5471
. (a) In addition to the powers granted in the principal act,
any entity shall have power, by an ordinance approved by a two-thirds
vote of the members of the legislative body thereof, to prescribe,
revise and collect, fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or other charges for
services and facilities furnished by it, either within or without
its territorial limits, in connection with its water, sanitation,
storm drainage, or sewerage system.
(b) In addition to the powers granted in the principal act, any
entity shall have power, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing
procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, to prescribe,
revise, and collect water, sewer, or water and sewer standby or
immediate availability charges for services and facilities furnished
by it, either within or without its territorial limits, in connection
with its water, sanitation, storm drainage, or sewerage system.
(c) The entity may provide that the charge for the service shall
be collected with the rates, tolls, and charges for any other
utility, and that any or all of these charges may be billed upon the
same bill. Where the charge is to be collected with the charges for
any other utility service furnished by a department or agency of the
entity and over which its legislative body does not exercise control,
the consent of the department or agency shall be obtained prior to
collecting water, sanitation, storm drainage, or sewerage charges
with the charges for any other utility. Revenues derived under the
provisions in this section, shall be used only for the acquisition,
construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation of water
systems and sanitation, storm drainage, or sewerage facilities, to
repay principal and interest on bonds issued for the construction or
reconstruction of these water systems and sanitary, storm drainage,
or sewerage facilities and to repay federal or state loans or
advances made to the entity for the construction or reconstruction of
water systems and sanitary, storm drainage, or sewerage facilities.
However, the revenue shall not be used for the acquisition or
construction of new local street sewers or laterals as distinguished
from main trunk, interceptor and outfall sewers.
(d) If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the
time a standby charge was established were followed, the entity may,
by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the
legislative body thereof, continue the charge pursuant to this
section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or
extended assessments are proposed, the entity shall comply with the
notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the
Government Code.