BILL NUMBER: AB 2091	CHAPTERED  07/21/06

	CHAPTER  103
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 21, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 21, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 26, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Berg

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2006

   An act to add Section 50.5 to Chapter 375 of the Statutes of 1986,
relating to the Coast Life Support District.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2091, Berg  The Coast Life Support District Act: district
powers.
   Existing law establishes the Coast Life Support District, which
defines the district's boundaries, specifies the election of a board
of directors, and its powers as well as the purposes and powers of
the district. The powers of the district include, the right to
establish, impose and collect fees.
   This bill would authorize the district's board of supervisors to
charge a fee to cover the cost of any service that the district
provides or the cost of enforcing any regulation for which the fee is
charged. This bill would also allow the district's board of
directors to charge residents or taxpayers of the district a lower
fee than it charges nonresidents or nontaxpayers, and would allow the
district's board of directors to waive any fee by adoption of a
resolution.
   This bill would state the findings and declarations of the
Legislature concerning the need for special legislation.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 50.5 is added to Chapter 375 of the Statutes of
1986, to read:
  Sec. 50.5.  (a) The district's board of directors may charge a fee
to cover the cost of any service that the district provides or the
cost of enforcing any regulation for which the fee is charged. No fee
shall exceed the costs reasonably borne by the district in providing
the service or enforcing the regulation for which the fee is
charged.
   (b) Before imposing or increasing any fee for property-related
services, the district's board of directors shall follow the
procedures in Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California
Constitution.
   (c) The district's board of directors may charge residents or
taxpayers of the district a fee authorized by this section that is
less than the fee that it charges nonresidents or nontaxpayers.
   (d) The district's board of directors may authorize the district's
employees to waive the payment of a fee authorized by this section,
in whole or in part, when the district's board of directors
determines that payment would not be in the public interest. Before
authorizing any waiver, the district's board of directors shall adopt
a resolution that specifies the policies and procedures governing
waivers.
  SEC. 2.  Due to the unique circumstances concerning the district
the Legislature finds and declares that a general statute cannot be
made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution. Therefore, this act is necessarily
applicable only to the district.