At any time after the establishment of two or more districts in any county, the board of supervisors may determine that any two or more of such districts which contain similar type lighting systems, whether or not they are contiguous, should be consolidated.
The Highway Lighting District ActConsolidation
Section § 19320
This law says that at any point after two or more lighting districts are set up in a county, the county's board of supervisors can decide to combine any of those districts if they have similar lighting systems, even if the districts are not next to each other.
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Section § 19321
This law explains that a board has to decide when and where to hold a hearing about merging two or more districts. The board must also instruct its clerk to announce this hearing in a newspaper that is circulated in each district involved, doing so once a week for two weeks. This notice is meant to inform the people living in those districts about the proposed merger.
The board shall fix a time and place for hearing the matter of consolidation of the districts and shall direct its clerk to publish a notice once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper or newspapers circulated in each of the districts which it proposes to consolidate, and which the board deems most likely to give notice to the inhabitants of the districts.
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Section § 19322
This section requires a notice to be issued for the proposed consolidation of two highway lighting districts. The notice must have a specific heading that includes the names of the districts to be consolidated and must also state when and where a hearing about the consolidation will take place.
The notice shall be headed “Notice of the proposed consolidation of ____ Highway Lighting District and ____ Highway Lighting District,” stating the names of the districts proposed to be consolidated and shall contain a statement of the time and place fixed by the board for hearing the matter.
highway lighting districts consolidation notice district names
Section § 19323
This law section requires a notice to be given when it is proposed to combine all the areas within specific districts into a single district.
The notice shall state that it is proposed to consolidate into one district all of the territory within the named districts.
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Section § 19324
This section states that if there is a scheduled hearing about a consolidation, the board must listen to anyone who objects at the time and place of the hearing, or if the hearing is rescheduled, at the new time.
At the time and place fixed for hearing or at any time to which the hearing may be continued, the board shall hear any person objecting to the consolidation.
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Section § 19325
After holding a hearing, the board has two choices: they can decide not to merge any of the suggested districts, or they can choose to merge some or all of the districts that have been proposed for consolidation.
At the conclusion of the hearing the board may refuse to consolidate any of the districts or it may order the consolidation of any or all of the districts proposed to be consolidated.
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Section § 19326
This law section means that if a board decides to merge two or more districts into one, they must officially announce it with a resolution and specify the new name for the merged district.
If the board determines to consolidate any of the districts it shall so declare by resolution stating the name by which the consolidated district shall be known.
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Section § 19327
If two or more districts merge into one, the new district is responsible for paying off any debts or obligations that the original districts had before merging.
The district resulting from the consolidation of two or more districts shall become liable for all outstanding liabilities of the districts consolidated.
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Section § 19328
When two or more districts combine into one, the new district will take over all the assets of each district they merge with and will also receive all the property tax revenues that each of those districts would have received if they had stayed separate.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district resulting from the consolidation of two or more districts shall assume all of the assets of the separate districts so consolidated and shall be entitled to all of the property tax revenues to which each of the separate districts so consolidated would have been entitled had the districts not been consolidated.
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