US Lawyer Database

Section 5898.22.

5898.22. The report shall contain all of the following: (a) A map showing the boundaries of the territory within which voluntary contractual assessments are proposed to be offered. (b) A draft contract specifying the terms and conditions that would be agreed to by a property owner within the voluntary contractual assessment area and the public agency. (c) A […]

Section 5913.

5913. (a) (1) Before a property owner executes an assessment contract the program administrator shall do the following: (A) Make an oral confirmation that at least one owner of the property has a copy of the contract assessment documents required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5898.20 or Section 5899, 5899.3, or 5899.4, or Section 53328.1 […]

Section 5898.23.

5898.23. For purposes of the report required pursuant to Section 5898.22, the statement of public agency policies required pursuant to subdivision (c) of that section shall also include a brief description of criteria for determining the underwriting requirements, and safeguards that will be used to ensure that the total annual property tax and assessments on […]

Section 5898.24.

5898.24. (a) A legislative body shall publish notice of a hearing pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, and the first publication shall occur not later than 20 days before the date of the hearing. (b) A legislative body shall provide written notice of a proposed contractual assessment program to all water or electric providers within […]

Section 5898.26.

5898.26. At the time of the hearing, the report shall be summarized and the legislative body shall afford all persons who are present an opportunity to comment upon, object to, or present evidence with regard to the proposed contractual assessment program, the extent of the area proposed to be included within the program, the terms […]

Section 5898.28.

5898.28. (a) A public agency may issue bonds pursuant to this chapter, the principal and interest for which would be repaid by voluntary contractual assessments. A public agency may advance its own funds to finance work to be repaid through voluntary contractual assessments, and may from time to time sell bonds to reimburse itself for those […]

Section 5898.30.

5898.30. Assessments levied pursuant to this chapter, and the interest and any penalties thereon shall constitute a lien against the lots and parcels of land on which they are made, until they are paid. Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500), insofar as those provisions are not in conflict with this chapter, Article 13 (commencing with […]

Section 5898.31.

5898.31. Since contractual assessments on real property under this chapter are voluntary and imposed pursuant to an agreement with an assessed property owner, the Legislature finds and declares that voluntary contractual assessments under this chapter are not assessments for the purposes of Articles XIII C and XIII D of the California Constitution and therefore the provisions of […]

Section 5898.32.

5898.32. The legislative body shall direct its clerk to record a notice of the existence and amount of each contractual assessment with the county recorder of the county in which the lot or parcel is located. The county recorder shall accept those filings and may charge the clerk a fee for recording those documents pursuant […]

Section 5898.33.

5898.33. (a) If a public agency owning property, including property held in trust for any beneficiary, grants a leasehold or other possessory interest in the property, the contractual assessment may be levied on the leasehold or possessory interest and shall be payable by the owner of the leasehold or possessory interest. The assessment contract shall be […]