Chapter 14. Assessment Of Property Owned By The State Of California of California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 14.

Notwithstanding the terms and provisions of any other section of this division, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to and govern the assessment of property owned by the State of California or any department thereof.

All real property acquired by the State of California or any department thereof is property subject to assessment in proceedings conducted under this division, except real property which is acquired prior to the filing in the office of the county recorder of a copy of the map of the assessment district pursuant to Section 3111 and which is located within the right-of-way of a state highway or proposed state highway. For the purposes of this section, property shall be deemed to have been acquired upon the vesting of title, or the filing of a condemnation action, whichever occurs first. The local agency shall notify the Department of Transportation of any proceedings or hearings to be held relative to the establishment of a map of the assessment district pursuant to Section 3111.

The State of California or any department thereof that has jurisdiction over any real property subject to assessment as provided in this chapter shall pay the amount of money assessed against such real property together with any interest as herein provided. If the State of California or the department thereof having jurisdiction of the real property does not pay the amount of money so assessed against such property on or before the end of the second fiscal year following the date when the notice of assessment is recorded pursuant to Section 3114, the owner of such assessment shall, within six months after the end of the second fiscal year, have the right to file a claim against the State of California in the manner provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 910) of Part 3 of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code, and neither any provision of those chapters nor any statute of limitation nor any other statutory provision shall bar the filing of such a claim within such six-months' period.

The State of California or any department thereof having jurisdiction over any real property subject to assessment as provided in this chapter shall have the same right provided for in this division or other applicable law to pay the amount of money assessed against such real property without interest as does a private person owning property assessed under this division or such other law.

Neither the State of California nor any department thereof that has jurisdiction over any real property assessed, as herein provided, shall be obligated to make payment thereof until the Legislature has appropriated the amount necessary to make payment of such assessment.

If the State of California or such department thereof does not pay the amount of money assessed within 30 days after the effective date of the legislation making the appropriation to pay the assessment, the amount of money assessed shall bear interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum until paid, commencing with the 31st day after the effective date of such appropriation.