(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.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 655, Sec. 2. (SB 142) Effective January 1, 2014. Repealed as of January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 99030.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018