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Section 53318.

53318. Proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district may be instituted by the legislative body on its own initiative and shall be instituted by the legislative body when any of the following occurs: (a) A written request for the establishment of a district, signed by two members of the legislative body, describing the boundaries […]

Section 53318.5.

53318.5. Notwithstanding any provision of Part 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Division 3, a local agency formation commission shall have no power or duty to review and approve or disapprove a proposal to create a community facilities district or a proposal to annex territory to, or detach territory from, such district, pursuant to this […]

Section 53319.

53319. A petition requesting the institution of proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district shall do all of the following: (a) Request the legislative body to institute proceedings to establish a community facilities district pursuant to this chapter. (b) Describe the boundaries of the territory that is proposed for inclusion in the district. (c) State the […]

Section 53320.

53320. Within 90 days after either a written request by two members of the legislative body or a petition requesting the institution of proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district is filed with the legislative body and the payment of any fee required under subdivision (d) of Section 53318, the legislative body shall […]

Section 53321.

53321. Proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district shall be instituted by the adoption of a resolution of intention to establish the district which shall do all of the following: (a) State that a community facilities district is proposed to be established under the terms of this chapter and describe the boundaries of the […]

Section 53321.5.

53321.5. At the time of the adoption of the resolution of intention to establish a community facilities district, the legislative body shall direct each of its officers who is or will be responsible for providing one or more of the proposed types of public facilities or services to be financed by the district, if it […]

Section 53322.

53322. (a) The clerk of the legislative body shall publish a notice of the hearing pursuant to Section 6061 in a newspaper of general circulation published in the area of the proposed district. Publication shall be complete at least seven days prior to the date of the hearing. (b) The notice shall contain all of the following […]

Section 53322.4.

53322.4. The clerk of the legislative body may also give notice of the hearing by first-class mail to each registered voter and to each landowner within the proposed district. This notice shall contain the same information as is required to be contained in the notice published pursuant to Section 53322. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. […]

Section 53323.

53323. At the hearing, protests against the establishment of the district, the extent of the district, or the furnishing of specified types of public facilities or services within the district may be made orally or in writing by any interested person. Any protests pertaining to the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings shall be in […]

Section 53324.

53324. (a) If 50 percent or more of the registered voters, or six registered voters, whichever is more, residing within the territory proposed to be included in the district, or the owners of one-half or more of the area of the land in the territory proposed to be included in the district and not exempt from […]

Section 53325.

53325. The hearing may be continued from time to time, but shall be completed within 30 days, except that if the legislative body finds that the complexity of the proposed district or the need for public participation requires additional time, the hearing may be continued from time to time for a period not to exceed […]

Section 53325.1.

53325.1. (a) If the legislative body determines to establish the district, it shall adopt a resolution of formation establishing the district. The resolution of formation shall contain all of the information required to be included in the resolution of intention to establish the district specified in Section 53321. If a special tax is proposed to be […]

Section 53325.3.

53325.3. A tax imposed pursuant to this chapter is a special tax and not a special assessment, and there is no requirement that the tax be apportioned on the basis of benefit to any property. However, a special tax levied pursuant to this chapter may be on or based on a benefit received by parcels […]

Section 53325.5.

53325.5. (a) A community facilities district may include areas of territory that are not contiguous. (b) In establishing the boundaries of the district, the legislative body may alter the exterior boundaries of the district to include less territory than that described in the notice of the hearing but it may not include any territory not described in […]

Section 53325.6.

53325.6. Land devoted primarily to agricultural, timber, or livestock uses and being used for the commercial production of agricultural, timber, or livestock products may be included in a community facilities district only if such land is contiguous to other land which is included within the described exterior boundaries of the community facilities district, and only […]

Section 53325.7.

53325.7. The legislative body may submit a proposition to establish or change the appropriations limit, as defined by subdivision (h) of Section 8 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, of a community facilities district to the qualified electors of a proposed or established district. The proposition establishing or changing the appropriations limit shall become […]

Section 53326.

53326. (a) The legislative body shall then submit the levy of any special taxes to the qualified electors of the proposed community facilities district or to the qualified electors of the territory to be annexed by the community facilities district in the next general election or in a special election to be held, notwithstanding any other […]

Section 53327.

53327. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of law regulating elections of the local agency that calls an election pursuant to this chapter, insofar as they may be applicable, shall govern all elections conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as provided in subdivision (b), there shall be prepared and included in the […]

Section 53327.5.

53327.5. (a) If the election is to be conducted by mail ballot, the election official conducting the election shall provide ballots and election materials pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 53326 and Section 53327, together with all supplies and instructions necessary for the use and return of the ballot. (b) The identification envelope for return of mail […]

Section 53328.

53328. After the canvass of returns of any election pursuant to Section 53326, the legislative body may, pursuant to Section 53340, levy any special tax as specified in the resolution of formation adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 53325.1 within the territory of the district if two-thirds of the votes cast upon the question […]