SECTIONS 18300-18313

18300.  This part may be cited as the Street Lighting Act of 1931.18301.  This part shall be liberally construed in order toeffectuate its purposes.18302.  This part provides an alternative system for making theimprovements authorized by this part, and the provisions of this partshall not apply to or affect any other provisions of this code. Whenany proceedings are commenced under this part, the provisions ofthis part and no others shall apply to all such proceedings.18303.  Unless the particular provision or the context otherwiserequires, the definitions and general provisions contained in thischapter shall govern the construction of this part.18304.  "Street lighting system" or "system" includes any or allappliances, poles, posts, electroliers, transformers, lighting units,lamps, cables, wires, pipes, conduits, and other suitable ornecessary works or appliances for street lighting purposes. Any suchstreet lighting system may include all or any portion of a city.18305.  "Service," and any of its variants, means the electricalcurrent or energy or other illuminating agent used to light a streetlighting system.18306.  "Maintenance" means the repair, replacement, inspection,cleaning or painting of the posts and standards and the equipmentattached to or used in connection with such posts and standards, andincludes such incidental expenses incurred in connection therewith asmay be necessary.18307.  "Improvement," and any of its variants, includes themaintenance or servicing, or both, of all or part of any one or morestreet lighting systems.18308.  "Contract year" means a period of 12 months.18309.  "Installment assessment" means the amount levied by the citycouncil for the first or any subsequent contract year to create afund with which to pay for the improvement for the next contractyear.18310.  "Clerk" or "city clerk" means any person or officer who isor acts as clerk of the city council.18311.  "Street" includes alleys and other public places.18312.  "City" includes all corporations organized and existing formunicipal purposes.18313.  "City council" includes any body which by law is thelegislative department of the government of the city.