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CA Govt Code § 53737 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4 - Capital Outlay Fund|Section 53737.

53737.  The term “capital outlays” does not include the construction, acquisition, extensions of, or additions to utilities other than utilities for the furnishing of water supply. The term “utilities” shall not include sewage or sanitation facilities or airports.(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 14.)
CA Govt Code § 53739 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.3 - Local Levies|Section 53739.

53739.  (a) An ordinance or resolution presented for voter approval pursuant to this article or to Article XIII C or XIII D of the California Constitution may state a range of rates or amounts. If the ordinance or resolution is approved by the requisite number of votes at an election held for that purpose, the governing board of the adopting local government may thereafter impose the tax, assessment, or property-related fee or charge at any rate or amount that is less than or equal to the maximum amount authorized by the voter-approved ordinance or resolution.(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an ordinance or resolution presented for voter approval pursuant to Article XIII C or XIII D of the California Constitution may provide that the tax, assessment, or property-related fee or charge rates or amounts stated in that ordinance or resolution may be adjusted for inflation pursuant to a clearly identified formula stated in that ordinance or resolution. If an ordinance or resolution described in the preceding sentence is approved by the requisite number of votes at an election held for that purpose, the governing board of the adopting local government may thereafter impose the tax, assessment, or property-related fee or charge at any rate or amount that is less than or equal to the inflation-adjusted maximum amount authorized by the voter-approved ordinance or resolution.(2) Notwithstanding the authority established in paragraph (1), if the amount or rate of a tax, assessment, or property-related fee or charge is determined by using a percentage calculation, the ordinance imposing the tax, assessment, or property-related fee or charge may not provide that the percentage will be adjusted for inflation.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 38, Sec. 4. Effective July 1, 1997.)
CA Govt Code § 53740 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.5 - Tort Liability Fund|Section 53740.

53740.  As used in this article, “local agency” means city, county, or district empowered to levy or assess taxes.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1059.)
CA Govt Code § 53741 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.5 - Tort Liability Fund|Section 53741.

53741.  By ordinance, the legislative body of a local agency may provide for the levy and collection of assessments or taxes for the creation and accumulation of a fund to provide for payments of claims arising under Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code, and all legal and investigative costs arising from said claims.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1059.)
CA Govt Code § 53742 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.5 - Tort Liability Fund|Section 53742.

53742.  In making a levy, the legislative body shall not exceed any limitation upon its right to impose taxes prescribed by law except as authorized by law.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1059.)
CA Govt Code § 53743 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.5 - Tort Liability Fund|Section 53743.

53743.  If the local agency is a city or county operating under a charter, any limitations upon the levying of taxes imposed by the charter apply.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1059.)
CA Govt Code § 53744 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.5 - Tort Liability Fund|Section 53744.

53744.  In a local agency required to adopt a budget, all or part of the fund may be shown in the budget as reserves for future expenditures in subsequent years and when so shown shall be identified as to purpose, but need not be itemized.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1059.)
CA Govt Code § 53745 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.5 - Tort Liability Fund|Section 53745.

53745.  At any time after the creation of the fund the legislative body may transfer to the fund any unencumbered surplus funds remaining on hand at the end of the fiscal year.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1059.)
CA Govt Code § 53746 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.5 - Tort Liability Fund|Section 53746.

53746.  The fund shall be used exclusively for the payments of claims, judgments, and legal and investigative costs that may arise under Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1059.)
CA Govt Code § 53747 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.5 - Tort Liability Fund|Section 53747.

53747.  This article is applicable only in counties with a population of 4,000,000 or more, as determined by the 1960 federal census.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1059.)
CA Govt Code § 53752 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.6 - Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act|Section 53752.

53752.  The Department of General Services shall develop compliance standards in the State Administrative Manual (SAM) to inform owners of state property of their duties and responsibilities pursuant to this article and Articles XIII C and XIII D of the California Constitution.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 981, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 53753.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.6 - Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act|Section 53753.5.

53753.5.  (a) If an agency has complied with the notice, protest, and hearing requirements of Section 53753, or if an agency is not required to comply with those requirements because the assessment is exempt from the procedures and approval process set forth in Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution, then those requirements shall not apply in subsequent fiscal years unless the assessment methodology is changed to increase the assessment, or the amount of that assessment is proposed to exceed an assessment formula or range of assessments adopted by an agency in accordance with Article XIII D of the California Constitution or Section 53753.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the following assessments existing on the effective date of Article XIII D of the California Constitution shall be exempt from the procedures and approval process set forth in Section 4 of that article:(1) Any assessment imposed exclusively to finance the capital costs or maintenance and operation expenses for sidewalks, streets, sewers, water, flood control, drainage systems, or vector control.(2) Any assessment imposed pursuant to a petition signed by the persons owning all of the parcels subject to the assessment at the time the assessment is initially imposed.(3) Any assessment the proceeds of which are exclusively used to repay bonded indebtedness of which the failure to pay would violate the Contract Impairment Clause of the Constitution of the United States.(4) Any assessment that previously received majority voter approval from the voters voting in an election on the issue of the assessment.Any subsequent increases in an assessment listed in paragraph (1), (2), or (4) shall be subject to the procedures and approval process set forth in Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution.(c) For purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:(1) “Assessments existing on the effective date of Article XIII D of the California Constitution” means assessments levied by the legislative body of the agency on or before November 6, 1996.(2) “Procedures and approval process set forth in Section 4 of Article XIII D” means all of the requirements set forth in Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution, including, but not limited to, the requirement to separate general and special benefits and the requirement to assess parcels that are owned or used by an agency, the State of California, or the United States of America.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 38, Sec. 5. Effective July 1, 1997.)
CA Govt Code § 53755 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.6 - Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act|Section 53755.

53755.  (a) (1) The notice required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution of a proposed increase of an existing fee or charge for a property-related service being provided to a parcel may be given by including it in the agency’s regular billing statement for the fee or charge or by any other mailing by the agency to the address to which the agency customarily mails the billing statement for the fee or charge.(2) The notice required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution of a proposed new fee or charge may be given in the manner authorized for notice of an increase of a fee or charge if the agency is currently providing an existing property-related service to the address.(3) If the agency desires to preserve any authority it may have to record or enforce a lien on the parcel to which service is provided, the agency shall also mail notice to the recordowner’s address shown on the last equalized assessment roll if that address is different than the billing or service address.(b) One written protest per parcel, filed by an owner or tenant of the parcel, shall be counted in calculating a majority protest to a proposed new or increased fee or charge subject to the requirements of Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution. (c) Any agency that bills, collects, and remits a fee or charge on behalf of another agency may provide the notice required by Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution on behalf of the other agency.(d) The agency shall maintain all written protests for a minimum of two years following the date of the hearing to consider written protests.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 248, Sec. 1. (AB 2801) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Govt Code § 53756 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.6 - Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act|Section 53756.

53756.  An agency providing water, wastewater, sewer, or refuse collection service may adopt a schedule of fees or charges authorizing automatic adjustments that pass through increases in wholesale charges for water, sewage treatment, or wastewater treatment or adjustments for inflation, if it complies with all of the following:(a) It adopts the schedule of fees or charges for a property-related service for a period not to exceed five years pursuant to Section 53755.(b) The schedule of fees or charges may include a schedule of adjustments, including a clearly defined formula for adjusting for inflation. Any inflation adjustment to a fee or charge for a property-related service shall not exceed the cost of providing that service.(c) The schedule of fees or charges for an agency that purchases wholesale water, sewage treatment, or wastewater treatment from a public agency may provide for automatic adjustments that pass through the adopted increases or decreases in the wholesale charges for water, sewage treatment, or wastewater treatment established by the other agency.(d) Notice of any adjustment pursuant to the schedule shall be given pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 53755, not less than 30 days before the effective date of the adjustment.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 103, Sec. 1. (AB 2567) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 53758 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.6 - Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act|Section 53758.

53758.  For purposes of Article XIII C of the California Constitution and this article:(a) “Specific benefit” means a benefit that is provided directly to a payor and is not provided to those not charged. A specific benefit is not excluded from classification as a “specific benefit” merely because an indirect benefit to a nonpayor occurs incidentally and without cost to the payor as a consequence of providing the specific benefit to the payor.(b) “Specific government service” means a service that is provided by a local government directly to the payor and is not provided to those not charged. A specific government service is not excluded from classification as a “specific government service” merely because an indirect benefit to a nonpayor occurs incidentally and without cost to the payor as a consequence of providing the specific government service to the payor. A “specific government service” may include, but is not limited to, maintenance, landscaping, marketing, events, and promotions.(c) The local government bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that a levy, charge, or other exaction imposed for a specific benefit or specific government service is not a tax, that the amount is no more than necessary to cover the reasonable costs to the local government in providing the specific benefit or specific government service, and that the manner in which those costs are allocated to a payor bear a fair or reasonable relationship to the specific benefits or specific government services received by the payor.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 552, Sec. 2. (AB 483) Effective October 4, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 53759 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 4.7 - Legal Actions Challenging Revenue Measures for Water or Sewer Service|Section 53759.

53759.  (a) Any judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, validate, or annul an ordinance, resolution, or motion adopting a fee or charge for water or sewer service, or modifying or amending an existing fee or charge for water or sewer service, shall be commenced within 120 days of the effective date or of the date of the final passage, adoption, or approval of the ordinance, resolution, or motion, whichever is later.(b) Any action under this section by a local agency or interested person shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except that the time limits of subdivision (a) shall apply.(c) This section does not apply to any fee or charge for water or sewer service for which another statute establishes a specific time and procedure for bringing a judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a fee or charge of that type.(d) A water or sewer agency required to mail a written notice pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution shall include in the written notice a statement that there is a 120-day statute of limitations for challenging any new, increased, or extended fee or charge.(e) This section does not apply to a judicial action arising from billing errors, including, but not limited to, overbilling, due to the defective implementation of an ordinance, resolution, or motion adopting, modifying, or amending a fee or charge for water or sewer service. (f) This section shall only apply to a fee or charge for water or sewer service that has been adopted, modified, or amended after January 1, 2022.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 216, Sec. 1. (SB 323) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 53760 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 5 - Bankruptcy|Section 53760.

53760.  A local public entity in this state may file a petition and exercise powers pursuant to applicable federal bankruptcy law if either of the following apply:(a) The local public entity has participated in a neutral evaluation process pursuant to Section 53760.3.(b) The local public entity declares a fiscal emergency and adopts a resolution by a majority vote of the governing board pursuant to Section 53760.5.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 675, Sec. 2. (AB 506) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Govt Code § 53760.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 5 - Bankruptcy|Section 53760.5.

53760.5.  Notwithstanding Section 53760.3, a local public entity may file a petition and exercise powers pursuant to applicable federal bankruptcy law, if the local public entity declares a fiscal emergency and adopts a resolution by a majority vote of the governing board at a noticed public hearing that includes findings that the financial state of the local public entity jeopardizes the health, safety, or well-being of the residents of the local public entity’s jurisdiction or service area absent the protections of Chapter 9. The resolution shall make findings that the public entity is or will be unable to pay its obligations within the next 60 days. Prior to a declaration of fiscal emergency and adoption of a resolution, the local public entity shall place an item on the agenda of a noticed public hearing on the fiscal condition of the entity to take public comment. The board of supervisors of a county that intends to take action pursuant to this section and places a notice on an agenda regarding a proposed resolution to declare a fiscal emergency may require local agencies with funds invested in the county treasury to provide a five-day notice of withdrawal before the county is required to comply with a request for withdrawal of funds by that local agency.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 675, Sec. 5. (AB 506) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Govt Code § 53760.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES|CHAPTER 4 - Financial Affairs|ARTICLE 5 - Bankruptcy|Section 53760.7.

53760.7.  This article shall not impose any liability or responsibility, in law or equity, upon the state, any department, agency, or other entity of the state, or any officer or employee of the state, for any action taken by any local public entity pursuant to this article, for any violation of the provisions of this article by any local public entity, or for any failure to comply with the provisions of this article by any local public entity. No cause of action against the state, or any department, agency, entity of the state, or any officer or employee of the state acting in their official capacity may be maintained for any activity authorized by this article, or for the act of a local public entity filing under Chapter 9 of Title 11 of the United States Code, including any proceeding following a local public entity’s filing.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 675, Sec. 6. (AB 506) Effective January 1, 2012.)