Title GOV — California Gov. Code

A new county service area may be formed pursuant to this article.

(a) A proposal to form a new county service area may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the things required by Section 56700. In addition, the petition shall do all of the following: (1) State which services and facilities it is proposed that the county service are…

(a) Before circulating any petition, the proponents shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for forming the county service area, the proposed services and facilities that the county s…

(a) A proposal to form a new county service area may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the board of supervisors. Except for the provisions regarding the signers, the signatures, and the proponents, a resolution of application shall contain all of the …

(a) Once the proponents have filed a sufficient petition or a board of supervisors has filed a resolution of application, the local agency formation commission shall proceed pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 56650) of Division 3 of Title 5. (b) (1) Notwithstanding any o…

(a) If the local agency formation commission orders the formation of a county service area subject to the approval by the voters pursuant to Section 25211.4 and if the proposed county service area contains no voters, the vote shall be by the owners of land within the proposed cou…

The board shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed and implied, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following powers: (a) To adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the administration, operatio…

(a) The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion. (b) The minutes of the board shall record the aye and nay votes taken by the members of the board for the passage of all ordinances, resolutions, or motions. (c) The board shall keep a record of all of its actions,…

(a) When acquiring, improving, or using any real property, the board shall comply with Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5. A county service area shall be deemed to be a “local agency” for the purposes of that article, except …

(a) The board may contract with any local agency, state department or agency, federal department or agency, or any tribal government for the provision of any facilities, services, or programs authorized by this chapter within the county service area. (b) Subject to Section 56133,…

(a) The board may appoint one or more advisory committees to give advice to the board of supervisors regarding a county service area’s services and facilities. (b) The board may provide for the appointment, qualifications, terms, procedures, meetings, and ethical conduct of the m…

A county service area may provide any governmental service and facility within the county service area that the county is authorized to perform and that the county does not perform to the same extent on a countywide basis, including, but not limited to, services and facilities fo…

In the County of Lassen, a county service area may be formed to purchase electrical energy generated within the boundaries of the county, and the board may enter into contracts for the sale of that energy at wholesale rates to any public agency or public utility engaged in the sa…

(a) In the County of Napa, a county service area may be formed for the sole purpose of acquiring, constructing, leasing, or maintaining, or any combination thereof, farmworker housing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, only a county service area formed under th…

In the County of Orange, a county service area that is the successor to a dissolved harbor improvement district may exercise the powers of a harbor improvement district pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5800) of Division 8 of the Harbors and Navigation Code.

(a) In the County of San Bernardino, a county service area in whose territory all or any portion of the redevelopment project area referenced in subdivision (e) of Section 33492.41 of the Health and Safety Code is located may locate, construct, and maintain facilities and infrast…

(a) If the board desires to exercise a latent power, the board shall first receive the approval of the local agency formation commission, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 56824.10) of Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 3. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section …

(a) If a board desires to divest a county service area of the authority to provide a service or facility, the board shall adopt a resolution of intention. The resolution of intention shall: (1) State the number or name of the county service area. (2) Generally describe the territ…

(a) The board shall adopt an annual budget pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 29000) of Division 3. (b) A county service area shall be deemed to be a “special district whose affairs and finances are under the supervision and control of the board” within the meaning of…

(a) On or before July 1 of each year, the board shall adopt a resolution establishing the appropriations limit, if any, for each county service area and make other necessary determinations for the following fiscal year pursuant to Article XIII B of the California Constitution and…

(a) The board may accept any revenue, money, grants, goods, or services from any federal, state, regional, or local agency or from any person for any lawful purpose of the county service area. (b) In addition to any other existing authority, the board may borrow money and incur i…

The board of supervisors may authorize expenditures from the county’s general fund on behalf of a county service area and shall repay the county general fund from the funds of the county service area in the same fiscal year.

(a) The board of supervisors may loan any available funds of the county to a county service area to pay for any lawful expenses of the county service area. The loan shall be repaid within the same fiscal year in which the board of supervisors loaned the funds at a rate of interes…

(a) The board of supervisors may appropriate up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) from any available funds of the county to a revolving fund to be used by county service areas for the acquisition or improvement of real or personal property, environmental studies, fiscal analyse…

Whenever the board determines that the amount of revenue available to a county service area or any of its zones is inadequate to meet the costs of operating and maintaining the services and facilities that the county service area provides, the board may raise revenues pursuant to…

The auditor shall allocate to each county service area its share of property tax revenue, if any, pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

The board may levy special taxes pursuant to 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 county service area, except that unimproved prop…

The board 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 (Di…

The board may, by resolution or ordinance, do any of the following: (a) Establish user fees, rates, or other charges, provided that they are not property-related fees and charges, for the services and facilities that are not property related that the county service area provides.…

The board may, by resolution or ordinance, do any of the following: (a) Impose property-related fees and charges for the property-related services that the county service area provides, subject to the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution. If new, increase…

(a) The board 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 Section 25…

Whenever a person installs any facilities including, but not limited to, facilities for sewer or water service, and the board determines that it is necessary that those facilities be constructed so that they can be used for the benefit of property within a county service area oth…

Whenever the board determines that the amount of revenue available to a county service area is inadequate to acquire, construct, improve, rehabilitate, or replace the facilities authorized by this chapter, or to fund or to refund any outstanding indebtedness, the board may incur …

(a) Whenever the board determines that it is necessary for a county service area to incur a general obligation bond indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real property, the board may proceed pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 29900) of Division 3. (b) The…

The board of supervisors may finance any enterprise and issue revenue bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5), and a county service area shall be deemed a “local agency” for the purposes of that…

The board may levy benefit assessments to finance facilities 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 (…

(a) Whenever the board determines that it is in the public interest to provide different authorized services, provide different levels of service, provide different authorized facilities, or raise additional revenues within specific areas of a county service area, it may form one…

(a) At the public hearing, the board shall hear and consider any protests to the formation of the zone. (b) (1) In the case of inhabited territory, if at the conclusion of the public hearing, the board determines that more than 50 percent of the total number of voters residing wi…

The board may change the boundaries of a zone or dissolve a zone by following the procedures in Sections 25217 and 25217.1, as appropriate.

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.

(a) The board may provide any authorized service, any level of service, or any authorized facility within a zone that the board may provide in the county service area as a whole. (b) As determined by the board and pursuant to the requirements of this chapter, the board may exerci…

This chapter may be known and cited as the Open Space Maintenance Act.

The procedure established herein shall be additional or alternative to any other procedure established by ordinance or state law. The election to proceed under this chapter shall be expressed in the ordinance of intention to form the district.

Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and provisions contained in this section shall govern the construction and the meaning and application of words and phrases used in this chapter.

“Clerk” means the clerk of the legislative body of the local agency.

“Maintenance” means the performance of all acts and doing of the things necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the maintenance and improvement of open areas and the doing of those acts set forth in Section 50583.

“Open space” or “open area” means any space or area characterized by great natural scenic beauty or whose existing openness, natural condition, or present state of use, if retained, would enhance the present or potential value of abutting or surrounding urban development, or woul…

“Open space maintenance district” or “district” means any district created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to pay the assessments for the maintenance work to be done hereunder.

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a means whereby any local agency may form maintenance districts within which property may be assessed to pay the costs and expenses of improving and maintaining open spaces which the local agency has acquired pursuant to Sections 6950 to …

In addition to matters specified elsewhere in this chapter, the acts authorized under this chapter include the following: (a) The formation of districts pursuant to this chapter. (b) The planning, maintaining, improving, protecting, limiting the future use of or otherwise conserv…