Gov. Code, § 61144 · Chapter 5. Zones
Gov. Code, § 61144
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) As determined by the board of directors, a district may provide any service, any level of service, or any facility within a zone that the district may provide in the district as a whole.
(b) As determined by the board of directors and pursuant to the requirements of this division, a district may exercise any fiscal powers within a zone that the district may exercise in the district as a whole.
(c) Any special taxes, benefit assessments, rates, fees, charges, standby charges, bonds, or notes which are intended solely for the support of services or facilities within a zone, shall be levied, assessed, and charged within the boundaries of the zone.
(d) A district shall not incur a general obligation bonded indebtedness for the benefit of a zone pursuant to this section that exceeds 5 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property in the zone at the time that the bonds are issued. In computing this limit, the 5 percent shall include any other general obligation bonded indebtedness applicable to that zone.
(e) A district shall not issue promissory notes for the benefit of a zone pursuant to Section 61131 that exceed 5 percent of the zone’s total enterprise and nonenterprise revenues in the preceding fiscal year. In computing this limit, the 5 percent shall include any other promissory notes applicable to that zone.
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History
Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 249, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.
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