Chapter 10. Miscellaneous Provisions of California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 14. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 10.

The money collected by the tax collector shall be paid by him, as fast as collected, to the city treasurer, who shall place it in a special fund designated by the name of the improvement proceeding, and payment shall be made out of said special fund only for the purposes provided for in this part. To expedite the making of any such improvement, the city council may at any time transfer into said special fund, out of any money in the general fund, such sums as it may deem necessary, and the sums so transferred shall be deemed a loan to such special fund, and shall be repaid out of the proceeds of the assessments provided for in this part.

The city council may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to abandon an assessment district or any portion thereof, describing the area to be abandoned and appointing a time and place for hearing as provided in Section 18070. Such resolution may be adopted at any time prior to the awarding of any contract for making the improvement but no such resolution which would otherwise be effective after the award of such contract and prior to its date of termination as contemplated in Section 18171.1 shall be adopted without the prior receipt by the city council of the written consent of the contractor. Notice of the adoption of the resolution shall be posted and published, protests may be filed, and the hearing shall be held as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 18070) of this division. If there is a protest to such abandonment made by the owners of more than one-half the area of the land subject to assessment in such area to be abandoned, the city council shall forthwith cease such abandonment proceedings unless that body, by a four-fifths affirmative vote of all its members finds that the public interest and convenience require such abandonment.

The city council may reinstitute any such abandoned assessment district or abandoned portion of such assessment district as a separate district, either concurrently with or following proceedings for abandonment in the same manner as provided in this division for the establishment of the district initially. In the event that the abandonment and reinstatement proceedings are concurrent, the resolution of intention to abandon shall recite such fact.

Upon such entire or partial abandonment, all money collected for any improvements which have not been made, which money has not been paid therefor, shall be repaid to the owners of the parcels in the abandoned portion as shown on the last equalized assessment roll preceding the date of partial abandonment; provided, however, that if a district is reinstated concurrently with a partial abandonment, such money shall not be repaid but shall be credited against the cost of the improvements of the reinstated district.