California Code
DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING
PART 1 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 99

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 18000. - 18000. This part may be cited as the Street Lighting...

Section 18001. - 18001. Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires,...

Section 18002. - 18002. This part shall be liberally construed in order to...

Section 18003. - 18003. This part provides an alternative system for making the...

Section 18004. - 18004. “Street lighting system” and “system” include any or all...

Section 18004.5. - 18004.5. “Street,” and any of its variants, mean and include...

Section 18005. - 18005. “Tax collector” and “city tax collector” mean the city...

Section 18006. - 18006. “Service,” and any of its variants, means and includes...

Section 18007. - 18007. “Improvement,” and any of its variants, include the maintenance...

Section 18007.5. - 18007.5. “Maintenance,” and any of its variants, as used in...

Section 18008. - 18008. “Assessment district” means the territory to be benefited by...

Section 18009. - 18009. “Clerk” and “city clerk” mean any person or officer...

Section 18010. - 18010. “Treasurer” and “city treasurer” include any person or officer...

Section 18011. - 18011. “City” includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal...

Section 18012. - 18012. “City Council” and “council” include any body which by...

Section 18014. - 18014. If lots or parcels of land belonging to the...

CHAPTER 2 - Authority to Maintain and Service

Section 18030. - 18030. Whenever in the opinion of the city council of...

Section 18031. - 18031. The city shall not be limited by the provisions...

Section 18032. - 18032. If there is more than one street lighting system...

Section 18033. - 18033. Whenever a street lighting system is installed along a...

Section 18034. - 18034. If land has been assessed pursuant to Section 18033,...

CHAPTER 3 - The Preliminary Report

Section 18040. - 18040. The city council shall, prior to the passage of...

Section 18041. - 18041. Such report shall contain the following: (a) Plans and...

Section 18042. - 18042. When the report is filed with him the clerk...

CHAPTER 4 - The Resolution of Intention

Section 18060. - 18060. After the report is considered by it, the city...

Section 18061. - 18061. The resolution of intention: (a) Shall briefly describe the...

Section 18062. - 18062. The city council shall, in the resolution of intention,...

CHAPTER 5 - Protest and Hearing

Section 18070. - 18070. (a) After the adoption of the resolution of intention,...

Section 18074. - 18074. (a) Any person interested who objects to the proposed...

Section 18075. - 18075. The city council shall hear, consider, and pass upon...

Section 18076. - 18076. If there is a majority protest by the landowners...

Section 18077. - 18077. If a zone or subdivided zone is struck from...

CHAPTER 5.5 - Annexation of Additional Lands

Section 18080. - 18080. Whenever in the opinion of the city council of...

Section 18081. - 18081. The procedures applicable to such annexation and the lands...

Section 18082. - 18082. The improvement of the street lighting system within the...

Section 18083. - 18083. The term of the contract to be let for...

Section 18084. - 18084. In the event that an ordinance requires the installation...

CHAPTER 6 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment

Section 18090. - 18090. After acquiring jurisdiction to proceed with the improvement, the...

Section 18091. - 18091. Such report shall contain: (a) An estimate of the...

Section 18092. - 18092. Any surplus assessments collected shall be applied by the...

Section 18092.1. - 18092.1. If there is any surplus remaining at the close...

Section 18093. - 18093. If for any reason there is a deficiency in...

Section 18094. - 18094. Upon the levying of any assessment, the city clerk...

Section 18095. - 18095. The validity of any assessment levied under this part...

Section 18096. - 18096. Upon the receipt of the diagram and assessment or...

Section 18097. - 18097. The tax collector shall, upon the recording of such...

Section 18098. - 18098. When payment of any assessment is made, the tax...

Section 18099. - 18099. The lien shall be subordinate to all fixed special...

CHAPTER 7 - Sale and Redemption of Delinquent Property

Section 18120. - 18120. The tax collector shall, within 30 days after the...

Section 18121. - 18121. The notice of sale so published shall contain a...

Section 18122. - 18122. At any time after such delinquency and prior to...

Section 18123. - 18123. At the time and place fixed in the notice...

Section 18124. - 18124. The tax collector shall issue for each sale an...

Section 18125. - 18125. At any time after the date of sale and...

Section 18126. - 18126. The redemption money shall be paid by the tax...

Section 18127. - 18127. At any time after the expiration of 12 months...

Section 18128. - 18128. The purchaser or his assignee shall, at least 30...

Section 18129. - 18129. If the owner can not be found, after due...

Section 18130. - 18130. If redemption of the land is made after such...

Section 18131. - 18131. The deed of the tax collector shall be prima...

CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Procedure for Installment Assessments

Section 18150. - 18150. The procedure in this chapter shall be an alternative...

Section 18151. - 18151. When the assessment has been adopted and confirmed, as...

Section 18152. - 18152. Assessments coming due under this procedure in any year...

Section 18153. - 18153. The city may be the purchaser at any delinquent...

Section 18154. - 18154. When the city becomes the purchaser the land shall...

Section 18155. - 18155. If the procedure provided for in this chapter is...

CHAPTER 8.5 - Alternative Procedure for Levying and Collecting Assessments on ad Valorem Basis

Section 18160. - 18160. The procedure in this chapter shall be an alternative...

Section 18161. - 18161. In the event that the city council shall determine...

Section 18162. - 18162. In the event that the city council shall determine...

Section 18163. - 18163. A certified copy of the resolution ordering the proposed...

Section 18164. - 18164. Each year during the period of time for which...

Section 18165. - 18165. The city council shall, at the time of making...

Section 18166. - 18166. Each year, at the time of making the special...

Section 18167. - 18167. The city council may also transfer from the general...

Section 18168. - 18168. The special assessment tax shall be levied, computed, entered,...

Section 18169. - 18169. If for any reason there is a deficiency in...

CHAPTER 9 - Bids and Awards of Contract

Section 18170. - 18170. At any time after the transmission of the diagram...

CHAPTER 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 18190. - 18190. The money collected by the tax collector shall be...

Section 18191. - 18191. The city council may adopt a resolution declaring its...

Section 18192. - 18192. The city council may reinstitute any such abandoned assessment...

Section 18193. - 18193. Upon such entire or partial abandonment, all money collected...