All of the provisions of this part, except Section 42280, all of the provisions of Part 6 (commencing with Section 43000) of this division, all of the provisions of Part 7 (commencing with Section 44400) of this division, all of the provisions of Part 8 (commencing with Section 45100) of this division, all of the provisions of Part 9 (commencing with Section 46000) of this division, and all of the provisions of Part 10 (commencing with Section 48000) of this division except Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 48350) shall apply to an improvement district in the same manner as they apply to the district which includes the improvement district and as though the term “improvement district” were used in place of the word “district” at each place where said word appears in any of said provisions except when said word is used as a part of the term “other district” and the improvement district and the board and officers of the district shall have all of the powers, with respect to the improvement district, that are stated in said provisions.