SECTIONS 74900-74904 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 74900-74904

74900. A district, in the construction of any work to be done or
improvement made by it or within an improvement district formed
pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 75000) of this division
and in the levying of assessments and reassessments and the issuing
of bonds to pay for costs and expenses of the work and improvements
done or to be done, may use the Improvement Act of 1911, the
Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, or the Improvement Bond Act of
1915. These acts are hereafter referred to in this chapter as the
"improvement acts."

74901. Notwithstanding the provisions or limitations of any of the
improvement acts relating to the work authorized to be done or the
improvements authorized to be made thereunder, a district may acquire
or construct, by the procedures permitted by this article, any
improvements authorized by this division, and the improvements
authorized to be constructed or acquired by the procedure permitted
by this article, are restricted to those permitted by this division.

74902. In the application of the improvement acts to proceedings
under this division, the terms used in those acts shall have the
following meanings:
(a) "City council" or "council" means the board.
(b) "City" or "municipality" means the district.
(c) "Clerk" or "city clerk" means the secretary.
(d) "Superintendent of streets," "street superintendent," or "city
engineer" means the chief engineer of the district or any other
person appointed to perform such duties.
(e) "Tax collector" means the county tax collector.
(f) "Treasurer" or "city treasurer" means the treasurer.
(g) "Right-of-way" means any right-of-way owned or held by the
district for the purpose of constructing or maintaining any work or
improvements which the district is authorized to do.

74903. The powers and duties conferred by the improvement acts upon
boards, officers, and agents of cities shall be exercised by the
board, officers, and agents of the district, respectively.

74904. No assessment or bond levied or issued pursuant to
proceedings under any of the improvement acts, as authorized by this
chapter, shall become a lien, and no person shall be deemed to have
notice thereof, until a certified copy of the assessment in the
proceedings under the improvement act being utilized, and the diagram
attached to the assessment, are recorded in the office of the county
recorder of each county in which any part of the lands assessed are
located.