19030-19037

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
SECTION 19030-19037




19030.  In accordance with the provisions of this part any
unincorporated area in this State may be established as a highway
lighting district for the purpose of installing and maintaining a
street lighting system on public highways within the district for the
better protection of the public traveling thereon.



19031.  Proceedings for the formation of a highway lighting district
may be instituted by filing, at a regular meeting of the board of
supervisors of the county in which the proposed district to be
benefited thereby is situated, a petition signed by 15 or more
taxpayers thereof or by the owners of taxable property representing
60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable
property within the proposed district.



19032.  The petition shall contain the name of the proposed
district, a description of its boundaries, and a statement that the
provisions of this part shall govern the proceeding.



19033.  The name of the proposed district shall be in the following
form: ____ lighting district (using the name of the district), of
____ County (using the name of the county in which the district is
situated), and if the district is established it shall be thereafter
designated by that name.



19034.  Upon the presentation of a petition requesting that the
District Investigation Law of 1933 be declared inapplicable to the
proceedings, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately
refer the same to an appropriate county officer, who shall certify to
the board the number of owners of taxable property within the
boundaries of the proposed district whose names appear on said
petition, together with the percentage of the total assessed
valuation of all taxable property within the boundaries of the
proposed district, which said signatures represent.




19035.  If the certifying officer certifies that the petition bears
the signatures of owners of taxable property within the proposed
district, representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed
valuation of all taxable property therein, the board of supervisors
may determine and order, by a four-fifths vote, that the proceedings
required by the District Investigation Law of 1933 are unnecessary
and that said law shall not apply. The petition shall thereupon be
filed without an accompanying bond or other undertaking. If said
determination and order is made, the notice of hearing on the
petition shall so state.


19036.  The county assessment roll last equalized at the time the
petition is first presented shall be conclusive evidence as to
ownership of taxable property and the assessed value thereof.



19037.  The affidavit of the person who circulated and obtained the
signatures on the petition, stating that to the best of his knowledge
and belief said signatures are genuine and are the signatures of
taxpayers within the proposed district, shall be prima facie evidence
of the facts recited.