CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

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Introduced by Assembly Member Diep

February 21, 2020

An act to amend Section 61141 of the Government Code, relating to community services districts.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: no   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

The Community Services District Law authorizes the establishment of community services districts to provide various public facilities and services. That law establishes procedures for forming zones within specific areas of a community services district to provide different services, different levels of service, different facilities, or additional revenue. The law, among other things, requires a public hearing on the formation of a zone, at which the board of directors is required to hear protests of the formation of the zone, as specified.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this public hearing provision.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 61141 of the Government Code is amended to read:

61141.

(a) At the hearing, the board of directors shall hear and consider any protests to the formation of the zone. If, at the conclusion of the hearing, the board of directors determines either that more than 50 percent of the total number of voters residing within the proposed zone have filed written objections to the formation, or that property owners who own more than 50 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property in the proposed zone have filed written objections to the formation, then the board of directors shall terminate the proceedings. If the board of directors determines that the written objections have been filed by 50 percent or less of those voters or by property owners who own 50 percent or less than the assessed value of all taxable property, then the board of directors may proceed to form the zone.

(b) If the resolution or petition proposes that the zone use special taxes, benefit assessments, fees, standby charges, bonds, or notes to finance its purposes, the board of directors shall proceed according to law. If the voters or property owners do not approve those funding methods, the zone shall not be formed.