ARTICLE 2. Proceedings to Create a Community Facilities District

Article 2 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1451, Sec. 1.

§§ 53318–53329.6 · 26 sections

§ 53318 Proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district may be instituted by the legislative body on its own initiative and shall be instituted by…
§ 53318.5 Notwithstanding any provision of Part 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Division 3, a local agency formation commission shall have no power or duty to…
§ 53319 A petition requesting the institution of proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district shall do all of the following: (a) Request the…
§ 53320 Within 90 days after either a written request by two members of the legislative body or a petition requesting the institution of proceedings for the…
§ 53321 Proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district shall be instituted by the adoption of a resolution of intention to establish the district…
§ 53321.5 At the time of the adoption of the resolution of intention to establish a community facilities district, the legislative body shall direct each of its officers…
§ 53322 (a) The clerk of the legislative body shall publish a notice of the hearing pursuant to Section 6061 in a newspaper of general circulation published in the…
§ 53322.4 The clerk of the legislative body may also give notice of the hearing by first-class mail to each registered voter and to each landowner within the proposed…
§ 53323 At the hearing, protests against the establishment of the district, the extent of the district, or the furnishing of specified types of public facilities or…
§ 53324 (a) If 50 percent or more of the registered voters, or six registered voters, whichever is more, residing within the territory proposed to be included in the…
§ 53325 The hearing may be continued from time to time, but shall be completed within 30 days, except that if the legislative body finds that the complexity of the…
§ 53325.1 (a) If the legislative body determines to establish the district, it shall adopt a resolution of formation establishing the district. The resolution of…
§ 53325.3 A tax imposed pursuant to this chapter is a special tax and not a special assessment, and there is no requirement that the tax be apportioned on the basis of…
§ 53325.5 (a) A community facilities district may include areas of territory that are not contiguous. (b) In establishing the boundaries of the district, the legislative…
§ 53325.6 Land devoted primarily to agricultural, timber, or livestock uses and being used for the commercial production of agricultural, timber, or livestock products…
§ 53325.7 The legislative body may submit a proposition to establish or change the appropriations limit, as defined by subdivision (h) of Section 8 of Article XIIIB of…
§ 53326 (a) The legislative body shall then submit the levy of any special taxes to the qualified electors of the proposed community facilities district or to the…
§ 53327 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of law regulating elections of the local agency that calls an election pursuant to this…
§ 53327.5 (a) If the election is to be conducted by mail ballot, the election official conducting the election shall provide ballots and election materials pursuant to…
§ 53328 After the canvass of returns of any election pursuant to Section 53326, the legislative body may, pursuant to Section 53340, levy any special tax as specified…
§ 53328.1 (a) As an alternate and independent procedure for forming a community facilities district, the legislative body may form a community facilities district that…
§ 53328.3 Upon a determination by the legislative body that the requisite two-thirds of votes cast in an election held pursuant to Section 53326 are in favor of levying…
§ 53328.5 Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 3100) of the Streets and Highways Code applies with respect to any proceedings undertaken pursuant to this chapter. This…
§ 53329 After the canvass of returns of any election conducted pursuant to Section 53326, the legislative body shall take no further action with respect to authorizing…
§ 53329.5 (a) The owners of three-fourths of the area of lands taxed or liable to be taxed, or their agents (who shall declare under penalty of perjury that they are…
§ 53329.6 In order to reduce the procedural burdens on local agencies, this chapter establishes certain procedures by which one or more property owners may vote in favor…