Section 100601 Of Chapter 9. Benefit Assessment Districts From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 12. >> Chapter 9.
100601
. (a) Whenever the board finds that property adjacent to, or
in the vicinity of, one or more rail transit stations, or proposed
rail transit stations, of the authority receives or will receive
special benefit by reason of the location or operation of one or more
of those rail transit stations, the board may, by resolution adopted
by a two-thirds vote of its members, provide for notice and hearing
on its intention to establish one or more special benefit districts
and levy a special benefit assessment on real property therein for
the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the acquisition,
construction, development, joint development, operation, maintenance,
or repair of one or more rail transit stations and rail transit
related facilities located within the benefit district.
(b) In connection with the levy of a special benefit assessment,
the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing
procedures set forth in Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(c) The resolution may provide that the proposed benefit district
will contain separate zones, which may consist of either contiguous
or noncontiguous areas of land within the district. The proposed
benefit district and each proposed zone, if any, therein shall be an
area adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, one or more rail transit
stations or proposed rail transit stations. The boundaries of the
benefit district and of each zone, if any, therein shall be drawn so
as to reflect, as accurately as possible, the areas in which special
benefits are conferred by reason of the proximity and operation of
one or more rail transit stations.
(d) A notice stating the time and place of the hearing, and
setting forth the boundaries and purpose of the proposed benefit
district, shall be published prior to the time fixed for the hearing
pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
(e) For purposes of this chapter, "benefit district" means a
special benefit assessment district established pursuant to this
chapter, the area of which shall not lie more than one-half mile from
the center point of any rail transit station or proposed rail
transit station.
(f) For purposes of this chapter, "transit related facilities"
means land, buildings, and equipment, or any interest therein,
whether or not the operation thereof produces revenue, which has, as
its primary purpose, the operation of the rail transit system or the
providing of services to the passengers of the rail transit system,
but does not mean any land, buildings, or equipment, or interest
therein, which is used primarily for the production of revenue not
arising from the operation of the rail transit system.