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Cal. SHC § 8731

This is the official text of Cal. SHC § 8731, part of California’s Streets and Highways Code — governs the construction and maintenance of public roads.

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Official statutory text

The street superintendent shall file with the clerk a report and an amended assessment of the lots or parcels of land described in the order of the legislative body, together with a map or plat showing how such lots or parcels have been divided. The total amount of the assessments of the several portions of any one original lot or parcel shall be equal to the unpaid assessments upon the original lot or parcel of land, plus the costs and fees for making the amended assessment, the notices, and the amended assessment diagram as determined by the legislative body under Section 8730. The street superintendent shall apportion the costs and fees to the respective parcels in proportion to the amount of the divided assessments against the parcels. Prior to making a division and prior to making the amended assessment, the street superintendent shall notify the owner of the original parcel assessed, as the name of the owner appears on the last equalized roll for taxes, or as it is known to the street superintendent, of the order of the legislative body fixing the costs and fees of the apportionment, and directing that the payment thereof be made to the superintendent of streets within 15 days of the notification. In the event the amount of the costs and fees of the apportionment is not paid within 15 days of the notification, the superintendent of streets shall proceed to prepare the amended assessment and shall show separately thereon, but as a part of the total, the amount of costs and fees chargeable to each divided parcel. The street superintendent shall deposit all such costs and fees in the general fund of the treasury.

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