Bill Text: CA AB774 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: County service areas: zone dissolution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB774 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB774-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 774	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Donnelly

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section  25217.2   25215
 of  , and to add Sections 25213.7 and 25217.5 to,  the
Government Code, relating to local government.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 774, as amended, Donnelly.  Country  
County  service areas: zone dissolution.
   The County Service Area Law authorizes the county board of
supervisors, acting as the governing authority of a county service
area, to provide for the collection and enforcement of
property-related fees and charges in the same manner that the county
collects and enforces property-related fees and charges for the
property-related services that the county provides.  Existing law
allows the board to raise revenues, as specified, whenever the
amount of revenue available to the count   y service area is
inadequate to meet the costs of operating and maintaining the
services and facilities that the county service area provides. 
Existing law  authorizes the dissolution of a county service area
and  allows the board to change the boundaries of a zone, or
 to  dissolve the zone, by following specified
procedures.
   This bill would require the board  , upon dissolution of a
county service area or a specified zone,  to post signs
indicating which services and facilities are no longer provided
within the zone and require the board to provide adequate maintenance
to the signs. This bill would provide that, once the signs are
 posted and the action is recorded,   posted,
 the county and the dissolved zone shall not be held liable for
death or injury resulting from the termination of services or
facilities.  This bill would also provide that the county, county
service area, and zones would not be responsible for a loss or
injury resulting from the failure to provide maintenance of services
or facilities if the board is unable to raise revenues. This bill
would require the board to mail notice to an owner of property within
the county service area, or zones that will no longer be able to
maintain the services or facilities. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 25213.7 is added to the 
 Government Code  , to read:  
   25213.7.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, upon dissolution of a
county service area providing services or facilities for a public
street or divestiture of authority to provide services or facilities
for a public street, the board shall post clearly visible signs
within the zone for which authorized services, levels of service, or
authorized facilities are no longer being provided within the zone.
The sign shall indicate what service or facility is no longer being
provided within the zone and that the county and the zone are not
responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the termination of
services or facilities. The board shall provide adequate maintenance
to ensure that the signs remain posted within the zone and the
message is legible for a period of one year.
   (b) After the signs are posted pursuant to subdivision (a), the
county and the dissolved zone shall not be held liable for death or
injury resulting from termination of services or facilities. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 25215 of the   Government
Code   is amended to read: 
   25215.   (a)    Whenever the board determines
that the amount of revenue available to a county service area or any
of its zones is inadequate to meet the costs of operating and
maintaining the services and facilities that the county service area
provides, the board may raise revenues pursuant to this article or
any other provision of law. 
   (b) If the board is unable to raise revenues, the county, county
service area, and the county service area's zones shall not be
responsible for a loss or injury resulting from the failure to
provide maintenance of services or facilities that the county service
area or any of its zones provides. The board shall mail notice to
any owner of property within the county service area or any of its
zones that it will no longer be able to maintain the services or
facilities. 
   SEC. 3.    Section 25217.5 is added to the  
Government Code   , to read: 
   25217.5.  (a) Upon dissolution of a zone providing services or
facilities for a public street, as authorized by Section 25217.2, the
board shall post clearly visible signs within the zone for which
authorized services, levels of service, or authorized facilities are
no longer being provided within the zone. The sign shall indicate
what service or facility is no longer being provided within the zone
and that the county and the zone are not responsible for any loss or
injury resulting from the termination of services or facilities. The
board shall provide adequate maintenance to ensure that the signs
remain posted within the zone and the message is legible for a period
of one year.
   (b) After the signs are posted pursuant to subdivision (a), the
county and the dissolved zone shall not be held liable for death or
injury resulting from termination of services or facilities. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 25217.2 of the Government
Code is amended to read:
   25217.2.  (a) The board may change the boundaries of a zone or
dissolve a zone by following the procedures in Sections 25217 and
25217.1, as appropriate.
   (b) Upon dissolution of a zone, the board shall post clearly
visible signs within the zone for which authorized services, levels
of service, or authorized facilities are no longer being provided
within the zone. The sign shall indicate what service or facility is
no longer being provided within the zone and that the county and the
zone are not responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the
termination of services or facilities. The board shall provide
adequate maintenance to ensure that the signs remain posted within
the zone and the message is legible for a period of one year. Once
the signs are posted and the action is duly recorded, the county and
the dissolved zone shall not be held liable for death or injury
resulting from termination of services or facilities.