{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"61144","citation":"Gov. Code, § 61144","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 6. DISTRICTS [58000. - 62464.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-6"},{"name":"DIVISION 3. COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICTS [61000. - 61250.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-6/division-3"},{"name":"PART 3. PURPOSES, SERVICES, AND FACILITIES [61100. - 61226.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-6/division-3/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Zones [61140. - 61226.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-6/division-3/part-3/chapter-5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 249, Sec. 3.   Effective January 1, 2006.","effective":"2006-01-01","html":"<p>(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.</p><p>(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.</p><p>(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.</p><p>(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.</p><p>(e) A district shall not issue promissory notes for the benefit of a zone pursuant to Section <a href=\"/gov/61131\">61131</a> 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.</p>","text":"(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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/zones-61144","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}