3100-3101

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
SECTION 3100-3101




3100.  Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise
requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this
part govern the construction of this division:
   (a) "Assessment" or "special assessment" means the original
assessment and any reassessment or supplemental assessment upon lands
within the assessment district.
   (b) "Assessment district" means the territory containing the lands
to be specially assessed.
   (c) "Lienholder" means any person or city who as a result of
proceedings taken under the principal act and any bond act used in
conjunction therewith, owns or is entitled to enforce a lien against
a specifically described lot, parcel, or piece of land within the
district.
   (d) "Bond act" means any statute, charter, or procedural ordinance
under which bonds are issued (1) to represent unpaid special
assessments imposed in proceedings taken pursuant to the principal
act or (2) which are secured by authority to levy special taxes
conferred in proceedings taken pursuant to the principal act.
   (e) "City" means any city, county, city and county, district,
public corporation, or public entity authorized to use the principal
act.
   (f) "Community facilities district" means the territory within a
district formed purusant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act
of 1982, Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of
Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
   (g) "District" means an assessment district or community
facilities district.
   (h) "Legislative body" means the legislative body or governing
board of a city.
   (i) "Map of the district" means a plat or map indicating by a
boundary line the extent of the territory included in the district.
   (j) "Principal act" means the statute, charter, or procedural
ordinance under which the proceedings are being conducted.
   (k) "Proceedings" means proceedings taken pursuant to the
principal act for the construction of any public improvement or the
acquisition of any property for public use, or both, or for the
furnishing of services pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community
Facilities Act of 1982, Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311)
of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, where (1)
any part of the cost thereof is to be paid by special assessments
levied upon lots, parcels, or pieces of land within a district in
proportion to the benefits to be received by each lot, parcel, or
piece of land from that improvement or acquisition, or (2) any part
of the cost thereof is to be paid by special taxes levied or
authorized to be levied upon lots, parcels, or pieces of land within
a community facilities district.
   (l) "Sale or foreclosure" means any action or proceeding by any
city officer or in any court for the enforcement of payment of
special taxes, principal, or interest due upon any special assessment
or bond constituting a lien against real property by the sale or
foreclosure of all or any part of the real property or the lien.



3101.  All curative provisions of the principal act and any bond act
used in conjunction therewith, including rules of construction,
limitations of actions, and provisions relating to reassessments,
waiver and estoppel, the conclusive effect of any act or instrument,
and the effect of errors, informalities and defects, shall apply to
this division.