Section § 59320

Explanation

This law states that when a district is refinancing its debts, the total amount of new assessments and any additional contributions can't exceed the original bond amounts, the interest owed after these bonds' maturity, and the costs associated with this refinancing process.

In refunding the indebtedness of a district the total amount of the reassessment to be levied pursuant to this chapter and any contributions shall not exceed the face amount of the original bonds and coupons and interest on them after the maturity of the bonds and coupons, including interest after the date of the resolution of intention, plus the incidental expenses of the proceedings.

Section § 59321

Explanation

After creating a diagram of a new district, an engineer or a designated person will estimate how much each piece of land in that district will benefit. These benefits come from canceling original bonds and from any improvements made that those bonds were meant to finance. The total benefit for all the land lots must also be calculated.

Upon completion of the diagram the engineer or such other person as the legislative body designates shall estimate the benefit to be received by each lot in the new district, as shown by the diagram, from the acquisition and cancellation of the original bonds and from the acquisition and improvement for which they were issued and the total benefit on all such lots.

Section § 59322

Explanation

This law section requires an engineer or designated person to calculate how much the landowners in a new district must pay for the cost of specific proceedings related to that district. The total costs are divided among the land lots based on how much benefit each lot is expected to receive from the project.

The engineer or such other person shall assess upon and against the land in the new district the total net amount of the cost of the proceedings to be assessed against such land. In so doing he shall assess the total sum upon the lots in the district which are benefited by it by assessing a sum upon each lot in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by it.

Section § 59323

Explanation

If a piece of land was taken by the government because of unpaid taxes, its property value can be reassessed during the process of refunding money related to it.

Tax deeded lands are subject to reassessment in refunding proceedings pursuant to this chapter.

Section § 59324

Explanation

This section details what must be considered when assessing and estimating how much each property benefits from a public improvement project. The assessor must look at items like the original bond amounts, previous special assessment levies, bonds to be acquired and canceled, and the number of bond issues. Also considered are funds collected for bond payments, payment delinquencies, and any applicable allocations. Additional considerations include incidental costs and any discounts or concessions from bondholders.

In making the assessment and estimating the benefits to be received by each lot, the engineer or other person shall consider, among other things, the following:
(a)CA Government Code § 59324(a) The principal amount of all the bonds originally issued.
(b)CA Government Code § 59324(b) The amount of special assessment levies previously made on account of such bonds.
(c)CA Government Code § 59324(c) The amount of outstanding bonds proposed to be acquired and canceled.
(d)CA Government Code § 59324(d) The number of issues of such bonds.
(e)CA Government Code § 59324(e) The amount which has been collected or paid into the interest and sinking fund of the district for any lot upon assessments previously levied to pay the principal and interest of such bonds.
(f)CA Government Code § 59324(f) The delinquency in the payment of any such assessments existing against any lot.
(g)CA Government Code § 59324(g) Any allocation referred to in the resolution of intention and any subsequent allocations.
(h)CA Government Code § 59324(h) Any costs and expenses incidental to the proceedings.
(i)CA Government Code § 59324(i) The amount of any discount or concession referred to in the bondholders’ proposal.