CHAPTER 12. Special Benefit Assessment Districts [33000. - 33021.]

Chapter 12 added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1322, Sec. 4.

§§ 33000–33021 · 36 sections

§ 33000 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) It is necessary and in the best interest of the citizens of the state to authorize the Southern California Rapid…
§ 33001 (a) Whenever the board finds that property adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, one or more rail transit stations, or proposed rail transit stations, of the…
§ 33001.5 (a) At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the establishment of the benefit district, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the…
§ 33002 (a) In determining the amount of a special benefit assessment, the board may measure the benefit to real property in the benefit district or zones therein by…
§ 33002.1 The board may order benefit assessment without an election, except as otherwise provided in Section 33002.2.
§ 33002.2 An election shall be held if the board finds that a petition requesting that the proposal be submitted to confirmation by the voters has been signed by the…
§ 33002.3 (a) For purposes of this chapter, “voter” means an owner of real property which is assessed or proposed to be assessed under this chapter and which is within…
§ 33002.4 (a) Where land in the benefit district is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the owners of that land shall designate…
§ 33002.5 The petition for confirmation by the voters shall be filed with the board within 30 days after the conclusion of the public hearing required by Sections 33001…
§ 33002.6 After the board has adopted a resolution approving the proposal to form a benefit district under Section 33002.5, but before the board may levy any assessment,…
§ 33002.7 The board shall submit the proposition of levying an assessment to the voters of the benefit district in a special election to be held within 90 days following…
§ 33002.8 If a majority of the votes cast at the election conducted under this chapter approve the proposition, the board may levy the assessment pursuant to the…
§ 33002.9 (a) Any owner or owners of real property, which is, in whole or in part, within the benefit district, or their legal representatives, may jointly or severally…
§ 33002.10 Notice of each hearing upon the petition for exclusion or reduction shall be given in accordance with subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 33001.
§ 33002.11 At the time and place provided in the notice or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board or its appointed hearing officer shall hear…
§ 33002.12 The expenses of giving the notice provided for herein and of the hearing on the exclusion or reduction petition shall be paid by the persons filing the…
§ 33002.13 Upon the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition by the board, or upon the record of hearing by a hearing officer, the board shall order the petition be…
§ 33002.14 The board, after the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition, shall order one of the following by resolution: (a) In the case of an exclusion petition,…
§ 33003 (a) Following formation of the benefit district or concurrently therewith, if the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition,…
§ 33004 At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the issuance of bonds payable from special benefit assessments levied under this chapter, or at any time and…
§ 33005 Special benefit assessments for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued for a benefit district shall be levied in the benefit district…
§ 33006 The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding 12 percent per annum, payable semiannually, except that the…
§ 33007 The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be sold as the board determines by resolution. The board may sell the bonds at a price below par. If the board…
§ 33008 Delivery of any bonds issued under this chapter may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or…
§ 33009 All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds issued by the district pursuant to this chapter shall be placed in the fund to be used for the…
§ 33010 The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire any bonds issued by the district under this chapter upon the…
§ 33011 Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust…
§ 33012 The board may change the purposes for which any proposed debt is to be incurred, the estimated cost, the amount of bonded debt to be incurred, or the…
§ 33013 (a) The board shall not change the purposes, the estimated cost, the boundaries of the benefit district or zones, if any, therein, or the amount of bonded debt…
§ 33014 At the time and place fixed for a hearing on changes, or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. At…
§ 33015 All decisions and determinations of the board, upon notice and hearing, are final and conclusive upon all persons entitled to appeal to the board as to all…
§ 33016 Any action or proceeding, other than a petition for election pursuant to Section 33002.2, which contests, questions, or denies the validity or legality of the…
§ 33017 When the board has imposed a special benefit assessment, the secretary shall so certify to the assessor of the county in which the territory of any benefit…
§ 33019 In the event of conflict with any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail with respect to benefit districts within the district.
§ 33020 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district shall not pledge any portion of its general fund revenues to pay any part of any bonded…
§ 33021 Notwithstanding Section 5097 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, any petition or claim for refund seeking an exclusion of real property or the reduction of an…