California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 53311.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982”.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1451, Sec. 1.)
• Section 53311.5.
  This chapter provides an alternative method of financing certain public capital facilities and services, especially in developing areas and areas undergoing rehabilitation. The provisions of...
• Section 53312.
  Any provision in this chapter which conflicts with any other provision of law shall prevail over the other provision of law.(Repealed and added by Stats....
• Section 53312.5.
  The local agency may take any actions or make any determinations which it determines are necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this...
• Section 53312.7.
  (a) On and after January 1, 1994, a local agency may initiate proceedings to establish a district pursuant to this chapter only if it has first...
• Section 53312.8.
  (a) Territory that is dedicated or restricted to agricultural, open-space, or conservation uses may not be included within or annexed to a community facilities district that...
• Section 53313.
  A community facilities district may be established under this chapter to finance any one or more of the following types of services within an area:(a) Police...
• Section 53313.1.
  To the extent that any capital facility is provided under this chapter, a duplicate levy, impact fee, or other exaction may not be required for...
• Section 53313.4.
  Any territory within a community facilities district established for the acquisition or improvement of school facilities for a school district shall be exempt from any...
• Section 53313.5.
  A community facilities district may also finance the purchase, construction, expansion, improvement, or rehabilitation of any real or other tangible property with an estimated useful...
• Section 53313.51.
  The legislative body may enter into an agreement for the construction of discrete portions or phases of facilities to be constructed and purchased consistent with...
• Section 53313.6.
  The legislative body may provide for adjustments in ad valorem property taxes pursuant to Section 53313.7 within a community facilities district only after making both...
• Section 53313.7.
  (a) Upon making the findings pursuant to Section 53313.6, the legislative body may, with the concurrence of the legislative body which levied the property tax described...
• Section 53313.9.
  (a) All or any part of the cost of any school facilities financed by a community facilities district may be shared by the State Allocation Board...
• Section 53314.
  The legislative body may from time to time transfer moneys to a community facilities district or to an improvement area within a community facilities district,...
• Section 53314.3.
  In the first fiscal year in which a special tax or charge is levied for any facility or for any services in a community facilities...
• Section 53314.5.
  Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the legislative body, the legislative body may appropriate any of its available moneys to a revolving fund to be...
• Section 53314.6.
  (a) In connection with the financing of services and facilities pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 53313 and subdivision (k) of Section 53313.5, the legislative body...
• Section 53314.7.
  (a)  Any responsible party as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 25323.5 of the Health and Safety Code shall be liable to the district for...
• Section 53314.8.
  At any time either before or after the formation of the district, the legislative body may provide, by ordinance, that for a period specified in...
• Section 53314.9.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 53313.5, at any time either before or after the formation of the district, the legislative body may accept advances of funds or work...
• Section 53315.
  This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes. No error, irregularity, informality, and no neglect or omission of any officer, in...
• Section 53315.3.
  The failure of any person to receive a notice, resolution, order, or other matter shall not affect in any way whatsoever the validity of any...
• Section 53315.6.
  When any proceeding is initiated under this chapter by a legislative body other than that of a city or county, a copy of the resolution...
• Section 53315.8.
  A county may not form a district within the territorial jurisdiction of a city without the consent of the legislative body of the city.(Added by...
• Section 53316.
  This chapter applies to all local agencies insofar as those entities have the power to install or contribute revenue for any of the facilities or...
• Section 53316.2.
  (a) A community facilities district may finance facilities to be owned or operated by a public agency other than the agency that created the district, or...
• Section 53316.4.
  The agreement entered into pursuant to Section 53316.2 shall contain a description of the facilities and services to be provided under the agreement, and any...
• Section 53316.6.
  The agreement entered into pursuant to Section 53316.2 may provide for the division of responsibility to provide any of the facilities or services among the...
• Section 53317.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.(a) “Clerk” means the clerk of the legislative body...
• Section 53317.3.
  If property not otherwise exempt from a special tax levied pursuant to this chapter is acquired by a public entity through a negotiated transaction, or...
• Section 53317.5.
  If property subject to a special tax levied pursuant to this chapter is acquired by a public entity through eminent domain proceedings, the obligation to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018