Section § 24525

Explanation

This law states that the expenses for improvements in a designated improvement district must be covered solely by funds collected from a special assessment on properties within that district. This means that only the land in the specific area being improved will be taxed to pay for those improvements.

The cost of improvement district improvements shall be paid only out of the proceeds of an improvement district assessment levied upon and collected from the land in the improvement district for improvement purposes.

Section § 24526

Explanation

This law states that improvement district warrants, which are financial obligations or debts, must be paid using the money collected from a specific type of tax. This tax is levied specifically on the land within the improvement district and is intended to fund improvements in that area.

Improvement district warrants shall be paid only out of the proceeds of an improvement district assessment levied upon and collected from the land within the improvement district for improvement purposes.

Section § 24527

Explanation

Funds from improvement district warrants must be exclusively spent on the specific projects or upgrades that the district was created to address, along with any related necessary costs.

Improvement district warrants or their proceeds shall be used solely for making the improvements for which the improvement district was formed and the necessary incidental expenses.

Section § 24528

Explanation

This law allows an improvement district to pay for improvements using money from its general fund or any special or construction fund available. The funds used must be repaid when money is collected from assessments related to the improvement or from selling improvement district warrants.

The cost of the improvement for an improvement district may be paid immediately from either the general fund of the district or from any special or construction fund available, the money advanced to be returned to the fund from which taken upon the collection of assessments for the improvement district or sale of improvement district warrants.

Section § 24529

Explanation

If more money is collected from an assessment in an improvement district than needed, the extra funds can be used in a few ways. They can either be kept in a special account for operating costs, moved to the district's general fund for projects that benefit local land, or returned to landowners based on how much each contributed. The official records will identify landowners, ignoring unknown or fake names.

If the proceeds from any improvement district assessment levied for improvement purposes exceeds the final amount necessary for the purposes for which it was levied, the excess may be held in a special fund to be used for the operation of the works of the improvement district, be transferred to the general fund of the district to be used as the board deems proper for the benefit of the land in the improvement district, or be distributed to the holders of title to land in the improvement district in the proportion that the respective parcels of land contributed to the total collected from the improvement district assessment, the holders of title to be conclusively determined by the district assessment book last equalized at the time the distribution is made, with unknown and fictitiously named owners being disregarded.

Section § 24530

Explanation

This law states that money collected from assessments or charges related to improvement districts must be kept in a separate fund specifically for operating the improvement district. This ensures the funds are used to support the district's ongoing activities.

Receipts from assessments levied for the operation of improvement districts and charges in lieu of the assessments, when collected, shall be deposited in a separate fund for the benefit of the improvement district to be used for its operation.