California Code
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL
CHAPTER 5 - Special Assessment and Bond Refunding Law of 1939

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

Section 59100. - 59100. This chapter may be cited as the Special Assessment...

Section 59101. - 59101. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general...

Section 59102. - 59102. If a city legislative body conducts the proceedings under...

Section 59103. - 59103. If a county or city and county legislative body...

Section 59103.1. - 59103.1. If a public district legislative body conducts such proceedings...

Section 59104. - 59104. “Local agency” means city, county, city and county, or...

Section 59105. - 59105. “Legislative body” means legislative body of the local agency...

Section 59106. - 59106. “Bonds” includes: (a) Bonds, their coupons, and accrued interest...

Section 59107. - 59107. “Lot” means land, lot, part of a lot, parcel,...

Section 59108. - 59108. “Improvement” where used in “special improvement district” means any...

Section 59109. - 59109. “Engineer” means: (a) The city engineer, if a city...

Section 59110. - 59110. In addition to other proper items, “incidental expenses” includes:...

Section 59111. - 59111. “Cost of the proceedings” means the cost of acquisition...

Section 59112. - 59112. “Clerk” means clerk of the legislative body conducting the...

Section 59113. - 59113. “Tax-deeded land” means any lot deeded to the State...

Section 59114. - 59114. “Original bonds” means the outstanding improvement district bonds which...

Section 59115. - 59115. “New bonds” means refunding bonds issued pursuant to this...

Section 59116. - 59116. “Original proceedings” means the proceedings by which the original...

Section 59117. - 59117. “Proceedings” means proceedings pursuant to this chapter to refund...

Section 59118. - 59118. “New district” means the assessment district proposed to be...

Section 59119. - 59119. “District” means the district or improvement district against which...

Section 59120. - 59120. Whenever the legislative body determines that the public interest,...

Section 59121. - 59121. Whenever the legislative body determines that the public interest,...

Section 59122. - 59122. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its...

Section 59123. - 59123. In any procedure taken pursuant to this chapter, if...

Section 59124. - 59124. The reassessment provisions and curative clauses of the Improvement...

Section 59125. - 59125. A legislative body authorized to conduct a proceeding pursuant...

Section 59126. - 59126. The Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act...

Section 59127. - 59127. When any notice or resolution is required to be...

Section 59128. - 59128. When a notice is required to be mailed to...

Section 59129. - 59129. Wherever the State, or any county, city, school district,...

ARTICLE 2 - Authority to Conduct Proceedings

Section 59175. - 59175. Authority to conduct proceedings is conferred upon the legislative...

Section 59176. - 59176. The legislative body which ordered the original bonds issued...

Section 59177. - 59177. If the district lies entirely within a city, the...

Section 59178. - 59178. If the district lies entirely within unincorporated territory of...

Section 59178.1. - 59178.1. If the district lies entirely within the incorporated territory...

Section 59179. - 59179. In all cases of incorporation of, annexation of territory...

Section 59180. - 59180. If a district lies entirely within two or more...

Section 59181. - 59181. If the district lies partly within unincorporated territory of...

Section 59182. - 59182. If more than one legislative body has authority to...

Section 59183. - 59183. Such legislative bodies may grant such consent, which shall...

Section 59184. - 59184. The consent shall be obtained and a certified copy...

Section 59185. - 59185. When consent has been given, the legislative body to...

ARTICLE 3 - Resolution of Intention

Section 59210. - 59210. Before ordering the acquisition and cancellation of any bonds,...

Section 59211. - 59211. The resolution shall contain a description of the boundaries...

Section 59212. - 59212. If the resolution provides that all of the original...

Section 59213. - 59213. The original bonds of contiguous or overlapping districts may...

Section 59214. - 59214. If the resolution of intention provides that all of...

Section 59214.5. - 59214.5. Less than all of the original bonds of a...

Section 59215. - 59215. No property within the new district shall be charged...

Section 59216. - 59216. In the resolution of intention the new district may...

Section 59217. - 59217. The resolution of intention shall: (a) Refer to the...

Section 59218. - 59218. The resolution shall state: (a) That it is proposed...

Section 59219. - 59219. The resolution of intention shall state: (a) The amount...

Section 59220. - 59220. The legislative body may recite in the resolution of...

Section 59221. - 59221. The resolution shall contain a notice of the time...

Section 59222. - 59222. The time shall be not less than 15 nor...

Section 59223. - 59223. The resolution of intention shall be published twice in...

Section 59224. - 59224. A notice of the passage of the resolution of...

Section 59225. - 59225. The notice shall be entitled “Notice to Owners of...

Section 59226. - 59226. It shall: (a) Give notice of the passage of...

ARTICLE 4 - Protests to Proposed Refunding and District

Section 59250. - 59250. Written protests against the proposed refunding or the creation...

Section 59251. - 59251. The legislative body acquires jurisdiction to order the refunding...

ARTICLE 5 - Notice to Bondholders of Proposed Refunding and Invitation for Proposals

Section 59270. - 59270. The legislative body shall cause a notice of the...

Section 59271. - 59271. The notice shall be headed substantially as follows: “Notice...

Section 59272. - 59272. The notice shall briefly set forth: (a) The fact...

Section 59273. - 59273. In the notice the legislative body shall invite the...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Refunding of Ad Valorem Tax or Assessment Bonds

Section 59280. - 59280. The legislative body shall have power under this chapter...

Section 59281. - 59281. Refunding bonds may be issued under this chapter for...

Section 59282. - 59282. The incidental costs of issuing the refunding bonds may...

Section 59283. - 59283. The proceeds of the sale of any refunding bonds...

Section 59284. - 59284. Such proceeds and reinvestments in escrow or in trust...

Section 59285. - 59285. Upon the issuance, sale and delivery or exchange of...

Section 59286. - 59286. In proceeding under the alternatives provided for in this...

ARTICLE 6 - Diagram

Section 59290. - 59290. If pursuant to the notice, the bondholders file with...

Section 59291. - 59291. If in the original proceedings for formation of the...

Section 59292. - 59292. The diagram shall show each lot in the new...

ARTICLE 7 - Reassessment

Section 59320. - 59320. In refunding the indebtedness of a district the total...

Section 59321. - 59321. Upon completion of the diagram the engineer or such...

Section 59322. - 59322. The engineer or such other person shall assess upon...

Section 59323. - 59323. Tax deeded lands are subject to reassessment in refunding...

Section 59324. - 59324. In making the assessment and estimating the benefits to...

ARTICLE 8 - Notice of Assessment Hearing

Section 59350. - 59350. When the diagram and assessment have been made, they...

Section 59351. - 59351. Upon such filing, the clerk shall give notice of...

Section 59352. - 59352. The notice shall: (a) Recite that a bondholders’ proposal...

Section 59353. - 59353. The notice shall contain a statement that before the...

Section 59354. - 59354. The notice shall state that any such owner may...

Section 59355. - 59355. The notice shall be posted for not less than...

Section 59356. - 59356. Before the date designated for the hearing, the notice...

Section 59357. - 59357. The clerk shall mail a copy of the notice...

Section 59358. - 59358. The mailed notice shall also: (a) Designate the property...

ARTICLE 9 - Hearing on Assessments

Section 59380. - 59380. As used in this article, “interested person” means an...

Section 59381. - 59381. Prior to the time fixed for the assessment hearing...

Section 59382. - 59382. At the time set for hearing protests the legislative...

Section 59383. - 59383. Upon such appeal, the legislative body may: (a) Remedy...

Section 59384. - 59384. After notice and hearing of assessment pursuant to this...

Section 59385. - 59385. If the resolution of intention is actually published pursuant...

ARTICLE 10 - Preliminary Confirmation

Section 59410. - 59410. When no appeal is taken or when the orders...

Section 59411. - 59411. In the resolution the legislative body shall determine: (a)...

Section 59412. - 59412. Before the legislative body may proceed after the preliminary...

Section 59413. - 59413. The State Controller may sign any consent to the...

ARTICLE 11 - Final Confirmation

Section 59440. - 59440. The assessment hearing shall be continued from time to...

Section 59441. - 59441. If the legislative body determines that the consents have...

ARTICLE 12 - Recording of Assessment

Section 59470. - 59470. If the proceedings are conducted by a city legislative...

Section 59471. - 59471. If the proceedings are conducted by a county legislative...

Section 59472. - 59472. The reassessment shall not be recorded until the occurrence...

Section 59473. - 59473. When recorded, the amounts so reassessed upon the lots...

Section 59474. - 59474. The lien shall continue until the reassessment and the...

Section 59475. - 59475. The lien has priority over all special assessment liens...

Section 59476. - 59476. From the date of the recording all persons are...

ARTICLE 13 - Payment of Assessments

Section 59500. - 59500. If a bond has not been issued to represent...

Section 59501. - 59501. Upon payment of any reassessment, such superintendent of streets...

Section 59502. - 59502. Immediately upon recordation, the officer with whom the reassessment...

Section 59503. - 59503. The notice shall be published once a week for...

Section 59504. - 59504. Notice shall also be given by mailing a postcard...

Section 59505. - 59505. Any reassessment upon public property shall be paid by...

Section 59506. - 59506. If money is not available for the payment of...

Section 59507. - 59507. Any reassessment upon public property not in use in...

Section 59508. - 59508. The foreclosure action shall be brought in the name...

Section 59509. - 59509. The foreclosure action may be brought by any competent...

Section 59510. - 59510. New bonds shall not issue against public property and...

Section 59511. - 59511. If a reassessment has been levied upon tax-deeded land...

Section 59512. - 59512. If the property was deeded to a city or...

Section 59513. - 59513. After the adoption of the resolution of intention in...

Section 59514. - 59514. After the expiration of 30 days from the date...

Section 59515. - 59515. The list shall exclude reassessments upon public property, but...

ARTICLE 14 - Contributions

Section 59530. - 59530. To aid in refunding the indebtedness of a district,...

Section 59531. - 59531. The legislative body making any contribution of public funds...

Section 59532. - 59532. Prior to the final confirmation of the assessment, the...

Section 59533. - 59533. If the proceedings for which contributions are made are...

Section 59534. - 59534. If contributions are made exclusively for the payment of...

Section 59535. - 59535. The legislative body may pay all or part of...

Section 59536. - 59536. The legislative body may appropriate funds from a general...

ARTICLE 15 - Acquisition and Cancellation of Bonds of Consenting Bondholders

Section 59560. - 59560. If the holders of all of the original bonds...

Section 59561. - 59561. Any such proposal or contract may provide such terms...

Section 59562. - 59562. When the new bonds or money is delivered to...

ARTICLE 16 - Acquisition and Cancellation of Bonds of Nonconsenting Bondholders

Section 59590. - 59590. If the holders of one or more of the...

Section 59591. - 59591. Any local agency authorized by this chapter to appropriate...

Section 59592. - 59592. When any local agency, person, or corporation advances money...

Section 59593. - 59593. If the legislative body makes all or part of...

Section 59594. - 59594. Any cash collected on reassessments and not required to...

Section 59595. - 59595. The legislative body may use any other method of...

Section 59596. - 59596. When money is placed in any fund for the...

Section 59597. - 59597. If the proposals or contract with the bondholders so...

Section 59598. - 59598. If the discharge of the original bonds of any...

ARTICLE 17 - Foreclosure on Tax-Deeded Land

Section 59620. - 59620. Upon any default in the payment of an installment...

Section 59621. - 59621. The State, or the city or other municipal or...

ARTICLE 18 - Bond Plans

Section 59640. - 59640. Serial bonds shall be issued to represent the unpaid...

Section 59641. - 59641. Under Bond Plan A, a bond shall be issued...

Section 59642. - 59642. Under Bond Plan B or C bonds shall be...

Section 59643. - 59643. Bond Plan B bonds shall be: (a) Issued in...

Section 59644. - 59644. Bond Plan C bonds shall be: (a) Issued in...

Section 59645. - 59645. Any appropriate changes may be made in the wording...

Section 59646. - 59646. Bond Plan A bonds shall be payable to the...

Section 59647. - 59647. Bond Plan A bonds shall be for the term...

Section 59648. - 59648. Bond Plan A bonds shall have annual coupons attached...

Section 59649. - 59649. Bond Plan A bonds shall also have semiannual interest...

Section 59650. - 59650. The bonds issued under Bond Plans A, B, or...

Section 59651. - 59651. Bond Plan A bonds may be issued for a...

Section 59652. - 59652. Bond Plan B or C bonds may be issued...

Section 59653. - 59653. The determination of the legislative body as to the...

Section 59654. - 59654. If Bond Plan B or C is used the...

ARTICLE 19 - Validating Proceedings

Section 59670. - 59670. Unless commenced within 60 days after the confirmation of...

Section 59671. - 59671. An action to determine the validity of the reassessment...

Section 59672. - 59672. In such validation action all findings, conclusions, and determinations...

Section 59673. - 59673. If any reassessment or any refunding bond is held...

Section 59674. - 59674. A reassessment of a reassessment made pursuant to this...