California Code
DIVISION 15 - TREE PLANTING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING
PART 2 - LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 197

CHAPTER 1 - Introductory Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 22500. - 22500. This part shall be known and may be cited...

Section 22501. - 22501. This part shall apply to local agencies whose annual...

Section 22502. - 22502. This part provides an alternative procedure for making the...

Section 22503. - 22503. An assessment district shall consist of all territory which,...

Section 22504. - 22504. An assessment district may consist of all or any...

Section 22505. - 22505. An assessment district may consist of contiguous or noncontinguous...

Section 22506. - 22506. The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 5115)...

Section 22507. - 22507. Division 4 (commencing with Section 2800) and Division 4.5...

Section 22508. - 22508. Any resolution, notice, report, diagram or assessment which is...

Section 22509. - 22509. This part shall be liberally construed to effectuate its...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 22520. - 22520. The definitions contained in this article govern the construction...

Section 22521. - 22521. “Assessment district” means an assessment district formed pursuant to...

Section 22522. - 22522. “Clerk” means the clerk or secretary of a local...

Section 22523. - 22523. “Engineer” means the city engineer, county engineer, engineer of...

Section 22524. - 22524. “Fiscal year” means a 12-month period commencing on July...

Section 22525. - 22525. “Improvement” means one or any combination of the following:...

Section 22526. - 22526. “Incidental expenses” include all of the following: (a) The...

Section 22527. - 22527. “Including,” unless expressly limited, means including without limitation. (Added...

Section 22528. - 22528. “Landscaping” means trees, shrubs, grass, or other ornamental vegetation....

Section 22529. - 22529. “Legislative body” means the legislative body or governing board...

Section 22530. - 22530. “Local agency” means a county, a city and county,...

Section 22531. - 22531. “Maintain” or “maintenance” means the furnishing of services and...

Section 22532. - 22532. “Property owner” means: any person shown as the owner...

Section 22533. - 22533. “Public agency” means the state or federal governments, any...

Section 22534. - 22534. “Public lighting facilities” means all works or improvements used...

Section 22535. - 22535. “Public places” means one or any combination of the...

Section 22536. - 22536. “Public utility” means any public utility subject to the...

Section 22537. - 22537. “Resolution” includes an ordinance. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch....

Section 22538. - 22538. “Service” or “servicing” means the furnishing of: (a) Electric...

Section 22539. - 22539. “Special district” means any public corporation, other than a...

Section 22540. - 22540. “Treasurer” means the treasurer of a local agency. (Added...

ARTICLE 3 - Notice

Section 22550. - 22550. “Notice” means any resolution, order, notice, or other instrument...

Section 22551. - 22551. The clerk shall give notice or cause the same...

Section 22552. - 22552. Published notice shall be made pursuant to Section 6061...

Section 22553. - 22553. Publication of notice of hearing shall be completed at...

Section 22554. - 22554. Posted notices, other than of hearings for the formation...

Section 22556. - 22556. Prior to levying a new assessment pursuant to Chapter...

ARTICLE 4 - Reports

Section 22565. - 22565. The engineer shall prepare reports in accordance with this...

Section 22566. - 22566. A report shall be prepared for each fiscal year...

Section 22567. - 22567. A report shall refer to the assessment district by...

Section 22568. - 22568. The plans and specifications shall show and describe existing...

Section 22569. - 22569. The estimate of the costs of the improvements for...

Section 22570. - 22570. The diagram for an assessment district shall show (a)...

Section 22571. - 22571. The lines and dimensions of each lot or parcel...

Section 22572. - 22572. The assessment shall refer to the fiscal year to...

Section 22573. - 22573. The net amount to be asessed upon lands within...

Section 22574. - 22574. The diagram and assessment may classify various areas within...

CHAPTER 2 - Organization of the Assessment District; Levy of First Assessment

ARTICLE 1 - Formation of an Assessment District

Section 22585. - 22585. Proceedings for the formation of an assessment district shall...

Section 22586. - 22586. Upon completion, the engineer shall file the report with...

Section 22587. - 22587. After approval of the report, either as filed or...

Section 22588. - 22588. The legislative body shall comply with the notice, protest,...

Section 22591. - 22591. During the course or upon the conclusion of the...

Section 22592. - 22592. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative body...

Section 22593. - 22593. Proceedings for the formation of the assessment district shall...

Section 22594. - 22594. (a) If a majority protest has not been filed,...

Section 22595. - 22595. Whenever a railroad, gas, water, or electric utility right-of-way...

ARTICLE 2 - Changes of Organization for Assessment Districts

Section 22605. - 22605. The legislative body, either in a single proceeding or...

Section 22606. - 22606. Proceedings for a change of organization may be: (a)...

Section 22607. - 22607. Except as otherwise provided in this article, proceedings for...

Section 22608. - 22608. In annexation proceedings, the resolutions, report, notices of hearing,...

Section 22608.2. - 22608.2. In the event that an ordinance requires the installation...

Section 22609. - 22609. In detachment proceedings, the resolutions, report, notices of hearing,...

Section 22610. - 22610. In dissolution proceedings, the legislative body may dispense with...

Section 22611. - 22611. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the single assessment...

Section 22612. - 22612. If all of the territory of a district is...

Section 22613. - 22613. (a) Whenever any territory of an assessment district is...

CHAPTER 3 - Levy of Annual Assessments After Formation of an Assessment District

Section 22620. - 22620. This chapter applies to all annual assessments levied after...

Section 22621. - 22621. Proceedings shall be taken pursuant to this chapter for...

Section 22622. - 22622. The legislative body shall adopt a resolution which shall...

Section 22623. - 22623. Upon completion, the engineer shall file the report with...

Section 22624. - 22624. After approval of the report, either as filed or...

Section 22625. - 22625. The date, hour, and place of the hearing is...

Section 22626. - 22626. Notice of the hearing shall be given by either...

Section 22628. - 22628. Any interested person may, prior to the conclusion of...

Section 22629. - 22629. If notice is given pursuant to subdivision (a) of...

Section 22630. - 22630. During the course or upon the conclusion of the...

Section 22630.5. - 22630.5. If there is a majority protest against the levy...

Section 22631. - 22631. If a majority protest has not been filed, the...

CHAPTER 4 - Completion of Proceedings; Collection of Assessments

ARTICLE 1 - Completion of Proceedings; Filing of Diagram and Assessment

Section 22640. - 22640. Hearings upon the formation of an assessment district, upon...

Section 22641. - 22641. Immediately after the adoption of any resolution confirming a...

ARTICLE 2 - Collection of Assessments

Section 22645. - 22645. After the filing of the diagram and assessment, the...

Section 22646. - 22646. The assessments shall be collected at the same time...

Section 22647. - 22647. After collection by the county, the net amount of...

CHAPTER 5 - Financial Provisions

Section 22655. - 22655. Upon receipt of moneys representing assessments collected by the...

Section 22656. - 22656. If there is a surplus or a deficit in...

Section 22657. - 22657. If there is a deficit in the improvement fund...

Section 22658. - 22658. The legislative body may accept contributions from any source...

Section 22659. - 22659. All contributions authorized prior to confirmation of an assessment...

Section 22660. - 22660. (a) The legislative body may, by resolution, determine that...

Section 22661. - 22661. After adoption of a resolution providing for annual installment...

Section 22662. - 22662. If a resolution providing for annual installment payments has...

Section 22662.5. - 22662.5. (a) The legislative body of any local agency may,...

Section 22663. - 22663. Public property owned by any public agency and in...

CHAPTER 6 - Claims and Actions

Section 22675. - 22675. The validity of an assessment levied under this part...

Section 22679. - 22679. The legislative body may (a) provide for the construction...