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DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS

PART 1 - SANITARY DISTRICT ACT OF 923

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 6400. - 6400. “District,” as used in this part, means a district...

Section 6401. - 6401. “Board” or “district board,” as used in this part,...

Section 6402. - 6402. “Secretary,” as used in this part, means the secretary...

Section 6403. - 6403. “Assessor,” as used in this part, means the assessor...

Section 6404. - 6404. “Tax collector,” as used in this part, means the...

Section 6405. - 6405. “Treasurer,” as used in this part, means the treasurer...

Section 6406. - 6406. “Garbage,” as used in this part, shall include all...

Section 6408. - 6408. “Board of supervisors,” as used in this part, means...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation

ARTICLE 1 - Petition

Section 6420. - 6420. Whenever 25 persons in any county, or in two...

Section 6421. - 6421. The petition shall contain: (a) The name of the...

Section 6422. - 6422. Each petitioner shall be a resident and freeholder in...

Section 6423. - 6423. The petition shall be verified by the affidavit of...

Section 6424. - 6424. The petition shall be published for at least two...

Section 6425. - 6425. With the petition there shall be published a notice...

ARTICLE 2 - Hearing

Section 6440. - 6440. At the time designated the board of supervisors shall...

Section 6441. - 6441. The board of supervisors shall not modify the boundaries...

Section 6442. - 6442. If the board of supervisors concludes that any land...

Section 6443. - 6443. The notice shall be given either by publication in...

Section 6444. - 6444. If the notice is given by personal service, it...

Section 6445. - 6445. The board of supervisors may grant further continuances, by...

Section 6446. - 6446. Upon the final hearing of the petition, the board...

Section 6447. - 6447. The order shall: (a) Fix the day of the...

Section 6448. - 6448. The order shall be entered in the minutes of...

ARTICLE 3 - Election on Formation and for Officers

Section 6460. - 6460. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, the...

Section 6461. - 6461. A copy of the order shall be posted for...

Section 6461.1. - 6461.1. Within five days after the district formation election has...

Section 6461.2. - 6461.2. The board of supervisors or any member or members...

Section 6461.3. - 6461.3. If more than one argument for or more than...

Section 6461.4. - 6461.4. The elections officials in charge of conducting the election...

Section 6462. - 6462. At least 15 days prior to the election, the...

Section 6463. - 6463. The ballots shall contain the words, “sanitary district: yes,”...

Section 6464. - 6464. At the election there shall be elected an assessor...

Section 6465. - 6465. If a majority of the votes cast in each...

Section 6466. - 6466. If a majority of the votes cast are against...

CHAPTER 3 - Officers

Section 6480. - 6480. (a) The officers of the district are an assessor...

Section 6480.1. - 6480.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6480, the local agency formation commission,...

Section 6480.5. - 6480.5. At any time within two years after a sanitary...

Section 6480.7. - 6480.7. If a consolidation involving the Capistrano Beach Sanitary District...

Section 6481. - 6481. The board is the governing power of the district,...

Section 6482. - 6482. Except as to those members of the board who...

Section 6483. - 6483. Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be...

Section 6484. - 6484. The members of the board elected at the election...

Section 6486. - 6486. At its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as...

Section 6487. - 6487. All contracts, deeds, warrants, releases, receipts, and documents shall...

Section 6488. - 6488. The board shall hold such meetings, either in the...

Section 6489. - 6489. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each of the members...

Section 6490. - 6490. (a) A general regulation of the board shall be...

Section 6491. - 6491. Unless otherwise provided by this part, orders not establishing...

Section 6491.1. - 6491.1. The district board may, by general regulation, adopt codes...

Section 6491.2. - 6491.2. The district board may, by general regulation, adopt a...

Section 6491.3. - 6491.3. Ordinances of the district may be enacted in the...

Section 6491.5. - 6491.5. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter...

Section 6492. - 6492. The board may instruct the district attorney of the...

Section 6492.5. - 6492.5. The board may provide, by resolution, that the health...

Section 6493. - 6493. The board may at any time employ special counsel...

Section 6494. - 6494. There shall be an election for assessor in each...

Section 6495. - 6495. The assessor’s duties are fixed by this part and...

Section 6496. - 6496. The assessor shall receive such compensation as shall be...

Section 6497. - 6497. (1) The sanitary board of sanitary districts may classify...

Section 6499. - 6499. Any county officer required to act as an officer...

Section 6500. - 6500. If a district has a boundary which is contiguous...

Section 6501. - 6501. By resolution, the board may change the name of...

CHAPTER 4 - District Powers

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 6510. - 6510. A district may use a seal, alterable at the...

Section 6511. - 6511. It may sue and be sued by its name....

Section 6512. - 6512. (a) A district may acquire, plan, construct, reconstruct, alter,...

Section 6512.5. - 6512.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose...

Section 6512.6. - 6512.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose...

Section 6512.7. - 6512.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6512 and the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government...

Section 6513. - 6513. It may permit the use of any property of...

Section 6514. - 6514. It may, for the purposes specified in this part,...

Section 6514.1. - 6514.1. (a) A district may lease, for a term not...

Section 6515. - 6515. It may make and accept contracts, deeds, releases, and...

Section 6516. - 6516. It may pay lawful claims and demands against it....

Section 6517. - 6517. It may employ and pay necessary agents and assistants....

Section 6518. - 6518. It may lay its sewers and drains in any...

Section 6518.5. - 6518.5. It may collect waste and garbage. (Added by Stats....

Section 6519. - 6519. It may call and conduct all necessary or proper...

Section 6520. - 6520. It may compel all residents and property owners in...

Section 6520.1. - 6520.1. It may prohibit any resident or property owner in...

Section 6520.2. - 6520.2. It may require any resident or property owner in...

Section 6520.3. - 6520.3. Any sanitary district and any county may enter into...

Section 6520.5. - 6520.5. It may, by an order approved by a two-thirds...

Section 6520.6. - 6520.6. The district board may, by resolution, abandon action for...

Section 6520.7. - 6520.7. It may sell, or otherwise dispose of, any water,...

Section 6520.9. - 6520.9. It may construct, maintain, and operate such pipelines or...

Section 6520.10. - 6520.10. On or before August 10, the board may certify...

Section 6520.11. - 6520.11. A district shall notify the assessee shown on the...

Section 6520.12. - 6520.12. In the event any charges for sewer and other...

Section 6521. - 6521. It may make and enforce all necessary and proper...

Section 6521.5. - 6521.5. Any district may exercise the power granted to sanitation...

Section 6522. - 6522. It may do any act necessary or proper to...

Section 6522.1. - 6522.1. No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates...

Section 6523. - 6523. A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a...

Section 6523.1. - 6523.1. It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee...

Section 6523.2. - 6523.2. In order to effect its powers, it may enter...

Section 6523.3. - 6523.3. In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Inclusion in County Sanitation District

Section 6524. - 6524. Any district organized under the provisions of this act...

Section 6525. - 6525. A sanitary district which becomes a part of a...

Section 6526. - 6526. When a sanitary district is not included in a...

Section 6527. - 6527. Following the formation of such county sanitation district it...

Section 6528. - 6528. Copies of the resolutions herein mentioned, duly certified by...

Section 6529. - 6529. Nothing herein shall prevent any territory within a county...

ARTICLE 2 - Sewer Maintenance in Cities

Section 6530. - 6530. At any time after the sewer or other sanitary...

Section 6530.1. - 6530.1. Whenever any portion of a district has been included...

Section 6531. - 6531. Where an entire district shall have heretofore become located...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of Other Statutes

Section 6540. - 6540. The governing board may order the construction of sewers,...

Section 6541. - 6541. The Improvement Act of 1911, the Improvement Bond Act...

Section 6542. - 6542. In the application of those acts to proceedings under...

Section 6543. - 6543. The powers and duties conferred by those acts and...

Section 6544. - 6544. The improvements authorized to be constructed or acquired by...

ARTICLE 4 - Improvement Districts

Section 6550.1. - 6550.1. An improvement district may be formed to undertake any...

Section 6550.2. - 6550.2. The formation of an improvement district shall be initiated...

Section 6550.3. - 6550.3. The secretary shall give notice of the time and...

Section 6550.4. - 6550.4. The hearing on the proposed improvement district shall be...

Section 6550.5. - 6550.5. The district board shall have power to change the...

Section 6550.6. - 6550.6. If the district board proposes to change the boundaries...

Section 6550.7. - 6550.7. If prior to the conclusion of the hearing written...

Section 6550.8. - 6550.8. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the proceedings...

Section 6550.9. - 6550.9. When the district board has made its determinations as...

Section 6550.10. - 6550.10. Except as otherwise provided in this article, notice of...

Section 6550.11. - 6550.11. No irregularities or informalities in conducting such election shall...

Section 6550.12. - 6550.12. Any moneys required to be raised from taxes for...

Section 6550.13. - 6550.13. Subject to such limitations as may be contained in...

Section 6550.14. - 6550.14. The procedure for levying and collecting taxes in any...

Section 6550.15. - 6550.15. All taxes collected pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 6550.16. - 6550.16. For the purpose of any tax levied under this...

Section 6550.17. - 6550.17. Territory within a district, but not a part of...

Section 6550.18. - 6550.18. Annexation of territory to an improvement district shall be...

Section 6550.19. - 6550.19. The resolution shall be published and notice of the...

Section 6550.20. - 6550.20. The hearing on the proposed annexation shall be held...

Section 6550.21. - 6550.21. The district board shall have the power to change...

Section 6550.22. - 6550.22. If the district board proposes to change the boundaries...

Section 6550.23. - 6550.23. At the conclusion of the hearing, the district board...

Section 6550.24. - 6550.24. If all the owners of land within the territory...

Section 6550.25. - 6550.25. After the adoption of a resolution ordering such annexation,...

Section 6550.26. - 6550.26. Territory annexed to an improvement district shall be subject...

CHAPTER 5 - Elections

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 6560. - 6560. The election on the question of formation of a...

Section 6561. - 6561. Every voter resident within the district or a proposed...

Section 6562. - 6562. At an annexation election every qualified voter resident in...

Section 6563. - 6563. At district elections the last great register of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Election of Officers

Section 6580. - 6580. Except as provided in Sections 6580.1 and 6580.2, all...

Section 6580.1. - 6580.1. The election of officers may be consolidated with the...

Section 6580.2. - 6580.2. An officer elected or appointed pursuant to Section 6580.1...

Section 6585. - 6585. The nominating petition may be upon one or more...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Central Contra Costa Sanitary District

Section 6590. - 6590. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this article shall...

Section 6591. - 6591. (a) In the case of an elected district board,...

Section 6592. - 6592. In the case of a district board elected by...

Section 6593. - 6593. (a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to Section 6591,...

Section 6594. - 6594. (a) Sections 100 and 104 of the Elections Code...

Section 6595. - 6595. (a) Within 30 days after the date of filing...

ARTICLE 3 - Bond Elections

Section 6610. - 6610. Notice of bond elections shall be given by posting...

Section 6611. - 6611. The notice shall contain: (a) Time and place of...

Section 6612. - 6612. The vote shall be by ballot, without reference to...

Section 6613. - 6613. After the votes have been announced the ballots shall...

CHAPTER 6 - Bonds

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 6640. - 6640. A district may issue bonds as provided in this...

Section 6641. - 6641. A district may issue bonds to raise money for...

Section 6642. - 6642. By order entered in its minutes, when in its...

Section 6643. - 6643. The order calling the election may submit as one...

Section 6644. - 6644. If, at the election, two-thirds of the votes cast...

Section 6645. - 6645. Bonds issued by the district under the provisions of...

Section 6646. - 6646. The bonds shall be payable in lawful money of...

Section 6647. - 6647. No bonds shall be payable in installments, but each...

Section 6648. - 6648. Each bond shall be signed by the president and...

Section 6649. - 6649. The bonds shall be sold by the board in...

Section 6650. - 6650. The term of bonds issued shall not exceed forty...

Section 6651. - 6651. The outstanding bonds of the district shall not at...

Section 6653. - 6653. An action to determine the validity of bonds may...

Section 6654. - 6654. (1) An issue of bonds is hereby defined to...

Section 6655. - 6655. In determining the amount of bonds to be issued,...

ARTICLE 2 - Bonds of Annexed Territory

Section 6660. - 6660. At any time after the annexation of territory, the...

Section 6661. - 6661. The provisions of this part with reference to bonds...

ARTICLE 3 - Reconstruction Bonds

Section 6670.1. - 6670.1. Bonds of the district for the purpose of providing...

ARTICLE 4 - Exchange of Bonds

Section 6680. - 6680. After a district organized under the Sanitary District Act...

Section 6681. - 6681. The new bonds shall be payable as nearly as...

Section 6682. - 6682. The expenses of the exchange shall be borne by...

Section 6683. - 6683. After the exchange the old bonds shall be canceled...

ARTICLE 5 - Refunding Bonds

Section 6690. - 6690. The board may cause refunding bonds to be issued...

Section 6691. - 6691. Refunding bonds shall be issued and delivered only when...

Section 6692. - 6692. Except as otherwise provided in this article, refunding bonds...

Section 6693. - 6693. The board desiring to refund any of its bonds...

Section 6694. - 6694. Only a majority vote shall be required to authorize...

Section 6694.1. - 6694.1. The maturity date of refunding bonds shall be fixed...

Section 6694.2. - 6694.2. The rate of interest on refunding bonds shall not...

Section 6694.3. - 6694.3. Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount...

CHAPTER 7 - Finances and Taxation

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 6695. - 6695. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, no...

Section 6696. - 6696. The board may prescribe the time and manner of...

Section 6697. - 6697. District taxes may be assessed, levied, and collected for...

Section 6698. - 6698. The board shall annually levy a tax upon the...

Section 6699. - 6699. If any portion of the interest or principal due...

Section 6700. - 6700. The payment of the principal and interest of all...

Section 6701. - 6701. Taxes for the payment of the principal and interest...

ARTICLE 2 - Assessment by District Assessor

Section 6715. - 6715. Between the first Mondays in March and July annually...

Section 6716. - 6716. No mistake in the name of the owner of...

Section 6717. - 6717. The assessor shall verify his assessment roll, and shall...

Section 6718. - 6718. All the provisions of law relating to assessment of...

ARTICLE 3 - Equalization of Assessments by District Assessor

Section 6730. - 6730. Annually, on the first Monday of July at seven...

Section 6731. - 6731. If the district assessor has returned the assessment roll...

Section 6732. - 6732. If the assessment roll has not been returned by...

Section 6733. - 6733. When the assessment roll is returned by the district...

Section 6734. - 6734. The board may hear complaints as to the proceedings...

ARTICLE 4 - Levy of Tax

Section 6745. - 6745. After the equalization of the assessments has been completed,...

Section 6746. - 6746. After the entry in the minutes of the resolution...

Section 6747. - 6747. When completed, the roll shall be verified by the...

ARTICLE 5 - Collection

Section 6760. - 6760. As soon as practicable, but not later than the...

Section 6761. - 6761. The tax collector shall collect the taxes shown to...

Section 6762. - 6762. All the provisions of the laws of the state...

Section 6763. - 6763. The board may direct the district attorney of the...

Section 6764. - 6764. All money collected for district purposes by the district...

Section 6765. - 6765. The board may at any time, by order entered...

Section 6766. - 6766. The tax collector shall immediately pay to the treasurer...

Section 6767. - 6767. The tax collector and the sureties on his official...

ARTICLE 6 - Use of County Assessor s Roll

Section 6780. - 6780. The board may elect to avail itself of the...

Section 6781. - 6781. The board shall declare its election by resolution and...

Section 6782. - 6782. Following the board’s election, the county auditor shall on...

Section 6783. - 6783. The board shall, then, before September 1st, estimate the...

Section 6784. - 6784. The board shall designate the number of cents on...

Section 6785. - 6785. The board shall by September 1st of each year...

Section 6786. - 6786. The county auditor shall compute and enter in the...

Section 6787. - 6787. The taxes are a lien on all the property...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Districts in More Than One County

Section 6789. - 6789. Taxes for a district which is situated in more...

ARTICLE 7 - Funds

Section 6790. - 6790. In a fund called the “bond fund of sanitary...

Section 6791. - 6791. No part of the money in the bond fund...

Section 6792. - 6792. In a fund called the “running expense fund of...

Section 6793. - 6793. The whole or any part of the money in...

Section 6794. - 6794. The treasurer shall pay out money of the district...

Section 6795. - 6795. The treasurer shall keep the order as his voucher,...

Section 6796. - 6796. The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be...

Section 6797. - 6797. The money in the sewer construction fund shall be...

Section 6798. - 6798. All fines for the violation of any regulation or...

Section 6799. - 6799. The county treasurer and sureties upon his official bond...

Section 6800. - 6800. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this...

Section 6801. - 6801. As an alternative to the functions of the treasurer,...

ARTICLE 8 - Claims

Section 6805. - 6805. All claims for money or damages against the district...

CHAPTER 8 - Reorganization

Section 6810. - 6810. A district organized under Chapter 161, Statutes of 1891,...

Section 6811. - 6811. To effect the reorganization a petition, signed by not...

Section 6812. - 6812. The petition shall be verified by at least one...

Section 6813. - 6813. The petition shall be published for at least two...

Section 6814. - 6814. At that time the board of supervisors shall hear...

Section 6815. - 6815. If the board of supervisors finds, upon the final...

Section 6816. - 6816. From and after the making of the order of...

Section 6817. - 6817. A district reorganized under this part is for all...

Section 6818. - 6818. Reorganization shall not affect or impair the title to...

Section 6819. - 6819. Reorganization shall not operate to repeal or affect in...

Section 6823. - 6823. The district may contract with the Federal Government of...

CHAPTER 8.5 - District Reorganized From County Sanitation District

Section 6825. - 6825. Any duty imposed by this part on any county...

CHAPTER 9 - Annexation

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 6830. - 6830. There may be annexed to a district any of...

PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS

CHAPTER 1 - General

Section 6935. - 6935. No right or obligation accrued by the formation, organization,...

Section 6936. - 6936. Pursuant to Section 1002 of the Elections Code, any...

CHAPTER 2 - Use of County Assessor s Roll

Section 6940. - 6940. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 161 of the Statutes...

Section 6940.3. - 6940.3. The board shall declare its election by resolution and...

Section 6940.6. - 6940.6. Following the board’s election, the county auditor shall on...

Section 6940.9. - 6940.9. Before the first day of September the district board...

Section 6941.3. - 6941.3. The board shall designate the number of cents on...

Section 6941.6. - 6941.6. The county auditor shall compute and enter in the...

Section 6941.9. - 6941.9. The taxes are a lien on all the property...

CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 6950. - 6950. “Board” or “board of directors” means the governing authority...

Section 6951. - 6951. “Public agency” means a city, a county, a special...

Section 6952. - 6952. “On-site wastewater disposal system” means any of several works,...

Section 6952.5. - 6952.5. “Owner of real property” means any public agency owning...

Section 6953. - 6953. “Zone” means an on-site wastewater disposal zone formed pursuant...

Section 6954. - 6954. “Real property” means both land and improvements to land...

ARTICLE 2 - Formation

Section 6955. - 6955. Whenever the board of directors of a public agency...

Section 6955.1. - 6955.1. A proposed zone shall contain at least 12 voters,...

Section 6956. - 6956. The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) A...

Section 6956.5. - 6956.5. The resolution of intention shall be filed for record...

Section 6957. - 6957. (a) A proposal to form a zone within a...

Section 6958. - 6958. (a) Notice of the hearing shall be given by...

Section 6959. - 6959. The hearing by the board on the question of...

Section 6960. - 6960. After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section...

Section 6960.1. - 6960.1. After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section...

Section 6960.2. - 6960.2. The number, type, volume, and location of on-site wastewater...

Section 6960.3. - 6960.3. The formation of an on-site wastewater disposal zone shall...

Section 6960.4. - 6960.4. Prior to any decision on the question of the...

Section 6961. - 6961. At the time and place fixed in the resolution...

Section 6962. - 6962. At the hearing the board shall also hear and...

Section 6963. - 6963. At the close of the hearing the board shall...

Section 6964. - 6964. If the number of written protests filed and not...

Section 6965. - 6965. If the number of written protests filed and not...

Section 6966. - 6966. The board may order the formation of the zone...

Section 6967. - 6967. If the board does not order the formation of...

Section 6968. - 6968. Any election conducted pursuant to the provisions of this...

Section 6969. - 6969. After the canvass of returns of any election on...

Section 6970. - 6970. No public agency shall form a zone which includes...

Section 6971. - 6971. No public agency shall form a zone if such...

Section 6972. - 6972. After the formation of the zone pursuant to this...

Section 6973. - 6973. If the board does not form a zone after...

Section 6974. - 6974. Territory within the public agency may be annexed to...

Section 6974.5. - 6974.5. Land already a part of a zone may be...

ARTICLE 3 - Powers

Section 6975. - 6975. An on-site wastewater disposal zone may be formed to...

Section 6976. - 6976. An on-site waste water disposal zone shall have the...

Section 6977. - 6977. The public agency shall do all such acts as...

Section 6978. - 6978. (a) Violation of any of the provisions of a...

Section 6979. - 6979. (a) The owner of any real property upon which...

Section 6980. - 6980. A board may exercise all of the public agency’s...

Section 6981. - 6981. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public agency...

Section 6982. - 6982. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6952, the West Bay Sanitary District...