SECTIONS 51890-51894 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 51890-51894

51890. When any parcel located in a district upon which an
assessment has been levied is divided, the board, upon written
application signed by any or all of the landowners within the divided
parcel, shall enter a minute order directing the reapportionment of
the assessment upon the divided parcel in such manner as will charge
each of the smaller parcels with a just proportion of the assessment.
When any parcel in a district is subdivided for the purposes of
sale in accordance with Part 2 (commencing with Section 11000) of
Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, the subdivider shall
make written application to the board for the reapportionment of any
assessment of the district upon the parcels and the board shall
proceed to make the reapportionment in the manner provided in this
article. The expense of the reapportionment shall be paid by the
subdivider.

51891. If the application for reapportionment is signed by all of
the landowners, the reapportionment is final upon entry of the minute
order.

51892. If the application for reapportionment is not signed by all
of the landowners within the divided parcel, the board upon making
the minute order, shall file with the clerk of the board of
supervisors a list of the charges assessed against each of the
parcels, and the reapportionment shall be approved by the board of
supervisors in the manner provided in Article 1 (commencing with
Section 51230) of Chapter 2.

51892.5. If no application for reapportionment is received under
Section 51890, the district secretary may, upon learning that a
parcel upon which an assessment has been levied has been divided or
subdivided, reapportion the assessment against that parcel among each
of the smaller parcels in proportion to the relative acreage
contained in each parcel. The secretary shall give to each owner of
the smaller parcels written notice of the reapportionment so
determined, advising that the reapportionment will become final
unless the owners, or any of them, within 10 days of the mailing of
the notice, file with the secretary a written request for a hearing
before the board to determine the manner in which the assessment
shall be reapportioned. If no request is received, the
reapportionment shall become final upon adoption by the board. If a
request is received, the secretary shall give to the owner of each of
the smaller parcels written notice not less than 10 days prior
thereto that a hearing will be held by the board to determine the
reapportionment. The determination of the board at the hearing shall
be final unless, within 10 days thereafter, an objection is filed in
writing with the secretary, in which event the board shall file its
order of reapportionment with the clerk of the board of supervisors,
and the reapportionment shall be approved by the board of supervisors
in the manner provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 51230)
of Chapter 2.

51893. The board shall require, as a condition to the making of any
reapportionment pursuant to this article, that each parcel of the
divided or subdivided parcel be given suitable means of ingress and
egress.

51894. When any assessment has been reapportioned on any parcel,
the board shall cause the divisions or subdivisions and
reapportionment to be properly entered or endorsed upon the
assessment list, and shall file notice of all the changes with the
county treasurer.