After the filing of the resolution, plans, specifications, estimate, and proposed assessment, the board shall hold a hearing upon the matter, notice of which shall, not later than three weeks prior to the date of the hearing, be posted in three public places within the district and published in the district pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code. The first publication shall be at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing.
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Section § 75430
Once the resolution, plans, specifications, estimate, and proposed assessment are submitted, the board is required to hold a hearing to discuss these documents. They must announce the hearing by posting notices in three public places within the district and by publishing it in accordance with certain governmental rules. The notices and publication should begin at least 30 days before the hearing date.
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Section § 75431
This section of the law states that during a hearing, the board is required to listen to any objections related to the resolution, plans, specifications, cost estimates, and suggested assessments and how they are divided. The board can then make any changes it thinks are needed based on these objections.
At the hearing the board shall hear such objections to the resolution, plans, specifications, estimates, and the proposed assessment and apportionment thereof as may come before it and shall make such changes in reference thereto as it considers proper.
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Section § 75432
If over 40% of landowners in either city or unincorporated areas within a district protest a proposed assessment during a hearing, the board must stop any further actions related to that assessment.
If (a) more than 40 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to land within the boundaries of all cities within the district, or (b) more than 40 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to land within the unincorporated areas of the district, object, at the hearing, to the levy of the proposed assessment, the board shall take no further action on the matter.
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