupon fix a time, not less than 20 nor more than 60 days after the date of presentation, for hearing the petition.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Formation Petition › Section 26024.

26024. The board of supervisors shall publish a notice of the fact that the petition has been filed and refer to it on file with the clerk of the board of supervisors for further particulars. The notice shall give the time and place at which the petition shall be heard, and direct all parties interested to appear at that time and place, and show cause, if any they have, why the petition should not be granted.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Formation Petition › Section 26025.

26025. The notice shall be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published and circulated in the proposed district. If no newspaper is published in the proposed district, the notice shall be published in a newspaper published and circulated at the county seat of the county in which the proposed district is located.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 2 - Formation Petition › Section 26026.

26026. Upon the day specified, the board of supervisors shall hear the petition and any objections thereto. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time, for not more than 60 days in all.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Establishing District Boundaries › Section 26040.

26040. In fixing the final boundaries of the district the board of supervisors may exclude any lands which it finds have been improperly included.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Establishing District Boundaries › Section 26041.

26041. The board of supervisors may include any lands adjacent to those described in the petition, either on:
(a) Petition of the owners of the adjacent lands; or
(b) Upon notice of its intention to include the adjacent lands within the district.
If the lands are included upon notice, the notice shall be published in the same manner and for the same time as the original notice of hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - BOULEVARD DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 3 - Establishing District Boundaries › Section 26042.

26042. The notice of intention to include adjacent lands shall refer to the petition for the formation of the district on file with the board of supervisors, shall describe the adjacent territory intended to be included within the proposed boundaries of the proposed district and direct all persons interested to appear at a specified time and place and show cause if any there be why the described lands should not be included within 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 3 - Establishing District Boundaries › Section 26043.

26043. Upon the petition and evidence produced at the hearings the board of supervisors shall determine and fix the boundaries of the district and shall, by order entered in its minutes, define and establish such boundaries.
(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 26060.

26060. Within 30 days after the establishment of the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall, by order, call an election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not the district shall be formed.
The order shall:
(a) Fix the day of the election, which shall be within 60 days after the date of the order.
(b) Show the boundaries of the proposed district.
(c) State that at the election one member of the commission will be voted for.
This order shall be entered in the minutes of the board and shall be conclusive evidence of:
(a) The due presentation of a proper petition.
(b) The fact that each of the petitioners was, at the time of the signing and presentation of the petition, a freeholder owning land within the proposed district.
(c) The fact that all other steps preliminary to the making of the order, including the hearing of the petition and establishment of the boundaries of the district, have been properly taken.
(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 26061.

26061. Notice of the election shall be given by posting a copy of the order for three successive weeks prior to the election, in three public places within the proposed district, and by publication of a copy of the order at least once a week for three successive weeks prior to the election in a newspaper published in the proposed district, if there be one, and if not, in a newspaper published at the county seat of the county in which the district is located.
(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 26062.

26062. At least 15 days prior to the election, the board of supervisors shall select one or more polling places within the proposed district, and make all suitable arrangements for the holding of the election. It shall select and appoint from among the qualified electors of the proposed district one inspector and two judges of election in each polling place, who shall constitute the officers of the election and the election board. If no officers are so appointed or if any officer appointed does not attend at the opening of the polls on the morning of the election, the electors present may appoint substitutes to fill the election board.
(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 285.)