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CA Govt Code § 53392 (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 2.7 - Community Rehabilitation District Law|ARTICLE 6 - Bond Payment|Section 53392.

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 allocation and payment of funds as provided for in subdivision (b) of Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code, shall allocate, and when collected pay, the amount of property tax revenue determined pursuant to subdivision (c) into a Bond Payment Fund to be established by the district. The county auditor shall continue to make payments to that fund during each fiscal year until the bonds are retired. The county auditor shall make that payment before distributing any property tax revenue to any other entity of government except for distributions pursuant to Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code. Notwithstanding any other law, no claim on property tax revenue by any other public or private entity for any purpose whatever shall take precedence over the allocation of property tax revenue provided in this section.(b) The county auditor shall reduce the amount of property tax revenue otherwise allocable to the city or county establishing the district in each fiscal year by the amount deposited in the Bond Payment Fund pursuant to subdivision (a) for each district during that fiscal year.(c) The county auditor shall determine, in each fiscal year, the amount sufficient to meet the obligation for the payment of principal and interest during that fiscal year on any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter by each district. However, the amount paid on all bonds issued by each district shall not exceed 25 percent of the revenue allocated to the city or county establishing the district pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code during the previous fiscal year with respect to all tax rate areas within the district.(d) The legislative body shall provide for the payment of the principal and interest from the Bond Payment Fund on any bonds issued by the district pursuant to this chapter.(d) 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 behalf of the district pursuant to this section.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 906, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 53392.3 (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 2.7 - Community Rehabilitation District Law|ARTICLE 6 - Bond Payment|Section 53392.3.

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 structure, organization, or powers of any district until all obligations on those bonds are fully met or discharged. However, this section does not preclude a change in the structure, organization, or powers of any district if adequate provision is made by law for the protection of the contracts represented by those bonds from impairment, and that right to change the structure, organization, or powers of any district or the allocation of those tax revenues is hereby reserved to the State of California. Districts may include this pledge of the state in those bonds.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 906, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 53392.7 (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 2.7 - Community Rehabilitation District Law|ARTICLE 6 - Bond Payment|Section 53392.7.

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 bonds, proceedings, projects, or tax allocations.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 906, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 53393 (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 2.7 - Community Rehabilitation District Law|ARTICLE 7 - Alternative Revenue Sources|Section 53393.

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 issued pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, any fees or charges for services provided by, or in conjunction with, facilities rehabilitated with the proceeds of any bond issuance as long as those fees or charges do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee or charge is imposed.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 652, Sec. 7.)
CA Govt Code § 53393.3 (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 2.7 - Community Rehabilitation District Law|ARTICLE 7 - Alternative Revenue Sources|Section 53393.3.

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 in the resolution of intention to establish the district adopted pursuant to Section 53373 and in the resolution of intention to issue bonds adopted pursuant to Section 53387.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 652, Sec. 7.)
CA Govt Code § 53393.6 (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 2.7 - Community Rehabilitation District Law|ARTICLE 7 - Alternative Revenue Sources|Section 53393.6.

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 amount of the proceeds of the pledged revenue source shall be annually or more frequently, as specified, appropriated and paid into the Bond Payment Fund required to be established by Section 53392 in an amount sufficient to pay all or any portion of the principal and interest payments due on the bond issuance and into the bond reserve fund, required to be established by paragraph (2), to replenish that fund, as needed.(2) That a bond reserve fund be established by the district from bond proceeds or any available revenue source, including any property tax revenues paid into the fund pursuant to subdivision (b), sufficient to pay the principal and interest due on the bonds for the next fiscal year.(b) If the legislative body elects to pledge the revenues described in Section 53393, the county auditor shall pay the property tax revenues described in subdivision (a) of Section 53392 into the bond reserve fund established pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), rather than into the Bond Payment Fund as provided by subdivision (a) of Section 53392. The county auditor shall make those payments to the bond reserve fund only if that fund has unencumbered balances at the beginning of the payment period in an amount less than the amount necessary to pay the principal and interest on the bonds for the next fiscal year. The county auditor shall pay any amount of property tax revenues which exceed the amount necessary for this purpose into the general fund of the city or county.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 652, Sec. 7.)
CA Govt Code § 53394 (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 2.7 - Community Rehabilitation District Law|ARTICLE 7 - Alternative Revenue Sources|Section 53394.

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 behalf of the district pursuant to this article.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 652, Sec. 7.)
CA Govt Code § 53395 (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 2.8 - Infrastructure Financing Districts|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 53395.

53395.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state and federal governments have withdrawn in whole or in part from their former role in financing major, regional, or communitywide infrastructure, including highways and interchanges, sewage treatment and water reclamation works, water supply and treatment works, flood control and drainage works, schools, libraries, parks, parking facilities, open space, and seismic retrofit and rehabilitation of public facilities.(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the methods available to local agencies to finance public works often place an undue and unfair burden on buyers of new homes, especially for public works that benefit the broader community.(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that the absence of practical and equitable methods for financing both regional and local public works leads to a declining standard of public works, a reduced quality of life and decreased safety for affected citizens, increased objection to otherwise desirable development, and excessive costs for homebuyers.(d) The Legislature further finds and declares that it is equitable and in the public interest to provide alternative procedures for financing public works and services needed to meet the needs of new housing and other development projects. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 332, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Govt Code § 53395.1 (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 2.8 - Infrastructure Financing Districts|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 53395.1.

53395.1.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.(a) “Affected taxing entity” means any governmental taxing agency which levied or had levied on its behalf a property tax on all or a portion of the property located in the proposed district in the fiscal year prior to the designation of the district, but not including any county office of education, school district, or community college district.(b) “City” means a city or a city and county.(c) “Debt” means any binding obligation to repay a sum of money, including obligations in the form of bonds, certificates of participation, long-term leases, loans from government agencies, or loans from banks, other financial institutions, private businesses, or individuals.(d) “Designated official” means the city or county engineer or other appropriate official designated pursuant to Section 53395.13.(e) (1) “District” means an infrastructure financing district.(2) An infrastructure financing district is a “district” within the meaning of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution.(f) “Infrastructure financing district” means a legally constituted governmental entity established pursuant to this chapter for the sole purpose of financing public facilities.(g) “Landowner” or “owner of land” means any person shown as the owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll or otherwise known to be the owner of the land by the legislative body. The legislative body has no obligation to obtain other information as to the ownership of land, and its determination of ownership shall be final and conclusive for the purposes of this chapter. A public agency is not a landowner or owner of land for purposes of this chapter, unless the public agency owns all of the land to be included within the proposed district.(h) “Legislative body” means the city council or board of supervisors.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 210, Sec. 8. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 53395.2 (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 2.8 - Infrastructure Financing Districts|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 53395.2.

53395.2.  (a) The revenues available pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 53396) may be used directly for work allowed pursuant to Section 53395.3, may be accumulated for a period not to exceed five years to provide a fund for that work, may be pledged to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 53397.1), or may be pledged to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code) or the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311)), the proceeds of which have been or will be used entirely for allowable purposes of the district. The revenue of the district may also be advanced for allowable purposes of the district to an Integrated Financing District established pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 53175), in which case the district may be party to a reimbursement agreement established pursuant to that chapter. The revenues of the district may also be committed to paying for any completed public facility acquired pursuant to Section 53395.3 over a period of time, including the payment of a rate of interest not to exceed the bond buyer index rate on the day that the agreement to repay is entered into by the city or county.(b) The legislative body may enter into an agreement with any affected taxing entity providing for the construction of, or assistance in, financing public facilities.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 210, Sec. 9. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 53395.3 (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 2.8 - Infrastructure Financing Districts|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 53395.3.

53395.3.  (a) A district may finance (1) the purchase, construction, expansion, improvement, seismic retrofit, or rehabilitation of any real or other tangible property with an estimated useful life of 15 years or longer which satisfies the requirements of subdivision (b), (2) may finance planning and design work which is directly related to the purchase, construction, expansion, or rehabilitation of that property and (3) the costs described in Sections 53395.5, and 53396.5. A district may only finance the purchase of facilities for which construction has been completed, as determined by the legislative body. The facilities need not be physically located within the boundaries of the district. A district may not finance routine maintenance, repair work, or the costs of ongoing operation or providing services of any kind.(b) The district shall finance only public capital facilities of communitywide significance, which provide significant benefits to an area larger than the area of the district, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(1) Highways, interchanges, ramps and bridges, arterial streets, parking facilities, and transit facilities.(2) Sewage treatment and water reclamation plants and interceptor pipes.(3) Facilities for the collection and treatment of water for urban uses.(4) Flood control levees and dams, retention basins, and drainage channels.(5) Child care facilities.(6) Libraries.(7) Parks, recreational facilities, and open space.(8) Facilities for the transfer and disposal of solid waste, including transfer stations and vehicles.(c) Any district which constructs dwelling units shall set aside not less than 20 percent of those units to increase and improve the community’s supply of low- and moderate-income housing available at an affordable housing cost, as defined by Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, to persons and families of low- and moderate-income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 332, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Govt Code § 53395.3.2 (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 2.8 - Infrastructure Financing Districts|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 53395.3.2.

53395.3.2.  (a) In addition to the projects authorized by Section 53395.3, any infrastructure financing district may finance public capital facilities or projects that include broadband. A district that finances public capital facilities or projects that include broadband may transfer the management and operation of any broadband facilities that were financed to a local agency that is authorized to provide broadband Internet access service, and that local agency when providing that service shall comply with the requirements of Article 12 (commencing with Section 53167) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.(b) For purposes of this section, “broadband” means communications network facilities that enable high-speed Internet access.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 963, Sec. 3. (AB 1999) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Govt Code § 53395.3.5 (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 2.8 - Infrastructure Financing Districts|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 53395.3.5.

53395.3.5.  Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 53395.3, a district may reimburse a developer of a project that is located entirely within the boundaries of that district for any permit expenses incurred and to offset additional expenses incurred by the developer in constructing affordable housing units pursuant to the Transit Priority Project Program established in Section 65470.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 66. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 53395.4 (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 2.8 - Infrastructure Financing Districts|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 53395.4.

53395.4.  (a) A district may finance only the facilities or services authorized in this chapter to the extent that the facilities or services are in addition to those provided in the territory of the district before the district was created. The additional facilities or services may not supplant facilities or services already available within that territory when the district was created but may supplement those facilities and services as needed to serve new developments.(b) A district may include areas that are not contiguous.(c) A district may finance a project or portion of a project that is located in, or overlaps with, a redevelopment project area or former redevelopment project area. The successor agency to the former redevelopment agency shall receive a finding of completion, as defined in Section 34179.7 of the Health and Safety Code, prior to the district financing any project or portion of a project under this subdivision.(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), any debt or obligation of a district shall be subordinate to an enforceable obligation of a former redevelopment agency, as defined in Section 34171 of the Health and Safety Code. For the purposes of this chapter, the division of taxes allocated to the district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 53396 shall not include any taxes required to be deposited by the county auditor-controller into the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund created pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 34170.5 of the Health and Safety Code.(e) The legislative body of the city or county forming the district may choose to dedicate any portion of its net available revenue to the district through the financing plan described in Section 53395.14.(f) For the purposes of this section, “net available revenue” means periodic distributions to the city or county from the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund, created pursuant to Section 34170.5 of the Health and Safety Code, that are available to the city or county after all preexisting legal commitments and statutory obligations funded from that revenue are made pursuant to Part 1.85 (commencing with Section 34170) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code. Net available revenue shall not include any funds deposited by the county auditor-controller into the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund or funds remaining in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund prior to distribution. Net available revenues shall not include any moneys payable to a school district that maintains kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, community college districts, or to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund, pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 34183 of the Health and Safety Code.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 1, Sec. 1. (AB 471) Effective February 18, 2014.)