Section 61115 Of Chapter 2. Finance From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) The board of directors may, by resolution or ordinance,
do the following:
(1) Establish rates or other charges for services and facilities
that the district provides.
(2) Provide for the collection and enforcement of those rates or
other charges.
(3) Among the permissible methods for collection and enforcement
are:
(A) To provide that the charges for any of these services and
facilities may be collected with the rates or charges for any other
services and facilities provided by the district, and that all
charges may be billed on the same bill and collected as one item.
(B) To provide that if all or part of a bill is not paid, the
district may discontinue any or all services.
(C) To provide for a basic penalty for the nonpayment of charges
of not more than 10 percent, plus an additional penalty of not more
than 1 percent per month for the nonpayment of the charges and the
basic penalty. The board of directors may provide for the collection
of these penalties.
(b) The board of directors may provide that any charges and
penalties may be collected on the tax roll in the same manner as
property taxes. The general manager shall prepare and file with the
board of directors a report that describes each affected parcel of
real property and the amount of charges and delinquencies for each
affected parcel for the year. The general manager shall give notice
of the filing of the report and of the time and place for a public
hearing by publishing the notice pursuant to Section 6066 in a
newspaper of general circulation, and by mailing the notice to the
owner of each affected parcel. At the public hearing, the board of
directors shall hear and consider any objections or protests to the
report. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the board of
directors may adopt or revise the charges and penalties. The board of
directors shall make its determination on each affected parcel and
its determinations shall be final. On or before August 10 of each
year following these determinations, the general manager shall file
with the county auditor a copy of the final report adopted by the
board of directors. The county auditor shall enter the amount of the
charges and penalties against each of the affected parcels of real
property as they appear on the current assessment roll. The county
tax collector shall include the amount of the charges and penalties
on the tax bills for each affected parcel of real property and
collect the charges and penalties in the same manner as property
taxes.
(c) The board of directors may recover any charges and penalties
by recording in the office of the county recorder of the county in
which the affected parcel is located, a certificate declaring the
amount of the charges and penalties due, the name and last known
address of the person liable for those charges and penalties. From
the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount of the charges
and penalties constitutes a lien against all real property of the
delinquent property owner in that county. This lien shall have the
force, effect, and priority of a judgment lien. Within 30 days of
receipt of payment for all amounts due, including the recordation
fees paid by the district, the district shall record a release of the
lien. In filing any instrument for recordation, the district shall
pay the fees required by Article 5 (commencing with Section 27360) of
Chapter 6 of Part 3 of Title 3.
(d) A district shall reimburse the county for the reasonable
expenses incurred by the county pursuant to this section.
(e) Any remedies for the collection and enforcement of rates or
other charges are cumulative and the district may pursue remedies
alternatively or consecutively.