2007 California Water Code Chapter 7. Application Of Other Statutes

CA Codes (wat:56100-56104)

56100.  The Improvement Act of 1911 and the Improvement Bond Act of
1915 are applicable to county drainage districts formed under this
part.  After approving and adopting the engineer's report as provided
in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 56050) of this part, the
district board may order the work contained in the said report to be
done in whole or in part pursuant to the provisions of the
Improvement Act of 1911 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 and the
costs thereof assessed upon the real property benefited, all in the
manner provided by the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Improvement
Bond Act of 1915.


56101.  In the application of those acts to proceedings under this
part, the terms used in those acts shall have the following meanings:

   (a) "City council" and "council" mean board.
   (b) "City" and "municipality" mean district.
   (c) "Clerk" and "city clerk" mean secretary.
   (d) "Superintendent of streets," "street superintendent," and
"city engineer" mean the engineer of the district, or any other
person appointed to perform such duties.
   (e) "Tax collector" means county tax collector.
   (f) "Treasurer" and "city treasurer" mean any person or official
who has charge of and makes payment of the funds of the district.
   (g) "Right of way" means any parcel of land through which a right
of way has been granted to the district for the purpose of
constructing and maintaining a sewer.



56102.  The powers and duties conferred by those acts and
supplementary acts upon boards, officers, and agents of cities shall
be exercised by the respective boards, officers, and agents of the
district.


56103.  No assessment or bond hereafter levied or issued shall
become a lien and no person shall be deemed to have notice thereof
until a certified copy of said assessment and the diagram thereto
attached shall be recorded in the office of the county surveyor, if
the improvement district or any part thereof is in unincorporated
territory, and with the superintendent of streets of the city or
cities, if the improvement district or any part thereof is in
incorporated territory.



56104.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Special
Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of
1931 to the contrary, in the event the district board shall order the
work contained in the report prepared by the district engineer
pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 56050) of this part to
be done in whole or in part pursuant to the provisions of the
Improvement Act of 1911 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, the
provisions of the said Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation
and Majority Protest Act of 1931 shall not be applicable to such work
if the district board so declared by resolution duly adopted by
four-fifths vote after a finding that said work is necessary for the
public welfare, which finding shall not be made by the district board
if, prior to the conclusion of the hearing on said report as
provided in Chapter 5, the owners of more than 20 percent of the
total assessed value of the taxable property within the district file
written protests against the doing of said work.