SECTIONS 19160-19162 - California Statutes

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE

SECTION 19160-19162

19160. Proceedings for the installation and maintenance of
additional lights may be instituted by the governing body on its own
initiative and shall be instituted by the governing body when:
(a) A written request therefor, signed by two members of the
governing body, is filed with the governing body; or
(b) A petition therefor, signed by 20 or more taxpayers of the
district, is filed with the governing body. The petition may consist
of 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 equitable
and in the public interest for the additional cost, if any, of
installation and maintenance of additional lights to be paid by the
district as a whole, it shall immediately estimate the cost of
installing and maintaining the additional lights, and shall use such
reserve funds as may have been accumulated for such purposes to the
extent necessary. In the regular tax levy for the first fiscal year
in which it is possible to do so, the governing body shall include a
tax upon the taxable property within the district at the equalized
value thereof, or an assessment on each parcel of real property
within the district on the basis of the estimated benefit to the
parcel, sufficient to pay the cost of installing and maintaining for
one year the additional lights. If sufficient reserve funds are
available or will be available from the tax or assessment levy
already made, or after the tax or assessment levy has been made, the
governing body shall proceed with the installation of the additional
lights.

19161.1. Whenever the board of supervisors levies an assessment
authorized by this chapter for the installation or maintenance of
lights, the assessment shall be levied pursuant to Chapter 6.1
(commencing with Section 54701) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of
the Government Code.

19162. If the governing body determines that it will not be just
and equitable, or in the public interest, for the cost of
installation and maintenance of said additional lights to be paid by
the district as a whole, it shall terminate the proceedings without
prejudice to the filing of a new petition pursuant to Chapter 17 of
this part.