(a) The legislative body levying the special tax shall designate an office, department, or bureau of the local agency that shall be responsible for annually preparing the current roll of special tax levy obligations by assessor’s parcel number on nonexempt property within the district and that will be responsible for estimating future special tax levies. The designated office, department, or bureau shall be the same office, department, or bureau that prepares the “NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT” required by Section 53754. If notice is required under both this section and Section 53754, the notices shall, to the extent feasible, be combined into a single notice document. The designated office, department, or bureau shall establish procedures to promptly respond to inquiries concerning current and future estimated tax liability. Neither the designated office, department, or bureau, nor the legislative body, shall be liable if any estimate of future tax liability is inaccurate, nor for any failure of any seller to request a Notice of Special Tax or to provide the notice to a buyer.
(b) For purposes of enabling sellers of real property subject to the levy of special taxes to satisfy the notice requirements of Section 1102.6b of the Civil Code, the designated office, department, or bureau shall furnish a Notice of Special Tax to any individual requesting the notice or any owner of property subject to a special tax levied by the local agency within five working days of receiving a request for the notice. The local agency may charge a fee for this service not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15).
(c) The notice shall contain the heading “NOTICE OF SPECIAL TAX” in type no smaller than 8-point type, and shall be in substantially the following form. The form may be modified as needed to clearly and accurately describe the tax structure and other characteristics of districts created before January 1, 1993, or to clearly and accurately consolidate information about the tax structure and other characteristics of two or more districts that levy or are authorized to levy special taxes with respect to the lot, parcel, or unit, or to clearly and accurately describe a tax rate that will change with a change in use of the parcel, or to clearly and accurately describe a tax that will be levied only once. The notice shall be completed by the designated office, department, or bureau except for the signatures and date of signing:
(1) This property is subject to a special tax, that is in addition to the regular property taxes and any other charges and benefit assessments on the parcel. This special tax is not necessarily imposed on all parcels within the city or county where the property is located. If you fail to pay this tax when due each year, the property may be foreclosed upon and sold. The tax is used to provide public facilities and/or services that are likely to particularly benefit the property. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS TAX AND THE BENEFITS FROM THE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR WHICH IT PAYS INTO ACCOUNT IN DECIDING WHETHER TO BUY THIS PROPERTY.
(2) The maximum special tax that may be levied against this parcel to pay for public facilities is ____ dollars ($ ____) during the ____–__ tax year. This amount will increase by __ percent per year after that (if applicable). The special tax will be levied each year until all of the authorized facilities are built and all special tax bonds are repaid, but in any case not after the ____–__ tax year.
An additional special tax will be used to pay for ongoing services, if applicable. The maximum amount of this tax is ____ dollars ($____) during the ____–__ tax year. This amount may increase by ____, if applicable, and may be levied until the ____–__ tax year (or forever, as applicable).
(3) The authorized facilities that are being paid for by the special taxes, and by the money received from the sale of bonds that are being repaid by the special taxes, are:
These facilities may not yet have all been constructed or acquired and it is possible that some may never be constructed or acquired.
In addition, the special taxes may be used to pay for costs of the following services:
YOU MAY OBTAIN A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION OF FORMATION THAT AUTHORIZED CREATION OF THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT, AND THAT SPECIFIES MORE PRECISELY HOW THE SPECIAL TAX IS APPORTIONED AND HOW THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX WILL BE USED, FROM THE ________ (name of jurisdiction) BY CALLING ______ (telephone number). THERE MAY BE A CHARGE FOR THIS DOCUMENT NOT TO EXCEED THE ESTIMATED REASONABLE COST OF PROVIDING THE DOCUMENT.
I (WE) ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I (WE) HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS NOTICE. I (WE) UNDERSTAND THAT I (WE) MAY TERMINATE THE CONTRACT TO PURCHASE OR DEPOSIT RECEIPT AFTER RECEIVING THIS NOTICE FROM THE OWNER OR AGENT SELLING THE PROPERTY. THE CONTRACT MAY BE TERMINATED WITHIN THREE DAYS IF THE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED IN PERSON OR WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER IT WAS DEPOSITED IN THE MAIL BY GIVING WRITTEN NOTICE OF THAT TERMINATION TO THE OWNER OR AGENT SELLING THE PROPERTY.
DATE: ________________________________________________________
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 670, Sec. 92. Effective January 1, 2008.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018