citation: HSC § 2030

text:
(a) The members of the board of trustees shall serve without compensation.

(b) The members of the board of trustees may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business. In lieu of paying for actual expenses, the board of trustees may by resolution provide for the allowance and payment to each trustee a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per month for expenses incurred while on official business. A trustee may waive the payments permitted by this subdivision.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the secretary of the board of trustees may receive compensation in an amount determined by the board of trustees.

(d) Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 3. Boards of Trustees and Officers


kind: section

code: HSC

citation: HSC § 2040

text:
Within the district’s boundaries or in territory that is located outside the district from which vectors and vectorborne diseases may enter the district, a district may do all of the following:

(a) Conduct surveillance programs and other appropriate studies of vectors and vectorborne diseases.

(b) Take any and all necessary or proper actions to prevent the occurrence of vectors and vectorborne diseases.

(c) Take any and all necessary or proper actions to abate or control vectors and vectorborne diseases.

(d) Take any and all actions necessary for or incidental to the powers granted by this chapter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)

division: 3. PEST ABATEMENT

article: 4. Powers

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citation: HSC § 2041

text:
A district shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter, including, but not limited to, all of the following powers:

(a) To sue and be sued.

(b) To acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or other lawful means, any real property within the district or any personal property that may be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter.

(c) To sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property. Every sale of property shall be to the highest bidder. The board shall publish notice of the sale pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. A board of trustees may exchange equivalent properties if the board determines that the exchange is in the best interests of the district.

(d) To donate any surplus real or personal property to any public agency or nonprofit organization.

(e) To purchase the supplies and materials, employ the personnel, and contract for the services that may be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter.

(f) To build, repair, and maintain on any land the dikes, levees, cuts, canals, or ditches that may be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter.

(g) To contract to indemnify or compensate any property owner for any injury or damage necessarily caused by the use or taking of real or personal property for dikes, levees, cuts, canals, or ditches.

(h) To engage necessary personnel, to define their qualifications and duties, and to provide a schedule of compensation for the performance of their duties.

(i) To engage counsel and other professional services.

(j) To adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.

(k) To provide insurance pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section 989) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

( l) To participate in, review, comment, and make recommendations regarding local, state, or federal land use planning and environmental quality processes, documents, permits, licenses, and entitlements for projects and their potential effects on the purposes and intent of this chapter.

(m) To take any and all actions necessary for, or incidental to, the powers expressed or implied by this chapter.

chapter: 1. Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2042

text: When acquiring, improving, or using any real property, a district shall comply with Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, and Article 7 (commencing with Section 65400) of Chapter 1 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2043

text:
(a) A district shall have perpetual succession.

(b) A board of trustees may, by a two-thirds vote of its total membership, adopt a resolution to change the name of the district. The name shall contain the words “mosquito abatement district,” “vector control district,” “mosquito and vector control district,” “mosquito control district,” or “vector management district.” The resolution shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 7530) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code. Within 10 days of its adoption, the board of trustees shall file a copy of its resolution with the Secretary of State, the county clerk, the board of supervisors, and the local agency formation commission of each county in which the district is located.

(c) A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2044

text:
(a) A district may cooperate with any public agency or federal agency to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter. To that end, a district may enter into agreements with those other public agencies or federal agencies to take any and all actions necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes and intent of this chapter.

(b) A district may jointly acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate any facilities, projects, or programs with any other public agency or federal agency to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any joint or cooperative action with other public agencies or federal agencies.

(c) A district may enter into joint powers agreements pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2045

text: A district may contract with other public agencies and federal agencies to provide any service, project, or program authorized by this chapter within the district’s boundaries. A district may contract with other public agencies and federal agencies to provide any service, project, or program authorized by this chapter within the boundaries of the other public agencies and federal agencies.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2046

text:
(a) Each district shall adopt policies and procedures, including bidding regulations, governing the purchase of supplies and equipment. Each district shall adopt these policies and procedures by rule or regulation pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 54201) of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

(b) A district may request the State Department of General Services to make purchases of materials, equipment, or supplies on its behalf pursuant to Section 10298 of the Public Contract Code.

(c) A district may request the purchasing agent of the principal county to make purchases on materials, equipment, or supplies on its behalf pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 25500) of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code.

(d) A district may request the purchasing agent of the principal county to contract with persons to provide services, projects, and programs authorized by this chapter pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 25500) of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2047

text: Any person who restrains, hinders, obstructs, or threatens any officer or employee of a district in the performance of that person’s duties, or any person who interferes with any work done by, or under the direction of, the district is guilty of a misdemeanor.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2048

text:
(a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all districts.

(b) A board of trustees may adopt an ordinance establishing an employee relations system that may include, but is not limited to, a civil service system or a merit system.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2049

text: A board of trustees may require any employee or officer to be bonded. The district shall pay the cost of the bonds.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2050

text: A board of trustees may provide for any programs for the benefit of its employees and members of the board of trustees pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 53200) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2051

text: A district may authorize the members of its board of trustees and its employees to attend professional, educational, or vocational meetings, and pay their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses while on official business. The payment of expenses pursuant to this section may be in addition to the payments made pursuant to Section 2030. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 643, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2007.)

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2052

text:
(a) Pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 106925) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 104, every district employee who handles, applies, or supervises the use of any pesticide for public health purposes shall be certified by the department as a vector control technician in at least one of the following categories commensurate with the assigned duties:

(1) Mosquito control.

(2) Terrestrial invertebrate vector control.

(3) Vertebrate vector control.

(b) The department may establish, by regulation, exemptions from the requirements of this section that the department deems reasonably necessary to further the purposes of this section.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2053

text:
(a) A district may request an inspection and abatement warrant pursuant to Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure. A warrant issued pursuant to this section shall apply only to the exterior of places, dwellings, structures, and premises. The warrant shall state the geographic area which it covers and shall state its purposes. A warrant may authorize district employees to enter property only to do the following:

(1) Inspect to determine the presence of vectors or public nuisances.

(2) Abate public nuisances, either directly or by giving notice to the property owner to abate the public nuisance.

(3) Determine if a notice to abate a public nuisance has been complied with.

(4) Control vectors and treat property with appropriate physical, chemical, or biological control measures.

(b) Subject to the limitations of the United States Constitution and the California Constitution, employees of a district may enter any property, either within the district or property that is located outside the district from which vectors may enter the district, without hindrance or notice for any of the following purposes:

(1) Inspect the property to determine the presence of vectors or public nuisances.

(2) Abate public nuisances pursuant to this chapter, either directly or by giving notice to the property owner to abate the public nuisance.

(3) Determine if a notice to abate a public nuisance has been complied with.

(4) Control vectors and treat property with appropriate physical, chemical, or biological control measures.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2054

text: Whenever the boundaries of a district or a zone change, the district shall comply with Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2055

text:
(a) In any dispute between a district and another public agency over the need to prevent, abate, or control, or the methods and materials used to prevent, abate, or control vectors or vectorborne diseases, the district or the other public agency may appeal the decision to the director of the department within 10 days of the decision.

(b) Within 30 days of receiving an appeal pursuant to subdivision (a), the director of the department shall consult with the affected agencies, take written and oral testimony, decide the appeal, and convey the decision to the affected agencies. The director’s decision shall be consistent with the purposes of this chapter. The decision of the director of the department shall be final and conclusive.

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2056

text:
(a) (1) An electrical utility, upon receiving a request from a mosquito abatement district or vector control district or a city or county health department, shall enter into a vector management agreement with the requesting entity within 180 days of the request.

(2) A mosquito abatement district or vector control district or a city or county health department may seek a vector management agreement with an electrical utility pursuant to this section if efforts to obtain a voluntary cooperation agreement from the electrical utility have failed.

(b) A vector management agreement shall contain, but not be limited to, all of the following provisions:

(1) The locations of electrical vaults that the electrical utility, mosquito abatement district, or vector control district reasonably believe, due to the type or the location of the vault, may contain standing water within the jurisdiction of the district or health department.

(2) (A) A reasonable time period for the electrical utility to provide supervised access to its electrical vaults to the district or health department for surveillance, treatment, and post-treatment inspections.

(B) In determining the time period in subparagraph (A), the district or health department and the electrical utility shall consider the seasonality of mosquito activity in the area.

(3) The contact information for relevant individuals at the district or health department and the electrical utility.

(4) A time line for the periodic update of the information in this subdivision.

(5) Consideration, where feasible, of modifications to electrical vaults for the purposes of mosquito exclusion or discharge of captured waters.

(6) A minimum term of three years for the agreement, with provisions for modification or extension of the agreement.

(c) This section does not affect the existing authority of a mosquito abatement district or vector control district under Section 2040.

(d) (1) Utility infrastructure data disclosed pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be kept confidential by the mosquito abatement district, vector control district, or city or county health department that receives the data.

(2) Data disclosure by the utility may be limited to the affected geographical area identified by the mosquito abatement district, vector control district, or health department, and disclosed in a manner deemed as a best practice by the utility for the safety and security of public utility infrastructure.

(e) An electrical utility that has an existing vector management agreement with a mosquito abatement district, vector control district, or a city or county health department is not subject to this section for as long as the agreement is in effect.

(f) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Electrical utility” means an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, or a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code.

(2) “Electrical vault” means an enclosure, either above or below ground, that may contain transformers or other electrical equipment and is the property of an electrical utility.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 117. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.)

article: 4. Powers


citation: HSC § 2060

text:
(a) A district may abate a public nuisance pursuant to this article.

(b) The person or agency claiming ownership, title, or right to property or who controls the diversion, delivery, conveyance, or flow of water shall be responsible for the abatement of a public nuisance that is caused by, or as a result of, that property or the diversion, delivery, conveyance, or control of that water.

article: 5. Abatement

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citation: HSC § 2061

text:
(a) Whenever a public nuisance exists on any property within a district or on any property that is located outside the district from which vectors may enter the district, the board of trustees may notify the owner of the property of the existence of the public nuisance.

(b) The notice required by subdivision (a) shall do all of the following:

(1) State that a public nuisance exists on the property, describe the public nuisance, and describe the location of the public nuisance on the property.

(2) Direct the owner of the property to abate the nuisance within a specified time.

(3) Direct the owner of the property to take any necessary action within a specified time to prevent the recurrence of the public nuisance.

(4) Inform the owner of the property that the failure to comply with the requirements of the notice within the specified times may result in the district taking the necessary actions, and that the owner shall be liable for paying the costs of the district’s actions.

(5) Inform the owner of the property that the failure to comply with the requirements of the notice within the specified times may result in the imposition of civil penalties of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day for each day that the public nuisance continues after the specified times.

(6) Inform the owner of the property that before complying with the requirements of the notice, the owner may appear at a hearing of the board of trustees at a time and place stated in the notice.

(c) The board of trustees shall cause the notice required by subdivision (a) to be served on the owner of the property in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. If, after a diligent search, the notice cannot be served on the owner of the property, the board of trustees shall cause the notice to be posted in a conspicuous place on the property for not less than 10 days before the hearing. Not less than 10 days before the hearing, the board of trustees shall also cause a copy of the notice to be mailed by certified mail to the owner of the property at the address shown on the most recent assessment roll of the county in which the property is located.

(d) At the hearing before the board of trustees at the time and place stated in the notice, the board of trustees shall accept written and oral testimony from the property owner and other persons. At the close of the hearing, the board of trustees shall find, based on substantial evidence in the record, whether a public nuisance exists on the property. If the board of trustees finds that a public nuisance exists, the board of trustees shall order the owner of the property to abate the public nuisance and to take other necessary actions to prevent the recurrence of the public nuisance. The board of trustees shall specify a reasonable time by which the owner of the property shall comply with these requirements.

(e) If the owner of the property does not abate the public nuisance and take the necessary actions to prevent the recurrence of the public nuisance within the time specified by the board of trustees, the district may abate the public nuisance and take the necessary actions to prevent the recurrence of the public nuisance. In addition, the board of trustees may impose civil penalties pursuant to Section 2063.

article: 5. Abatement


citation: HSC § 2062

text:
(a) A board of trustees shall not declare an agricultural operation to be a public nuisance because of the presence of immature flies if the board determines that the agricultural operation is designed and managed consistent with the accepted standards and practices for controlling fly development on similar agricultural operations.

(b) As used in this section, “accepted standards and practices” means those standards and practices determined by the University of California Cooperative Extension, the department, or local public health agencies. These standards and practices include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Property design and layout of the agricultural operation to minimize the opportunity for fly development.

(2) A comprehensive system for manure management to include storage, removal, and disposal.

(3) A comprehensive system for green waste management to include storage, removal, and disposal.

(4) An integrated pest management program to control the development and harborage of flies, including the components of surveillance, management, containment, and control.

article: 5. Abatement


citation: HSC § 2063

text: In addition to abating the public nuisance and taking any necessary actions to prevent the recurrence of the public nuisance, a board of trustees may impose a civil penalty on the owner of the property for failure to comply with the requirements of Section 2061. The civil penalty may not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day for each day that the owner of the property fails to comply with the district’s requirements.

article: 5. Abatement


citation: HSC § 2064

text: A board of trustees may consider any recurrence of a public nuisance abated pursuant to Section 2061 to be a continuation of the original public nuisance.

article: 5. Abatement


citation: HSC § 2065

text:
(a) The owner of the property abated pursuant to Section 2061 shall pay the district for the cost of abating the public nuisance and the cost of any necessary actions to prevent the recurrence of the public nuisance. The owner shall also pay any civil penalty imposed pursuant to Section 2063.

(b) If the owner of the property fails to pay the district’s costs within 60 days, the board of trustees may order the costs and any civil penalties charged and collected against the property. The charge shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as are provided for ordinary county taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of county taxes are applicable to the costs and civil penalties charged and collected against the property.

(c) If the board of trustees charges the costs and any civil penalties against the parcel, the board of trustees may also cause the notice of abatement lien to be recorded. The notice shall, at a minimum, identify the record owner of the property, set forth the last known address of the record owner, set forth the date upon which the abatement of the public nuisance was ordered by the board of trustees, set forth the date upon which the abatement and any necessary actions to prevent the recurrence of the public nuisance was complete, and include a description of the real property subject to the lien and the amount of the cost and any civil penalties.

(d) However, if the board of trustees does not cause the recordation of a notice of abatement lien pursuant to subdivision (c), and any real property to which the costs and any civil penalties relate has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or a lien on a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches to that property, prior to the date on which the first installment of county taxes would become delinquent, then the cost and any civil penalties may not result in a lien against that real property but shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.

(e) Recordation of a notice of abatement lien pursuant to subdivision (c) shall have the same effect as recordation of an abstract of a money judgment recorded pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 697.310) of Chapter 2 of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The lien created shall have the same priority as a judgment lien on real property and shall continue in effect until released. Upon order of the board of trustees, an abatement lien created under this section may be released or subordinated in the same manner as a judgment lien on real property may be released or subordinated.

article: 5. Abatement


citation: HSC § 2066

text: The lien provisions of this article shall not apply to property owned by a public agency. Notwithstanding Section 6103 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, a public agency shall pay the district for the cost of abating the public nuisance, the cost of any necessary actions to prevent the recurrence of the public nuisance, and any civil penalties.

article: 5. Abatement


citation: HSC § 2067

text: Any money collected by a county from a lien authorized pursuant to this article, other than the amounts authorized pursuant to Section 29304 of the Government Code, shall be paid to the district.

article: 5. Abatement


citation: HSC § 2070

text:
(a) On or before August 1 of each year, the board of trustees shall adopt a final budget, which shall conform to the accounting and budgeting procedures for special districts contained in Subchapter 3 (commencing with Section 1031.1) of, and Article 1 (commencing with Section 1121) of Subchapter 4 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations. The board of trustees may divide the annual budget into categories, including, but not limited to:

(1) Maintenance and operation.

(2) Employee compensation.

(3) Capital outlay.

(4) Interest and redemption for indebtedness.

(5) Restricted reserve for public health emergencies.

(6) Restricted reserve for capital and asset preservation.

(7) Restricted reserve for contingencies.

(8) Unallocated general reserve.

(b) The board of trustees shall forward a copy of the final budget to the auditor of each county in which the district is located.

article: 6. Finances

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citation: HSC § 2071

text:
(a) In its annual budget, the board of trustees may establish one or more restricted reserves. When the board of trustees establishes a restricted reserve, it shall declare the exclusive purposes for which the funds in the reserve may be spent. The funds in the restricted reserve shall be spent only for the exclusive purposes for which the board of trustees established the restricted reserve. The reserves shall be maintained according to generally accepted accounting principles.

(b) Any time after the establishment of a restricted reserve, the board of trustees may transfer any funds to that restricted reserve.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in a public health emergency, a board of trustees may, by majority vote of the total membership of the board of trustees, temporarily transfer funds from other restricted reserves to the restricted reserve for public health emergencies.

(d) If the board of trustees finds that the funds in a restricted reserve are no longer required for the purpose for which the restricted reserve was established, the board of trustees may, by a four-fifths vote of the total membership of the board of trustees, discontinue the restricted reserve or transfer the funds that are no longer required from the restricted reserve to the district’s general fund.

article: 6. Finances


citation: HSC § 2072

text:
(a) On or before July 1 of each year, the board of trustees shall adopt a resolution establishing its appropriations limit and make other necessary determinations for the following fiscal year pursuant to Article XIII B of the California Constitution and Division 9 (commencing with Section 7900) of the Government Code.

(b) Pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 9 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, this section shall not apply to a district which existed on January 1, 1978, and that did not as of the 1977–78 fiscal year levy an ad valorem tax on property in excess of twelve and one-half cents ($0.125) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value.

article: 6. Finances


citation: HSC § 2073

text: The auditor of each county in which a district is located shall allocate to the district its share of property tax revenue pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

article: 6. Finances


citation: HSC § 2074

text:
(a) A district may accept any revenue, money, grants, goods, or services from any federal, state, regional, or local agency or from any person for any lawful purpose of the district.

(b) In addition to any other existing authority, a district may borrow money and incur indebtedness pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820), Article 7.4 (commencing with Section 53835), Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 53840), Article 7.6 (commencing with Section 53850), and Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 53859) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 25.1. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)

article: 6. Finances


citation: HSC § 2075

text: All claims for money or damages against a 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.

article: 6. Finances


citation: HSC § 2076

text:
(a) All claims against a district shall be audited, allowed, and paid by the board of trustees by warrants drawn on the county treasurer.

(b) As an alternative to subdivision (a), the board of trustees may instruct the county treasurer to audit, allow, and draw his or her warrant on the county treasury for all legal claims presented to him or her and authorized by the board of trustees.

(c) The county treasurer shall pay the warrants in the order in which they are presented.

(d) If a warrant is presented for payment and the county treasurer cannot pay it for want of funds in the account on which it is drawn, the treasurer shall endorse the warrant, “NOT PAID BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT FUNDS” and sign his or her name and the date and time the warrant was presented. From that time until it is paid, the warrant bears interest at the maximum rate permitted pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 53530) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

article: 6. Finances


citation: HSC § 2077

text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 2076, a district that has total annual revenues greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) may withdraw its funds from the control of the county treasurer pursuant to this section.

(b) The board of trustees shall adopt a resolution that does each of the following:

(1) States its intent to withdraw its funds from the county treasury.

(2) Adopt a procedure for the appointment of a district treasurer. The board of trustees may appoint the district treasurer, or the board of trustees may delegate the appointment of the district treasurer to the district’s general manager. The district treasurer may be a member of the board of trustees, the secretary of the board of trustees, the general manager, or a district employee.

(3) Fix the amount of the bond for the district treasurer and other district employees who will be responsible for handling the district’s finances.

(4) Adopt a system of accounting and auditing that shall completely and at all times show the district’s financial condition. The system of accounting and auditing shall adhere to generally accepted accounting principles.

(5) Adopt a procedure for drawing and signing warrants, provided that the procedure adheres to generally accepted accounting principles. The procedure shall provide that bond principal and salaries shall be paid when due. The procedure may provide that warrants to pay claims and demands need not be approved by the board of trustees before payment if the district treasurer determines that the claims and demands conform to the district’s approved budget.

(6) Designate a bank or a savings and loan association as the depositary of the district’s funds. A bank or savings and loan association may act as a depositary, paying agent, or fiscal agency for the holding or handling of the district’s funds, notwithstanding the fact that a member of the board of trustees whose funds are on deposit in that bank or savings and loan association is an officer, employee, or stockholder of that bank or savings and loan association, or of a holding company that owns any of the stock of that bank or savings and loan association.

(c) The board of trustees and the board of supervisors of the principal county shall determine a mutually acceptable date for the withdrawal of the district’s funds from the county treasury, not to exceed 15 months from the date on which the board of trustees adopts its resolution.

(d) In implementing this section, the district shall comply with Article 1 (commencing with Section 53600) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Nothing in this section shall preclude the district treasurer from depositing the district’s funds in the county treasury of the principal county or the State Treasury pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 16429.1) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(e) The district treasurer shall make annual or more frequent written reports to the board of trustees, as the board of trustees shall determine, regarding the receipts and disbursements and balances in the accounts controlled by the district treasurer. The district treasurer shall sign the reports and file them with the secretary.

article: 6. Finances


citation: HSC § 2078

text: The board of trustees may establish a revolving fund pursuant to Article 15 (commencing with Section 53950) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code to make change and pay small bills directly.

article: 6. Finances


citation: HSC § 2079

text:
(a) The board of trustees shall provide for regular audits of the district’s accounts and records pursuant to Section 26909 of the Government Code.

(b) The board of trustees shall provide for the annual financial reports to the Controller pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 53890) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

article: 6. Finances


citation: HSC § 2080

text: Whenever a board of trustees determines that the amount of revenues available to the district or any of its zones is inadequate to meet the costs of providing facilities, programs, projects, and services, the board of trustees may raise revenues pursuant to this article or any other provision of law.

article: 7. Alternative Revenues

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citation: HSC § 2081

text:
A district may levy special taxes pursuant to:

(a) Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

(b) The Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

article: 7. Alternative Revenues


citation: HSC § 2082

text:
(a) A district may levy special benefit assessments consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution to finance vector control projects and programs.

(b) Before beginning a vector control project or program proposed to be financed pursuant to this section, the board of trustees shall adopt a resolution that does all of the following:

(1) Specifies its intent to undertake the project or program.

(2) Generally describes the project or program.

(3) Estimates the cost of the project or program.

(4) Estimates the duration of the proposed special benefit assessment.

(c) After adopting its resolution pursuant to subdivision (b), the board of trustees shall proceed pursuant to Section 53753 of the Government Code.

(d) The special benefit assessments levied pursuant to this section shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. The county may deduct an amount not to exceed its actual costs incurred for collecting the special benefit assessments before remitting the balance to the district. The special benefit assessments shall be a lien on all the property benefited. Liens for the assessments shall be of the same force and effect as liens for property taxes, and their collection may be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens for county taxes.

article: 7. Alternative Revenues


citation: HSC § 2083

text:
A district may levy special benefit assessments consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution to finance capital improvements, including, but not limited to, special benefit assessments levied pursuant to:

(a) The Improvement Act of 1911, Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code.

(b) The Improvement Bond Act of 1915, Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code.

(c) The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code.

(d) Any other statutory authorization enacted in the future.

article: 7. Alternative Revenues


citation: HSC § 2084

text: Pursuant to Section 5 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution and Section 53753.5 of the Government Code, any assessment existing on November 6, 1996, that was imposed exclusively to finance the capital costs or maintenance and operation expenses for vector control shall be exempt from the procedures and approval process set forth in Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution and Section 2082. Subsequent increases in those assessments shall be subject to the procedures and approval process set forth in Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution and Section 2082.

article: 7. Alternative Revenues


citation: HSC § 2085

text:
(a) A board of trustees may charge a fee to cover the cost of any service that the district provides or the cost of enforcing any regulation for which the fee is charged. No fee shall exceed the costs reasonably borne by the district in providing the service or enforcing the regulation for which the fee is charged.

(b) Before imposing or increasing any fee for property-related services, a board of trustees shall follow the procedures in Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 6103 of the Government Code, a board of trustees may charge a fee authorized by this section to other public agencies.

(d) A board of trustees may charge residents or taxpayers of the district a fee authorized by this section which is less than the fee that it charges to nonresidents or nontaxpayers of the district.

(e) A board of trustees may authorize district employees to waive the payment, in whole or in part, of a fee authorized by this section when the board of trustees determines that the payment would not be in the public interest. Before authorizing any waiver, a board of trustees shall adopt a resolution that specifies the policies and procedures governing waivers.

article: 7. Alternative Revenues


citation: HSC § 2090

text:
(a) Whenever a board of trustees determines that it is in the public interest to provide different services, to provide different levels of service, or to raise additional revenue within specific areas of the district, it may form one or more zones pursuant to this article.

(b) The board of trustees shall initiate proceedings for the formation of a new zone by adopting a resolution that does all of the following:

(1) States that the proposal is made pursuant to this article.

(2) Sets forth a description of the boundaries of the territory to be included in the zone.

(3) States the different services, the different levels of service, or additional revenues which the zone will provide.

(4) Sets forth the methods by which those services or levels of service will be financed.

(5) States the reasons for forming the zone.

(6) Proposes a name or number for the zone.

(c) A proposal to form a new zone may also be initiated by a petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters residing within the proposed zone. The petition shall contain all of the matters required by subdivision (b).

(d) Upon the adoption of a resolution or the receipt of a valid petition, the board of trustees shall fix the date, time, and place for the public hearing on the formation of the zone. The board of trustees shall publish notice of the hearing, including the information required by subdivision (b), pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the district. The board of trustees shall mail the notice at least 45 days before the date of the hearing to all owners of property within the proposed zone. The board of trustees shall post the notice in at least three public places within the territory of the proposed zone.

article: 8. Zones

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citation: HSC § 2091

text:
(a) At the hearing, the board of trustees shall hear and consider any protests to the formation of a zone pursuant to this article. The board of trustees shall terminate the proceedings, if, at the conclusion of the hearing, it determines either of the following:

(1) More than 50 percent of the total number of voters residing within the proposed zone have filed written objections to the formation.

(2) Property owners who own more than 50 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property within the proposed zone have filed written objections to the formation. If the board of trustees determines that the written objections have been filed by 50 percent or less of those voters or property owners, then the board of trustees may proceed to form the zone.

(b) If the resolution or petition for formation of a zone proposes that the zone use special taxes, special benefit assessments, or fees for property-related services to finance its purposes, the board of trustees shall proceed according to law. If the voters or property owners do not approve those funding methods, the zone shall not be formed.

article: 8. Zones


citation: HSC § 2092

text:
(a) A board of trustees may change the boundaries of a zone or dissolve a zone by following the procedures in Sections 2090 and 2091.

(b) Except as provided in Section 56886 of the Government Code, a local agency formation commission shall have no power or duty to review and approve or disapprove a proposal to form a zone, a proposal to change the boundaries of a zone, or a proposal to dissolve a zone.

article: 8. Zones


citation: HSC § 2093

text:
(a) As determined by the board of trustees, a zone may provide any service at any level or levels within its boundaries that the district may provide.

(b) As determined by the board of trustees and pursuant to the requirements of this chapter, a zone may exercise any fiscal powers within its boundaries that the district may exercise.

(c) Any special taxes, special benefit assessments, or fees which are intended solely for the support of services within a zone shall be levied, assessed, and charged within the boundaries of the zone.

article: 8. Zones


citation: HSC § 2100

text:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Excessive numbers of mosquitoes spread diseases and reduce livestock productivity.

(b) From 1972 to 2008, inclusive, the state provided the University of California with funding in order to perform research on mosquitoes and mosquitoborne disease. That funding was absorbed by the University of California in 2008 and almost all state-based mosquito research was eliminated.

(c) Climate change is a likely influence on vectorborne disease spread, including both short-term outbreaks and shifts in long-term disease trends.

(d) The State Department of Public Health notes three vectorborne diseases that climate change may impact in the state: hantavirus, Lyme disease, and West Nile virus. As the ecology of vectors changes with climate, exposure to disease in people may increase significantly.

(e) Mosquitoes are an increasing vector of concern, particularly those species that have been introduced from other countries because changes in temperature and precipitation conditions can allow exotic species to become established in places where they could not previously survive year-round. Once established, the mosquitoes can reproduce in extremely small amounts of water and are very difficult to control. As temperatures rise, mosquito reproductive cycles are shortened, allowing more breeding cycles each season, and viral transmission rates rise sharply. These mosquitoes bite aggressively during the day and can spread a variety of diseases, including chikungunya, yellow fever, and dengue fever.

(f) The World Health Organization has stated that there is much evidence of associations between climate conditions and infectious diseases, noting that mosquitoborne illnesses increase fivefold in the year after an El Niño event, like the weather patterns experienced in California in 2016.

(g) A 2008 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine stated that adapting to the effects of climate change will require the development and enhancement of surveillance systems, adequate response plans, and locally appropriate strategies to control and prevent vectorborne disease.

(h) West Nile virus was first detected in California in 2002 and by 2004 had spread to all 58 counties in the state. This disease can result in debilitating cases of meningitis and encephalitis and death to humans, horses, avian species, and other wildlife.

(i) In August 2007, the Governor determined West Nile virus activity to be an imminent threat and issued an executive order, which included $11.5 million in emergency funding for the State Department of Public Health and local mosquito abatement and vector control districts to identify and treat areas with heavy West Nile virus presence.

(j) In spite of a statewide plan to prevent West Nile virus, in 2015 West Nile virus resulted in 860 human cases and 19 equine cases statewide. There were 53 human and five equine deaths.

(k) Mosquito control agencies, the State Department of Public Health, and the University of California have collaborated on efforts to control mosquitoes and prevent mosquitoborne illnesses. Collectively, mosquito control agencies have financially sustained prevention resources, including the Dead Bird Hotline and sentinel chicken testing, which provide first response lab testing and monitoring when potential avian West Nile virus activity is detected locally. These programs have been successful in tracking infected mosquitoes and preventing humans from acquiring the virus.

(l) In 2011, vectorborne disease specialists first detected the spread of two nonnative, invasive mosquitoes in California, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. These species are not detectable through the traditional prevention methods employed by the State Department of Public Health, including the testing of diseased birds.

(m) Invasive mosquitoes are extremely effective transmitters of dangerous and potentially deadly diseases, including the Zika virus, which has garnered international alarm. In addition to Zika, these species transmit chikungunya, yellow fever, and dengue fever.

(n) As of January 20, 2017, there were 472 cases of Zika virus reported to the State Department of Public Health that were acquired outside of the state or from contact with a traveler, and four infants have been born with birth complications.

(o) The United States Global Change Research Program recommends that the monitoring of vectorborne diseases in relation to climate change requires coordinated, systematically collected, long-term surveillance datasets to demonstrate how climate change will determine the risk for human exposure to vectorborne diseases.

(p) The Legislature therefore recognizes all of the following:

(1) The threat of West Nile virus, the Zika virus, and other diseases is presenting greater pressure on public health and vector control entities across the state.

(2) The management of these threats will only become more challenging as California’s climate continues to change.

(3) Surveillance, monitoring, and mapping are the most effective ways to control mosquitoes, and the state has no formally recognized program to do so.

(4) The California Vectorborne Disease Surveillance System, known as CalSurv, is managed by the Center for Vector-borne Diseases at the University of California, Davis, and is capable of performing those predictive functions of mosquito control.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 422, Sec. 1. (AB 320) Effective January 1, 2020.)

chapter: 2. Mosquito Abatement

path: 3. PEST ABATEMENT > 2. Mosquito Abatement


citation: HSC § 2101

text:
(a) There is hereby established the California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program to be administered by the University of California, Davis, which shall perform all of the following functions:

(1) Maintain an interactive internet website for management and dissemination of data on mosquitoborne virus and surveillance control.

(2) Work in conjunction with local mosquito abatement and vector control districts to conduct research on arbovirus surveillance, transmission of vectorborne diseases, and mosquito ecology and control.

(3) Coordinate with the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California, State Department of Public Health, local mosquito abatement and vector control districts, local governments, and other affected stakeholders to share information.

(b) The program established by this section shall perform the functions described in subdivision (a) to the extent the program receives federal or state grants or private donations or grants made for those purposes.


citation: HSC § 2800

text: “Pest,” as used in this chapter, includes any plant, animal, insect, fish, or other matter or material, not under human control, which is offensive to the senses or interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life, or which is detrimental to the agricultural industry of the State, and is not protected under any other provision of law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 957.)

chapter: 8. Pest Abatement Districts

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions

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text:
As used in this chapter, “public nuisance” includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:

(a) Any breeding place or place of growth of a pest for which a district may be initiated under Section 2822, which exists by reason of any use made of the land on which it is found, or which exists by reason of any artificial change in the natural condition of the land on which it is found. The presence of any immature stages of any pest, or the rooted stages of any plant pest, shall constitute prima facie evidence the place is a breeding place for the pest.

(b) Water which is a breeding place for any pest for which a district may be initiated under Section 2822.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 43. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


citation: HSC § 2801

text: This chapter is supplemental to any other provision of law relating to the abatement of pests or nuisances.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


citation: HSC § 2802

text: “District,” as used in this chapter, means any pest abatement district formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


citation: HSC § 2803

text: Any person who restrains, hinders, obstructs, or threatens any officer or employee of a district in the performance of that person’s duties as an officer or employee, or any person who interferes with any work done by, or under the direction of, the district, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 44. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


citation: HSC § 2804

text: In case of a dispute between governmental agencies on the need, or the methods and materials to be used, to abate or prevent a public nuisance under this chapter, the matter shall be subject to appeal to the State Director of Health Services within 10 days from the date the dispute arises. The director shall take testimony on the issue, shall decide the matter on appeal, and shall convey his decision to the parties within 30 days of the receipt of the appeal. The decision of the director shall be final and conclusive.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 45. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


citation: HSC § 2805

text:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), every pest abatement district employee who handles, applies, or supervises the use of any pesticide for public health purposes, shall be certified by the state department as a vector control technician in at least one of the following categories commensurate with assigned duties:

(1) Mosquito control.

(2) Terrestrial invertebrate vector control.

(3) Vertebrate vector control.

(b) The state department may establish by regulation exemptions from the requirements of this section that are deemed reasonably necessary to further the purposes of this section.

(c) The state department shall establish by regulation minimum standards for continuing education for any government agency employee certified under Section 116110 and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, who handles, applies, or supervises the use of any pesticide for public health purposes.

(d) An official record of the completed continuing education units shall be maintained by the state department. If a certified technician fails to meet the requirements set forth under subdivision (c), the state department shall suspend the technician’s certificate or certificates and immediately notify the technician and the employing district. The state department shall establish by regulation procedures for reinstating a suspended certificate.

(e) The state department shall charge and collect a nonreturnable renewal fee of one hundred twenty dollars ($120) to be paid by each continuing education certificant on or before the first day of July, or on any other date that is determined by the state department. Each person employed on September 29, 1996, in a position that requires certification shall first pay the annual fee the first day of the first July following that date. All new certificants shall first pay the annual fee the first day of the first July following their certification.

(f) The state department shall collect and account for all money received pursuant to this section and shall deposit it in the Vectorborne Disease Account provided for in Section 116112. Notwithstanding Section 116112, fees deposited in the Vectorborne Disease Account pursuant to this section shall be available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to implement this section.

(g) Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be subject to the annual fee increase provisions of Section 100425.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 758, Sec. 8. Effective September 30, 2008.)

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


citation: HSC § 2822

text: The organization of a pest abatement district may be initiated by a petition, describing the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, and the nature of the pest or pests to be controlled or abated.

article: 2. Formation

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text: The petition shall state the basis on which the property in the district shall be taxed for district purposes. The petition may include a plan for zones of benefit or other proposal which would provide equity in financing the district’s purposes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 46. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2823

text: The petition may fix the maximum rate of assessments that may be levied by the district.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2824

text: The petition shall be signed by registered voters residing in the proposed district equal in number to ten per cent of the votes cast in the proposed district for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election. The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, which shall be duplicates, except for the signatures and addresses of the signers. Each person who signs the petition shall also state his address.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2825

text: The petition shall be presented to the clerk of the county in which the land in the proposed district is situated. The clerk shall compare the signatures on the petition with the signatures of the registered voters on his records for the purpose of ascertaining whether the petition meets the signature requirements of this article.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2826

text: If the petition lacks sufficient signatures the county clerk shall certify that fact, and at any time within sixty days thereafter additional signatures may be presented to supplement the signatures on the original petition. The additional signatures shall be compared by the clerk in the same manner as the original signatures. If sufficient additional signatures are not presented, proceedings under the petition shall be terminated, without prejudice to the right to file a new petition.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2827

text: If the petition contains the requisite number of signatures the clerk shall make a certificate to that effect, and shall present the petition and his certificate to the board of supervisors.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2828

text: If the board of supervisors finds that the petition has been properly presented, the board shall, by resolution, fix a time for hearing the petition, which shall be not less than two nor more than five weeks from the time of its presentation. It shall also publish a notice of the time and place of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the county, for not less than two weeks prior to the time of the hearing.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2829

text: At the time of the hearing, or at any time to which it may be adjourned, the board of supervisors shall hear and consider all competent and relevant testimony or evidence offered in support of, or in opposition to, the formation of the district, and the proposed method of financing.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 47. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2830

text: The board of supervisors may make such changes in the proposed boundaries of the district as it may consider advisable. It may exclude any land in the proposed district upon the application of the owner, or it may include any land outside and contiguous to the proposed district upon the application of the owner, if it determines that the exclusion or inclusion is proper.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2831

text: If, upon the hearing, the board of supervisors determines that the public interest or welfare of the proposed territory and its inhabitants requires the formation of the district, it shall, by resolution, declare its findings and order that the territory within the boundaries determined by it is a district, under an appropriate name to be selected by it.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2832

text: The clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately record a certified copy of the order in the office of the county recorder in which the district is situated and also file a certified copy with the Secretary of State. The district is then formed as a pest abatement district, with all of the rights, privileges, and powers set forth in this chapter, and those necessarily incident thereto.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 504.)

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2833

text: If at any time after the board of supervisors has entered its order for organization good cause appears therefor, the district board may, by a two-thirds vote of its members, adopt a resolution reciting the facts, declaring the advisability for a change of the district’s name, and setting forth therein a new name for the district. A certified copy of such resolution shall be transmitted to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 276.)

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2834

text:
Upon receipt of the certified copy of the resolution the board of supervisors shall:

(a) Enter an order changing the district’s name to the name set forth in the resolution.

(b) Record a certified copy of the order in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the district is situated.

(c) File a certified copy of the order in the office of the Secretary of State.

(d) File a certified copy of the order in the office of the State Board of Equalization.

From and after the date of the filing of the certified copy with the Secretary of State the new name shall be the official name of the district.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2835

text: Upon a petition adopted by a four-fifths vote of the district board, or upon its own motion following the notice the board of supervisors deems sufficient and a public hearing, the board of supervisors, may, with the concurrence of the district board, add to, or delete from, the list of pests which the district may control. The board of supervisors at the hearing may also consider, and make changes in, the method of district taxation, as authorized by Section 2822.5, as though a new district were being formed.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 48. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 2850

text: Within 30 days after incorporation the board of supervisors shall appoint a board of trustees, consisting of not less than five nor more than nine members to act as the governing body of the district. At any time after the appointment of the initial board of trustees the board of supervisors may, at the request of the existing board of trustees of the district, increase or decrease the number of members of the board of trustees, but such board shall under no circumstances consist of less than five nor more than nine members.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 890.)

article: 3. Administration

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citation: HSC § 2851

text: The members of the district board shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of supervisors. They shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed their necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in performance of their official duties. In lieu of expenses, the district board may, by resolution, provide for the allowance and payment to each member of the board of a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) as expenses incurred in attending each business meeting of the board. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 3. Administration


citation: HSC § 2852

text: The district board may take all necessary or proper steps for the extermination of the pest or pests mentioned in the petition for the organization of the district, subject to the control of city or other public authorities having jurisdiction in the matter.

article: 3. Administration


citation: HSC § 2853

text: A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 3. Administration


citation: HSC § 2855

text:
The district board may do all of the following:

(a) Purchase supplies and other personal property.

(b) Employ necessary labor.

(c) Acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, in the name of the district, any lands, rights-of-way, easements, or other real property necessary for the district.

(d) Sell or lease any lands, rights-of-way, easements, material, or other property, real or personal, acquired by the district.

(e) Make contracts to indemnify or compensate any owner of land or other property for any injury or damage caused by the exercise of the powers conferred by this chapter or of powers incident to those powers.

(f) Sue and be sued.

(g) Enter upon, without hindrance or notice, any property, either within the district or so reasonably adjacent that pests may disperse into the district, for any of the following purposes:

(1) To inspect to ascertain the presence of pests or their breeding places.

(2) To abate public nuisances in accordance with this article through direct control or through notice to the property owner to abate the public nuisance.

(3) To ascertain if a notice to abate a public nuisance has been complied with.

(4) To treat the property with any physical, chemical, or biological control measures deemed appropriate by the district board.

(h) Assess civil penalties, as determined in the discretion of the district board, but not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day that a notice or hearing order to abate a nuisance has not been complied with.

(i) Exercise the powers authorized by Section 2270 if the pests the district is empowered to control fall within the meaning of “vector,” as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 2200.

(j) Do everything necessary to carry out the powers conferred by this chapter and carry out the objects of the formation of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 50. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers

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text: Every sale of real property made pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2855 shall be made at such place within the district as the district board shall specify, and such real property shall be sold to the highest bidder at public auction, after notice of sale is published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district or county. If a newspaper of general circulation is not printed and published within such district or county, public notice of the sale shall be given for at least two weeks by notices posted in three public places in the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 465.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


text:
The district board may borrow money in any fiscal year, which shall not exceed the anticipated revenue of that fiscal year and which shall be repaid in the same fiscal year. Such money shall be borrowed upon such other terms as the board shall fix; provided, that interest shall not exceed 6 percent, computed annually or semiannually.

The district board may also issue warrants payable upon a future date in the same fiscal year as issued, which shall be evidentiary of the obligation to repay the money so borrowed and interest thereon, and for that purpose such warrant may bear such interest as is fixed by the terms of the agreement to repay.

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2856

text: Any nuisance may be abated in any action or proceeding by any remedy provided by this article or any other law.

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2857

text: Whenever a nuisance exists upon any property, either in the district or in territory not in the district but so situated with respect to the district that pests from the territory migrate into, or otherwise encroach upon, the district, the district board may notify in writing the owner or party in possession, or the agent of either, of the existence of the nuisance. The contents of the written notice shall conform to the requirements of Section 2858.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 51. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2858

text:
The notice required by Section 2857 shall include all of the following:

(a) State the finding of the district that a public nuisance exists on the property and the location of the nuisance on the property.

(b) Direct the owner or party in possession to abate the nuisance within a specified time by destroying the pests which are present.

(c) Direct the owner or party in possession to perform, within a specified time, any work necessary to prevent the recurrence of the pests in the places specified in the notice.

(d) Inform the owner or party in possession that failure to comply with the requirements of subdivision (b) shall subject the owner or party in possession to civil penalties of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day the nuisance continues after the time specified for the abatement of the nuisance in the notice.

(e) Inform the owner or party in possession that before complying with the requirements of the notice, the owner or party in possession may appear at a hearing before the district board at a time and place stated in the notice.

The notice shall be served upon the owner of record and the person having charge or possession, if other than the owner of record, of the property upon which the nuisance exists, and may be served by any person authorized by the district board in the same manner as a summons in a civil action.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 52. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2860

text: If the property is owned by a person who is not a resident of the district, and is not in charge or possession of any person, and there is no tenant or agent of the owner upon whom service can be made, who can after diligent search be found; or if the owner of record of the property cannot after diligent search be found, the notice may be served by posting a copy in a conspicuous place upon the property for a period of 10 days, and by mailing a copy to the owner of record addressed to his address as given on the last completed assessment roll of the county in which the property is situated, or, in the absence of an address on the roll, to his last known address.

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2861

text:
Before complying with the requirements of the notice, the owner or party in possession may appear at a hearing before the board at a time and place fixed by the board and stated in the notice. At the hearing the district board shall determine whether the initial finding as set forth in the notice is correct and shall permit the owner or party in possession to present testimony in his behalf. If, after hearing all the facts, the board makes a determination that a nuisance exists on the property, the board shall order compliance with the requirements of the notice or with alternate instructions issued by the board.

Any failure to comply with any such order of the board issued pursuant to this section shall subject the owner or party in possession, if other than the owner of record, to civil penalties of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day such order is not complied with.

article: 3.5. District Powers


text: Any judicial review of administrative procedure provided for in this chapter shall be pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

article: 3.5. District Powers


text: Any recurrence of the nuisance may be deemed to be a continuation of the original nuisance.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 53. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2862

text: If the nuisance is not abated within the time specified in the notice or an order following the hearing, the district board may abate the nuisance.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 54. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


text: The cost of abating a nuisance shall be repaid to the district by the owner of the property. However, the owner shall not be required to pay for the costs unless, either prior to or subsequent to the abatement by the district, a hearing is held by the district board, at which the property owner is afforded an opportunity to be heard, and the district board determines that a nuisance actually exists or that a nuisance existed prior to the abatement by the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 55. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2863

text:
When any nuisance is found to exist on any property subject to the control of any state or local agency, the district shall notify the state or local agency of the existence of the nuisance. Sections 2858, 2860, 2861, 2861.5, and 2862 shall govern the contents of the notice and the manner of serving it, the right of the state or local agency to a hearing before the board, the hearing before the board, and the power of the district to abate the nuisance if it is not abated by the state or local agency. If the state or local agency determines that the order to prevent recurrence of the breeding specified in the notice to abate the nuisance is excessive or inappropriate for the intended use of the land, or if the state or local agency determines that a nuisance, as specified in Section 2800.5, does not exist, the agency may appeal the decision of the board to the State Director of Health Services within 10 days subsequent to the hearing. The director shall decide the matters on appeal and convey his or her decision to the agency and district within 30 days of the receipt of the appeal. The decision of the director shall be final and conclusive. If the control of the nuisance is performed by the district, the cost for that control is a charge against, and shall be paid from, the maintenance fund or from other funds for the support of the state or local agency.

Any state or local agency and a district may enter into contractual agreements to provide control of nuisances. The authority which is granted by this paragraph is in addition to any other authority which a state or local agency and a district may have to enter into contractual agreements for the control of public nuisances, as defined in Section 2800.5.

As used in this section, “state agency” means an agency defined in Section 11000 of the Government Code, and “local agency” means a city, county, city and county, district, or other public corporation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 56. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2864

text: Upon the failure of the property owner or the person in possession of the property to pay the district for all sums expended by the district in abating a nuisance or preventing its recurrence, or upon the failure to pay all civil penalties, the costs or penalties, or both, shall become a lien upon the property on which the nuisance was abated or its recurrence prevented when notice of the lien is filed and recorded. However, if the property has been conveyed prior to the recordation of the lien, the lien shall not attach to the real property, but shall remain the debt of the person who owned the land at the time the costs were incurred, and the debt may be recovered by the district board against the debtor, as provided in Section 2866.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 58. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


text: A copy of the filed and recorded lien may be given to the county assessor and tax collector, who, upon receipt of the lien, shall add the amount of the lien to the next regular tax bill levied against the parcel for district purposes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 59. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2865

text: If the county assessor and the tax collector assess property and collect taxes for the district, a certified copy of the lien shall be filed with the county auditor on or before August 10th. The descriptions of the parcels reported shall be those used for the same parcels on the county assessor’s map books for the current year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 60. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


text: The county auditor shall enter each lien on the county tax roll opposite the parcel of land.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 61. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2866

text: The amount of the lien shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency, as provided for ordinary county taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of county taxes shall be applicable to the lien, except that if any real property to which the cost of abatement relates has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of taxes would become delinquent, then the cost of abatement shall not result in a lien against the real property, but instead shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 48, Sec. 4. Effective May 20, 1985.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2867

text: The lien provisions of this article do not apply to the property of any county, city, district, or other public corporation. However, the governing body of the county, city, district, or other public corporation shall repay to a district the amount expended by the district upon any of its property under this article upon presentation by the district board of a verified claim or bill.

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2868

text: Any amounts collected by a county on account of a lien authorized by this article, other than the amounts requested to be paid into the county general fund pursuant to Section 29304 of the Government Code, shall be paid to the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 63. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 3.5. District Powers


citation: HSC § 2870

text: The district board shall annually before July 10 prepare a written estimate of the amount of money necessary for the purposes of the district during the ensuing fiscal year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 64. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 4. Taxation

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citation: HSC § 2871

text: The county auditor shall allocate to a district its share of property tax revenue pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 66. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 4. Taxation


text:
(a) If the petition for formation of the district states that the property shall be taxed on the basis of area, the rate shall be based on area of land, regardless of assessed valuation.

(b) If the petition for formation of the district states that property shall be taxed on the basis of a combination of area and some other basis, the district board shall, after a public hearing, determine the proportion of each source of revenue, and may consider zones of benefit or other equitable methods of establishing the rate to be charged based on area.

(c) The county assessor of each county shall prepare an assessment roll showing the names and addresses and the acreage owned by each person owning land within a district, which roll shall be the basis for the tax provided for in this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 67. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 4. Taxation


text: After a public hearing, the district board shall determine the rate of the tax.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 69. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 4. Taxation


text:
(a) Whenever it appears to the district board that the amount of funds required during an ensuing fiscal year will exceed the amount available, the district board may call an election to submit to the electors of the district the question of whether a special tax shall be voted for raising the additional funds, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

(b) Notice of the election shall be published for at least four weeks prior to the election.

(c) No particular form of ballot shall be required, nor shall any informalities in conducting the election invalidate it if it is otherwise fairly conducted.

(d) At the election the ballots shall contain the words “Shall the district vote a tax to raise the additional sum of ____ ?” or words equivalent thereto.

(e) The district board shall canvass the votes cast at the election, and, if two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of the imposition of the tax, shall report the result to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated, stating the additional amount of money required to be raised. If the district is in more than one county, the additional amount shall be prorated for each county by the district board in the same way that the district’s original total estimate of funds is prorated. The district board shall furnish the board of supervisors and auditor of each county a written statement of the apportionment for each county.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 70. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 4. Taxation


text: Any district formed prior to January 1, 1985, may petition the board of supervisors for a change in the method of financing the district’s operations, as provided in this chapter. The board of supervisors shall accept the petition, in lieu of the petition required by Section 2822.5, and shall proceed to consider changes in the method of district financing consistent with Article 2 (commencing with Section 2210) of Chapter 5.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 71. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 4. Taxation


citation: HSC § 2872

text: All taxes and assessments levied under this chapter shall be assessed and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are collected for county purposes, and shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 72. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 4. Taxation


citation: HSC § 2873

text: The funds of the district shall be withdrawn from the treasury upon the warrant of the district board.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

article: 4. Taxation


citation: HSC § 2874

text: The board of supervisors, from time to time, may order a temporary transfer of money from other available funds in the county treasury to the credit of the district fund. The transfer shall be made only upon resolution adopted by the board of supervisors directing the treasurer to make the transfer. It shall not exceed eighty-five per cent of the taxes accruing to the district, and shall not be made prior to the first day of the fiscal year nor after the last Monday in April of the current fiscal year. Any funds transferred shall be replaced from the taxes accruing to the district before any other obligation of the district is met from those taxes.

article: 4. Taxation


citation: HSC § 2876

text: Notwithstanding the basis upon which property in the district is taxed, if a district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a tax in that year or in the next ensuing year, the board of supervisors is authorized to transfer funds of the county not immediately needed for county purposes to the district fund to be used for the payment of the expenses of the district until the district’s special assessment tax receipts are available to it. The board of supervisors shall include, in the levy of taxes for the district for the first fiscal year in which a tax may be levied, a sum sufficient to repay to the county the amounts transferred to the district for the portion or portions of the preceding fiscal year or years for which no levy of taxes was made for that purpose. The amounts transferred shall be retransferred to the county treasury from the district fund out of the first available receipts from the tax levy.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 74. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 4. Taxation


citation: HSC § 2877

text: The Legislature finds that unabated outbreaks of mosquitoes pose a serious threat to the public health and safety. The Legislature further finds that public agencies, including pest abatement districts, must be prepared to abate extraordinary outbreaks of mosquitoes. The Legislature further finds and declares that to protect the public health and safety from unabated outbreaks of mosquitoes, it is necessary to enact this article to provide pest abatement districts with the ability to abate mosquitoes.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1055, Sec. 5.)

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citation: HSC § 2878

text: A pest abatement district may adopt an ordinance to fix an emergency mosquito abatement standby charge pursuant to the provisions of Article 5.1 (commencing with Section 2315) of Chapter 5, except to the extent that the provisions of that article conflict with the provisions of this chapter, in which case the provisions of this chapter shall be in addition to the provisions of that article.

article: 4.1. Standby Charges for Public Health Emergencies


citation: HSC § 2880

text: 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.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)

article: 4.5. Claims

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citation: HSC § 2900

text: At any time after the incorporation of a district, land contiguous to it may be annexed, if the board of trustees finds that the annexation will benefit both the land to be annexed and the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043.)

article: 5. Annexation

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citation: HSC § 2901

text: Annexations may proceed under Article 2 (commencing with Section 2822), as though territory to be annexed were a new district, except that the pest or pests to be controlled shall be the same as those which the annexing district is authorized to control.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 75. Effective September 7, 1984.)

article: 5. Annexation


citation: HSC § 2910

text: Two or more contiguous pest abatement districts may be consolidated.

article: 5a. Consolidation

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citation: HSC § 4600

text: This chapter shall be known as the Community Facilities Law of 1911.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 420.)

division: 5. SANITATION

part: 3. COMMUNITY FACILITIES

chapter: 1. Community Facilities Law of 1911

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions

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citation: HSC § 4601

text: Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 756.)

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


citation: HSC § 4602

text: “City” means the city in which the district is located. If a district is not entirely within the boundaries of a single city, “city” means the initiating city.

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


text: “District” means any district which is formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 4600 by Stats. 1963, Ch. 756.)

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


text: “Governing body” means the city council or other legislative body of the city.

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


text: “Initiating city” means the city whose governing body initiated the proceeding for the formation of a district which is not entirely within the boundaries of a single city.

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


text:
Improvement means any or all of the following:

(a) The acquisition or construction of sanitary sewers of all types, including, but not limited to, outfall, trunk, intercepting, connecting, lateral, and house connection sewers.

(b) The acquisition or construction of sewage treatment plants, works, or systems.

(c) The acquisition or construction of other improvements, works, or system for the collection, transmission, treatment, or disposal of sewage or industrial waste.

(d) The acquisition or construction of sewers, drains, pipelines, conduits, culverts, or ditches for the collection, transmission, or disposal of surface or storm water.

(e) The acquisition or construction of other improvements, works, or system for the purpose of surface or storm water drainage or for the purpose of flood control.

(f) The acquisition, construction, or extension of waterworks, water systems or water distribution systems.

(g) The acquisition or construction of works or improvements appurtenant or related to any of the works, improvements, or systems described in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive.

(h) Additions to, or the reconstruction or improvement of, any of the works, improvements, or systems described in subdivisions (a) to (g), inclusive.

(i) The acquisition of any land, rights-of-way, capacity rights, rights of use, or other property needed for any of the works, improvements, or systems described in subdivisions (a) to (h), inclusive.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 34.)

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


text:
In cities within a county of the 20th class, as defined in Section 28041 of the Government Code, improvement shall also mean the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of any public buildings which would serve as a community center facility, including, but not limited to, an exhibition building, an auditorium, a stadium, and a sports arena; and the acquisition and improvement of any land, rights-of-way, rights of use, or other property needed for any of the improvements described in this section, or for offstreet parking facilities therefor.

For the purposes of this section, at the hearing held pursuant to Section 4611, the governing body may exclude from the proposed district any territory the inhabitants of which would not be benefited by the proposed improvements as finally determined.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 195, Sec. 35.)

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


citation: HSC § 4603

text:
This chapter does not affect any other law under which improvements may be made within or by any city but it provides an alternate system of proceedings for sewer work or improvement. Improvements may be made either pursuant to this chapter, or pursuant to any other law. If, however, any proceedings are commenced pursuant to this chapter, its provisions apply to any improvement made under those proceedings until such improvement is completed.

If, after an improvement has been made pursuant to this chapter, the governing body of any city determines that it is necessary or convenient to make any additional improvement, the governing body may proceed to do so either pursuant to this chapter or under any other appropriate law. If the additional improvement is made pursuant to this chapter for the same district, the procedure shall be the same as that which is provided under this chapter for the making of the initial improvement. It is not necessary to reform the district if the governing body finds, following the hearing which is provided for by Section 4611 that the additional improvement is of benefit to the entire district which was previously formed under this chapter as such district is then constituted. As an alternative method, the governing body may make such additional improvement by forming a new district pursuant to this chapter which may include, in whole or in part, territory which is included in any district previously formed pursuant to this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 828.)

article: 1. Definitions and General Provisions


citation: HSC § 4605

text: The governing body of any city may create an improvement district within the city pursuant to this chapter whenever in its judgment the district is necessary or convenient for any improvement authorized by this chapter.

article: 2. Formation

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citation: HSC § 4606

text: A district may be formed to make any improvement and to provide for the incurring of indebtedness to pay for the costs and expenses of such improvement.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 4607

text:
Whenever the governing body of a city determines that the public interest or convenience requires the making of any improvement in any part of the territory of the city, it may pass a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall be passed by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the governing body. It shall describe the improvement in general terms. For the purpose of such description, reference may be made to maps, plats, plans, or other documents on file in the office of the clerk of the city. Any improvements may be combined into a single project, the indebtedness for which is to be submitted to the electors as a single proposition.

The resolution shall also contain the total dollar amount of a general estimate of the costs and expenses of the proposed improvement. In arriving at such estimate, the governing body may include the estimated amounts of any or all of the items which are set forth in Section 4625. The resolution need not, however, itemize or separately state any of the items included in the costs and expenses.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 4609

text:
The resolution shall do all of the following:

(a) Describe the boundaries of the proposed district. The district may consist of two or more noncontiguous parcels.

(b) Designate the district by a distinctive name and number.

(c) Declare the district to be the district benefited by the proposed improvement.

(d) Name a time and place for the hearing of objections by any person interested in the formation of the district, in the inclusion within the district of any land within the boundaries described in the resolution or in the making of the proposed improvement.

article: 2. Formation


citation: HSC § 4610

text: The resolution, together with the names of the members of the governing body voting for and against it shall be published once a week for at least two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the city. The first publication shall not be more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing. If there is no newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the city, the resolution shall be so published in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county in which the city is located.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 756.)

article: 2. Formation


text: Copies of the resolution shall also be posted in three public places within the proposed district not earlier than the 60th day or later than the 30th day prior to the hearing. Not earlier than 60 nor later than 30 days prior to the hearing, a copy of the resolution shall also be mailed, postage prepaid, to each person to whom land in the proposed district is assessed as such owner is shown on the last equalized county assessment roll, at his address as shown upon the roll, and to each person who has any interest in any land within the proposed district whose name and address and a designation of the land in which he is interested is on file in the office of the city clerk. Any error, omission, or mistake in such mailing, or any failure of any person to receive such copy shall not invalidate the proceedings pursuant to this chapter.

article: 2. Formation