SECTIONS 19160-19162

19160.  Proceedings for the installation and maintenance ofadditional lights may be instituted by the governing body on its owninitiative and shall be instituted by the governing body when: (a) A written request therefor, signed by two members of thegoverning body, is filed with the governing body; or (b) A petition therefor, signed by 20 or more taxpayers of thedistrict, is filed with the governing body. The petition may consistof any number of separate instruments.19161.  Upon institution of proceedings pursuant to Section 19160,if the governing body determines that it will be just and equitableand in the public interest for the additional cost, if any, ofinstallation and maintenance of additional lights to be paid by thedistrict as a whole, it shall immediately estimate the cost ofinstalling and maintaining the additional lights, and shall use suchreserve funds as may have been accumulated for such purposes to theextent necessary. In the regular tax levy for the first fiscal yearin which it is possible to do so, the governing body shall include atax upon the taxable property within the district at the equalizedvalue thereof, or an assessment on each parcel of real propertywithin the district on the basis of the estimated benefit to theparcel, sufficient to pay the cost of installing and maintaining forone year the additional lights. If sufficient reserve funds areavailable or will be available from the tax or assessment levyalready made, or after the tax or assessment levy has been made, thegoverning body shall proceed with the installation of the additionallights.19161.1.  Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessmentauthorized by this chapter for the installation or maintenance oflights, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter 6.1(commencing with Section 54701) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 ofthe Government Code.19162.  If the governing body determines that it will not be justand equitable, or in the public interest, for the cost ofinstallation and maintenance of said additional lights to be paid bythe district as a whole, it shall terminate the proceedings withoutprejudice to the filing of a new petition pursuant to Chapter 17 ofthis part.