8190-8195

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
SECTION 8190-8195




8190.  At any time after the adoption of a plan for a project or the
letting of a contract for the construction of the whole or any
portion of the project, the commission may, by order entered in its
minutes, call an election for the purpose of determining whether
bonds should be issued for the acquisition of rights of way for and
the construction of such project and for the payment of such
contract.



8191.  The order shall fix the day of the election, shall describe
the exact location of each project for which bonds are to be issued,
shall specify the amount of the bond issue for each project, and
shall state in general terms that the money raised from the sale of
the bonds for each project shall be used only for the acquisition of
rights-of-way for and the construction of, the project for which
bonds shall have been issued. If the election is called for the
payment of a contract entered into by the commission the order shall
state the terms of the contract in such manner as will advise the
electors of its contents. Any money raised by means of a bond issue
which remains on hand after the acquisition of rights-of-way and
construction have been completed, shall be expended in the betterment
and maintenance of the project for which the bonds have been voted
or for payment on the principal of the bonds.



8192.  Notice of the election shall be given in the manner and for
the time provided for in Section 8123. The election shall be held and
conducted in the same manner as provided for holding and conducting
an election for approval of the formation of the district, except
that the commission shall perform the duties prescribed for the
board.



8192.5.  On the ballot at the election each project shall be
submitted as a separate proposition, together with a description of
the exact location of the project and a statement of the amount of
bonds to be issued for the project.


8193.  After the vote has been counted and the result announced by
the election officers, the ballots shall be sealed up and delivered
to the secretary of the commission, with the election returns. The
commission shall at its next meeting canvass the returns and enter
the result upon its minutes. This entry in the minutes is conclusive
evidence of the fact and regularity of all prior proceedings required
by this part and of the facts stated in the entry.



8194.  If at the election two-thirds, or more, of the votes cast on
a proposition are in favor of the issuance of bonds for the project
described in the proposition for which bonds are proposed to be
issued, the commission is authorized to and shall issue and sell the
bonds as proposed in the order calling the election for such project.
If the result of the election is against the issuance of bonds for
any or all projects, no other election upon the same project or
projects defeated in such election shall be called or held for one
year after such election.



8195.  A project may be constructed with money raised by taxation
instead of a bond issue if authorized by two-thirds, or more, of the
votes cast at an election called for the purpose of determining if
the project shall be so constructed. Elections called to authorize
the construction of projects with money raised by taxation shall be
called and held in the same manner as is provided for bond elections.