Section 99002 Of Chapter 1. Benefit Assessment Districts From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 1.
99002
. (a) Whenever the board finds that property adjacent to, or
in the vicinity of, one or more transit stations, or proposed transit
stations, of the operator receives or will receive special benefit
by reason of the location or operation of one or more of those
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 eligible transit projects 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 service area of the
operator. 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 transit stations or proposed 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 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) An operator other than a transit district, city, or county may
implement a special benefit district under this chapter only if the
action is consistent with the general or specific plans of the city
or county within which the special benefit district is to be created.