50060. As used in this article: (a) “District” means a habitat maintenance assessment district formed pursuant to this article. (b) “Improvement” means one or any combination of the following: (1) The acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of any facilities needed to create, restore, enhance, or maintain natural habitat. (2) The installation or construction of any facilities which are appurtenant to […]
50060.5. (a) A local agency may, by ordinance or by resolution adopted after notice and hearing, establish a district to provide for the improvement or maintenance of natural habitat. The local agency may perform those functions or contract with the state, another local agency, or a special district to perform those functions. If a local agency […]
50061. (a) The ordinance or resolution shall establish uniform assessment rates based on the costs of providing the maintenance or improvement by the district. The assessment shall be related to the benefits to the property assessed. The maximum amount that may be assessed for habitat maintenance on any lot or parcel for purposes of paying costs […]
50061.5. (a) The legislative body of the local agency shall cause to be prepared and filed with the clerk of the local agency a written report which shall contain all of the following: (1) Plans and specifications for the improvements. (2) An estimate of the costs of the improvements. (3) A diagram of the district and a description of […]
50062. (a) The assessment shall refer to the fiscal year to which it applies and shall do all of the following: (1) State the net amount, determined in accordance with Section 50061, to be assessed upon assessable lands within the district, which shall include an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due during the fiscal […]
50062.5. If a district established pursuant to this article levies an assessment under this article to maintain or improve natural habitat, any lot or parcel is presumed to specifically benefit from the natural habitat if one or all of the following occur: (a) The past or proposed development or use of that lot or parcel has […]
50063. After approval of the report, either as filed or as modified, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution of intention. The resolution shall do all of the following: (a) Declare the intention of the legislative body to order the formation of a district, to levy and collect assessments, and, if desired, to issue bonds or […]
50063.5. (a) The legislative body may establish zones or areas of benefit within the district and shall restrict the imposition of assessments to areas lying within those zones or areas of benefit. (b) The benefit assessment shall be levied on a parcel basis within the boundaries of the district. (c) The assessment may be levied against any parcel […]
50064. The clerk of the local agency shall cause notice of the filing of the report prepared pursuant to Section 50061.5, and of a time, date, and place of hearing pursuant to Section 50063. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
50066. If the local agency is a city, it shall pay the county for costs, if any, incurred by the county in conducting the election. An election called by a legislative body pursuant to this article is subject to all provisions of the Elections Code applicable to elections called by the local agency. The local […]
50067. (a) If no majority protest exists pursuant to Section 53753, the legislative body may adopt a resolution ordering the improvements and the formation of the district and confirming the diagram and assessment, either as originally proposed by the legislative body or as changed by it. Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), the adoption […]
50067.5. The legislative body may provide for the collection of the assessment in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties as, other fees, charges, and taxes fixed and collected by, or on behalf of the local agency. If the assessments are collected by a county on behalf of a city, the county may […]
50068. (a) The legislative body may, by resolution, determine and declare that bonds shall be issued to finance the estimated cost of the proposed improvements described in Section 50060.5, other than the costs of maintenance and servicing, under either the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000), S.& H.C.) or the Improvement Bond […]
50068.5. The legislative body shall provide by resolution each year for the levy and collection of annual assessments to pay for the long-term maintenance of natural habitat pursuant to this article in the amounts previously authorized. The resolution shall include a diagram and assessment against each lot or parcel subject to assessment for those purposes. […]
50069. Any resolution providing for the levy of assessments for payment of debt service on bond debt or notes, or for the long-term maintenance of natural habitat, or any hearings upon the formation of a district, or upon the levy of annual assessments after formation of a district shall be concluded and any resolution confirming […]
50069.5. (a) Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to any judicial action or proceeding to validate, attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance or resolution levying an assessment or modifying or amending an existing ordinance or resolution. (b) If an ordinance or […]
50070. This article does not limit or prohibit the levy or collection of any other fee, charge, assessment, or tax for habitat maintenance authorized by any other provision of law. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1301, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
