Chapter 26. Maintenance Districts of California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 26.

As used in this article, "maintenance district" means an assessment district which a county board of supervisors or the legislative body of a city has created pursuant to this chapter. This chapter, except Sections 5850 to 5853, inclusive, applies to the creation of maintenance districts by, and maintenance districts created by, the legislative body of a city. For such purpose, the references in this chapter to a county or a county officer shall be deemed to refer, respectively, to a city or a city officer performing the same duties.

The board of supervisors may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made or by separate resolution, declare its intention to order that the expenses of maintaining and operating any or all of said improvements or any or all other improvements such as are permitted to be constructed herein, including the cost of necessary repairs, replacements, fuel, power, electrical current, care, supervision, and any and all other items necessary for the proper maintenance and operation thereof, shall be assessed, either partly or wholly, upon the real property or upon the land only lying within the district to be benefited by and to be assessed to pay the cost of the construction of said improvement, or upon such district as the board of supervisors shall determine will be benefited by the maintenance and operation of the improvements proposed to be maintained; the amounts so assessed to be levied and collected in the same manner and by the same officers as taxes for county purposes are levied and collected.

The board of supervisors may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made, declare its intention to order the territory within which the work is to be done or improvements constructed annexed to an existing maintenance district formed under the provisions of this chapter or under the provisions of Chapter 4, Part 3, Division 5, of the Health and Safety Code. The resolution of intention may describe the territory to be annexed as having the same boundaries as those of the district to be assessed for the cost of constructing the improvements.

If the board of supervisors in its resolution of intention declares its intention to order the territory within which the improvements are to be constructed annexed to an existing maintenance district, the notice of improvement shall likewise give notice of such declaration of intention and that protests against such annexation may be filed and will be heard in accordance with the provisions of this chapter at the time and place provided for the hearing on the resolution of intention to perform the work. The board of supervisors shall acquire jurisdiction to order the annexation of such territory to an existing maintenance district by giving notice within the territory proposed to be annexed in the same manner prescribed in this division for the acquiring of jurisdiction to order the construction of improvements, and within the district to which such territory is proposed to be annexed by giving notice as is provided to be given in such district by Section 5838.

In the event that an ordinance requires the installation of a sewer, drainage, or street lighting system by a subdivider, the resolution of intention may state that the territory owned by the subdivider comes under the terms of such ordinance and order that such territory be formed into a maintenance district, or annexed to an existing maintenance district, without notice and hearing.

The resolution of intention shall describe the boundaries of the district which is to be assessed for such maintenance and operation, or if the improvements or any part thereof to be maintained or operated are constructed in the same proceeding, it may describe the maintenance district as having the same boundaries as those of the district to be assessed for the cost of constructing the improvement. In either case the maintenance district may be designated by a name by which it may thereafter be referred to in all subsequent proceedings, including proceedings for the levy and collection of taxes.

The maintenance district may include property lying within one or more cities if the consent of the legislative body of each such city to the formation of such district expressed by resolution, is first obtained before the resolution of intention is adopted by the board of supervisors.

At any time not later than the hour for hearing objections to the proposed work as provided in this division, or at any time not later than the time fixed in the resolution of intention for the hearing of objections, if the resolution of intention provides for maintenance only, any person permitted by the provisions of this division to make written protest against the proposed work or against the extent of the district to be assessed therefor, or both, may make like protest and in like manner against the ordering of the formation of the maintenance district or against the extent of the maintenance district, or both.

If the resolution of intention contemplates annexation of the territory within which the improvements are to be constructed to an existing maintenance district, written protests against such annexation or the extent thereof may be filed by any interested person.

The board of supervisors, in addition to hearing protests against the proposed work and the extent of the district to be assessed therefor, shall hear and pass upon all protests against the formation of the maintenance district and against the extent thereof, and shall hear and pass upon all protests against the annexation of the territory within which the improvements are to be constructed to an existing maintenance district, and its decision shall be final and conclusive.

If the board of supervisors finds that the protest against the formation of the maintenance district is made by the owners of more than one-half of the area of the property included within such district, no further proceedings shall be taken, unless the protests are overruled by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the members of the board of supervisors, for a period of six months from the date of the decision of the board of supervisors on the hearing. The board of supervisors may adjourn the hearing from time to time.

If the board of supervisors, in its resolution of intention, declares its intention to order a maintenance district formed, the notice of improvement shall likewise give notice of such declaration of intention and that protests against such maintenance district may be filed and will be heard in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

The board of supervisors shall acquire jurisdiction to order that the maintenance district be formed in the same manner prescribed in this division for the acquiring of jurisdiction to order the construction of improvements, and it may thereupon by resolution order the formation of such a maintenance district, which order may be contained in the resolution ordering the construction of the work in those cases where such work is provided to be done in the resolution of intention.

When the board of supervisors adopts a separate resolution declaring its intention to form a maintenance district for sanitary sewers or for street lighting, the clerk shall be directed to give notice of the hearing. The notice shall have the heading "Notice of the proposed formation of ____ Sewer (or Street Lighting) Maintenance District," stating the name of the proposed district. It shall:
  (a) State the time and place for the hearing.
  (b) Set forth the exterior boundaries of the territory proposed to be organized into a district. In lieu of a description, the boundaries of the territory proposed to be included may be shown by means of a diagram printed upon the notice. The board shall direct the clerk to publish the notice and shall also direct the clerk to post the notice in three public places in the proposed district at least 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing. The heading of each posted notice shall be in letters not less than one inch in height. Notice by mail is not required.

Upon adoption of the resolution ordering the formation of the maintenance district or the annexation of territory to an existing maintenance district, the legislative body adopting the resolution shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Thereafter, the property included within such district shall be segregated on the assessment roll under the designation contained in the resolution.

Any district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation, or with any person, firm or corporation, for the joint use of any sewer or sewers or other works or facilities for handling, treatment and disposal of sewage or industrial waste from the district and such other area as may be designated in said contract, when in the judgment of the legislative body of said district it is for the best interest of the district so to do. Any such contract may provide for the maintenance and operation of such sewer or sewers, or other works or facilities, and for the payment by or for the parties thereto of such proportionate part of the cost of the maintenance and operation of such sewer or sewers or other works or facilities as may be stated in said contract, the payment to be made at such time and in such amount as may be provided by said contract. Any such contract may provide for the joint use of any sewer or sewers, or works or facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, and for the flowage, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from such area for each of the parties thereto as may be described in said contract. Any district which has acquired or constructed or which proposes to acquire or construct, any sewer or sewers, or works or other facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage, may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or with any person, firm or corporation for the use of any such sewer or sewers, works or facilities by any such county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation, or for the flowage, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from any area designated by such person, firm or corporation so contracting, upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in said contract.

The board of supervisors shall thereafter, in each year, prior to the time of fixing the county tax rate, estimate the cost of maintaining and operating the improvements to be maintained and operated within the maintenance district during the ensuing year. The board of supervisors shall decide whether or not the cost of maintaining and operating the improvement shall be borne wholly or partially by the maintenance district and shall, in addition to all other taxes, fix a special tax rate for the real property within the maintenance district, or for lighting purposes levy an assessment on each parcel of real property within the maintenance district on the basis of the estimated benefit to the parcel, sufficient to raise an amount of money to cover the expense of maintaining the improvements during the ensuing year, or such portion of the amount as the board of supervisors shall determine shall be borne by the maintenance district, and the board of supervisors shall levy a special assessment tax or, for lighting purposes, an assessment each year upon the real property in the maintenance district sufficient to pay such expense, or the portion thereof, which shall be paid by the maintenance district.

Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment authorized by Section 5830 for purposes of lighting maintenance, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter 6.1 (commencing with Section 54701) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

The special assessment tax shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the fund of the maintenance district and be used for the payment of the expenses of the district. The board of supervisors may control and order the expenditure thereof for such purposes.

The board of supervisors may determine that the whole or any part of the expense of such maintenance shall be paid by the county. If the county is to contribute toward the expenses of such maintenance the resolution of intention shall so provide. When such provision is made the execution of the contract for maintenance shall create an obligation in the county to make the contribution provided for in the resolution.

The board of supervisors may temporarily transfer moneys to the maintenance district fund from other funds in which such moneys are not immediately needed. The money so transferred shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the board and shall be used for the purposes provided in this chapter and be retransferred from the maintenance district fund out of the first available receipts.

If a maintenance district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a special assessment tax or an assessment, as the case may be, in that year or in the next ensuing year, the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to transfer funds of the county not immediately needed for county purposes to the maintenance district fund of the district to be used for the payment of the expenses of the district until such time as special assessment tax or assessment, as the case may be, receipts are available therefor. The board of supervisors shall include in the levy of special assessment taxes or assessments for the district for the first fiscal year in which a tax or an assessment may be levied, a sum sufficient to repay to the county the amounts so transferred to the district for the portion or portions of the preceding fiscal year or years for which no levy of taxes or assessments was made for that purpose and the amounts so transferred shall be retransferred to the county treasury from the maintenance district fund of the district out of the first available receipts from the tax or assessment levy.

Any area of a maintenance district, or of a temporary zone formed pursuant to Section 5855 in a district, which is included in a city by annexation or incorporation after a loan has been made shall continue to be taxed or assessed for the repayment of its proportionate share of the unpaid balance of the loan.

(a) The board of supervisors may adopt an ordinance proposing the imposition of a special tax for the purpose of maintaining improvements. Such ordinance shall be submitted to the voters of the maintenance district and shall take effect upon approval of two-thirds of the voters of the district voting on the ordinance. The approval of the voters may be secured at a district or countywide election, or by a ballot mailed to each registered voter in the district. The election shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Elections Code.
  (b) The ordinance submitted to the voters for approval pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (a) shall specify the terms of the special tax to be imposed which shall include the manner in which the obligation of each taxpayer is determined, when the special tax is to be levied, and the method of collection. The ordinance may also specify that the special tax imposed by the ordinance may be adjusted annually by the percentage change in the total appropriations subject to limitation of the local government for purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
  (c) Upon approval of the voters under subdivision (a), the board may levy the special tax as authorized by the ordinance, until superseded by a new ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (a), or until repealed pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the board.
  (d) The provisions of this section shall apply only to maintenance districts located wholly within the Town of Portola Valley.

The board of supervisors of the county in which a maintenance district is formed shall:
  (a) Make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration, operation and government of such district.
  (b) Execute all contracts and make all necessary provisions for the maintenance and operation of the district, except that the board of supervisors may authorize a designated county officer to make, execute and administer contracts for the installing, maintaining and servicing a system of lights in accordance with standards adopted by the board of supervisors and in accordance with this chapter.
  (c) Appoint and employ all necessary agents, superintendents, engineers and labor for the proper performance of the work.
  (d) Perform all other acts necessary or proper to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting the county itself from maintaining and operating any or all of the improvements when ordered by the board of supervisors and from purchasing the materials and supplies and employing the labor necessary for those purposes.

"Sewers" as used in this chapter includes lateral and collecting sewers, septic tanks, and all other means of handling, gathering, and disposing of sewage in the district.

"Maintenance of sewers" as used in this chapter includes the extension and enlargement of sewers within the district, and the acquisition or construction of other works or improvements useful in the proper operation of those sewers.

"Maintenance" as used in this chapter in relation to lighting systems, includes the replacement of any obsolete equipment with new modern equipment found by the board of supervisors or legislative body of a city to be necessary for the proper operation of the district. The replacement of any such obsolete equipment with any such new modern equipment, except for work done by a utility district or a private utility company under contract with the maintenance district, shall be subject to the requirements of Article 56 (commencing with Section 20840) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.

The board of supervisors of any lighting maintenance district may provide for the establishment of an accumulative capital outlay fund for the replacement of obsolete lighting system equipment. The fund shall be held in reserve until appropriated in whole or in part to a specific project. At any time after the creation of the fund, the board may transfer to it any unencumbered surplus funds remaining on hand at the end of the fiscal year after the payment of the expenses of the district.

Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors, a county may lend any available county funds to a county maintenance district for the replacement of obsolete equipment, or to defray unusual maintenance costs. Any such loan may be restricted for use in a temporary zone formed under the provisions of Section 5855 in a district. The loan shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the board of supervisors, and shall be repaid in approximately equal installments over a period not to exceed 10 years. Any funds lent to the district, or zone, are appropriated for the purposes for which the loan was made. Any area of a district, or of a temporary zone in a district, which is included in a city by annexation or incorporation after a loan has been made shall continue to be taxed or assessed for the repayment of its proportionate part of the unpaid balance of the loan. If a zone is formed to be responsible for the loan, the board of supervisors shall, in the first fiscal year in which a special tax or assessment may be levied in the zone, and in each succeeding year of the duration of the zone, levy a special tax or assessment upon the taxable property in the zone for the purpose of repaying with interest the amount lent to the district by the county. When the loan has been repaid, the zone shall terminate. In case of emergency, the board of supervisors may also borrow funds from another maintenance district and the board of supervisors may lend available district funds to another maintenance district. Such loans shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as loans made from county funds.

The title to all property acquired by a maintenance district shall be vested in the county. Upon the dissolution of the district by reason of all of its territory being included within a city, such property shall thereupon become the property of such city, and if all of the district is included within more than one city then such property shall be subject to the disposition of the board of supervisors of the county. Such disposition shall be between the several cities in such manner as to the board seems most just and equitable.

The boundaries of any maintenance district may be altered, and contiguous or noncontiguous territory whether it is within incorporated or unincorporated territory may be annexed thereto. If incorporated territory is sought to be annexed, consent thereto shall first be obtained from the legislative body of the city. The board of supervisors may by resolution fix a time and place for hearing upon the question of annexation of such territory to an existing maintenance district. The resolution shall describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed. The board of supervisors may by resolution determine that each parcel of the territory annexed or to be annexed to a sewer maintenance district should pay its proportionate share of the cost of outfall and/or pumping plant construction previously paid for by other properties within said district and shall in said resolution fix the amount to be contributed by each said parcel. No parcel so annexed or to be annexed shall be issued a permit to connect to the sewer until the full amount of contribution so fixed has been paid. Any contribution whether heretofore or hereafter collected for such purposes shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of said district, or shall be held in trust until the parcel is included within the boundaries of the district at which time such contributions shall be transferred to the credit of said district. The date set for the hearing on the proposed annexation shall be at least three weeks from and after the date of the adoption of the resolution setting the hearing.

The board of supervisors shall cause notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing to be given by mail to each owner whose name and address appears on the last equalized assessment roll and who owns real property within the boundaries of the territory sought to be annexed. The notice shall contain the name and telephone number of a local department or agency designated by the board of supervisors to answer inquiries regarding the hearing proceedings. The person directed by the board of supervisors to mail the notices shall file, upon the completion of the mailing, an affidavit setting forth the time and manner of the compliance with this section. In addition, the board of supervisors shall cause notices of the hearing to be posted in three conspicuous places within the territory proposed to be annexed. The notices shall be headed "Notice of hearing" in letters not less than one inch in height and shall contain a description of the territory proposed to be annexed and a statement of the time and place of the hearing. In lieu of the description the boundaries of territory proposed to be annexed may be shown by means of a diagram printed upon the notice. The notice shall be posted not less than 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing. In proceedings for annexation to sewer, lighting, or drainage maintenance districts, the board of supervisors shall direct its clerk to publish a notice once a week for two successive weeks in the newspaper of general circulation that the board deems most likely to give notice of hearing to the inhabitants. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and shall contain a description of the territory proposed to be annexed or, in lieu of such description, the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed may be shown by means of a diagram. Such publication together with the posting of notices of hearing may be deemed adequate notice and no mailed notice need be required.

At the time fixed for the hearing or to which it may be continued, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the proposal and any objections which may be filed to the inclusion of any property within the proposed annexation. The board of supervisors may, by order entered upon its minutes, determine that such territory or any part thereof may be annexed to the district and may order that the boundaries of the district be altered to include such territory if one or more of the following facts exist:
  (a) The territory to be annexed will be benefited by annexation.
  (b) The annexation will allow economies and efficiencies in the administration or operation of an existing lighting system in the territory to be annexed.

If any portion of the territory annexed to a maintenance district comprises a portion of another maintenance district formed under the provisions of this chapter, a highway lighting district organized pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 19000) of Division 14, or a sewer maintenance district formed under the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4860), Part 3, Division 5 of the Health and Safety Code, the annexation of such territory shall not become complete unless and until any outstanding contract of the other district of which such territory is a part has expired or such contract, with the consent of the parties thereto, has been modified or canceled so as to relieve the other district of further obligation to pay for future contract obligations within the portion of the territory so withdrawn, and the funds of such other district remaining on hand upon the completion of such annexation shall have been apportioned between the maintenance district to which the territory was annexed and the other district from which it was withdrawn. The division of such funds shall be prorated in the proportion that the assessed value of the real property of the territory so withdrawn bore to the total assessed value of the real property within the district prior to such withdrawal.

If the territory annexed to a maintenance district includes within its boundaries all of another maintenance district formed under the provisions of this chapter, a highway lighting district organized pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 19000) of Division 14, or a sewer maintenance district formed under the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4860), Part 3, Division 5 of the Health and Safety Code, upon such annexation becoming complete by the adoption of the order of the board of supervisors, the prior existing district so annexed shall thereupon be dissolved. Any funds of the district remaining on hand at the time of the annexation shall be transferred to the maintenance district to which such territory is annexed and any contracts or obligations of the previously existing district shall become the obligations of the maintenance district to which it is annexed.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsequent to annexation of such territory and dissolution of the annexed district, the maintenance district shall assume all of the assets and liabilities of the dissolved district and shall be entitled to all of the property tax revenues to which the territory annexed would have been entitled had the territory not been so annexed.

If, after the formation of a maintenance district, additional improvements of the same type or nature are constructed within the boundaries of such district, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention that the cost of maintaining and operating such additional improvements shall be borne by the existing maintenance district. It shall fix a time and place for a hearing on such resolution, at which hearing any and all persons having any objections to the things proposed to be done may appear and be heard. The resolution shall contain a statement of the estimated annual cost of maintaining and operating such additional improvements.

Notice of the hearing on the resolution shall be given to the persons within the existing maintenance district in the manner prescribed by Section 5838. Mailed notice shall be required with respect to additional improvements for a lighting maintenance district where the annual cost to such district of such additional improvements is more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). At the hearing the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon any and all protests to the maintaining and operating of such additional improvements by the existing maintenance district and its decision shall be final and conclusive. At the conclusion of the hearing the board of supervisors may by order, entered upon its minutes, make the expenses of maintaining and operating such additional improvements a charge upon the existing maintenance district.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors, upon its own motion or upon receipt of a petition signed by 20 or more taxpayers of an existing lighting maintenance district asking for the installation and maintenance of additional lights, may, by order entered upon its minutes, make the expenses of the installation and maintenance of the additional lights a charge upon the existing district if the board determines that it will be just and equitable, and in the public interest for the additional cost, if any, to be paid by the district as a whole. If sufficient funds are available or will be available from a tax levy already made or after the tax levy has been made, the board may proceed with the installation of the additional lights.

Any portion of any maintenance district which will not be benefited by remaining within the district, may be withdrawn therefrom. The board of supervisors may by resolution entered upon its minutes fix a time for a hearing on the question of the withdrawal of any portion of a maintenance district which will not be benefited by remaining within the district.

The time for the hearing shall be not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the date of the adoption of the resolution. The board of supervisors shall at least five days prior to the time so fixed cause a notice of such hearing to be published by one insertion in such daily, weekly or semiweekly newspaper printed, published and circulated in the county, as the board deems most likely to give notice to the inhabitants of the district of the proposed withdrawal. Copies of the notice also shall be posted at least one week prior to the date fixed for the hearing in three conspicuous places within that portion of the maintenance district sought to be withdrawn and in three conspicuous places within the remaining portion of the district.

Any person interested may appear at the hearing and object to the withdrawal of said portion from the maintenance district, or may object to the continuance of the remaining territory as a maintenance district. The board of supervisors shall consider and pass upon all objections and if it finds that the portion of the district sought to be withdrawn will not be benefited by remaining within the maintenance district and that the remaining territory not sought to be withdrawn will be benefited by continuing as a maintenance district, then it shall order such withdrawal and the continuance of the remaining territory as a maintenance district.

No withdrawal of territory under the provisions of Section 5846 or 5853 shall become effective unless and until any outstanding contract of the maintenance district from which a portion is sought to be withdrawn has expired, or such contract, with the consent of the parties thereto, has been modified or canceled so as to relieve such maintenance district of further obligation to pay for future maintenance within the territory so withdrawn.

Any maintenance district created to finance any work which might also be constructed or maintained by a county sanitation district, may become a part of a county sanitation district after the board of supervisors of the county within which the maintenance district is located has, after a hearing held pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4700), Part 3, Division 5 of the Health and Safety Code), determined by resolution that such inclusion is for the best interest of the maintenance district and the governing body of the maintenance district consents to the inclusion by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members.

A maintenance district included in a county sanitation district pursuant to Section 5847.5 is not dissolved by such inclusion, but may continue to function in the same manner that it functioned before the inclusion.

Any maintenance district may be dissolved by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors upon its own motion may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to dissolve the maintenance district and may fix a time for a hearing upon such dissolution. The time for such hearing shall be not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days after the date of the adoption of such resolution, and the clerk of the board of supervisors shall, at least 15 days prior to the time so fixed, publish notice of such hearing by one insertion in a daily, weekly or semiweekly newspaper printed, published and circulated in the county, and cause printed copies of such notice to be posted in three conspicuous places within the maintenance district.

At the time appointed for such hearing, or at any time to which it is adjourned, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the question of dissolution and all objections and protests and may grant or deny the same, and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive. If the board of supervisors upon such hearing determines that the maintenance district shall be dissolved, the board of supervisors shall, by resolution, order the dissolution of the district and the district shall thereupon be dissolved. The maintenance and operation of the improvements of such district may be continued thereafter until the funds collected for the purpose of maintaining and operating them have been expended for that purpose.

Upon the inclusion of all of the territory of a maintenance district within one or more cities, either by reason of annexation proceedings or by reason of the incorporation of one or more cities, and upon dissolution of such district, all funds paid into the county treasury to the credit of such district shall be paid over by the board of supervisors of such district as prescribed in this chapter.

If the whole district is so included within one city, the district shall continue in existence for all purposes until a copy of a resolution adopted by the city requesting dissolution of the district or requesting transfer of jurisdiction over the district and the funds of the district to the city is filed with the board of supervisors whereupon the district shall be dissolved or jurisdiction over the district shall be transferred by resolution of the board of supervisors to the city, as requested by the resolution adopted by the city, and such funds shall be paid to the treasurer of that city and administered by the legislative body of the city for the benefit of the district.

If a part only of the district is so included within one city and the remaining part of the district is so included within one or more other cities, so that no portion of the district remains within unincorporated territory of the county, the district shall continue in existence for all purposes until a copy of a joint resolution adopted by all of the cities requesting dissolution of the district is filed with the board of supervisors whereupon the district shall be dissolved. The proportionate part of such funds shall be paid to the treasurer of each such city as the assessed valuation of the real property of the portion of the district included therein bore, before being so included, to the total assessed valuation of the real property of the district, and such funds shall be administered by the legislative bodies of such cities for the benefit of the district. Any one city may withdraw its territory from the district in the manner provided by Section 5853.

Whenever any portion of a district is included within a city by reason of incorporation, annexation, or otherwise, such portion shall continue to remain a part of the district for all purposes until a copy of a resolution adopted by the city requesting exclusion of such territory from the district is received by the board of supervisors. Upon the withdrawal of any territory of a district, all property acquired for the district and all unencumbered funds on the date of withdrawal, including all taxes levied and collected by the district in any year in which taxes are levied and collected by the district after the date of withdrawal on property withdrawn from the district, shall be divided between the city and the remaining district in proportion to the assessed value of the real property of the territory so withdrawn and the portion remaining. For the purpose of this article, the unencumbered funds are the sum of money, uncollected taxes, and other uncollected amounts belonging to or due such district, in excess of an amount sufficient to pay all claims and accounts against the district.

The board of supervisors may by resolution change the name of any maintenance district to conform with a change in the street name or other designation which the district bears. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall file in the office of the county assessor and with the State Board of Equalization a certified copy of every such resolution, and upon such filing the name of the district shall be changed for all purposes.

Where the board of supervisors or legislative body has so declared in its resolution of intention to order the formation of a maintenance district or any annexation thereto, the board of supervisors or legislative body may, in its resolution ordering the formation of a maintenance district or any annexation thereto, order the district divided into tax assessment zones. Tax assessment zones may be formed at a time other than at the formation of the district or any annexation thereto if pursuant to the same procedure of resolution, notice, and hearing as are applicable under this chapter to the annexation of territory. No district shall be divided into zones unless the board of supervisors or legislative body finds that a tax assessment zone requires special services or special facilities in addition to those provided generally by the maintenance district or the replacement of obsolete equipment, and that the tax levy is commensurate with the special benefits to be provided in the zone. The boundaries of tax assessment zones may be changed or a zone may be dissolved in the same manner that a zone may be formed in an existing district. When a zone is formed for the purpose of the construction or installation of special facilities in addition to those provided generally by the district or to replace obsolete equipment, the board of supervisors or legislative body may provide at the time of formation for the automatic dissolution of the zone upon payment of all assessments attributable to the special facilities.

If a maintenance district is divided into zones, the board of supervisors or legislative body may determine what portion of the amount of money to be secured from the levy of taxes shall be secured from each zone within the district.