SECTIONS 53520-53523 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 53520-53523

53520. As used in this article "local agency" means county, city,
city and county, public district or any public or municipal
corporation, public agency or public authority.

53521. Whenever by any law of this state a local agency is required
to give notice by posting or publication of a hearing on the
formation of a local agency or an improvement district, zone, special
assessment district or special taxing district within a local
agency, or on the consolidation or dissolution of such local agency
or the annexation or detachment of territory to or from any of the
foregoing, or on the issuance of bonds or other evidences of
indebtedness by or for any of the foregoing, the local agency may, in
its discretion, cause additional notice of such hearing to be given
by mail as follows:
(a) By mailing such notice, postage prepaid, to all persons owning
real property which will be within such local agency, improvement
district, zone, special assessment district or other special taxing
district when the same is formed, consolidated or dissolved, or
within territory proposed to be annexed or detached therefrom or
which will or may be taxed or assessed for the payment of bonds or
other evidences of indebtedness issued by or for any thereof, whose
names and addresses appear on the last equalized county assessment
roll (including the roll of state-assessed property) or are known to
the clerk or secretary of the local agency.
(b) Such notice shall be mailed at least fifteen (15) days prior
to the date fixed for the hearing.

53522. The clerk or secretary of the local agency shall, upon the
completion of the mailing of the notice, file with the legislative
body of the local agency an affidavit setting forth the time and
manner of such mailing.

53523. The failure of any addressee of any mailed notice to receive
the same shall not affect in any way whatsoever the validity of the
proceedings including such hearing nor prevent the legislative body
of the local agency from proceeding with any hearing so noticed.