CHAPTER 2.7. Community Rehabilitation District Law

Chapter 2.7 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 906, Sec. 1.

§§ 53370–53394 · 42 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 53370–53371.3 · 5 sections

   • § 53370 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Community Rehabilitation District Law of 1985.
   • § 53370.3 The purpose of this chapter is to provide a method of financing the rehabilitation, renovation, repair, or restoration of existing public facilities. This…
   • § 53370.7 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s economy and the well-being of its citizens depend on maintaining a framework of…
   • § 53371 This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.
   • § 53371.3 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this section shall govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Clerk” means the clerk of…
2. ARTICLE 2. Formation of District §§ 53373–53375 · 7 sections

   • § 53373 Proceedings for the establishment of a district may be initiated by the legislative body by adopting a resolution of intention to establish a district. The…
   • § 53373.3 A district shall not be created with boundaries that overlap the boundaries of any project area established within the boundaries of a redevelopment agency…
   • § 53373.7 (a) The clerk of the legislative body shall publish a notice of the time and place for the public hearing on the establishment of the district once a week for…
   • § 53374 If the district proposes to levy an assessment or a special tax or issue bonds in accordance with subdivision (j) of Section 53382 any notices, hearings, and…
   • § 53374.3 At the hearing, testimony may be presented by all interested persons in support of, or in opposition to, the establishment of the district, the extent of the…
   • § 53374.7 The hearing may be continued from time to time, but shall be completed within 30 days. At the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative body may do either of…
   • § 53375 If the legislative body determines to proceed with establishing the district, the legislative body shall adopt an ordinance establishing the district.
3. ARTICLE 3. Appointment of Board Members § 53378 · 1 section

   • § 53378 If the legislative body adopts an ordinance to establish a district pursuant to Section 53375, the legislative body shall serve as ex officio directors of the…
4. ARTICLE 4. Powers of a District §§ 53380–53382.7 · 9 sections

   • § 53380 The territorial jurisdiction of a district created by a county may only include area within the unincorporated territory in the county, and the territorial…
   • § 53380.3 The powers of each district are vested in the legislative body which establishes the district.
   • § 53380.7 A district may rehabilitate public capital facilities. Public capital facilities include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Streets and roads,…
   • § 53381 A district may expand the capacity of existing public capital facilities, replace existing public capital facilities with alternative technologies that perform…
   • § 53381.3 A district may not perform routine maintenance, except when ancillary to, and supportive of, a rehabilitation project.
   • § 53381.7 Whenever the legislative body determines that it is economically sound and in the public interest for the district to rehabilitate facilities that were not…
   • § 53382 A district may exercise all of the following powers: (a) Acquire real or personal property of every kind within the district, by grant, purchase, gift, devise,…
   • § 53382.3 All contracts for the rehabilitation of any public facility estimated to cost in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) shall be let to the lowest…
   • § 53382.7 The county shall, if requested by the legislative body of a district created within the boundaries of a city, collect any assessments, taxes, fees, or charges…
5. ARTICLE 5. Senior Obligation Bonds §§ 53387–53391 · 13 sections

   • § 53387 The legislative body may, by majority vote, initiate proceedings to issue bonds pursuant to this chapter by adopting a resolution stating its intent to issue…
   • § 53387.3 The resolution adopted pursuant to Section 53387 shall contain all of the following information: (a) A description of the facilities or work to be undertaken…
   • § 53387.7 The clerk of the legislative body shall publish the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 53387 once a day for at least seven successive days in a newspaper…
   • § 53388 The legislative body shall submit the proposal to issue the bonds to the voters who reside within the district. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,…
   • § 53388.3 The county shall, if requested by the legislative body of a district created within the boundaries of a city, conduct the election for the district. The…
   • § 53388.7 (a) The bonds may be issued if a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of issuing the bonds. (b) If the voters approve the issuance of…
   • § 53389 The legislative body shall notify the county auditor if the voters approve the issuance of the bonds pursuant to the election conducted in accordance with…
   • § 53389.3 When two or more propositions for incurring indebtedness pursuant to this chapter are submitted at the same election, the votes cast for and against each…
   • § 53389.7 If any proposition submitted to the voters pursuant to this chapter is defeated by the voters, the legislative body shall not submit, or cause to be submitted,…
   • § 53390 The legislative body may, by majority vote, provide for refunding of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. However, refunding bonds shall not be issued if the…
   • § 53390.3 The legislative body or any person executing the bonds shall not be personally liable on the bonds by reason of their issuance. The bonds and other obligations…
   • § 53390.7 The bonds may be sold at discount not to exceed 5 percent of par at public sale. At least five days prior to the sale, notice shall be published, pursuant to…
   • § 53391 If any member of the legislative body whose signature appears on bonds ceases to be a member of the legislative body before delivery of the bonds, his or her…
6. ARTICLE 6. Bond Payment §§ 53392–53392.7 · 3 sections

   • § 53392 (a) If the voters approve the issuance of bonds pursuant to the election conducted in accordance with Section 53388, the county auditor, subject to the…
   • § 53392.3 The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter that the state will not change the…
   • § 53392.7 An action may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Part 2 of Title 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of…
7. ARTICLE 7. Alternative Revenue Sources §§ 53393–53394 · 4 sections

   • § 53393 The legislative body may pledge any source of revenues, in addition to any property tax revenues, to pay the principal and interest on bonds approved and…
   • § 53393.3 The legislative body may proceed under the authority of Section 53393 only if it states its intention to so proceed and describes the proposed revenue source…
   • § 53393.6 (a) If the legislative body elects to pledge the revenues described in Section 53393, it shall require both of the following by ordinance: (1) That a specified…
   • § 53394 The legislative body of a district established within the boundaries of a city shall reimburse the county for any costs incurred by the county auditor on…