citation: HSC § 6404

text: “Tax collector,” as used in this part, means the tax collector of the county or counties in which a district is located.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1629.)


kind: section

code: HSC

citation: HSC § 6405

text: “Treasurer,” as used in this part, means the treasurer of the county or counties in which a district is located.

division: 6. SANITARY DISTRICTS

part: 1. SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 1923

chapter: 1. General Provisions and Definitions

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citation: HSC § 6406

text: “Garbage,” as used in this part, shall include all of the following: (a) animal, fruit and vegetable refuse; (b) offal; (c) leaves and cuttings, trimmings from trees, shrubs and grass; (d) inorganic refuse and rubbish; (e) anything thrown away as worthless.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 304.)


citation: HSC § 6408

text: “Board of supervisors,” as used in this part, means the board of supervisors of the county in which the greatest portion of the area of the district, is situated at the time of the filing of the petition for formation, unless another meaning is specified.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1629.)


citation: HSC § 6420

text: Whenever 25 persons in any county, or in two or more counties within the same natural watershed area, desire the formation of a sanitary district within the area, they may sign and present a petition to the board of supervisors of the county in which the greatest portion of the area of the proposed district is situated at the time of the filing of the petition. If the district is to be located in more than one county, the petition shall be signed by no fewer than 15 persons in the county in which the greatest portion of the district is located and by no fewer than 10 persons in each other county in which the district is located.

chapter: 2. Formation

article: 1. Petition

path: 6. SANITARY DISTRICTS > 1. SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 1923 > 2. Formation > 1. Petition


citation: HSC § 6421

text:
The petition shall contain:

(a) The name of the proposed district.

(b) The boundaries of the proposed district.

(c) A request that the territory within the boundaries be formed into a district as provided by this part.

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

article: 1. Petition


citation: HSC § 6422

text: Each petitioner shall be a resident and freeholder in the proposed district.

article: 1. Petition


citation: HSC § 6423

text: The petition shall be verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners.

article: 1. Petition


citation: HSC § 6424

text: The petition shall be published for at least two weeks preceding the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in which the district is located.

article: 1. Petition


citation: HSC § 6425

text: With the petition there shall be published a notice stating the time when the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors, and that all persons interested may appear and be heard.

article: 1. Petition


citation: HSC § 6440

text: At the time designated the board of supervisors shall hear the petition, and may adjourn the hearing from time to time.

article: 2. Hearing

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citation: HSC § 6441

text: The board of supervisors shall not modify the boundaries of the proposed district as set forth in the petition so as to exclude from the proposed district any land which would be benefited by the formation of the district, nor shall there be included in the proposed district any lands which will not in the judgment of the board be benefited.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HSC § 6442

text: If the board of supervisors concludes that any land has been improperly omitted from the proposed district and the owner has not appeared at the hearing, it shall continue the further hearing of the petition, and shall order notice given to the nonappearing owner, requiring him to appear before it and show cause, if any he has, why his land should not be included in the proposed district.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HSC § 6443

text: The notice shall be given either by publication in the same manner as the original petition and for the same period, or by personal service on each nonappearing owner.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HSC § 6444

text: If the notice is given by personal service, it shall be given at least three days prior to the date fixed for the further hearing.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HSC § 6445

text: The board of supervisors may grant further continuances, by order entered in its minutes, to the end that a full hearing may be had.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HSC § 6446

text:
Upon the final hearing of the petition, the board of supervisors, if it approves the petition as originally presented or in a modified form, shall make an order containing:

(a) A description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, as determined by the board of supervisors.

(b) The date on which an election will be held in the proposed district.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HSC § 6447

text:
The order shall:

(a) Fix the day of the election, which shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of the order.

(b) State that at the election there shall be elected a district assessor, and five members of the board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HSC § 6448

text: The order shall be entered in the minutes of the board of supervisors, and is conclusive evidence of the due presentation of a proper petition, and of the fact that each of the petitioners was, at the time of the signature and presentation of the petition, a resident and freeholder in the proposed district.

article: 2. Hearing


citation: HSC § 6460

text: Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, the provisions of the chapter of this part on elections govern the election on the question of organizing a district and the election of the first district officers, and the board of supervisors of the county and the county clerk shall perform the duties conferred by that chapter on the district board and its secretary, respectively.

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citation: HSC § 6461

text: A copy of the order shall be posted for four successive weeks prior to the election in three public places in the proposed district at least one of which shall be in each county in which the district is located, and shall be published once a week for four successive weeks prior to the election in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in which the district is located.

article: 3. Election on Formation and for Officers


text:
Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the county or principal county in which the territory or major portion of the territory of the proposed district is located. Such written notice shall include the name and a description of the proposed district, and may be in the form of a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the legislative body calling the district formation election.

The executive officer, within five days after being notified that a district formation election has been called, shall submit to the commission, for its approval or modification, an impartial analysis of the proposed district formation.

The impartial analysis shall not exceed 500 words in length and shall include a specific description of the boundaries of the district proposed to be formed.

The local agency formation commission, within five days after the receipt of the executive officer’s analysis, shall approve or modify the analysis and submit it to the officials in charge of conducting the district formation election.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 736.)


text:
The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a written argument for or a written argument against the proposed district formation.

Arguments shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall be filed with the officials in charge of conducting the election not less than 54 days prior to the date of the district formation election.


text:
If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters.

In selecting the arguments, the election officials shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following:

(a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board.

(b) Individual voters or bona fide associations of citizens or a combination of such voters and associations.


text:
The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question.

The ballot pamphlet shall contain the following, in the order prescribed:

(a) The complete text of the proposition.

(b) The impartial analysis of the proposition, prepared by the local agency formation commission.

(c) The argument for the proposed district formation.

(d) The argument against the proposed district formation.

The elections officials shall mail a ballot pamphlet to each voter entitled to vote in the district formation election at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The ballot pamphlet is “official matter” within the meaning of Section 13303 of the Elections Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 120. Effective January 1, 1995.)


citation: HSC § 6462

text: At least 15 days prior to the election, the board of supervisors shall select one, and may select two or more, polling places in the proposed district, and shall make suitable arrangements for the election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1337.)


citation: HSC § 6463

text: The ballots shall contain the words, “Shall the sanitary district be formed?” To the right of or below these words, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets. The ballot shall also contain the names of the persons to be voted for at the election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 303, Sec. 21. (AB 1512) Effective January 1, 2026.)


citation: HSC § 6464

text: At the election there shall be elected an assessor and the members of the board who shall be resident electors of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 155.)


citation: HSC § 6465

text:
If a majority of the votes cast in each county are in favor of formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall make and cause to be entered in its minutes an order that a district of the name and with the boundaries stated in the order calling the election, setting forth the boundaries, has been established.

The board shall immediately file for record in the office of the county recorder of each county within which the district is located a certified copy of the order declaring the district established.

The order is conclusive evidence of the fact and regularity of all prior proceedings required by this part or by law, and of the existence and validity of the district.


citation: HSC § 6466

text: If a majority of the votes cast are against formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall by order entered in its minutes so declare, and no other proceeding shall be taken in relation thereto until the expiration of one year from the date of the presentation of the petition to the board of supervisors.


citation: HSC § 6480

text:
(a) The officers of the district are an assessor and five members of the board.

(b) Any member of the legislative body of a city whose territory is encompassed, in whole or in part, by the boundaries of the district is not disqualified from holding office as a member of the board solely because of his membership on such legislative body.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 22.)

chapter: 3. Officers

path: 6. SANITARY DISTRICTS > 1. SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 1923 > 3. Officers


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 6480, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single sanitary district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Section 56886 of the Government Code, increase the number of directors to serve on the board of directors of the consolidated or reorganized district to 7, 9, or 11, who shall be members of the board of directors of the districts to be consolidated or reorganized as of the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization.

(b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the members of the board of directors of the consolidated district, or a district reorganized as described in subdivision (a), whose terms first expire following the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization, the total number of members on the board of directors shall be reduced until the number equals the number of members permitted by the principal act of the consolidated or reorganized district, or any larger number as may be specified by the local agency formation commission in approving the consolidation or reorganization.

(c) In addition to the powers granted under Section 1780 of the Government Code, in the event of a vacancy on the board of directors of the consolidated district or a district reorganized as described in subdivision (a) at which time the total number of directors is greater than five, the board of directors may, by majority vote of the remaining members of the board, choose not to fill the vacancy. In that event, the total membership of the board of directors shall be reduced by one board member. Upon making the determination not to fill a vacancy, the board of directors shall notify the board of supervisors of its decision.

(d) For the purposes of this section: “consolidation” means consolidation, as defined in Section 56030 of the Government Code; “district” or “special district” means district or special district, as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code; and “reorganization” means reorganization, as defined in Section 56073 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 172, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2007.)


text:
At any time within two years after a sanitary district consolidates with or annexes the territory of a district having powers and functions substantially identical to those of a sanitary district formed pursuant to this part, the board of directors of the sanitary district may, by resolution, increase the number of members of the board from five to seven, and may designate the first two additional members to serve on the enlarged board. If the board is enlarged subsequent to the consolidation with, or the annexation of the territory of, another district, the first two additional directors so designated shall be resident voters of such consolidated or annexed territory. The board shall determine the term of office of each of the new directors so appointed, but in no event shall such term designated by the board be for more than four years. The terms of office thus created shall be determined in such a manner as to keep as nearly equal as practicable the number of directors to be elected at each subsequent general district election. Upon the expiration of such term so designated by the board, the membership shall be filled at the next general district election and general district elections held thereafter for the election of officers of the district.

Any references to five members of the board in this part mean seven members as applied to a board increased in size pursuant to this section. In the same manner, references to three members mean four members and to two members mean three members, and references to a four-fifths vote mean a five-sevenths vote, as applied to an enlarged board.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 385.)


text: If a consolidation involving the Capistrano Beach Sanitary District and the Dana Point Sanitary District is approved, the board of directors of the consolidated district shall initially consist of 10 members who shall be the members of the boards of directors of the two districts as of the effective date of the consolidation. Notwithstanding Section 56844 of the Government Code, those board members shall determine within 60 days from the effective date of the consolidation whether the board of directors shall consist of 5, 7, 9, or 11 members, and they shall further determine within that time the persons who shall thereafter be members of the board of directors. If those board members determine that the board of directors shall consist of 11 members, they shall appoint the eleventh member whose term shall be the same as the terms of the members of the board of directors whose terms will first expire. Upon making those determinations, the members so selected shall notify by resolution the Board of Supervisors and the Registrar of Voters of the County of Orange of the number of members and the names of the persons who have been selected or appointed as members of the board of directors, and of the expiration dates of their terms of office. If that selection and appointment process is not completed within 60 days of the effective date of the consolidation, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange shall determine the number of members of the board of directors and shall select the members of the board of directors from among those 10 persons, or call a special election for the election of the directors of the consolidated district on the next available election date. In that event, those 10 persons shall serve as the board of directors until the results of the special election are declared by the board of supervisors.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1195, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1994.)


citation: HSC § 6481

text: The board is the governing power of the district, and exercises all district powers, except the making of an assessment roll in the first instance.


citation: HSC § 6482

text: Except as to those members of the board who are elected at the election on formation, the term of office of each member of the board is four years and each holds office until the election and qualification of his successors or his resignation or termination of residence within the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 156.)


citation: HSC § 6483

text: Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1059.)


citation: HSC § 6484

text:
The members of the board elected at the election as a result of which the district was organized or, if the district is reorganized under this part, then the five members in office at the time of the reorganization shall, at their first meeting, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, so classify themselves, by lot, that they shall go out of office as follows:

(a) Two shall serve until the election held in the first even-numbered year after the year in which the district is formed or reorganized, and until the election and qualification of their successors.

(b) Three shall serve until the second even-numbered year after the district is formed or reorganized, and until the election and qualification of their successors.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, except in districts that consolidate the election of directors with the direct primary election, the terms of office of members of the board in all districts existing on January 1, 1967, shall be determined as provided in Section 10507 of the Elections Code, and the terms of office of members of the board in all new districts shall be determined as provided in Section 10505 of the Elections Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 121. Effective January 1, 1995.)


citation: HSC § 6486

text: At its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the board shall choose one of its members as president, and shall appoint a secretary who may be a member of the board.


citation: HSC § 6487

text: All contracts, deeds, warrants, releases, receipts, and documents shall be signed in the name of the district by its president, and countersigned by its secretary, except that the board may, by resolution, authorize the district manager or other district employees specified by the board to sign contracts, warrants, releases, receipts, and similar documents in the name of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1195, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1994.)


citation: HSC § 6488

text:
The board shall hold such meetings, either in the day or in the evening, as may be convenient.

In case of the absence or inability of the president or secretary to act, the board shall choose a president pro tem., or secretary pro tem., or both as the case may be.


citation: HSC § 6489

text:
(a) Subject to subdivision (b), each of the members of the board shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day’s attendance at meetings of the board or for each day’s service rendered as a director by request of the board, not exceeding a total of six days in any calendar month, together with any expenses incident thereto.

(b) The district board, by ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20200) of Division 10 of the Water Code, may increase the compensation received by board members above the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per day.

(c) The secretary of the sanitary board shall receive compensation to be set by the sanitary district board, which compensation shall be in lieu of any other compensation to which he or she may be entitled by reason of attendance at the meeting or meetings of the sanitary board.

(d) For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a director’s activities on any specific day are compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

(e) 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. 12. Effective January 1, 2006.)


citation: HSC § 6490

text:
(a) A general regulation of the board shall be entered in its minutes, and shall be published once in a newspaper published in the district, if there is one, and if not, then it shall be posted for one week in three public places in the district.

(b) The publication or posting of general regulations, as required by subdivision (a), may be satisfied by either of the following actions:

(1) The board of directors may publish a summary of a proposed regulation or ordinance or proposed amendment to an existing regulation or ordinance. This summary shall be prepared by an official designated by the board. A summary shall be published along with the names of those board members voting for and against the regulation or ordinance or amendment, and a certified copy of the full text of the proposed regulation or ordinance or proposed amendment to same shall be posted in the office of the clerk of the board, along with the names of those board members voting for and against the regulation, ordinance, or amendment.

(2) If the official designated by the board determines that it is not feasible to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the regulation or ordinance or amendment to same, and if the board so orders, a display advertisement of at least one-quarter of a page in a newspaper published in the district shall be published. The advertisement shall indicate the general nature of, and provide information about, the regulation, ordinance, or amendment, including information sufficient to enable the public to obtain copies of the complete text of the regulation or ordinance or amendment to same, and the names of those board members voting for and against the regulation, ordinance, or amendment.

(c) A subsequent order of the board that publication or posting has been made is conclusive evidence that the publication or posting has been properly made.

(d) A general regulation takes effect upon expiration of the week of publication or posting.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1184, Sec. 9.)


citation: HSC § 6491

text: Unless otherwise provided by this part, orders not establishing a general regulation need not be published or posted, but shall be entered in the minutes and shall take effect upon adoption.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 765.)


text: The district board may, by general regulation, adopt codes or specifications controlling the manner of construction, repair, maintenance and operation of facilities referred to in Sections 6512 and 6522. Such codes or specifications need not be set out in full in such general regulation but may be incorporated therein by reference. Copies of such codes or specifications shall be available for examination in the office of the secretary at all times.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1491.)


text:
The district board may, by general regulation, adopt a code by reference in the same manner as legislative bodies of local agencies are authorized to adopt primary and secondary codes by reference pursuant to Section 50022.1 to 50022.8, inclusive, of the Government Code, and for the purposes of such sections of the Government Code the district board shall be deemed a legislative body and the district shall be deemed a local agency.

Any code adopted by the district board, by reference, shall impose restrictions equal to or greater than those imposed by the State Housing Law, Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910), Division 13 of this code, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto by the Commission of Housing and Community Development.

No penalty clauses or sanctions contained in any code adopted by reference pursuant to this section shall be effective.

Every person who violates any provision of a general regulation adopted pursuant to this section or of a code adopted by reference in such general regulation is guilty of a misdemeanor.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 39.)


text: Ordinances of the district may be enacted in the same manner as general regulations of the board and shall have the same force and effect as such general regulations.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 406.)


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. 22. Effective January 1, 2006.)


citation: HSC § 6492

text: The board may instruct the district attorney of the county to commence and prosecute any or all actions and proceedings necessary or proper to enforce any of its regulations or orders, and may call upon him for advice as to any sanitary subject; and the district attorney shall obey the instructions and give advice when requested by the board.

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


text: The board may provide, by resolution, that the health officer of the county in which the district is situated shall be the health officer of the district. Upon the adoption of such resolution, it shall be presented to the board of supervisors and, if it is approved by the board of supervisors, such county health officer shall become the ex officio health officer of the district and it shall be his duty to give advice when requested by the board and to aid the district in doing any act necessary or proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for which it is formed.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 158.)


citation: HSC § 6493

text: The board may at any time employ special counsel for any purpose.


citation: HSC § 6494

text:
There shall be an election for assessor in each even-numbered year in which members of the board are elected, and at the same time, place, and manner; provided, however, that if a district board has elected to avail itself of the county assessment roll for district taxation pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 7 of this part, no assessor shall thereafter be elected until it shall again elect the use of its own tax roll.

The assessor holds office for two years, and until the election and qualification of his successor except that the first assessor elected holds office until the election and qualification of his successor.

If a vacancy occurs in the office of assessor, the board shall appoint a suitable person to fill the vacancy until the next election at which an assessor may be elected under this part.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 584.)


citation: HSC § 6495

text: The assessor’s duties are fixed by this part and he shall perform such other duties as are ordered or required by the board.


citation: HSC § 6496

text: The assessor shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board.


citation: HSC § 6497

text:
(1) The sanitary board of sanitary districts may classify all the places of employment in or under the district, and in or under all the offices and departments of the district, with reference to the examinations hereinafter provided for. The places so classified by the sanitary board may constitute the classified civil service of the district, and no appointment to any such place shall be made except according to the rules hereinafter mentioned.

(2) The sanitary board may make rules to carry out the purposes of this section, and for examinations, appointments, promotions, and removals, and may from time to time make changes in existing rules. All rules and all changes therein shall be forthwith printed for distribution by the sanitary board.

(3) The examinations shall be practical in their character, and shall relate to those matters only which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek to be appointed, and shall include, when appropriate, tests of manual or professional skill. The selection of laborers shall be governed by priority of application as far as may be practicable. No questions in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations. The sanitary board shall control all examinations.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1491.)


citation: HSC § 6499

text: Any county officer required to act as an officer of the district and perform services for the district by virtue of his office, or any county health officer who becomes the ex officio health officer of the district pursuant to Section 6492.5, shall be entitled to reimbursement from the district for the reasonable and actual expenses incurred by him while acting on behalf of the district, to be paid into the county treasury. The amount of such reimbursement shall not exceed the actual expense which he incurred.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 158.)


citation: HSC § 6500

text: If a district has a boundary which is contiguous to the boundary of a city and the district has a contract with that city under which the city is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all facilities of the district, the governing board of the district may, by a resolution adopted by a 45 vote of the board, declare the board dissolved and thereafter the governing body of the city shall be ex officio the governing board of the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 588.)


citation: HSC § 6501

text: By resolution, the board may change the name of the district. Any name resulting from a change shall include the words “Sanitary District” or shall be a name that is descriptive of the functions of the district. The change of name shall be effective upon recording a certified copy in the office of the county recorder of the county or counties in which the district is situated.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 829, Sec. 38. Effective January 1, 1999.)


citation: HSC § 6510

text: A district may use a seal, alterable at the pleasure of the board.

chapter: 4. District Powers

article: 1. Generally

path: 6. SANITARY DISTRICTS > 1. SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 1923 > 4. District Powers > 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6511

text: It may sue and be sued by its name.

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6512

text:
(a) A district may acquire, plan, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate garbage dumpsites and garbage collection and disposal systems, sewers, drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment works and other sanitary disposal systems, and storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal systems, and water recycling and distribution systems, as the board deems necessary and proper, and in the performance of these functions, either in or out of the district, it may join through joint powers agreements pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, or through other means with any county or municipality or any other district or governmental agency.

(b) Before any garbage dump is established, the location shall first be approved by the county health officer, and, in addition, if the location is within two miles of any city, the consent of the governing body of the city shall first be secured.

(c) (1) If the district includes any part of a city, water district, or other local agency that provides water service to any territory in the district, the district shall not supply water service to the territory unless the district first obtains the consent of the city, water district, or other local agency. The consent shall not be revoked, if the revocation will result in a decrease of the revenues available to pay the outstanding bonds of the district.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the provision of recycled water by a district.

(3) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), a district may not supply water service using recycled water to the territory of any part of a city, water district, or other local public entity providing water service, or commence construction of facilities for that service, prior to offering to consult with that city, water district, or other local public entity, and providing notification of availability for consultation. The obligation to consult terminates if that local public entity providing water service fails to make itself available for consultation within 60 days of written notification to that local public entity.

(B) The consultation and notification requirements described in subparagraph (A) do not apply to a district if the district, prior to supplying water or commencing construction as described in subparagraph (A), provides notification to the local public entity pursuant to Section 65604 of the Government Code or submits a written request to the local public entity pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 13580 of the Water Code.

(d) The Department of Water Resources may assist sanitary districts in applying for, and in obtaining approval of, federal and state funding and permits for cost-effective water recycling projects and shall confer and cooperate with the legislative body of the district during the application and approval process.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 261, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 1. Generally


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Winton Sanitary District may exercise any of the powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). However, the Winton Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in all respects as a sanitary district under the provisions of this part, and the provisions of this section are intended only to vest additional powers in the district which the district may elect to exercise.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1360, Sec. 1.)

article: 1. Generally


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Lost Hills Sanitary District may exercise any of the powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). However, the Lost Hills Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in all respects as a sanitary district under the provisions of this part, and the provisions of this section are intended only to vest additional powers in the district which the district may elect to exercise.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 106, Sec. 1. Effective May 27, 1986.)

article: 1. Generally


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 6512 and the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code), for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Montara Sanitary District may, pursuant to subdivision (b), exercise any of the powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store or make use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). The Montara Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in all respects as a sanitary district under this part, and the provisions of this section are intended only to vest additional powers in the district which the district may elect to exercise.

(b) If the governing body of the Montara Sanitary District determines, by resolution, entered in the minutes, that it is feasible, economically sound, and in the public interest for the district to exercise the powers specified in subdivision (a), the governing body shall submit to the electors of the district the question of whether the district should adopt those additional powers. The question submitted to the electors shall be in substantially the following form: “Shall the Montara Sanitary District exercise the powers of a county water district for the purpose of furnishing water in the district?” The district may exercise those powers only if a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of the question. The costs of that election, including any additional costs incurred by the County of San Mateo for purposes of meeting legal requirements directly associated with the conduct of the election, shall be borne by the district.

(c) If the electors of the district authorize the district to exercise the powers specified in subdivision (a), the district shall include in any revenue plan developed as part of its exercise of those powers an item to reimburse the County of San Mateo the sum of one hundred eighteen thousand dollars ($118,000) for costs incurred with respect to its effort to acquire the existing water system serving the Montara Sanitary District service area. Reimbursement to the county shall occur within 180 days after the district receives any revenues from the sale of bonds, the levy of assessments, or the receipt of any other revenues to be used by the district in the exercise of its powers pursuant to this section.

(d) If the Montara Sanitary District assumes authority to exercise the powers of a county water district pursuant to this section, thereafter the district shall be subject to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code).

(e) In enacting this section it is the intent of the Legislature that any service by the Montara Sanitary District not affect the approval or development of a project that includes units for lower income persons, as defined in Section 50079.5, and persons and families of moderate income, as defined in Section 50093.

(f) Upon request of the governing body of the Montara Sanitary District, the County of San Mateo shall provide the district with all books, papers, records, documents and other information, including all writings as defined in Section 250 of the Evidence Code, resulting from, or produced by, the expenditure of funds by the county to determine if the acquisition of the existing water system serving the Montara Sanitary District service area is feasible.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 296, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6513

text: It may permit the use of any property of the district by any county or municipality, or any other district or governmental agency.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1944, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 53.)

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6514

text:
It may, for the purposes specified in this part, acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, such real and personal property and rights of way, either within or without the limits of the district, as in the judgment of the board are necessary or proper to the exercise of its powers, and particularly for the purpose of permitting ingress to and egress from such real or personal property, and pay for and hold them, and it may dispose of such of its property as the board finds to be no longer required for the purposes of the district.

The district shall not condemn property outside of the county or counties in which it is located unless the board of supervisors of each county in which such property is located has consented to such acquisition by resolution.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1629.)

article: 1. Generally


text:
(a) A district may lease, for a term not exceeding 99 years, subject to periodic review, district property that will not be needed for district purposes during the term of the lease, as a means of providing revenues to the district for the operation and maintenance of sanitary sewer system and waste water treatment and disposal facilities of the district, and to finance the acquisition, construction, and improvement of these facilities.

(b) Prior to entering into a lease, the board shall, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (e), publish notice pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code of the time and place of the meeting of the board at which the proposed lease will be considered, and at that time and place shall afford all persons present an opportunity to be heard with respect to the proposed lease.

(c) If the board finds that the subject property will not be needed by the district and that it is in the best interests of the district and the users of its sanitary sewer system that the lease be entered into, it may, by ordinance setting forth the findings, authorize the lease. The ordinance shall be subject to Article 2 (commencing with Section 9340) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the Elections Code.

(d) Every lease shall be awarded to the bidder which, in the determination of the legislative body, offers the greatest economic return to the district after competitive bidding conducted in the manner determined by the legislative body. Notice inviting bids may be published pursuant to Section 6066, in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the district.

(e) If the board makes a finding at a noticed public hearing that the subject property will be used for compatible uses, that it will be of public benefit, and that the term of the lease will not exceed 10 years, subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be optional.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 122. Effective January 1, 1995.)

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6515

text: It may make and accept contracts, deeds, releases, and documents that, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper in the exercise of any of the powers of the district.

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6516

text: It may pay lawful claims and demands against it.

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6517

text: It may employ and pay necessary agents and assistants.

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6518

text: It may lay its sewers and drains in any public street or road in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make all necessary and proper excavations, restoring it to proper condition. The work of restoring and repairing any such public street or road in the county shall be done under the supervision and control of the county engineer or road commissioner at the cost of the district, and in accordance with the standards established by ordinance of the board of supervisors for restoring and repairing county roads. If the street or road is in a city the consent of the proper city authorities shall first be obtained. If the street or road is in the unincorporated area of the county, the consent of the proper county authorities shall first be obtained.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1568.)

article: 1. Generally


text: It may collect waste and garbage.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 303.)

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6519

text: It may call and conduct all necessary or proper elections.

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6520

text: It may compel all residents and property owners in the district to connect their houses and habitations and structures requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service with the sewers and storm drains in streets and to use the garbage collection and disposal system.

article: 1. Generally


text: It may prohibit any resident or property owner in the district from connecting any house, habitation, or structure requiring sewerage or drainage disposal service to any privately owned sewer or storm drain in the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1090.)

article: 1. Generally


text: It may require any resident or property owner in the district who desires to have any house, habitation, or structure connected to a sewer or drainage disposal line owned by the district to pay his proportionate share of the cost of the line, either by an increased installation charge or by other arrangement with the district, if he did not contribute to the cost of the acquisition, construction, or installation of the line by the district.

article: 1. Generally


text: Any sanitary district and any county may enter into a contract agreeing to pay and apportion between them the costs of locating, removing, repairing, or relocating any facilities owned or to be owned by either party on the roads or other property of the other in such proportion and upon such terms as the governing boards of the parties shall determine to be equitable.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 164.)

article: 1. Generally


text: It may, by an order approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board, prescribe, revise and collect, fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or other charges for services and facilities furnished by it in connection with its sanitation or sewerage systems. Revenues derived by the district under the provisions of this section may be used for any purpose except the acquisition or construction of additional local street sewers or laterals which are an augmentation to an existing sewer system.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 850.)

article: 1. Generally


text:
The district board may, by resolution, abandon action for the collection of any district tax assessment, connection charge, service charge, penalty, cost, fee, assessment, fine, or other money owed the district under this part or pursuant to any other provision of law which the district board determines is in an amount too small to justify the cost of collection. Such a resolution shall discharge all district officers and employees, and any other public officer or employee charged with the collection thereof, from further accountability with respect to collection of the amount owed. However, the resolution shall not extinguish the claim nor constitute a release of any person from liability for the payment of any amounts which are due and owing.

The addition of this section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the preexisting law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 221.)

article: 1. Generally


text:
It may sell, or otherwise dispose of, any water, sewage effluent, fertilizer, or other byproduct resulting from the operation of a sewerage system, sewage disposal plant, refuse disposal plant or process, or treatment plant, and construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines and other works as may be necessary for that purpose.

The addition of this section made at the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 352.)

article: 1. Generally


text:
It may construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines or other works as may be necessary to conserve and put to beneficial use any water or recycled effluent recovered from the operation of the wastewater system, plant, or works, by sale or disposition for agricultural or industrial purposes, or by discharging or spreading the water or recycled effluent in such a manner as to percolate into the underground gravels and replenish the natural water resources.

The addition of this section made at the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 28, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)

article: 1. Generally


text:
On or before August 10, the board may certify to the board of supervisors and county auditor a statement of any delinquent and unpaid charges for sewer and other services, or either, requested in writing by the owner of the property that remain delinquent and unpaid for a period of 60 days or more on July 1.

The amount of any charges for sewer and other services, or either, included in the statement of delinquent and unpaid charges shall be added to and become a part of the annual taxes next levied upon the property for which the sewer service was provided and upon the property subject to the charges for any other district services and shall constitute a lien on that property as of the same time and in the same manner as does the tax lien securing the annual taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to the charges, except that if any real property to which the lien would attach 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 the taxes would become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to the real property and the charges relating to the property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. The county shall deduct from the charges collected an amount sufficient to compensate the county for costs incurred in collecting the delinquent and unpaid charges. The amount of the compensation shall be fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors and the district’s board of directors.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 248, Sec. 4.)

article: 1. Generally


text: A district shall notify the assessee shown on the latest equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for sewer and other services, or either, which could become a lien on the property pursuant to Section 6520.10 remain delinquent and unpaid for 60 days.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 248, Sec. 5.)

article: 1. Generally


text:
In the event any charges for sewer and other services, or either, remain unpaid the amount of the unpaid charges may in the discretion of the district be secured at any time by recording in the office of the county recorder of any county, a certificate specifying the amount of the charges and the name and address of the person liable therefor.

From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount required to be paid together with interest and penalty constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county owned by the person or afterwards, and before the lien expires, acquired by him or her. The lien has the force, priority, and effect of a judgment lien and shall continue for 10 years from the date of the recording of the certificate unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien may, within 10 years from the recording of the certificate or within 10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the manner herein provided, be extended by recording a new certificate in the office of the county recorder of any county and from the time of the recording the lien shall be extended to the real property in the county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 248, Sec. 6.)

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6521

text:
It may make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations for:

(a) The removal of garbage.

(b) The cleanliness of the roads and streets of the district.

(c) All other sanitary purposes not in conflict with the laws of this State.

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

article: 1. Generally


text: Any district may exercise the power granted to sanitation districts by Section 4765 of this code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1018.)

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6522

text: It may do any act necessary or proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers, or for the purposes for which it is formed.

article: 1. Generally


text: No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates or prescribes standards for the installation of plumbing inside of buildings and structures, shall be effective within any county, city and county, or city which has adopted an ordinance, regulation, or code incorporated in an ordinance governing such installations.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1155.)

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6523

text: A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 30 days, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 651.)

article: 1. Generally


text: It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether heretofore or hereafter incurred; and also refund or retire any public indebtedness or lien that may exist or be created against the district or any property therein which shall have arisen out of the transaction of the affairs of the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1375.)

article: 1. Generally


text:
In order to effect its powers, it may enter upon private property for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of sanitary and waste disposal facilities and may terminate service to property in which a violation of any rule or regulation is found to exist.

Prior to termination of service, however, the district board shall notify, in writing, the owner and tenant, if any, of such property that service is intended to be so terminated and conduct a hearing thereon as herein provided. Such notice shall be mailed to the owner at the address shown on the records of the assessor of the county or as known to the clerk, and a copy shall be delivered to the tenant or posted conspicuously on the property. The notice shall state the date of proposed termination of service and the reasons therefor and the date the district board shall hold a hearing upon such intended termination. Such hearing shall not be held less than 10 days subsequent to the giving of notice as herein required.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1068.)

article: 1. Generally


text: In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of the district. The cost of such correction may be added to any sewer service charge payable by the person violating the ordinance or the owner or tenant of the property upon which the violation occurred, and the district shall have such remedies for the collection of such costs as it has for the collection of sewer service charges. The district may also petition the superior court for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, as may be appropriate, restraining any person from the continued violation of any ordinance of the district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 406.)

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6524

text: Any district organized under the provisions of this act may become a part of a county sanitation district after the board of supervisors of the county within which the district is located, has, after a hearing, pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act, found and determined by resolution duly adopted that such inclusion is for the best interest of the district and the governing body of the district consents thereto by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members.

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citation: HSC § 6525

text: A sanitary district which becomes a part of a county sanitation district as hereinabove provided for is not thereby dissolved, but may continue to function, except as herein otherwise provided, in the same manner as heretofore.

article: 1.5. Inclusion in County Sanitation District


citation: HSC § 6526

text: When a sanitary district is not included in a county sanitation district at the time of formation of the latter, it may subsequently become included within such county sanitation district, upon its sanitary board adopting a resolution, by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members, declaring its intention so to do.


citation: HSC § 6527

text: Following the formation of such county sanitation district it shall have no jurisdiction within such sanitary district until the legislative body of such sanitary district shall, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of no less than four-fifths of its members, determine what facilities and functions of constructing, maintaining and operating sanitary sewerage facilities of such sanitary district shall be transferred to such county sanitation district.


citation: HSC § 6528

text: Copies of the resolutions herein mentioned, duly certified by the clerk or secretary of the respective legislative bodies, shall be filed with the county clerk, in the respective files of such sanitary district and county sanitation district, and with the county assessor, and such resolutions shall not be effective until said copies are so filed.


citation: HSC § 6529

text: Nothing herein shall prevent any territory within a county sanitation district from being formed into or annexed to any sanitary district, and such territory shall thereafter become subject to this article.


citation: HSC § 6530

text:
At any time after the sewer or other sanitary system is constructed the governing body of any city lying within the limits of the district may elect to keep and maintain the lateral sewer lying within the city in order and repair and may enter into an agreement with the board to do so.

From the date of the agreement the governing body shall keep the lateral in repair and the board is not required to keep it in order or repair.

After a city elects to keep the lateral sewers within its corporate limits in order and repair the property within the corporate limits of the city shall not be taxed for running expenses necessary to keep and maintain the lateral sewer lying within the city in order and repair but shall be taxed for the inspection and repairs of the main sewers lying within the city together with the expense of those functions other than sewerage collection within the city performed by the district pursuant to Section 6512 hereof.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1201.)

article: 2. Sewer Maintenance in Cities

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text:
Whenever any portion of a district has been included within a city by annexation, incorporation, or otherwise, the governing body of such city may elect, upon agreement by the district, to construct new storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities within the city limits, and acquire title to and reconstruct, alter, enlarge, renew, replace, maintain and operate existing storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities, lying within the city and may enter into an agreement with the board to do so.

From the date fixed in the agreement the city shall have exclusive jurisdiction to perform the functions described in the first paragraph of this section and in the agreement in that portion of the district lying within the city, and the board is not required to exercise any functions pertaining to such storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities, and is relieved of all liability in connection therewith.

If the city elects to perform such functions within the city, the property within the corporate limits of the city shall not be taxed by the district for any costs necessary to construct, maintain, and keep in repair such storm drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities lying within the city which are taxed by the city for those functions, other than storm drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal facilities within the city which continue to be owned, maintained and operated by the district pursuant to Section 6512 of this code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 419.)

article: 2. Sewer Maintenance in Cities


citation: HSC § 6531

text: Where an entire district shall have heretofore become located within the boundaries of a city by reason of the incorporation thereof, and said district shall have continued thereafter to function as a sanitary district, and no court having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall have adjudicated that said district has merged with said city, and a portion of the boundary of said district shall thereafter have become extended beyond the territorial limits of said city by reason of annexation thereto, said district shall during all said times be and constitute a legally existing sanitary district and shall not thereafter be deemed or adjudged to have merged with said city by reason of said original inclusion therein.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 977.)

article: 2. Sewer Maintenance in Cities


citation: HSC § 6540

text: The governing board may order the construction of sewers, drains, septic tanks, and sewerage collection, outfall, treatment works and other sanitary disposal systems, and storm water drains and storm water collection, outfall and disposal systems, and appurtenances and appurtenant work in the whole or any portion of any of the streets, highways, or public places either in or out of the district, or in property or in rights of way owned by the district, and acquire property, rights of way, and easements therefor, and may provide that the cost shall be assessed upon the fronting lots and lands or on a special assessment district; provided, that said district shall first obtain the consent to said work and the assumption of jurisdiction thereover from the legislative body having jurisdiction of the territory within which any of the proposed work is to be done; and provided further, that if any of the territory proposed to be assessed shall be outside the boundaries of the district, the consent of the legislative body having jurisdiction over such territory shall be obtained to the formation of the special assessment district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 765.)

article: 3. Application of Other Statutes

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citation: HSC § 6541

text: The Improvement Act of 1911, the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 are applicable to districts.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)

article: 3. Application of Other Statutes


citation: HSC § 6542

text:
In the application of those acts to proceedings under this article the terms used in those acts shall have the following meanings:

(a) “City council” and “council” mean board.

(b) “City” and “municipality” mean district.

(c) “Clerk” and “city clerk” mean secretary.

(d) “Superintendent of streets,” “street superintendent,” and “city engineer” mean the engineer of the district, or any other person appointed to perform the duties.

(e) “Tax collector” means county tax collector.

(f) “Treasurer” and “city treasurer” mean any person or official who has charge of and makes payment of the funds of the district.

(g) “Right-of-way” means any parcel of land in, on, under or through which a right-of-way or easement has been granted to the district for the purpose of constructing and maintaining any of the works or improvements mentioned in Section 6540.

(h) “Health officer” means the health officer appointed by the legislative body having jurisdiction over all or any portion of the territory to be served by any of the works mentioned in Section 6540, except that as to cities that have consented to or contracted for health administration by the county health officer pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 101375) of, or Article 3 (commencing with Section 101400) of, Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 101, it shall mean the county health officer.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 189. Effective September 29, 1996.)

article: 3. Application of Other Statutes


citation: HSC § 6543

text: The powers and duties conferred by those acts and supplementary acts upon boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the respective boards, officers, and agents of the district.

article: 3. Application of Other Statutes


citation: HSC § 6544

text: The improvements authorized to be constructed or acquired by this article are restricted to those permitted to be constructed or acquired by such districts under Article 1 of this chapter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1072.)

article: 3. Application of Other Statutes


text: An improvement district may be formed to undertake any project for any one or more of the purposes stated in Section 6512 that is of special benefit to the area of such improvement district, including in any such project, any required investigation, study, analysis, appraisal or financing plan.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1055.)

article: 4. Improvement Districts

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text:
The formation of an improvement district shall be initiated by a resolution of the district board which shall contain all of the following:

(a) A description of the proposed boundaries of the improvement district proposed to be formed.

(b) A brief general description of the project proposed to be undertaken within such improvement district.

(c) A statement that the proposed project will be a special benefit to such improvement district.

(d) A statement of the district board’s intention to undertake the project.

(e) An estimate of the cost of the proposed project.

(f) The method by which the proposed project is proposed to be financed, including the amount of bonded debt, if any, to be incurred; and, to the extent that the project is to be financed by taxes levied in such improvement district for purposes other than the payment of the principal of, and interest on, bonds, the proposed maximum amount of such tax which may be levied in any year, which maximum shall not exceed one dollar ($1) per one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of the taxable property in such improvement district.

(g) The time, place, and date for a hearing by the district board on the matters stated in such resolution, which shall be not less than 15 nor more than 60 days after the date of adoption of the resolution initiating formation proceedings.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: The secretary shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing by causing a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 6550.2 to be published for the time provided by Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation, circulated in the proposed improvement district, but if there is no such newspaper, then in one circulated in the county in which the proposed improvement district is situated. The secretary shall also mail copies of the resolution to all landowners owning land within the proposed improvement district.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: The hearing on the proposed improvement district shall be held by the board of directors upon the date and at the time specified in the resolution initiating proceedings. At the hearing the board of directors shall hear and receive any oral or written protests, objections, or evidence which shall be made, presented, or filed. Any person who shall have filed a written protest may withdraw the same at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: The district board shall have power to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district, the project to be undertaken, the estimate of the cost of the project, the method by which the project is to be financed, or any two or more of such matters; provided, however, that the board shall not change such boundaries so as to include any territory which will not, in its judgment, be benefited by such improvement and shall exclude from the proposed improvement district any territory which it finds will not be benefited by inclusion therein.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district by adding territory thereto, the project, the estimate of cost, or the method by which the project is to be financed or to increase the proposed maximum amount of the tax, it shall state the proposed change and the time and place for a hearing thereon in a resolution and give notice of such hearing in the manner required by Section 6550.3. At the time and place fixed for the hearing, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the district board shall continue with the hearing. At the hearing any person interested, including any person owning property within the district or within the proposed improvement district, may appear and present any matters material to the changes stated in the notice.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text:
If prior to the conclusion of the hearing written protests against the formation of the proposed improvement district or the proposed project signed by the current holders of title to taxable property within the proposed improvement district which, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll, constitutes more than one-half of the total assessed value of taxable property within the proposed improvement district, are filed with the district board, further proceedings relating to the proposed improvement district and the proposed project shall be terminated and no proceedings for the formation of any improvement district to undertake the proposed project shall be instituted for a period of six months following the date of the conclusion of the hearing.

Where taxable property is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the first one of such owners who signs the written protest shall commit all such property to the protest.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: At the conclusion of the hearing, if the proceedings are not terminated pursuant to Section 6550.7, the district board shall by resolution determine whether it is deemed necessary to form the improvement district and to undertake the project and, if so, the amount of any proposed debt to be incurred to finance the project, that the exterior boundaries of the portion of the district which will be benefited are set forth on a map on file with the district board (which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the improvement district), and that such portion of the district set forth on such map shall thereupon constitute and be known as “Improvement District No. __ of ____ (name of sanitary district),” and the determination made in said resolution shall be final and conclusive. After the formation of such improvement district within a sanitary district, all proceedings for the purpose of any bond election for the project for which the improvement district was formed shall be limited and shall apply only to such improvement district, and taxes for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in such improvement district.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text:
When the district board has made its determinations as provided in Section 6550.8, and if the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness to finance the project for which the improvement district was formed, the board shall by resolution call a special election in such improvement district for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters thereof, the proposition of incurring such indebtedness by the issuance of bonds of the district for such improvement district. Such resolution shall state:

(a) That the board deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness.

(b) The purpose for which the bonded indebtedness will be incurred.

(c) The amount of debt to be incurred.

(d) The name of the improvement district to be benefited by such indebtedness, and that a map showing the exterior boundaries of such improvement district is on file with the district board, which map shall govern for all details as to the extent of the improvement district.

(e) That taxes for the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in such improvement district.

(f) The maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity, which shall not exceed 40 years.

(g) The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not be more than the rate specified in this part for bonds of the district, payable at the times specified in this chapter for bonds of the district.

(h) The measure to be submitted to the voters.

(i) The date of the election.

(j) The election precincts, polling places and election officers.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: Except as otherwise provided in this article, notice of the election shall be given and the election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as elections for the authorization of bonds of the entire sanitary district, and if two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness, as proposed, bonds of the district, issued in the name of the district and designated “Bonds of ____ (naming the sanitary district) for Improvement District No. __”, shall be issued and sold for the amount stated in the resolution calling the election in the same form and manner as bonds of the entire sanitary district. Each bond of the district for an improvement district and all interest coupons thereof, shall state that taxes for the payment thereof shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in the improvement district.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: No irregularities or informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same, if the election shall have otherwise been fairly conducted. Any action or proceedings, wherein the validity of the formation of the improvement district or of any bonds issued for it or of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned or denied, shall be commenced within three months from the date of such election; otherwise, such bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the formation of the improvement district, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: Any moneys required to be raised from taxes for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on bonds of the district for an improvement district shall be derived exclusively from an annual tax upon the taxable property in the improvement district of such sanitary district, and all the taxable property within the improvement district of such sanitary district shall be and remain liable to be taxed for such payments. The district board shall annually, at the time and in the manner of levying other district taxes, levy and cause to be collected a tax upon the taxable property in the improvement district, based upon the last equalized assessment roll of the district, sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds for that year and such portion of the principal as is to become due before the time for making the next general tax levy. Such bonds and the interest thereon shall not be taxable in this state.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: Subject to such limitations as may be contained in the resolution declaring the improvement district to be formed, the district board shall have the power in any year to cause taxes to be levied and collected in any improvement district to finance any project of such improvement district and to pay the costs of administration, maintenance, and operation of any works or facilities of, or for, such improvement district.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: The procedure for levying and collecting taxes in any improvement district shall be the same as is provided in Chapter 7 (commencing at Section 6695) of this part for taxes on property in districts.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: All taxes collected pursuant to this article shall be expended only for the payment of bond principal and interest, or only for the improvement district project for which levied, except that any surplus tax proceeds levied otherwise than for payment of bond principal and interest which remain after the completion of any improvement district project for which levied shall be transferred to the bond interest and redemption fund of such improvement district, if any, otherwise to the district’s general fund.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: For the purpose of any tax levied under this article, the properties within any improvement district shall be deemed to be equally benefited.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: Territory within a district, but not a part of an improvement district created pursuant to this article, may be annexed to such improvement district whether or not contiguous thereto.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text:
Annexation of territory to an improvement district shall be initiated by a resolution of the district board which shall contain at least all of the following:

(a) A description of the territory proposed to be annexed.

(b) A statement that the area to be annexed to the improvement district will be benefited by such annexation.

(c) The time, place, and date for a hearing by the district board on the proposed annexation, which shall not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days after the date of adoption of the resolution initiating annexation proceedings.

(d) Any additional matters which the district board may determine are necessary or convenient to the annexation proceedings.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: The resolution shall be published and notice of the hearing on the proposed annexation shall be given, in the manner required by Section 6550.3, except that in applying such section the words “improvement district” shall mean the territory proposed to be annexed.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: The hearing on the proposed annexation shall be held in the manner required by Section 6550.4, except that in applying such section the words, “improvement district” shall mean the territory proposed to be annexed.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: The district board shall have the power to change the boundaries of territory proposed to be annexed to an improvement district, but shall not include any territory which, in its judgment, will not be benefited by inclusion within the improvement district, nor shall it exclude any territory which it finds would be benefited by inclusion within the improvement district.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed by adding territory thereto, it shall give notice thereof in the manner provided in Section 6550.19. Owners of land within the affected territory shall be given an opportunity to appear before the district board pursuant to Section 6550.20 and to register any protests.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: At the conclusion of the hearing, the district board may, by resolution, order the annexation to the improvement district of such territory as it determines will be benefited by inclusion therein.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: If all the owners of land within the territory proposed to be annexed have given their written assent to such annexation, the board may, by resolution, order such an annexation without notice and hearing by the board.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: After the adoption of a resolution ordering such annexation, or a resolution confirming an order of annexation following an election thereon, the secretary shall file a certified copy thereof with a map of the territory thus annexed with the county assessor and the county tax collector of each county in which such annexed territory is situated and with the State Board of Equalization.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


text: Territory annexed to an improvement district shall be subject to existing bond issues and indebtedness of the improvement district from and after the filing with the county assessor specified in Section 6550.25.

article: 4. Improvement Districts


citation: HSC § 6560

text:
The election on the question of formation of a district shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law.

Except as otherwise provided in this part, general district elections shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 15.)

chapter: 5. Elections

article: 1. Generally

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citation: HSC § 6561

text: Every voter resident within the district or a proposed district for the period requisite to enable him to vote at a general election, is entitled to vote at district elections.

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6562

text: At an annexation election every qualified voter resident in the territory proposed to be annexed for the length of time necessary to enable him to vote at a general election may vote.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 977.)

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6563

text: At district elections the last great register of the county shall be used, and any person otherwise entitled to vote whose name is not upon the register is entitled to vote upon producing and filing with the election board a certificate, under the hand and seal of the county clerk, showing that his name is registered and uncanceled upon the great register of the county.

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

article: 1. Generally


citation: HSC § 6580

text: Except as provided in Sections 6580.1 and 6580.2, all elections of officers after the formation of the district, which elections shall be known as “general district elections,” shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year.

article: 2. Election of Officers

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text:
The election of officers may be consolidated with the direct primary election if the board of directors passes a resolution to that effect on or before the first day of August of the preceding odd-numbered year, and states in the resolution those offices of director to be filled at the first consolidated election. The offices that may be filled at the first consolidated election in those districts whose general district elections are held pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law are those offices that would have expired on the last Friday of December of the year preceding the direct primary election and in all other districts are those offices that would have expired in the year of the consolidated election or in the year next following. Upon a determination to consolidate pursuant to this section, the affected officers shall hold office until the first meeting of the board following the entry of the statement of the result of the consolidated election on the records of the board of supervisors or until the end of the terms for which they were elected, whichever is shorter. In the event this consolidation procedure is used, all other elective offices shall expire and be filled in the same manner at the next succeeding consolidated election. Any vacant office resulting from the operation of this section shall be filled by appointment by the board.

If the election of directors is consolidated, and if there is to be but one person to be elected to the office, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast for the candidates for that office shall be declared elected. If there are two or more persons to be elected to the office, those candidates equal in number to the number to be elected who receive the highest number of votes for the office shall be declared elected. If a tie vote makes it impossible to determine which of two or more candidates has been elected, the governing board shall forthwith notify the candidates who have received the tie votes to appear before it either personally or by representative, at a time and place designated by the governing body. The governing body shall then determine the tie by lot and the results thereof shall be declared by the governing body. The candidate so chosen shall qualify, take office and serve as though elected at the preceding general district election.

For consolidated elections, candidates shall declare their candidacy and shall be nominated, election returns shall be canvassed, the election shall be held and conducted, the results shall be declared, and the certificates of election shall be issued, in the same manner as the declaration of candidacy, nomination, election, canvassing of returns, declaration of results, and issuance of certificates of election for county officers are made, declared, held, and conducted, and issued, so far as consistent with the provisions of this section. Directors elected under this section, except the first board of directors, shall take office at the first meeting of the board following the entry of the statement of the result of the consolidated election on the records of the board of supervisors. Elections held under this section at the time of the direct primary election and consolidated therewith shall be known as the general district election, and each other election in a district holding elections under this section which may be held by authority of this law, the Elections Code, or other law applicable thereto, shall be known as a special district election.

Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 of, and Section 10515 of the Elections Code shall apply to every consolidation under this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 123. Effective January 1, 1995.)

article: 2. Election of Officers


text:
An officer elected or appointed pursuant to Section 6580.1 shall hold office until the election or appointment and qualification of his or her successor.

A district that has determined to consolidate its general district elections with the direct primary election may thereafter determine to conduct its general district elections pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law. In such event, the district board shall, at any time on or before July 15 of any odd-numbered year, adopt a resolution to that effect. A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the county elections official no later than July 20 of that year. Thereafter, the terms of each elective officer shall be determined pursuant to Section 10507 of the Elections Code, and, commencing with the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of said year, all subsequent general district elections shall be held in the time and manner set forth in the Uniform District Election Law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 124. Effective January 1, 1995.)

article: 2. Election of Officers


citation: HSC § 6585

text:
The nominating petition may be upon one or more sheets of paper.

Each petition shall contain the name of only one candidate who shall be a resident elector of the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 154.)

article: 2. Election of Officers


citation: HSC § 6590

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this article shall apply only to the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 696, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

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citation: HSC § 6591

text:
(a) In the case of an elected district board, the directors may be elected by divisions if a majority of the voters voting upon the question are in favor of the question at a general district or special election. Conversely, in the case of a district that has an elected district board which is elected by election division, the directors may be elected at large if a majority of the voters voting upon the question are in favor of the question at a general district or special election.

(b) As used in this section, “election by division” means the election of each member of the district board by voters of only the respective election division.

(c) The district board may adopt a resolution placing the question on the ballot. Alternatively, upon receipt of a petition signed by at least 5 percent of the registered voters of the district, the district board shall adopt a resolution placing the question on the ballot.

(d) If the question is submitted to the voters at a general district election, the notice required by Section 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on the ballot. If the question is submitted to the voters at a special election, the notice of election and ballot shall contain a statement of the question.

(e) If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves the election of directors by divisions, the district board shall promptly adopt a resolution dividing the district into as many divisions as there are directors. The resolution shall assign a number to each division. Using the last decennial census as a basis, the divisions shall be as nearly equal in population as possible. In establishing the boundaries of the divisions the district board may give consideration to the following factors: (1) topography, (2) geography, (3) cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of territory, and (4) community of interests of the divisions.

(f) If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves the election of directors by division, the board members shall be elected by election divisions and each member elected shall be a resident of the election division from which he or she is elected. At the district general election following the approval by the voters of the election of directors by divisions, the district board shall assign vacancies on the board created by the expiration of terms to the respective election divisions and the vacancies shall be filled from those election divisions.

(g) If the majority of voters voting upon the question approves the election of directors at large, the district board shall promptly adopt a resolution dissolving the election divisions which had existed.

article: 2.5. Central Contra Costa Sanitary District


citation: HSC § 6592

text: In the case of a district board elected by election divisions, the district board shall adjust the boundaries of the election divisions before November 1 of the year following the year in which each decennial federal census is taken. If at any time between each decennial federal census a change of organization alters the population of the district or the district increases or decreases the number of members of the district board, the district board shall reexamine the boundaries of its election divisions. If the district board finds that the population of any election division has varied so that the divisions no longer meet the criteria specified in subdivision (c) of Section 6591, the district board shall adjust the boundaries of the election divisions so that the divisions shall be as nearly equal in population as possible. The district board shall make this change within 60 days of the effective date of the change of organization or an increase or decrease in the number of members of the district board.


citation: HSC § 6593

text:
(a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to Section 6591, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for the proposal. The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the district. If the district is located in more than one county, publication of the notice shall be made in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties.

(b) The notice shall be signed by at least one, but not more than three, chief petitioners and shall be in substantially the following form: “Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition Notice is hereby given of the intention to circulate a petition affecting the Board of Directors of the ______ (name of the district). The petition proposes that ______ (description of the proposal).”

(c) Within five days after the date of publication, the chief petitioners shall file with the secretary of the district board a copy of the notice together with an affidavit made by a representative of the newspaper in which the notice was published certifying to the fact of publication.

(d) After the filing required pursuant to subdivision (c), the petition may be circulated for signatures.


citation: HSC § 6594

text:
(a) Sections 100 and 104 of the Elections Code shall govern the signing of the petition and the format of the petition.

(b) A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. The chief petitioner or petitioners shall file the petition, together with all counterparts, with the secretary of the district board. The secretary shall not accept a petition for filing unless the signatures have been secured within six months of the date on which the first signature was obtained and the chief petitioner or petitioners submitted the petition to the secretary for filing within 60 days after the last signature was obtained.


citation: HSC § 6595

text:
(a) Within 30 days after the date of filing a petition, the secretary of the district board shall cause the petition to be examined and shall prepare a certificate of sufficiency indicating whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of signers.

(b) The secretary shall cause the names of the signers on the petition to be compared with the voters’ register in the office of the county clerk or registrar of voters and ascertain (1) the number of registered voters in the district, and (2) the number of qualified signers appearing upon the petition.

(c) If the certificate of the secretary shows the petition to be insufficient, the secretary shall immediately give notice by certified mail of the insufficiency to the chief petitioners. That mailed notice shall state in what amount the petition is insufficient. Within 15 days after the date of the notice of insufficiency, the chief petitioners may file with the secretary a supplemental petition bearing additional signatures.

(d) Within 10 days after the date of filing a supplemental petition, the secretary shall examine the supplemental petition and certify in writing the results of his or her examination.

(e) The secretary shall sign and date a certificate of sufficiency. That certificate shall also state the minimum signature requirements for a sufficient petition and show the results of the secretary’s examination. The secretary shall mail a copy of the certificate of sufficiency to the chief petitioners.

(f) Once the chief petitioners have filed a sufficient petition, the district board shall take the actions required pursuant to Section 6591.