2855. The district board may do all of the following: (a) Purchase supplies and other personal property. (b) Employ necessary labor. (c) Acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, in the name of the district, any lands, rights-of-way, easements, or other real property necessary for the district. (d) Sell or lease any lands, rights-of-way, easements, material, […]
2855.3. Every sale of real property made pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2855 shall be made at such place within the district as the district board shall specify, and such real property shall be sold to the highest bidder at public auction, after notice of sale is published once a week for two successive […]
2855.7. The district board may borrow money in any fiscal year, which shall not exceed the anticipated revenue of that fiscal year and which shall be repaid in the same fiscal year. Such money shall be borrowed upon such other terms as the board shall fix; provided, that interest shall not exceed 6 percent, computed […]
2856. Any nuisance may be abated in any action or proceeding by any remedy provided by this article or any other law. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 465.)
2857. Whenever a nuisance exists upon any property, either in the district or in territory not in the district but so situated with respect to the district that pests from the territory migrate into, or otherwise encroach upon, the district, the district board may notify in writing the owner or party in possession, or the […]
2858. The notice required by Section 2857 shall include all of the following: (a) State the finding of the district that a public nuisance exists on the property and the location of the nuisance on the property. (b) Direct the owner or party in possession to abate the nuisance within a specified time by destroying […]
2860. If the property is owned by a person who is not a resident of the district, and is not in charge or possession of any person, and there is no tenant or agent of the owner upon whom service can be made, who can after diligent search be found; or if the owner of […]
2861. Before complying with the requirements of the notice, the owner or party in possession may appear at a hearing before the board at a time and place fixed by the board and stated in the notice. At the hearing the district board shall determine whether the initial finding as set forth in the notice […]
2861.5. Any judicial review of administrative procedure provided for in this chapter shall be pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 465.)
2861.7. Any recurrence of the nuisance may be deemed to be a continuation of the original nuisance. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 53. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2862. If the nuisance is not abated within the time specified in the notice or an order following the hearing, the district board may abate the nuisance. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 54. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2862.5. The cost of abating a nuisance shall be repaid to the district by the owner of the property. However, the owner shall not be required to pay for the costs unless, either prior to or subsequent to the abatement by the district, a hearing is held by the district board, at which the property […]
2863. When any nuisance is found to exist on any property subject to the control of any state or local agency, the district shall notify the state or local agency of the existence of the nuisance. Sections 2858, 2860, 2861, 2861.5, and 2862 shall govern the contents of the notice and the manner of serving […]
2864. Upon the failure of the property owner or the person in possession of the property to pay the district for all sums expended by the district in abating a nuisance or preventing its recurrence, or upon the failure to pay all civil penalties, the costs or penalties, or both, shall become a lien upon […]
2864.7. A copy of the filed and recorded lien may be given to the county assessor and tax collector, who, upon receipt of the lien, shall add the amount of the lien to the next regular tax bill levied against the parcel for district purposes. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 59. Effective September […]
2865. If the county assessor and the tax collector assess property and collect taxes for the district, a certified copy of the lien shall be filed with the county auditor on or before August 10th. The descriptions of the parcels reported shall be those used for the same parcels on the county assessor’s map books […]
2865.5. The county auditor shall enter each lien on the county tax roll opposite the parcel of land. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 61. Effective September 7, 1984.)
2866. The amount of the lien shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency, as provided for ordinary county taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, […]
2867. The lien provisions of this article do not apply to the property of any county, city, district, or other public corporation. However, the governing body of the county, city, district, or other public corporation shall repay to a district the amount expended by the district upon any of its property under this article upon […]
2868. Any amounts collected by a county on account of a lien authorized by this article, other than the amounts requested to be paid into the county general fund pursuant to Section 29304 of the Government Code, shall be paid to the district. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 911, Sec. 63. Effective September 7, 1984.)
