BILL NUMBER: SB 1579	CHAPTERED  06/27/02

	CHAPTER  76
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 27, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 26, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 13, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 2, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 8, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Brulte

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2002

   An act to amend Section 5791.1 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to public resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1579, Brulte.  Public resources:  recreation and park
districts.
   The existing Recreation and Park District Law specifies procedures
for park district formation, procedures for the selection of the
district board of directors and officers, the powers and duties of
the board, and financial provisions.  Existing law authorizes the
board of directors of a district to form zones within a district to
provide different services, to provide different levels of service,
or to raise additional revenues within specific areas of the
district.  Existing law requires the board of directors of a district
to terminate the proceedings if the board determines, among other
things, that property owners who own more than 50% of the assessed
value of all taxable property in the district have filed written
objections to the formation.
   This bill would require the board to terminate the proceedings if
the board determines that property owners who own more than 50% of
the assessed value of all taxable property in the proposed zone,
instead of the district, have filed written objections to the
formation of the zone.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 5791.1 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   5791.1.  (a) At the hearing, the board of directors shall hear and
consider any protests to the formation of the zone.  If, at the
conclusion of the hearing, the board of directors determines either
(1) that more than 50 percent of the total number of voters residing
within the proposed zone have filed written objections to the
formation or (2) that property owners who own more than 50 percent of
the assessed value of all taxable property in the proposed zone have
filed written objections to the formation, then the board of
directors shall terminate the proceedings.  If the board of directors
determines that the written objections have been filed by 50 percent
or less of those voters or property owners, then the board of
directors may proceed to form the zone.
   (b) If the resolution or petition proposes that the zone use
special taxes, benefit assessments, fees, or general obligation bonds
to finance its purposes, the board of directors shall proceed
according to law.  If the voters or property owners do not approve
those funding methods, the zone shall not be formed.