CHAPTER 7. Improvement Bonds [10600. - 10610.]

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC 7.
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Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10600. Section 10600.

The legislative body conducting the proceedings under the provisions of this division may, in its resolution of intention, determine and declare that bonds shall be issued under the provisions of either the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915. In any case, the assessment shall be recorded in the office of the superintendent of streets of the city, county surveyor of the county, or district engineer of the district or public corporation conducting the proceedings in the manner and with like force and effect as provided in the Improvement Act of 1911 and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and the assessment therefor shall have the priority, and the proceedings shall be subject to all of the curative clauses and powers of reassessment, provided in those acts. In any case, the official in whose office the original of the assessment is recorded shall give the notice to pay the assessments, as provided in this division.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10600.1. Section 10600.1.

If provision is made for the issuance of bonds under the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 7000)), all assessments under one hundred fifty dollars ($150) which are not paid within 30 days after recordation of the assessment are delinquent and shall bear interest at the rate of 1 percent per month, the interest to be computed from the date of the bonds. The legislative body may order the collection of any such delinquent assessments pursuant to either Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 5410) or Chapter 18.1 (commencing with Section 5450) of Part 3 of Division 7. All references in those chapters to the contractor, his assignee, his assigns, or his agent shall be deemed to refer to the city. References in Section 5451 to interest from the “date of filing the original assessment” shall be deemed to refer to the “date of the bonds.”

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10600.2. Section 10600.2.

The legislative body conducting the proceedings for the issuance of improvement bonds under this division may require that any bidder submitting a proposal for the purchase of such improvement bonds deposit contemporaneously therewith cash, a certified check, or a cashier’s check, in an amount to be determined by the legislative body, guaranteeing the purchase of such improvement bonds by such bidder in the event that he is awarded the purchase of such improvement bonds by the legislative body.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10600.5. Section 10600.5.

When the resolution of intention provides that bonds shall be issued under the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, said bonds may be dated at any time after the expiration of the cash payment period.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10601. Section 10601.

An action to determine the validity of the assessment, bonds, contract, improvement or acquisition may be brought by the legislative body or by the contractor pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. For such purpose an improvement or acquisition shall be deemed to be in existence upon its authorization and an assessment upon its confirmation. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the action authorized by this section shall not be brought by any person other than the legislative body or the contractor, nor except when permitted by Section 10400 shall the action be brought after the date fixed for the beginning of work.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10602. Section 10602.

The bonds may be issued and sold as the legislative body directs. The proceeds of the bonds shall be deposited in the fund specified in Section 10424. The notice in the resolution of intention shall recite a maximum rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness, not to exceed 8 percent a year payable semiannually, which rate shall not be exceeded in the issuance of the bonds. All bonds shall be made payable to bearer.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10602.5. Section 10602.5.

When the resolution of intention provides that bonds shall be issued under the Improvement Act of 1911 or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and when the assessment has been duly confirmed pursuant to Section 10312, and when the assessment contains an assessment on public property which is subject to assessment pursuant to Section 10206 including, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, public property owned by the city, county or other entity conducting the proceeding, the legislative body may sell such assessment in the same manner and at the same time as provided in Section 10602. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the fund specified in Section 10424. The buyer of such an assessment shall, upon paying the purchase price, become the owner of the assessment and shall be entitled to exercise all the rights that an owner of an assessment has under Section 5302.5. If bonds or certificates are to be issued to represent any assessment or assessments against public property, the legislative body of the entity conducting the proceedings may sell such bonds or certificates in the same manner and at the same time as provided in Section 10602. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the fund specified in Section 10424. The buyer of such bonds and of each individual bond shall become an owner of the assessment and shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights of an owner of an assessment under Section 5302.5 and of a bondholder as provided in Section 5302.6 and Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 6468) of Part 5 of Division 7. The buyer of each certificate shall become the owner of the assessment and shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights of an owner of an assessment under Section 5302.5 and of a certificate holder as provided in Section 6467.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10603. Section 10603.

When the resolution of intention provides for the issuance of bonds, the superintendent of streets of a city, surveyor of a county, or district engineer of a public corporation, conducting the proceedings shall give the notice of recording the assessment, and collect and receive the assessments. The legislative body of the public entity conducting the proceedings may, by resolution, designate the treasurer, tax collector, or other officer of the entity to collect and receive the money. If the entity is a public corporation it may designate the treasurer or tax collector of the county in which it is situated to collect and receive the money. The person so designated shall execute any certificates relating to the amount of assessments paid or remaining unpaid which are required to be executed by the superintendent of streets by the law pursuant to which bonds are to be issued, including, but not limited to, Sections 6420 and 8620.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10603.1. Section 10603.1.

In the event the city conducting the proceedings designates the county treasurer or tax collector to perform any service relating to collecting and receiving the money, including but not limited to, printing, servicing, or collecting any bonds, neither the treasurer nor the tax collector so designated shall perform any such service until there shall have been paid to him his estimate of the cost of the service or services, provided, however, the city conducting the proceedings, in lieu of the prior payment of the estimated cost, may enter into a written agreement with the county treasurer or tax collector. Such agreement shall provide for the payment of the cost or estimated cost of any service rendered by the designated county officer. In the event such cost of estimated cost is not included in the assessment, the city conducting the proceedings shall be liable for payment thereof from the general fund.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10604. Section 10604.

The person who is to collect and receive the assessments before the issuance of bonds may be bonded in favor of the entity conducting the proceedings in an amount to be fixed and such bond approved by the legislative body of the entity. When he is a bonded official his services in receiving the money are a duty imposed upon him by law within the purview of his bond. In the case of a county official collecting for a public corporation, the county shall collect any money due on the bond as agent for the public corporation. If the legislative body designating the bonded person finds that his official bond is inadequate it may provide that he shall be separately bonded. The premium of such bond shall be an incidental expense of the proceeding.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10605. Section 10605.

The person collecting the assessments shall deposit the amounts received in the construction fund of the entity conducting the proceedings, not less than once each week, or at such other more frequent intervals as the legislative body of the entity determines.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10606. Section 10606.

The legislative body may, in its resolution of intention, determine and declare that bonds will be issued and paid, and the assessments therefor levied, collected, and augmented in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 of the Refunding Assessment Bond Act of 1935, in which case the applicable provisions of that act are incorporated in this division as if fully set out herein. If the bonds are issued pursuant to that act, appropriate changes shall be made in the form of the bonds to show that they are for a public improvement or acquisition under this division.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10607. Section 10607.

The list of unpaid assessments shall be filed, the bonds ordered issued, interest shall accrue from the date, and assessments thereafter paid before maturity, bonds called, premium paid, and illegal assessments and bonds reassessed, all as provided in the Improvement Bond Act of 1915.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10608. Section 10608.

The bond shall be entitled “Improvement Bond.” The provisions for payment of the bond before maturity, as contained in the bond form in the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, shall be inserted in the place of the similar provision in the bond form of the Refunding Assessment Bond Act of 1935. There shall also be inserted in the bond form after the title of the refunding act the words “as modified in the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913.”

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 10609. Section 10609.

In all cases where bonds are to be issued under any of the bond acts referred to in this chapter the proceedings shall be subject to all of the curative clauses, limitation of actions, and powers of reassessment provided in all of those acts, and the publication of the notice of improvement shall be deemed to be the publication of the resolution of intention.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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