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. (a) The legislative body of any city which is encompassed
entirely within the territory of a special district may elect to pay
the district an amount equal to the amount the district would derive
from its share of property tax allocations applicable to all property
within the incorporated limits of the city.
(b) If a legislative body makes an election pursuant to
subdivision (a), the county auditor shall reallocate property taxes
due to the special district within the incorporated limits of the
city to the city.
The county auditor shall report to the State Controller the amount
of property taxes reallocated to a city pursuant to this
subdivision, as well as the total amount of property taxes allocated
to the city pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of
Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. No
reallocation made pursuant to this subdivision shall affect any
allocations of property tax revenues to the city or special district
in subsequent fiscal years pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with
Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation
Code.
(c) If a city legislative body makes an election pursuant to
subdivision (a), and upon apportionment of taxes by the county, the
reallocated amounts shall be paid by the city or transferred by the
county auditor to the district.
(d) If the legislative body of a city makes an election pursuant
to subdivision (a), the legislative body shall notify the county
auditor by no later than the first day of September of the fiscal
year in which the election becomes effective.
(e) For purposes of this section, "special district" means any
special district where the county board of supervisors act as, or has
appointed, the governing body of the districts providing fire or
library services to one or more cities or any county library service
established under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 27151) of
Division 20 of the Education Code provided for one or more cities, if
all property within the city is taxed to support the service.
(f) This section does not apply in any case in which a city is
making the payments described in this section to a district on the
effective date of this section.
(g) If any additional costs are incurred by a county as a result
of an election under this act by a city, the county may collect the
costs from the city.
(h) This section applies only to cities which are in counties
which have a population of 6,000,000 or more.