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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Calling and Conducting the Election › Section 19093.

19093. Every registered voter in the jurisdiction shall be entitled to vote at this election.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 133. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Calling and Conducting the Election › Section 19094.

19094. The precinct boards shall canvass the votes in accordance with the general laws of this state. The board of supervisors may order the county elections official to conduct the official canvass within seven days subsequent to the holding of the election.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 134. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Establishing the District › Section 19110.

19110. If a majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of a lighting district, the board of supervisors shall by resolution establish the district.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Establishing the District › Section 19111.

19111. If a majority of the votes cast are against the lighting district, the board of supervisors shall by order so declare. No other proceedings shall be taken for the formation of another lighting district until the expiration of one year from the date of filing of the defeated petition.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Establishing the District › Section 19112.

19112. The fact of the filing of the petition, and the resolution establishing the lighting district, shall be entered in the minutes of the board of supervisors and that entry shall be conclusive evidence of the existence and validity of the district and of the fact that all steps prerequisite to its existence were duly and regularly taken.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Authority of the Governing Body › Section 19130.

19130. The board of supervisors of the county in which the lighting district has been established shall be ex officio the governing body of the lighting district and shall serve without compensation.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Authority of the Governing Body › Section 19132.

19132. The governing body shall:
(a) Make all rules, regulations and laws necessary for the administration, operation and maintenance of the highway lighting district.
(b) Supervise and plan a system of highway illumination for the district and decide upon the kind of service most feasible for the district. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the board of supervisors from installing and maintaining electric lights on highways in the district for the safety of persons using the roads and bridges and from paying for the same out of the road fund of the county or district road fund.
(c) Indicate the placing and installation of all lights and any and all subsequent additional lights, except that the governing body may authorize a designated officer to indicate the placing and installation of lights in accordance with standards adopted by the governing body.
(d) Receive bids, award and make contracts with lighting companies in the name of the district to its very best advantage for the installation and maintenance of the street lighting system or any portion thereof and for servicing the same, except the governing body may authorize a designated officer to make, execute, and administer such contracts in the name of the district in accordance with this chapter.
(e) Determine the number of employees necessary to properly care for and maintain the system. The governing body shall prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. All district employees shall hold their positions at the pleasure of the governing body.
(f) Designate the hours for lighting the district.
(g) Perform all other acts necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 227.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Bids and Award of Contracts › Section 19151.

19151. In granting authority to install the system and in contractng for service the governing body shall impose such restrictions and conditions, and provide for such locations of the various wires and lights, as will work the least possible public or private inconvenience.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Installation of Additional Lights › Section 19160.

19160. Proceedings for the installation and maintenance of additional lights may be instituted by the governing body on its own initiative and shall be instituted by the governing body when:
(a) A written request therefor, signed by two members of the governing body, is filed with the governing body; or
(b) A petition therefor, signed by 20 or more taxpayers of the district, is filed with the governing body. The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1159.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Installation of Additional Lights › Section 19161.

19161. Upon institution of proceedings pursuant to Section 19160, if the governing body determines that it will be just and equitable and in the public interest for the additional cost, if any, of installation and maintenance of additional lights to be paid by the district as a whole, it shall immediately estimate the cost of installing and maintaining the additional lights, and shall use such reserve funds as may have been accumulated for such purposes to the extent necessary. In the regular tax levy for the first fiscal year in which it is possible to do so, the governing body shall include a tax upon the taxable property within the district at the equalized value thereof, or an assessment on each parcel of real property within the district on the basis of the estimated benefit to the parcel, sufficient to pay the cost of installing and maintaining for one year the additional lights. If sufficient reserve funds are available or will be available from the tax or assessment levy already made, or after the tax or assessment levy has been made, the governing body shall proceed with the installation of the additional lights.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Installation of Additional Lights › Section 19161.1.

19161.1. Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by this chapter for the installation or maintenance of lights, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter 6.1 (commencing with Section 54701) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 487, Sec. 17. Effective July 10, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9 - Installation of Additional Lights › Section 19162.

19162. If the governing body determines that it will not be just and equitable, or in the public interest, for the cost of installation and maintenance of said additional lights to be paid by the district as a whole, it shall terminate the proceedings without prejudice to the filing of a new petition pursuant to Chapter 17 of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1159.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19165.

19165. Upon the receipt of a petition signed by owners of taxable property representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within an existing highway lighting district, or within a temporary zone requested to be established by the petition in the manner provided in this chapter, the governing body of the district may replace an obsolete lighting system with a new modern county- or utility-owned lighting system where necessary for the proper operation of the district or of the portion thereof lying within the temporary zone.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 166.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19165.1.

19165.1. As an alternative to the petition procedure, the board of supervisors, by a four-fifths vote, may determine that the public safety and convenience require replacement of an obsolete system. The resolution may propose that a temporary zone be established, which zone will be benefited by the work, for the purpose of levying a special tax in the zone to finance the cost of the work.
The resolution shall contain that matter required by Section 19166. Notice and hearing of the resolution shall be substantially as required by Sections 19168 and 19169. If the board of supervisors determines at the hearing, by a four-fifths vote, that it is just and equitable and in the public interest that the obsolete lighting be replaced and that the proposed temporary zone be formed, it shall fix and describe the boundaries of the proposed zone in a manner so as to exclude any territory which will not be benefited by inclusion in the zone; it shall declare the zone established; it shall designate the zone by a name or number; and it shall specify the duration and purposes of the zone, not to exceed 10 years from the beginning of the next ensuing fiscal year in which a special tax levy may be made in the zone.
Except as provided in this section, any zone formed under this section is subject to Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 19165).
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 167.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19166.

19166. A petition asking for the removal of obsolete lights and their replacement with modern county- or utility-owned lights pursuant to this chapter may request the board of supervisors to establish a temporary zone consisting solely of contiguous territory within the district which will be benefited by the replacement lights, for the purpose of levying a special tax therein to finance the cost of removal of the old lights and installation and temporary maintenance of the new lights. The petition shall contain all of the following:
(a) A general description of the nature of the proposed replacement lights, together with a map showing the location thereof.
(b) An estimate of all costs or charges which will be incurred in connection with the removal of the old lights and the installation of the new lights, together with a statement as to the period of time, not to exceed three years, proposed for the payment of the costs or charges.
(c) An estimate of the average monthly cost of maintenance of the replacement lights.
(d) A description of the boundaries of the proposed temporary zone.
A proposal to form a temporary zone pursuant to this section is subject to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 58850) of Title 6 of Division 2 of the Government Code to the same extent as a proposal to form a district.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 168.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19167.

19167. Upon the presentation of a petition pursuant to this chapter, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately refer the same to an appropriate county officer, who shall certify to the board the number of owners of taxable property within the boundaries of the district or the proposed zone whose names appear on said petition, together with the percentage of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within the boundaries of the district or zone, which said signatures represent.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 869.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19168.

19168. If the certifying officer certifies that the petition bears the signatures of owners of taxable property within the district or, if applicable, the proposed zone representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed value of all taxable property therein, the petition shall be filed, and the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petition and the protests of interested parties, and shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition and the time set for the hearing to be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in a newspaper designated by said board as most likely to give notice to the inhabitants of the district and, if applicable, the proposed zone. If there is no such newspaper, copies of the notice shall be posted in three conspicuous places in the territory included in the district or, if applicable, the proposed zone, for three weeks prior to the date fixed for hearing the petition. The notice shall contain the text of said petition, but the names of the signers of the petition need not be published.
If the certifying officer’s certificate shows that any petition requesting the establishment of a temporary zone does not bear the required number of signatures, the request for the formation of a temporary zone shall be denied, without prejudice to the filing of a new petition therefor.
In such event, or if the petition does not request the establishment of a temporary zone, and the certifying officer’s certificate shows that the petition does not bear the signatures of owners of taxable property representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within the existing highway lighting district, the petition shall be denied.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19169.

19169. Upon the date fixed for the hearing, or at any time to which it is continued, the board of supervisors shall, in addition to any other proceedings required by law, consider the request for formation of a temporary zone and any objections which may be filed against it or against the formation of the proposed zone.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 869.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19170.

19170. If the board of supervisors determines with respect to a petition for the replacement of lights filed in conformity with this chapter, that
(a) It is just and equitable, and in the public interest, that the obsolete lighting system be replaced as provided in this chapter and that the proposed temporary zone be formed, and
(b) The petition was signed by resident taxpayers representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within the territory proposed to be formed into a zone,
the board shall by resolution, entered in its minutes, fix and describe the boundaries of the proposed zone in such manner that any territory which will not be benefited by inclusion therein, or which is not contiguous thereto, or which is not described in the petition, shall not be included therein; shall declare the zone established, designating it by an identifying name or number; and shall specify the purposes and duration thereof, not to exceed 10 years from the beginning of the next ensuing fiscal year in which a special tax or assessment levy may be made in the zone.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19171.

19171. With respect to a petition for the replacement of lights which includes no request for the establishment of a temporary zone, if the board of supervisors determines that it will be just and equitable and in the public interest for the additional cost, if any, of removing the obsolete lighting system and its replacement with a modern county- or utility-owned lighting system to be paid by the district as a whole, the board of supervisors shall immediately estimate the cost of replacement of the obsolete system and installation and maintenance of the modern system, and shall include in the regular tax levy for the first fiscal year in which it is possible to do so, a tax upon the taxable property within the district at the equalized value thereof, or an assessment on each parcel of real property within the district on the basis of the estimated benefit to the parcel, sufficient to pay such cost of replacement, installation and maintenance. After the tax or assessment levy has been made, the governing body shall proceed with the replacement of the obsolete system and the installation and maintenance of the modern system.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19172.

19172. The provisions of Sections 19036 and 19037 apply to proceedings under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 869.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19173.

19173. A statement regarding the boundaries of a zone established pursuant to this chapter shall be filed as provided by Chapter 8, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code, together with a statement as to the period of duration of said zone specified in the resolution establishing it.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 869.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19174.

19174. In order that the obsolete system may be removed and a modern system installed in its place and maintained immediately after the action of the board pursuant to Section 19170, the governing body may authorize the immediate removal of the obsolete system in the said zone and the installation of the modern system in said zone, and may contract to pay any costs or charges incurred by reason of such removal and such installation in equal periodic payments over a period of not to exceed the period of duration of said zone specified in the resolution establishing it.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 869.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19175.

19175. The board of supervisors may, from time to time, transfer moneys to the district, for the benefit of the zone, from any available funds of the county. Any moneys so transferred are hereby appropriated, and shall be used, for the payment of any currently payable expenses incurred by reason of the removal of the obsolete system and the installation of the modern system proposed for the zone, and for the cost of maintenance thereof prior to December 1st of the first fiscal year in which a special tax or assessment may be levied in and on behalf of the zone. All costs of maintenance of the modern system, subsequent to that date, shall be budgeted and included in the general levy of taxes or assessments, as the case may be, in and on behalf of the district as a whole.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19176.

19176. The board of supervisors shall, in the first fiscal year in which a special tax or assessment, as the case may be, may be levied in and on behalf of the zone, levy a special tax or assessment upon the taxable property therein for the purposes of the zone, and shall include in the levy a sum sufficient to repay to the county the amounts transferred to the district pursuant to Section 19175. The amounts so transferred shall be retransferred to the county treasury from the first available receipts from the special levy in the zone.
Thereafter, in the succeeding fiscal year or years during which the temporary zone remains in existence, the board of supervisors shall levy a special tax or assessment therein sufficient to pay any additional costs or charges incurred by reason of the removal of the obsolete system and the installation of the modern system therein, which may by contract be made payable in such year or years.
All special taxes or assessments levied in and on behalf of a zone, pursuant to this section, are in addition to any taxes or assessments levied therein for and on behalf of the district as a whole.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19176.1.

19176.1. Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by Section 19176, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter 6.1 (commencing with Section 54701) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 487, Sec. 19. Effective July 10, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 9.5 - Replacement of Obsolete Lighting System in Existing District › Section 19177.

19177. A zone shall remain in existence for the period of time specified in the resolution of the board of supervisors which established it, and shall thereafter automatically terminate; provided, there are then no outstanding obligations payable from special taxes or assessments to be levied in the zone.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 10 - Estimating and Levying the Assessment › Section 19180.

19180. On or before the first day of September of each year, the governing body shall make an estimate of the cost, not otherwise offset by other available revenue, of conducting and maintaining the district for the ensuing fiscal year, and shall include therein the cost of installing and maintaining such additional lights as may have been petitioned for by the residents of the district as well as the cost of any other things which may be necessary or proper for carrying out the purposes of this part, including a levy of tax or assessment not to exceed 10 percent of the total levy for other purposes for the purpose of accumulating reserve for installation of additional lights which, in the opinion of the governing board, may be petitioned for before the proceeds of another tax or assessment levy will be available for use for such purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 10 - Estimating and Levying the Assessment › Section 19180.1.

19180.1. Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by Section 19180, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter 6.1 (commencing with Section 54701) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 487, Sec. 21. Effective July 10, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 10 - Estimating and Levying the Assessment › Section 19181.

19181. When the estimate has been made, the board of supervisors of the county shall, at the time of levying county taxes, levy a special tax upon all of the taxable property within the district at the equalized value thereof sufficient to raise the amount of the estimate.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 487, Sec. 23. Effective July 10, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 10 - Estimating and Levying the Assessment › Section 19182.

19182. If a district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a tax or assessment in that year or in the next ensuing year, the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to transfer funds of the county not immediately needed for county purposes to the funds of the district to be used for the payment of the expenses of the district until such time as tax or assessment receipts are available therefor. The governing body may authorize the immediate installation of the lighting system in the district, and shall include in the levy of taxes or assessments for the district for the first fiscal year in which a tax or assessment may be levied, a sum sufficient to repay to the county the amounts so transferred to the district for the portion or portions of the preceding fiscal year or years for which no levy of taxes or assessments was made for that purpose, and the amounts shall be retransferred to the county treasury out of the first available receipts from the tax or assessment levy.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 10 - Estimating and Levying the Assessment › Section 19183.

19183. If any lights have been maintained by public subscription or by money supplied from the district road funds, within any territory which subsequently becomes a lighting district organized under this part, at the time of the establishment of such lighting district, or at the time of expiration of any then existing contract for the maintenance of such lights; such lights and the future cost of maintaining and operating them shall be included in the estimate of the governing body and shall thenceforth be maintained as a part of the lighting system of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 10 - Estimating and Levying the Assessment › Section 19184.

19184. The special 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 and priority of lien as other taxes for county purposes and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the fund of the district and shall be used only for the payment of the expenses of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 487, Sec. 24. Effective July 10, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 10 - Estimating and Levying the Assessment › Section 19185.

19185. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, a county may lend any available county funds to a district for the replacement of obsolete lighting system equipment. Any such loan may be restricted for use in a temporary zone in a district. The loan shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the board of supervisors and shall be repaid in approximately equal installments over a period not to exceed 10 years. Any funds lent to the district are appropriated for the purposes for which the loan was made. Any area of a district, or of a temporary zone in a district, which is included in a city by annexation or incorporation after a loan has been made shall continue to be taxed or assessed for the repayment of its proportionate part of the unpaid balance of the loan.
If a zone is formed, the board of supervisors shall, in the first fiscal year in which a special tax or assessment may be levied in the zone, and in each succeeding year of the duration of the zone, levy a special tax upon the taxable property or assessment in the zone for the purpose of repaying the amount lent to the district by the county. When the loan has been repaid, the zone shall terminate.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 10.5 - Claims › Section 19190.

19190. All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11 - Disposition of Funds › Section 19200.

19200. The revenue derived from the special tax, together with all other moneys acquired by the district, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the lighting fund of the district subject only to the order of the governing body and shall be expended by it only for and on behalf of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11 - Disposition of Funds › Section 19201.

19201. Any funds arising from assessments made under this part remaining in the county treasury after the payment of all outstanding legal obligations incurred by the district, shall be ordered transferred by the governing body to the city treasurer of any city that has been incorporated since the formation of the district, and which includes the district or a considerable portion thereof within its corporate limits. If no such city has been incorporated then the funds so remaining in the county treasury shall be transferred to a separate fund and upon the order of the governing body shall be repaid pro rata to the persons by whom the assessments were originally paid.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 11 - Disposition of Funds › Section 19202.

19202. The governing body of any highway lighting district may provide for the establishment of an accumulative capital outlay fund for the replacement of obsolete lighting system equipment. The fund shall be kept in reserve until appropriated in whole or in part to a specific project.
At any time after the creation of the fund the governing body may transfer to it any unencumbered surplus funds remaining on hand at the end of the fiscal year after the payment of the expenses of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 854.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 12 - Annexation of Territory › Section 19210.

19210. Territory in the same county whether contiguous or not may be annexed to a highway lighting district. A petition for that purpose may be filed with the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated. The petition shall:
(a) Designate the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed to the district.
(b) Designate the number of owners of real property in such territory and the assessed value of the real property in the territory as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of the county.
(c) State that the territory proposed to be annexed is not within the limits of any other lighting district, and request that such territory be annexed to the lighting district.
(d) Be signed by the owners representing at least one-fourth of the total assessed valuation of the real property proposed to be annexed to the district, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of the county, and by at least one-fourth of the total number of owners of real property in such territory.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 758.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 12 - Annexation of Territory › Section 19211.

19211. At the first regular meeting after the petition has been filed with it, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petition and the protests of interested parties, and shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition and the time set for the hearing to be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code and not less than one week prior to that time in a newspaper published and circulated in the county in which the district is situated. If there is no such newspaper, copies of the notice shall be posted in three conspicuous places in the territory to be annexed, for three weeks prior to the date fixed for hearing the petition.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 173.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 12 - Annexation of Territory › Section 19212.

19212. Upon the date fixed for the hearing, or at any time to which it is continued, the board of supervisors shall consider the petition, and any objections which may be filed against it or against the annexation of any territory to the district.
The board of supervisors may by order entered on its minutes grant the petition either in whole or in part, and by order entered on its minutes alter the boundaries of the district, and annex thereto all or such portion of the contiguous territory described in the petition as will be benefited by inclusion in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 12 - Annexation of Territory › Section 19213.

19213. Any territory which will not be benefited, by inclusion in the district, or which is not contiguous to the district, or which is not described in the petition, shall not be included in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 12 - Annexation of Territory › Section 19214.

19214. The order of annexation shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of all prior proceedings leading to the annexation recited therein and after the making of the order, the territory shall become a part of the lighting district and shall be taxed, together with the remainder of the district, for all taxes thereafter levied by the board of supervisors for the maintenance of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 12 - Annexation of Territory › Section 19215.

19215. If a petition, signed by 15 or more taxpayers and residents of the area sought to be annexed, but less than the number of owners representing one-fourth of the amount of assessed value of real property in that area and less than the number of owners specified in subdivision (d) of Section 19210 of this chapter, is presented to the board of supervisors, the board, if the petition for such annexation expressly requests them so to do, shall order an election within the territory sought to be annexed.
The election shall be ordered by the board of supervisors at a hearing, after establishing the boundaries. To the extent applicable, the election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as an election for formation.
If a majority of votes cast are in favor of the proposition of annexing the territory to the district, such territory shall become a part of the highway lighting district.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1278.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 13 - Withdrawal of Territory › Section 19230.

19230. Any portion of the territory of a highway lighting district may be withdrawn therefrom. Proceedings for the withdrawal of territory may be instituted by the board of supervisors upon its own motion, or by filing with the board of supervisors a petition signed by 50 or more freeholders or by a majority thereof if there are less than 100, within the territory desired to be withdrawn from the district requesting the withdrawal of the territory and describing the exterior boundaries of the territory so sought to be withdrawn.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 13 - Withdrawal of Territory › Section 19231.

19231. The board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for the hearing on the motion or the petition and for hearing protests against the continuance of the remaining territory as a highway lighting district. The time fixed for the hearings shall not be less than 15 nor more than 30 days after the motion or receipt of the petition.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 13 - Withdrawal of Territory › Section 19232.

19232. At least 10 days before the time fixed for the hearing the board of supervisors shall publish a notice of the hearing by one insertion in the newspaper circulated in the district which the board believes will best serve to give notice to the inhabitants of the district of the proposed withdrawal of territory. The notice shall also be posted at least one week prior to the time fixed for the hearing in three public places within the district, one of which shall be within the portion of the district proposed to be withdrawn.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 13 - Withdrawal of Territory › Section 19233.

19233. Any person interested may appear at the hearing and object to the withdrawal of territory from the district or may object to the continuance of the remaining territory as a highway lighting district. The board of supervisors shall consider and pass upon all objections, and the board of supervisors may order the withdrawal or may grant the petition for withdrawal either in whole or in part, and by resolution declare the district reestablished excluding from the district the territory withdrawn if it finds that one or more of the following facts exist:
(a) The territory to be withdrawn will be benefited by withdrawal.
(b) The withdrawal will allow economies and efficiencies in administration or operation of an existing lighting system in the territory to be withdrawn.
The decision of the board of supervisors on all objections and protests which are made shall be final and conclusive.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 13 - Withdrawal of Territory › Section 19234.

19234. Upon the withdrawal of any territory from the district, the remaining territory in the district shall continue as a lighting district until dissolved. No withdrawal of territory shall become effective until any outstanding contract for service has expired or such contract has, with the consent of the person furnishing such service, been modified or canceled so as to relieve the district of further obligation to pay for future lighting service within the territory withdrawn.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 14 - Dissolution by Petition › Section 19250.

19250. Proceedings for the dissolution of the district may be instituted by filing with the board of supervisors a petition signed by 50 or more property owners and residents of the district, asking for its dissolution. The board of supervisors shall, within 30 days after receiving the petition, by resolution, order that an election be held in the district for the determination of the question of dissolution. The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as other elections of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 757.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 14 - Dissolution by Petition › Section 19251.

19251. If a majority of the votes cast at the election held in the district for determination of the question of dissolution are in favor of dissolution, the district shall be dissolved.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 468.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 14 - Dissolution by Petition › Section 19252.

19252. Upon the dissolution of the district the title to any property which it may have acquired shall vest in any city which has at that time a considerable portion of the territory of the lighting district within its boundaries. If there is no such city, the title to the property shall vest in the board of supervisors of the county wherein the district is situated until such a city is created.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 14 - Dissolution by Petition › Section 19253.

19253. If at the time of the election to dissolve the district there is any indebtedness of the district outstanding, the vote to dissolve shall dissolve the district for all purposes except the levy and collection of taxes or assessments, as the case may be, for the payment of such outstanding indebtedness. From the time the district is thus dissolved until the indebtedness is fully paid, the legislative body of the city which is entitled to the property of the district as provided for in Section 19252 or, if there is no such city, the board of supervisors of the county wherein the district is located shall be the ex officio governing body of the district. That body shall levy such taxes or assessments and perform such other acts as may be necessary to pay the outstanding indebtedness of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 15 - Dissolution by Annexation or Incorporation Proceedings › Section 19270.

19270. Upon the inclusion of all of the territory embraced in any highway lighting district within one or more incorporated cities, either by annexation proceedings or by the incorporation of the cities, the district may be dissolved. Such dissolution shall be effective upon the filing with the State Board of Equalization, the governing body of the district, and the county assessor of a copy of a resolution of the legislative body of the city, or of a joint resolution of the legislative bodies of all the cities, declaring the district dissolved. The remaining unencumbered funds of the district shall be distributed and administered as provided in this chapter. No tax or assessment shall be levied after dissolution.
Any one city may withdraw its territory from the district in the manner provided by Section 19290.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 15 - Dissolution by Annexation or Incorporation Proceedings › Section 19271.

19271. If all of the territory of the district is included within one incorporated city, the money paid into the lighting fund shall be paid to the treasurer of that city, and administered by the legislative body thereof. The city legislative body shall have all of the powers and perform all of the duties granted to or imposed upon the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located and shall carry out the provisions of this part as to such district to the same purpose and extent as if originally constituted the governing body thereof. The city shall be liable for all outstanding liabilities of the district incurred prior to the time the district was included within the city.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 15 - Dissolution by Annexation or Incorporation Proceedings › Section 19272.

19272. If all of the territory of the district is included within more than one incorporated city, then such proportionate part of the money paid into the lighting fund shall be paid to the treasurer of each such city as the area of that portion of the district included in that city bears to the total area of the district. The funds so paid shall be administered by the legislative body of each such city, and each of the said legislative bodies shall have all the powers and perform all of the duties, so far as that portion of the district within its boundaries is concerned, granted to or imposed upon the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located and shall carry out this part as to the portion of the district included within its boundaries to the same purpose and extent as if orginally constituted the governing body thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 15 - Dissolution by Annexation or Incorporation Proceedings › Section 19273.

19273. Each city shall be liable for such proportionate part of all the outstanding liabilities of the district incurred prior to its inclusion within the cities as the area of that portion of the district included in each city bears to the total area of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING › PART 4 - THE HIGHWAY LIGHTING DISTRICT ACT › CHAPTER 15 - Dissolution by Annexation or Incorporation Proceedings › Section 19274.

19274. After all of its territory has been included in one or more cities, and the district has been dissolved, upon the expenditure of its funds and the discharge of the district’s obligations by the city or cities, the powers and duties of the city or cities set forth in Sections 19271, 19272, and 19273 shall terminate.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 413.)