SECTIONS 4850-4858 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 4850-4858

4850. The district board may, by resolution, establish zones within
the district, or amend the boundaries of an existing zone by
annexing property to or by withdrawing property from such zone.

4851. The resolution declaring the intention to form a special zone
shall describe the boundaries of the proposed zone, declare that the
district board finds that the area within the proposed zone will be
benfitted by the maintenance and operation of facilities within the
zone and that the public interest and necessity demands its creation,
and state the reasons therefor and the name of the proposed zone,
and set the time and place for a public hearing on the question of
the creation of the zone.

4852. The resolution declaring the intention to annex territory to
an existing zone shall describe the boundaries of the proposed
annexation, declare that the district board finds that the additional
territory will be benefited by the maintenance and operation of
facilities in the zone, and set the time and place for a public
hearing on the question of the annexation.

4853. Notice of a hearing shall be given by publication at least
once a week for two successive weeks, not more than 30 nor less than
10 days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation
published within the county.

4854. Any interested person, at or before the hearing, may file
with the district board a written objection to the creation of the
zone or to the inclusion of his property in it. At the hearing the
district board shall hear and pass upon all protests and objections.
At the conclusion of the hearing, the district board may order that
the zone shall be formed or the boundaries of an existing zone be
amended, as described in the original resolution, or that any or all
properties within such boundaries will not be benefited and shall be
excluded.

4855. A copy of the resolution ordering the formation of the zone,
or amending the boundaries of an existing zone, shall be filed in the
office of the county assessor, and the county assessor shall
thereafter, in making the assessment roll, segregate the property
included within such zone on the assessment roll under the
designation contained in the resolution.

4856. The district board shall thereafter in each year, prior to
the time of fixing the county tax rate, furnish to the board of
supervisors a written statement of the amount of tax revenue
necessary to maintain and operate any work or improvements within the
zone.

4857. The board of supervisors shall fix a special tax rate and
levy a special assessment tax each year upon the real property in
such zone, based upon the last equalized assessment roll of the
county, sufficient to pay such expenses or the portion thereof which
must be paid by the zone.

4858. Any special zone may be abolished or territory withdrawn
therefrom by resolution of the district board, after hearing held in
the manner provided for in this article for the original creation of
the zone or annexations thereto, whenever the district board finds
that the area proposed for abolition or withdrawal is no longer
benefited by the maintenance and operation of facilities within the
zone.