CHAPTER 10.5. Special Service Districts [29660. - 29740.]

Chapter 10.5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1495.

§§ 29660–29740 · 45 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Proposal of Formation §§ 29660–29666 · 7 sections

   • § 29660 One or more special service districts for any of the purposes in which the district is authorized to engage may be created within the boundaries of the…
   • § 29661 Proceedings for the creation of a special service district may be initiated by resolution of the legislative body or bodies of the city or cities proposed to…
   • § 29662 As an alternative to the initiation of proceedings for the formation of a special service district by resolution or resolutions, a petition may be filed with…
   • § 29663 The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands the creation of a special service district within the area of the district described…
   • § 29664 The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures in the petition with the affidavits of registration on file with the county elections official, and…
   • § 29665 The following provisions of the Government Code shall not apply to this chapter or any proceeding taken thereunder: (a) Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section…
   • § 29666 Nothing contained herein shall allow the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, or any special service district formed hereunder, to exercise any…
2. ARTICLE 2. Hearing §§ 29670–29674 · 5 sections

   • § 29670 Within 30 days after receipt of the resolution or resolutions of the legislative body or bodies or receipt of the certification of the sufficiency of a…
   • § 29671 The notice of hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district. The board, in its discretion, may give such…
   • § 29672 The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days from the date of the publication of the notice.
   • § 29673 At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the creation of the special service district…
   • § 29674 If no protests are filed or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board shall by resolution approve the creation of the special…
3. ARTICLE 3. Election §§ 29680–29685 · 6 sections

   • § 29680 At the time of the approval of the creation of a special service district, the board shall call an election in the territory proposed to be included in the…
   • § 29681 Such election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after the board’s approval of the creation of the special service…
   • § 29682 The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following: Shall the “San…
   • § 29683 No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a registered voter residing within the territory proposed to be included in the special service…
   • § 29684 The costs of the election required by this article shall be borne by the district.
   • § 29685 The question of the creation of a special service district shall be canvassed separately for each public agency, or portion thereof, in which an election is…
4. ARTICLE 4. Taxing Subdivision § 29690 · 1 section

   • § 29690 A special service district has no separate corporate existence, but shall be deemed to be a taxing subdivision of the district, and within each special service…
5. ARTICLE 5. Bond Election §§ 29700–29705 · 6 sections

   • § 29700 At any time after the approval by the board of the creation of a special service district, as provided in Section 29674, the board may provide for the…
   • § 29701 The proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness under Section 29700 may be submitted to the voters at the same election as the proposition to create the…
   • § 29702 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 29150) relating to general obligation bonds with the…
   • § 29703 Only those registered voters residing within the boundaries of the special service district shall be entitled to vote on the proposition for the incurring of a…
   • § 29704 Only the property in the special service district shall be taxable for the payment of the principal and interest on special service district bonds. Until the…
   • § 29705 Any proceedings denying the validity of the creation of any special service district, or of any bonds authorized by the voters thereof, pursuant to this part,…
6. ARTICLE 6. Annexation §§ 29710–29727 · 19 sections

   • § 29710 Any territory within the boundaries of the district not included within the boundaries of the special service district to which it is proposed to be annexed,…
   • § 29711 The board shall by resolution determine that the annexation of the territory will facilitate the acquisition or operation of transit facilities for the special…
   • § 29712 Any public agency or portion thereof included as part of the territory proposed to be annexed to a special service district pursuant to this article may, by…
   • § 29713 The petition for election provided for in Section 29712 shall be signed by voters within any public agency, or portion thereof, included within the boundaries…
   • § 29714 The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures with the affidavits of registration on file with the county elections official, and shall certify to…
   • § 29715 The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to a special service district may provide, among other matters, for the payment of taxes within the…
   • § 29716 Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation of territory to a special service district shall be published once in a…
   • § 29717 The time of hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publication of the notice.
   • § 29718 At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the annexation of the territory to the…
   • § 29719 The hearing may be continued from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order entered upon the minutes of its meeting fixing the time…
   • § 29719.5 If the board finds that protest has been made, prior to the board’s final determination for annexation, by the owners of real property within the area to be…
   • § 29720 From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the secretary of the district, the annexation of the territory, or portion thereof, to the special…
   • § 29721 If an election is required to be held, pursuant to the provisions of Section 29712, the board shall call such election within 60 days after the petition or…
   • § 29722 The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following: Shall territory…
   • § 29723 No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the public agency, or portion thereof, requesting the election. The election may be held…
   • § 29724 The costs of the election required by this article shall be borne by the district.
   • § 29725 The question of the annexation of territory to a special service district shall be canvassed separately for each public agency, or portion thereof, in which an…
   • § 29726 Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory, in accordance with law, to any city included in a special service district, the city clerk shall file…
   • § 29727 If the district shall file its objections, in the manner provided in Section 29726, to the annexation to a special service district of territory annexed to a…
7. ARTICLE 7. Dissolution § 29740 · 1 section

   • § 29740 A special service district may be dissolved by resolution of the board if any proposition for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness fails to carry, and if the…