Article 3. Particular Purpose Assessments of California Water Code >> Division 11. >> Part 10. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
The amount of an assessment levied under this article is not
limited by any other provision of this part. The levy of an
assessment under this article does not limit the amount of any other
assessment levied under this part.
The board may at any time call an election to submit to the
voters a proposal to levy a particular purpose assessment to be
applied to any of the purposes of the district.
The notice of the election shall set forth the following:
(a) The day, hours, and polling places in each precinct for
holding the election.
(b) The amount of money proposed to be raised by the assessment.
(c) A general statement of the purposes for which it is intended
to be used.
(d) If the board so determines, a statement both that the
assessment shall be levied in two or three annual installments and
the amount of the installment to be levied each year.
At the election the ballots shall contain the words
"Assessment--Yes" and "Assessment--No," or equivalent words.
The election shall be held and the result determined and
declared as nearly as practicable in conformity with the provisions
governing bond elections.
If a majority of the votes cast at the election are
"Assessment--Yes," the district by its board shall at the time of the
levy of the annual assessments levy a sum sufficient to raise the
amount voted or if the notice of election provides for annual
installments, then a sum sufficient to raise the amount of the
installment provided in the notice to be raised in the particular
year.