Section 54716 Of Article 4. Procedure For Imposition Of Benefit Assessment From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 6.4. >> Article 4.
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. (a) For the first fiscal year in which a benefit assessment
is proposed to be imposed pursuant to this chapter, the legislative
body shall cause a written report to be prepared and filed with the
clerk of the local agency which shall contain all of the following
information:
(1) A description of the service proposed to be financed through
the revenue derived from the assessment.
(2) A description of each lot or parcel of property proposed to be
subject to the benefit assessment. The assessor's parcel number
shall be a sufficient description of the parcel. The area proposed to
be subject to the benefit assessment may be less than the entire
area of the local agency.
(3) The amount of the proposed assessment for each parcel. In the
case of an assessment to be collected in installments pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 54711, the report shall
set forth the number of annual installments and the fiscal years
during which they are to be collected, and fix the maximum amount of
each annual installment.
(4) The basis and schedule of the assessment.
(5) In the case of an assessment levied pursuant to Section
54710.3, an identification of the assessment districts for which the
local agency has assumed responsibility for redemption fund
deficiencies and for which it proposes to rely on assessments levied
pursuant to this chapter, and a statement of the conditions under
which the assessment will actually be levied and collected in any
year.
(b) The clerk shall cause notice of the filing of the report and
of a time, date, and place of hearing thereon to be published
pursuant to Section 6066 and posted in at least three public places
within the jurisdiction of the local agency.
(c) With respect to any new or increased assessment proposed to be
levied pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54710 or Section
54710.3, the legislative body of the local agency shall comply with
the notice, hearing, and protest procedures in Section 53753.
(d) At the hearing, the legislative body shall hear and consider
all protests. At the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative body
may adopt, revise, change, reduce, or modify the proposed assessment.
The legislative body shall make a determination upon the assessment
as described in the report or as determined at the hearing, and
shall, by ordinance or resolution, determine the proposed assessment.