Pub. Contract Code, § 20420 · Article 27. Legislative Bodies—Improvement Act of 1911
Pub. Contract Code, § 20420
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Notice of the award of the contract shall be published by the clerk.
The clerk shall, upon payment of the statutory fee prescribed therefor, record a notice of the award of contract in the office of the county recorder. Said recordation shall constitute notice to all persons that all property within the boundaries of the proposed assessment district shall be assessed at the time of the confirmation of the assessment under Chapter 16 (commencing at Section 5360) of Part 3 of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code to pay the costs of the improvement in proportion to the benefits which the property receives from the improvement, notwithstanding the acquisition of the property by the state or any of its agencies, or by any county, city, municipality or other public or municipal corporation. Said notice shall be substantially as follows:
NOTICE OF AWARD OF CONTRACT IN PROPOSED ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 5248 of the Streets and Highways Code, notice is hereby given that a contract has been awarded by______
(Legislative body)
to ______
(Contractor)
for______
(Nature of improvement)
in______ District No. ______
(Improvement or assessment)
and relating to the following described real property:
(The real property in the assessment district may be described by:
a. Stating its exterior boundaries; or
b. Giving a description thereof according to any official or recorded map; or
c. Referring to a plat or map filed with the clerk of the legislative body, which shall indicate by a boundary line the extent of the territory included in the assessment district, and shall govern for all details as to the extent of the assessment district.)
This shall constitute notice to all persons that all property within the boundaries of the proposed assessment district shall be assessed at the time of the confirmation of the assessment under Chapter 16 (commencing at Section 5360) of Part 3 of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code to pay the costs of the improvement in proportion to the benefits which said property receives from the improvement, notwithstanding the acquisition of any such property by the state or any of its agencies, or by any county, city, municipality or other public or municipal corporation.
Reference is made to the minutes of the action taken
by______
(Legislative body)
on file in my office for full particulars.
Dated:______
______
(Clerk of ______)
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 465, Sec. 11.
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