SECTIONS 61140-61226.5 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 61140-61226.5

61140. (a) Whenever a board of directors determines that it is in
the public interest to provide different services, provide different
levels of service, provide different facilities, or raise additional
revenues within specific areas of the district, it may form one or
more zones pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The board of directors shall initiate proceedings for the
formation of a new zone by adopting a resolution that does all of the
following:
(1) States that the proposal is made pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Sets forth a description of the boundaries of the territory to
be included in the zone.
(3) States the reasons for forming the zone.
(4) States the different services, different levels of service,
different facilities, or additional revenues that the zone will
provide.
(5) Sets forth the methods by which those services, levels of
service, or facilities will be financed.
(6) Proposes a name or number for the zone.
(c) A proposal to form a new zone may also be initiated by a
petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters
residing within the proposed zone. The petition shall contain all of
the matters required by subdivision (b).
(d) Upon the adoption of a resolution or the receipt of a valid
petition, the board of directors shall fix the date, time, and place
for the public hearing on the formation of the zone. The board of
directors shall publish notice of the hearing, including the
information required by subdivision (b), pursuant to Section 6061 in
one or more newspapers of general circulation in the district. The
board of directors shall mail the notice at least 20 days before the
date of the hearing to all owners of property within the proposed
zone. The board of directors shall post the notice in at least three
public places within the territory of the proposed zone.

61141. (a) At the hearing, the board of directors shall hear and
consider any protests to the formation of the zone. If, at the
conclusion of the hearing, the board of directors determines either
that more than 50 percent of the total number of voters residing
within the proposed zone have filed written objections to the
formation, or that property owners who own more than 50 percent of
the assessed value of all taxable property in the proposed zone have
filed written objections to the formation, then the board of
directors shall terminate the proceedings. If the board of directors
determines that the written objections have been filed by 50 percent
or less of those voters or property owners who own 50 percent or less
than the assessed value of all taxable property, then the board of
directors may proceed to form the zone.
(b) If the resolution or petition proposes that the zone use
special taxes, benefit assessments, fees, standby charges, bonds, or
notes to finance its purposes, the board of directors shall proceed
according to law. If the voters or property owners do not approve
those funding methods, the zone shall not be formed.

61142. A board of directors may change the boundaries of a zone or
dissolve a zone by following the procedures in Sections 61140 and
61141.

61143. A local agency formation commission shall have no power or
duty to review and approve or disapprove a proposal to form a zone, a
proposal to change the boundaries of a zone, or a proposal to
dissolve a zone.

61144. (a) As determined by the board of directors, a district may
provide any service, any level of service, or any facility within a
zone that the district may provide in the district as a whole.
(b) As determined by the board of directors and pursuant to the
requirements of this division, a district may exercise any fiscal
powers within a zone that the district may exercise in the district
as a whole.
(c) Any special taxes, benefit assessments, rates, fees, charges,
standby charges, bonds, or notes which are intended solely for the
support of services or facilities within a zone, shall be levied,
assessed, and charged within the boundaries of the zone.
(d) A district shall not incur a general obligation bonded
indebtedness for the benefit of a zone pursuant to this section that
exceeds 5 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property in
the zone at the time that the bonds are issued. In computing this
limit, the 5 percent shall include any other general obligation
bonded indebtedness applicable to that zone.
(e) A district shall not issue promissory notes for the benefit of
a zone pursuant to Section 61131 that exceed 5 percent of the zone's
total enterprise and nonenterprise revenues in the preceding fiscal
year. In computing this limit, the 5 percent shall include any other
promissory notes applicable to that zone.

61226.5. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7
(commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6.