California Code
Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT

CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 2000. - 2000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 2001. - 2001. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 2002. - 2002. As used in this chapter: (a) “Abate” means to...

Section 2003. - 2003. (a) This chapter provides the authority for the organization...

Section 2004. - 2004. This chapter is necessary to protect the public health,...

Section 2005. - 2005. If any provision of this chapter or the application...

Section 2006. - 2006. (a) Any action to determine the validity of either...

Section 2007. - 2007. (a) Except as provided in this section, territory, whether...

ARTICLE 2 - Formation

Section 2010. - 2010. A new district may be formed pursuant to this...

Section 2011. - 2011. (a) A proposal to form a new district may...

Section 2012. - 2012. (a) Before circulating any petition, the proponents shall publish...

Section 2013. - 2013. (a) A proposal to form a new district may...

Section 2014. - 2014. (a) Once the proponents have filed a sufficient petition...

ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers

Section 2020. - 2020. A legislative body of at least five members known...

Section 2021. - 2021. Within 30 days after the effective date of the...

Section 2021.5. - 2021.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2021, the Board of Trustees of...

Section 2022. - 2022. (a) Each person appointed by a board of supervisors...

Section 2023. - 2023. (a) The initial board of trustees of a district...

Section 2024. - 2024. (a) Except as provided in Section 2023, the term...

Section 2025. - 2025. (a) Under no circumstances shall a board of trustees...

Section 2026. - 2026. (a) A local agency formation commission, in approving either...

Section 2027. - 2027. (a) At the first meeting of the initial board...

Section 2028. - 2028. A board of trustees shall meet at least once...

Section 2029. - 2029. (a) A majority of the board of trustees shall...

Section 2030. - 2030. (a) The members of the board of trustees shall...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers

Section 2040. - 2040. Within the district’s boundaries or in territory that is...

Section 2041. - 2041. A district shall have and may exercise all rights...

Section 2042. - 2042. When acquiring, improving, or using any real property, a...

Section 2043. - 2043. (a) A district shall have perpetual succession. (b) A...

Section 2044. - 2044. (a) A district may cooperate with any public agency...

Section 2045. - 2045. A district may contract with other public agencies and...

Section 2046. - 2046. (a) Each district shall adopt policies and procedures, including...

Section 2047. - 2047. Any person who restrains, hinders, obstructs, or threatens any...

Section 2048. - 2048. (a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section...

Section 2049. - 2049. A board of trustees may require any employee or...

Section 2050. - 2050. A board of trustees may provide for any programs...

Section 2051. - 2051. A district may authorize the members of its board...

Section 2052. - 2052. (a) Pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 106925)...

Section 2053. - 2053. (a) A district may request an inspection and abatement...

Section 2054. - 2054. Whenever the boundaries of a district or a zone...

Section 2055. - 2055. (a) In any dispute between a district and another...

ARTICLE 5 - Abatement

Section 2060. - 2060. (a) A district may abate a public nuisance pursuant...

Section 2061. - 2061. (a) Whenever a public nuisance exists on any property...

Section 2062. - 2062. (a) A board of trustees shall not declare an...

Section 2063. - 2063. In addition to abating the public nuisance and taking...

Section 2064. - 2064. A board of trustees may consider any recurrence of...

Section 2065. - 2065. (a) The owner of the property abated pursuant to...

Section 2066. - 2066. The lien provisions of this article shall not apply...

Section 2067. - 2067. Any money collected by a county from a lien...

ARTICLE 6 - Finances

Section 2070. - 2070. (a) On or before August 1 of each year,...

Section 2071. - 2071. (a) In its annual budget, the board of trustees...

Section 2072. - 2072. (a) On or before July 1 of each year,...

Section 2073. - 2073. The auditor of each county in which a district...

Section 2074. - 2074. (a) A district may accept any revenue, money, grants,...

Section 2075. - 2075. All claims for money or damages against a district...

Section 2076. - 2076. (a) All claims against a district shall be audited,...

Section 2077. - 2077. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2076, a district that has total...

Section 2078. - 2078. The board of trustees may establish a revolving fund...

Section 2079. - 2079. (a) The board of trustees shall provide for regular...

ARTICLE 7 - Alternative Revenues

Section 2080. - 2080. Whenever a board of trustees determines that the amount...

Section 2081. - 2081. A district may levy special taxes pursuant to: (a)...

Section 2082. - 2082. (a) A district may levy special benefit assessments consistent...

Section 2083. - 2083. A district may levy special benefit assessments consistent with...

Section 2084. - 2084. Pursuant to Section 5 of Article XIII D of...

Section 2085. - 2085. (a) A board of trustees may charge a fee...

ARTICLE 8 - Zones

Section 2090. - 2090. (a) Whenever a board of trustees determines that it...

Section 2091. - 2091. (a) At the hearing, the board of trustees shall...

Section 2092. - 2092. (a) A board of trustees may change the boundaries...

Section 2093. - 2093. (a) As determined by the board of trustees, a...

CHAPTER 2 - Mosquito Abatement

Section 2100. - 2100. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 2101. - 2101. (a) There is hereby established the California Mosquito Surveillance...

CHAPTER 8 - Pest Abatement Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

Section 2800. - 2800. “Pest,” as used in this chapter, includes any plant,...

Section 2800.5. - 2800.5. As used in this chapter, “public nuisance” includes, but...

Section 2801. - 2801. This chapter is supplemental to any other provision of...

Section 2802. - 2802. “District,” as used in this chapter, means any pest...

Section 2803. - 2803. Any person who restrains, hinders, obstructs, or threatens any...

Section 2804. - 2804. In case of a dispute between governmental agencies on...

Section 2805. - 2805. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), every...

ARTICLE 2 - Formation

Section 2822. - 2822. The organization of a pest abatement district may be...

Section 2822.5. - 2822.5. The petition shall state the basis on which the...

Section 2823. - 2823. The petition may fix the maximum rate of assessments...

Section 2824. - 2824. The petition shall be signed by registered voters residing...

Section 2825. - 2825. The petition shall be presented to the clerk of...

Section 2826. - 2826. If the petition lacks sufficient signatures the county clerk...

Section 2827. - 2827. If the petition contains the requisite number of signatures...

Section 2828. - 2828. If the board of supervisors finds that the petition...

Section 2829. - 2829. At the time of the hearing, or at any...

Section 2830. - 2830. The board of supervisors may make such changes in...

Section 2831. - 2831. If, upon the hearing, the board of supervisors determines...

Section 2832. - 2832. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately...

Section 2833. - 2833. If at any time after the board of supervisors...

Section 2834. - 2834. Upon receipt of the certified copy of the resolution...

Section 2835. - 2835. Upon a petition adopted by a four-fifths vote of...

ARTICLE 3 - Administration

Section 2850. - 2850. Within 30 days after incorporation the board of supervisors...

Section 2851. - 2851. The members of the district board shall hold office...

Section 2852. - 2852. The district board may take all necessary or proper...

Section 2853. - 2853. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter...

ARTICLE 3.5 - District Powers

Section 2855. - 2855. The district board may do all of the following:...

Section 2855.3. - 2855.3. Every sale of real property made pursuant to subdivision...

Section 2855.7. - 2855.7. The district board may borrow money in any fiscal...

Section 2856. - 2856. Any nuisance may be abated in any action or...

Section 2857. - 2857. Whenever a nuisance exists upon any property, either in...

Section 2858. - 2858. The notice required by Section 2857 shall include all...

Section 2860. - 2860. If the property is owned by a person who...

Section 2861. - 2861. Before complying with the requirements of the notice, the...

Section 2861.5. - 2861.5. Any judicial review of administrative procedure provided for in...

Section 2861.7. - 2861.7. Any recurrence of the nuisance may be deemed to...

Section 2862. - 2862. If the nuisance is not abated within the time...

Section 2862.5. - 2862.5. The cost of abating a nuisance shall be repaid...

Section 2863. - 2863. When any nuisance is found to exist on any...

Section 2864. - 2864. Upon the failure of the property owner or the...

Section 2864.7. - 2864.7. A copy of the filed and recorded lien may...

Section 2865. - 2865. If the county assessor and the tax collector assess...

Section 2865.5. - 2865.5. The county auditor shall enter each lien on the...

Section 2866. - 2866. The amount of the lien shall be collected at...

Section 2867. - 2867. The lien provisions of this article do not apply...

Section 2868. - 2868. Any amounts collected by a county on account of...

ARTICLE 4 - Taxation

Section 2870. - 2870. The district board shall annually before July 10 prepare...

Section 2871. - 2871. The county auditor shall allocate to a district its...

Section 2871.5. - 2871.5. (a) If the petition for formation of the district...

Section 2871.7. - 2871.7. After a public hearing, the district board shall determine...

Section 2871.8. - 2871.8. (a) Whenever it appears to the district board that...

Section 2871.9. - 2871.9. Any district formed prior to January 1, 1985, may...

Section 2872. - 2872. All taxes and assessments levied under this chapter shall...

Section 2873. - 2873. The funds of the district shall be withdrawn from...

Section 2874. - 2874. The board of supervisors, from time to time, may...

Section 2876. - 2876. Notwithstanding the basis upon which property in the district...

ARTICLE 4.1 - Standby Charges for Public Health Emergencies

Section 2877. - 2877. The Legislature finds that unabated outbreaks of mosquitoes pose...

Section 2878. - 2878. A pest abatement district may adopt an ordinance to...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Claims

Section 2880. - 2880. All claims for money or damages against the district...

ARTICLE 5 - Annexation

Section 2900. - 2900. At any time after the incorporation of a district,...

Section 2901. - 2901. Annexations may proceed under Article 2 (commencing with Section...

ARTICLE 5a - Consolidation

Section 2910. - 2910. Two or more contiguous pest abatement districts may be...