California Code
DIVISION 16 - HIGHWAY DISTRICTS
PART 1 - JOINT HIGHWAY DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 25000. - 25000. This part may be cited as the Joint Highway...

Section 25001. - 25001. Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires,...

Section 25002. - 25002. “District,” means a joint highway district, unless the context...

Section 25003. - 25003. “Improvement,” and any of its variants, includes the laying...

Section 25004. - 25004. This part shall apply only to those districts which...

Section 25005. - 25005. All districts organized or existing prior to August 14,...

Section 25006. - 25006. This part shall be liberally construed, in order to...

CHAPTER 2 - Organization and Reorganization of Districts

Section 25025. - 25025. Districts, to be composed of two or more counties,...

Section 25026. - 25026. The board of supervisors of any county may initiate...

Section 25027. - 25027. Upon the adoption of the resolution the board of...

Section 25028. - 25028. The clerk of the board of supervisors adopting the...

Section 25029. - 25029. Upon receipt of a copy of the resolution, the...

Section 25030. - 25030. Each resolution of approval shall, in addition to the...

Section 25031. - 25031. The adoption of the original resolution by the board...

Section 25032. - 25032. After the receipt by the board of supervisors instituting...

Section 25033. - 25033. The board of supervisors adopting the resolution declaring the...

Section 25034. - 25034. The Secretary of State shall furnish and transmit to...

Section 25035. - 25035. All districts shall be numbered by the Secretary of...

Section 25036. - 25036. All districts organized or tentatively organized prior to August...

CHAPTER 3 - General Powers of Districts

Section 25050. - 25050. The district, acting through its board of directors, shall...

Section 25051. - 25051. The State, the counties composing the district, or any...

CHAPTER 4 - District Boards of Directors

Section 25070. - 25070. The district shall be managed by, and the powers...

Section 25071. - 25071. The members of the board of directors shall serve...

Section 25072. - 25072. The term of office of any member of the...

Section 25073. - 25073. If an even number of counties comprise a district,...

Section 25074. - 25074. If a position on the board of directors becomes...

Section 25075. - 25075. Within 10 days after the receipt of the certificate...

Section 25076. - 25076. The persons appointed as members of the board of...

Section 25077. - 25077. At the first meeting the board of directors shall...

Section 25078. - 25078. The board of directors shall fix a place or...

CHAPTER 5 - District Officers and Employees

Section 25100. - 25100. The board of directors shall appoint a treasurer and...

Section 25101. - 25101. The treasurer shall be a resident of the district...

Section 25102. - 25102. The treasurer shall have charge and custody of all...

Section 25103. - 25103. The district engineer shall be a qualified civil engineer,...

Section 25104. - 25104. All engineering work performed in the district shall be...

Section 25105. - 25105. If an assistant secretary is appointed, he shall perform...

CHAPTER 6 - Contingent Fund

Section 25120. - 25120. Immediately following the organization of the district, the several...

Section 25121. - 25121. The boards of supervisors of the counties within the...

Section 25122. - 25122. The contingent fund may be used for the following...

CHAPTER 7 - Preliminary Surveys and Report of District Projects

Section 25150. - 25150. The board of directors shall as soon as practicable...

Section 25151. - 25151. The district engineer shall make a preliminary report to...

Section 25152. - 25152. In his preliminary report the district engineer shall also...

Section 25153. - 25153. As soon as practicable after the filing of the...

Section 25154. - 25154. The report of the board of directors shall contain...

Section 25155. - 25155. If highways are to be required or improved beyond...

CHAPTER 8 - State Approval and Contribution

Section 25175. - 25175. If the report of the project, as adopted by...

Section 25176. - 25176. Within 90 days after its receipt, the Department of...

Section 25177. - 25177. If the whole or any part of the project...

Section 25178. - 25178. The Director of Transportation shall issue and transmit to...

Section 25179. - 25179. The board of directors may amend its report of...

Section 25180. - 25180. The obligation of the State for any contribution shall...

CHAPTER 9 - County Approval and Contribution

Section 25200. - 25200. Upon the receipt of the certificate of commitment from...

Section 25201. - 25201. Upon receipt of the report of the project, each...

Section 25202. - 25202. Each board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy...

Section 25203. - 25203. Upon receipt of the report of the project the...

Section 25204. - 25204. No county within the district shall be obligated or...

Section 25205. - 25205. At any time prior to the approval of the...

Section 25206. - 25206. The matter may be submitted at a special election...

Section 25207. - 25207. If at the election a two-thirds majority of the...

Section 25208. - 25208. If any county thus refers the matter of its...

Section 25209. - 25209. The provisions of this chapter relating to the submission...

CHAPTER 10 - Final Surveys, Plans, Specifications and Drawings

Section 25230. - 25230. After receiving the certificate of commitment for contribution by...

Section 25231. - 25231. In proceeding with a project, or unit thereof, the...

Section 25232. - 25232. The final surveys, plans, specifications, and detailed drawings shall...

Section 25233. - 25233. Upon the adoption of the final surveys, plans, specifications,...

Section 25261. - 25261. During the course of the improvement of any highway,...

Section 25262. - 25262. All laws relating to the use of state highways...

CHAPTER 12 - Acquisition of Property and Rights of Way

Section 25280. - 25280. The board of directors of the district may request...

Section 25281. - 25281. If it is decided that any money authorized to...

CHAPTER 13 - Cooperation with Federal Government

Section 25300. - 25300. If the Federal Government desires to include any highway...

CHAPTER 14 - Completion of Projects

Section 25320. - 25320. Upon the completion of the improvement of any portion...

Section 25321. - 25321. Control of such completed improvement shall vest in the...

Section 25322. - 25322. The board of directors shall not adopt any resolution...

CHAPTER 15 - General Financing and County Levies

Section 25340. - 25340. All moneys of the district applicable to the payment...

Section 25341. - 25341. The board of directors of the district shall provide...

Section 25342. - 25342. Upon the award of a contract for the improvement...

Section 25343. - 25343. A levy shall be made within and upon the...

Section 25344. - 25344. The board of directors shall adopt a resolution setting...

Section 25345. - 25345. The resolution shall specifically set forth the sum of...

Section 25346. - 25346. The board of supervisors of each county shall, within...

Section 25347. - 25347. If the board of supervisors of any county within...

Section 25348. - 25348. The treasurer of the district shall, prior to the...

Section 25349. - 25349. If, upon receiving the report of the district treasurer...

Section 25350. - 25350. All district taxes shall be collected in behalf of...

CHAPTER 15.5 - Claims

Section 25360. - 25360. All claims for money or damages against the district...

CHAPTER 16 - General Bond Provisions

Section 25370. - 25370. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all...

Section 25371. - 25371. All bonds issued by joint highway districts shall be...

Section 25372. - 25372. Whenever bonds of cities, counties, school districts or irrigation...

Section 25373. - 25373. The State Director of Finance may purchase any bonds...

Section 25374. - 25374. If the report of the board of directors shows...

Section 25375. - 25375. The issuance of any bonds by the district shall...

Section 25376. - 25376. No bonds shall be issued by the district in...

Section 25377. - 25377. The taxable property within any county shall not at...

CHAPTER 17 - Revenue Bonds

Section 25400. - 25400. The board of directors of the district may cause...

Section 25401. - 25401. All revenue bonds shall be payable out of a...

Section 25402. - 25402. The board of directors shall prescribe the denominations of...

Section 25403. - 25403. Revenue bonds shall be in substantially the following form...

Section 25404. - 25404. Revenue bonds shall be dated as of the date...

Section 25405. - 25405. Any number of series of revenue bonds may be...

Section 25406. - 25406. All revenue bonds shall be signed by the treasurer...

Section 25407. - 25407. The principal and interest of all revenue bonds shall...

Section 25408. - 25408. The revenue bonds shall be issued and sold by...

Section 25409. - 25409. The board of directors shall levy a tax annually...

Section 25410. - 25410. The treasurer of the district shall annually determine the...

CHAPTER 18 - Funding Bonds

Section 25430. - 25430. As a separate and cumulative method of financing, the...

Section 25431. - 25431. The provisions of this chapter relating to the issuance...

Section 25432. - 25432. If the board of directors propose to issue funding...

Section 25433. - 25433. Upon the adoption of the resolution of intention to...

Section 25434. - 25434. The time fixed for the hearing shall not be...

Section 25435. - 25435. All persons interested may appear at the hearing and...

Section 25436. - 25436. The board of directors shall hear and determine all...

Section 25437. - 25437. All decisions, findings and determinations of the board of...

Section 25438. - 25438. If at the hearing, the owners of more than...

Section 25439. - 25439. Following the hearing the board of directors shall, if...

Section 25440. - 25440. Funding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this...

Section 25441. - 25441. Funding bonds shall be dated as of the date...

Section 25442. - 25442. The board of directors may use any available moneys...

Section 25443. - 25443. All funding bonds shall be signed by the treasurer...

Section 25445. - 25445. All funding bonds shall be serial in character and...

Section 25446. - 25446. The funding bonds shall be issued by the board...

Section 25447. - 25447. In each district in which funding bonds have been...

Section 25448. - 25448. The treasurer of the district shall annually before the...

Section 25449. - 25449. The special assessment taxes levied for the payment of...

Section 25450. - 25450. It shall be the duty of the board of...

CHAPTER 19 - Emergency Bonds

Section 25490. - 25490. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any...

Section 25491. - 25491. If the court finds that any such improvement has...

Section 25492. - 25492. It is the purpose of this chapter to make...

Section 25493. - 25493. The board of directors shall cause a report on...

Section 25494. - 25494. The report shall be filed with the secretary of...

Section 25495. - 25495. At the time of the hearing, or at any...

Section 25496. - 25496. At the conclusion of the hearing the board shall...

Section 25497. - 25497. The bonds issued under this chapter shall in terms...

Section 25498. - 25498. Upon the adoption of the resolution by the board,...

CHAPTER 20 - Dissolution

Section 25520. - 25520. Upon the completion or other termination of the projects...

Section 25521. - 25521. Any property or money belonging to the district at...