SECTIONS 61120-61124 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 61120-61124

61120. Whenever the board of directors determines that the amount
of revenue available to the district or any of its zones is
inadequate to meet the costs of operating and maintaining the
facilities, programs, and services authorized by this division, the
board of directors may raise revenues pursuant to this chapter or any
other provision of law.

61121. A district may levy special taxes pursuant to:
(a) Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of
Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5. The special taxes shall be applied
uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district,
except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than
improved property.
(b) The Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, Chapter 2.5
(commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.

61122. A district may levy benefit assessments for operations and
maintenance consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the
California Constitution, including, but not limited to, benefit
assessments levied pursuant to any of the following:
(a) The Improvement Act of 1911, Division 7 (commencing with
Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code.
(b) The Improvement Bond Act of 1915, Division 10 (commencing with
Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code.
(c) The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, Division 12 (commencing
with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code.
(d) The Landscaping and Lighting Assessment Act of 1972, Part 2
(commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and
Highways Code, notwithstanding Section 22501 of the Streets and
Highways Code.
(e) Any other statutory authorization enacted on or after January
1, 2006.

61123. (a) A board of directors may charge a fee to cover the cost
of any service which the district provides or the cost of enforcing
any regulation for which the fee is charged. No fee shall exceed the
costs reasonably borne by the district in providing the service or
enforcing the regulation for which the fee is charged.
(b) Before imposing or increasing any fee for property-related
services, a board of directors shall follow the procedures in Section
6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution.
(c) A board of directors may charge residents or taxpayers of the
district a fee authorized by this section that is less than the fee
which it charges nonresidents or nontaxpayers.
(d) A board of directors may authorize district employees to waive
the payment, in whole or in part, of a fee authorized by this
section when the board of directors determines that payment would not
be in the public interest. Before authorizing any waiver, a board of
directors shall adopt a resolution that specifies the policies and
procedures governing waivers.

61124. (a) A district may charge standby charges for water, sewer,
or water and sewer services pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge
Procedures Act, Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part
1 of Division 2 of Title 5.
(b) If the procedures set forth in the former Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 61750) of the former Part 6 of the former
Division 1 as it read at the time a standby charge was established
were followed, the district may, by resolution, continue to collect
the charge in successive years at the same rate from parcels within
the district to which water or sewers are made available for any
purpose by the district, whether the water or sewers are actually
used or not. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed,
the district shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing
procedures in Section 53753.