BILL NUMBER: AB 1340	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lara

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act relating to the City of Bell.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1340, as amended, Lara. City of Bell: Sanitation and Sewerage
System District: unlawful increases and charges.
   Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or county
to seek voter approval for assessments to cover the cost of certain
improvements, including sanitation and sewer projects.
   This bill would require the Sanitation and Sewerage System
District in the City of Bell to return all funds attributable to
unlawful increases in assessment rates approved and charged 
during   for  the  fiscal years 2007 to
2010, inclusive,   2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 fiscal
years  to those  residents   property
owners  affected by those unlawful increases.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the City of Bell.
   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.  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that
pursuant to the Controller's audit report, City of Bell: Audit
Report: Administrative and Internal Accounting Controls, that the
City of Bell illegally adopted higher assessment rates for the
Sanitation and Sewerage System District  during 
 for  the 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 fiscal years.
   (b) The Sanitation and Sewerage System District in the City of
Bell shall return all funds attributable to unlawful increases in
assessment rates approved and charged  during the fiscal
years 2007 to 2010, inclusive,   for the 2007-08,
2008-09, and 2009-10 fiscal years  to those  residents
  property owners  affected by those unlawful
increases.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique circumstances encountered by the City of Bell
with respect to the collection of assessments.