SECTIONS 65250 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 65250

65250. (a) A city with a population in excess of three million may
establish a Long Range Planning Trust Fund in accordance with
subdivision (b) to consist of those moneys that are voluntarily paid
by an assessee of real property on the property tax bill in an amount
equal to one dollar ($1) for each parcel of assessed real property
of one acre or less, or one dollar ($1) per acre, and any additional
fractional portion thereof, for each parcel of assessed real property
of more than one acre, and are collected and deposited pursuant to
an agreement as described in subdivision (d).
(b) A city as described in subdivision (a) shall establish a Long
Range Planning Trust Fund by a resolution, adopted by a majority vote
of the city's governing body. That resolution shall require that
moneys in the fund shall be expended upon the vote of that city's
governing body only for purposes of long-term land use planning and
general plan revisions.
(c) Upon adoption of a resolution pursuant to subdivision (b), a
city may solicit voluntary contributions as described in subdivision
(a), and upon receiving authorization to collect a contribution by an
assessee of real property, may transmit to the county assessor,
county auditor, and county tax collector any information regarding
the assessee that may be necessary to collect the contribution
pursuant to an agreement as specified in subdivision (d).
(d) The county assessor, county auditor, county tax collector and
the adopting city may enter into a joint agreement for the collection
and allocation of voluntary contributions as described in
subdivision (a), that may provide for the collection of contributions
by the tax collector. The agreement shall provide for the allocation
to the county assessor, county auditor, and tax collector from
moneys collected of amounts equal to the actual and reasonable costs
incurred by those persons in collecting and allocating contributions.