SECTIONS 19300-19314

19300.  A petition asking for the installation and maintenance ofadditional lights pursuant to Chapter 9 of this part may request theboard of supervisors to establish a temporary zone consisting solelyof contiguous territory within the district which will be benefitedby said additional lights, for the purpose of levying a special taxtherein to finance the cost of installation and temporary maintenancethereof. In such case, the petition shall contain: (a) A general description of the nature of the proposed additionallights, together with a map showing the location thereof. (b) An estimate of all costs or charges which will be incurred inconnection with the installation thereof, together with a statementas to the period of time, not to exceed three years, proposed for thepayment of said costs or charges. (c) An estimate of the average monthly cost of maintenance of saidlights. (d) A description of the boundaries of the proposed temporaryzone. A proposal to form a temporary zone pursuant to this section shallbe subject to the provisions of Chapter 3 of Title 6 of theGovernment Code to the same extent as a proposal to form a district.19301.  A petition for annexation filed pursuant to Chapter 12 ofthis part may, in addition to other matters required by that chapter,request that if the territory therein described, or any partthereof, is annexed to the district, the board of supervisors shallestablish said annexed territory as a temporary zone for the purposeof levying a special tax therein to finance the cost of installationand temporary maintenance of the lights proposed to be installed insaid annexed territory. In such case, the petition shall alsocontain: (a) A general description of the nature of the lights proposed tobe installed, together with a map showing the location thereof. (b) An estimate of all costs or charges which will be incurred inconnection with the installation thereof, together with a statementas to the period of time, not to exceed three years, proposed for thepayment of said costs or charges. (c) An estimate of the average monthly cost of maintenance of saidlights.19302.  Upon the presentation of a petition pursuant to thischapter, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediatelyrefer the same to an appropriate county officer, who shall certify tothe board the number of owners of taxable property within theboundaries of the proposed zone whose names appear on said petition,together with the percentage of the total assessed valuation of alltaxable property within the boundaries of the proposed zone, whichsaid signatures represent.19303.  If the certifying officer certifies that the petition bearsthe signatures of the owners of taxable property within the proposedzone representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed value ofall taxable property in the zone, the petition shall be filed, andthe board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petitionand the protests of interested parties, and shall cause a notice ofthe filing of the petition and the time set for the hearing to bepublished pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in anewspaper designated by the board as most likely to give notice tothe inhabitants of the district and the proposed zone. If there is nosuch newspaper, copies of the notice shall be posted in threeconspicuous places in the proposed zone to be annexed, for threeweeks prior to the date fixed for hearing the petition. The noticeshall contain the text of the petition, but the names of the signersof the petition need not be published. Notice given pursuant to thissection is a sufficient compliance with Section 19211. If the certifying officer's certificate shows that the petitiondoes not bear the required number of signatures, the request for theformation of a temporary zone shall be denied, without prejudice tothe filing of a new petition therefor, and the board of supervisorsshall proceed to consider and act upon the petition as a petitionfiled pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 19160) orChapter 12 (commencing with Section 19210), as the case may be.19304.  Upon the date fixed for the hearing, or at any time to whichit is continued, the board of supervisors shall, in addition to anyother proceedings required by law, consider the request for formationof a temporary zone and any objections which may be filed against itor against the formation of the proposed zone.19305.  If the board of supervisors determines, with respect to apetition for additional lights filed in conformity with this chapter,that (a) It is just and equitable, and in the public interest, thatthe proposed temporary zone be formed, and (b) The petition was signed by resident taxpayers representing 60percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxableproperty within the territory proposed to be formed into a zone, the board shall by resolution, entered in its minutes, fix anddescribe the boundaries of the proposed zone in such manner that anyterritory which will not be benefited by inclusion therein, or whichis not contiguous thereto, or which is not described in the petition,shall not be included therein; shall declare the zone established,designating it by an identifying name or number; and shall specifythe purposes and duration thereof, not to exceed three years from thebeginning of the next ensuing fiscal year in which a special taxlevy or assessment may be made in the zone.19306.  If the board of supervisors determines, with respect to apetition for annexation filed in conformity with this chapter, that (a) The petition for annexation should be granted in whole or inpart, pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 19210), and (b) It is just and equitable, and in the public interest, thatthe proposed temporary zone be formed, and (c) That the petition was signed by resident taxpayersrepresenting 60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation ofall taxable property within the area therein proposed to be annexed, the board, in addition to those proceedings required by Chapter12, shall by resolution entered in its minutes, declare the annexedterritory established as a temporary zone with boundaries coterminouswith the boundaries of the territory annexed, designating the zoneby an identifying name or number; and shall specify the purposes andduration thereof, not to exceed three years from the beginning of thenext ensuing fiscal year in which a special tax or assessment levymay be made therein.19307.  The provisions of Sections 19036 and 19037 apply toproceedings under this chapter.19308.  A statement regarding the boundaries of a zone establishedpursuant to this chapter shall be filed as provided by Chapter 8,Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code, together with astatement as to the period of duration of said zone specified in theresolution establishing it.19309.  In order that the lights proposed to be installed andmaintained in a zone may be installed therein immediately after itsformation, the governing body may authorize the immediateinstallation of the proposed lights in said zone, and may contract topay any costs or charges incurred by reason of such installation inequal periodic payments over a period not to exceed the period ofduration of said zone specified in the resolution establishing it.19310.  The board of supervisors may, from time to time, transfermoneys to the district, for the benefit of the zone, from anyavailable funds of the county. Any moneys so transferred shall bearinterest at a rate to be fixed by the board of supervisors and arehereby appropriated, and shall be used, for the payment of anycurrently payable expenses incurred by reason of the installation ofthe lights proposed for the zone, and for the cost of maintenancethereof prior to December 1st of the first fiscal year in which aspecial tax or assessment may be levied in and on behalf of the zone.All costs of maintenance of the lights, subsequent to that date,shall be budgeted and included in the general levy of taxes orassessments, as the case may be, in and on behalf of the district asa whole.19310.5.  Any area of the district, or of a zone in the district,which is included in a city by annexation or incorporation after aloan has been made shall continue to be taxed or assessed for therepayment of its proportionate share of the unpaid balance of theloan.19311.  The board of supervisors shall, in the first fiscal year inwhich a special tax or assessment, as the case may be, may be leviedin and on behalf of the zone, levy a special tax or assessment uponthe taxable property therein for the purposes of the zone, and shallinclude in the levy a sum sufficient to repay to the county theamounts transferred to the district pursuant to Section 19310. Theamounts so transferred shall be retransferred to the county treasuryfrom the first available receipts from the special levy in the zone. Thereafter, in the succeeding fiscal year or years during whichthe temporary zone remains in existence, the board of supervisorsshall levy a special tax or assessment therein sufficient to pay anyadditional costs or charges incurred by reason of the installation ofthe lights therein, which may by contract be made payable in suchyear or years. All special taxes or assessments levied in and on behalf of azone, pursuant to this section, are in addition to any taxes orassessments levied therein for and on behalf of the district as awhole.19311.1.  (a) The board of supervisors shall not levy assessmentspursuant to Section 19311 unless it has adopted an ordinance to doso. The board of supervisors shall place before the voters of thezone, either before the initial ordinance takes effect or within oneyear thereafter, the question whether the district shall beauthorized to levy assessments. If the majority of those voting disapprove of such authority, nosubsequent ordinance levying assessments for any succeeding fiscalyear shall be adopted by the board of supervisors without the priorapproval of the voters of the zone. Subsequent election or elections to secure such approval shall notbe held more than once a year. (b) The approval of the voters may be secured at a district orcountywide election, or by a ballot mailed to each property owner orregistered voter of the zone. (c) The proposition is approved if a majority of those votingapprove the proposition.19312.  A zone shall remain in existence for the period of timespecified in the resolution of the board of supervisors whichestablished it, and shall thereafter automatically terminate;provided, there are then no outstanding obligations payable fromspecial taxes or assessments to be levied in the zone.19313.  Where the board of supervisors or legislative body has sodeclared in its resolution of intention to order the formation of alighting district or any annexation thereto, the board of supervisorsor legislative body may, in its resolution ordering the formation ofa lighting district or any annexation thereto, order the districtdivided into tax assessment zones. Tax assessment zones may be formedat a time other than at the formation of the district or anyannexation thereto if pursuant to the same procedure of resolution,notice, and hearing as are applicable under this chapter to theannexation of territory. No district shall be divided into zones unless the board ofsupervisors or legislative body finds that a tax assessment zonerequires special services or special facilities in addition to thoseprovided generally by the lighting district or the replacement ofobsolete equipment, and that the tax levy is commensurate with thespecial benefits to be provided in the zone. The boundaries of taxassessment zones may be changed or a zone may be dissolved in thesame manner that a zone may be formed in an existing district.19314.  If a highway lighting district is divided into taxassessment zones, the board of supervisors or legislative body maydetermine what portion of the amount of money to be secured from thelevy of taxes shall be secured from such zone within the district.