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Whenever the board determines that the amount of revenue available to a county service area or any of its zones is inadequate to meet the costs of operating and maintaining the services and facilities that the county service area provides, the board may raise revenues pursuant to this article or any other provision of law.

The auditor shall allocate to each county service area its share of property tax revenue, if any, pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

The board may levy special taxes pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the county service area, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.

The board may levy benefit assessments for operations and maintenance consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution, including, but not limited to, benefit assessments levied pursuant to any of the following:
  (a) The Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code).
  (b) The Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code).
  (c) The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code).
  (d) The Landscaping and Lighting Assessment Act of 1972 (Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code, notwithstanding Section 22501 of the Streets and Highways Code).
  (e) Any other statutory authorization enacted on or after January 1, 2009.

The board may, by resolution or ordinance, do any of the following:
  (a) Establish user fees, rates, or other charges, provided that they are not property-related fees and charges, for the services and facilities that are not property related that the county service area provides.
  (b) Provide for the collection and enforcement of those user fees, rates, and other charges in the same manner that the county collects and enforces user fees, rates, and charges for the services and facilities that the county provides.

The board may, by resolution or ordinance, do any of the following:
  (a) Impose property-related fees and charges for the property-related services that the county service area provides, subject to the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution. If new, increased, or extended property-related fees and charges are proposed, the board shall comply with Section 53755.
  (b) Provide for the collection and enforcement of those property-related fees and charges in the same manner that the county collects and enforces property-related fees and charges for the property-related services that the county provides, including, but not limited to, Article 4 (commencing with Section 5470) of Chapter 6 of Part 3 of Division 5 of the Health and Safety Code.

(a) The board may charge standby charges for water, sewer, or water and sewer services pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5).
  (b) If the procedures set forth in the former Section 25210.77b as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the board may, by resolution, continue to collect the charge in successive years at the same rate from the parcels within the county service area to which water or sewers are made available for any purpose by the county service area, whether the water or sewers are actually used or not. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753.

Whenever a person installs any facilities including, but not limited to, facilities for sewer or water service, and the board determines that it is necessary that those facilities be constructed so that they can be used for the benefit of property within a county service area other than the property of the person installing the facilities, and the facilities are dedicated to the public or become the property of the county or the county service area, the board may by contract agree to reimburse that person for the cost of the installation of those facilities. This contract may provide that the board may collect a reasonable fee or charge from any person using those facilities for the benefit of property not owned by the person who installed the facilities.