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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 18094.

18094. Upon the levying of any assessment, the city clerk shall transmit the diagram and assessment upon which such levy is based, or a certified copy of said diagram and assessment to the city tax collector or to such other city officer or employee as the city council designates in the resolution levying the assessment or in case the city has adopted a method for collection of taxes by county officers then to the county tax collector, and such county tax collector shall have full power to perform the duties required in this part of the city tax collector.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 18095.

18095. The validity of any assessment levied under this part shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless such action or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the time the assessment is levied, and any appeal from a final judgment in such an action or proceeding shall be perfected within 30 days after the entry of such judgment.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 18096.

18096. Upon the receipt of the diagram and assessment or a certified copy thereof, the tax collector shall record them in a suitable book to be kept for that purpose, and append thereto his certificate of the date of such recording. Such record shall be the assessment roll. From the date of such recording all persons shall be deemed to have notice of the contents of such assessment roll. Immediately upon such recording, the several assessments contained in such assessment roll shall become due and payable, and each of such assessments shall be a lien upon the land against which it is made, and shall only be discharged by payment of the assessment or by redemption of the land after sale for delinquency.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1465.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 18097.

18097. The tax collector shall, upon the recording of such diagram and assessment, give notice by publication for five days in a daily newspaper, published and circulated in the city, or by two insertions in a weekly newspaper so published and circulated, that the diagram and assessment has been recorded in his office and that all sums assessed therein are due and payable immediately, and that payment of said sums shall be made to him within 30 days after the date of the first publication or posting, which date shall be stated in the notice. The notice shall also contain the statement that all assessments not paid before the expiration of the said 30 days shall be delinquent, and thereupon 5 per cent of the amount of each such assessment shall be added thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 18098.

18098. When payment of any assessment is made, the tax collector shall mark opposite such assessment the word “paid,” with the date of the payment thereof, and shall give a receipt therefor. Upon the expiration of said period of 30 days, all assessments then unpaid shall become delinquent, and the tax collector shall mark each such assessment “delinquent,” and shall add 5 per cent to the amount thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 18099.

18099. The lien shall be subordinate to all fixed special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property, but it shall have priority over all fixed special assessment liens which may thereafter be created against the property. A supplemental assessment is a new assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1465.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18120.

18120. The tax collector shall, within 30 days after the date of delinquency, begin the publication of a notice of sale of the land upon which the assessments have not been paid, which publication shall be made by two insertions in a daily or weekly newspaper published and circulated in the city. The dates fixed for the sale of such land shall be not less than five days nor more than 10 days after the last publication of said notice of sale, or after the completion of posting, as the case may be.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18121.

18121. The notice of sale so published shall contain a description sufficient to identify each lot or parcel of land delinquent, and opposite each description the name of its owner, if known, otherwise designating him as unknown, and the amount of the assessment and costs due, including the cost of advertisement, which cost of advertisement shall not exceed the sum of fifty cents ($0.50) for each lot or parcel of land separately assessed. The tax collector shall append to and publish with the notice of sale a notice that unless each delinquent assessment, together with the penalties and costs thereon, is paid, the land upon which the assessment is a lien will be sold at public auction, at a time and place to be specified in the notice.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18122.

18122. At any time after such delinquency and prior to the sale of any lots or parcels of land assessed and delinquent, any person may pay the assessment thereon, together with the penalties and costs due thereon, including the cost of advertising, if such payment is made after the first publication of notice of sale.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18123.

18123. At the time and place fixed in the notice of sale the tax collector shall proceed with such sale, commencing at the head of the list of lands contained in such notice and continuing in the numerical order thereof until all the land is sold, except that he may postpone or continue the sale from day to day until the sale is completed. The tax collector shall separately sell each lot or parcel of land described in such notice, or so much thereof as is necessary to realize the amount assessed against the lot or parcel together with the penalties and costs, and fifty cents ($0.50) for a certificate of sale. If there is no other purchaser the lot or parcel shall be struck off to the city as purchaser.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18124.

18124. The tax collector shall issue for each sale an original and duplicate certificate of sale, referring to the proceedings, describing the lot or parcel of land sold, and giving the name of the purchaser and the amount for which the lot or parcel was sold. He shall deliver the original certificate to the purchaser, and he shall keep the duplicate on file in his office.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18125.

18125. At any time after the date of sale and prior to the issuance and delivery of a deed to the land sold, any land sold under the provisions of this chapter may be redeemed by the payment to the tax collector of the amount for which the land was sold, with an additional penalty of 1 per cent per month of said amount together with such other penalties as may be payable as provided in this chapter. Said 1 per cent penalties shall be added on the first day of each month following the date of the sale of the land.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18126.

18126. The redemption money shall be paid by the tax collector to the person holding the original certificate of sale upon his delivering up such certificate and receipting for the amount received from the tax collector therefor. Upon redemption of any lot or parcel of land the tax collector shall enter the fact and date of such redemption upon the duplicate certificate of sale thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18127.

18127. At any time after the expiration of 12 months from the date of sale, the tax collector shall execute to the purchaser, or his assignee, on his application, if such purchaser or assignee has complied with the provisions of this chapter a deed of the land sold, in which shall be recited substantially the matters contained in the certificate, also any assignment thereof and the fact that no person has redeemed the land. The tax collector shall receive from the applicant for a deed one dollar ($1) for making such deed, unless the city is the purchaser, in which case no charge shall be made therefor.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18128.

18128. The purchaser or his assignee shall, at least 30 days before he applies for a deed, serve upon the owner of the land, and upon the occupant of the land if it is occupied, a written notice setting forth:
(a) A description of the land.
(b) That the land has been sold for a delinquent assessment (specifying the improvement for which the assessment was made).
(c) The amount for which the land was sold.
(d) The amount necessary to redeem at the time of giving notice.
(e) The date when such purchaser or assignee will apply to the tax collector for a deed.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18129.

18129. If the owner can not be found, after due diligence, the notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the land at least 30 days before the date stated therein, at which the application for a deed will be made. The person applying for a deed shall file with the tax collector an affidavit showing that notice of such application has been given, as required, and if the notice was not served on the owner of the land personally, that due diligence was used to find the owner. The tax collector shall receive and file such affidavit in his office.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18130.

18130. If redemption of the land is made after such affidavit is filed, and more than 11 months from the date of sale, the person making such redemption shall pay, in addition to the other amounts required, three dollars ($3) for the service of notice and the making of such affidavit, which amount shall be paid over to the purchaser or his assignee in the same manner as other sums paid for redemption. No deed for any land sold for delinquent assessments shall be delivered by the tax collector until the purchaser or his assignee has complied with all the provisions of this chapter and filed the proper affidavit with the tax collector.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property › Section 18131.

18131. The deed of the tax collector shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of all matters recited therein, and of the regularity of all proceedings prior to the execution thereof, and of title in the grantee.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Installment Assessments › Section 18150.

18150. The procedure in this chapter shall be an alternative procedure to that provided in other sections of this part, and the city council may use this procedure or not, in its discretion, and when used the period for which the work is to be done shall be upon a fiscal year basis.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Installment Assessments › Section 18151.

18151. When the assessment has been adopted and confirmed, as provided in Section 18075, the city clerk shall transmit the report, diagram and assessment, or a certified copy thereof, as finally adopted and confirmed to the city auditor, who shall record the same and thereafter enter on the assessment roll for general city taxes next coming due, opposite each lot or parcel of land affected, in a space marked “street lighting assessment” or other suitable designation, the assessment coming due thereon during the fiscal year covered by the assessment roll.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Installment Assessments › Section 18152.

18152. Assessments coming due under this procedure in any year during the period of time stated in the resolution of intention shall be payable in annual or semiannual installments, accordingly as the general city taxes are payable in annual or semiannual installments, and shall be payable and become delinquent at the same times and in the same proportionate amounts and bear the same proportionate penalties and interest after delinquency as general city taxes. Property securing such assessments shall be sold after delinquency in the same manner as property is sold for delinquent general city taxes, and shall be subject to redemption in the same manner as property is redeemable from sale for delinquent general city taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Installment Assessments › Section 18153.

18153. The city may be the purchaser at any delinquent sale under this chapter in like manner as it may become the purchaser of property sold for delinquent general city taxes, and when the city becomes the purchaser it shall transfer into the special fund devoted to the improvement the amount of the delinquent assessment, penalties and interest then due thereon. In cases where under the law the city is not always the purchaser at sales for delinquent general city taxes, the city shall become the purchaser at any delinquent sale under this chapter if there is no other purchaser.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Installment Assessments › Section 18154.

18154. When the city becomes the purchaser the land shall not again be sold for any succeeding delinquent assessment, penalties and interest until it has been redeemed from the previous sale. The city shall, however, unless a resale has been made by it, from time to time when due transfer into said special fund, pending redemption, the amount of any succeeding delinquent assessment, penalties and interest. No redemption shall be made until all delinquent assessments, penalties and interest are paid. The purchaser at any delinquent sale, or at any resale by the city if the city was the purchaser, shall take the land subject to all unpaid assessments, penalties and interest due under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Installment Assessments › Section 18155.

18155. If the procedure provided for in this chapter is adopted and the duties of assessing property and collecting city taxes are performed for the city by the county assessor and the county tax collector, in the manner provided by law, a certified copy of the diagram and assessment shall be filed with the county auditor on or before the tenth day of August. In each such diagram and assessment so filed with the county auditor, the descriptions of the properties reported shall be the descriptions used for the same properties on the map books of the county assessor for the then current year. The county auditor shall enter the amounts of the respective assessments on the county tax roll opposite the respective parcels of land and thereafter the said amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected and all laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county taxes shall be and are hereby made applicable to such special assessment taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis › Section 18160.

18160. The procedure in this chapter shall be an alternative procedure for levying and collecting assessments, and the city council may by resolution determine, in its discretion, that this procedure shall be followed. Such determination may be made, with respect to the procedures governing the organization of the district, at the time when the city council shall order the making and filing of a report as provided in Section 18040. Such determination may be made in any succeeding year during the period of time for which the improvement is ordered to be continued, at least 60 days prior to the making of the general tax levy for city purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 23.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis › Section 18161.

18161. In the event that the city council shall determine to follow the procedure provided in this chapter with respect to the organization of the district, the report shall omit the diagram and proposed assessment referred to in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 18041, but the plans and specifications referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 18041 shall include or be accompanied by a map or plat of the district, showing the lands, including all zones thereof, if any, to be benefited by the proposed improvement and to be assessed to pay the expenses thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 23.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis › Section 18162.

18162. In the event that the city council shall determine to follow the procedure provided in this chapter with respect to the organization of the district, the resolution ordering the proposed improvement as contemplated by Section 18075 shall:
(a) Describe, in writing or by reference to the map or plat referred to in Section 18161 with any modifications required by the city council, the boundaries of the district, and of any zone included therein, as they may be finally established, and designate the district and each zone therein by name, number or other distinctive method;
(b) State the period of time for which the proposed improvement shall continue and, in the event the maintenance and servicing is to be furnished by the city, the dates of commencement and ending of such period;
(c) Describe briefly the proposed improvement, stating its estimated cost for the first year, and order the proposed improvement to be made;
(d) Specify what portions of the estimated cost for the first year shall be borne by the city and the district respectively, if less than the entire cost is to be borne by the district, and designate the fund to be charged with such cost;
(e) Specify what proportion of the estimated cost for the first year to be borne by the district shall be borne by each zone therein;
(f) Order that portion of the estimated cost proposed to be borne by the district, and by each zone therein, to be paid by special assessment taxes levied upon all the lands, exclusive of improvements, within the district and any zone therein.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1190.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis › Section 18163.

18163. A certified copy of the resolution ordering the proposed improvement and the map or plat of the district referred to in Section 18161 shall be filed with each assessor whose roll is used for the levy, and with the State Board of Equalization. Compliance with this section shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5, of the Government Code. The map or plat shall show the precise location of the boundaries of the district and any zones thereof, and shall contain such information and data necessary to locate and retrace any and all such boundary lines, or shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth a legal description of such boundaries. Thereafter the assessor in making up the city assessment roll shall segregate the property included within the district on the assessment roll under the district designation contained in the resolution.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 655.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis › Section 18164.

18164. Each year during the period of time for which the improvement is to continue, and not less than 30 days prior to the making of the general tax levy for city purposes, the board, commission, officer or person designated pursuant to the provisions of Section 18040 shall furnish to the city council an estimate of the costs of the improvement for the next year. For the first year, the estimate of the cost of the improvement set forth in the resolution ordering the improvement shall be used.
(Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 23.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis › Section 18165.

18165. The city council shall, at the time of making the next general tax levy and in the manner provided for the general tax levy, levy a special assessment tax upon all lands, and may at such time and in such manner levy a special assessment upon all improvements, within the district, and within any zone therein, which will be sufficient to raise that portion of the estimated cost of the improvement for the next year which is to be borne by the district.
The city council shall state in its levy whether the special assessment is upon all land within the district or upon all land and all improvements within the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1580.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis › Section 18166.

18166. Each year, at the time of making the special assessment tax levy, the city council shall appropriate from the fund designated in the resolution ordering the improvement or from any other available fund a sum sufficient to pay that portion of the total cost of the improvement which is to be paid by the city.
(Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 23.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis › Section 18167.

18167. The city council may also transfer from the general fund of the city to the fund of the district sufficient money to pay all or any part of the percentage of the yearly cost of the improvement which is to be paid from funds raised from the district. The amount of money so transferred shall be deemed a loan to the district fund and shall be repaid to the general fund from the first money thereafter coming into the district fund from taxes levied upon lands within the district.
(Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 23.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis › Section 18168.

18168. The special assessment tax shall be levied, computed, entered, collected and enforced at the same time, in the same manner, by the same persons and with the same penalties as other taxes for city purposes and when collected shall be paid into the city treasury to the credit of the fund of the district and shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 18092 and 18092.1, which shall be applicable to the procedure provided by this chapter, be used only for the payment of the expenses of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 23.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis › Section 18169.

18169. If for any reason there is a deficiency in the funds derived from the assessment for any improvement, including all incidental expenses thereof, the city council may meet such deficiency by an appropriation out of the general fund of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 23.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 9 - Bids and Awards of Contract › Section 18170.

18170. At any time after the transmission of the diagram and assessment to the city tax collector or city auditor, the city council may let the contract for making such improvement. If the proceeding was commenced before the street lighting system referred to in the resolution of intention was installed or ordered installed, then such contract shall not be awarded until the street lighting system is installed or is duly ordered installed by the city council. If the installation of such proposed lighting system is abandoned, then the proceedings under this part shall be abandoned.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 18190.

18190. The money collected by the tax collector shall be paid by him, as fast as collected, to the city treasurer, who shall place it in a special fund designated by the name of the improvement proceeding, and payment shall be made out of said special fund only for the purposes provided for in this part. To expedite the making of any such improvement, the city council may at any time transfer into said special fund, out of any money in the general fund, such sums as it may deem necessary, and the sums so transferred shall be deemed a loan to such special fund, and shall be repaid out of the proceeds of the assessments provided for in this part.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 18191.

18191. The city council may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to abandon an assessment district or any portion thereof, describing the area to be abandoned and appointing a time and place for hearing as provided in Section 18070. Such resolution may be adopted at any time prior to the awarding of any contract for making the improvement but no such resolution which would otherwise be effective after the award of such contract and prior to its date of termination as contemplated in Section 18171.1 shall be adopted without the prior receipt by the city council of the written consent of the contractor. Notice of the adoption of the resolution shall be posted and published, protests may be filed, and the hearing shall be held as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 18070) of this division. If there is a protest to such abandonment made by the owners of more than one-half the area of the land subject to assessment in such area to be abandoned, the city council shall forthwith cease such abandonment proceedings unless that body, by a four-fifths affirmative vote of all its members finds that the public interest and convenience require such abandonment.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1440.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 18192.

18192. The city council may reinstitute any such abandoned assessment district or abandoned portion of such assessment district as a separate district, either concurrently with or following proceedings for abandonment in the same manner as provided in this division for the establishment of the district initially. In the event that the abandonment and reinstatement proceedings are concurrent, the resolution of intention to abandon shall recite such fact.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1440.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99 › CHAPTER 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 18193.

18193. Upon such entire or partial abandonment, all money collected for any improvements which have not been made, which money has not been paid therefor, shall be repaid to the owners of the parcels in the abandoned portion as shown on the last equalized assessment roll preceding the date of partial abandonment; provided, however, that if a district is reinstated concurrently with a partial abandonment, such money shall not be repaid but shall be credited against the cost of the improvements of the reinstated district.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1440.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 18302.

18302. This part provides an alternative system for making the improvements authorized by this part, and the provisions of this part shall not apply to or affect any other provisions of this code. When any proceedings are commenced under this part, the provisions of this part and no others shall apply to all such proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 18303.

18303. Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 18304.

18304. “Street lighting system” or “system” includes any or all appliances, poles, posts, electroliers, transformers, lighting units, lamps, cables, wires, pipes, conduits, and other suitable or necessary works or appliances for street lighting purposes. Any such street lighting system may include all or any portion of a city.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1101.)
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18305. “Service,” and any of its variants, means the electrical current or energy or other illuminating agent used to light a street lighting system.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
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18306. “Maintenance” means the repair, replacement, inspection, cleaning or painting of the posts and standards and the equipment attached to or used in connection with such posts and standards, and includes such incidental expenses incurred in connection therewith as may be necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
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18307. “Improvement,” and any of its variants, includes the maintenance or servicing, or both, of all or part of any one or more street lighting systems.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
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18309. “Installment assessment” means the amount levied by the city council for the first or any subsequent contract year to create a fund with which to pay for the improvement for the next contract year.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
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18310. “Clerk” or “city clerk” means any person or officer who is or acts as clerk of the city council.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
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18313. “City council” includes any body which by law is the legislative department of the government of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 2 - Authority to Maintain and Service › Section 18320.

18320. Whenever in the opinion of the city council the public interest or convenience may require, that body may:
(a) Order any street lighting system to be maintained in or along the whole or any part of any one or more of the streets in such city.
(b) Order electric current or energy, gas, or other illuminating agent to be furnished for such street lighting system.
(c) Determine and declare the lands to be benefited by any such improvement.
(d) Assess, either partly or wholly, the costs and expenses (including all incidental expenses) of such improvement, or of any one or more of the items thereof, upon the lands benefited.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 2 - Authority to Maintain and Service › Section 18321.

18321. The improvement shall be for a period to commence at a time to be fixed by the city council but not exceeding five years from the date of commencement thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
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18322. The provisions of this part shall not be limited to the improvement of street lighting systems owned only by the city, but the city council may also order such improvement to be made upon street lighting systems provided and installed by, and remaining the property of, any public utility, public corporation, or other person with whom a contract is entered into for such improvement and may assess the costs and expenses thereof in accordance with this part.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 2 - Authority to Maintain and Service › Section 18323.

18323. If there is more than one street lighting system in any city any or all of such systems may be consolidated and improved under one proceeding. In such case the consolidated system shall be zoned so that those systems of approximately the same general type are grouped together.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 2 - Authority to Maintain and Service › Section 18324.

18324. Whenever a street lighting system is installed along a boundary line or street of any city, the city council may, by resolution, assess the land abutting upon such boundary line or street for the estimated cost and expense of improving the system, even though the system is partially or entirely without the boundaries of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
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18325. If land has been assessed pursuant to Section 18324, the city council may proceed in all respects in connection therewith as though the street lighting system were entirely within the city limits; except that the city council may enter into a contract with the legislative body of the city or county having jurisdiction over the adjoining territory either to improve all or any portion of the street lighting system, or to have all or any portion of the system improved by the legislative body of the adjoining territory. The legislative body contracting to furnish such improvement may enter into any contract or issue any purchase order authorized in this part.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 3 - Report and Resolution of Intention › Section 18340.

18340. The city council shall, prior to the adoption of the resolution of intention to order any improvement to be made, require the superintendent of streets to make and file with the clerk a written report containing the following:
(a) An estimate of the cost of such improvement and incidental expenses for the period of time recommended to be specified in the resolution of intention.
(b) A diagram or map showing the streets affected by the proceeding and in which street lighting systems have been installed and also each lot or parcel of land abutting such streets. Each lot or parcel of land shall be given a separate number upon the diagram. The diagram, as finally approved by the city council, shall govern for all details as to the lots or parcels of land benefited by the proceeding.
(c) A proposed assessment of the total amount of the probable or estimated costs and expenses of the proposed improvement upon the several lots or parcels of land shown on the diagram or map referred to in subdivision (b) above, in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by each such lot or parcel of land, respectively, for the period of time recommended for the continuance of the improvement and which is to be set out in the resolution of intention. The assessment shall refer to such lots or parcels of land upon the diagram or map by the respective numbers thereon.
(d) Plans and specifications which shall set out, among other things, the general type of street lighting system in each zone. The lighting systems to be improved shall be divided into zones and in each zone shall be grouped those systems of approximately the same general type. It shall be a sufficient description of the location of the lights to be improved if such plans or specifications show or describe the approximate location of the lights.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
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18341. Upon the filing of the report, the clerk shall present it to the city council for consideration at its next regular meeting, and that body may correct or modify it in any respect. The report as approved or as corrected or modified by the city council shall stand as the report for the purpose of all subsequent proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 3 - Report and Resolution of Intention › Section 18342.

18342. When the report has been approved, the city council shall adopt a resolution of intention to order the improvement to be made. The resolution shall:
(a) Briefly describe the proposed improvement.
(b) Refer to the streets, by their lawful or official names or the names by which they are commonly known.
(c) If the improvement is not upon a street and there is no lawful or common name thereof, then briefly describe the land or right of way on which the improvement is to be made.
(d) Refer to the report of the superintendent of streets on file in the office of the city clerk.
(e) Fix the period of time for which the improvement is to be made.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1234, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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18343. (a) The city council shall cause notice to be mailed and set the time and date for a public meeting and public hearing pursuant to Section 54954.6 of the Government Code.
(b) If assessments are to be levied as contemplated by Section 18340, the notice procedures shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 4 - Protest and Hearing › Section 18362.

18362. (a) At any time not later than the hour set for hearing protests any owner of any lot or parcel of land liable to be assessed for the improvement may make written protest against the proposed improvement by filing his or her protest with the clerk. No other protests shall be considered by the city council except as provided in this chapter.
(b) If assessments are to be levied, the protest and hearing procedures shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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18364. If there is a majority protest by the landowners in any zone to the improvement in that zone, or if the street superintendent reports that it is practical to subdivide a zone and a majority of the landowners in that subdivided zone protest the improvement in that subdivided zone, the city council shall strike that zone or subdivided zone from the proceedings and correct the proposed assessment accordingly, unless that body, by a four-fifths affirmative vote of all its members finds that the public health and safety require that street lights in that zone or subdivided zone be improved. The determination of the city council shall be final and conclusive.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 860, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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18365. If a zone or subdivided zone is struck from the proceedings, the city council may proceed the same as though that zone or subdivided zone was not a part of the original proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
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18366. Immediately upon the city council’s determination it shall have jurisdiction to confirm the report and assessment, and order the proposed improvement to be contracted for or supplied as provided in this part.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 18390.

18390. The city council shall thereafter levy an assessment upon each lot and parcel of land for the first contract year for the amount estimated to be necessary to improve the street lighting system for the ensuing contract year. Prior to the expiration of each contract year the city council shall by resolution fix and levy the assessment for the amount estimated to be necessary to improve the system for such ensuing contract year.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 18391.

18391. The city council may order by resolution that any part or amount of the next installment of the estimated cost and expense of any improvement be paid out of the city treasury from such fund as the city council may designate, in wihich case the liability and obligation to pay any sum so provided for shall accrue and become fixed upon the date of the levy of the installment assessment next succeeding the adoption of the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931 › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment › Section 18392.

18392. Whenever a part of the next installment of the estimated cost and expense is to be paid by the city, the superintendent of streets, in making up the installment assessment for such cost and expense, shall first deduct from the whole estimated cost and expense that part or amount which is to be paid by the city, and shall assess the remainder of the cost and expense proportionately upon the lots or parcels of land liable to be assessed in the manner provided in this part.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)