Part 9. Assessment Liens And Reassessments of California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 10. >> Part 9.

In the event bonds are ordered to be issued, the unpaid assessments, as shown on the list filed by the street superintendent and determined by the legislative body, and any reassessments which may be issued thereon or in lieu thereof, together with interest thereon, shall remain and constitute a trust fund for the redemption and payment of the principal of the bonds and for the interest which may be due thereon.

Such assessments and reassessments and each installment thereof and the interest and penalties thereon shall constitute a lien against the lots and parcels of land on which they are made, until the same be paid, but for a period not exceeding the time within which an action might be brought on the last series of bonds issued upon the security of such unpaid assessments.

The lien, whether bonds issued to represent the assessment or otherwise, shall be subordinate to all fixed special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property, but it shall have priority over all fixed special assessment liens which may thereafter be created against the property.

The lien of a reassessment and a refunding assessment shall have the same priority as the original assessment to which it relates. A supplemental assessment is a new assessment.

Unmatured installments, interest and penalties secured by any such lien or liens shall not be deemed to be within the terms of any general warranty of title.

If any assessment heretofore or hereafter issued is void or unenforceable, for any cause, or if bonds are issued to represent or be secured by any assessments and that issuance is not effective through the curative provisions in relation thereto under the law pursuant to which the assessment was levied or under this division to make them valid and enforceable, then a reassessment may be made. The reassessment shall be made upon the demand of the owner or holder of bonds aggregating one-third of the principal amount outstanding, or upon order of the legislative body, and shall be made in the manner and form provided by the law pursuant to which the assessment was levied, without regard to whether the acquisition or improvement has been done or is proposed to be done, if any valid procedure is provided, and otherwise as provided by Chapter 19 (commencing with Section 5500) of Part 3 of Division 7.

When made, the reassessment shall constitute a trust fund for the redemption and payment of the original bonds issued against the original assessment; or the legislative body may call in the original issue of bonds outstanding and issue new bonds upon the security of the reassessment in lieu thereof. If the legislative body determines that new bonds shall be issued upon the security of the reassessment, the notice of hearing upon the reassessment shall contain a declaration of intention to issue bonds substantially in the form provided for in Section 8573. Upon confirmation of the reassessment the legislative body may issue the new bonds in the manner that it determines.

If the legislative body calls in the original issue of outstanding bonds, it may direct the treasurer to, and the treasurer shall thereupon, advance the maturity of the outstanding bonds bearing interest in the manner provided in Part 11 (commencing with Section 8750), notwithstanding the fact that there may not be surplus moneys in the redemption fund with which to pay the same. New bonds shall be issued in an aggregate amount equal to the total balance of the reassessment unpaid and shall bear interest from their date at the rate fixed by the legislative body.

Upon the surrender of the outstanding bonds, the new bonds shall be issued ratably to the holders of the original outstanding bonds. Each holder of such original bonds shall be entitled to such proportion of the new bonds as the total amount of the principal and interest due him on his original bonds, upon the date of the recordation of the reassessment, bears to the total amount of the principal of the new bonds. In making distribution the legislative body may assign the different bonds and allot maturities in such manner as to it shall seem equitable.