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CHAPTER 2.5. County Service Areas [25210. - 25217.4.]

Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 158, Sec. 2.

§§ 25210–25217.4 · 50 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 25210–25210.8 · 9 sections
    • § 25210 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the County Service Area Law.
    • § 25210.1 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Population growth and development in unincorporated areas result in new and increased demands for…
    • § 25210.2 Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the county board of…
    • § 25210.3 (a) This chapter provides the authority for the organization and powers of county service areas. This chapter succeeds the former Chapter 2.2 (commencing with…
    • § 25210.4 This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
    • § 25210.5 If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumstance or to any person, county, city, special district,…
    • § 25210.6 (a) Any action to determine the validity of the organization of a county service area or zone shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section…
    • § 25210.7 (a) Territory, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, in the unincorporated area of a single county may be included in a county service area. (b) A county…
    • § 25210.8 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, elections for a county service area or zone are subject to the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Formation §§ 25211–25211.5 · 6 sections
    • § 25211 A new county service area may be formed pursuant to this article.
    • § 25211.1 (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…
    • § 25211.2 (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…
    • § 25211.3 (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…
    • § 25211.4 (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…
    • § 25211.5 (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…
  3. ARTICLE 3. General Powers §§ 25212–25212.4 · 5 sections
    • § 25212 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,…
    • § 25212.1 (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…
    • § 25212.2 (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…
    • § 25212.3 (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…
    • § 25212.4 (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.…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Services and Facilities §§ 25213–25213.6 · 7 sections
    • § 25213 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…
    • § 25213.1 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…
    • § 25213.2 (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…
    • § 25213.3 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…
    • § 25213.4 (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…
    • § 25213.5 (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…
    • § 25213.6 (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…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Finance §§ 25214–25214.5 · 6 sections
    • § 25214 (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…
    • § 25214.1 (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…
    • § 25214.2 (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…
    • § 25214.3 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…
    • § 25214.4 (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…
    • § 25214.5 (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…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Revenues §§ 25215–25215.7 · 8 sections
    • § 25215 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…
    • § 25215.1 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…
    • § 25215.2 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…
    • § 25215.3 The board may levy benefit assessments for operations and maintenance consistent with the requirements of Article XIIID of the California Constitution,…
    • § 25215.4 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…
    • § 25215.5 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…
    • § 25215.6 (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…
    • § 25215.7 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…
  7. ARTICLE 7. Capital Financing §§ 25216–25216.3 · 4 sections
    • § 25216 Whenever the board determines that the amount of revenue available to a county service area is inadequate to acquire, construct, improve, rehabilitate, or…
    • § 25216.1 (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…
    • § 25216.2 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)…
    • § 25216.3 The board may levy benefit assessments to finance facilities consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution including, but…
  8. ARTICLE 8. Zones §§ 25217–25217.4 · 5 sections
    • § 25217 (a) Whenever the board determines that it is in the public interest to provide different authorized services, provide different levels of service, provide…
    • § 25217.1 (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…
    • § 25217.2 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.
    • § 25217.3 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…
    • § 25217.4 (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…