Chapter 7. Application Of Other Statutes of California Water Code >> Division 17. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 7.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.