Section 36424.1 Of Chapter 4.9. Alternative Provisions For The Formation Of Improvement Districts And The Issuance Of Bonds Therefor From California Water Code >> Division 13. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 4.9.
36424.1
. (a) This section applies only to the Santa Margarita Water
District.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
(1) In 1978, the voters of the Santa Margarita Water District
authorized the sale of bonds for its improvement district number four
in which the bond proceeds are available for water and sewer
facilities.
(2) In 1998, the Capistrano School District created a Mello-Roos
Community Facilities District in which the bond proceeds are
available for water, sewer, roads, and other facilities for a portion
of the area to be served by the improvement district.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to allow the Santa
Margarita Water District the flexibility to establish equity with
regard to the manner in which the district's water and sewer bonds
are repaid, recognizing that a portion of the water and sewer
facilities for the improvement district area will be financed by
bonds issued pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of
1982 (Ch. 2.5 (commencing with Sec. 53311), Pt. 1, Div. 2, Title 5,
Gov. C.), instead of all water and sewer facilities being financed by
the district's water and sewer bonds.
(d) For the purpose of making the annual estimate of the amount
required to pay the principal of, and interest on, general obligation
bonds of the Santa Margarita Water District for improvement district
number four pursuant to Section 36424, the board of the district may
designate two separate areas within the improvement district, with
one area financed by the school district's bonds under Chapter 2.5
(commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of
the Government Code and the other area not so financed.
(e) If the district exercises the authority authorized by this
section, the amount of principal and interest allocated each year to
the area without the bonds issued under Chapter 2.5 (commencing with
Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government
Code (1) shall not be less, to the extent possible, than the amount
needed to repay the principal and interest actually owed on the water
and sewer bonds if that amount is spread uniformly across all of the
assessed value of property within the improvement district, and (2)
shall not be more, to the extent possible, than that amount that
would have been allocated if (A) all water and sewer facilities had
been financed by the water district's water and sewer bonds, subject
to a limit of the amount of water and sewer bonds actually
authorized, and (B) the entire improvement district was responsible
to repay these amounts.
(f) The board shall not designate separate areas unless it
receives a report from an independent financial consultant or
engineer that the designation of the proposed areas and the
allocation of the estimated amount required to repay the principal
of, and interest on, the bonds to the areas, in accordance with
subdivision (e), will not adversely affect the board's ability to
levy ad valorem assessments that will be sufficient to pay the
principal of, and interest on, the bonds and the board determines
that the designation of the areas and the allocation of the amount
will not be adverse to the interests of the holders of the bonds.
Notwithstanding subdivision (e), if the report indicates that the
allocation described in subdivision (e) will adversely affect the
board's ability to levy ad valorem assessments that are sufficient to
pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds or that that
allocation may be adverse to the interests of the holders of the
bonds, the district may designate two separate areas within
improvement district number four in accordance with subdivision (d)
and levy ad valorem assessments in amounts necessary to avoid those
adverse effects.