Section 54984.

54984. This chapter shall be known as the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 834, Sec. 1.)

Section 54984.1.

54984.1. The procedures set forth in this chapter shall be available to any local agency authorized by law to provide water, sewer, or water and sewer service, and authorized to fix, levy, or collect any standby or availability charge or assessment in connection with the provision of that service. Any local agency electing to utilize […]

Section 54984.2.

54984.2. Any local agency which is authorized by law to provide water, sewer, or water and sewer service, and which is providing either or both of those services within its jurisdiction, may fix, before either (a) August 10 of any given year with respect to local agencies the taxes or assessments of which are collected […]

Section 54984.3.

54984.3. The governing body of the local agency shall adopt a resolution to initiate proceedings to fix a standby charge. The resolution shall contain all of the following: (a) A statement that the report of a qualified engineer is on file with the agency and that a standby charge is proposed based upon the report. The […]

Section 54984.4.

54984.4. (a) The local agency shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753. (b) In the absence of a majority protest, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 53753, the governing body of the local agency may determine to fix the charge. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, […]

Section 54984.7.

54984.7. If the procedures set forth in this chapter at the time a charge was established were followed, the governing body may, by resolution, continue a charge pursuant to Section 54984.2 in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the governing body shall comply with the notice, protest, […]

Section 54984.8.

54984.8. After the making of a final determination pursuant to Sections 54984.4 and 54984.7, the local agency shall cause the charge to be collected at the same time, and in the same manner, as is available to it under applicable law. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 27, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2008.)

Section 54984.9.

54984.9. (a) A local agency may, by resolution or ordinance, provide that charges that have become delinquent, together with interest and penalties thereon, are a lien on the property when a certificate is filed in the office of the county recorder pursuant to subdivision (b), which lien has the force, effect, and priority of a judgment […]