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HomeHealth and Safety CodeDiv. 6Pt. 1Ch. 4Art. 2§ 6530 City Lateral Sewer Maintenance

§ 6530 City Lateral Sewer Maintenance

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§ 6530 City Lateral Sewer Maintenance

Key Takeaways

  • •A city can choose to take care of its own sewer pipes instead of the district doing it.
  • •If the city takes over, it must fix and maintain those pipes itself.
  • •People in the city won’t pay extra taxes for fixing their local sewer pipes, but they’ll still pay for big sewer lines and other services.

Example

A small town decides to take care of its own sewer pipes instead of letting the county handle it.

The town signs a deal to fix and maintain its pipes. The county won’t do it anymore. The town’s residents won’t pay extra taxes for those local pipes, but they’ll still pay for the big sewer lines and other services the county provides.

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§ 6530 City Lateral Sewer Maintenance

At any time after the sewer or other sanitary system is constructed the governing body of any city lying within the limits of the district may elect to keep and maintain the lateral sewer lying within the city in order and repair and may enter into an agreement with the board to do so. From the date of the agreement the governing body shall keep the lateral in repair and the board is not required to keep it in order or repair. After a city elects to keep the lateral sewers within its corporate limits in order and repair the property within the corporate limits of the city shall not be taxed for running expenses necessary to keep and maintain the lateral sewer lying within the city in order and repair but shall be taxed for the inspection and repairs of the main sewers lying within the city together with the expense of those functions other than sewerage collection within the city performed by the district pursuant to Section 6512 hereof. (Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1201.)

Last verified: January 24, 2026

Key Terms

agreementlateral sewerspropertymaintenanceinspectioncollection

Related Statutes

  • § 6530.1 City Stormwater Facility Control
  • § 4903 District Territory Transfer Rules
  • § 127455 Emergency Physician Debt Collection
  • § 101345 Fee Collection Certificate Recording
  • § 14910 Property Owner Assessment Objections

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 6530.
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