California Code
DIVISION 14 - STREET LIGHTING
PART 2 - THE STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1931

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 18300. - 18300. This part may be cited as the Street Lighting...

Section 18301. - 18301. This part shall be liberally construed in order to...

Section 18302. - 18302. This part provides an alternative system for making the...

Section 18303. - 18303. Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires,...

Section 18304. - 18304. “Street lighting system” or “system” includes any or all...

Section 18305. - 18305. “Service,” and any of its variants, means the electrical...

Section 18306. - 18306. “Maintenance” means the repair, replacement, inspection, cleaning or painting...

Section 18307. - 18307. “Improvement,” and any of its variants, includes the maintenance...

Section 18308. - 18308. “Contract year” means a period of 12 months. (Added...

Section 18309. - 18309. “Installment assessment” means the amount levied by the city...

Section 18310. - 18310. “Clerk” or “city clerk” means any person or officer...

Section 18311. - 18311. “Street” includes alleys and other public places. (Added by...

Section 18312. - 18312. “City” includes all corporations organized and existing for municipal...

Section 18313. - 18313. “City council” includes any body which by law is...

CHAPTER 2 - Authority to Maintain and Service

Section 18320. - 18320. Whenever in the opinion of the city council the...

Section 18321. - 18321. The improvement shall be for a period to commence...

Section 18322. - 18322. The provisions of this part shall not be limited...

Section 18323. - 18323. If there is more than one street lighting system...

Section 18324. - 18324. Whenever a street lighting system is installed along a...

Section 18325. - 18325. If land has been assessed pursuant to Section 18324,...

CHAPTER 3 - Report and Resolution of Intention

Section 18340. - 18340. The city council shall, prior to the adoption of...

Section 18341. - 18341. Upon the filing of the report, the clerk shall...

Section 18342. - 18342. When the report has been approved, the city council...

Section 18343. - 18343. (a) The city council shall cause notice to be...

CHAPTER 4 - Protest and Hearing

Section 18362. - 18362. (a) At any time not later than the hour...

Section 18364. - 18364. If there is a majority protest by the landowners...

Section 18365. - 18365. If a zone or subdivided zone is struck from...

Section 18366. - 18366. Immediately upon the city council’s determination it shall have...

CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Collecting the Assessment

Section 18390. - 18390. The city council shall thereafter levy an assessment upon...

Section 18391. - 18391. The city council may order by resolution that any...

Section 18392. - 18392. Whenever a part of the next installment of the...

Section 18393. - 18393. Any surplus assessments collected shall be applied by the...

Section 18394. - 18394. If there is any suplus remaining at the close...

Section 18395. - 18395. Whenever a lot or parcel of land belonging to...

Section 18396. - 18396. If the lots or parcels of land, or any...

Section 18397. - 18397. If in such resolution the city council declares that...

Section 18398. - 18398. The validity of any assessment levied under this part...

Section 18399. - 18399. Upon the levying of an installment assessment the city...

Section 18400. - 18400. Upon the receipt of the diagram and installment assessment...

Section 18401. - 18401. Where the duties of assessing property and collecting city...

Section 18402. - 18402. All sums collected on account of such assessment shall...

Section 18403. - 18403. When the diagram and installment assessment are recorded, the...

Section 18404. - 18404. Where the duties of assessing property and collecting city...

Section 18405. - 18405. The lien shall be subordinate to all fixed special...

CHAPTER 7 - City Furnishing Maintenance and Service

Section 18440. - 18440. If the city owns or operates or owns and...